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- [Cleaning up our Act](https://mmmworldwide.org/cleaning-up-our-act/) - by Nadia Ramoutar MMM Communications Coordinator Ireland 06.06.2023 I love learning new things and blogs are the ideal place to share such gems with other people. I recently found out that the word February is one of the most commonly misspelled words in the English language often appearing misspelled even on
- [O'Connell, Sr. M. Raphael](https://mmmworldwide.org/o-connell-sr-m-raphael/) - Sr. Raphael was born Margaret Mildred in April 1925. She was born in Athlone, Co. Westmeath and this is where Mildred had her early education at the local convent school. The desire to be a missionary Sister came early and Mildred joined the Medical Missionaries of Mary when she was eighteen. This was just six
- [Twomey, Sr. Deirdre](https://mmmworldwide.org/twomey-sr-deirdre/) - Sr. Deirdre Twomey, baptised Eileen Deirdre, was born in Cardiff, Wales in 1933. Her father, Jeremiah Twomey was Irish and although Deirdre’s early education was in Wales and England, the Irish ties were strong and the family eventually moved back to Dublin. Deirdre entered MMM immediately after she finished her secondary education, aged eighteen.
- [Donnelly, Sr. M. Teresita](https://mmmworldwide.org/donnelly-sr-m-teresita/) - Sr. Teresita, baptised Caroline Mary, was born in Beauparc, Co. Meath, in March 1926. She was educated locally and reached university entrance level before joining MMM in 1947.After her initial religious formation, she worked in the Our Lady of Lourdes Maternity Hospital for a year before starting her studies in Dublin at the National University
- [Quinn, Sr. Maureen Ita](https://mmmworldwide.org/quinn-sr-maureen-ita/) - Sr. Maureen Ita was born in Dungannon, Northern Ireland, in May 1927, one of five children. All her siblings have pre-deceased her. She was educated locally at the convent schools and joined MMM just a year after finishing school. After her initial religious formation, she was not sent for further studies, but remained in Drogheda
- [Ni Riain, Sr. Una](https://mmmworldwide.org/ni-riain-sr-una/) - Sr. Úna was born in Dublin in 1931. Her family were Irish-speaking and all her early education in Dublin was in Irish. This love of the Irish language stayed with her all her life. After leaving school, she joined MMM, aged eighteen. After her initial religious formation, Úna went to do Nursing, first in Drogheda
- [Byrne, Sr. Patricia](https://mmmworldwide.org/byrne-sr-patricia/) - Sister Patricia was born in Dunboyne, Co. Meath in February 1933. She had her early education locally and then went on to study in Dublin in book-keeping and secretarial skills. She entered MMM in 1958. Even during her initial religious formation, Sister Patricia was already working in the I.M.T.H. (Our Lady of Lourdes Hospital) in
- [McMullan, Sr. M. Trinitas](https://mmmworldwide.org/mcmullan-sr-m-trinitas-2/) - 22nd September 1933 – 22nd February 2022 Sr. M. Trinitas, baptized Margaret McMullan, was born In Belfast, N. Ireland. She came from a large family and started primary school in Belfast. However, the Second World War had started by this time and, to avoid the bombings, Margaret’s parents decided to move her and her siblings
- [Carroll, Sr. Mairead](https://mmmworldwide.org/sr-mairead-carroll/) - Sr. Mairead Carroll, born in 1931, was baptised Margaret Teresa Mary. She came from Kiltimagh, Co. Mayo where she had all of her early education in St. Louis Convent school including her Leaving Certificate in 1949. She was one of six children, but has only one living sibling, her sister, Mary.After a few years at
- [Breslin, Sr. Breege](https://mmmworldwide.org/sr-breege-breslin/) - Sr. Breege Breslin, baptised Brigid, was born in Ballina, Co. Mayo, Ireland on May 3rd, 1931. She was the seventh child in a family of twelve children, six boys and six girls. All her brothers and sisters pre-deceased her with the exception if one brother, Joe. Brigid was educated locally in Ballina, first in the
- [Reilly, Sr. Mary Teresa](https://mmmworldwide.org/sr-mary-teresa-reilly/) - Sr. Mary Teresa Reilly was born in Mullingar, Co. Westmeath in July 1937. Her early education was in local schools and she was trained as a secretary and book-keeper. For three years she worked as a clerk in a Galway firm before joining MMM in 1958. Even during her initial religious formation, Sr. Mary Teresa’s
- [Onyeugo, Sr. M. Catherine Therese](https://mmmworldwide.org/onyeugo-sr-m-catherine-therese/) - Sr. M. Catherine Therese Onyeugo Sr. M. Catherine Therese was born in Emekuku, Owerri, Nigeria on January 1st, 1027. As a young girl, before joining MMM, she worked in St. Luke’s Hospital, Anua, as a ward orderly. In an interview she gave at the time of her Diamond Jubilee in 2017 she reminisced:“I admired the
- [Kenna, Sr. Fergal](https://mmmworldwide.org/kenna-sr-fergal/) - Sister Fergal Kenna, MMM02th March, 1928—01st October, 2021 Sr. Fergal was born in Portarlington, County Laois, the daughter of Vera (née Whelan) and Michael Kenna. She was baptised Mary Josephine and was known as Mary. Her early education was with the Mercy Sisters in Monasterevan and from there she joined the Civil Service and worked
- [MMM Supplements](https://mmmworldwide.org/mmm-supplements/) - US Newsletters & MMM Supplements We, MMM Sisters, create annual appeals to help raise awareness and resources for our overseas mission. A Supplement publication is created twice a year and shares information about the current appeal. Each MMM Supplement has a different focus. Here is a collection of recent and past Supplements. - MMM
- [MMM Yearbooks](https://mmmworldwide.org/mmm-yearbooks/) - MMM Yearbooks Each year our MMM activities and achievements around the globe are compiled and documented in the Annual yearbook. Here is a collection of past issues which you may find interesting. The Yearbook is written, designed and distributed by the MMM Communication Department. If you would like to receive one please email us at
- [Adigo, Sr Fidelia](https://mmmworldwide.org/adigo-sr-fidelia/) - Sister Fidelia Adigo was born in Mgboma Alike Ikananzizi, Nigeria in November 1949. She was a trained nurse-midwife with a specialty in orthopaedics, and worked as a nurse-midwife for 10 years before joining MMM in 1991. Her first assignment was to Tanzania, where she served in Kabanga. In addition to nursing duties she helped children
- [West Africa](https://mmmworldwide.org/west-africa/) - Jump to Country: {tab title="Nigeria"} Nigeria Abajah Medical Missionaries of Community Health project, Abajah, Nwangele L.G.A, Imo State, Nigeria. MMM Community Health project Abajah was born on the 11th December, 2014 in Nwangele in response to the long lasting invitation of the Catholic Diocese of Orlu Diocese. The ministry is owned and run by the
- [East & Central Africa](https://mmmworldwide.org/east-central-africa/) - Jump to Country: {tab title="Kenya"} Kenya Eldoret St Mary’s Medical centre is an integrated faith based health facility in the Catholic Diocese of Eldoret established by the Medical Missionaries of Mary (MMM) in 2000 by Sr. Patricia Hoey. The health facility was established with the aim of providing basic quality care as there were little
- [MMM Europe](https://mmmworldwide.org/mmm-europe/) - Congregational Ministries Archives Department Two Sisters assist in the Archives Department. Communications Department Two Sisters assist in the Communications Department. Mission Awareness One Sister is sharing the work of the MMMs to raise awareness & resources. European Area Area Leadership Area Leader and her team who look after the administration and care of all the
- [Americas](https://mmmworldwide.org/americas/) - Jump to Country: {tab title="Brazil"} Brazil There are five Sisters in Brazil and along with their nine Associate members they are engaged in a variety of ministries. Now, we have closed a corporate ministry, Project Consolation, and are researching a new beginning in another part of the country. It is hampered by the pandemic, so
- [MMMs On The Move](https://mmmworldwide.org/mmms-on-the-move/) - Ever since Mother Mary Martin set off by canoe to visit villages in the delta area of Nigeria transport has always been a major factor in delivering health services. Many roads in the areas of Africa where we work are not tarred. Often, they are mud roads, or tarred in the past but tropical rain
- [Commitment](https://mmmworldwide.org/commitment/) - Commitmentis a sincere, long-term promise made and kept to dedicate the self totally to a cause or person or group or task. Commitment means not only promising to do something, but much more importantly, actually investing the necessary effort and actions to make it happen. It means sticking with something even when times are tough.
- [Compassion](https://mmmworldwide.org/compassion/) - Compassionis the ability and the willingness to enter into the chaos, the pain, the suffering and the story of another allowing it to affect us though it were our own. When a reflex reaction causes us to help a stranger, with no motivation other than that person is in need, our compassion is in action.
- [Creative Fidelity](https://mmmworldwide.org/creative-fidelity/) - Creative FidelityThis value is about remaining faithful to core principles/charism/spirit while seeking new ways to ‘be’ and to express these principles. God’s faithfulness to all creation is expressed this way: The steadfast love of the Lord never ceases, his mercies never come to an end; they are new every morning… Lamentations 3:22-23 This is a
- [Hospitality](https://mmmworldwide.org/hospitality/) - Hospitalityis traditionally defined as the friendly and generous reception and entertainment of guests, visitors, or strangers. Over the years the concept of hospitality has expanded to mean the attitude of making people feel like they belong, like they matter – feel at home. It is being with people in such a way that they feel
- [Interconnectedness](https://mmmworldwide.org/interconnectedness/) - Interconnectedness is an attitude which sees a oneness in all of God’s creation - everything in creation exists in communion with everything else. It is the state of being connected and having a close relationship with other people and things. We are interconnected with one another and we depend on one another for survival and
- [Integrity](https://mmmworldwide.org/integrity/) - Integrity being true to ourselves and being honest, upright, and decent in our dealings with others. Our thoughts and words are in line with each other; our actions align with our principles. Integrity demands courage. Developing integrity requires internal honesty, because we can’t be honest with others unless we are honest with ourselves. People of
- [Community Health Care Outreach](https://mmmworldwide.org/community-health-care-outreach/) - Community Health Care Outreach MMMs are actively engaged in the delivery of services. This includes the prevention or relief of sickness, disease or human suffering in various ways. We serve in over eleven countries. We assist with illness, diseases and social challenges unique to the specific location. We work with the local community to identify
- [Hospitals and Clinics](https://mmmworldwide.org/hospitals-and-clinics/) - Hospitals and Clinics MMM serves in four geographic regions (East Africa, West Africa, the Americas and Europe). The Sisters own or manage various hospitals, health care clinics and primary care centres. The variety of health care services provided is based on the needs of the local community. Prevention of illness and disease is as important
- [Holistic Healing and Health Education](https://mmmworldwide.org/holistic-healing-and-health-education/) - Holistic Healing and Health Education In addition to providing traditional hospital and clinic health services, MMM Sisters are involved in various types of holistic healing and also in providing health education. Open to what serves the needs of the community and the individual best, MMM offers a variety of holistic healing services that patients would
- [Counter Human Trafficking](https://mmmworldwide.org/counter-human-trafficking2/) - Counter Human Trafficking Tragically, in some of the poorest parts of the world young children and vulnerable adults are sought to be trafficked. MMMs seeing the growing need to educate, protect and help prevent Human trafficking are involved in many efforts to reverse this trend. Counter Human Trafficking (CHT) requires many levels of involvement to
- [Palliative Care and Support](https://mmmworldwide.org/palliative-care-and-support/) - Palliative Care and Support Palliative care is an important and specialised type of medical care that provides patients with relief from suffering or pain caused by long term or terminal illness no matter the diagnosis or stage of disease. Palliative care teams aim to improve the quality of life for both patients and their families.
- [Economic and enterprise empowerment for young women](https://mmmworldwide.org/economic-and-enterprise-empowerment-for-young-women/) - Economic and enterprise empowerment for young women In many parts of the world it is difficult for young women to find employment that will support them and their children. Attending traditional training or education programmes may not be an option for several reasons. In complex situations, women are denied access to jobs and have no
- [Water regeneration, nutrition and agricultural projects](https://mmmworldwide.org/water-regeneration-nutrition-and-agricultural-projects/) - Water regeneration, nutrition and agricultural projects Poverty and starvation are serious issues for many people in the world. Rather than just feeding the needy, MMMs are involved in programmes which have taught thousands of people how to grow their own food. Working along with the help of donors and assistance from other NGOs. farmers and
- [Pastoral care](https://mmmworldwide.org/pastoral-care/) - Pastoral care MMMs offer care and support to members of the community who may need additional help in times of challenge or adversity. Providing Pastoral care involves enabling people to journey through difficulty and find healing and wholeness. It can involve supporting a person who is in need of reconciliation or guidance. In providing pastoral
- [Contact Us](https://mmmworldwide.org/contact-us/) - We’re glad to hear from you! Whether you’re looking for more information on what we do or how you can get involved, please fill out the form below to be connected with the Medical Missionaries of Mary. You will be contacted by Sr. Sheila Campbell, Sr. Joanne Bierl or a team member soon. Your data is
- [Sisters Stories](https://mmmworldwide.org/sisters-stories/) - We invite you to join us and meet some of our MMM Sisters and learn about them, their backgrounds, journey and impact on the world. [widgetkit id="2"]
- [Privacy Statement](https://mmmworldwide.org/privacy-statement/) - It is very important to us that you should be able to use and enjoy our website without having to compromise your privacy in any way. This statement will help you to understand how any personal information you supply to us will be treated. Collection and Use of Personal InformationThe Medical Missionaries of Mary do
- [Handing on in Makondo](https://mmmworldwide.org/handing-on-in-makondo/) - Handing On In Makondo - February 2018 Important aspects of our life as MMMs are ‘reading the signs of the times in a rapidly changing world’ and being ‘alert to new needs and opportunities’ (MMM Constitutions). In 2015, after twenty-four years in Makondo, our Sisters began a process of discernment about the need for our
- [Palliative Care](https://mmmworldwide.org/palliative-care/) - Palliative Care in Uganda 'Our work in palliative care in Uganda developed as a result of the HIV epidemic, which wrought devastating effects in that area. Many cancers are among the AIDS-defining illnesses and the palliative care team brought holistic care to those affected. The following report describes the services that MMM provided before handing over
- [Our Pioneers](https://mmmworldwide.org/our-pioneers/) - Sisters Mary, Catherine, Margaret Anne and Isabelle stand on the shoulders of other MMMs who helped to counter human trafficking: Sisters Blandina Ryan and Maura O´Donohue. Sister Blandina Ryan, working in Benin City, Nigeria was greatly preoccupied by the problem of young unemployed women being picked up and trafficked abroad for sex work. When
- [Mother Mary's Story - Phase Five](https://mmmworldwide.org/mother-mary-s-story-phase-five/) - Phase Five: Preparations It must have seemed to Marie that she was constantly finding dead ends. Nevertheless, Father Hugh Kelly, her spiritual guide, encouraged her to draw up more definite plans about the society. “At the end of my five years-long illness I went again to hospital for an operation, after which they thought there was
- [Mother Mary's Story - Phase Four](https://mmmworldwide.org/mother-mary-s-story-phase-four/) - Phase Four: A Failure? Marie Martin was a woman of great integrity. She was persuaded to complete her religious training in the Holy Rosary Congregation in Ireland but did not feel she could take her vows at the end. She had always wanted to do medical work and did not believe that she would be
- [Mother Mary's Story - Phase 3](https://mmmworldwide.org/mother-mary-s-story-phase-3/) - Phase Three: Lay missionary Marie was a courageous woman who expected the same of all MMMs. She was also very persistent. One day a priest, Father Thomas Ronayne, asked her if she had ever thought of doing some work for God. The priest asked if she would think of helping a Bishop Shanahan, home from
- [Mother Mary's Story - Phase 2](https://mmmworldwide.org/mother-mary-s-story-phase-2/) - Phase Two: War World War I began while Marie was still trying to decide what to do next. She saw an opportunity to do good and break away from home so she started Red Cross nurse training. Soon after, fighting started in the Turkish peninsula of Gallipoli and two of her brothers, Tommy and Charlie,
- [Mother Mary's Story](https://mmmworldwide.org/mother-mary-s-story/) - Mother Mary's Story Marie Martin: Foundress of the Medical Missionaries of MaryMarie Martin was a pioneer in health services, in women’s development and education, and in women’s religious life. In a public address she gave in Boston in 1952, she expressed concern about telling the story of how MMM began because, she said, “It is
- [The Seed of an Idea](https://mmmworldwide.org/the-seed-of-an-idea/) - The following are excerpts from the introduction to a larger publication, The Seed of an Idea, that was published in 1984.The Seed of an Idea(Written by Sister Ruth Carey, first published on the occasion of the death of Mother Martin, January 1975) The ancient heroic Irish saga, the Fianna, relates that on an occasion, Finn,
- [Donate](https://mmmworldwide.org/donate/) - When you use your credit card to make a donation to the Medical Missionaries of Mary, your transaction is secure. The companies we use have advanced encryption technology that safeguards your personal information and your privacy. Our work would not be possible without the donations of generous people like you. We are your hands and
- [MMM Media](https://mmmworldwide.org/mmm-media/) - Since the early years when our MMM’s Founder Mother Mary Martin began the Congregation in 1937, the Sisters have been in the news and making headlines. Mainly because of our overseas work and pioneering spirit, the Sisters are often featured in news or media stories. Here is a sample of some of the stories
- [Bennett, Sr. Anne Teresa](https://mmmworldwide.org/bennett-sr-anne-teresa/) - Nationality: IrishCongregational Register No: 96 D.O.B. 10.04.1919First Profession: 18.03.1946Died: 22.05.2006 Aged: 87 yearsAnne Teresa Bennett was born in Milltownpass in County Westmeath, Ireland. She had three sisters and one brother. Anne was educated at the at the local Mercy Convent and after leaving school helped out both at home and in the family-owned
- [Wurserova, Sr. M. Caritas](https://mmmworldwide.org/wurserova-sr-m-caritas/) - Nationality: Czech Congregational Register No: 192 D.O.B. 16.08.1922 First Profession: 08.09.1950 Died: 06.02.1992 Aged: 69 years Caritas, baptised Marie, came from Czechoslovakia and first heard of MMM when she arrived in Rome as a refugee. Because she was already in the field of nursing, she felt attracted to the healing mission of the congregation.
- [Whelan, Sr. M. Petria](https://mmmworldwide.org/whelan-sr-m-petria/) - Nationality: Irish Congregational Register No: 242 D.O.B. 26.03.1928 First Profession: 07.09.1952 Died: 16.03.2000 Aged: 71 years Born in Dublin and baptized Patricia, Sr. Petria had been working in a bank before she came to MMM on 3 October 1949. She studied medicine in University College Dublin, taking first place in her final examinations. Medicine was
- [Weir, Sr. Edel](https://mmmworldwide.org/weir-sr-edel/) - Sr. Edel was born in Walshestown, Mullingar, Co. Westmeath in 1932. She attended a local primary school and completed her secondary education at the Dominican Convent, Muckross Park, Dublin. She was a Montessori teacher at Muckross Park and Sion Hill for a year. A friend joined the Medical Missionaries of Mary and in 1951, Edel
- [Ward, Sr. Ann](https://mmmworldwide.org/ward-sr-ann/) - Sister Ann was born in Lifford, Co. Donegal in 1929, the youngest of three children. She attended her early education in Donegal, Dublin and Monaghan and joined the Medical Missionaries of Mary in 1947. After profession she studied medicine in University College Dublin and obtained a Master of Obstetrics from the National Maternity Hospital. Her
- [Walshe, Sr. M. Zelie](https://mmmworldwide.org/walshe-sr-m-zelie/) - Nationality: Irish Congregational Register No: 202D.O.B.: 21.12.1891First Profession: 08.09.1951Died: 11.07.1963 Aged: 72 yearsAt the age of 57 and widowed, few of us would think of giving the rest of our lives to missionary activity, especially if we had a family of eight: sons, daughters and grandchildren. But Mrs. Ellen Walshe, with an address of Kinlough,
- [Walshe, Sr. Florence](https://mmmworldwide.org/walshe-sr-florence/) - Nationality: Irish Congregational Register No. 706 D.O.B. 12.03.1920 First Profession 03.04.1967 Died: 10.11.01 Aged: 81 years Born in Ballina, Co. Mayo, Sr. Florence Walshe came from a family of eight children. The family moved to Fenagh, Carrick-on-Shannon, Co. Leitrim, while she was a child and this she regarded as home. Her father died when she
- [Walsh, Sr. M. Annette](https://mmmworldwide.org/walsh-sr-m-annette/) - Brigid Walsh was born in Kilkenny in April 1922 and took the name Sister Annette after she joined MMM in 1955. She trained as a radiographer. She soon made use of her talents in Tanzania, where she was assigned in 1963. She spent five years there in Makiungu and Dareda. After serving for a year
- [Walsh, Sr. Eithne](https://mmmworldwide.org/walsh-sr-eithne/) - Sr. Eithne was born in Dublin in 1934, the only girl in a family of five. She received her early education there and later studied household management in Cathal Brugha Street. She then went to Jersey, where she qualified as a state registered nurse (SRN) and to Edinburgh where she did her midwifery training. She
- [Wall, Sr. Cora](https://mmmworldwide.org/wall-sr-cora/) - Sister Cora Wall was born Margaret Mary Wall in Lissarda, Co. Cork in 1922. She received her early education in Kilmurry and Macroom and joined the Medical Missionaries of Mary in 1949. After initial formation she completed a diploma in social science in University College Dublin (UCD). Sister Cora's first assignment was to
- [Urban, Sr. Julie](https://mmmworldwide.org/urban-sr-julie/) - Sister Julie was born Anita Urban in Medford, MA, USA in 1927. She had a twin sister, Anna. Her mother was from Florence, Italy and her father was from Yugoslavia (now Montenegro). Her parents met and married in the USA and made their home in Medford, MA. Julie also had a brother, John, and two
- [Twomey, Sr. M. Zita](https://mmmworldwide.org/twomey-sr-m-zita/) - Nationality: IrishCongregational Register No: 200D.O.B. 11.04.1925First Profession: 08.09.1950Died: 13.09.2008 Aged: 83 yearsMary (Minnie to her family) Twomey came from an Irish-speaking farming family in Macroon, Co. Cork. She had two brothers and one sister. She worked in a hotel in Cork before entering MMM in 1948, when she took the name Sr. Mary Zita. Sr.
- [Travers, Sr. Maria Anne](https://mmmworldwide.org/travers-sr-maria-anne/) - Sister Maria Anne Travers was born Anastasia Travers in Arnestown, New Ross, Co. Wexford on 25 October 1927. She had her early education in New Ross and joined MMM in 1946. After profession in 1949, she trained as a nurse. At that time Drogheda did not have complete nurse training facilities and was affiliated to
- [Tiernan, Sr. M. Regina](https://mmmworldwide.org/tiernan-sr-m-regina/) - Nationality: Irish Congregational Register No: 70D.O.B.: 21.09.1896First Profession: 08.09.1944Died: 21.07.1962 Aged: 66 yearsBaptized Bridget Agnes, Sr. Regina was already 46 years of age and a well-qualified nurse when she entered at Rosemount on 6 January 1942. In MMM she was known affectionately as 'Queenie'. A native of Charlestown, Co. Mayo, she had trained in England,
- [Thorpe, Sr. M. Margaret Bede](https://mmmworldwide.org/thorpe-sr-m-margaret-bede/) - Nationality: Scottish Congregational Register No: 417D.O.B. 10.06.1891First Profession: 28.10.1958Died: 07.12.1966 Aged: 75 years She entered on 8 December 1955 as Mrs. Margaret Thorpe (née Spence) from Bagnalstown, Co. Carlow. Sr. Margaret was a widow and a convert to Roman Catholicism and brought the best of that experience with her. Already 64 years of age, God
- [Tarpey, Sr. Veronica](https://mmmworldwide.org/tarpey-sr-veronica/) - Sr. Veronica was born in Bekan Cross, Co. Mayo in 1928. She attended school in Mayo and worked as a clerical assistant in the Department of Agriculture for eight years. She had her first contact with MMM through a colleague there, Kathleen Grealy, whose sister Josephine was already professed. Kathleen used to sell raffle tickets
- [Taggart, Sr. Anastasia](https://mmmworldwide.org/taggart-sr-anastasia/) - Sr. Anastasia was born in Rock, Dungannon, Co. Tyrone in 1921. She attended the Loreto School in Omagh, Co. Tyrone for her secondary education. She excelled at school from her earliest years, and got the highest marks in Northern Ireland in her senior leaving certificate. She continued her education in Dublin and graduated with a
- [Swaby, Sr. Mary](https://mmmworldwide.org/swaby-sr-mary/) - Mary was born in Lincolnshire, England in 1947. She received her early education in Louth, Lincolnshire and trained as a pharmacist at the University of Aston, Birmingham and St. George's Hospital, Lincolnshire. She worked as a pharmacist in England and then spent two years as a lay missionary in Nigeria. There she worked at the
- [Stanley, Sr. M. Therese](https://mmmworldwide.org/stanley-sr-m-therese/) - Nationality: IrishCongregational Register No: 18D.O.B. 21.02.1919First Profession: 22.07.1942Died: 18.07.1971 Aged: 52 yearsMartha Stanley of Clifden, Co. Galway, was one of our early novices in Collon, entering on 6 January 1939.Sr. Therese had done a course in domestic science, and although gifted as a homemaker, she was given little opportunity to put her qualifications into practice.
