Portland, Maine, Apr 15, 2018 / 04:01 pm (CNA/EWTN News).- The word ‘hermit’ might conjure up some strange images, a la John the Baptist living reclusively in the desert, wearing a hair shirt and eating locusts and honey.
The word itself comes from the Greek ‘eremos’, meaning wilderness or an isolated place. The vocation of a hermit became most popular among early Christians, who, inspired by Old Testament saints such as Elijah and John the Baptist, desired to live a life set apart and therefore withdrew into the desert in order to live lives of prayer and penance.
But the vocation is still a recognized calling in the Church today, and is about so much more than seemingly-odd ascetic practices and isolation.
Local Catholic association supports physicians in their vocation
Founded in the 1950s, the Portland Catholic Physicians Guild âallows men and women of faith to share with courage and knowledge church teaching in the world,â says guild chaplain Dr. Saad Jazrawi, president of the Portland Catholic Physicians Guild, holds daughter Samar, age 7 months, during a dinner following the annual White Mass for Catholic health care workers in 2019. âIf I combine my faith and my work, Iâm a better Catholic and a better physician,â said Jazrawi. (Ed Langlois/Catholic Sentinel)
select Medical residents, including Temilola Yvonne Abdul (center), pose during the 2018 Catholic Medical Association conference, held in Dallas. (Courtesy Catholic Medical Association)
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€13.5m joint investment will boost R&D across the US and Ireland
Seven projects have received funding as part of an initiative to foster collaboration between researchers on both sides of the Atlantic.
An investment of €13.5m will support more than 60 research positions across 14 institutions in Ireland and the US over three to five years.
This is part of the US-Ireland Research and Development Partnership, which was launched in 2006 to increase the level of collaborative R&D between researchers and industry in the US, the Republic of Ireland and Northern Ireland.
Seven funding awards have been announced under the programme today (17 March).
Sligo Rovers to provide free jerseys to all babies born locally
‘Sligo Rovers has existed through 93 years because each generation has passed their love of the club on to the next.’ By Paul Dollery Monday 15 Mar 2021, 5:27 PM Mar 15th 2021, 5:27 PM 4,545 Views 4 Comments
Staff at Sligo University Hospital.
Image: Sligo Rovers FC
Image: Sligo Rovers FC
SLIGO ROVERS HAVE unveiled an initiative described as “one of the most significant community projects” in the history of the SSE Airtricity League club.
The Showgrounds outfit are seeking to safeguard their future by offering free jerseys to every baby born this year at Sligo University Hospital.