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The Traditional Doctor

by Sr. Cecily Bourdillon MMM (1941-2023)                 Zimbabwe                             06.07.2024 Editor’s note: Sr. Cecily wrote this during her early years as a doctor in Zungeru, Niger State, Nigeria.  It was first published […]

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Medical Internship – Part Two

by Sr. Margaret Anne Meyer MMM                   U.S.A.                                 04.07.2024 Yes, Conferring Day contained many lessons. It was a day “betwixt and between”. The brief visit at our house […]

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“Say a Prayer for Me”

by Sr. Patricia Lanigan MMM                                   Ireland                             02.07.2024 How many times someone has asked that, holding my hand as they say good-bye, […]

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Two Daughters to Guide Us Forward

by Nadia Ramoutar  MMM Communications Coordinator                   Ireland                       30.06.2024 When we think of spiritual people and how they behave, having them stomping about angrily does not really come to mind. In fact, what […]

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NA JI LABAI DAGA MECCA (I Heard the News in Mecca)

by Sr. Chris Gill MMM                                    Ireland                         28.06.2024 It was late evening when Mohammed Ibrahim arrived at the clinic in Fuka, northern Nigeria.  […]

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Names Matter

by Sr.Sheila Devane MMM                        Ireland                               26.06.2024 It was a cold morning. A small crowd was gathering outside our doctor’s emergency surgery but none of us […]

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The Lost Shoes

by Sr. Sheila Campbell MMM                         Ireland             24.06.2024 Many years ago, while I was a student in England, one of our Sisters got in touch with me. She was also based in England, but her […]

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The Woodpigeaon Mother

by Sr. Joanne Kelly MMM                      Ireland                                22.06.2024 These lovely summer mornings I like to take my breakfast tea to the big window to look out […]

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Shredding the Soul

by Sr. Sheila Campbell MMM                                   Ireland                            20.06.2024 The other day I was handed a large box of documents to shred. It […]

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A Woman’s Grief

by Jo Doyle                                       Ireland                                   18.06.2024 Grief. Shock. Numbing silence. Followed by an activity of noise, blaming, […]

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