MMM Blog
Camouflage
by Sr. Sheila Campbell MMM Ireland 21.01.2023 The other day I was down by the river. As it flows through the town it is tidal, and sometimes large stretches of the riverside are on view. It is home to many kinds of birds, but my attention […]
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Returning to Mass
by Vera Grant AMMM Ireland 19.01.2923 I was nervous and yet excited to be going back. I hadn’t expected to be away so long. Four weeks seemed a long time and I missed going to Mass. Yes there was Mass online and […]
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Sacred Friendships
by Nadia Ramoutar MMM Communications Coordinator Ireland 17.01.2023 I am fortunate to have great friends in my life. I think that they are some of my most treasured gifts. In the past few years working for the MMMs as the Communications Coordinator, […]
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Ann and Mary
by Sr. Sheila Campbell MMM Ireland 15.01.2023 When you live with the same people for a long time, sometimes you get bored with the same small talk. This is when you have to look beyond the humdrum daily routine chat and re-discover the value […]
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From Binti to Bibi
by Sr. Maria Borda, MMM Malta/Tanzania 13.01.2023 My first taste of Africa was when I was blessed to spend two months in Dareda Hospital, Tanzania, in 1979, as a medical student. The experience strengthened my resolve to study hard so that I could […]
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Family and Community
by Angela Macnamara Ireland 11.01. 2023 Editor’s Note: This article was first published in the MMM Magazine in 1975 It is quite extraordinary to consider that each and every human being me meet in the course of even one day makes some change, […]
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Martha and Mary
by Sr. Maria Jose da Silva MMM Brazil 09.01.2023 This theme has been in my mind since I started to reflect on my own life for the last two years between community commitments and the care of my mother. My mother is widowed, […]
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Bells
by Sr. Sheila Campbell MMM Ireland 07.01.2023 Drogheda, the town where I live, has many churches, both old and new. That means that during the day I hear a lot of bells! There is the chiming of the hours, the half hours, and yes, […]
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Epiphany 2023
by Sr. Jo Anne Kelly MMM Ireland 05.01.2023 One night in Nigeria, as on many nights then, we had no electricity. Having had a busy day I had no time for private prayer. I took a chair to the garden, and sat down to pray, surrounded […]
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Snakes Alive and Turkey Eggs
by Sr. Mary Casey MMM (1926-2014) Ireland 03.01.2023 Bring a torch if you come to visit us in Tanzania. You’ll need it if you go strolling at night, unless of course you don’t mind snakes. Snake slaying is a skill I […]
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