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INDIAN CARDINAL AT NUN DEPARTURE CEREMONY

PHILADELPHIA -- VALERIAN CARDINAL GRACIAS, ARCH-

BISHOP OF BOMBAY, PRESIDED AT A MISSIONARY

DEPARTURE CEREMONY FOR THESE 12 MEDICAL MISSION

SISTERS AT THEIR MOTHERHOUSE HERE. THEY WILL

WORK IN HOSPITALS OPERATED BY THE ORDER IN INDIA,

PAKISTAN, AFRICA AND SOUTH AMERICA. THE GROUP

INCLUDES RELIGIOUS FROM NINE AMERICAN STATES, THE

PHILIPPINE AND THE BRITISH WEST INDIES. ONE OF

THEM IS A PHYSICIAN, TWO ARE PHARMACISTS, TWO

MEDICAL TECHNOLOGISTS AND FIVE ARE NURSES. TWO

OF THE SISTERS WERE ASSIGNED TO HOSPITALS ADMINIS-

TRATION DUTIES. CARDINAL GRACIAS, FIRST INDIAN

NAMED A PRINCE OF THE CHURCH, IS ON A TWO-MONTH

TOUR OF THIS COUNTRY.

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RELIGIOUS NEWS SERVICE PHOTO (MMS-PHIL-10D-55-NAB-C)