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And the Angel Left Her

by Sr. Sheila Campbell MMM           Ireland             11.11.2023 The most poignant line in the story of the Annunciation is the last line.  The angel told Mary the great news that she was to bear a child.  This child would be the saviour […]

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Third Medical Year 1962

by Sr. Margaret Anne Meyer MMM             USA                       09.11.2023 What a thrill? Now our mornings were spent in the hospital instead of the classroom. We had the choice of choosing what hospital we would like to […]

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Angry, Lonely and Disconnected Young Men

by Nadia Ramoutar   MMM Communications Coordinator       Ireland            07.11.2023 Listening to the news and hearing what is going on in the world can be hard – even for people with great faith. It almost seems as if humans are on a track to continue […]

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The Passion and Death of Gabi

by Sr. Sheila Campbell MMM                     Ireland        05.11.2023  Nobody knew her age. She was tall and thin and looked in her early twenties, but looking back now, I think she was probably more, close to thirty. Gabi was part […]

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Autumn Colours

by Sr. Jo Anne Kelly MMM             Ireland            03.11.2023 The five cherry trees in our garden are beautiful just now. With the mild weather in this part of Ireland they have held on to most of their leaves and are now […]

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Anatomy Lessons Made Easy

by MMM Medical Students 1969                                     Ireland                 01.11.2023 After some time studying textbooks, we, students, almost feel that we could publish one ourselves.  Not for us the […]

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All Saints – and one I know

by Sr. Sheila Campbell MMM              Ireland            30.11.2023 Tomorrow is Halloween. For most young people today, it is all about witches and pumpkins and I would guess few know the origins of the celebration at all! It is the evening […]

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Preserving the Past, Empowering the Future

by Sr. Rita Kelly MMM                Ireland              28.10.2023    It is strange how some sentences “jump out” from an article and stay with one. I do not remember the article where I read the sentence “Preserving the Past, […]

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The Question – and the fun that followed

by Sr. Sheila Devane, MMM                   Ireland              26.10.2023 As a little girl I asked a lot of questions. All children do. I wanted to know so much about so many different things. No sooner had I got […]

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Stories of Care 5 – Njiku the Farmer

by Sr. Marian Scena                 USA/Tanzania                   24.10.2023 In early February 2016 our palliative care volunteer, Sammy, arrived with a man who he thought needed care.  Sammy had gone to his shamba(farm) in a rural part of […]

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