MMM Blog
A Chinese Riddle
by an unknown MMM author – undated 19.02.2022 A Chinese riddle asks which is better ‘a teaching, a story or a greeting?’ The answer given is a greeting. Why we may ask: To greet is to bless, to bless is to greet, to greet is to expect a […]
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We Are One
by Vera Grant AMMM Ireland 17.02.2022 We waited, we prayed and we hoped the outcome would be the same. The same in that Rayan, the five-year-old Moroccan boy would survive as had the twelve Thai boys and their coach, trapped in an underground cave some eighteen […]
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Preserving the Past
by Lisa Murphy MMM Archivist Ireland 15.02.2022 One of the most important jobs that an archivist does, is to ensure that the material we hold in the archive is preserved for the future. Without the proper care, environment and storage conditions, archival material is vulnerable and […]
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Being a Missionary
by Sr. Jacinta Mahakwe MMM Nigeria/ Brazil 13.02.2022 In one encounter during my pastoral work, a woman came up to me and struck a conversation. Accordingly, she is from Bahia, born in Itapuá and lives in Pituba. The places are nearby. She added that she […]
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MMM Beginnings
by Lisa Murphy MMM Archivist Ireland 11.02.2022 On the 11th of February 1936 Sacra Congregatio de Propaganda Fide issued the decree Constans ac Sedula, enabling religious women to undertake work in all fields of medicine. This permitted Marie Martin’s vision of a congregation of medically trained […]
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An Open Door
by Sr. Sheila Campbell MMM Ireland 09.02.2022 Since the Covid-19 pandemic began we have all been with heightened awareness for the need for fresh air and ventilation. We have all our windows and, where possible, doors open. This morning I sat staring at the open door of our […]
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Daffodils 2022
by Sr. Noeleen Mooney MMM Ireland 07.02.2022 On 21st January this year, the first daffodil, long a long line of shrubs outside our chapel in Beechgrove, Drogheda, burst into bloom. In retrospect, since I returned to live in Ireland six years ago, this has been a pattern. At […]
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First Days in MMM
by Sr. Keresifon Clement Ekanem Republic of Benin 04.02.2022 It was a special day, the long-awaited day – Tuesday 13 August 2013; a day I was to begin another phase of life and I was full of enthusiasm about it. I arrived in our Postulants’ house […]
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Spring Starts Today
by Sr. Sheila Campbell, MMM Ireland 01.02.2022 “Spring starts today”. Well, that is what they say in Ireland, on the Feast of Saint Brigid, February 1st. Now usually there is the whole month of February ahead which can be one of the coldest months of […]
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The Baby Sparrow
by Sr. Noeleen Mooney MMM Ireland 30.01.2022 No one is immune to the presence of birds in our compound in Tanzania Whether we like them or see them as a nuisance, their presence is real and does affect us. Most of us […]
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