Dr Anne Merriman is now a Roman Catholic Nun with the Medical Missionaries of Mary (MMMs), founded by Mother Mary Martin.

It’s 1973 and Dr Anne has had a calling. She leave as the Medical Missionaries of Mary (MMMs) and goes back home to Liverpool to be with her mother

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Hospice Africa 005 - Dr Anne Merriman recorded by Formby Podcast in March 2025

Hospice Africa

Hospice Africa

Vision:

Palliative Care For All in Africa.

Mission:

To bring peace to the suffering in Africa through the affordable and accessible palliative care.

What We Do.

Hospice Africa provides palliative care to patients and palliative care training for providers across Africa.

http://www.hospice-africa.org

[email protected]

Hospice Africa details

UK Registered Charity Number: 1024903

Company number: 02835469

Recorded by Formby Podcast 2025

Contact us [email protected]

Thanks to Dr Anne Merriman Chris and Maria Merriman

And all Hospice Africa volunteers fundraising for Hospice Africa in shops in Old Swan Liverpool and Ainsdale .

Hospice Africa is a -

Registered Charity No. 1024903

UK Registered Company 2835469

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In this episode Dr Anne Merriman is now a Roman Catholic Nun with the Medical Missionaries of Mary (MMMs), founded by Mother Mary Martin.

Here she talks about graduating in Ireland as a Doctor in 1963.

Now as a newly qualified Doctor with a dream of working in Africa her first post was to work in Nigeria. She shares here medical stories of life in Nigeria.

Having worked for 10 years in Nigeria she heads back to the Medical Missionaries of Mary (MMMs) in Ireland. They want her to get more medical qualifications to specialise as a physician so off she goes to the University of Edinburgh.

After Edinburgh Dr Anne goes back to Nigeria until she follows a new calling. She decides after many years to leave the religious life. Dr Anne comes home to Liverpool look after her Mother. We finish here with her decision in 1973 to leave her permanent vows giving up her life as a nun with the Medical Missionaries of Mary MMMs and come home to Liverpool.

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Hospice Africa 004 - Dr Anne Merriman recorded by Formby Podcast in March 2025

Hospice Africa

Hospice Africa

Vision:

Palliative Care For All in Africa.

Mission:

To bring peace to the suffering in Africa through the affordable and accessible palliative care.

What We Do.

Hospice Africa provides palliative care to patients and palliative care training for providers across Africa.

http://www.hospice-africa.org

[email protected]

Hospice Africa details

UK Registered Charity Number: 1024903

Company number: 02835469

Recorded by Formby Podcast 2025

Contact us [email protected]

Thanks to Dr Anne Merriman Chris and Maria Merriman

And all Hospice Africa volunteers fundraising for Hospice Africa in shops in Old Swan Liverpool and Ainsdale .

Hospice Africa is a -

Registered Charity No. 1024903

UK Registered Company 2835469

Instagram

https://www.instagram.com/hospice_africa_ainsdale/profilecard/?igsh=N3p2aTZ6NmxiYXQ2

Contact Formby Podcast

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In this episode, Dr. Anne Merriman travels to Dublin to join the Roman Catholic religious order, the Medical Missionaries of Mary (MMMs), founded by Mother Mary.

In 1957 as a MMM Nun she began her medical training in Dublin graduating in 1963.

Hospice Africa

Hospice Africa

Vision: Palliative Care For All in Africa.

Mission: To bring peace to the suffering in Africa through the affordable and accessible

http://www.hospice-africa.org

[email protected]

Hospice Africa details

UK Registered Charity Number: 1024903

Company number: 02835469

Recorded by Formby Podcast 2025

Contact us [email protected]

Thanks to Dr Anne Merriman Chris and Maria Merriman

And all our volunteers fundraising for Hospice Africa

Hospice Africa is a -

Registered Charity No. 1024903

UK Registered Company 2835469

Instagram

https://www.instagram.com/hospice_africa_ainsdale/profilecard/?igsh=N3p2aTZ6NmxiYXQ2

Contact Formby Podcast

[email protected]

Hospice Africa

Dr Anne Merriman

Talking about her early days

Family

School

Education choices

Then life pathways

Hospice Africa

Vision: Palliative Care For All in Africa.

