MMM Blog
Encounter with Vipers
by Sr. Cecily Bourdillon MMM Zimbabwe 23/02/2022 Not long after my arrival at Zungeru Rural Health Centre in Northern Nigeria, I was called to see a young woman who was bleeding to death having been bitten by a snake. We were unable to give our patient a blood […]
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Jigsaws
by Sr. Sheila Campbell MMM Ireland 21.02.2022 I am now in my seventies and in recent years I have found myself drawn again to doing jigsaw puzzles. I think it began when I had a period of forced inactivity from work due to medical reasons. But no matter how I […]
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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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