MMM Blog

New Year – Same You?

by Nadia Ramoutar MMM Communications Coordinator Ireland 03.01.2022 Almost every year once the over indulgence of the Christmas and New Year’s celebrations are wrapped up, the next tradition to face is the making and often the break of New Year’s Resolutions. Many people are so busy […]

A Special New Year in Malawi

By Sr. Cecily Bourdillon Zimbabwe/ Ireland 02.01.2022 I had the great joy and privilege of being missioned in Malawi for 19 years. Malawi is a small land-locked country with a population of nearly twenty million, in the centre of Africa and has the name of ‘The Warm Heart of […]

Christmas – A Memorable Season

by Sr. Josephine Joseph Ezior, MMM Nigeria 01.01.2022 Christmas is a significant event in Nigeria and the most exciting periods of the year for most Nigerians. Everyone, both young and old, long for it. It is a season of change in the environment, change from the routine meals and […]

Christmas in Kenya

by Sr. Liana de Jesus Brazil/ Kenya 31.12.2021 During this past year we have experienced many situations that have influenced our lives in one way or the other. Events around the world, living pos-Covid19, has challenged our creativity and has helped us survive in many countries. Our compassion, […]

New Year in Salvador, Brazil

by Sr. Sheila Campbell, MMM Ireland/ Brazil 30.12.2021 For several years I lived in Salvador, a seaside city in the Northeast of Brazil in Bahia State. New Year was a special time for us as it was a time to mix and mingle with people of other religious traditions. New […]

Christmas in USA

by Sr. Margaret Anne Meyer, MMM USA 29.12.2021 Having celebrated Christmas in Ireland, Uganda, Kenya, Tanzania, Nigeria, how can I think of something special peculiar to the United States. There is a basic longing in our hearts for the coming of Jesus. Mother Mary knew this through and […]

CHRISTMAS IN ELETA, NIGERIA

by Sr. Jo Anne Kelly, MMM Ireland 28.12.2021 We were two MMM communities in Eleta, Nigeria. The novices and I were in one and, across the road, were the professed sisters who took care of St. Mary’s Hospital. Between the two, and on our side of the road, was […]

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 […]

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 […]

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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