Remembrance and recovery will be the focus at Portiuncula University Hospital this evening.
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Portiuncula Hospital Opens New Maternity Outpatient Facility The Hospital unveiled its new outpatient facility last month.

It follows last year's decision to downgrade hospital services after several infants suffered oxygen loss to the brain.
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Assisi + Umgebung sind btw ohnehin sehr schön, auch für Nicht-Katholik:innen: wenn ihr dort seid: besucht sie, die #Portiuncula. 6/6

knapp 400 Jahre nach dem Tod des #FranzVonAssisi hat die katholische Kirche nämlich UM und ÜBER diese Kapelle eine riesige Kathedrale errichtet. Die #Portiuncula -Kapelle (mittlerweile auch ausgeschmückt) steht mitten drin, unter der zentralen Kuppel dieser Kathedrale 4/

manche meinen, #FranzVonAssisi war der der für die katholische Kirche "gefährlichste" Heilige überhaupt, weil sein radikales Bekenntnis zu Armut und Einfachheit so gar nicht zur damaligen katholischen Kirche passen wollte.

Heute ist "seine" #Portiuncula -Kapelle jedenfalls etwas Besonderes: 3/

Weil heute in #Assisi das #Franziskusjahr (zum 800. Todestag von Franz von Assisi am 03.10.) eröffnet wurde, ein kleiner 🧵zu einem besonderen Gebäude: der #Portiuncula -Kapelle.
Die stand schon vor Lebzeiten von Franziskus in einem unwirtlichen Sumpfgebiet zu Füssen des Städtchens Assisi 1/6

Seven Maternity Reviews At Portiuncula Hospital Now Complete HSE CEO Bernard Gloster is sitting before the Oireachtas Health Committee.

The recommendations of the reviews have been shared with the families, with five reviews still underway.
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Midlands Hospital Apologises Over Westmeath Woman's Cervical Cancer Diagnosis The case was heard in the High Court today.

Maria Fitzpatrick died at the age of 38 in 2009.
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Thousands Demand Full Return Of Midlands Maternity Services An estimated 2,000 people turned out for Saturday's protest.

The Portiuncula Maternity Alliance wants a meeting with Health Minister Jennifer Carol MacNeill.
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Public Rally To Save Midlands Maternity Services The protest is taking place tomorrow.

Their aim is to reinstate access to full services.
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Retired Doctor Urges For Portiuncula Maternity Unit To Be Safer Dr Kevin Connolly worked as an obstetrician for over 30 years.

He says the decision falls on the Minister for Health now.
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Heartbroken Mother Joins Calls For Return Of Maternity Services At Portiuncula Lorraine Reilly endured a still birth at the facility in 2008.

Hundreds of people turned out for a public meeting campaigning for the full return of maternity services at the Midlands hospital.
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Our Lady of the Angels of Portiuncula and 3 Easy Ways You Can Get a Special Plenary Indulgence! Saint August 2 Catholic Church, Catholic News World, Vatican, Pope Francis, Breaking, Pope News, c na, Catholic Headlines,

Our Lady of the Angels of #Portiuncula and 3 Easy Ways You Can Get a Special Plenary Indulgence! #FeastDay Saint August 2
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photo of the interior of the basilica of Santa Maria degli Angeli in Assisi, Italy, showing the small chapel of the "portiuncula" now housed in the large basilica

"Francis, the servant of God … chose a little portion of the world for himself & his followers … Since ancient times, prophetically, this place was called 'the Little Portion.'" ~ Thomas of Celano (Office of Readings) #Portiuncula