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Stories of Care – 3 John
by Sr. Marian Scena MMM USA/ Tanzania 18.07.2023 We first met ‘John’ on 19 January 2015 after his wife contacted us and asked us to visit her sick […]
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The Hole in the Wood: What is perfection?
by Sr. Sheila Campbell MMM Ireland 16.07.2023 Earlier this year I was in Tanzania and going to an early morning Mass in St. Mathias Church in Arusha. It is a newly built church and there is a lot […]
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Let Go With Grace
by Nadia Ramoutar MMM Communications Coordinator Ireland 14.07.2023 Sometimes no matter how faithful we are, life does not go our way. Suffering can bring us to our knees because the unexpected takes our breath away. We […]
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The Twelfth: Ulster Heritage
by Sr. Sheila Campbell MMM Ireland 12.07.2023 Every now and again I get drawn back into my ancestral roots, and today is one of these days. We are celebrating the Twelfth of July, […]
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First Medical Year 1959
by Sr. Margaret Anne Meyer MMM U.S.A. 10.07.2023 It was the driest summer on record. Water was sold in Donegal for two shillings and six pence a bucket. Coming from the United States, I had […]
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The Gift of a New Baby
by Sr. Ifeoma R. Ifedi MMM Nigeria 08.07.2023 Every new child comes with the newness of the divine. Baby A, one of our recent newborns, is a gift to us although she did come with many challenges. […]
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Astelle’s Dilemma: Marriage or Education?
by Sr. Radegunda Shayo MMM Tanzania 06.07.2023 Editor’s Note: Sr. Radegunda told this story while she was working as a missionary in the Republic of Benin. Astelle had never been to school. Her younger brothers were sent to school, […]
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Dancing Goats:Learning to enjoy coffee
by Sr. Nuala Horgan MMM Ireland 04.07.2023 The word “coffee” comes from a place called Kaffa, which is just two hours’ drive down the road from a hospital once run by MMM in Wolisso, Ethiopia. There is a […]
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An Ordinary Day in the Mountains
by Sr. Bernadette Heneghan MMM Ireland 02.07.2023 Between 2001 and 2021 I lived in Honduras and for some time, I lived with two other MMMs in Marcala, a mountainous region, home to the Lenca Indigenous people. I was involved in health education […]
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Oh, Give me a Pity! – a poem looking at the light side of life
by Sr. Sheila Campbell MMM Ireland 30.06.2023 Recently someone gave me a copy of a poem which our late Sr. Immaculata Nichols (2017 – 2002) loved and used as a “party piece”. I thought I would share […]
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