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Sister Doctor Mairead Chambers
by Lisa Murphy MMM Archivist 08.03.2022 The issuing of the Constans ac Sedula in 1936, enabled MMM Sisters to undertake pioneering medical work. Throughout the history of the Medical Missionaries of Mary, there have been many women who have devoted themselves to particular causes and one […]
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Nun and Pilot
by Sr. Sheila Campbell MMM Ireland 07.03.2022 Tomorrow is International Women’s Day. So today I want to tell you part of the story of Sr. Nina Underwood MMM. I say part of the story because recently I read her account of being kidnapped by guerrilla […]
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Fund-Raising for Leprosy
By Sr. Margaret Anne Meyer, MMM U.S.A. 06.03.2022 When I last wrote to you about the meaning of Advocacy which I learned from Sister Cora Wall MMM, I also remembered the very beginnings of the founding of our Mission in Ogoja to those suffering […]
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Walking for Lent
By Sr. Sheila Campbell MMM Ireland 05/03/2022 Isn’t it cheating a little bit to say you are walking for Lent when actually you do go out walking most days? These thoughts were in my head when I set out to start the MMM […]
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Joining the Funeral
by Theresa McDonnell Friström, AMMM Ireland 03.03.2022 When I unexpectedly walked in the funeral procession of Fr. Mick Reynolds, CSSp, from Kimmage Manor to the Church of the Holy Spirit in Dublin one Monday morning, something strange happened. Firstly, I was the only woman. Secondly, I […]
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Seeking New Ways in the Healing Mission of Jesus
Creative Fidelity by Sr. Brigid Corrigan MMM England/Tanzania 01.03.2022 The urgent call from the ‘high dependency ward’ came early in the morning. Along with others, I made my way to find a young boy, Sospeter, 15 yrs of age, in a deep coma. Swift examination, resuscitation and essential […]
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Is God calling me?
By Sr. Sheila Campbell, MMM Ireland 25.02.2022 One of the questions I am asked, often if not frequently, is “How did you know you wanted to be a Sister?” Well, the truthful answer – I always knew – is not very helpful so I went […]
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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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