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Missionary Musings – What does it mean to be a missionary?
by Sr. Mary McKearney MMM (1942 – 2017) To be a missionary, what does it mean? I don’t know, but two thousand years ago, Christ said: “Let your light shine for people, Do not put it under a tub, but on a lampstand.” I am not aware that there is […]
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Rethinking “Refuge”
by Nadia Ramoutar MMM Communications Coordinator Ireland 10.03.2023 The idea that we have a country and a homeland is both a blessing and a burden. I remember Sr Rita Kelly, MMM once saying to me that home is “the landscape of the heart”. […]
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Internationality in MMM – a reflection of gratitude
by Sr. Jo Anne Kelly MMM Ireland 08.03.2023 Recently one of our Sisters had her 93rd birthday. Her nieces brought her one big beautiful bouquet of flowers. It adorned our chapel for many days. One could not but be drawn to the beauty of such a […]
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Turkana Desert – A Heritage Tour (continued)
by Sr. Prisca Ovat MMM Nigeria/Kenya 06.03.2023 As the journey through the Turkana desert continued, we had the opportunity of visiting the MMM community in Lodwar, where the only living story is of the late Sr. Rosetta Furlong […]
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Turkana Desert – Beginning a Heritage Tour
by Sr. Prisca Ovat MMM Nigeria/Kenya 04.03.2023 My experience of a desert was live, not the one watched in movies, nor read in books. And I would say that not much has changed from the time I first saw photos […]
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Rays of Hope – protecting children online
by Sr. Margaret Anne Meyer MMM USA 02.03.2023 Sometime ago I wrote to you about protecting our children online. The situation seems to be getting worse and so many organizations were contacting their legislators without much avail to stop this child sexual material from appearing in […]
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Maternity and Geography
by Nadia Ramoutar MMM Communications Coordinator Ireland 28.02. 2023 A friend of mine is pregnant and each week it is great to see her growing and being healthy. We are all delighted for her and how well she is thriving. It’s not easy […]
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Light and Love
by Sr. Joanne Kelly MMM Ireland 26.02.2023 One morning I took a walk in our garden. The walk through the garden rises in a long gentle slope lined on the right by four almond trees now stripped and bare in this winter season. It was a […]
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Grannies
by Vera Grant AMMM Ireland 24.02.2023 I always liked my granny. Some of my sisters didn’t but that didn’t matter. I did. She was called Rose, was born in 1883 and died in 1976 when I was 26 years old. […]
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Bright Sadness
by Sr. Sheila Campbell MMM Ireland 22.02.2023 Recently I came across a definition of Lent as celebrated in the Eastern Orthodox tradition as “bright sadness”. I love this idea. It speaks to the heart of the matter. The forty days of Lent are a […]
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