MMM Blog
Looking out the window
by Sr. Sheila Campbell, MMM Ireland 02.06.2022 Here I am, sitting in my armchair and just looking out the window. What do I see? Just an ordinary street scene. There is a man from the house opposite unloading boxes from his car. A woman and her two small children pass […]
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Feast of the Visitation – MMM @ 85
by Sr. Prisca Ovat MMM Kenya 31.05.2022 Awakening to this beautiful day, and conscious of the great day which we celebrate, a day without which none would be here, we pondered on an invitation from the Congregational Leader to “ dream of where we will be 85 […]
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Thank you
by Sr. Sheila Campbell MMM Ireland 29.05.2022 This morning I came across a quote from Meister Eckhart: “If the only prayer you say in your entire life is ‘thank you,’ that is enough. I stopped to look at those words because I am aware of how much in […]
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Ten Young Women
by Sr. Liana de Jesus MMM Brazil/Kenya 27.05.2022 The international MMM postulancy community in Nairobi, Kenya is composed of ten young women who are at the beginning stages of learning what religious life is all about. It is a time of discernment, when each young […]
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Shepherding the Shepherds
by Mary Coffey AMMM Ireland 25.05. 2022 Glencairn Cistercian Abbey in Co Waterford, Ireland is my favourite place to respond to God’s invitation to “come away to some lonely place and rest for a while.” It is a place of gentle silence but […]
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Rosemount
by an early MMM author c.1987 Ireland 23.05.2022 This is the story of a house, a very special house for the Medical Missionaries of Mary. A house whose name is heard far and wide. “Rosemount” was the first home in Ireland for Mother Mary Martin and […]
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Divine Intervention
by Vera Grant AMMM Ireland 21.05.2022 I have known Sr. Jude Walsh since 2003 when I became an Associate with the MMMs. When I spoke of this decision to become an Associate Sr. Jude always said, ‘It’s Divine Intervention.’ Sr Jude saw God’s hand in […]
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Prayer and Healing
by Sr. Sheila Campbell MMM Ireland 19.05.2022 Did you ever wonder why some people seem to cope well with life’s difficulties and other people just can’t cope at all? I was thinking about this the other day when I was thinking about all the people I have cared […]
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Healing Charism and Art
by Sr. Liana de Jesus MMM Brazil/Kenya 17.05.2022 I am discovering that one of my strongest gifts is art. I was not even aware of how much I can be creative through art. This has enlightened me about the young people as I work with the youth […]
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International Nurses Day 2022
by Lisa Murphy MMM Archivist Ireland 15.05.2022 International Nurses Day is celebrated around the world every May 12th which is also the anniversary of Florence Nightingale’s birth. The theme for 2022 is Nurses: A Voice to Lead – Invest in Nursing and respect rights to secure global health. […]
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