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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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 […]
READ MORE: Rewiring: Reflections on wifi connections
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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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