Reclaiming Catholic Medicine
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The Mullallys
eet Dr. Andrew Mullally (2009), and his wife, Veronica Mullally (2010), AMU alumni whose Catholic faith is at the heart of their work. Andrew, with an MD, and Veronica, with an MBA specialized in healthcare management and ac-
counting, started Credo Family Medicine in Ft. Wayne, Indiana in 2016. Their clinic serves the community while adhering to
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Catholic ethics.
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Recently, Andrew— with two other pro-life, Catholic physicians— founded and cohosts a radio show focused on faith and medicine called Doctor, Doctor, which is broadcast nationally on EWTN Radio every Saturday. Additionally, the couple are busy with a growing family, as they are excitedly expecting their 6th child in December. They are grateful for their time at Ave Maria University, to which they attribute the depth of their appreciation of the Catholic faith.
was exactly what I was looking for. It was at that moment that I decided Ave Maria was where I wanted to go for college. Andrew: I wanted to have a vast exposure to philosophy and theology in college, in addition to the sciences, I wanted that breadth of knowledge. When my parents attended a Call to Holiness weekend in Detroit, where Fr. Joseph Fessio spoke about AMU, they were impressed by the liberal arts curriculum and suggested that I attend. I was also excited to go to a Catholic University. I had attended a public high school and I had a longing for a peer group who appreciated the faith that was so important to me.
Can you tell us how you ended up attending AMU?
Veronica, How did you two meet and fall in love?
Veronica: As a high school freshman or sophomore, I attended a talk in Michigan for the National Association of Private Catholic and Independent Schools. Tom Monaghan spoke about starting Ave Maria University and highlighted Ave’s mission statement, which
During my first semester at Ave, Andrew was studying abroad in Ave’s Austria Program. We first spoke when he called
