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Sounds of Summer
by Nadia Ramoutar Communications Coordinator Ireland 01.08.2022 It is summer here in our part of the world, though in Ireland that is a vague term. While it is certainly warmer, the sky today looks more like October. Someone recently asked me when […]
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Anybody want a Doctor?
Editor: The following article was first published in an early MMM magazine. I enjoyed it so much I thought our blog readers would enjoy it too by Medicus, an unnamed Volunteer Doctor 1957 30.07.2022 You never know what kind of a job you will […]
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Barcodes
by Sr. Sheila Campbell MMM Ireland 28.07.2022 Sometimes God comes to tickle you with joy. At least that is the way I thought about it after I had seen this scene. The other morning, I walked into our chapel for morning prayer and there it […]
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Barcodes
by Sr. Sheila Campbell MMM Ireland 28.07.2022 Sometimes God comes to tickle you with joy. At least that is the way I thought about it after I had seen this scene. The other morning, I walked into our chapel for morning prayer and there it […]
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Precious Stones
by Mary Coffey AMMM Ireland 26.07.2022 Below is the text of an email that I sent to Colette Morris, head of Migration in the Irish Red Cross, in 2019, less than a month after our Community Sponsorship Group, called ‘New Beginnings Kells’ welcomed a Syrian family […]
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Yohane
by Sr. Cecily Bourdillon MMM Ireland 24.07.2022 A few days ago, I received a message from a member of staff of Kasina Health Centre in Malawi telling me of the death of our mutual friend, Yohane. May he rest in peace. The message added […]
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The Tea Towel
by Sr. Sheila Campbell MMM Ireland 22.07.2022 Last week someone came into the kitchenette in our office area and took a tea towel. I say ‘took’ although I am tempted to say ‘stole’. I was mad, furious, and beside myself at […]
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The Tea Towel
by Sr. Sheila Campbell MMM Ireland 22.07.2022 Last week someone came into the kitchenette in our office area and took a tea towel. I say ‘took’ although I am tempted to say ‘stole’. I was mad, furious, and beside myself at […]
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Unfolding the Petals of Poetry
by Sr. Margaret Anne Meyer MMM U.S.A. 20.07.2022 Poetry has, until recently, been a mysterious garden where words blossomed like wildflowers. They looked lovely but what was their meaning? How come the ending words did not rhyme but carried me to a different world? It […]
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Unfolding the Petals of Poetry
by Sr. Margaret Anne Meyer MMM U.S.A. 20.07.2022 Poetry has, until recently, been a mysterious garden where words blossomed like wildflowers. They looked lovely but what was their meaning? How come the ending words did not rhyme but carried me to a different world? It […]
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