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Honouring our Treasure

by Vera Grant  AMMM   Ireland   06.12.2021 I knelt on the floor surrounded by all my treasures, boxed up, sealed and unwanted. The labelling was finished, Waterford Crystal glasses, bowls and vases; Tyrone Crystal glasses and condiment sets, Blue Willow plates, serving dishes and fruit bowls, ornaments, coffee pots, milk […]

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Bubbles – Lessons from Covid

by Sr. Sheila Campbell, MMM   Ireland    04.12.2021 Last night we had a community gathering of Sisters in my house.  It was to be only a short meeting.  Some in the group had other responsibilities and things to do.  So, there was a certain anxiety to get on with […]

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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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Autumn

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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People with Disabilities

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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