Mission: To bring peace to the suffering in Africa through the affordable and accessible

http://www.hospice-africa.org

[email protected]

Hospice Africa details

UK Registered Charity Number: 1024903

Company number: 02835469

Recorded by Formby Podcast 2025

Contact us [email protected]

Thanks to Dr Anne Merriman

Chris and Maria Merriman

And all our volunteers fundraising for Hospice Africa

Reverent Father Alf Parker

Fr Alf Parker now moves to Kendal to become Parish Priest.

In this final episode Fr Parker talks about his life and his ministry in the Diocese of Lancaster.

This recording was recorded with Fr W A Parker in April 2024.

Reverent Father Alf Parker died in November 2025. He was 88 - He won his last race and lived longer than any of his brothers Mother or Father .

He was never alone .

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Underley

Kirby Lonsdale.

In this episode Father Alf is living and working in Underley Kirby Lonsdale . He had 10 very happy years teaching, Rugby in the 1960s 1970s

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December 2024

> Thank you for the splendid two episodes recounting the life story of your uncle Fr. Alf.

> As an ex-Underling (Underley Hall 1963-1970) I found both fascinating and look forward to future episodes!

Thanks to Alex Walker your podcast is being listened to by a good number of us ex-pupils of Fr. Alf!

He is very fondly remembered, especially by those he enthused with his passion for Rugby. I am attaching a link to a copy of his Rugby Records which you may have seen already - apologies: it appears to be upside down so I hope you have someone techy who can sort it! - and also a copy of the Underley Reunion Booklet put togeher by our classmate Joe Moxham after our first reunion meet-up in 2011. Fr. Alf attended and you will find photos of him at the event, as well as numerous references to him, his role at Underley and his sporting achievements.

I - together with many others - am looking forward to listening to those next two episodes!

Thank you so much

Fr Alf Parker

May 1964 William Alfred Parker is ordained a Roman Catholic Priest with the Diocese of Lancaster, England, UK.

He heads to Workington for his ordination.

Now out in the world this episode he describes his early years as a Roman Catholic Priest in England in the 1960s, 1970s.

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Father William Alfred Parker

1936 - 2024

Here he is at the Seminary, Ushaw .

Life at Ushaw in the late 1950s early 1960s

Fr Alf Parker was ordained in Workington, Cumbria (Cumberland) his home town in May 1964.

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Father William Alfred Parker

60 years a Roman Catholic Priest

1936 - 2024

Chatting here about life up to arriving at Ushaw in the mid 1950s

I had the pleasure of recording Fr Parker (my Father’s brother.)

Over the next few episodes I will share my recordings . Have a listen

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Philena Bruce.

Palmist, Healer, Clairvoyant, Card Reader, Spirit Release Practitioner.

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https://www.philena.co.uk/

Recorded July 2024

I had the most amazing opportunity to record this lady who I had met many years ago at a wedding near Glastonbury.

She is Palmist, a Healer, she will read a piece of jewellery. She is a Clairvoyant, a Card Reader and a Spirit Release Practitioner.

Here tells stories of her work : how she enters the world of Palmistry, how she is a spirit release practitioner where she removes portals in houses.

“I have never not been able to help anyone. “

Give her a call.

Her life story of her childhood can be heard in a you tube interview :

The link to the you tube video is 

https://youtu.be/AjyUWHTWkKg?si=a1Flt9MyT3JGSzP4

If you would like to call Philena you can contact her via email or telephone via her website

https://www.philena.co.uk/

Thank you Grace Martin for the contact details.

And thank you Philena for a magical afternoon.

Recorded in July 2024Russell Road London

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