I have an Irish story. I’m not Irish, but I was educated by nuns from an Irish order and we always celebrated St. Patrick’s Day with a festive program at school. My story, however, is about my best friend from college, Mary Rose Ryan. As we became friends, she told me she was from Africa and had been raised in an orphanage in Kifungilo, Tanzania (then Tanganyika).
Left, Mary Rose Ryan in college.…