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Rewilding the Heart
by Sr. Sheila Campbell MMM Ireland 21.08.2022 Many people nowadays understand the term “rewilding”. At least it has become popular with an increase in ecological awareness and sensitivity to biodiversity. One definition of rewilding is: “conservation efforts aimed at restoring and protecting natural processes and […]
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Kidnapped
MMM Blog Editor Ireland 19.08.2022 Editor’s Note: MMM Sisters regularly face situations of war and civil conflict as they go about their medical missionary work. This is the story of one Sister. The original document contains names, dates and places. All have been […]
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Summer, Sunshine and Showers
by Sr. Helen Aherne MMM Ireland 17.08.2022 Long bright days with sunshine and no showers. Longer evenings when we were allowed to go out to play even after teatime. New dresses and sandals. Taken on holiday by our father to our Aunt and […]
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Blog Appreciation
By Paul Campbell SJ U.S.A. 15.08.2022 For ten glorious and very enjoyable years, I was the Publisher of Loyola Press of Chicago. (A side benefit of this position was that I amassed enough frequent flier miles to visit my MMM sister several times both […]
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Words are like Coins
by unknown MMM writer undated Ireland 13.08.2022 Words like coins are good currency. But like currency they can suffer devaluation. Some words even wear thin with usage. Jargon I’d say is counterfeit currency. It goes from being shorthand to short change. The English word ‘listen’ is […]
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Lily Murphy
By Monica Shaw U.S.A. 11.08.2022 Lily Murphy was my great aunt. In 1950, Lily went with the Medical Missionaries of Mary to Ogoja, Nigeria to teach the leper children. At the time, she was 57 years young, and stayed in Ogoja for […]
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Telephones
by Sr. Cecily Bourdillion MMM Ireland 09.08.2022 My last mission was in rural Malawi, ministering at Kasina Health Centre. Though the people of Kasina are subsistence farmers and live from hand to mouth it was wonderful and amazing to witness patients using a cell phone to contact […]
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What’s in a Name?
by Mary Coffey AMMM Ireland 07.08.2022 My Da used to call me Moll and, years later, my brother Paddy used it also as a term of endearment, connecting us both back to the well-spring of Da’s gentle love. My Auntie Mary sometimes called […]
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Unworked Racism
by Sr. Sheila Campbell MMM Ireland 05.08.2022 Yesterday I was talking with one of our Sisters about racism. She was an Irish Sister, talking about the anti-English behaviour of her father during her formative years, but we all know the prejudices and stereotypes that can […]
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Unworked Racism
by Sr. Sheila Campbell MMM Ireland 05.08.2022 Yesterday I was talking with one of our Sisters about racism. She was an Irish Sister, talking about the anti-English behaviour of her father during her formative years, but we all know the prejudices and stereotypes that can […]
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