Today is the feast day of Ciaran of Clonmacnoise. Saint Ciarán of Clonmacnoise was one of the early Irish monastic saints and Irish bishop. He is sometimes called Ciarán the Younger to distinguish him from Saint Ciaran of Saighir. He was one of the Twelve Apostles of Ireland. I know this because of my BSG Brother, Ciaran Anthony DellaFera of Cambridge, Mass. Ciaran is a medical student at the University of Massachusetts Medical School. He went into medicine after a successful career as an engineer at IBM.
While giving thanks for Ciaran of Clonmacnoise today, I also give thanks for my Br. Ciaran Anthony. I sent him a story about a doctor in Chicago who also happens to be a Franciscan Friar. Br. Daniel Sulmasy is Clinton-Kilbride Professor of Medicine and Medical Ethics at the University of Chicago Divinity School. You can read about him at this URL http://www.hnp.org/who/journey_view.cfm?id=64
We have several brothers in the community who are Registered Nurses, nursing assistants, a Doctor of Pharmacy, but Ciaran Anthony will be our first M.D.
A call as a medical professional and a call as a brother.Thanks be to God for all of them, especially Ciaran Anthony on this his "name" day.
