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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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My Eyes to the Mountains

   by Sr. Margaret Anne Meyer MMM          U.S.A.       13.05.2022   As I read the beautiful blog by Sr. Noleen Mooney with title “I lift up my eyes to the Mountains”, my thoughts ran back to the mid 1960’s when I was an intern in […]

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A Rainy Day in the Woods

by Sr. Bernadette Fadegnon    MMM   Republic of Benin/ Brazil     11.05.2022 A rainy day in the wood She peeped through her widow It is raining, she murmured. She wished the rain could stop, So that she can go in the woods To enjoy the company of trees, of birds, […]

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Today – Grief

by an MMM Associate          Ireland       09.05.2022   Today has been one of the hardest.  We buried my darling nephew, John, who at the age of 43 took his own life.

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Sit under a Tree and let God find you

by Eilín Teeling, AMMM           Ireland          07.05.2022 My colleague was very clear when she said she could not pray or practise meditation or contemplation. She was not sure about mindfulness either. Sit still under a tree for twenty minutes, with no obvious task? […]

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Morning has Broken – Part Two

by Sr. Ese Idogen  MMM          Nigeria               05.05.2022 As I got more involved in the work in Tourgbene, Bomadi region in Delta State, Nigeria, I realized that the water here is ‘everything”. Everything is done in the water, drinking, bathing, fishing, […]

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