MMM Blog
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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Going Far: The Many Ways MMMs Collaborate to Create a Healing Community.
by Nadia Ramoutar MMM Communictions Coordinator 28.06.2023 There is a wise African Proverb that says “If you want to go fast go alone but if you want to go far go together.” We often quote this proverb in our Communication Department because collaboration […]
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Safe in the Habour: is this our life?
by Sr. Sheila Campbell MMM Ireland 26.06.2023 “A ship is safe in harbour, but that’s not what ships are for.” ― John A. Shedd This quote was used at Mass by a visiting priest recently and […]
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Stories of Care – 2: Rose and Anna
by Sr. Marian Scena MMM Tanzania/USA 24.06.2023 Tonight I received a phone call at 11:55pm from Anna, who told me that Rose had died at 11:25pm. Who is Anna? And who is Rose? Maybe I had better start by telling you about Rose. […]
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A Child’s Smile
by Sr. Monica Prendergast MMM Ireland/Uganda 22.06.2023 This morning a child smiled, and my heart gave a throb of joy. Little Joseph had been sitting around for two weeks wearing the sad expression of a child deprived of sufficient protein due […]
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The Story of Maria and José – a story of AIDS in Brazil, 1990s
by Sr. Sheila Lenehan MMM (1943-2018) Ireland/Brazil 20.06.2023 Maria is in her late 40s. She came to see us because they were desperate. They had run out of money. She had a house of her own and her son had a […]
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Creative Fidelity – one of the MMM Values
by Sr. Sheila Campbell MMM Ireland 18.06.2023 One of our MMM values that I have seen people scratch their heads about is Creative Fidelity. “What do you mean by that?”, they say. “It doesn’t make sense”. Well, there […]
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Rewiring: Reflections on wifi connections
by Nadia Ramoutar MMM Communications Coordinator Ireland 16.06.2023 Does an addict actually know they are addicted until they are without the addiction source? This thought crossed my mind lately when traveling in East Africa to visit the MMM Missions in Tanzania along with Sr […]
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