- [Staines, Sr. M. Lucy](https://mmmworldwide.org/staines-sr-m-lucy/) - Nationality: IrishCongregational Register No. 144D.O.B. 25.06.1926First Profession 16.03.1948Died 15.01.2009 Aged: 82 years Joan Marie Staines was born into a family of note within the new Irish State. Her father, Michael Staines, a member of the Gaelic League and Sinn Fein, was part of the GPO Garrison in Dublin in 1916, a member of the first
- [Stack, Sr. Mary](https://mmmworldwide.org/stack-sr-mary/) - Nationality: Irish Congregational Register No. 420 D.O.B. 19.04.1920 First Profession 28.10.1958 Died: 04.01.2001 Aged: 80 years Mary Stack was born in Fermoy, Co. Cork. Her family moved to Maryboro, Co. Laois, while Mary was a child. She trained as a general nurse after leaving school in 1937 and also became a registered tuberculosis nurse. She
- [Smith, Sr. Shirley](https://mmmworldwide.org/smith-sr-shirley/) - Nationality: American Congregational Register No: 531 D.O.B. 24.05.1931 First Profession: 17.03.1958 Died: 25.05.1999 Aged: 68 years Shirley (for a while, Sr. Martin de Porres) was from Lynn, Massachusetts, USA and entered in Winchester, MA, on 17 September 1955. She trained as a registered nurse in Boston, then came to Ireland in 1963 to do midwifery.
- [Smith, Sr. Paula](https://mmmworldwide.org/smith-sr-paula/) - Sister Paula Smith was born Joan Smith in Charlestown, MA, USA, on 4 February 1934. She attended schools in the Boston area. From as early as four years of age she dreamed of being a missionary Sister, going as a nurse or doctor to faraway places. She began to see that dream become a reality
- [Smith, Sr. M. Roberta](https://mmmworldwide.org/smith-sr-m-roberta/) - Congregational Register No. 219 D.O.B. 12.06.1921 First Profession 08.09.1951 Died: 22.04.2005 Aged: 83 years Roberta Smith was born in Falkirk, Scotland, but was raised from the age of seven in northern England. She never lost her lovely Scottish accent though. She was the fifth of six daughters, one of whom became a doctor. Three became
- [Slevin, Sr. Marie](https://mmmworldwide.org/slevin-sr-marie/) - Sister Marie's sudden death on 13 June 2011 brought great shock and sorrow to all who knew her. She had been living in Waterford since 1991, and since 2002 had been working with the Waterford Immigration Network. Born in Dublin in 1921, Marie was educated at Loreto College, St. Stephen's Green, and had qualified as
- [Sheridan, Sr. Augustine](https://mmmworldwide.org/sheridan-sr-augustine/) - Sister Augustine Sheridan was born in Navan, Ireland in April 1927. She was baptized Margaret Esther but was always known as Gretta in the family. She was one of a family of five children: two boys and three girls. Her early education was in the local national school and then she had two successive jobs.
- [Shearer, Sr. Karen](https://mmmworldwide.org/shearer-sr-karen/) - Sister Karen was born Elizabeth Shearer in Galston, Ayrshire, Scotland in 1930. Her father was employed by the owners of a castle, so she often joked that she was born in a castle. She worked in textile making for twenty years before joining the Medical Missionaries of Mary in 1965. After profession she trained in
- [Sharratt, Sr. Anne](https://mmmworldwide.org/sharratt-sr-anne/) - Sister Anne Sharratt was born in Gosforth, Newcastle on Tyne, England, in 1935, the second eldest in a family of ten, seven boys and three girls. Three of her brothers have predeceased her. Anne’s first encounter with MMM was at a vocation display in Glasgow, Scotland, that she attended with her parents. She may have
- [Scanlon, Sr. Attracta](https://mmmworldwide.org/scanlon-sr-attracta/) - Sister Attracta was born Bridget Scanlon in Gurteen, Co. Sligo, in 1919. She had a twin brother, John, who died a few years before her. Attracta joined the Medical Missionaries of Mary in 1940. After profession she trained as a midwife. She worked in the maternity hospital in Drogheda until 1952, when she was assigned
- [Savage, Sr. M. Colette](https://mmmworldwide.org/savage-sr-m-colette/) - Nationality: Irish Congregational Register No: 131 D.O.B. 15.12.1926 First Profession: 02.07.1947 Died: 01.06.1988 Aged: 62 years Bridie, from Drumcollogher, Co. Limerick, entered MMM in Drogheda on 24 October 1944. She was a gifted homemaker and organiser. After profession, she ministered for a year in St. Patrick's, Kiltegan, and then for another year as sister-in-Charge in
- [Saunders, Sr. M. Kieran](https://mmmworldwide.org/saunders-sr-m-kieran/) - Nationality: Irish Congregational Register No: 121 D.O.B. 20.04.1909 First Profession: 06.01.1947 Died: 05.05.1997 Aged: 87 years Emily Florence, from Longford, had worked as a health visitor before entering MMM on 16 June 1944. After profession, she was assigned to Tanzania, first at Dareda and then at Makiungu. Later she was presented with a big challenge
- [Samti, Sr. Theresia](https://mmmworldwide.org/samti-sr-theresia/) - One of the first Medical Missionaries of Mary from Tanzania, Sister Theresia was born in Dareda in 1937. She received her early education there and trained as a teacher before joining MMM in Ireland in 1959. After profession she trained in general nursing and midwifery in Drogheda, Ireland. In 1968 she was assigned to Tanzania.
- [Ryan, Sr. Vincent](https://mmmworldwide.org/ryan-sr-vincent/) - Sister Vincent was born Mary Ryan in Dublin in 1924. After completing her secondary education and matriculation, she joined MMM in 1943. After profession she trained as a registered general nurse in the IMTH in Drogheda and in the Mater Hospital in Dublin, graduating in 1952. She then completed her training as a midwife in
- [Ryan, Sr. Catherine](https://mmmworldwide.org/ryan-sr-catherine/) - Nationality: Irish Congregational Register No: 75 D.O.B. 19.12.1901 First Profession: 06.01.1945 Died: 26.02.1983 Aged: 81 years 'Splendid' was her nickname and splendid she was. The name came from her own often repeated response: 'Splendid, splendid!' Catherine, from Cahirciveen, Co. Kerry, was 40 years old when she entered on 19 March 1942, yet she was
- [Rooney, Sr. Philomena](https://mmmworldwide.org/rooney-sr-philomena/) - Sister Philomena was born Bridget Philomena Rooney in Banbridge, Co. Down in 1927. She was one of a family of eight children, two of whom died in infancy. She was Phil to most MMMs and Auntie Mena to her nieces and nephews. Phil was from a farming community. When she was only about six years
- [Roche, Sr. M. Berchmans](https://mmmworldwide.org/roche-sr-m-berchmans/) - Sister Berchmans was born Nora Christina Roche in Killorglin, Co. Kerry in 1922. She received her early education there and in Arklow. She trained as a pharmacist in Dublin and joined the Medical Missionaries of Mary soon after qualifying. That was in 1945, when the Congregation was only eight years old. When she arrived at
- [Roche, Sr. Jacinta](https://mmmworldwide.org/roche-sr-jacinta/) - Sister Jacinta was born Teresa Roche in Oulart, Wexford in 1938, the seventh child in a family of twelve, six boys and six girls. She grew up on a farm and developed a strong work ethic from an early age. After her early education in Enniscorthy and Ferrybank and helping with housekeeping at home, she
- [Roberts, Sr. Marie Therese](https://mmmworldwide.org/roberts-sr-marie-therese/) - Sister Marie Therese was born Nora Roberts in Anglesey, Wales, in 1922. Her family moved to London when she was young and she received her early education there. She was an only child but was very close to and grew up with three first cousins. She trained as a secretary and worked in the civil
- [Ritchie, Sr. Louisa](https://mmmworldwide.org/ritchie-sr-louisa/) - Nationality: ScottishCongregational Register No: 601D.O.B. 12.02.1930First Profession: 27.04.1964Died: 26.03.2006 Aged: 76 yearsLouisa Ritchie was born in Beauly, Inverness, Scotland, into a family of five girls and three boys. Following her mother's early death, Louisa's sister, Margaret, took over the job of caring for her siblings and their father. After completing her schooling, Louisa took a
- [Rhatigan, Sr. M. Consolata](https://mmmworldwide.org/rhatigan-sr-m-consolata/) - Nationality: IrishCongregational Register No. 315 D.O.B. 09.08.1932 First Profession 08.09.1954 Died: 04.12.2002 Aged: 70 years Born in Cullahill, Co. Laois, Anne Rhatigan, known in the family as 'Nano', was the daughter of primary school teachers. She had one sister and five brothers. Nano Rhatigan entered MMM in 1951, aged 19, taking the name Sr. M.
- [Reynolds, Sr. Mary](https://mmmworldwide.org/reynolds-sr-mary/) - Nationality: Irish Congregational Register No: 261D.O.B. 17.01.1929First Profession: 06.04.1953Died: 03.02.2008 Aged: 79 yearsMary Brigid Reynolds came from Co. Leitrim where her father was a medical practitioner. She had two brothers and an older sister, Margaret. Mary was educated at the local convent and then by the Ursuline Sisters in Sligo. After leaving school, Mary went
- [Reynolds, Sr. Marion Therese](https://mmmworldwide.org/reynolds-sr-marion-therese/) - Sr. Marion Therese was born Mary Reynolds in Dublin in 1930, the daughter of Frances (née Landy) and Francis Reynolds. Her two brothers live in the United States. Mary trained as a nurse in Salford, England, before joining MMM in February 1957. She took on responsibility early, working in the hospital in Drogheda as a
- [Reynolds, Sr. Margaret](https://mmmworldwide.org/reynolds-sr-margaret/) - Sister Margaret was born in Ballinamore, Co. Leitrim in 1925 and attended her early education in Ballinamore and in Sligo. She qualified as a nurse in the Mater Hospital in Dublin before joining the Medical Missionaries of Mary in 1948. She completed her midwifery training in the IMTH and after profession was assigned to Nigeria.
- [Ramsbottom, Sr. Maura](https://mmmworldwide.org/ramsbottom-sr-maura/) - Nationality: Irish Congregational Register No: 457D.O.B. 03.05.1931First Profession: 26.04.1960Died: 25.01.2007 Aged: 75 yearsMaura was the only child of James and Mary Ramsbothom of Mountmellick, Co. Laois. She was educated by the Presentation Sisters and went on to college in Dublin to study music and become a national school teacher. She was a clever, gifted young
- [Rahilly, Sr. Patrick Maria](https://mmmworldwide.org/rahilly-sr-patrick-maria/) - Nationality: IrishCongregational Register No. 389D.O.B.: 15.04.1909First Profession: 03.05.1957Died: 26.04.2004 Aged: 95 years Johanna (Hanna) Rahilly was born in Ballinskelligs, Co. Kerry. She came from a farming family and had one brother and one sister. She worked as a waitress in several hotels before entering MMM in October 1955 at the comparatively late age of
- [Rafferty, Sr. M. Ogilvie](https://mmmworldwide.org/rafferty-sr-m-ogilvie/) - Nationality: British (born in Keady, Armagh) Congregational Register No: 509 D.O.B. 26.02.1914 First Profession: 03.04.1963 Died: 19.08.1997 Aged: 83 years Baptized Una Kathleen, Sr. Ogilvie was born in Keady, Co. Armagh, but grew up in Motherwell in Scotland. She entered MMM on 2 January 1960. Because she was already a qualified nurse and midwife, she
- [Quinn, Sr. Miriam Therese](https://mmmworldwide.org/quinn-sr-miriam-therese/) - Nationality: BritishCongregational Register No: 522D.O.B. 22.07.1916First Profession: 04.04.1956Died: 12.09.2008 Aged: 92 yearsTheresa Quinn was born in Liverpool, England, which she laughingly referred to as the capital of Ireland. She was educated at St. John the Evangelist Parochial School and Notre Dame Collegiate School in Liverpool, where she passed her school certificate and obtained qualifications in
- [Quinn, Sr. Mary](https://mmmworldwide.org/quinn-sr-mary/) - Congregational Register No. 69 D.O.B. 03.11.1923 First Profession 08.09.1944 Died: 10.08.2005 Aged: 81 years Mary Quinn came from Waterford. She was one of six sisters and one brother. She made up her mind before her eighteenth birthday that she wanted to be an MMM and never wavered from that point on. She entered MMM in January
- [Quinn, Sr. Margaret Teresa](https://mmmworldwide.org/quinn-sr-margaret-teresa/) - Nationality: IrishCongregational Register No: 396D.O.B. 09.02.1934First Profession: 08.09.1957Died: 12.09.1989 Aged: 55 years On 8 December 1954, Margaret Teresa, from Co. Tyrone, joined MMM in Drogheda. For many years she was known as Sr. M. Nives. Her gifts lay in the culinary department and nothing in that line seemed to be trouble to her. Her ministry
- [Quigley, Sr. M. Elizabeth](https://mmmworldwide.org/quigley-sr-m-elizabeth/) - Nationality: IrishCongregational Register No.150D.O.B. 12.10.1889First Profession: 09.09.1948Died: 06.02.1978 Aged: 88 yearsSr. Elizabeth (of the Sacred Heart) was 55 years old when she went to Drogheda on 1 October 1945 as an aspirant. However, she was to give 33 years of her life to MMM.She had been housekeeping for many years previously for her brother, a priest
- [Quigley, Sr. M. Cabrini](https://mmmworldwide.org/quigley-sr-m-cabrini/) - Nationality: Irish Congregation Register No: 154 D.O.B. 04.06.1927 First Profession: 09.08.1948 Died: 18.09.1966 Aged: 39 years Rita Brigid Quigley, from Buncrana, Co. Donegal, entered MMM on 1 March 1946 in Drogheda. She was one of the many who cycled to and from Rosemount to various Dublin hospitals for general nurse training. In 1953, Cabrini went
- [Quealy, Sr. Leonora](https://mmmworldwide.org/quealy-sr-leonora/) - Sister Leonora was born Mary Nora Quealy in Dungarvan, Co. Waterford in 1936. She completed her early education there and trained as a nurse in Saint Patrick’s Hospital before joining the Medical Missionaries of Mary in 1959. After profession she worked for two years as a staff nurse and ward sister in the hospital in
- [Purcell, Sr. M. Teresa](https://mmmworldwide.org/purcell-sr-m-teresa/) - Nationality: IrishCongregational Register No: 107D.O.B. 14.05.1920First Profession: 08.09.1946Died: 06.05.2008 Aged: 87 yearsJoan Maria Purcell was born in Dublin and considered herself a 'true blue.' She was educated by the Sisters of Charity in Gardiner Street and had the Dublin sense of humour, a great interest in politics and a capacity to connect with people from
- [Power, Sr. Johanna](https://mmmworldwide.org/power-sr-johanna/) - Sister Johanna was born in 1924 to a farming family in Blackwater, Co. Wexford. She had a twin brother who died at birth. She did her early education with the Loreto Sisters in Wexford and joined MMM in 1944. After profession Johanna trained as a nurse-midwife. In 1952 she was assigned to Angola, where she
- [Powell, Sr. Maeve](https://mmmworldwide.org/powell-sr-maeve/) - Nationality: Irish Congregational Register No: 359 D.O.B. 31.08.1919 First Profession: 03.12.1956 Died: 27.02.1997 Aged: 77 years Maeve, later to be known for some time as Sr. Marius, was from Cork and came to MMM as a qualified doctor on 27 September 1953. Maeve was a niece of a very famous Irishman, Michael Collins, and was
- [Pierse, Sr. M. Rosaria](https://mmmworldwide.org/pierse-sr-m-rosaria/) - Nationality: Irish Congregational Register No: 51D.O.B. 04.10.1922First Profession: 06.01.1945Died: 21.01.2007 Aged: 84 years Mary Rose Pierse was born into a farming family in Ballinonig, Tralee, Co. Kerry, Ireland. She had four brothers, two of whom became priests, and one sister. Mary Rose was educated by the Presentation Sisters in Tralee and did her leaving certificate,
- [Phillips, Sr. Andrew](https://mmmworldwide.org/phillips-sr-andrew/) - Sister Andrew was born Helen Joyce Phillips in Conway, Michigan in 1929. The third of eight children and the only girl, she grew up in a Protestant family in rural northern Michigan. In his eulogy at her funeral Mass, Brent, her nephew, explained that in her early years there were limited opportunities for women. It
- [Phelan, Sr. M. Stella](https://mmmworldwide.org/phelan-sr-m-stella/) - Nationality: Irish Congregational Register No. 187 D.O.B. 03.03.1925 First Profession 07.03.1951 Died: 01.01.2001 Aged: 75 years Patricia Phelan was born in Tarbert, Co. Kerry, the eldest daughter of her parents, Nora and Robert. After attending Loreto Convent, Killarney, she began medical studies in University College Cork. As a fourth year medical student, she came to
- [Peters, Sr. M. Canice](https://mmmworldwide.org/peters-sr-m-canice/) - Nationality: IrishCongregational Register No: 46D.O.B. 07.01.1915First Profession: 08.09.1943Died: 25.02.1971 Aged: 56 yearsMary Peters of Mountrath, Laois, entered MMM on 2 January 1941. After her novitiate, she did her general nurse training in St. Vincent's Hospital in Dublin and Part I of her midwifery training in Drogheda. In 1947 she was assigned to Nigeria - to
- [Parlato, Sr. Maria Pia](https://mmmworldwide.org/parlato-sr-maria-pia/) - Congregational Register No. 459 D.O.B. 23.01.1923 First Profession 26.04.1960 Died: 29.05.2005 Aged: 82 years Maria Pia Parlato was born in Gragnano, Naples, Italy. She had three brothers, one of whom was a doctor, and one sister. Maria Pia studied medicine at the University of Naples. She had some initial difficulties with her studies, as she
- [O'Sullivan, Sr. Maureen](https://mmmworldwide.org/o-sullivan-sr-maureen/) - Sister Maureen (Paul) was born in Limerick in 1920 and spent her early years in Cork. When her family moved to Booterstown, Co. Dublin in 1934, her new home was only five minutes away from Rosemount, the property Mother Mary Martin had acquired through her brother Desmond, and which was to become the MMM House
- [O'Shea, Sr. Fidelma](https://mmmworldwide.org/o-shea-sr-fidelma/) - Nationality: IrishCongregational Register No. 160D.O.B.: 17.01.1920First Profession: 07.09.1952Died: 05.11.2010 Aged: 90 years Born in Killarney, Sister Fidelma was a bright student and on leaving school won a coveted place in London at the nursing school of Saints John and Elizabeth Hospital. In 1949, she met Mother Mary Martin and soon afterwards entered MMM. She
- [O'Rourke, Sr. M. Magdalen](https://mmmworldwide.org/o-rourke-sr-m-magdalen/) - Nationality: IrishCongregational Register No: 3D.O.B. 15.11.1909First Profession: 15.12.1937Died: 11.11.2008 Aged: 98 yearsBrigid (Bridie to her family) O'Rourke grew up in the small townland of Glenague in the Glencar Valley of Co. Leitrim. According to an article she wrote in 2002 for the Leitrim Guardian, she had a very happy childhood in a loving, spiritual family.
- [O'Reilly, Sr. Ancilla Domini](https://mmmworldwide.org/o-reilly-sr-ancilla-domini/) - Sister Ancilla Domini was born Kathleen O'Reilly in Bruskey, Co. Cavan in 1914. She received her early education in Cavan and joined the Medical Missionaries of Mary in 1951. Her first assignments were in catering and hospitality in MMM houses in Ireland, beginning with three years in Drogheda. She next spent twelve years in catering in Rosemount,
- [O'Quigley, Sr. Mairead](https://mmmworldwide.org/o-quigley-sr-mairead/) - Nationality: Irish Congregational Register No. 166 D.O.B. 01.07.1917 First Profession 07.09.1949 Died: 01.09.2003 Aged: 86 years Born and educated in Castlebar, Co. Mayo, Mairead O'Quigley came from a family of ten children; five boys and five girls. After school, Mairead stayed at home for two years helping to look after the family before moving to
- [O'Neill, Sr. Rosemary](https://mmmworldwide.org/o-neill-sr-rosemary/) - Nationality: Irish Congregational Register No: 393 D.O.B. 01.03.1910 First Profession: 03.05.1957 Died: 28.09.1999 Aged: 89 years Rose O'Neill, from Tyrone, entered MMM on 8 December 1954. A qualified nurse, she had been working for many years in St. Patrick's College, Armagh. The title of matron in its best sense described her. Apart from a couple
- [O'Neill, Sr. Mary](https://mmmworldwide.org/o-neill-sr-mary/) - Congregational Register No. 645 D.O.B. 24.02.1941 First Profession 04.10.1965 Died: 25.12.2000 Aged: 59 years Mary was born in Dublin, an only girl with two brothers, Denis and Shane, who were close to her throughout her life. After secondary school in Holy Faith, Glasnevin, Dublin, she did a clerical course and then worked for a time
- [O'Neill, Sr. Catherine](https://mmmworldwide.org/o-neill-sr-catherine/) - Nationality: Irish Congregational Register No: 201 D.O.B. 16.04.1928 First Profession: 08.09.1950 Died: 31.08.1986 Aged: 58 years Catherine Bernard, from Kilteely, Co. Limerick, entered on 11 February 1948. Catherine, known for a while as Sr. M. de Sacramento, was stricken with periods of ill health from shortly after first profession. She had major surgery early on
- [O'Mahony, Sr. Maureen](https://mmmworldwide.org/o-mahony-sr-maureen/) - Nationality: IrishCongregational Register No. 188D.O.B.17.03.1929First Profession 08.09.1957Died: 29.04.2010 Aged: 81 years Mary Patricia O'Mahony was born in Schull, West Cork, a place she would forever think of as the most beautiful in the world. She was a brilliant student at school and achieved honours in all subjects for her leaving certificate. She entered MMM in
- [O'Mahony, Sr. Anne](https://mmmworldwide.org/o-mahony-sr-anne/) - Sr. Anne was born in Castleisland, Co. Kerry in 1924. She came from a family of ten. All pre-deceased her except her sister Margery.Anne joined the Medical Missionaries of Mary in 1943. After profession she trained first as a radiographer in UCD and Jervis Street Hospital. She then qualified as a midwife in Drogheda. Her
- [O'Leary, Sr. M. Patrice](https://mmmworldwide.org/o-leary-sr-m-patrice/) - Nationality: Irish Congregational Register No: 425 D.O.B. 15.03.1927 First Profession: 28.10.1958 Died: 02.05.1989 Aged: 62 Years Patrice, baptised Brigid Patricia, was originally from Co. Kerry but was living in Dublin when she entered MMM on 4 April 1956. She was already a qualified, experienced doctor who had specialised in anaesthetics when she entered MMM. She
- [O'Leary, Sr. Clair](https://mmmworldwide.org/o-leary-sr-clair/) - Sister Clair (Fidelis) was born Annie Clair in Cork in 1928. She grew up and was educated there and joined MMM in 1951. After profession she qualified as a general nurse at Saint Vincent’s Hospital in Dublin. After a year of nursing in the IMTH (Our Lady of Lourdes Hospital) and helping on the hospital
- [O'Kane, Sr. Mairead](https://mmmworldwide.org/o-kane-sr-mairead/) - Sister Mairead was born in Belfast in 1920. She trained in massage and medical gymnastics in England. She then trained as a physiotherapist in the Royal Victoria Hospital in Belfast before joining the Medical Missionaries of Mary in 1947. She took the name Cor Marie, but returned to her own name in the 1970s. Mairead
- [O'Hanlon, Sr. M. Brendan](https://mmmworldwide.org/o-hanlon-sr-m-brendan/) - Nationality: Irish Congregational Register No. 84 D.O.B. 08.07.1913 First Profession 02.07.1945 Died: 19.06.2001 Aged: 87 years Anne O'Hanlon was born in Dublin and had five brothers and five sisters. After finishing school she worked in an office for twelve years before entering MMM in 1942, aged 29. Sr. Magdalen O'Rourke remembered Anne's first visit to
- [O'Hagan, Sr. M. Peter Claver](https://mmmworldwide.org/o-hagan-sr-m-peter-claver/) - Congregational Register No. 574 D.O.B. 11.11.1910 First Profession 03.10.1963 Died: 06.04.2005 Aged: 94.years Sheelah Mary O'Hagan was born in Newry, Co. Down. She was the third child and the second daughter in a family of three brothers and three sisters. When Sheelah was fourteen years old her mother, Adelaide, died. She was only forty-three. A
- [O'Flaherty, Sr. Eileen](https://mmmworldwide.org/o-flaherty-sr-eileen/) - Nationality: Irish Congregational Register No: 619 D.O.B.: 13.12.1939 First Profession: 03.10.1964 Died: 21.12.1998 Aged: 59 years Eileen, known for a while as Sr. Maria Catalina, was from Co. Kerry, though at the time of entering MMM in February 1962 her address was in Maynooth, Co. Kildare. Eileen was a much-loved person but there were few
- [O'Driscoll, Sr. M. Finbarr](https://mmmworldwide.org/o-driscoll-sr-m-finbarr/) - Nationality: Irish Congregational Register No: 408 D.O.B. 31.05.1923 First Profession: 26.04.1958 Died: 02.06.1987 Aged: 64 years Sr. Finbarr, baptised Maureen Theresa, from Bandon, Co. Cork, entered MMM in September 1955. Before entering, she was known to be a great 'horsey' woman; she loved horses and riding. She was already a qualified pharmacist when she entered
- [O'Donohue, Sr. Maura](https://mmmworldwide.org/o-donohue-sr-maura/) - Sister Maura was born Mary Brigid O’Donohue in Lickeen, Kilfenora, County Clare in 1933. She attended school at Kilshanny Primary School and Saint Mary’s College in Mountmellick. She entered the Medical Missionaries of Mary in 1950. Two of her school friends, Maura Ramsbottom and Nano Rhatigan (Sister Consolata) also joined.Maura began studies in medicine in
- [O'Conor, Sr. Maria Goretti](https://mmmworldwide.org/o-conor-sr-maria-goretti/) - Nationality: Irish Congregational Register No.D.O.B. 31.05.1932First Profession: 08.09.1955Died: 30.04.2007 Aged: 74 yearsMary (Mae) O'Conor was born in Dublin, where her father worked as a foreman in a large factory. She was the eldest child and had four brothers and two sisters. She was educated at the Holy Faith Convent and later at Gaffrey's Commercial College.
