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Womens’ Lib – 1942 Style

by Sr. Sheila Campbell, MMM               Ireland          08.06.2023 Nowadays we are accustomed to women’s football and rugby teams. They are now being reported on in sports channels as regularly as the men’s games. But it is a relevantly recent phenomenon. The […]

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Stories of Care -1

by Sr. Marian Scena MMM             U.S.A./Tanzania              06.06.2023 Recently, a 28 year old high school teacher came to be admitted to our Faraja Hospice and Palliative care Programme in Singida, Tanzania. His name is “James”. Four years ago, James got […]

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Seeing is believing: Experiencing the MMM Missions First-hand

by Nadia Ramoutar      MMM Communications Coordinator         Ireland           04.06.2023 Since I began working for the MMM’s over two years ago, I have read reports of the field work the MMM’s were conducting in some of the most vulnerable communities in the world. […]

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God and the Smartphone

by Sr. Sheila Campbell MMM             Ireland              02.06.2023 Recently there has been a lot of discussion about artificial intelligence and its development.  It can be used for good or ill purposes, as most of our recent discoveries.  Just think about […]

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Pre-Med in Dublin 1958-59

by Sr. Margaret Anne Meyer MMM          U.S.A.                31.05.2023 “Splendid, Splendid, Splendid,” fell from the lips of our motherly Sister-in Charge, Sister, Catherine Ryan, as she telephoned the aunt of my parish priest in New York. Both she, and Aunt […]

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Losing the page

by Sr. Jo Anne Kelly MMM              Ireland           29.05.2023 It was December and we were having a ceremony of thanksgiving for all who did volunteer work in the parish during the year.  A new deacon (the first lay deacon) had just […]

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Taking Advice – learning from daily life

by Sr. Sheila Campbell MMM      Ireland             27.05.2023 Did you ever notice how good we are at giving advice and very poor at accepting it?  I went through this experience recently and it taught me a lesson. I was driving into a town I […]

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Clearing Space in My Life

by Vera Grant AMMM              Ireland               25.05.2023 I planted it last year and looked forward to this very different version of the familiar, yellow Broom. This one has flowers of red, orange andyellow and I thought it would be […]

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“Things are Opening Up a Bit”

by Nadia Ramoutar        MMM Communications Coordinator     Ireland             23.05.2023 Last year, the news headlines from Rome told us that in the words of Pope Francis “things are opening up a bit.” The Pope made this comment after it was announced that he […]

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Clinging and Yet Accepting Change

by Sr. Sheila Campbell MMM           Ireland         21.05.2023 “Do not cling to me!”.  These are among the first words of Jesus to Mary Magdalene after the Resurrection.  Everybody knows that first impressions are important, so why did Jesus use these words?  What could he […]

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