MMM Blog
Miracle of Birth
by Eilín Teeling AMMM Ireland 19.03.2022 “I understand birthdays now!” The new Dad was celebrating his son’s first birthday with his wife, with me, and with the three other grandparents. The baby looked at the lit candle on the birthday cake and smiled too. He […]
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Patrick
by Sr. Sheila Campbell MMM Ireland 17.03.2022 Today is the Feast of Saint Patrick, a great missionary of the 5th Century. In some sense, having always grown up with “Saint Patrick” in our lives, we tend to take him for granted. But recently I have been turning […]
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On a Protest March
by Sr. Margaret Anne Meyer MMM U.S.A. 15.03.2022 Recently I was asked “What is it like to be on a protest march?” Here is my answer. So often, the feeling of hopelessness comes over me when I hear the cries of suffering people. […]
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The Power of a Simple Touch
By Sr. Keresifon Clement Ekanem Republic of Benin 13.03.2022 She walked into the Clinic (one of the Clinics I worked after my training) emaciated with wrinkled skin, looked weak and breathless, accompanied by her mother who looked exhausted too. Other patients were excused and Patience (not her real […]
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Words Bring Results
by Sr. Prisca Ovat MMM Kenya 11.03.2022 Here she is called Mama Kemba, Mercy, 85 years old. She was referred to us by one of the palliative caregivers (Esther). The latter had, alongside others, received a couple of training on identifying, reporting and assisting […]
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Seeds of Hope 1
by Vera Grant AMMM Ireland 09.03.2022 It wouldn’t have been hard to identify the grandparents waiting at the school gate. We stood apart, not knowing one another and wrapped up warmly with masks intact. The young mothers near us with babies in slings or in […]
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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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