- [O'Conor, Sr. Margaret](https://mmmworldwide.org/o-conor-sr-margaret/) - Sister Margaret slipped away to her heavenly home on 9 June 2011. She had celebrated her 90th birthday on 8 March with her large extended family - a most joyous occasion. Among the fourteen priests who concelebrated her funeral Mass were her two brothers, Fr. Joe of St. Patrick's Missionary Society, Kiltegan, and Fr. Pat
- [O'Connor, Sr. Maureen](https://mmmworldwide.org/o-connor-sr-maureen/) - Nationality: Irish Congregational Register No. 297 D.O.B. 26.01.1932 First Profession 08.09.1954 Died: 29.01.2001 Aged: 69 years Maureen was born in Dublin, the eldest of ten children. Her family has lovely memories of the times when Maureen was left in charge during their parents' absence. She was very creative and had a great sense of fun,
- [O'Connor, Sr. M. Evangelist](https://mmmworldwide.org/o-connor-sr-m-evangelist/) - Nationality: Irish Congregational Register No: 133 D.O.B. 07.06.1914 First Profession: 02.07.1947 Died: 30.07.1999 Aged: 85 years From Dungiven, Derry and baptised Bridget, Sr. M. Evangelist entered MMM on 27 December 1944 at Drogheda. Already a qualified nurse, she did midwifery training in Drogheda. After profession, she was assigned to Nigeria where she staffed in Anua
- [O'Connor, Sr. M. Bernadine](https://mmmworldwide.org/o-connor-sr-m-bernadine/) - Nationality: Irish Congregational Register No: 259 D.O.B. 02.09.1929 First Profession: 06.04.1953 Died: 08.03.1984 Aged: 54 years Joan, from Cashel in Co. Tipperary, entered at Drogheda on 1 August 1950. After novitiate formation and general nurse and midwifery training, she was assigned to Kitovu in Uganda where she worked for four years. During her time in
- [O'Connell, Sr. Myra](https://mmmworldwide.org/o-connell-sr-myra/) - Sister Myra was born in Dun Laoghaire, County Dublin in 1925 and joined the Medical Missionaries of Mary in 1943. After profession she trained as a nurse in Saint Vincent’s Hospital, Dublin and as a midwife in Drogheda. She worked for about two years in the theatre and outpatients’ department in Drogheda before assignment to
- [O'Connell, Sr. M. Ursula](https://mmmworldwide.org/o-connell-sr-m-ursula/) - Nationality: Irish Congregational Register No: 179D.O.B. 12.09.1892First Profession: 17.03.1950Died: 22.12.1958 Aged: 66 years Mrs. Rita OConnell (née Rita Maher), a mature widow when she entered MMM at Rosemount on 16 July 1947, was full of life and enthusiasm. She was born in Tullow, Co. Carlow. Following profession, she was assigned to St. Patrick's, Kiltegan, for
- [O'Brien, Sr. Marie Loreto](https://mmmworldwide.org/o-brien-sr-marie-loreto/) - Nationality: IrishCongregational Register No: 333D.O.B. 04.08.1934First Profession: 26.04.1955Died: 03.09.1966 Aged: 32 years Brigid, from near Tullamore, Co. Offaly, came to MMM on 3 October 1952, entering in Clonmel. She was a lovely young woman of eighteen.Her short life was spent in Ireland, where she trained as a nurse and midwife in Jervis Street Hospital, Dublin,
- [O'Brien, Sr. Helen](https://mmmworldwide.org/o-brien-sr-helen/) - Sr. Helen O’Brien was born in Fermoy, Co. Cork in 1938. She was the eldest in a family of four and the only girl. She attended her early education at the Presentation Sisters in Crosshaven, Cork. She then worked as a clerical officer for two years with the Land Commission in the Civil Service in
- [Nolan, Sr. Margaret Mary](https://mmmworldwide.org/nolan-sr-margaret-mary/) - Nationality: Irish Congregational Register No: 23 D.O.B. 11.11.1896 First Profession: 08.09.1942 Died: 16.02.1984 Aged: 87 years Sr. Margaret Mary, originally from Co. Kildare, but living in Dublin at the time of her entrance, was a highly qualified surgeon, obstetrician and gynaecologist when she entered at Rosemount on 16 July 1939. Because her mother was a
- [Nichols, Sr. M. Immaculata](https://mmmworldwide.org/nichols-sr-m-immaculata/) - Nationality: Irish Congregational Register No. 5 D.O.B. 10.02.1917 First Profession 08.09.1942 Died: 20.06.2002 Aged: 85 years Born in Dublin, Caroline (Carrie) Nichols met Mother Mary before the congregation was founded. Indeed she is regarded as a founding member, with Sisters Magdalen and Patrick. In 1936 Carrie was part of the group of women who went to
- [Nolan, Sr. M. Zelie](https://mmmworldwide.org/nolan-sr-m-zelie/) - Nationality: IrishCongregational Register No: 696D.O.B. 26.09.1910First Profession: 03.10.1966Died: 28.12.1989 Aged: 79 years Sheila Nolan, baptised Kathleen Maureen, from Dublin, was termed a 'late vocation' when she entered MMM on 11 February1964. She was still to give over twenty years of ministry, mainly in the field of bookkeeping. During the early years of the Lourdes Laundry
- [Newell, Sr. M. Winnifred](https://mmmworldwide.org/newell-sr-m-winnifred/) - Nationality: IrishCongregational Register No.D.O.B. 15.09.1915First Profession: 17.03.1952Died: 05.02.2009 Aged: 93 years Mary Ellen Newell was born in Cloonkeely, Tuam, Co. Galway. She had two brothers and one sister. After leaving school she went to England where she trained as a general nurse at Chester City Hospital from 1934 to 1938. After obtaining her midwifery
- [Navin, Sr. M. Joseph Anthony](https://mmmworldwide.org/navin-sr-m-joseph-anthony/) - Nationality: American Congregational Register No. 529 D.O.B. 28.12.1910 First Profession: 04.04.1957 Died: 28.04.1991 Aged: 80 years Helen Navin came from Brookline, Massachusetts, USA, and entered in Winchester, Massachusetts, on 2 October 1954, already a mature woman. She is remembered as 'J.A.' and as being able to turn her hand to anything and everything. One Sister
- [Nannyondo, Sr. Benedicta](https://mmmworldwide.org/nannyondo-sr-benedicta/) - Sister Benedicta was born Maria Benedicta in 1954 in Ggoli-Sseeta, Mpigi, Uganda. She received her early education there and trained as a nurse in Kenya before joining the Medical Missionaries of Mary in 1978. She then trained in midwifery. After her profession she was assigned to Uganda and worked as an auxiliary anaesthetist. In 1988
- [Nakintu, Sr. Catharina](https://mmmworldwide.org/nakintu-sr-catharina/) - Nationality: UgandanCongregational Register No.D.O.B. 24.06.1924First Profession 03.10.1965Died: 25.08.2009 Aged: 84 years Katarina Nakintu was born into a devout Catholic family in Uganda in 1924. She had six sisters and a number of brothers, some who died young from a heart condition. As a young girl she had the desire to become a
- [Murphy, Sr. Moira](https://mmmworldwide.org/murphy-sr-moira/) - Nationality: Irish Congregational Register No. 400 D.O.B. 11.02.1915 First Profession 08.09.1957 Died: 17.08.2001 Aged: 86 years Ellen Murphy, one of five daughters, was born in Bogherduff, Claremorris, Co. Mayo. Her early education in the local Convent of Mercy school was followed by midwifery training in the Rotunda Hospital in Dublin. Ellen spent several years as
- [Murphy, Sr. M. Presentina](https://mmmworldwide.org/murphy-sr-m-presentina/) - Nationality: Irish Congregational Register No: 494 D.O.B. 06.10.1931 First Profession: 03.10.1961 Died: 13.01.1999 Aged: 67 years From Drogheda itself, Sr. Presentina (baptised Mary Therese) entered MMM on 3 April 1959. One could call her "an arts and crafts person", as her gifts were much appreciated in the Drogheda and Naples sewing rooms and her culinary
- [Murphy, Sr. M. Oliver](https://mmmworldwide.org/murphy-sr-m-oliver/) - Nationality: Irish Congregational Register No: 06 D.O.B. 26.06.1908 First Profession: 06.01.1945 Died: 24.02.1998 Aged: 89 years Honora Murphy, from Co. Cork, entered at Greenbank on 28 November 1936, before MMM was even founded. She was to be the sixth member of the congregation. It seems strange now to note that her first profession took place
- [Murphy, Sr. M. de Montfort](https://mmmworldwide.org/murphy-sr-m-de-montfort/) - Nationality: IrishCongregational Register No: 99D.O.B: 28.09.1923 First Profession: 08.09. 1946 Died: 07.10.1973 Aged: 50 yearsNellie Murphy, from Milford, Co. Cork, entered MMM on 26 August 1943. She trained as an nurse in St. Vincent's Hospital in Dublin and then staffed as theatre sister from 1947 to 49 in Drogheda. In 1949 she was assigned to
- [Murphy, Sr. Bridget](https://mmmworldwide.org/murphy-sr-bridget/) - Nationality: Irish Congregational Register No. 398 D.O.B. 02.11.1933 First Profession 08.09.1957 Died: 01.02.2004 Aged: 70 years Mary Bridget (Bridie) Murphy was born and raised in Monmahogue, Tramore, Co. Waterford. She came from a farming family and had three brothers and one sister. Bridie, as she was called then, was educated by the Sisters of Charity
- [Mulligan, Sr. M. Alphonsus](https://mmmworldwide.org/mulligan-sr-m-alphonsus/) - Nationality: Irish Congregational Register No: 125 D.O.B. 20.12.1925 First Profession: 08.09.1947 Died: 05.01.1988 Aged: 63 years Alice Christina, from Dundalk, Co. Louth, was a twin. She entered MMM on 22 August 1944. She was missioned to Nigeria in 1952 but spent only two years there before returning to Drogheda in 1954 after a car accident.
- [Mulcahy, Sr. Helena](https://mmmworldwide.org/mulcahy-sr-helena/) - Sr. Helena, who came from Newport, Co. Tipperary, was born on 15 November 1921. She was educated at the local Mercy Secondary School and joined MMM in 1943, when the Congregation was only five years founded. Around the time of her first profession of vows Mother Mary Martin was receiving many requests to expand our
- [Moynagh, Sr. M. Joseph](https://mmmworldwide.org/moynagh-sr-m-joseph/) - Nationality: Irish Congregational Register No: 04D.O.B. 15.02.1907First Profession: 15.12.1937Died: 01.11.1969 Aged: 62 years Mary Moynagh from Legwee, Co. Cavan, joined Marie Martin and her two other companions in Glenstal on 16 August 1935. She was truly a founding member of the congregation. It was her brother, Bishop James Moynagh, then apostolic administrator in Calabar, Nigeria,
- [Morris, Sr. M. Francis](https://mmmworldwide.org/morris-sr-m-francis/) - Nationality: Irish Congregational Register No: 185 D.O.B. 25.09.1919 First Profession: 08.09.1950 Died: 04.12.1993 Aged: 74 years Eileen, from Clonmel, Co. Tipperary, entered MMM on 15 September1947. Because she was already a qualified nurse, she was missioned to Nigeria shortly after profession. She gave a lifetime of service in Afikpo, Abakaliki, Ogoja, Ikom, Nkalagu, Minna, and
- [Moriarty, Sr. Martina](https://mmmworldwide.org/moriarty-sr-martina/) - Sr. Martina was born Bridget Ita Moriarty in Dingle, Co. Kerry in 1927, part of a family of six boys and four girls. She trained as a pharmacist at the College of Pharmacy in Dublin, qualifying in 1946. Before joining MMM in 1963 she worked as an assistant pharmacist in many towns in Ireland. She
- [Morel, Sr. Marie](https://mmmworldwide.org/morel-sr-marie/) - Nationality: BritishCongregational Register No: 576D.O.B. 21.08.1942First Profession: 03.05.1963Died: 29.03.1996 Aged: 54 years From Jersey in the Channel Islands, Marie entered MMM on 3 October 1960. She qualified as a laboratory technician and worked in the laboratory in the hospital in Drogheda until 1971, when she was assigned to Leon, Spain. She spent several years in
- [Moran, Sr. Anne](https://mmmworldwide.org/moran-sr-anne/) - Nationality: IrishCongregational Register No. 153D.O.B. 22.07.1924First Profession: 09.09.1948Died: 28.05.2004 Aged: 79 years Anne (Nance) Moran was born and raised in Terenure, Dublin. She was the sixth child in a family of five brothers and three sisters. Anne was only five years old when her mother died shortly after her younger sister, Berna, was born. Their
- [Moore, Sr. Ita](https://mmmworldwide.org/moore-sr-ita/) - Sister Ita was born in Ballinasloe, Galway in 1930. The youngest of four children, three girls and a boy, she obtained her early education at the Mercy Convent, Ballinasloe. She trained in typing, shorthand and book-keeping and worked in the office of Dubarry Shoes in Ballinasloe.She worked as a secretary before joining the Medical Missionaries
- [Meenan, Sr. M. Joannes](https://mmmworldwide.org/meenan-sr-m-joannes/) - Nationality: IrishCongregational Register No: 777D.O.B. 15.11.1917First Profession: 27.04.1970Died: 06.11.1979 Aged: 61 yearsMary Josephine Meenan, née McDonagh, from Belfast, entered on 8 September 1967.She was a widow with no family. She had not married until she was nearly forty and her husband, John, had died after only nine years of marriage. After postulancy in Clonmel and
- [McSweeney, Sr. Leonie](https://mmmworldwide.org/mcsweeney-sr-leonie/) - Sr. Leonie was born Patricia McSweeney in County Waterford in 1932. She grew up in Dublin, together with her brother Bill, and attended her early education with the Holy Faith Sisters, whom she loved. She worked as a secretary in a factory for two years before joining MMM in 1951. She felt a call to
- [McMeekin, Sr. M. Michaeli](https://mmmworldwide.org/mcmeekin-sr-m-michaeli/) - Nationality: Scottish Congregational Register No: 437 D.O.B. 14.04.1914 First Profession: 06.05.1959 Died: 01.02.1981 Aged: 66 years Catherine Spellacy McMeekin, known to us as Sr. Michaeli, entered in Clonmel on 7 October 1956. She hailed from Airdrie in Scotland and was a true Scotswoman to the end! St. Benedict's Rule reads: At the gate of the
- [McLoughlin, Sr. Julie](https://mmmworldwide.org/mcloughlin-sr-julie/) - Congregational Register No. 491 D.O.B. 22.06.1935 First Profession 03.10.61 Died: 08.08.2005 Aged: 70 years Julia Ann McLoughlin was born in Dublin, the eldest of six children. She was educated by the Presentation Sisters and after finishing secondary school did a commercial Course at Rathmines Technical School. She continued on to Gregg Commercial School, Dublin, and
- [McKiernan, Sr. Josefa](https://mmmworldwide.org/mckiernan-sr-josefa/) - Ann Isobel McKiernan was born in Armagh in 1931. She was educated at Saint Malachy’s Primary School and the Convent of the Sacred Heart in Armagh. She had two brothers: Johnny and Father George, a Passionist priest, and one sister, Madge. Ann joined the Medical Missionaries of Mary in 1949. After profession Sr. Josefa trained
- [McKeon, Sr. Agnes](https://mmmworldwide.org/mckeon-sr-agnes/) - Sister Agnes was born in Liscloonadea, Mohill, Co. Leitrim, in 1924, the second youngest of five girls and four boys. She attended the local primary school and Mohill Technical School and in 1943 went to England with three of her sisters to train as a nurse. While working there in 1948, another nurse told her
- [McKearney, Sr. Mary](https://mmmworldwide.org/mckearney-sr-mary/) - Sister Mary was born in Emyvale, Co. Monaghan, in 1942, the eldest of three children. Their mother died when Mary was fifteen years old. After primary school, Mary went to stay with her Aunt Mary in Dublin during her secondary school education. She trained as a secretary and worked for the Land Commission for a
- [McGuinness, Sr. Joachim](https://mmmworldwide.org/mcguinness-sr-joachim/) - Sister Joachim was born Mary Brigid McGuinness in Glebe, Ardee, Co. Louth in 1923. Known as Maureen within her family, she attended primary school in Ardee. She then trained in domestic science in the technical school in Ardee and in domestic economy at the St. Louis Sisters in Monaghan. Joachim joined MMM in 1944. She
- [McGrath, Sr. Margaret Ann](https://mmmworldwide.org/mcgrath-sr-margaret-ann/) - Sister Margaret Ann (Mollie) was born Margaret Mary McGrath in the East End of London in 1926. She had two sisters, Patricia and Lily, who predeceased her, and one brother, Bill. She was educated in Notre Dame School in Southwark. During World War II she joined the Land Army. This was a civilian organisation created
- [McGrath, Sr. M. Ines](https://mmmworldwide.org/mcgrath-sr-m-ines/) - Nationality: IrishCongregational Register No. 616 D.O.B. 17.04.1929 First Profession 03.10.1964 Died: 11.10.2002 Aged: 73 years Born in Kildare, Agnes McGrath did her early schooling in the Presentation Convent. After finishing school she worked in an office. She entered MMM aged 31 and took the name Sr. M. Ines. After her initial formation, she worked in
- [McGlynn, Sr. M. Martina](https://mmmworldwide.org/mcglynn-sr-m-martina/) - Nationality: Irish Congregational Register No: 216 D.O.B. 20.11.1929 First Profession: 08.09.1951 Died: 18.03.1995 Aged: 66 years Sr. Martina came from near Strabane in Co. Tyrone and had been baptised Annie Josephine. She entered MMM in Drogheda on 11 January 1948. In 1960, after general nurse and midwifery training, she was assigned to Nigeria where she
- [McDonagh, Sr. M. Kevin](https://mmmworldwide.org/mcdonagh-sr-m-kevin/) - Nationality: Irish Congregational Register No: 134 D.O.B. 25.02.1911 First Profession: 02.07.1947 Died: 01.01.1999 Aged: 87 years Baptised Brigid, from Carna, Co. Galway, in the Gaeltacht, the Irish-speaking area of Ireland, Sr. Kevin entered MMM on 27 December 1944. Already a qualified nurse, she took up duty in Anua, Nigeria, as matron from 1949 to 1953,
- [McDonagh, Sr. Brigid](https://mmmworldwide.org/mcdonagh-sr-brigid/) - Sister Brigid was born in Dublin in 1935. An only child, she lost both of her parents when she was young. Her aunts and uncles were very good to her and she was very close to her cousins. She completed her early education in Dublin and joined the Medical Missionaries of Mary in 1953. After
- [McDermott, Sr. Maureen](https://mmmworldwide.org/mcdermott-sr-maureen/) - Nationality: Canadian Congregational Register No: 543 D.O.B. 06.06.1941 First Profession: 17.03.1961 Died: 25.08.1992 Aged: 51 years Maureen came from Toronto, Canada, and entered MMM in Winchester, Massachusetts, on 12 September 1958. After profession she came to Ireland where she studied medicine at University College Dublin. After qualifying and completing her internship, Sr. Maureen was assigned to
- [McDermott, Sr. M. Gratia](https://mmmworldwide.org/mcdermott-sr-m-gratia/) - Nationality: IrishCongregational Register No: 329D.O.B. 22.08.1922First Profession: 26.04.1955Died: 03.03.2000 Aged: 77 yearsMona McDermott, from Co. Sligo entered MMM on 15 August 1952. She was already a qualified nurse and had been staffing for six years, so her nursing ability was quickly called on for the IMTH. In 1962 she did midwifery training and was then
- [McDermott, Sr. Lua](https://mmmworldwide.org/mcdermott-sr-lua/) - Nationality: IrishCongregational Register No.D.O.B.: 24.04.1919First Profession 02.07.1956Died: 07.11.2009 Aged: 90 years Angela Margaret McDermott came from Warrenpoint in Co. Down. She was educated at the primary school in Warrenpoint and at the Sacred Heart Convent, Armagh. After completing her secondary education, Angela studied at the School of Physiotherapy, Hume Street, Dublin. After qualifying as a
- [McCullough, Sr. M. Eugene](https://mmmworldwide.org/mccullough-sr-m-eugene/) - Her overseas assignment was to Nigeria, where she went in 1961 and worked in two MMM hospitals there: St. Luke's at Anua and St. Mary's at Urua Akpan. When she retired from professional life, Eugene was regarded as a great treasure in the MMM Motherhouse. Prayer was the guiding force in her life. She took
- [McCrea, Sr. Genevieve](https://mmmworldwide.org/mccrea-sr-genevieve/) - Sister Genevieve was born Patricia McCrea in Oakham, Rutland, England in 1928. The daughter of Jane and John McCrea, she was one of a family of eight. She attended the Manton Church of England School for her primary education and in 1939 moved with her family to Dublin, Ireland. Patricia completed secondary school with the
- [McCormack, Sr. Margaret](https://mmmworldwide.org/mccormack-sr-margaret/) - Nationality: IrishCongregational Register No. 391D.O.B. 01.08.1926First Profession: 03.05.1957Died: 14.12.2004 Aged: 78 yearsMargaret Attracta was born in Sligo, one of a large family of seven girls and three boys. She was educated at St. Mary's National School, Ballindoon, Doyle, Co.Roscommon, and after leaving school, worked as a shop assistant until she entered MMM in 1954. Following
- [McCormack, Sr. Giovanni](https://mmmworldwide.org/mccormack-sr-giovanni/) - Sister Giovanni was born Anna McCormack in Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA, in 1929. One of seven girls, her family moved back to Ballynacorgy, Co. Westmeath while she was very young. She attended her early education with the Mercy Sisters and trained as a confectioner. She joined the Medical Missionaries of Mary in 1952. After profession she
- [McConville, Sr. Bernadette](https://mmmworldwide.org/mcconville-sr-bernadette/) - Sister Bernadette was born Josephine (Josie) McConville in Portadown, Co. Armagh in 1929. After working for a year as a secretary, she joined the Medical Missionaries of Mary in November 1948. After profession she was editor of ‘Peg’s Corner’ in the MMM magazine. This was the section devoted to ‘children big and small’. She addressed
- [McCleneghan, Sr. M. Gabrielle](https://mmmworldwide.org/mccleneghan-sr-m-gabrielle/) - Nationality: IrishCongregational Register No: 360D.O.B. 18.04.1922First Profession: 08.09.1956Died: 15.11.1957 Aged: 35 yearsOn 3 October 1953, Patricia from Larne, Co. Antrim, entered MMM as a qualified nurse. She is remembered as a gentle, quiet and retiring person. Following first profession, she staffed in the IMTH before becoming very ill. She was hospitalised in Our Lady of
- [McChrystal, Sr. Gerardine](https://mmmworldwide.org/mcchrystal-sr-gerardine/) - Sister Gerardine McChrystal was born Ellen McChrystal in Derry city in 1927. One of six girls and six boys, she was known as Eileen in her family. She worked in a sewing machine factory before joining MMM in 1953. After profession she worked in the MMM laundry in Drogheda for six years and then trained
- [McCarroll, Sr. M. Bernard](https://mmmworldwide.org/mccarroll-sr-m-bernard/) - Sister Bernard was born Catherine McCarroll in Kilsyth, near Glasgow, Scotland in 1931. She attended Holy Cross School, Croy for her primary education and later went to St. Ninian’s in Kirkintilloch. She was full of enthusiasm and had many talents, including being an accomplished organ and accordion player. She played the organ in Holy Cross
- [McAweeney, Sr. M. Therese Bernadette](https://mmmworldwide.org/mcaweeney-sr-m-therese-bernadette/) - Nationality: IrishCongregational Register No. 270D.O.B. 02.10.1921First Profession 06.04.1953Died: 12.07.2001 Aged: 79 yearsSr. Therese Bernadette was born in Co. Cavan, but her home place was Carrick-on-Shannon, Co. Leitrim. Mary Angela, as she was called then, came from a family of four brothers and three sisters. After her basic schooling, Sr. Therese Bernadette went to England and
- [Martin, Sr. Moyra](https://mmmworldwide.org/martin-sr-moyra/) - Sister Moyra Martin (formerly Sister Alacoque) was born in Reaghstown, Ardee, Co. Louth in 1927. The second youngest in a family of six girls and four boys, she attended school locally and in the Saint Louis Convent in Co. Monaghan. She trained as a nurse after joining MMM in 1946. She began her training in
- [Martin, Sr. M. Salvatoris](https://mmmworldwide.org/martin-sr-m-salvatoris/) - Nationality: IrishCongregational Register No. 149D.O.B. 17.09.1926First Profession 09.09.1948Died: 10.05.2001 Aged: 75 yearsMay Martin was born and had her early education in Co. Roscommon. She entered MMM in 1945, already a pre-med student at University College Dublin. She continued with medical studies, taking a break for her spiritual year between 1946/47. At some time during her
- [Marshall, Sr. Anita](https://mmmworldwide.org/marshall-sr-anita/) - Nationality: IrishCongregational Register No: 387D.O.B. 21.08.1930First Profession: 05.03.1957Died: 05.09.2005 Aged: 75Mary Theresa Marshall came from Dungannon, Co. Tyrone in Northern Ireland. She was from a family of seven, four brothers and three sisters. She entered MMM in 1954, age 23, and took the name Sr. M. Anita. Sr. Anita spent her early years in MMM
- [Malynn, Sr. M. Francis Borgia](https://mmmworldwide.org/malynn-sr-m-francis-borgia/) - Nationality: IrishCongregational Register No: 65D.O.B. 28.03.1902First Profession: 06.01.1945Died: 22.10.1980 Aged: 78 years Ethel Malynn from Moate, Co. Westmeath, entered in Drogheda on 30 September 1941 when MMM was still in its infancy. She came from a family of religious: three others were Poor Servants of the Mother of God and one of her brothers was
- [Mallon, Sr. M. Malachy](https://mmmworldwide.org/mallon-sr-m-malachy/) - Nationality: IrishCongregational Register No: 157D.O.B. 17.06.1920First Profession: 07.09.1949Died: 15.01.1999 Aged: 78 years A very quiet, unobtrusive person, Eileen from Armagh, No. Ireland, entered MMM on 25 March1946. She had been working as a dressmaker but also had secretarial skills and these were much appreciated in the general promotion office and Sweep office in Drogheda. Quiet
- [Mahon, Sr. M. Salette](https://mmmworldwide.org/mahon-sr-m-salette/) - Nationality: IrishCongregational Register No: 428D.O.B. 20.05.1919First Profession: 06.05.1959Died: 17.08.1998 Aged: 79 years Baptised Mary Catherine and from Drumree, Co. Meath, Sr. Salette entered MMM on 31 May1956. She was a fully qualified nurse on entering. Did anyone then ever think that she would spend almost forty years ministering in the Hansen's disease (leprosy) settlements in
- [Magan, Sr. M. Sybil](https://mmmworldwide.org/magan-sr-m-sybil/) - Nationality: IrishCongregational Register No: 367D.O.B. 21.04.1896First Profession: 02.07.1956Died: 14.07.1983 Aged: 86 years Sybil Catherine (nee Stanton) from Granard, Co. Longford, was a widow when she entered MMM at Drogheda on 8 December 1953. A qualified doctor, she had been in public health work in Co. Longford, (where her daughter also lived) prior to entering MMM.
