Paul O'Reilly SJ

What do I do?  "Don't give up the day job," said the Provincial at my ordination.  So, during the day, I work as a GP for homeless people in Westminster.  This is an open access drop-in medical service for homeless people in London.  It was started about 20 years ago by Dr Mary Hickey, a sister of the 'Daughters of Mary and Joseph' on her return from a mission doing gynaecology in Africa.

She noticed there were rather a lot of homeless people in Central London who didn't have much access to medical services and thought that God would like her to do something about that.  So, being that kind of person, she begged an office, borrowed a prescription pad, stole a desk and chair and started work.  Twenty years on, some things have changed for the better: we now have a bright spanking newly refurbished suite of offices with reception area, treatment room and even a fully equipped disabled loo!