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What the Nun Discovered

By Harriet O'Carroll. Sr MaryJo returns home to Ireland after 25 years as a missionary, to a disillusioned public and a church that has lost much of its moral authority.

What the Nun Discovered by Harriet O'Carroll

Sr. MaryJo returns home to Ireland after 25 years as a missionary in Uganda, to a disillusioned public and a Church which has lost so much of its moral authority. But with an honesty and simplicity learned in another continent she sets in train a quiet but radical revolution.

MaryJo - Marcella Riordan
Fr Paul - Pat Laffan
Sr Frances - Lise-Ann McLaughlin,
Sr Agnes - Julia Dearden
Sr Bernadette - Stella McCusker
Cathy - Ali White
The Mayor - Des Nealon

Director Eoin O'Callaghan.

45 minutes

Last on

Wed 2 May 2012 14:15

Broadcasts

  • Fri 10 Sep 2010 14:15
  • Wed 2 May 2012 14:15

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