- [MacNamara, Sr. Barbara](https://mmmworldwide.org/macnamara-sr-barbara/) - Sister Barbara (also known as Sister Bosco) was born in Kilmallock, Limerick, in 1926. Her mother died just four months after Barbara was born. Her father remarried and she grew up in a very united and loving family. She attended Kilmallock School in Limerick and Ballyvaughan National School in Clare and then went to the
- [Lynch, Sr. Maura](https://mmmworldwide.org/lynch-sr-maura/) - Sister Maura was born in Youghal, County Cork in 1938, the fourth of nine children. She joined MMM in 1956. After qualifying in medicine in University College Dublin she was assigned to Angola in 1967. In preparation, she first went to Lisbon, Portugal to learn the language and to study at the Lisbon School of
- [Lynch, Sr. Denise](https://mmmworldwide.org/lynch-sr-denise/) - Sister Denise was born Philomena Lynch in Baillieston, Glasgow, Scotland in 1932. She attended West of Scotland Commercial College, obtained an advanced certificate in elocution in London, and worked as a secretary in a solicitor’s office before joining the Medical Missionaries of Mary in 1951. Her sister Patricia is also an MMM.After profession she did
- [Leydon, Sr. M. Patrick](https://mmmworldwide.org/leydon-sr-m-patrick/) - Nationality: IrishCongregational Register No. 2D.O.B. 13.01.1907First and Final Profession 06.01.1947Died: 10.11.01 Aged: 94 yearsNora Leydon was born in Kilmactrenny in Co. Sligo. Nora was the third child in the family. Her mother died some months after her birth and this circumstance made her very special to her father. After leaving school Nora went to Maguire's
- [Levins, Sr. Rosaleen](https://mmmworldwide.org/levins-sr-rosaleen/) - Nationality: IrishCongregational Register No. 320D.O.B.: 07.10.1923First Profession 09.09.1960Died: 19.06.2010 Aged: 86 years. Rosaleen Mary Levins came from of a large, religious, north Dublin family. Two of her brothers were later ordained. Rosaleen Mary grew up to be a strong, determined, independent-minded girl. As just a young woman she joined the Belfast Fire
- [Lenehan, Sr. Sheila](https://mmmworldwide.org/lenehan-sr-sheila/) - Sister Sheila Lenehan was born in Sandyford, County Dublin in 1943. She was the sixth in a family of six girls and two boys. She received her education in Sandyford and at Loreto College in St. Stephen’s Green, Dublin. After joining MMM in 1961, she trained as a nurse in Drogheda and then was a
- [Lavin, Sr. Helen](https://mmmworldwide.org/lavin-sr-helen/) - Sister Helen (Letitia) Lavin was born in Barnsley, Yorkshire, England in 1923, one of five children. She received her early education in Barnsley and moved to Ireland when she was nine. Because she had an aunt in the Holy Faith Convent in Haddington Road, Dublin, she was able to attend boarding school there until she
- [Larney, Sr. Bernadette](https://mmmworldwide.org/larney-sr-bernadette/) - Nationality: IrishCongregational Register No. 423D.O.B. 01.10.1924 First Profession 20.10.1958 Died: 05.07.2005 Aged: 80 years Bernadette Larney came from Kileen in Co. Louth. She was from a large family of six boys and three girls. After completing her secondary schooling she helped her mother at home for some years before going to England, where she worked
- [Lagween, Sr. Aloysia](https://mmmworldwide.org/lagween-sr-aloysia/) - The life of Sister Aloysia Lagween is part of the early Christian story of Tanzania, or Tanganyika, as it was then called. Born Emeliana, in Tlawi-Mbulu, Tanzania on 13 April 1933, her mother died in childbirth. The newborn infant was immediately cared for by a heroic woman who was responsible, with three other Maasai women,
- [King, Sr. M. Joannes](https://mmmworldwide.org/king-sr-m-joannes/) - Nationality: IrishCongregational Register No: 146D.O.B. 11.05.1894First Profession: 16.03.1948Died: 08.07.1967 Aged: 73 yearsSr. Joannes entered in Drogheda on 8 September 1945 as Mrs. Nan King (née Bolger). A native of Co. Wexford, she had been living in Co. Down since her marriage to her late husband. She took great pride in the fact that the new
- [Killion, Sr. Marguerite](https://mmmworldwide.org/killion-sr-marguerite/) - Nationality: IrishCongregational Register No. 331D.O.B. 01/02/1928First Profession: 03.10.1959Died: 09.11.2010 82 years Sister Marguerite was born in Kilteevan, six miles east of Roscommon town. She trained as a nurse at Western General Hospital in Hull and gained experience nursing in Canada. She returned to England to train in midwifery in Liverpool before she
- [Kerr, Sr. M. Benedict](https://mmmworldwide.org/kerr-sr-m-benedict/) - Nationality: IrishCongregational Register No. 177D.O.B.: 23.12.1919First Profession: 07.09.1949Died: 07.01.2010 Aged: 90 yearsChristina Kathleen Kerr was raised in Dundalk, Co. Louth, with two brothers and two sisters. As a child she spent a lot of time in Cappagh Orthopaedic Hospital. At that time Cappagh was in the middle of the country, surrounded by open
- [Kerins, Sr. Marita](https://mmmworldwide.org/kerins-sr-marita/) - Sister Marita was born in Macroom, Co. Cork, Ireland on the feast of the Holy Innocents, 28 December 1932. Her parents christened her Brigid Mary Innocent and she was known to her family as ‘Inny’. She was the second child in a large family and received her early education at the Mercy Convent, Macroom. After
- [Keogh, Sr. Brigid](https://mmmworldwide.org/keogh-sr-brigid/) - Congregational Register No. 272 D.O.B. 28.12.1925 First Profession 08.09.1953 Died: 19.11.2003 Aged: 77 years Born in Mullingar, Co. Westmeath, of a family of six children, Brigid trained as a registered mental nurse before joining MMM in 1950. During her second year novitiate training, she began upgrading to registered general nurse and later did her midwifery
- [Keogan, Sr. Eileen Carmel](https://mmmworldwide.org/keogan-sr-eileen-carmel/) - Born in 1923 at Kilmainham Wood, Co. Meath, Sister Eileen was educated at Loreto College, Cavan, before joining the Medical Missionaries of Mary in 1944. After religious profession, she qualified as a midwife at the Lourdes Hospital in Drogheda, and in 1953 took up her first missionary assignment in Tanzania. She was among the pioneering
- [Kenny, Sr. M. Columbanus](https://mmmworldwide.org/kenny-sr-m-columbanus/) - Nationality: Irish Congregational Register No: 37D.O.B. 30.03.1911First Profession: 02.07.1943 Died: 06.10.1975 Aged: 64 yearsIt would seem that even though she might have wanted to 'hide her light under a bushel', there was no hiding from Mother Mary the many gifts Sarah Kenny of Ballymacward, Co. Galway, had to share with MMM. She entered in Rosemount
- [Kenna, Sr. Ellen](https://mmmworldwide.org/kenna-sr-ellen/) - Nationality: Irish Congregational Register No. 719D.O.B. 25.02.1924 First Profession 03.10.1967 Died: 30/01/2005 Aged: 80 yearsEllen Kenna was born in Ballyragget, Co. Kilkenny. She had one brother and three sisters and was educated at the Mercy Convent, Balleyragget and the Brigidine Convent in Abbeyleix. Some time after leaving school Ellen moved with her family to Dublin.
- [Kelly, Sr. Patricia](https://mmmworldwide.org/kelly-sr-patricia/) - Sister Patricia was born Bridget Patricia Kelly in Ricehill, Co. Cavan in 1925. Known as Pat, she joined the Medical Missionaries of Mary in 1943, after completing her leaving certificate. She was soon sent off to Dublin to study medicine in UCD. In MMM’s early days, Sisters were often sent off to assignments at short
- [Kelly, Sr. M. Perpetua](https://mmmworldwide.org/kelly-sr-m-perpetua/) - Nationality: IrishCongregational Register No: 163D.O.B. 03.02.1922First Profession: 17.03.1949Died: 15.01.1993 Aged: 70 years Baptised Mary, Sr. M. Perpetua Kelly, from Athlone, Co. Westmeath, entered MMM in Rosemount on 20 August 1946. After profession, Sr. Perpetua worked in Rosemount, in the Apostolic nunciature and in Clonmel. In 1953 she was assigned to Killybegs, Co. Donegal, and was to remain
- [Kelly, Sr. M. Dolores](https://mmmworldwide.org/kelly-sr-m-dolores/) - Nationality: IrishCongregational Register No: 82D.O.B. 26.02.1919First Profession: 16.03.1948Died: 05.05.1992 Aged: 73 years Sheila Kelly, one of a family of twelve girls and one boy (who became a priest), came from Dublin. She was a qualified pharmacist when she entered MMM on 15 September 1942. She quickly developed very poor health and the only treatment was
- [Kelly, Sr. Andrea](https://mmmworldwide.org/kelly-sr-andrea/) - Sister Andrea was born Annie Kelly in Glasgow, Scotland in 1922. Her family emigrated to Clifton, New Jersey, USA, in 1927 and she completed her first level education (grade school) there. When Andrea was eleven the family returned to Glasgow and she obtained her GCE and trained as a nurse-midwife. She worked in Glasgow as
- [Keegan, Sr. M. Paschal](https://mmmworldwide.org/keegan-sr-m-paschal/) - Nationality: IrishCongregational Register No: 296D.O.B. 09.09.1916First Profession: 01.06.1954Died: 06.12.1986 Aged: 70 yearsKathleen Keegan came from Ballaghadereen, Co. Roscommon. She was already a trained nurse and midwife when she entered MMM on 15 August 1951. She gave of her best in that profession first in Nigeria (Anua), where she spent twelve years, and then in Drogheda for
- [Keaney, Sr. Veronica](https://mmmworldwide.org/keaney-sr-veronica/) - Sister Veronica was born Brigid Mary Veronica in Ballindoon, Sligo, in 1927, the first in a family of three girls and three boys. Educated by the Marist Sisters in Tubbercurry, Sligo she then trained in institutional management at the College of Catering, Cathal Brugha Street in Dublin. She worked as a catering supervisor in Mullingar
- [Keane, Sr. M. St. John](https://mmmworldwide.org/keane-sr-m-st-john/) - Nationality: IrishCongregational Register No: 07D.O.B.: 10.02.1903First Profession: 06.01.1945Died: 06.01.1966 Aged: 63 yearsOne of our founding members, Maeve, known to her family and friends as 'Golly', from Co. Galway, first met Marie Martin, the future Mother Mary, on 27 December 1936. She went to Marie's home, Greenbank, the next day. MMM was not founded when, with
- [Kavanagh, Sr. Brigid](https://mmmworldwide.org/kavanagh-sr-brigid/) - Nationality: IrishCongregational Register No. 27D.O.B.: 06.05.1916First Profession 08.09.1942Died: 21.07.2009 Aged: 93 years Catherine Kavanagh came from Newtownmountkennedy in County Wicklow. She was one of six children and the daughter of a local schoolmaster. Catherine was educated in Newtownmountkennedy at the national school and the Holy Faith Convent. In 1936 she began training
- [Jones, Sr. Mary](https://mmmworldwide.org/jones-sr-mary/) - Sister Mary (Canisius) was born in Galway, Ireland in 1929 and grew up in Tulsk, Co. Roscommon. She attended school in Tulsk and Athlone before joining MMM in 1948. Her sister, Christine, a qualified anaesthetist, also joined MMM, in April 1964. After profession Mary went to the USA. MMM was just becoming established there and
- [Jones, Sr. Mairin](https://mmmworldwide.org/jones-sr-mairin/) - Mary Philomena Jones was born in Loughnavalley, Co. Westmeath. After obtaining an MSc and a Higher Diploma in Education at UCD, she worked in Dublin and was in charge of a unit that made penicillin preparations at P.C. Cahill & Co. She developed a formula for penicillin ointment, which was an important breakthrough at that
- [Jones, Sr. Christine](https://mmmworldwide.org/jones-sr-christine/) - Nationality: IrishCongregational Register No: 700D.O.B. 07.10.1926First Profession: 03.10.1966Died: 30.10.1997 Aged: 70 years From Tulsk, Co. Roscommon, and with a sister, Mary (then Canisius) Jones, already a MMM, Christine entered MMM on 3 April 1964 as a fully qualified doctor and anaesthetist. She worked for several years in the IMTH as medical superintendent. Mother Mary had
- [Johnston, Sr. Mary Anna](https://mmmworldwide.org/johnston-sr-mary-anna/) - Nationality: IrishCongregational Register No: 38D.O.B. 11.12.1900First Profession: 02.07.1943Died: 27.09.1976 Aged: 75 yearsAgnes Johnston was a convert to Catholicism when she entered in Rosemount on 15 August 1940. Her work experience was mainly clerical and in this she gave great service to the hospital in Drogheda, as secretary to Mother Mary, and also in Nigeria, mainly
- [Jennings, Sr. M. Magdalena](https://mmmworldwide.org/jennings-sr-m-magdalena/) - Nationality: British Congregational Register No. 328 D.O.B. 10.12.1920First Profession 08.09.1955Died: 17.02.2003 Aged: 82 years Catherine Jennings came from Lancashire in the north of England. She was the second of three daughters. Following her education, she worked for some years as a clerk typist before starting nurse training when she was twenty-one. Once qualified, she worked
- [Hurley, Sr. M. Liguori](https://mmmworldwide.org/hurley-sr-m-liguori/) - Nationality: IrishCongregational Register No: 137D.O.B. 29.08.1912First Profession: 08.09.1947Died: 18.08.1978 Aged: 66 yearsA native of Farranthomas, Co. Cork, Sheila entered on 8 December 1944. She had trained as a midwife and after first profession was assigned to Nigeria, where she worked for many years in Anua and some of the out-stations, especially Akpa Utong, (founder member).
- [Hunt, Sr. M. Olivia](https://mmmworldwide.org/hunt-sr-m-olivia/) - Nationality: IrishCongregational Register No: 248D.O.B. 06.10.1931First Profession: 07.09.1952Died: 18.01.1998 Aged: 66 years Mary Hunt from near Ballyhaunis, Co. Mayo, entered MMM on 1 March 1950, having a few years previously worked with the Mayo County Council. Her secretarial experience placed her in many roles in MMM: as secretary in the x-ray department in Drogheda, in
- [Howard, Sr. Mary](https://mmmworldwide.org/howard-sr-mary/) - Nationality: BritishCongregational Register No.D.O.B.06.03.1939First Profession 18.01.1975Died: 10.11.2009 Aged: 70 years Kathleen Mary Howard was born in Derby, England in 1939. She had one brother and one sister. Mary went to primary school in Derby and when the family moved to Southport, she continued her education at Notre Dame Grammar School, where she passed her GCE
- [Hogan, Sr. Sheila](https://mmmworldwide.org/hogan-sr-sheila/) - Nationality: IrishCongregational Register No: 239D.O.B. 24.09.1909First Profession: 17.03.1952Died: 28.05.1990 Aged: 81 years Sheila Hogan, from Dublin, entered MMM in September 1949. She was forty years of age and already a qualified nurse and radiographer. As a mature woman, changing her life style, and especially fitting in with a group of much younger novices, must have
- [Hogan, Sr. Breda](https://mmmworldwide.org/hogan-sr-breda/) - Nationality: IrishCongregational Register No: 482D.O.B. 27.08.1923First Profession: 06.05.1961Died: 04.11.2008 Aged: 85 yearsBridget Hogan came from a large Tipperary farming family and was one of eight girls and five boys. She was educated at the Ursuline Convent in Thurles, where she matriculated and took her leaving certificate. She then went to technical school where she completed
- [Hoey, Sr. Patricia](https://mmmworldwide.org/hoey-sr-patricia/) - Sister Patricia (Laurence) was born in Mullingar, Co. Westmeath in 1933. She received her early education in Longford and joined the Medical Missionaries of Mary in 1951. This was just a year before the novitiate was destroyed by fire. As a novice she looked after Mother Mary Martin and learned very much from that experience.
- [Hinder, Sr. Agnes](https://mmmworldwide.org/hinder-sr-agnes/) - Sr. Agnes Hinder was born in the canton of St. Gallen, Switzerland in 1927. She had three sisters and one brother. The family had a beautiful home surrounded by mountains and woods and the children skied to school in the winter. Agnes trained and worked in domestic science for five years before qualifying as a
- [Hilliard, Sr. Nancy](https://mmmworldwide.org/hilliard-sr-nancy/) - Sister Nancy was born Anne Hilliard in Maio, Moynalty, Co. Meath in 1929, and was one of eleven children. She received her early education in Navan and joined the Medical Missionaries of Mary in 1947.After qualifying as a physician in UCD, her first assignment was to Tanzania in 1956, where she spent seven years at
- [Hickey, Sr. Ann](https://mmmworldwide.org/hickey-sr-ann/) - Nationality: IrishCongregational Register No: 264D.O.B. 03.11.1913First Profession: 06.04.1953Died: 10.01.1980 Aged: 66 years Anne came from Athy, Co. Kildare and entered in Clonmel on 1 August 1950. One tends to think 'chuck-chuck' when one remembers Ann, for her real forte in latter years was with chickens. She was a great provider of poultry products, both in
- [Heaney, Sr. Phyllis](https://mmmworldwide.org/heaney-sr-phyllis/) - Sister Phyllis was born Mary Philomena Heaney in Dublin in 1937 and grew up in Kilberry Parish, Proudstown, Navan, County Meath. She was one of four children, two boys and two girls, and was very proud of her Meath origins. Educated by the Sisters of Mercy in Navan, she worked as a shop assistant before
- [Heaney, Sr. M. Moninna](https://mmmworldwide.org/heaney-sr-m-moninna/) - Nationality: IrishCongregational Register No: 593D.O.B. 31.12.1921First Profession: 27.04.1964Died: 28.02.2000 Aged: 78 years Margaret, from Dundalk, entered on 9 April 1961. Her sister Anna had entered MMM in 1940 but left four years later of her own accord. A qualified pharmacist, Sr. Moninna gave thirty-five years of service in Kabanga, Tanzania. One of our sister-doctors wrote:"She
- [Headon, Sr. M. Therese Immaculee](https://mmmworldwide.org/headon-sr-m-therese-immaculee/) - Nationality: BritishCongregational Register No. 293D.O.B.: 08.12.1925First Profession: 01.06.1954Died: 12.02.2010 Aged: 84 yearsTeresa Margaret Headon was born in Gainford, Nr. Darlington, Co. Durham in the north of England. Teresa was educated at St. William's Primary School and Immaculate Conception Secondary School, followed by a year at Bishop's Commercial College, all in Darlington.
