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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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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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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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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by Sr. Ese Idogen MMM Nigeria 03.05.2022 I received my letter that evening after a special evening missioning prayer. I was filled with feelings of excitement and at the same time, anxiety. I was going to Torugbene? Alone? As I laid on my bed, […]
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by Sr. Jo Anne Kelly MMM Ireland 01.05.2022 Every morning I take an early walk. Many people are out at that time, staff hurrying for duty in the hospital and others like me just taking a walk- One especially, he is an elderly man […]
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by Sr. Noeleen Mooney MMM Ireland 28.04.2022 When I returned to Ireland after many years in East Africa, I joined a local hill-walking group. Apart from pandemic lock-downs, we meet every second Sunday, from September to June. For me, it has opened up a whole new […]
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by Unknown MMM Author undated Ireland 26.04.2022 There is a story told of a spider. Above all creatures the spider knows what ‘depending’ means. Its whole life depends on the fragile threads that laced together make home. The spider could weave the most […]
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by Sr. Noeleen Mooney MMM Ireland 24.04..2022 Have you ever wondered about birds’ nests? No, I don’t mean the size, shape or colour of them. What really amazes me is how they stay together. I mean how does the builder get the first few twigs to form a […]
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Guest blog by Sr. Joyce Zarnick OSF U.S.A. 22.04.2022 I’d like to speak of how the collaboration between the Franciscans and the Medical Missionary of Mary began. I am Sister Joyce, a Franciscan from Clinton, Iowa. After teaching junior high for 42 years, […]
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