MMM Blog

Blood and Water

by Sr. Noeleen Mooney, MMM  Ireland 04.11.2021  My work in a mission hospital laboratory was far removed from the high technology of auto-analyzers and computer print-outs. Diagnosing intestinal and blood parasites microscopically formed a large part of the workload. The highest cause of mortality and morbidity is malaria.  So may die, […]

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Recording the Past and inspiring the Future

by Lisa Murphy, MMM Archivist  02.11.2021    An introduction to MMM ArchivesIn July of 2021, I took up the mantle of Congregational Archivist for the Medical Missionaries of Mary. However more often than not, when I tell people that I am an archivist, I am met with blank stares. I […]

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In the Sacred Space

by Sr. Prisca Ovat, MMM      Kenya          28.10.2021 That space appears really incomprehensible to most mortals. It is fully grasped by the one who knows all – YHWH. Yet, to the one tested and proven Has ownership and wisdom been given to access – the […]

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Healing Charism with the Elderly

by Sr. Noeleen Mooney, MMM        Ireland       24.10.2021 The Healing Charism is a gift I have been given.  It comes with responsibility.It involves Coaxing – that those who feel they can’t, because of age or infirmity, may discover that they can, with just a little help.  […]

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Fog

by Sr. Sheila Campbell, MMM  Ireland  21.10.2021 This morning I went out walking at my usual early time.  It was still dark, but that wasn’t the problem.  What hit me like a wet blanket as I opened the door was a dense, misty fog.  I immediately remembered the fogs of […]

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Memories of the MMM

Guest Blog by Paul Brian Campbell, S.J.        U.S.A.  19/10/2021 I was 11 years-old when my sister Sheila entered the novitiate. We visited her in Clonmel, Co. Tipperary as a postulant and I remember my little brother and I causing something of a stir as we strolled into her dormitory […]

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Mother Mary Room

by Sr. Joanne Kelly, MMM   Ireland 15/10/2021 There are times when I seek a place of real solitude, a quiet place to reflect and pray. In fine weather this is easy to find in our lovely garden amidst the God-given beauty of nature. In the cold dark days I go to […]

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A Time Apart

by Sr. Noeleen Mooney, MMM  Ireland       07/10/2021 To have a value on our lives, silence and solitude must at some time be experienced and found to be worthwhile, or even vital as a way of gathering our inner forces to respond to what life’s journey and our God […]

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Protecting Children

by Sr. Margaret Anne Meyer, MMM   U.S.A.     05/10/2021 Children have always been very precious to me. When I returned from Africa where I had cared for sick children for over thirty years and saw how lovely they are, it surprised me that anyone could even think of molesting them? […]

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This Journey was Unplanned

by Sr. Prisca Ovat        Nigeria/Kenya      05/10/2021 Returning to my first mission, I found myself taking up the responsibility for the palliative clinic. This was a new adventure, and with so much energy, I plunged into work head-on. I never saw what awaited. At first, the […]

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