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Expanding our Definition of “Home”

by Nadia Ramoutar MMM Communications Coordinator             Ireland         06.09.2023 I find myself lately reflecting on the word “home”. Most likely this is because I have been fortunate enough to buy a little house and I am in the process of renovating it.  As […]

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“The Drink”: a story of the struggle

by Sr. Jo Anne Kelly MMM                           Ireland                           04.09.2023      Many years ago, I was doing a course in Dublin. Included in the course was one […]

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Annual Retreat: A Time to Stand and Stare

by Sr. Sheila Campbell MMM           Ireland            02.09.2023 “What is this life if, full of care, we have no time to stand and stare.” W.H. Davis This has been one of those weeks – periods on inactivity, interspersed with period of frantic […]

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Matt Talbot Rediscovered

by Sr. Margaret Anne Meyer MMM               USA                31.08.2023 Matt Talbot was always highly revered by me because he had worked for T&C Martin lumbar company in Dublin which was owned at one time by Mother Mary’s father. […]

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Knowing When and How to Leave

by Nadia Ramoutar MMM Communications Coordinator                           Ireland                                      29.08.2023 There is a story I heard some time ago that has lingered […]

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Cafeteria Catholics

by Sr. Sheila Campbell MMM           Ireland            27.08.2023 Until the other day I had never heard of the term. Now I discover that it was first used as a derogatory term for Catholics who pick and choose what they want to believe […]

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Have a Good Day!

by Sr. Sheila Devane MMM              Ireland                     25.08.2023 Well, sure I did!  I often say: “Have a good day!” and it’s often said to me too!   Can I tell you about a good day I had […]

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Stories of Care – 4

by Sr. Leonie McSweeney  (1932 – 2019)             Ireland/Nigeria                23.08.2023 “He is a very sick man, Sister, and he comes from far away. I think he is hopeless, but I brought him in hoping you might be able to […]

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When War came to the Hospital – Part Two

by an MMM Sister               Unknown Location                  21.08.2023 The shelling started unusually early one morning.  We knew that it was enemy shelling, and they seemed to be prepared to keep at it non-stop.  For days now it […]

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When War Came to the Hospital – Part One

by an MMM Sister                                Unknown Location                                          19.08.2023 One Sunday morning when we returned from Mass, […]

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