- [Hayes, Sr. M. Perpetua](https://mmmworldwide.org/hayes-sr-m-perpetua/) - Nationality: IrishCongregational Register No: 148D.O.B. 29.07.1922First Profession: 16.03.1948Died: 12.04.1992 Aged: 69 years Ellen Mary, better known as Nellie, came from Enniscorthy, Co. Wexford. She entered in Drogheda on 12 September 1945. After profession, she trained as a nurse in Jervis Street Hospital in Dublin and was later assigned to Naples where she spent many years,
- [Hannelly, Sr. Dympna](https://mmmworldwide.org/hannelly-sr-dympna/) - Sister Dympna was born Eithne Hannelly in Castlerea, Co. Roscommon in 1922. Enna was a twin to her brother, Padraig, in a family of eight children. When she told her parents that she was going to join the Medical Missionaries of Mary, Mother Mary had to go to Castlerea to convince Enna’s father, that the
- [Hanly, Sr. Christina](https://mmmworldwide.org/hanly-sr-christina/) - Nationality: IrishCongregational Register No. 89D.O.B. 26.12.1908First Profession 02.07.1945Died: 24.11.2001 Aged: 92 yearsChristina was born in Palleskenry, County Limerick. On leaving school, she worked with her aunt in a draper's shop and did dress making at home. She also did a short course in domestic science. Christina entered MMM in 1943, and after initial formation, her
- [Hand, Sr. Rita](https://mmmworldwide.org/hand-sr-rita/) - Sister Rita was born Margaret Hand in Carrickmacross, County Monaghan in 1935 and grew up near Dowth, Co. Meath. She completed her early education in Dublin and Drogheda and joined the Medical Missionaries of Mary in 1953. After profession she trained as a nurse-midwife in Drogheda. Her first assignment was to Angola (formerly Portuguese West
- [Hallinan, Sr. M. Muredach](https://mmmworldwide.org/hallinan-sr-m-muredach/) - Sister Muredach was born Sheila Hallinan in Knockroe, Castleconnor, Co. Mayo in 1927. One of a family of eleven, she received her early education in Sligo and trained in shorthand and typing in Ballina, Co. Mayo. She worked as a clerk-typist for Mayo Vocational Education Committee for several years and was the personal secretary to
- [Gunning, Sr. M. Ann Regis](https://mmmworldwide.org/gunning-sr-m-ann-regis/) - Nationality: AmericanCongregational Register: 542D.O.B. 04.08.1916First Profession: 17.03.1961Died: 25.10.1988 Aged: 72 years Sr. Ann Regis (Agnes) came from Belmont, Massachusetts, USA, and entered MMM at Winchester, Massachusetts on 12 September 1958. Already a trained general nurse, she travelled to Ireland after profession and did her midwifery training in Drogheda. She worked for many years in Nigeria
- [Grealy, Sr. Josephine](https://mmmworldwide.org/grealy-sr-josephine/) - On Monday, 3 January 2011, Sister Josephine Grealy slipped away to heaven without a fuss. Her sudden passing during her sleep was a great shock for the community at the Motherhouse of the Medical Missionaries of Mary, and for her loving sisters and brothers. During her long years of missionary service she certainly experienced the
- [Goold, Sr. Florrie](https://mmmworldwide.org/goold-sr-florrie/) - Sister Florrie (formerly Dolorosa) Goold was born Florence Goold in Glasnevin, Dublin in 1928. Her father worked in the Land Commission, which involved a lot of travelling. When he was away, Florrie’s grandmother helped to care for the family of three boys and four girls. This created a great lifelong bond among them all. Florrie
- [Gogan, Sr. M. de Lourdes](https://mmmworldwide.org/gogan-sr-m-de-lourdes/) - Nationality: IrishCongregational Register No: 30D.O.B. 21.12.1908First Profession: 08.09.1942Died: 08.05.2000 Aged: 91 yearsChrissie Gogan from Dunshaughlin, Co. Meath, came in contact with MMM when Mother Mary's car got a puncture driving through Dunshaughlin. While the wheel was being changed, the Gogan family kindly invited Mother into their home for a cup of tea - and the
- [Glennon, Sr. M. Martha](https://mmmworldwide.org/glennon-sr-m-martha/) - Nationality: IrishCongregational Register No: 139D.O.B. 24.06.1919First Profession: 09.09.1948Died: 03.05.1978 Aged: 58 yearsSr. Martha, baptised Margaret, was a sister of our first MMM to be called to new life, Sr. M. Aquinas Glennon. Coming from Loughrea, Co. Galway, Sr. Martha entered in Drogheda on 22 June 1945. Her profession was delayed six months to allow her
- [Glennon, Sr. M. Aquinas](https://mmmworldwide.org/glennon-sr-m-aquinas/) - Nationality: IrishCongregational Register No: 139D.O.B: 04.11.1920First Profession: 08.09.1943Died: 24.04.1947 Aged: 26 YearsKathleen, who came from Kilrickle, Loughrea, Co. Galway, entered MMM on 31 October 1940. She arrived at Drogheda with Mother Mary, who had driven her from Kilrickle, and to the amusement of all, a goose that had been given to her as a going
- [Glancy, Sr. Maria](https://mmmworldwide.org/glancy-sr-maria/) - Nationality: IrishCongregational Register No: 349D.O.B. 08.05.1916First Profession: 02.07.1956Died: 27.09.1999 Aged: 83 years Maria, from Newry, Co. Down, entered MMM on 31 May 1953, as a highly qualified nurse/midwife. Consequently, her first overseas mission assignment came shortly after her first profession. She was midwifery sister and matron in Anua, Nigeria, from 1956 to 1961, where she
- [Gilsenan, Sr. Bernadette](https://mmmworldwide.org/gilsenan-sr-bernadette/) - Sister Bernadette was born in Dublin in 1933. She learned about MMM from her parents, who were great supporters of Mother Mary Martin in the early years of the Congregation. Bernadette joined MMM in 1952. After profession she helped in Drogheda, Clonmel, and in the Apostolic Nunciature in Ireland, mainly in catering. In 1962 she
- [Gaynor, Sr. Elizabeth](https://mmmworldwide.org/gaynor-sr-elizabeth/) - Nationality: IrishCongregational Register No. 401D.O.B. 27.08.1934First Profession 08.09.1957Died: 12.03.2001 Aged: 66 yearsBorn in Tullow, County Carlow, Sr. Elizabeth, known as "Lizzie" to the family, entered MMM in 1955, shortly after leaving school. After initial formation, Sr. M. Laserian, as she was then known, trained as a general nurse in Drogheda and then as a dietician
- [Garnett, Sr. Margaret](https://mmmworldwide.org/garnett-sr-margaret/) - Nationality: BritishCongregational Register No: 203D.O.B. 18.03.1920First Profession: 25.12.1950Died: 14.06.1990 Aged: 70 years Margaret, from Yorkshire, England, entered MMM on 14 May 1948. She was a convert to Catholicism from the Church of England. She came for an interview with a view to going overseas as a lay doctor, but Mother Mary convinced her she had
- [Gallagher, Sr. M. Laurena](https://mmmworldwide.org/gallagher-sr-m-laurena/) - Nationality: IrishCongregational Register No: 309D.O.B. 25.05.1932First Profession: 01.06.1954Died: 08.10.1989 Aged: 57 yearsRemembrance of Ena, from Geevagh, Co. Sligo, brings lots of smiles. She always appeared to be such a happy and fun-loving person, even in her last years of illness. She entered MMM in October 1951 and after profession did her general nurse training in
- [Gallagher, Sr. M. Enda](https://mmmworldwide.org/gallagher-sr-m-enda/) - Nationality: IrishCongregational Register No. 404D.O.B.: 22.08.1932First Profession 08.09.1957Died: 20.02.2009 Aged: 76 years Catherine (Kathleen) Gallagher was born into a farming family in Co. Leitrim. She had four brothers and one sister. After completing her education at the St. Louis Convent, Bundoran, Co. Donegal, she worked in a Bundoran hotel for several years. She entered MMM
- [Gallagher, Sr. M. Aidan](https://mmmworldwide.org/gallagher-sr-m-aidan/) - Nationality: IrishCongregational Register No: 128D.O.B. 30.05.1918First Profession: 08.09.1947Died: 07.01.2000 Aged: 82 yearsBorn in Glenkeel, Kiltyclogher, Co. Leitrim and baptised Mary, Sr. Aidan came to MMM on 8 December 1944. She was a trained general and fever nurse when she entered MMM and was called upon as early as 1946 to become the first tutor of
- [Furlong, Sr. M. Rosetta](https://mmmworldwide.org/furlong-sr-m-rosetta/) - Nationality: Irish Congregational Register No: 419D.O.B. 29.06.1937First Profession: 28.10.1958Died: 28.04.2007 Aged: 69 yearsElizabeth Veronica Furlong came from Balyconigar, Blackwater, Co. Wexford. Known as Elsie to family and friends, she had four sisters and one brother. The young Elsie Furlong entered MMM at the beginning of 1956 and took the name Sr. M. Rosetta. Sr. Rosetta
- [Friel, Sr. Benedicta](https://mmmworldwide.org/friel-sr-benedicta/) - Sister Benedicta was born Margaret Friel in Derry City, Co. Derry, in 1929, the eldest of 4 children. She received her early education at St. Eugene's Convent School. After training in bookkeeping and shorthand she spent some time in office work. Her real interest was in nursing, so in 1951 she began training in Hope
- [Friel, Sr. Anna](https://mmmworldwide.org/friel-sr-anna/) - Nationality: ScottishCongregational Register No: 622D.O.B. 11.10.1941First Profession: 03.04.1965Died: 27.12.1985 Aged: 44 years Anna entered MMM on 2 January 1962. She was a sister of Mary Friel, MMM and a native of Croy in Scotland. She did general nurse training in Drogheda and psychiatric nursing at St. Loman's Hospital, Palmerstown, Co. Dublin. This was followed by
- [Forkan, Sr. Maura](https://mmmworldwide.org/forkan-sr-maura/) - Congregational Register No. 599D.O.B. 02.04.1926First Profession 27.04.1964Died: 08.10.2000 Aged: 74 yearsMaura was born in Toureen, County Mayo, the eldest of a large family. As the eldest girl, she considered it her duty to have a motherly concern for all the family. Before she entered, Maura managed a rural shop and post office. She joined MMM
- [Forde, Sr. M. Winifred Frances](https://mmmworldwide.org/forde-sr-m-winifred-frances/) - Nationality: IrishCongregational Register No: 399D.O.B. 04.07.1908First Profession: 08.09.1957Died: 05.06.1978 Aged: 69 years"Winnie", as most people knew her, was formerly Mary J. from Monaghan. In her early adult years she worked with the American Forces in Germany and the USA. She entered MMM in Drogheda in January 1955. Because of her maturity and experience, she spent
- [Flynn, Sr. Marie Frances](https://mmmworldwide.org/flynn-sr-marie-frances/) - Nationality: Irish (Dual Nationality-USA)Congregational Register No: 305D.O.B. 26.06.1915First Profession: 01.06.1954Died: 22.03.2006 Aged: 90 yearsMarie Frances Flynn was one of six sisters and three brothers. She was born in Kilkishen, County Clare and was educated at the Ursuline Convent in Sligo. Marie took secretarial and commercial courses in Cork and Dublin before finally training as an
- [Flood, Sr. Josephine](https://mmmworldwide.org/flood-sr-josephine/) - Nationality: IrishCongregational Register No: 253D.O.B. 10.05.1919First Profession: 06.04.1953Died: 01.06.2006 Aged: 87 yearsJosephine Flood came from a farming family in Ballyhist, Kells, Co. Meath. She had four brothers and one sister. Josephine was very short of stature and physically challenged from the time she was a child, but in spite of the restrictions that her physical
- [Fitzgerald, Sr. Veronica](https://mmmworldwide.org/fitzgerald-sr-veronica/) - Nationality: IrishCongregational Register No. 475D.O.B. 28 11 1935First Profession 03 10 1961Died: 31.12.2001 Aged: 66 yearsBorn in Limerick, Veronica (Vera) Fitzgerald was one of eight children. After leaving school, she worked for a short time as a draper's assistant in a local Limerick store before joining MMM, aged 22. After initial formation in Clonmel and
- [Fay, Sr. M. Eithne](https://mmmworldwide.org/fay-sr-m-eithne/) - Nationality: IrishCongregational Register No. 228D.O.B. 09.06.1909First Profession: 17.03.1952Died: 21.11.2004 Aged: 95 years Mary Agnes Fay was born in Belfast where she was educated and lived until 1919 when her family moved to Dublin. After secondary school, Mary Agnes undertook a commercial course at Gregg College and then worked at Brown Brothers for seventeen years. She
- [Faulkner, Sr. Barbara](https://mmmworldwide.org/faulkner-sr-barbara/) - Nationality: BritishCongregational Register No: 213D.O.B. 08.07.1920First Profession: 08.09.1951Died: 08.01.2008 Aged: 87 years Barbara Joyce Faulkner was born in London, England. She came from a Church of England background but was educated in a Catholic convent school in Canterbury, Kent. From June 1936 until the outbreak of WWII in September 1939, Barbara was employed as a
- [Faul, Sr. Constantia](https://mmmworldwide.org/faul-sr-constantia/) - Sister Constantia was born Brigid Faul in Mullacrew, Louth, Ireland, in 1933. One of four children, she attended Louth Village Primary School and completed her secondary education at the Saint Louis Convent in Carrickmacross. She joined MMM in 1952. After profession she worked in the laundry in Drogheda for five years, first in the sorting
- [Faughnan, Sr. M. Columba](https://mmmworldwide.org/faughnan-sr-m-columba/) - Nationality: IrishCongregational Register No: 66D.O.B. 22.08.1922First Profession: 08.09.1944Died: 18.06.1986 Aged: 64 years Baptised Anna Mary, from Dromard, Co Leitrim, Sr. Columba entered on 24 October 1941. Following profession, she did midwifery training in Drogheda and then staffed in the maternity hospital for three years. In 1952, she started general nurse training in St. Vincent's Hospital,
- [Farrell, Sr. M. Sarto](https://mmmworldwide.org/farrell-sr-m-sarto/) - Nationality: IrishCongregational Register No: 286D.O.B. 26.12.1922First Profession: 08.09.1953Died: 28.03.2006 Aged: 83 yearsBrigid Farrell was born in Streamstown, Co. Longford to a farming family. She was one of six children - five girls and one boy. Brigid entered MMM at the age of 28 years, having previously worked as a housekeeper to a lady in Dublin,
- [Farrell, Sr. M. Michael](https://mmmworldwide.org/farrell-sr-m-michael/) - Nationality: IrishCongregational Register No. 49D.O.B.: 18.05.1921First Profession 08.09.1943Died: 02.01.2009 Aged: 87 years Rose Teresa Farrell was born in Lackagh, Castleblaney, Co. Monaghan. She had two brothers and one sister. Shortly after completing her education in Castleblaney, she entered MMM at age nineteen, taking the name Sr. Mary Michael. Following first profession, Sr. Michael
- [Essien, Sr. Agnes](https://mmmworldwide.org/essien-sr-agnes/) - Sr. Agnes Maria, born in Anua, Uyo, Nigeria, could be described as a pioneer. She qualified as a teacher, but having been inspired by Mother Mary Martin, whom she had met in Nigeria, she came to Ireland in 1953 with Veronica Akpan, who became the first MMM from Africa. Meanwhile Agnes Maria trained as a
- [Eason, Sr. Jean Clare](https://mmmworldwide.org/eason-sr-jean-clare/) - Sister Jean was born Elaine Eason in Buffalo, New York, USA in 1941. She attended school in Gardenville and Buffalo, New York, graduating from Mount Mercy Academy High School. Throughout her time in MMM she remained in contact with several Sisters of Mercy who taught her. She met the Medical Missionaries of Mary while at school
- [Durnin, Sr. Angela](https://mmmworldwide.org/durnin-sr-angela/) - Nationality: IrishCongregational Register No: 120D.O.B. 12.05.1924First Profession: 06.01.1947Died: 30.04.2008 Aged: 83 yearsCatherine Angela Durnin came from a large farming family in Lawlesstown, Dunleer, Co. Meath. She had five brothers and three sisters. The young Catherine Angela contributed to the household income with her dressmaking skills after she left St. Brigid's National School, Dunleer. She entered
- [Dunne, Sr. Mary](https://mmmworldwide.org/dunne-sr-mary-2/) - Mary was born in Birr, Co. Offaly in 1941. She was the youngest child and only girl of six children. She grew up in Letterkenny, Co. Donegal and trained as a nurse in Joyce Green Hospital in Kent. She then did midwifery in Lennox Castle Maternity Hospital in Scotland. After working as a staff nurse
- [Dunne, Sr. Mary](https://mmmworldwide.org/dunne-sr-mary/) - Sister Mary Dunne (1941-2011) Mary was the youngest child and only daughter of Kathleen and Patrick Dunne. She grew up in Letterkenny, Co. Donegal, and trained as a nurse in Kent, and then studied midwifery in Scotland. Having worked as a staff nurse for some time, she volunteered for a nursing post in Zambia. From
- [Duignan, Sr. M. de Sales](https://mmmworldwide.org/duignan-sr-m-de-sales/) - Nationality: IrishCongregational Register No: 88D.O.B. 12.05.1921First Profession: 08.09.1945Died: 19.09.1949 Aged: 26 yearsMary Ellen (May) Duignan came from Arva, Co. Cavan and entered MMM on 7 December 1942.Following profession, she trained as a midwife. During her time at the maternity hospital, she became Matron Phelan's "right hand", and Matron succeeded in delaying her assignment overseas. Eventually,
- [Duffy, Sr. Gabriel](https://mmmworldwide.org/duffy-sr-gabriel/) - Sister Gabriel was born and grew up in Drumgriston, Co. Monaghan. She went to school in Billeady and later at the Mercy Convent, Castleblaney. She entered MMM in March l942, when the Congregation was only five years old. Those were also the war years and life was not easy. Following her initial formation and first
- [Driscoll, Sr. M. Damien](https://mmmworldwide.org/driscoll-sr-m-damien/) - Nationality: Irish Congregational Register No: 520D.O.B. 25.01.1931First Profession: 03.04.1954Died: 19.08.1977 Aged: 46 yearsSr. Damien, baptized Margaret Mary, was a native of Durrus, Co.Cork, and emigrated to the USA. She entered MMM in Boston, MA, on 8 September 1951, and was in the first group of novices in the USA, the first postulant having gone to
- [Doyle, Sr. Margaret](https://mmmworldwide.org/doyle-sr-margaret/) - Sister Margaret was born in Clonegal, Co. Carlow in 1921. She received her education in the national school in Clonegal and joined the Medical Missionaries of Mary in 1950. She made her first profession of vows in 1953 and was assigned to the nursing home run by the MMM in Clonmel. She was responsible for
- [Doyle, Sr. M. Philomena](https://mmmworldwide.org/doyle-sr-m-philomena/) - Nationality: IrishCongregational Register No: 17D.O.B. 25.09.1918First Profession: 08.09.1941Died: 19.04.2008 Aged: 89 years Josephine Doyle was born in Piercestown, Co. Wexford. She was one of ten children, with four brothers and five sisters. From her early letters it seems that she became acquainted with Mother Mary in early 1938, soon after Mother Mary had returned from
- [Doyle, Sr. M. Declan](https://mmmworldwide.org/doyle-sr-m-declan/) - Nationality: IrishCongregational Register No. 129D.O.B.: 03.03.1925First Profession 02.07.1947Died: 19.09.2010 Aged: 85 years Julia Teresa Doyle, known in her family as Sheila, was born in Busherstown, Co. Carlow into a farming family. She had two brothers and two sisters, one of whom died at an early age. Sheila was educated at the national school
- [Doyle, Sr. M. Augustus](https://mmmworldwide.org/doyle-sr-m-augustus/) - Nationality: IrishCongregational Register No: 379D.O.B. 03.08.1912First Profession: 03.05.1957Died: 22.05.2000 Aged: 87 yearsMary Doyle, from Galway, entered MMM in Clonmel on 2 July 1954. Already a qualified and well-practised medical doctor, she was assigned to Uganda shortly after first profession. She worked in Kitovu Hospital, Masaka, until 1980.Most of her experience before entering had been in
- [Dougherty, Sr. M. Catherine Anne](https://mmmworldwide.org/dougherty-sr-m-catherine-anne/) - Nationality: AmericanCongregational Register No: 538D.O.B. 01.09.1939First Profession: 23.04.1960Died: 26.05.1970 Aged: 30 yearsSheila, who came from Chicago, entered MMM in Winchester, Massachusetts, on 12 September 1957. She is fondly remembered as being vivacious and loving, laughing and joyful, as well as sensitive and dedicated to MMM. She had a beautiful singing voice. After first profession, she
- [Doran, Sr. M. Agnes](https://mmmworldwide.org/doran-sr-m-agnes/) - Nationality: IrishCongregational Register No: 11D.O.B. 21.05.1920First Profession: 17.03.1941Died: 06.02.1959 Aged: 38 yearsSr. Agnes, better known to us by her baptismal name of Sheila, was one of our early members - number 11. She came from Enfield in Co. Meath. Sheila was a very young girl when she entered at Rosemount on 21 May 1938. She
- [Donnelly, Sr. Kathleen](https://mmmworldwide.org/donnelly-sr-kathleen/) - Sister Kathleen was born in Newpark, County Tyrone, Northern Ireland in 1935. She attended a local primary school and went to the Loreto Convent in Omagh for her secondary education. She qualified in psychiatric and general nursing and in midwifery at Belfast City Hospital. She had an adventurous spirit and after a year’s experience in
- [Donegan, Sr. Rose](https://mmmworldwide.org/donegan-sr-rose/) - Nationality: IrishCongregational Register No: 269D.O.B. 14.04.1930First Profession: 08.09.1953Died: 01.04.1975 Aged: 45 yearsRose, known for a short time as Sr. M. Stanislaus, came from Castletown, Co. Meath and entered in Drogheda on 3 October 1950. She had already trained as an mental health nurse before entering, so her general nurse training at Jervis Street Hospital, Dublin,
- [Donato, Sr. Mary Katherine](https://mmmworldwide.org/donato-sr-mary-katherine/) - Sister Mary Katherine (Dominic Savio) Donato was born in Coatesville, PA, USA in 1931. She completed her early education there and trained as a nurse. She worked as a staff nurse in Boston, in Pennsylvania, and in Cape Cod Hospital - which she especially enjoyed - before joining MMM in Winchester, MA, USA in 1954.
