MMM Blog
Advent in the Shower
by Sr. Bernadette Fadegnon, MMM Republic of Benin/ Brazil 02.12.2021 There she stood under the shower, Enjoying the warm running water Delighting in its sweet touch When suddenly the shower stopped running.
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Shadows on the Wall
by Sr. Sheila Campbell MMM Ireland 29.11.2021 The other day I was in the chapel around 8.30 in the morning. As we are in winter months here in the Northern Hemisphere, the sun rises a little later each day. On this day the sun, just above the horizon, […]
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An Ordinary Daisy
by Sr. Sheila Campbell MMM Ireland 25.11.2021 Some months back, I found myself in a large garden waiting for a visitor to the house. It was a warm, sunny day, always welcome in September. I sat on a garden bench and had the time just to feel the heat of […]
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Grief
by Sr. Helen Aherne MMM Ireland 22.11. 2021 Grief: what is it? Is it this empty feeling of pain, constant nagging pain. It is the loss of a dear one, one whom I had known most of my life, one I had looked up to, had depended on, and […]
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Miserable Weather
by Sr. Noeleen Mooney, MMM Ireland 18.11.2021 Until I came from Tanzania back to Ireland, I hadn’t realized just how much my attitude to rain had changed. When it rains here, I hear people describe it as ‘a dirty day’ or ’miserable weather’. Maybe these are only conventions of speech, […]
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The Journey
by Jo Anne Kelly MMM Ireland 15.11.2021 The sun was just rising, shortly after 6 am when I set off from Ibadan in West Nigeria to attend a formation team meeting in Urua Akpan in the East of the country, a 10-12-hour journey depending on the roads and the traffic. […]
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by Sr. Sheila Campbell MMM Ireland 12.11.2021 The other day I noticed this tree out on our front lawn. It struck me as a lovely image of the Sisters inside the house. It is in its autumnal stage, as we are. I am one of the youngsters at 72! But […]
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by Sr. Helen Aherne MMM Ireland 11.11.2021 I first met Charles at a meeting organised by the Town Council in Masaka, Uganda. He wanted to do something for PWDs (persons with disabilities).
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Busy Week
by Sr. Sheila Campbell, MMM Ireland 07.11.2021 This coming week is going to be hectic. I won’t bore you with details but it will be one of those periods when routine disappears and life is suddenly full of many tasks and many new people. Then, at the end of the […]
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All in the “Our Father”
by Sr. Prisca Ovat, MMM Kenya 05.11.2021 “Like the experience of the disciples on their way to Emmaus, whose hearts were burning as Jesus explained the scriptures, so too my heart inflamed meditating on the Lord’s prayer. And for the first time in my life, I felt I had only […]
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