A doctor and a woman of prayer who brought healing, help and hope to countless thousands around the world Maura O’Donohue was born into a farming family in the west of Ireland, near Kilfenora in County Clare. She was at boarding school when she saw the film, Visitation, commissioned by the Medical Missionaries of Mary (MMM) to show how medical skills can enhance the missionary work of the Church. The idea of serving the Gospel as a doctor became a vocation that would eventually take O’Donohue to 83 countries around the world.Four weeks after joining the MMMs, O’Donohue entered medical school at University College Dublin. On graduation in 1957, she was assigned to Nigeria, where she took perpetual vows two years later. At the age of 26, she became a member of the General