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Mission from a Cloister

Mission from a Cloister by Sr. Prisca Ovat, MMM       Kenya           03.10.2022 The missionary way of life is not reserved for a particular kind of people. Although the word “mission” implies “being sent”, one can be sent to a distant land or next door. Another […]

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Mission Sunday

Mission Sunday by Sr. Jo Anne Kelly MMM      Ireland     01.10.2022 Recently I did a retreat in a house which was located in wide open countryside in a most beautiful setting. Each morning I went out the front door and stood to admire that beautiful scene. A green […]

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Getting Ready for Christmas in September

Getting Ready for Christmas in September Oddly enough, we are inspired about what to do in the future by reading what MMMs did in the past. This year, Sr Sheila and I got a big pile of past MMM Publications and read what Mother Mary used to do to spread […]

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Morning Lights

by Sr. Jo Anne Kelly MMM     Ireland       28.09.2022     It was a dull breezy morning when I set off for my early morning walk. As usual at this time of year, I took the three steps up into the local graveyard and immediately on my right I […]

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Leaving Home for the First Time

by Sr. Margaret Anne Meyer  MMM          U.S.A.            26.09.2022 “It is almost March first.” My mother used to sing me these words from the song, “It is almost tomorrow.” We would pause and look at each other. Yes, with a little mix […]

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Forgiveness rather than Permission

by Sr. Sheila Campbell  MMM          Ireland            24.09.2022 One day, when I was a young Sister on mission, I was dithering about doing something a little bit differently.  One of the more experienced Sisters said to me: “It is easier to ask […]

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Reaching New Heights

by Nadia Ramoutar    MMM Communications Coordinator       Ireland      22.09.2022 When I was a child, I thought that good things happened to good people. It was something I gathered in my own little imagination and labelled it as truth. As I aged, I saw that I was […]

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A Useless Bit of Information

by Sr. Sheila Campbell  MMM      Ireland        20.09.2022 The other day I was in the car as a passenger, commenting to the driver about the other cars as we bowled along the motorway. “Did you know”, I said, “That cars from the North of Ireland have […]

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My Favourite Season

by Sr. Prisca Ovat, MMM           Nigeria/Kenya                18.09.2022 Seasons in Africa are unclassified.  Yet they exist with no outstanding memories to merit a class, like the winter, autumn, spring, and summer we know from other continents.  Here in our part […]

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Francis and Babu

by Sr. Noeleen Mooney MMM            Ireland            16.09.2022 Ediitor’s Note: This reflection was written by Sr. Noeleen in 2005 when she worked in the Kitale AIDS Programme, Kenya. I got to know him on his regular visits to the clinic. He […]

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