By 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.”Sr. Prisca Ovat, MMM, working in Kenya, shares her passion of caring for our earth and how she is trying to make changes among the people she lives and works within Eldoret. “In our desire to curb climate change and care for our earth, here in Eldoret, we empower our […]
READ MORE: Air Pollution in KenyaSr Pauline Amulen, MMM, Lilongwe Community It is astonishing how life can change from comfort to discomfort and misery in a blink of an eye. Cyclone Freddy has caused an unprecedented crisis in Malawi where the state of devastation is indescribable. The rains that started slowly in southern Malawi on 10th […]
READ MORE: Tropical Cyclone FreddyKasina Health Centre is situated in Dedza district, one of the mountainous areas of Malawi, bordering Mozambique. It is 40kms north of the town of Dedza and an hour’s drive south of Lilongwe, the capital city. There are 74 villages in our catchment area, with a population of 35, 863. Early […]
READ MORE: When Covid came to KasinaIt is now 48 years since Mother Mary Martin, our founder, died here in Drogheda. Up to now we have gathered the memories of the Sisters who knew her best. But this is our call out to you, the people of Drogheda, Dublin and beyond. If anyone has memories of Mother […]
READ MORE: Mother Mary MemoriesSr. Jacinta Ugonma Mahakwe MMM We live in a world filled with lots of deprivations of basic human needs – food, water, clothing and shelter. These must be satisfied in order to address more complex needs like mental and physical health, relationships and employment. Growing up to adulthood in the […]
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