MMM Blog
Recording the Past and inspiring the Future
by Lisa Murphy, MMM Archivist 02.11.2021 An introduction to MMM ArchivesIn July of 2021, I took up the mantle of Congregational Archivist for the Medical Missionaries of Mary. However more often than not, when I tell people that I am an archivist, I am met with blank stares. I […]
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In the Sacred Space
by Sr. Prisca Ovat, MMM Kenya 28.10.2021 That space appears really incomprehensible to most mortals. It is fully grasped by the one who knows all – YHWH. Yet, to the one tested and proven Has ownership and wisdom been given to access – the […]
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Healing Charism with the Elderly
by Sr. Noeleen Mooney, MMM Ireland 24.10.2021 The Healing Charism is a gift I have been given. It comes with responsibility.It involves Coaxing – that those who feel they can’t, because of age or infirmity, may discover that they can, with just a little help. […]
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Fog
by Sr. Sheila Campbell, MMM Ireland 21.10.2021 This morning I went out walking at my usual early time. It was still dark, but that wasn’t the problem. What hit me like a wet blanket as I opened the door was a dense, misty fog. I immediately remembered the fogs of […]
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Memories of the MMM
Guest Blog by Paul Brian Campbell, S.J. U.S.A. 19/10/2021 I was 11 years-old when my sister Sheila entered the novitiate. We visited her in Clonmel, Co. Tipperary as a postulant and I remember my little brother and I causing something of a stir as we strolled into her dormitory […]
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Mother Mary Room
by Sr. Joanne Kelly, MMM Ireland 15/10/2021 There are times when I seek a place of real solitude, a quiet place to reflect and pray. In fine weather this is easy to find in our lovely garden amidst the God-given beauty of nature. In the cold dark days I go to […]
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A Time Apart
by Sr. Noeleen Mooney, MMM Ireland 07/10/2021 To have a value on our lives, silence and solitude must at some time be experienced and found to be worthwhile, or even vital as a way of gathering our inner forces to respond to what life’s journey and our God […]
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Protecting Children
by Sr. Margaret Anne Meyer, MMM U.S.A. 05/10/2021 Children have always been very precious to me. When I returned from Africa where I had cared for sick children for over thirty years and saw how lovely they are, it surprised me that anyone could even think of molesting them? […]
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This Journey was Unplanned
by Sr. Prisca Ovat Nigeria/Kenya 05/10/2021 Returning to my first mission, I found myself taking up the responsibility for the palliative clinic. This was a new adventure, and with so much energy, I plunged into work head-on. I never saw what awaited. At first, the […]
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Journeying in Africa
by Sr. Cecily Bourdillon, MMM, Ireland 05/10/2021 When I hear Sister Justina Odunukwe’s name I think of an unforgettable journey in 1973. Sister Justina is now the Area Leader of West Africa. At the time, I was stationed in Ikot Ene in southeastern Nigeria; the MMMs had established the rural […]
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