By Sr. Carol Breslin, MMM On September 13, 2023, I travelled to New York City from our MMM house in Somerville to present our MMM story to the board of directors of UNANIMA International. UNANIMA International non-governmental organization with consultative status at the United Nation, representing 22 congregations of women […]
READ MORE: Our New United Nations VentureBy Sr. Prisca Ovat, MMM First Published in Global Sisters Report, June 2023 Responding to God with creative fidelity, I left my home in Nigeria in 2013 to go to Kenya, trusting in the God of the missions to help me blossom wherever I was planted. Like the spring flower, […]
READ MORE: A Young Sister Tells Her StoryIn June, the Global Sisters Report published an article about MMM Sisters in Fuka, Northern Nigeria. It was entitled “After violent attacks, Sisters of the Medical Missionaries of Mary in Nigeria launch mini clinic” and the journalist was Patrick Egwu. He interviewed Srs. Florence Njoka and Nancy Ong’era as they worked […]
READ MORE: Working Amidst Violence in Northern NigeriaBy Sr. Maria Jose da Silva, MMM During the last year, 2022, MMM in Salvador, Brazil, through the support of our donors overseas and with the local support of our lay people in the Pastoral Centre, was able to help about 100 women between the ages of 14-50 years old. […]
READ MORE: Women of Courage and FaithBy Nadia Ramoutar, MMM Communications Coordinator For many children in the Western World, having summer months off is an exciting time of freedom when they will enjoy fun activities, camps and even holidays overseas. It is a much welcomed break for children who worked hard all year at school and […]
READ MORE: Summer Time and ChildrenBy Sr. Charity Munonye Located in Ebonyi State, southeast Nigeria, St. Patrick Hospital also known as Mile Four, was established in 1946 and managed by the MMM. It was founded to detect, treat and eradicate Hansen’s disease also known as Leprosy. The Hospital serves severely low-income people with high levels […]
READ MORE: MMM Four Mile Hospital – Uses Funding to Save Lives and Make Major ImprovementsBy Sr. Dumka Michael, MMM The Cardinal Onaiyekan Foundation for Peace, in collaboration with The Medical Missionaries of Mary PHC clinic and maternity, Aco Estate, New Lugbe Airport Road, Abuja held a 2-day workshop and training on peaceful coexistence themed “strengthening peaceful coexistence through enhancing the economic capacity of Sauka […]
READ MORE: Hunger Amidst Insecurity – Working with Sauka Women in NigeriaBy Sr. Maria José, MMM The Anna Sironi Centre is a pastoral work of the parish where the MMM Sisters live in Salvador, Brazil. Many Sisters have collaborated or led their activities over the years and recently Sr. Maria José , MMM, “listened in” to a conversation among three of […]
READ MORE: Women’s EmpowermentBy Sr Mary O’Malley, MMM We are convinced that since Nairobi is a Mecca for expatriates of surrounding countries and the whole of East and Central Africa, we experience the full ‘fall-out’ of the problem of Human Trafficking here. An example is the case of a Ugandan nurse (‘Lucy’) hired […]
READ MORE: Lucy’s StoryFrom MMM Mukuru Health Program It was the morning of 14th March 2023 at 10 am, at the time when the staff of Mukuru Health Program were engaged in the healing services, that a fire broke out in a place called Vietnam in Mukuru slum. Vietnam is among the 8 […]
READ MORE: “I have nothing left.”