- [Dolan, Sr. M. Camillus](https://mmmworldwide.org/dolan-sr-m-camillus/) - Nationality: IrishCongregational Register No: 33D.O.B. 14.06.1916First Profession: 02.07.1943Died: 27.07.1989 Aged: 73 years There were quite a few Nigerian Sisters in Beechgrove, Drogheda, when news came of Sr. Camillus' death in Afikpo, Nigeria. Their participation in the Mass offered for her in Drogheda was fine testimony in itself to the love and respect that they felt
- [Devine, Sr. M. Patricia Ann](https://mmmworldwide.org/devine-sr-m-patricia-ann/) - Nationality: BritishCongregational Register No. 291D.O.B.: 03.02.1919First Profession: 01.06.1954Died: 07.02.2010 Aged: 91 years Charlotte Eliza Devine was born the second of three sisters in Dundee, Scotland. She disliked her given names and called herself Carol. She trained at Southern General Hospital, Glasgow, Scotland, and became a registered nurse/midwife, going on to obtain her
- [Devine, Sr. Brigid](https://mmmworldwide.org/devine-sr-brigid/) - Nationality: IrishCongregational Register No: 302D.O.B. 10.03.1920First Profession: 01.06.1954Died: 13.09.1990 Aged: 70 years Brigid, known in MMM for many years as Sr. M. Phelim, was from Laragh in Co. Cavan. She entered in Drogheda on 3 October 1951. Her ministry overseas was in Nigeria from 1958 to 1966, in Anua and Ibadan. She then returned to
- [Deehan, Sr. M. Francesca](https://mmmworldwide.org/deehan-sr-m-francesca/) - Nationality: IrishCongregation Register No: 214D.O.B. 24.04.1930First Profession: 06.01.1952Died: 01.02.1981 Aged: 50 years Mary Deehan, from Ardmore, Co. Derry, who entered MMM in Drogheda on 3 October 1948, seems to have fitted a lot into her years with MMM. After catering training in Cathal Brugha Street in Dublin, her ministry covered time in both convent and hospital
- [Davis, Sr. Sally](https://mmmworldwide.org/davis-sr-sally/) - Sister Sally was born in Kilteevan, Co. Roscommon, one of a family of six. She attended school locally with the Mercy Sisters and then after school she went to Dublin to train as a nurse in Baggot Street Hospital. After training she moved to Cherry Orchard Hospital and had a position of responsibility there. But
- [Davis, Sr. Gertrude](https://mmmworldwide.org/davis-sr-gertrude/) - Nationality: BritishCongregational Register No: 08D.O.B. 20.09.1912First Profession: 18.04.1941Died: 03.01.1996 Aged: 83 years Gertrude, a Londoner, was our first MMM from England. She entered the then infant congregation on 30 September 1937 and was among the first group of novices in Collon. She had been a member of the Grail beforehand. After completing midwifery training she
- [Cypriani, Sr. Opportuna](https://mmmworldwide.org/cypriani-sr-opportuna/) - Sister Opportuna was born in Bashanet, Tanzania in 1935. She completed her early education in Tanzania and joined the Medical Missionaries of Mary in 1960. After profession she trained as a nurse-midwife in Drogheda, Ireland and completed a nurses’ course in tropical medicine in London. Her first assignment was to Tanzania, where she first spent
- [Curtin, Sr. Anne](https://mmmworldwide.org/curtin-sr-anne/) - Sister Anne (Denis) Curtin was born in Dublin, the only daughter of her parents, Catherine and Denis. She had two brothers, Neil and Denis, who both died before her. She attended all-Irish schools and was a fluent Gaelic speaker her whole life. After leaving school she worked in a bank for three years. She joined
- [Cunningham, Sr. Marie Stella](https://mmmworldwide.org/cunningham-sr-marie-stella/) - Sister Marie Stella was born in Kinsalebeg, Waterford in 1925 and received her early education in Waterford and Cork. She trained as a nurse in the Mater Hospital, Dublin, before joining the Medical Missionaries of Mary in 1951. After profession she trained as a nurse tutor in Edinburgh, Scotland. She was a theatre and casualty
- [Cunningham, Sr. M. Felicity](https://mmmworldwide.org/cunningham-sr-m-felicity/) - Nationality: ScottishCongregational Register No: 288D.O.B. 17.06.1915First Profession: 21.12.1953Died: 06.05.1987 Aged: 72 years After many years of searching for a spiritual home, which involved exploring Buddhism, the Quakers, the Salvation Army, etc., Mary (Oliver) Cunningham from Duns in Scotland finally found her home in Catholicism and entered MMM in March 1951. She was a highly qualified
- [Cullen, Sr. M. Mercedes](https://mmmworldwide.org/cullen-sr-m-mercedes/) - Nationality: IrishCongregational Register No: 231D.O.B. 16.09.1925First Profession: 17.03.1952Died: 24.06.1999 Aged: 73 years Baptised Kathleen, from Carlow, Sr. Mercedes entered MMM on 15 August 1949. From early years, after her profession in 1952, one might say she entered the diplomatic service. Her ministry was as secretary and archivist in the Apostolic nunciature in Dublin and in
- [Crowley, Sr. M. Senan](https://mmmworldwide.org/crowley-sr-m-senan/) - Nationality: IrishCongregational Register No: 29D.O.B. 05.06.1919First Profession: 08.09.1942Died: 28.03.1978 Aged: 58 yearsEileen, from Co. Clare, was already a partly qualified nurse when she entered on 6 January 1940. She completed her training at the Mater Misericordiae Hospital, Dublin, after her profession. She was assigned to Nigeria in 1946, making history at the time by being
- [Cronin, Sr. M. Frances](https://mmmworldwide.org/cronin-sr-m-frances/) - Nationality: IrishCongregational Register No: 14D.O.B. 02.06.1906First Profession: 17.03.1941Died: 17.01.2000 Aged: 93 yearsSr. M. Frances was the first widow to enter MMM. Her maiden name was Ellen Costelloe and her husband was John P. Cronin. She was married only a few years before becoming a widow in 1937. She entered MMM on 15 August 1938. She
- [Cotter, Sr. Sheila](https://mmmworldwide.org/cotter-sr-sheila/) - Sister Sheila was born Julia Cotter in Cork City in 1934. Called ‘Judy’ at home, she came from a family of three girls and two boys. Her mother died when she was a teenager and her father’s sister looked after the family. She completed her secondary education with the Presentation Sisters in Cork and then
- [Costelloe, Sr. M. Margaret Cecilia](https://mmmworldwide.org/costelloe-sr-m-margaret-cecilia/) - Nationality: IrishCongregational Register No: 463D.O.B. 15.03.1901First Profession: 26.04.1960Died: 10.12.1974 Aged: 73 yearsCecilia Costelloe, from Cork and Dublin, was a well-qualified and experienced nurse when she entered on 3 October 1957. She had been matron in the Carmelite Boys' College in Terenure, and they much regretted her leaving. Apart from formation time, her seventeen years in
- [Costello, Sr. M. Cornelia](https://mmmworldwide.org/costello-sr-m-cornelia/) - Nationality: IrishCongregational Register No: 479D.O.B. 20.03.1931First Profession: 06.05.1961Died: 02.08.1984 Aged: 53 yearsMary Enda Teresa Costello entered MMM at Clonmel on 8 September 1958. Although she was originally from Kerry, she had lived most of her life in Dublin. A qualified teacher at the time of her entrance, she gave invaluable service to MMM in the early
- [Corner, Sr. M. Imelda](https://mmmworldwide.org/corner-sr-m-imelda/) - Nationality: BritishCongregational Register No: 271D.O.B. 03.06.1924First Profession: 06.04.1953Died: 28.10.1990 Aged: 66 years Baptised Patricia, Sr. Imelda was from York in England and entered MMM on 3 October 1950. Her gifts lay in the secretarial field, and she worked for many years in Nigeria, mainly in Abakaliki and Lagos. She did Montessori training and taught young children
- [Corcoran, Sr. M. Damien](https://mmmworldwide.org/corcoran-sr-m-damien/) - Congregational Register No. 28 D.O.B. 01.06.1916 First Profession 08.09.1942 Died: 24.02.2005 Aged: 85 years Mary Margaret Corcoran was raised in Carraroe, Lanesboro, Co. Longford. She was introduced to MMM by Fr. Kieran Ryan, one of the volunteers who answered Bishop Shanahan's call to go to Nigeria during the 1930's. She joined MMM in 1939. By
- [Cooke. Sr. Carmel](https://mmmworldwide.org/cooke-sr-carmel/) - Sister Carmel was born Rita Philomena Cooke in Dublin in 1923, part of a family of eight boys and two girls. She attended her early education with the Holy Faith and Dominican Sisters and trained in bookkeeping and typing. She worked as a secretary for two years before joining MMM in 1943. After profession she
- [Connolly, Sr. Teresa](https://mmmworldwide.org/connolly-sr-teresa/) - Sister Teresa Connolly (Aloysius) was born in 1920 in Portlaoise, Co. Laois, Ireland, but grew up in Castlerea, Co. Roscommon. Her parents were Bridget (née Kelly) and John Connolly and she was one of a family of six, four girls and two boys. Before joining MMM she worked as a legal secretary in Dublin for
- [Connolly, Sr. M. Anthony](https://mmmworldwide.org/connolly-sr-m-anthony/) - Nationality: Irish Congregation Register No: 60D.O.B. 29.12.1912First Profession: 17.03.1944Died:10.04.1968 Aged: 55 yearsMary Connolly, from near Bantry, Co. Cork, entered MMM on 15 August 1941. She had been employed as a cheese maker in the creamery in Milford, Co. Cork, when she came in contact with MMM. Following profession, she qualified in domestic science in Sion
- [Conlon, Sr. Marie](https://mmmworldwide.org/conlon-sr-marie/) - Sister Marie was born in Tunstall, Stoke-on-Trent, a mining area near Manchester, England in 1914. She had one brother and one sister. Marie entered MMM at a time when choices for women were very limited. When she started her education, career options for girls were nursing or teaching. She won a scholarship to secondary school and
- [Comaskey, Sr. Anne Elizabeth](https://mmmworldwide.org/comaskey-sr-anne-elizabeth/) - Sister Anne Elizabeth was born in Cloncovid, Co. Longford in 1924. One of eleven children, she received her early education in Longford. After completing studies in domestic economy she joined the Medical Missionaries of Mary in 1946. Her first assignment was to Nigeria in 1949, where she was initially involved in housekeeping. She later opened two
- [Clifton, Sr. M. Joan of Arc](https://mmmworldwide.org/clifton-sr-m-joan-of-arc/) - Nationality: IrishCongregational Register No: 300D.O.B. 20.10.1920First Profession: 01.06.1954Died: 01.06.2008 Aged: 87 yearsAnne Bridget Joan Clifton was born in Naas, Co Kildare and was brought up in Killester, Dublin, where she attended the Holy Faith Convent. She later attended Marino and Dun Laoghaire Technical Schools. She had one brother and two sisters, one of whom emigrated
- [Clerkin, Sr. M. Loreto](https://mmmworldwide.org/clerkin-sr-m-loreto/) - Nationality: IrishCongregational Register No: 113D.O.B. 02.02.1908First Profession: 08.09.1945Died: 21.07.1973 Aged: 65 yearsBaptised Mary Alice, from Rockcorry, Co. Monaghan, Loreto entered MMM in Drogheda on 28 October 1943. She had been a priest's housekeeper before entering and continued as a capable and warm-hearted provider while in MMM. From 1948 - 50, she was assigned to St.
- [Cleary, Sr. Lelia](https://mmmworldwide.org/cleary-sr-lelia/) - Sister Lelia was born Mary Elizabeth Cleary in Kildysart, County Clare in 1919. The second of eight children, she grew up on a farm in Clonola. She received her early education in Gortlass National School and later in Bruff Boarding School, County Limerick. She trained as a nurse in Cork and as a midwife in
- [Clarke, Sr. M. Monica](https://mmmworldwide.org/clarke-sr-m-monica/) - Nationality: IrishCongregational Register No: 156D.O.B. 26.06.1908First Profession: 09.09.1948Died: 10.03.1981 Aged: 72 years After many years working as a public health doctor in England, Monica, a native of Easkey, Co. Sligo, entered MMM on 7 March 1946. As a mature entrant, it wasn't easy for her to relinquish her smoking habit, among other things, and she
- [Chambers, Sr. Mairead](https://mmmworldwide.org/chambers-sr-mairead/) - Nationality: IrishCongregational Register No. 39D.O.B. 20.08.1921First Profession 08.09.1943Died: 28.02.2001 Aged: 79 yearsMairead was born in Killimer, County Clare, and it seems she entered MMM immediately after school. She qualified as the first MMM doctor in Dublin in 1947 and was almost immediately assigned to Nigeria. She is principally associated with Ogoja, where she spent almost
- [Cavanagh, Sr. M. Gerard](https://mmmworldwide.org/cavanagh-sr-m-gerard/) - Nationality: IrishCongregational Register No: 108D.O.B. 11.07.1903First Profession: 08.09.1946Died: 16.09.1983 Aged: 80 years Sr. M. Gerard, baptised Anne, of Athenry, Co. Galway, entered at Rosemount on 7 October 1943. A trained psychiatric nurse when she entered, Sr. Gerard's talents were employed over the years, mainly in the role of infirmarian, not only in MMM houses in Ireland
- [Casey, Sr. Mary](https://mmmworldwide.org/casey-sr-mary/) - Sister Mary was born in Brodenstown, Mullingar, County Westmeath in 1926. She was an only girl with one brother, Tommy. She received her early education at Glascorn National School and then went to boarding school for her secondary education with the Dominican Sisters in Dun Laoghaire, County Dublin. She did well in her studies but
- [Carty, Sr. M. Agnese](https://mmmworldwide.org/carty-sr-m-agnese/) - Nationality: IrishCongregational Register No: 492D.O.B. 05.01.1933First Profession: 03.10.1961Died: 22.06.1983 Aged: 50 years From Ballaghadereen, Co. Roscommon, Agnese, baptised Mary Alisia, entered MMM in Clonmel on 3 April 1959. After general nurse training in Drogheda and paediatric nurse training at the Royal Victoria Hospital, Belfast, she staffed in the IMTH for one year. She was assigned
- [Carroll, Sr. Angela Mary](https://mmmworldwide.org/carroll-sr-angela-mary/) - Nationality: British.Congregational Register No: 385D.O.B. 25.05.1904First Profession: 03.05.1957Died: 28.01.1995 Aged: 90 years Angela was living in Limerick when she entered MMM in October 1954. She was already 50 years old and had lived a very interesting, though disciplined, life having had long experience in the British Army Corps. She had much to contribute to life
- [Carey, Sr. M. Ruth](https://mmmworldwide.org/carey-sr-m-ruth/) - Nationality: IrishCongregational Register No: 114D.O.B. 10.08.1914First Profession: 08.09.1946Died: 11.11.1979 Aged: 65 yearsOriginally from Mohill, Co. Leitrim, Christina was already qualified with a BA, HDip on entering in Rosemount in 1943. She was keen to do medicine, but fate seems to have been against this. Although she passed her pre-medical year at university, Mother Mary needed
- [Carey, Sr. M. Matthew](https://mmmworldwide.org/carey-sr-m-matthew/) - Nationality: IrishCongregational Register No: 173D.O.B. 01.03.1918First Profession: 11.02.1950Died: 16.03.1953 Aged: 35 yearsSr. Matthew, baptised Bridget, from near Westport, Co. Mayo, entered MMM on 8 December 1946.She was already a registered nurse before entering and began midwifery training as a second year novice. She was assigned to Nigeria shortly after making first profession because the need
- [Canty, Sr. Mary](https://mmmworldwide.org/canty-sr-mary/) - Sister Mary Canty was born in Skagh, Croom, Co. Limerick in 1926, the only girl of four children. She received her early education in Limerick and joined the Medical Missionaries of Mary in 1952. She completed a Diploma in Social Science in UCD in 1958 and trained as a medical social worker at the London
- [Cannon, Sr. M. Madeleine](https://mmmworldwide.org/cannon-sr-m-madeleine/) - Nationality: IrishCongregational Register No: 142D.O.B. 14.02.1907First Profession: 16.03.1948Died: 15.07.2006 Aged: 99 yearsBridget Cannon came from a large family in a Gaelic speaking area in Co. Donegal. She trained as a general nurse in England and later as a midwife, fever nurse and district nurse. Bridget had many years of nursing experience in the UK and
- [Campion, Sr. Aengus](https://mmmworldwide.org/campion-sr-aengus/) - Sister Aengus was born Ellen Campion in Ballagh, County Laois in 1927. Called Eileen in her family, she was the sixth in a family of twelve, six boys and six girls. Two children died in infancy. To quote Aengus, her family life ‘was sharing in every sense of the word. One was under no illusions
- [Campbell, Sr. Elaine](https://mmmworldwide.org/campbell-sr-elaine/) - Nationality: BritishCongregational Register No. 326D.O.B. 23.05.1920 First Profession 26.04.1955Died: 17.07.2000 Aged: 80 yearsElaine, known in MMM for quite some time as Sr. M. Campion or 'Camps', was born in Ipswich, England. In 1943, as a young woman of 22 years she married an equally young Royal Air Force pilot. Unfortunately, their happiness was to be all
- [Callaghan, Sr. Mary](https://mmmworldwide.org/callaghan-sr-mary/) - Nationality: ScottishCongregational Register No: 350D.O.B. 10.11.1929First Profession: 08.09.1955Died: 10.12.1972 Aged: 43 yearsFrom Scotland, Mary entered in Drogheda on 6 March 1953. At her religious reception she was given the name Machar. Later she reverted to her baptismal name. She was the Dux (leader) in her school before she entered. She started radiography studies while a
- [Amadi, Sr. Patricia](https://mmmworldwide.org/amadi-sr-patricia/) - Sister Patricia Chibuzo Amadi was born in Nguru Mbaise, Owerri, Nigeria on Saint Patrick´s Day, 17 March 1945. She came from a large, close family unit. Her basic education was divided among several schools. She attended Holy Rosary Primary School, Ovoro; Mercy Secondary School, Okigwe; and later Saint Louis Secondary School, Ondo. After leaving school
- [Ahanonu, Sr. Grace](https://mmmworldwide.org/ahanonu-sr-grace/) - Sister Grace, called Nda Gee or Nda Gra, was born in Uzoagba, Owerri, Nigeria in 1940. She completed her early education at the Holy Rosary School, Uzoagba. In 1961, Grace came in contact with MMMs at Saint Luke’s Hospital in Anua, where she did her nursing and midwifery training before joining MMM in 1962. Like
- [Akpan, Sr. Veronica](https://mmmworldwide.org/akpan-sr-veronica/) - Nationality:- Nigeria Congregational Register No. 352 D.O.B. 23.05.1929 First Profession 02.07.1956 Died: 16.08.2001 Aged: 72 yearsSr. Veronica Akpan was born in Eniong Offol, Uyo, Akwa Ibom State, Nigeria. She had one older brother and a younger sister. Her home village is near St. Luke's Hospital, Anua, and it was here that she first came in
- [Byrne, Sr. du Sacre Coeur](https://mmmworldwide.org/byrne-sr-du-sacre-coeur/) - Sister du Sacre Coeur was born Mary Julie Byrne in Dublin on 22 April 1927. From a family of five, two boys and three girls, she was known as ‘May’ by her family. After attending local schools she completed a commercial course in shorthand, typing and bookkeeping. For seven years, May worked as a secretary
- [Butterly, Sr. Mairead](https://mmmworldwide.org/butterly-sr-mairead/) - Sister Mairead was born Maire Eilish in Dublin in 1946 and joined MMM in 1964. After profession she trained as a social worker at University College Dublin, obtaining an Honours B. Soc. Sc. Degree. In 1970 she founded and worked in the Community Services Centre in Drogheda.In 1972 Mairead was assigned to Kenya and for
- [Busby, Sr. M. Consilio](https://mmmworldwide.org/busby-sr-m-consilio/) - Nationality: IrishCongregational Register No: 102D.O.B. 28.05.1923First Profession: 18.03.1946Died: 03.10.1996 Aged: 73 years Kathleen, from Newry, Co. Down, came to MMM on 30 August 1943. Her forte was in secretarial work. She helped in the MMM Magazine Office in the early days and in bookkeeping, but being the versatile person she was, promotion work was also
- [Burns, Sr. Mary](https://mmmworldwide.org/burns-sr-mary/) - Sister Mary Burns was born in Moneymore, Co. Derry in 1933. From a family of two girls and one boy, she had her early education in Moneymore and her secondary education in Magherafelt. She began training as a nurse before joining MMM in 1954. After profession she completed her training as a nurse-midwife in Drogheda
- [Brow, Sr. M. Andre](https://mmmworldwide.org/brow-sr-m-andre/) - Nationality: AmericanCongregational Register No. 532D.O.B. 15.08.1934First Profession 08.09.1957Died: 01.02.2004 Aged: 69 yearsMary Ann Brow, the eldest daughter of seven children, grew up in Braintree, Massachusetts, USA. She spent much of her early life on bed-rest, recovering from four bouts of rheumatic fever. During this period she dreamed of working with children and occupied herself by
- [Brett, Sr. Louis Marie](https://mmmworldwide.org/brett-sr-louis-marie/) - Sister Louis Marie was born Mary Elizabeth Brett in County Sligo, Ireland in 1926. Known as ‘May’, she attended her early education in Tubbercurry, County Sligo. She then helped on the family farm. At the age of twenty-four she moved to Dublin and worked for three years as a governess for a Jewish family. When
- [Breslin, Sr. Gemma](https://mmmworldwide.org/breslin-sr-gemma/) - Sister Gemma was born Mary Breslin in Curroy, Ballina, County Mayo in 1923, the third in a family of twelve children. After completing two years of post-primary education in Ballina, she attended vocational school in Castlerea, County Roscommon. She worked in her aunt’s hotel in Castlerea as a receptionist and manageress for seven years and
- [Breslin, Sr. M. della Strada](https://mmmworldwide.org/breslin-sr-m-della-strada/) - Nationality: IrishCongregational Register No: 258D.O.B. 26.04.1908First Profession: 06.04.1953Died: 05.10.1983 Aged: 75 yearsDublin born Agnes Mary entered MMM in Drogheda on 1 August 1950. She was very musical and belonged to Our Lady's Choral Society, along with Sr. Eithne Fay, before she entered. Ireland was her mission and her ability in the accounts field here will
- [Brady, Sr. Mel](https://mmmworldwide.org/brady-sr-mel/) - Sister Mel Brady was born Mary Brady in Corbawn, Longford in 1926. She came from a family of five boys and three girls, one of whom died in infancy. She was educated in Kilcogy, County Cavan ,and joined MMM in 1947. At her reception she was given the name Mel, one of the earliest Irish
- [Boyle, Sr. M. Francis Xavier](https://mmmworldwide.org/boyle-sr-m-francis-xavier/) - Congregational Register No. 158 D.O.B. 12.03.1919 First Profession 07.09.1949 Died: 05.11.2003 Aged: 84 years Patricia Boyle was born in Dublin and was educated at the Presentation Convent in Terenure, the Technical School in Rathmines, and Gregg Secretarial College. After her commercial training she worked for four years as a secretary to the managing director of
- [Boylan, Sr. M. Assumpta](https://mmmworldwide.org/boylan-sr-m-assumpta/) - Congregational Register No. 162D.O.B. 23 07.1919 First Profession 17.03.1949Died: 31.07.2002 Aged: 83 years Born in Oldcastle, County Meath, Eileen Boylan came from a family of four: two sons and two daughters. After finishing her schooling she stayed at home to help her mother who was ill and eventually died. It was only when Eileen was
- [Boylan, Sr. Eileen](https://mmmworldwide.org/boylan-sr-eileen/) - Nationality: IrishCongregational Register No: 794D.O.B. 01.02.1895First Profession: 03.10.1969Died: 01.08.1983 Aged: 88 years A native of Castlemagner, Co. Cork, Eileen's maiden surname was O'Brien. She had been married with a family and was widowed before entering MMM on 8 March 1968. Because of her age and maturity, an Indult was requested and granted, so she did
- [MMM Obituaries](https://mmmworldwide.org/mmm-obituaries/) - Nationality: IrishCongregational Register No: 96 D.O.B. 10.04.1919First Profession: 18.03.1946Died: 22.05.2006 Aged: 87 years Anne Teresa Bennett was born in Milltownpass in County Westmeath, Ireland. She had three sisters and one brother. Anne was educated at the at the local Mercy Convent and after leaving school helped out both at home and in the
- [Bennet, Sr. Ann Teresa](https://mmmworldwide.org/bennet-sr-ann/) - Nationality: IrishCongregational Register No: 96 D.O.B. 10.04.1919First Profession: 18.03.1946Died: 22.05.2006 Aged: 87 years Anne Teresa Bennett was born in Milltownpass in County Westmeath, Ireland. She had three sisters and one brother. Anne was educated at the at the local Mercy Convent and after leaving school helped out both at home and in the
- [Our Foundress](https://mmmworldwide.org/our-foundress/) - Not many people will hold on to an uncertain dream for twenty years, but that is what Marie Martin had to do before she was able to establish the Medical Missionaries of Mary in 1937. The prelude to our story begins in Glenageary - Co. Dublin - on April 25 1892, the day the future
- [Delivering Community Healthcare](https://mmmworldwide.org/delivering-community-healthcare/) - MMMs are actively engaged in the delivery of services. This including the prevention or relief of sickness, disease or human suffering in various ways. We serve in over 11 countries. We assist with illness, diseases and social challenges unique to the specific location. We work with the local community to identify what most needs to
- [Join Us In Prayer Today](https://mmmworldwide.org/join-us-in-prayer-today/) - MMM is dedicated to healing. Each day we turn to God, the Great Healer, to sustain us in our lives and work. We ask God to heal when we can only bring our human effort. Join with us in prayer this day, for your own needs and for the needs of the world. Prayer Request
- [Examples of different typefaces](https://mmmworldwide.org/examples-of-different-typefaces/) - Example of different typefaces Font: Tahoma 10pt These are women who want to make a total commitment of their whole lives to God in a religious community. After a time of discernment and preparation they take the traditional three vows of poverty, chastity and obedience. They spend their lives at the service of the poor
- [Joining MMM](https://mmmworldwide.org/joining-mmm/) - text
- [Work-in-Progress](https://mmmworldwide.org/work-in-progress/) - Work-in-Progress Reports - March 2021 Week 1: Overview Production/Development Plan 2021 https://docs.google.com/document/d/1zrkZ4pc-SV_SPA2gckwcFbJp7iD3dHKw3bifc3KoMCk/edit?usp=sharing Week 2: Production/Development Plan 2021 https://docs.google.com/document/d/1Hz6M524C2sa0B1WC7IUVB7NYRUMCAJ63c5xNrUbVXYU/edit?usp=sharing Week 3: Scoping Study - R&D Production/Development Plan 2021 https://docs.google.com/document/d/1GJ4QhCDKEjSQzsIE4w16f9o5ckEJV4TOl1eyffCCiZg/edit?usp=sharing Week 4: Job Specs - Graphic Design, Online Presence & Agendas Items https://docs.google.com/document/d/106lOLm4c0qELysy8sywGm4kle5a5OFQRDNir1Qv0fNU/edit?usp=sharing Existing MMM website articles >>> hereExiting MMM website Plug Ins >>> here Existing MMM website Modules >>> here MMM Target Persona(s) >>> here
- [Join Us In Prayer](https://mmmworldwide.org/join-us-in-prayer/) - JOIN US IN PRAYER Prayer is a very important part of our MMM life. We are here to pray with you and to support you spiritually in challenging times. You can sign up for us to pray with you about a specific request and you can also download our prayers and inspirational images for
- [Training and Development](https://mmmworldwide.org/training-and-development/) - To meet the needs of the people we serve, MMMs undergo professional training and development to attain or update skills. Ongoing organisational training and support is provided to the MMMs to assist them in facing challenges and enable them to deliver essential care to those most in need. Continuing professional development is essential to the
- [Human Rights & Equality Advocacy](https://mmmworldwide.org/human-rights-equality-advocacy/) - There are many social, economic and environmental factors impacting people in our world. As needed, MMMs help the local community address issues and improve quality of life. Biodiversity, Water Development, Sanitation MMMs incentivises projects to improve and develop clean accessible water supplies. Water harvesting projects are in operation to help local communities to harvest rainwater
- [Counter Human Trafficking](https://mmmworldwide.org/counter-human-trafficking/) - In poor communities children and women are often targeted by human traffickers. Education and awareness workshops are offered to help keep people safe. In addition, counseling and rehabilitation services are offered to women who have been trafficked and need support in coping with trauma.
- [Gender Inequality](https://mmmworldwide.org/gender-inequality/) - Economic inequality creates many social issues for women especially in single parent homes. Many programmes seek to address the issues of gender inequality in communities by creating empowerment opportunities and training. Women are offered opportunities to learn vocational skills which can be income generating. Computer training, health services provider, hair dressing, tailoring, craft making and
- [Overcoming Violence](https://mmmworldwide.org/overcoming-violence/) - In today's world people are ever more affected by violence. We have situation of refugees, civil unrest and urban violence. Working to support people affected by violence is important work conducted by MMMs. In countries like Brazil MMMs face situations of urban violence. Other countries in Africa, like South Sudan, are emerging from periods of
- [Biodiversity, Water Development & Sanitation](https://mmmworldwide.org/biodiversity-water-development-sanitation/) - MMMs are involved in projects to improve and develop clean accessible water supplies. Water harvesting projects are in operation to help local communities along with education programmes on how to harvest rainwater safely. Community seminars are offered to help support the local people and educate them about the importance of water in preventing illness and
- [Community Development & Empowerment](https://mmmworldwide.org/community-development-empowerment/) - There are many social, economic and environmental factors negatively impacting people in the communities MMMs serve. As needed, MMMs help the local community address issues and improve quality of life.
