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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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Listening and Saint Benedict

by Sr. Maura Ramsbottom  (1931 – 2007)        Ireland            14.06.2023 To listen with ‘the ear of the heart’ is the challenge that Benedict puts to us in his Rule. It is the art of deep listening. Imagine a large group in a room. […]

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For the Beauty of the Earth

by Sr. Prisca Ovat, MMM            Kenya/Nigeria             12.06.2023 “The urgent challenge to protect our common home includes a concern to bring the whole human family together to seek sustainable and integral development. Humanity still has the ability to work together in […]

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Journeying in Africa: crossing the river by boat

by Sr. Cecily Bourdillion (1941-2023)            Zimbabwe/Ireland                            10.06.2023 Editor’s Note:  In honour of Sr. Cecily’s recent passing to eternal life on June 8th, we honour her by republishing one of her early blogs […]

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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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