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Christmas Memories from East Africa
by Sr. Genevieve van Waesberghe MMM Tanzania 27.12.2021 As a missionary, I owe a lot to the Women of Africa. They have opened my heart to recognize in day-to-day life, God, our Emmanuel who is always coming in often humble and unexpected ways, especially where there is great suffering […]
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The Memory Tree
by Nancy Hinds, MMM Associate, U.S.A. 26.12. 2021 Way back in 1981, I had been given the gift to care for terminally ill patients in my home. Each one had a life’s story. Some were leaving the world too soon with young family grieving. Others were sharing a lifetime of […]
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A Family Christmas in Zimbabwe
by Sr. Cecily Bourdillon MMM Zimbabwe/Ireland 25.12.2021 Celebrating Christmas on a farm in Rhodesia (now Zimbabwe) remains for me a very special childhood memory. Christmas, in the middle of Southern Africa, came when the hot, rainy season was converting the dry, brown landscape to a lush green. We were blessed […]
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The Gift of Working for the MMMs
by Nadia Ramoutar, MMM Communications Coordinator Ireland 24.12.2021 There are gifts that life brings us in the most unexpected ways. When I applied for the role of the Communications Coordinator for the Medical Missionaries of Mary, the deadline for application was 22nd December, 2020. I recall thinking how close this […]
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Christmas Candle
by Eilín Teeling AMMM Ireland 24.12.2021 We spend four weeks preparing for Christ’s coming, a time of hope, to find joy and a glimmer of light in our lives. Advent ends after dusk, before Evening Prayer, on Christmas Eve. Jesus who is born, is the Word made […]
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Christmas in Malawi
by Sr. Mary Doonan MMM Ireland 23.12.2021 In 1980 I spent my first Christmas In Africa, the memories of which will never leave me. I was at St. John’s Hospital, Mzuzu in the North of Malawi. It was a 200 -bed hospital and Nurse Training School attached.
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Chris Kindle?
by Sr. Kerisfon Clement Ekanem Republic of Benin 23.12.2021 Chris kindle? I first heard this word in the Novitiate. What is it all about? The explanation was interesting and captivating, “pick a secret friend, pray for her and a day will come when you will exchange gifts with each other.”
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Memories of Christmas 1950s
by Vera Grant, AMMM Ireland 22.12.2021 Christmas began in our house on the 8th December, the Feast of The Immaculate Conception. It was a holy day, school was closed, we went to Mass and then we went to visit Santa but most important of all it was the […]
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Christmas “SSekukulu”
by Sr. Josephine Nabisere Uganda 22.12.2021 Uganda joins the rest of the world to celebrate Christmas on 25th December every year. This celebration starts as early as November whereby the sound of Christmas songs is heard across the country. Some shops are colourful with Christmas decorations. The Christmas […]
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Family Novena
by Sr. Maria José da Silva, MMM Brazil 21.12.2021 Here in Brazil we would like to share with you one of the most enjoyable experiences that happens yearly among the Christian families in our Catholic church. There are many ways to prepare for Christmas. One of them is participating […]
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