- [Community Based Health Care](https://mmmworldwide.org/community-based-health-care/) - These varied and integrated services provided in the hospitals/clinics and in outpatient delivery include but are not limited to: Immunisations/Vaccinations Antenatal & maternity care TB (Direct observation treatment) Laboratory services Nutrition clinics Rehabilitation and counseling clinics HIV/AIDS testing, referral and education Palliative care Counter Human trafficking services Pastoral care and home visits Hospital Chaplaincy Prison
- [Hospitals/Clinics & Health Centres](https://mmmworldwide.org/hospitals-clinics-and-health-centres/) - MMM serves in four geographic regions (East Africa, West Africa, the Americas and Europe). The Sisters own or manage various hospitals, health care clinics and primary care centres. The variety of health care services provided is based on the needs of the local community. Prevention of illness and disease is as important as treatment. Specific
- [Delivery of Health Care Activities & Promotion of Health](https://mmmworldwide.org/delivery-of-health-care-activities-promotion-of-health/) - MMMs are actively engaged in the delivery of services including the prevention or relief of sickness, disease or human suffering in various ways. Serving in over 11 countries, MMMs are assisting with illness, diseases and social challenges unique to the specific location. The MMMs work with the local community to identify what most needs to
- [What We Do](https://mmmworldwide.org/what-we-do-2/) - MMMs are global medical missionaries Sisters. We make a difference in the world by bringing healing to those in most need. The Congregation’s name is the Medical Missionaries of Mary. This means that, like Mary, we go in haste to care for the most vulnerable. We provide holistic healthcare with a particular care for women
- [Resources](https://mmmworldwide.org/resources/) - The Resource section offers content on the MMM journey including additional information, obituaries and archived content. Obituaries Prayer Circle Newsletters Media
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## MMM in Media

- [As part of our healing charism, we work to solve health needs of others](https://mmmworldwide.org/mmmnews/as-part-of-our-healing-charism-we-work-to-solve-health-needs-of-others/) - In this article published in the Global Sisters Report, Sr Prisca Ovat, MMM shares the way the Sisters share the Healing Charism by serving the poor in many ways. Read more: As part of our healing charism, we work to solve health needs of others | Global Sisters Report
- [Mother Mary 50th Anniversary January 2025 - Drogheda Leader](https://mmmworldwide.org/mmmnews/mother-mary-50th-anniversary-january-2025-drogheda-leader/) - [Best_Wordpress_Gallery id="28" gal_title="Drogheda Leader Jan/Feb 2025"]
- [‘Irish health workers inspired me to become a doctor’ - Causeway medic shares his journey from Nigeria to Coleraine](https://mmmworldwide.org/mmmnews/irish-health-workers-inspired-me-to-become-a-doctor-causeway-medic-shares-his-journey-from-nigeria-to-coleraine/) - A Nigerian doctor in Coleraine has spoken of how an Irish connection first inspired his vocation in healthcare. Working at the Causeway Hospital for the last two years in general medicine, Dr Christian Oko (33) also told the Irish News how deprivation in his home country led him to start a children’s charity. Click Here
- [EMPOWERMENT: Committee For Support Of Dignity Of Women Empowers Some Women](https://mmmworldwide.org/mmmnews/empowerment-committee-for-support-of-dignity-of-women-empowers-some-women/) - Congratulations to Sr. Justina Odunukwe for her remarkable efforts in empowering human trafficking survivors, providing them with the support needed to generate income and rebuild their lives. https://youtu.be/jIT6zg9JAyE?feature=shared
- [A Guide for Churches on the Prevention of Obstetric Fistula](https://mmmworldwide.org/mmmnews/a-guide-for-churches-on-the-prevention-of-obstetric-fistula/) - Over 70% of Maternal death in the world takes place in Sub-saharan Africa. Obstetric Fistula is a horrific condition that needs to be prevented to protect birthing mothers and babies. A new guidebook was released recently by the to understand this further. Here is the link: https://www.oikoumene.org/news/wcc-guide-raises-awareness-of-obstetric-fistula PDF: Guide for Churches on the Prevention of
- ['Spirit' 2018](https://mmmworldwide.org/mmmnews/spirit-2018/) - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jJsfXxDEagk 'Spirit' explores the work of The Medical Missionaries of Mary at home and overseas. The Sisters have provided a powerful insight into the legacy of their work, through interviews with the filmmakers. The short documentary includes contributions from LMFM presenter Gerry Kelly, former Trócaire CEO Justin Kilcullen and Dr. Conor Mulvagh, UCD. Find out
- [A hospital run by Nigerian sisters provides free fistula surgery to women desperate for treatment](https://mmmworldwide.org/mmmnews/a-hospital-run-by-nigerian-sisters-provides-free-fistula-surgery-to-women-desperate-for-treatment/) - Read More - America The Jesuit Review
- [Write Around the Corner-Sister Bernie Kenny and Tauna Gulley](https://mmmworldwide.org/mmmnews/write-around-the-corner-sister-bernie-kenny-and-tauna-gulley/) - This episode is about Sister Bernie Kenny and Tauna Gulley. Their book, Better for Being With You - A Philosophy of Care, chronicles decades of providing compassionate, quality health care to people in Central Appalachia. Read More - PBS
- [Bakhita House in Boston area holds lasting legacy in work among trafficked women](https://mmmworldwide.org/mmmnews/bakhita-house-in-boston-area-holds-lasting-legacy-in-work-among-trafficked-women/) - The former Bakhita House, in Malden, Massachusetts, was home to human trafficking survivors and the sisters from Boston congregations who helped them recover. Read More - Global Sisters Report
- [Medical Missionaries of Mary's new awareness event for Lent](https://mmmworldwide.org/mmmnews/awareness-event-for-lent/) - Sister Sheila along with other walkers taking “Steps for Hope." Medical Missionaries of Mary's new awareness event for Lent (Drogheda Life) Read More - Droghedalife.com

## Obituaries

- [O'Kane, Sr. M. Davnet](https://mmmworldwide.org/obituaries/okane-sr-m-davnet/) - Sr. M. Davnet, baptised Sara Gertrude and known as Sally, was born in Derry in December 1937, but she was definitely a Donegal person at heart as her early childhood was in Culdaff on the Inishowen peninsula and she attended the local primary school in Gleneely. While attending Primary School in Gleneely, Sally saw the
- [Simakova, Sr. M. Adalbert (Bibi)](https://mmmworldwide.org/obituaries/simakova-sr-m-adalbert-bibi/) - 18/12/1921 - 27/06/2023 Sr. M. Adalbert Simakova (Bibi) was born in Masov, Czech Republic, Petrovice, Czechoslovakia, the daughter of Anastasie (née Prochazkova) and Frantrisek Simakova and was the second in a family of five. She was baptised Bozena Marie. As a young woman she left school early to help provide for her family and was
- [Bourdillon, Sr. Cecily](https://mmmworldwide.org/obituaries/bourdillon-sr-cecily/) - Sr. Cecily was born in Zambia (previously Northern Rhodesia) and brought up in Zimbabwe (previously Southern Rhodesia). Her father, Victor Bourdillon, worked for the British Civil Service in Northern Rhodesia where he met her mother who went to Northern Rhodesia from England as a missionary doctor. She was the eldest in the family of two
- [Sr. Veronica Hanratty, MMM](https://mmmworldwide.org/obituaries/sr-veronica-hanratty-mmm/) - 14th January 1930 – 10th July 2026 Sr. Veronica, baptized Philomena, was born in Kingscourt, Co. Cavan. She was one of a large family and all her life she was known as Auntie Phil to her many nieces and nephews. She went to the local primary school and then helped at home caring for her
- [Michael, Sr. Dumka Fidelia](https://mmmworldwide.org/obituaries/michael-sr-dumka-fidelia/) - Sr. Dumka Fidelia Michael, MMM, was born in 1974 in Zaakpon, near Port Harcourt in Nigeria. She had her primary and secondary education locally and then went to university to study commerce. She left after two years, taking some time to discern her future before finally joining MMM in 1996. After her period of initial
- [Clarke, Sr. Maureen](https://mmmworldwide.org/obituaries/clarke-sr-maureen-mmm/) - Sr. Maureen Clarke, baptized Maureen Margaret, was born in Leeds, England in July 1934, of Irish parents and enjoyed her dual nationality. Her early education was local in Doncaster but attended a Sisters of Mercy boarding school for her secondary education. After leaving school, she helped her mother in the running of the family hotel
- [Sr. Mairead Gorman](https://mmmworldwide.org/obituaries/sr-mairead-gorman-mmm/) - Sr. Mairead Gorman was born in Armagh, Northern Ireland in February 1931 and baptised Bridget. She came from a family of six, four girls and two boys. She had her schooling locally and in secondary school concentrated on secretarial skills. She went on to study this later in Belfast. After leaving school, Bridget worked for
- [Lynch, Sr. Lucia](https://mmmworldwide.org/obituaries/lynch-sr-lucia-mmm/) - 6 March 1932 – 16 December 2024 Sr. Lucia, baptised Margaret Mary and known to the family as Rita, was born in Callan, Co. Kilkenny, in March 1932. She was educated locally at the Convent of Mercy schools and then went to Dublin to Jervis Street Hospital, to train as a nurse. Three years after
- [Kenny, Sr. Bernadette (Bernie)](https://mmmworldwide.org/obituaries/kenny-sr-bernadette-bernie-mmm/) - 08 December 1938 – 07 December 2024 Sr. Bernie was born in Boston, MA and baptized Mary Ellen. Her early schooling was in Somerville MA, coincidently where MMM came to live later. After leaving school she worked as a dental assistant for a short period before joining MMM in Winchester MA. After her initial religious
- [Prendergast, Sr. M. Monica](https://mmmworldwide.org/obituaries/prendergast-sr-m-monica-mmm/) - 05 November 1925 – 12 January 2025 Sr. Monica Prendergast, baptised Margaret, was born in the small village of Clogheen, near Cahir, Co. Tipperary. She was very close to her family, especially her sisters, Maureen and her twin sister Joan, who never married and remained at the home place their whole lives. Margaret has her
- [Cott, Sr. Ursula](https://mmmworldwide.org/obituaries/cott-sr-ursula-mmm/) - Sr. Ursula Cott, baptised Elizabeth, was born in Ballyclough, County Cork, in August 1940 and her early education was in the local schools. Sr. Ursula joined MMM in 1959 when she was eighteen. Soon after her initial formation period was over, she went to Dublin and studied at Cathal Brugha Technical College for aa institutional
- [Magner, Sr. Maura](https://mmmworldwide.org/obituaries/magner-sr-maura-mmm/) - Sr. Maura Magner, born Maria Rose, was a native of Rathkeale, Co. Limerick. It was there she had her early education,and her secondary level education was in Foynes, Co. Limerick. Like many young Irish girls of her generation, after school she went to England to train as a nurse. She qualified as a Registered Nurse
- [Cawley, Sr. Veronica](https://mmmworldwide.org/obituaries/cawley-sr-veronica/) - Sr. Veronica Cawley MMM died peacefully on September 11th, 2025, at the VNA on Highland Senior Residence. In the time up to her death she was surrounded by family, MMM Sisters, and friends who loved her. Sr. Veronica Cawley, affectionately known as Ronnie, comes from Jamaica Plain, a part of greater Boston, MA, USA. She
- [Crowley, Sr. Kathleen](https://mmmworldwide.org/obituaries/crowley-sr-kathleen/) - Sr. Kathleen Crowley was born in Macroom, County Cork, Ireland, in February 1940. She was one of a family of four, two boys and two girls. Kathleen was educated locally, both at nursery and Primary level followed by a Secretarial Course in the Technical College there. She entered MMM in Drogheda in October 1960. After
- [Egbuna, Sr. Brigid](https://mmmworldwide.org/obituaries/egbuna-sr-brigid/) - Sr. Brigid Egbuna was born in Calabar in March 1954, one of a pair of identical twins, and had her early education in Onitcha and her secondary education with the Holy Child Sisters in Ikot Ekpene and Abakaliki. She joined MMM in 1973, straight from school. After Profession of Vows, she trained as a nurse
- [Dean, Sr. Pauline](https://mmmworldwide.org/obituaries/dean-sr-pauline/) - 16 April 1921 – 03 February 2025 Sr. Pauline Dean was born in Liverpool, England, in 1921. Her parents were Irene (née Lloyd) and Richard Dean, and she had one brother, Jeffrey (or Geoffrey), and one sister, Helen. Both have predeceased her. Pauline was a highly gifted person and has lived an amazingly fruitful life.
- [Sambuco, Sr. Mary Ellen](https://mmmworldwide.org/obituaries/sambuco-sr-mary-ellen/) - 03 March 1945 –28 September 2024 Sr. Mary Ellen Sambuco died peacefully on September 28th in the early morning hours at Sancta Maria Nursing Facility in Cambridge not far from our MMM home in Somerville. She was born in Los Angeles but grew up and had all her early education in Irwin, Pennsylvania. After leaving
- [Berthiaume, Sr. Sheila](https://mmmworldwide.org/obituaries/berthiaume-sr-sheila/) - 26.09.1940 – 12.10.2024 Sr. Sheila Berthiaume was born in Canada, but the family moved to USA when she was an infant and made their home in Detroit, Michigan. She was one of four siblings, two girls and two boys. Her early education was in Detroit, and she entered MMM at the age of eighteen. Already
- [Staines, Sr. M. Lucy](https://mmmworldwide.org/obituaries/staines-sr-m-lucy/) - Nationality: Irish Congregational Register No. 144 D.O.B. 25.06.1926 First Profession 16.03.1948 Died 15.01.2009 Aged: 82 years Joan Marie Staines was born into a family of note within the new Irish State. Her father, Michael Staines, a member of the Gaelic League and Sinn Fein, was part of the GPO Garrison in Dublin in 1916, a
- [Duignan, Sr. M. Renee](https://mmmworldwide.org/obituaries/duignan-sr-m-renee/) - Sr. Renee, baptised Bridget Mary, was born in 1943 in Carrick on Shannon, Co. Leitrim. She studied at local schools and at the age of seventeen was invited by relatives to the USA. There, for some years she worked as a bank teller in a bank in New York, but all the while discerning her
- [Twomey, Sr. M. Zita](https://mmmworldwide.org/obituaries/twomey-sr-m-zita/) - Nationality: Irish Congregational Register No: 200 D.O.B. 11.04.1925 First Profession: 08.09.1950 Died: 13.09.2008 Aged: 83 years Mary (Minnie to her family) Twomey came from an Irish-speaking farming family in Macroom, Co. Cork. She had two brothers and one sister. She worked in a hotel in Cork before entering MMM in 1948, when she took the
- [Walsh, Sr. M. Jude](https://mmmworldwide.org/obituaries/walsh-sr-m-jude/) - Sr. Jude Walsh, born in 1921 and baptised Mary Agnes, came from Tourlestrane, Co. Sligo. He was known in the family as “May”. Her primary education was local, but she attended St. Louis Convent, Kiltimagh, Co.Mayo for her secondary education. After school she qualified as a pharmacist as a Member of the Pharmaceutical Society of
- [Jones, Sr. M. Celine](https://mmmworldwide.org/obituaries/jones-sr-m-celine/) - Kathleen Mary Jones was born in Bagnalstown, Co. Carlow in May 1933. She was the youngest of nine children. Her early education was local and after her secondary education she worked in a hairdressing salon, rising quickly to be manager of a salon in Cork. But her attraction was not to the beauty industry but
- [Manifold, Sr. Agnes](https://mmmworldwide.org/obituaries/manifold-sr-agnes/) - Agnes Manifold was born in Dublin in January 1931. Her early education was in Dublin and after secondary school she studied secretarial skills in a further education college. She worked in Dublin for a few years and then joined MMM in 1962. After her initial religious formation, Sr. Agnes had a lot of varied experiences,
- [Ward, Sr. M. Pacelli](https://mmmworldwide.org/obituaries/ward-sr-m-pacelli/) - Sr. M. Pacelli Ward, baptised Margaret Mary and known as May, was born in Castleblaney, Co. Monaghan, in October 1926. Her early education was in the local primary school, followed by secondary education at St. Louis Convent School. In 1950, Margaret went to Dublin to study pharmacy, but at the same time, she must have
- [Dooley, Sr. Elizabeth](https://mmmworldwide.org/obituaries/dooley-sr-elizabeth/) - Sr. Elizabeth was born in June 1931. Although she was born in England, her family came from Waterford, and that is where she grew up and had her early education. After school, she moved to Dublin and trained as a nurse in the Meath Hospital and qualified as a midwife in the Rotunda Hospital. One
- [Smith, Sr. Paula](https://mmmworldwide.org/obituaries/smith-sr-paula/) - Sister Paula Smith was born Joan Smith in Charlestown, MA, USA, on 4 February 1934. She attended schools in the Boston area. From as early as four years of age she dreamed of being a missionary Sister, going as a nurse or doctor to faraway places. She began to see that dream become a reality
- [Onyeugo, Sr. M.Catherine Therese](https://mmmworldwide.org/obituaries/sr-m-catherine-therese-onyeugo/) - January 1st 1929 - December 26th 2021 Sr. M. Catherine Therese was born in Emekuku, Owerri, Nigeria on January 1st, 1929. As a young girl, before joining MMM, she worked in St. Luke’s Hospital, Anua, as a ward orderly. In an interview she gave at the time of her Diamond Jubilee in 2017 she reminisced:
- [Sheridan, Sr. Augustine](https://mmmworldwide.org/obituaries/sheridan-sr-augustine/) - Sister Augustine Sheridan was born in Navan, Ireland in April 1927. She was baptized Margaret Esther but was always known as Gretta in the family. She was one of a family of five children: two boys and three girls. Her early education was in the local national school and then she had two successive jobs.
- [Lynch, Sr. Jeane](https://mmmworldwide.org/obituaries/lynch-sr-jeane/) - Sister Jeane Lynch MMM, died peacefully at Sancta Maria Nursing Care Facility in Cambridge, MA on December 11, 2022. Given the name Jeane Cecile Lynch, she was the third of four children born to Mary Madeline (Fitzpatrick) Lynch and John Edward Lynch on April 24, 1936. Jeane’s early years were lived with her family
- [O'Kane, Sr. Patricia](https://mmmworldwide.org/obituaries/okane-sr-patricia/) - Sr. Patricia O’Kane, known in the family as Phyllis, was born in Belfast in Northern Ireland and attended her local Catholic primary school. She was employed locally in a factory before she joined MMM in 1956, aged 21. She came from a family of six, four brothers, Paul, Gabriel, Maurice (R.I.P.) and Fergus, and she
- [O'Connell, Sr. M. Raphael](https://mmmworldwide.org/obituaries/oconnell-sr-m-raphael/) - April 1925 - May 13th, 2022 Sr. Raphael was born Margaret Mildred in April 1925. She was born in Athlone, Co. Westmeath and this is where Mildred had her early education at the local convent school. The desire to be a missionary came early and Mildred joined the Medical Missionaries of Mary when she was
- [Twomey, Sr. Deirdre](https://mmmworldwide.org/obituaries/twomey-sr-deirdre/) - September 1st 1933 - April 29th 2022 Sr. Deirdre Twomey, baptised Eileen Deirdre, was born in Cardiff, Wales in 1933. Her father, Jeremiah Twomey was Irish and although Deirdre’s early education was in Wales and England, the Irish ties were strong and the family eventually moved back to Dublin. Deirdre entered MMM immediately after
- [Quinn, Sr. Maureen Ita](https://mmmworldwide.org/obituaries/quinn-sr-maureen-ita/) - May 1927 - April 19th 2022 Sr. Maureen Ita was born in Dungannon, Northern Ireland, in May 1927, one of five children. All her siblings have pre-deceased her. She was educated locally at the convent schools and joined MMM just a year after finishing school. After her initial religious formation, she was not sent for
- [Gunn, Sr. Rose](https://mmmworldwide.org/obituaries/gunn-sr-rose/) - Rose Gunn, born in July 1930, was the only child of Thomas O’Neil Gunn and Catherine (née Lannan) Gunn. She was born in Edinburgh but grew up in Tranent, a small town just a few miles away from the city. Her early education was local and her secondary education was in Edinburgh. Her first contact
- [McMullan, Sr. M. Trinitas](https://mmmworldwide.org/obituaries/mcmullan-sr-m-trinitas/) - 22nd September 1933 – 22nd February 2022 Sr. M. Trinitas, baptized Margaret McMullan, was born in Belfast, N. Ireland. She came from a large family and started primary school in Belfast. However, the Second World War had started by this time and, to avoid the bombings, Margaret’s parents decided to move her and her siblings
- [McKernan, Sr. Majella](https://mmmworldwide.org/obituaries/mckernan-sr-majella/) - Sr. Majella was born in Belfast on 31st July, 1921, but grew up in Dundalk from the age of one when her family moved there. She attended the local primary school and later went to nearby Carrickmacross for her secondary education. When she entered MMM in 1946, she was already a qualified Pharmacist. The Congregation
- [Reilly, Sr. Mary Teresa](https://mmmworldwide.org/obituaries/reilly-sr-mary-teresa/) - July 1937 - January 30th 2022 Sr. Mary Teresa Reilly was born in Mullingar, Co. Westmeath in July 1937. Her early education was in local schools and she was trained as a secretary and book-keeper. For three years she worked as a clerk in a Galway firm before joining MMM in 1958. Even during her
- [Reynolds, Sr. Mary](https://mmmworldwide.org/obituaries/reynolds-sr-mary/) - Nationality: Irish Congregational Register No: 261 D.O.B. 17.01.1929 First Profession: 06.04.1953 Died: 03.02.2008 Aged: 79 years Mary Brigid Reynolds came from Co. Leitrim where her father was a medical practitioner. She had two brothers and an older sister, Margaret. Mary was educated at the local convent and then by the Ursuline Sisters in Sligo. After
- [McLoughlin, Sr. Julie](https://mmmworldwide.org/obituaries/mcloughlin-sr-julie/) - Congregational Register No. 491 D.O.B. 22.06.1935 First Profession 03.10.61 Died: 08.08.2005 Aged: 70 years Julia Ann McLoughlin was born in Dublin, the eldest of six children. She was educated by the Presentation Sisters and after finishing secondary school did a commercial Course at Rathmines Technical School. She continued on to Gregg Commercial School, Dublin, and
- [McKiernan, Sr. Josefa](https://mmmworldwide.org/obituaries/mckiernan-sr-josefa/) - 1931 - March 3rd 2015 Ann Isobel McKiernan was born in Armagh in 1931. She was educated at Saint Malachy’s Primary School and the Convent of the Sacred Heart in Armagh. She had two brothers: Johnny and Father George, a Passionist priest, and one sister, Madge. Ann joined the Medical Missionaries of Mary in 1949.
- [McKeon, Sr. Agnes](https://mmmworldwide.org/obituaries/mckeon-sr-agnes/) - Sister Agnes was born in Liscloonadea, Mohill, Co. Leitrim, in 1924, the second youngest of five girls and four boys. She attended the local primary school and Mohill Technical School and in 1943 went to England with three of her sisters to train as a nurse. While working there in 1948, another nurse told her
- [McDermott, Sr. M. Gratia](https://mmmworldwide.org/obituaries/mcdermott-sr-m-gratia/) - Nationality: Irish Congregational Register No: 329 D.O.B. 22.08.1922 First Profession: 26.04.1955 Died: 03.03.2000 Aged: 77 years Mona McDermott, from Co. Sligo entered MMM on 15 August 1952. She was already a qualified nurse and had been staffing for six years, so her nursing ability was quickly called on for the IMTH. In 1962 she did
- [Lavin, Sr. Helen](https://mmmworldwide.org/obituaries/lavin-sr-helen/) - 1923 - 17th November 2014 Sister Helen (Letitia) Lavin was born in Barnsley, Yorkshire, England in 1923, one of five children. She received her early education in Barnsley and moved to Ireland when she was nine. Because she had an aunt in the Holy Faith Convent in Haddington Road, Dublin, she was able to attend
- [Crowley, Sr. M. Senan](https://mmmworldwide.org/obituaries/crowley-sr-m-senan/) - Nationality: Irish Congregational Register No: 29 D.O.B. 05.06.1919 First Profession: 08.09.1942 Died: 28.03.1978 Aged: 58 years Eileen, from Co. Clare, was already a partly qualified nurse when she entered on 6 January 1940. She completed her training at the Mater Misericordiae Hospital, Dublin, after her profession. She was assigned to Nigeria in 1946, making history
- [Hogan, Sr. Sheila](https://mmmworldwide.org/obituaries/hogan-sr-sheila/) - Nationality: Irish Congregational Register No: 239 D.O.B. 24.09.1909 First Profession: 17.03.1952 Died: 28.05.1990 Aged: 81 years Sheila Hogan, from Dublin, entered MMM in September 1949. She was forty years of age and already a qualified nurse and radiographer. As a mature woman, changing her life style, and especially fitting in with a group of much
- [Friel, Sr. Benedicta](https://mmmworldwide.org/obituaries/friel-sr-benedicta/) - Sister Benedicta was born Margaret Friel in Derry City, Co. Derry, in 1929, the eldest of 4 children. She received her early education at St. Eugene's Convent School. After training in bookkeeping and shorthand she spent some time in office work. Her real interest was in nursing, so in 1951 she began training in Hope
- [Friel, Sr. Anna](https://mmmworldwide.org/obituaries/friel-sr-anna/) - Nationality: Scottish Congregational Register No: 622 D.O.B. 11.10.1941 First Profession: 03.04.1965 Died: 27.12.1985 Aged: 44 years Anna entered MMM on 2 January 1962. She was a sister of Mary Friel, MMM and a native of Croy in Scotland. She did general nurse training in Drogheda and psychiatric nursing at St. Loman's Hospital, Palmerstown, Co. Dublin.
