MMM Blog

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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Morning has Broken – Part One

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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The Little Dog

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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I lift up my eyes to the mountains

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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The Spider

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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Birds’ Nests

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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MMM and Franciscan Collaboration

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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