- [Forkan, Sr. Maura](https://mmmworldwide.org/obituaries/forkan-sr-maura/) - Congregational Register No. 599 D.O.B. 02.04.1926 First Profession 27.04.1964 Died: 08.10.2000 Aged: 74 years Maura was born in Toureen, County Mayo, the eldest of a large family. As the eldest girl, she considered it her duty to have a motherly concern for all the family. Before she entered, Maura managed a rural shop and post
- [Forde, Sr. M. Winifred Frances](https://mmmworldwide.org/obituaries/forde-sr-m-winifred-frances/) - Nationality: Irish Congregational Register No: 399 D.O.B. 04.07.1908 First Profession: 08.09.1957 Died: 05.06.1978 Aged: 69 years "Winnie", as most people knew her, was formerly Mary J. from Monaghan. In her early adult years she worked with the American Forces in Germany and the USA. She entered MMM in Drogheda in January 1955. Because of her
- [Flood, Sr. Josephine](https://mmmworldwide.org/obituaries/flood-sr-josephine/) - Nationality: Irish Congregational Register No: 253 D.O.B. 10.05.1919 First Profession: 06.04.1953 Died: 01.06.2006 Aged: 87 years Josephine Flood came from a farming family in Ballyhist, Kells, Co. Meath. She had four brothers and one sister. Josephine was very short of stature and physically challenged from the time she was a child, but in spite of
- [Fitzgerald, Sr. Veronica](https://mmmworldwide.org/obituaries/fitzgerald-sr-veronica/) - Nationality: Irish Congregational Register No. 475 D.O.B. 28 11 1935 First Profession 03 10 1961 Died: 31.12.2001 Aged: 66 years Born in Limerick, Veronica (Vera) Fitzgerald was one of eight children. After leaving school, she worked for a short time as a draper's assistant in a local Limerick store before joining MMM, aged 22. After
- [Farrell, Sr. M. Sarto](https://mmmworldwide.org/obituaries/farrell-sr-m-sarto/) - Nationality: Irish Congregational Register No: 286 D.O.B. 26.12.1922 First Profession: 08.09.1953 Died: 28.03.2006 Aged: 83 years Brigid Farrell was born in Streamstown, Co. Longford to a farming family. She was one of six children - five girls and one boy. Brigid entered MMM at the age of 28 years, having previously worked as a housekeeper
- [Doyle, Sr. M. Philomena](https://mmmworldwide.org/obituaries/doyle-sr-m-philomena/) - Nationality: Irish Congregational Register No: 17 D.O.B. 25.09.1918 First Profession: 08.09.1941 Died: 19.04.2008 Aged: 89 years Josephine Doyle was born in Piercestown, Co. Wexford. She was one of ten children, with four brothers and five sisters. From her early letters it seems that she became acquainted with Mother Mary in early 1938, soon after Mother
- [Doyle, Sr. M. Augustus](https://mmmworldwide.org/obituaries/doyle-sr-m-augustus/) - Nationality: Irish Congregational Register No: 379 D.O.B. 03.08.1912 First Profession: 03.05.1957 Died: 22.05.2000 Aged: 87 years Mary Doyle, from Galway, entered MMM in Clonmel on 2 July 1954. Already a qualified and well-practised medical doctor, she was assigned to Uganda shortly after first profession. She worked in Kitovu Hospital, Masaka, until 1980. Most of her
- [Dougherty, Sr. M. Catherine Anne](https://mmmworldwide.org/obituaries/dougherty-sr-m-catherine-anne/) - Nationality: American Congregational Register No: 538 D.O.B. 01.09.1939 First Profession: 23.04.1960 Died: 26.05.1970 Aged: 30 years Sheila, who came from Chicago, entered MMM in Winchester, Massachusetts, on 12 September 1957. She is fondly remembered as being vivacious and loving, laughing and joyful, as well as sensitive and dedicated to MMM. She had a beautiful singing
- [Doran, Sr. M. Agnes](https://mmmworldwide.org/obituaries/doran-sr-m-agnes/) - Nationality: Irish Congregational Register No: 11 D.O.B. 21.05.1920 First Profession: 17.03.1941 Died: 06.02.1959 Aged: 38 years Sr. Agnes, better known to us by her baptismal name of Sheila, was one of our early members - number 11. She came from Enfield in Co. Meath. Sheila was a very young girl when she entered at Rosemount
- [Donegan, Sr. Rose](https://mmmworldwide.org/obituaries/donegan-sr-rose/) - Nationality: Irish Congregational Register No: 269 D.O.B. 14.04.1930 First Profession: 08.09.1953 Died: 01.04.1975 Aged: 45 years Rose, known for a short time as Sr. M. Stanislaus, came from Castletown, Co. Meath and entered in Drogheda on 3 October 1950. She had already trained as an mental health nurse before entering, so her general nurse training
- [Donato, Sr. Mary Katherine](https://mmmworldwide.org/obituaries/donato-sr-mary-katherine/) - Sister Mary Katherine (Dominic Savio) Donato was born in Coatesville, PA, USA in 1931. She completed her early education there and trained as a nurse. She worked as a staff nurse in Boston, in Pennsylvania, and in Cape Cod Hospital - which she especially enjoyed - before joining MMM in Winchester, MA, USA in 1954.
- [Dolan, Sr. M. Camillus](https://mmmworldwide.org/obituaries/dolan-sr-m-camillus/) - Nationality: Irish Congregational Register No: 33 D.O.B. 14.06.1916 First Profession: 02.07.1943 Died: 27.07.1989 Aged: 73 years There were quite a few Nigerian Sisters in Beechgrove, Drogheda, when news came of Sr. Camillus' death in Afikpo, Nigeria. Their participation in the Mass offered for her in Drogheda was fine testimony in itself to the love and
- [Devine, Sr. M. Patricia Ann](https://mmmworldwide.org/obituaries/devine-sr-m-patricia-ann/) - Nationality: British Congregational Register No. 291 D.O.B.: 03.02.1919 First Profession: 01.06.1954 Died: 07.02.2010 Aged: 91 years Charlotte Eliza Devine was born the second of three sisters in Dundee, Scotland. She disliked her given names and called herself Carol. She trained at Southern General Hospital, Glasgow, Scotland, and became a registered nurse/midwife, going
- [Devine, Sr. Brigid](https://mmmworldwide.org/obituaries/devine-sr-brigid/) - Nationality: Irish Congregational Register No: 302 D.O.B. 10.03.1920 First Profession: 01.06.1954 Died: 13.09.1990 Aged: 70 years Brigid, known in MMM for many years as Sr. M. Phelim, was from Laragh in Co. Cavan. She entered in Drogheda on 3 October 1951. Her ministry overseas was in Nigeria from 1958 to 1966, in Anua and Ibadan.
- [Deehan, Sr. M. Francesca](https://mmmworldwide.org/obituaries/deehan-sr-m-francesca/) - Nationality: Irish Congregation Register No: 214 D.O.B. 24.04.1930 First Profession: 06.01.1952 Died: 01.02.1981 Aged: 50 years Mary Deehan, from Ardmore, Co. Derry, who entered MMM in Drogheda on 3 October 1948, seems to have fitted a lot into her years with MMM. After catering training in Cathal Brugha Street in Dublin, her ministry covered time in
- [Davis, Sr. Sally](https://mmmworldwide.org/obituaries/davis-sr-sally/) - Sister Sally was born in Kilteevan, Co. Roscommon, one of a family of six. She attended school locally with the Mercy Sisters and then after school she went to Dublin to train as a nurse in Baggot Street Hospital. After training she moved to Cherry Orchard Hospital and had a position of responsibility there. But
- [Davis, Sr. Gertrude](https://mmmworldwide.org/obituaries/davis-sr-gertrude/) - Nationality: British Congregational Register No: 08 D.O.B. 20.09.1912 First Profession: 18.04.1941 Died: 03.01.1996 Aged: 83 years Gertrude, a Londoner, was our first MMM from England. She entered the then infant congregation on 30 September 1937 and was among the first group of novices in Collon. She had been a member of the Grail beforehand. After
- [Cypriani, Sr. Opportuna](https://mmmworldwide.org/obituaries/cypriani-sr-opportuna/) - Sister Opportuna was born in Bashanet, Tanzania in 1935. She completed her early education in Tanzania and joined the Medical Missionaries of Mary in 1960. After profession she trained as a nurse-midwife in Drogheda, Ireland and completed a nurses’ course in tropical medicine in London. Her first assignment was to Tanzania, where she first spent
- [Curtin, Sr. Anne](https://mmmworldwide.org/obituaries/curtin-sr-anne/) - Sister Anne (Denis) Curtin was born in Dublin, the only daughter of her parents, Catherine and Denis. She had two brothers, Neil and Denis, who both died before her. She attended all-Irish schools and was a fluent Gaelic speaker her whole life. After leaving school she worked in a bank for three years. She joined
- [Cronin, Sr. M. Frances](https://mmmworldwide.org/obituaries/cronin-sr-m-frances/) - Nationality: Irish Congregational Register No: 14 D.O.B. 02.06.1906 First Profession: 17.03.1941 Died: 17.01.2000 Aged: 93 years Sr. M. Frances was the first widow to enter MMM. Her maiden name was Ellen Costelloe and her husband was John P. Cronin. She was married only a few years before becoming a widow in 1937. She entered MMM
- [Cotter, Sr. Sheila](https://mmmworldwide.org/obituaries/cotter-sr-sheila/) - Sister Sheila was born Julia Cotter in Cork City in 1934. Called ‘Judy’ at home, she came from a family of three girls and two boys. Her mother died when she was a teenager and her father’s sister looked after the family. She completed her secondary education with the Presentation Sisters in Cork and then
- [Costelloe, Sr. M. Margaret Cecilia](https://mmmworldwide.org/obituaries/costelloe-sr-m-margaret-cecilia/) - Nationality: Irish Congregational Register No: 463 D.O.B. 15.03.1901 First Profession: 26.04.1960 Died: 10.12.1974 Aged: 73 years Cecilia Costelloe, from Cork and Dublin, was a well-qualified and experienced nurse when she entered on 3 October 1957. She had been matron in the Carmelite Boys' College in Terenure, and they much regretted her leaving. Apart from formation
- [Costello, Sr. M. Cornelia](https://mmmworldwide.org/obituaries/costello-sr-m-cornelia/) - Nationality: Irish Congregational Register No: 479 D.O.B. 20.03.1931 First Profession: 06.05.1961 Died: 02.08.1984 Aged: 53 years Mary Enda Teresa Costello entered MMM at Clonmel on 8 September 1958. Although she was originally from Kerry, she had lived most of her life in Dublin. A qualified teacher at the time of her entrance, she gave invaluable service
- [Corner, Sr. M. Imelda](https://mmmworldwide.org/obituaries/corner-sr-m-imelda/) - Nationality: British Congregational Register No: 271 D.O.B. 03.06.1924 First Profession: 06.04.1953 Died: 28.10.1990 Aged: 66 years Baptised Patricia, Sr. Imelda was from York in England and entered MMM on 3 October 1950. Her gifts lay in the secretarial field, and she worked for many years in Nigeria, mainly in Abakaliki and Lagos. She did Montessori
- [Corcoran, Sr. M. Damien](https://mmmworldwide.org/obituaries/corcoran-sr-m-damien/) - Congregational Register No. 28 D.O.B. 01.06.1916 First Profession 08.09.1942 Died: 24.02.2005 Aged: 85 years Mary Margaret Corcoran was raised in Carraroe, Lanesboro, Co. Longford. She was introduced to MMM by Fr. Kieran Ryan, one of the volunteers who answered Bishop Shanahan's call to go to Nigeria during the 1930's. She joined MMM in 1939. By
- [Cooke. Sr. Carmel](https://mmmworldwide.org/obituaries/cooke-sr-carmel/) - Sister Carmel was born Rita Philomena Cooke in Dublin in 1923, part of a family of eight boys and two girls. She attended her early education with the Holy Faith and Dominican Sisters and trained in bookkeeping and typing. She worked as a secretary for two years before joining MMM in 1943. After profession she
- [Carty, Sr. M. Agnese](https://mmmworldwide.org/obituaries/carty-sr-m-agnese/) - Nationality: Irish Congregational Register No: 492 D.O.B. 05.01.1933 First Profession: 03.10.1961 Died: 22.06.1983 Aged: 50 years From Ballaghadereen, Co. Roscommon, Agnese, baptised Mary Alisia, entered MMM in Clonmel on 3 April 1959. After general nurse training in Drogheda and paediatric nurse training at the Royal Victoria Hospital, Belfast, she staffed in the IMTH for one
- [Carroll, Sr. Angela Mary](https://mmmworldwide.org/obituaries/carroll-sr-angela-mary/) - Nationality: British. Congregational Register No: 385 D.O.B. 25.05.1904 First Profession: 03.05.1957 Died: 28.01.1995 Aged: 90 years Angela was living in Limerick when she entered MMM in October 1954. She was already 50 years old and had lived a very interesting, though disciplined, life having had long experience in the British Army Corps. She had much
- [Carey, Sr. M. Ruth](https://mmmworldwide.org/obituaries/carey-sr-m-ruth/) - Nationality: Irish Congregational Register No: 114 D.O.B. 10.08.1914 First Profession: 08.09.1946 Died: 11.11.1979 Aged: 65 years Originally from Mohill, Co. Leitrim, Christina was already qualified with a BA, HDip on entering in Rosemount in 1943. She was keen to do medicine, but fate seems to have been against this. Although she passed her pre-medical year
- [Carey, Sr. M. Matthew](https://mmmworldwide.org/obituaries/carey-sr-m-matthew/) - Nationality: Irish Congregational Register No: 173 D.O.B. 01.03.1918 First Profession: 11.02.1950 Died: 16.03.1953 Aged: 35 years Sr. Matthew, baptised Bridget, from near Westport, Co. Mayo, entered MMM on 8 December 1946. She was already a registered nurse before entering and began midwifery training as a second year novice. She was assigned to Nigeria shortly after
- [Campion, Sr. Aengus](https://mmmworldwide.org/obituaries/campion-sr-aengus/) - Sister Aengus was born Ellen Campion in Ballagh, County Laois in 1927. Called Eileen in her family, she was the sixth in a family of twelve, six boys and six girls. Two children died in infancy. To quote Aengus, her family life ‘was sharing in every sense of the word. One was under no illusions
- [Brow, Sr. M. Andre](https://mmmworldwide.org/obituaries/brow-sr-m-andre/) - Nationality: American Congregational Register No. 532 D.O.B. 15.08.1934 First Profession 08.09.1957 Died: 01.02.2004 Aged: 69 years Mary Ann Brow, the eldest daughter of seven children, grew up in Braintree, Massachusetts, USA. She spent much of her early life on bed-rest, recovering from four bouts of rheumatic fever. During this period she dreamed of working with
- [Burns, Sr. Mary](https://mmmworldwide.org/obituaries/burns-sr-mary/) - Sister Mary Burns was born in Moneymore, Co. Derry in 1933. From a family of two girls and one boy, she had her early education in Moneymore and her secondary education in Magherafelt. She began training as a nurse before joining MMM in 1954. After profession she completed her training as a nurse-midwife in Drogheda
- [Breslin, Sr. Gemma](https://mmmworldwide.org/obituaries/breslin-sr-gemma/) - Sister Gemma was born Mary Breslin in Curroy, Ballina, County Mayo in 1923, the third in a family of twelve children. After completing two years of post-primary education in Ballina, she attended vocational school in Castlerea, County Roscommon. She worked in her aunt’s hotel in Castlerea as a receptionist and manageress for seven years and
- [Boyle, Sr. M. Francis Xavier](https://mmmworldwide.org/obituaries/boyle-sr-m-francis-xavier/) - Congregational Register No. 158 D.O.B. 12.03.1919 First Profession 07.09.1949 Died: 05.11.2003 Aged: 84 years Patricia Boyle was born in Dublin and was educated at the Presentation Convent in Terenure, the Technical School in Rathmines, and Gregg Secretarial College. After her commercial training she worked for four years as a secretary to the managing director of
- [Boylan, Sr. Eileen](https://mmmworldwide.org/obituaries/boylan-sr-eileen/) - Nationality: Irish Congregational Register No: 794 D.O.B. 01.02.1895 First Profession: 03.10.1969 Died: 01.08.1983 Aged: 88 years A native of Castlemagner, Co. Cork, Eileen's maiden surname was O'Brien. She had been married with a family and was widowed before entering MMM on 8 March 1968. Because of her age and maturity, an Indult was requested and
- [Amadi, Sr. Patricia](https://mmmworldwide.org/obituaries/amadi-sr-patricia/) - Sister Patricia Chibuzo Amadi was born in Nguru Mbaise, Owerri, Nigeria on Saint Patrick´s Day, 17 March 1945. She came from a large, close family unit. Her basic education was divided among several schools. She attended Holy Rosary Primary School, Ovoro; Mercy Secondary School, Okigwe; and later Saint Louis Secondary School, Ondo. After leaving school
- [Ahanonu, Sr. Grace](https://mmmworldwide.org/obituaries/ahanonu-sr-grace/) - Sister Grace, called Nda Gee or Nda Gra, was born in Uzoagba, Owerri, Nigeria in 1940. She completed her early education at the Holy Rosary School, Uzoagba. In 1961, Grace came in contact with MMMs at Saint Luke’s Hospital in Anua, where she did her nursing and midwifery training before joining MMM in 1962. Like
- [Mulcahy, Sr. Helena](https://mmmworldwide.org/obituaries/mulcahy-sr-helena/) - Sr. Helena, who came from Newport, Co. Tipperary, was born on 15 November 1921. She was educated at the local Mercy Secondary School and joined MMM in 1943, when the Congregation was only five years founded. Around the time of her first profession of vows Mother Mary Martin was receiving many requests to expand our
- [Murphy, Sr. Bridget](https://mmmworldwide.org/obituaries/murphy-sr-bridget/) - Nationality: Irish Congregational Register No. 398 D.O.B. 02.11.1933 First Profession 08.09.1957 Died: 01.02.2004 Aged: 70 years Mary Bridget (Bridie) Murphy was born and raised in Monmahogue, Tramore, Co. Waterford. She came from a farming family and had three brothers and one sister. Bridie, as she was called then, was educated by the Sisters of Charity
- [Moriarty, Sr. Martina](https://mmmworldwide.org/obituaries/moriarty-sr-martina/) - Sr. Martina was born Bridget Ita Moriarty in Dingle, Co. Kerry in 1927, part of a family of six boys and four girls. She trained as a pharmacist at the College of Pharmacy in Dublin, qualifying in 1946. Before joining MMM in 1963 she worked as an assistant pharmacist in many towns in Ireland. She
- [Moynagh, Sr. M. Joseph](https://mmmworldwide.org/obituaries/moynagh-sr-m-joseph/) - Nationality: Irish Congregational Register No: 04 D.O.B. 15.02.1907 First Profession: 15.12.1937 Died: 01.11.1969 Aged: 62 years Mary Moynagh from Legwee, Co. Cavan, joined Marie Martin and her two other companions in Glenstal on 16 August 1935. She was truly a founding member of the congregation. It was her brother, Bishop James Moynagh, then apostolic administrator
- [Heaney, Sr. Phyllis](https://mmmworldwide.org/obituaries/heaney-sr-phyllis/) - 1937 - September 2019 Sister Phyllis was born Mary Philomena Heaney in Dublin in 1937 and grew up in Kilberry Parish, Proudstown, Navan, County Meath. She was one of four children, two boys and two girls, and was very proud of her Meath origins. Educated by the Sisters of Mercy in Navan, she worked as
- [Ní Riain, Sr. Úna](https://mmmworldwide.org/obituaries/ni-riain-sr-una/) - 13 June 1931- 11 March 2022 Sr. Úna was born in Dublin in 1931. Her family were Irish-speaking and all her early education in Dublin was in Irish. This love of the Irish language stayed with her all her life. After leaving school, she joined MMM, aged eighteen. After her initial religious formation, Úna went
- [McLaughlin, Sr. Ann](https://mmmworldwide.org/obituaries/mclaughlin-sr-ann/) - Sr. Ann McLaughlin was born in Derry, Northern Ireland, in August 1931. She was the daughter of John McLaughlin and Margaret Sheils. After attending a local primary school, she went to St. Louis Convent, Monaghan, for her secondary education which she completed with a successful Leaving Certificate. Sr. Ann joined MMM in 1951 when she
- [Scanlon, Sr. Attracta](https://mmmworldwide.org/obituaries/scanlon-sr-attracta/) - Sister Attracta was born Bridget Scanlon in Gurteen, Co. Sligo, in 1919. She had a twin brother, John, who died a few years before her. Attracta joined the Medical Missionaries of Mary in 1940. After profession she trained as a midwife. She worked in the maternity hospital in Drogheda until 1952, when she was assigned
- [Savage, Sr. M. Colette](https://mmmworldwide.org/obituaries/savage-sr-m-colette/) - Nationality: Irish Congregational Register No: 131 D.O.B. 15.12.1926 First Profession: 02.07.1947 Died: 01.06.1988 Aged: 62 years Bridie, from Drumcollogher, Co. Limerick, entered MMM in Drogheda on 24 October 1944. She was a gifted homemaker and organiser. After profession, she ministered for a year in St. Patrick's, Kiltegan, and then for another year as sister-in-Charge in
- [Sarwatt, Sr. M. Vincent Pallotti](https://mmmworldwide.org/obituaries/sarwatt-sr-m-vincent-pallotti/) - Sr. Vincent was born as Veronica Elias Sarwatt in Mbulu, Tanzania in 1932. She worked as a teacher for six years before entering MMM. Sr. Vincent was the first Tanzanian to enter MMM in 1957 and travelled to Ireland with Sr. Aloysia to begin her religious formation. She was professed on 3rd October 1959 and
- [Kenna, Sr. Fergal](https://mmmworldwide.org/obituaries/kenna-sr-fergal/) - Sister Fergal Kenna, MMM 02th March, 1928—01st October, 2021 Sr. Fergal was born in Portarlington, County Laois, the daughter of Vera (née Whelan) and Michael Kenna. She was baptised Mary Josephine and was known as Mary. Her early education was with the Mercy Sisters in Monasterevan and from there she joined the Civil Service and
- [Fay, Sr. M. Eithne](https://mmmworldwide.org/obituaries/fay-sr-m-eithne/) - Nationality: Irish Congregational Register No. 228 D.O.B. 09.06.1909 First Profession: 17.03.1952 Died: 21.11.2004 Aged: 95 years Mary Agnes Fay was born in Belfast where she was educated and lived until 1919 when her family moved to Dublin. After secondary school, Mary Agnes undertook a commercial course at Gregg College and then worked at Brown Brothers
- [Driscoll, Sr. M. Damien](https://mmmworldwide.org/obituaries/driscoll-sr-m-damien/) - Nationality: Irish Congregational Register No: 520 D.O.B. 25.01.1931 First Profession: 03.04.1954 Died: 19.08.1977 Aged: 46 years Sr. Damien, baptized Margaret Mary, was a native of Durrus, Co.Cork, and emigrated to the USA. She entered MMM in Boston, MA, on 8 September 1951, and was in the first group of novices in the USA, the first
- [Doyle, Sr. Margaret](https://mmmworldwide.org/obituaries/doyle-sr-margaret/) - Sister Margaret was born in Clonegal, Co. Carlow in 1921. She received her education in the national school in Clonegal and joined the Medical Missionaries of Mary in 1950. She made her first profession of vows in 1953 and was assigned to the nursing home run by the MMM in Clonmel. She was responsible for
- [Donnelly, Sr. M. Teresita](https://mmmworldwide.org/obituaries/donnelly-sr-m-teresita/) - Sr. Teresita, baptised Caroline Mary, was born in Beauparc, Co. Meath, in March 1926. She was educated locally and reached university entrance level before joining MMM in 1947. After her initial religious formation, she worked in the Our Lady of Lourdes Maternity Hospital for a year before starting her studies in Dublin at the National
- [Carroll, Sr. Mairead](https://mmmworldwide.org/obituaries/carroll-sr-mairead/) - Sr. Mairead Carroll, born in 1931, was baptised Margaret Teresa Mary. She came from Kiltimagh, Co. Mayo where she had all of her early education in St. Louis Convent school including her Leaving Certificate in 1949. She was one of six children, but has only one living sibling, her sister, Mary.After a few years at
- [Callaghan, Sr. Mary](https://mmmworldwide.org/obituaries/callaghan-sr-mary/) - Nationality: Scottish Congregational Register No: 350 D.O.B. 10.11.1929 First Profession: 08.09.1955 Died: 10.12.1972 Aged: 43 years From Scotland, Mary entered in Drogheda on 6 March 1953. At her religious reception she was given the name Machar. Later she reverted to her baptismal name. She was the Dux (leader) in her school before she entered. She
- [Butterly, Sr. Mairead](https://mmmworldwide.org/obituaries/butterly-sr-mairead/) - Sister Mairead was born Maire Eilish in Dublin in 1946 and joined MMM in 1964. After profession she trained as a social worker at University College Dublin, obtaining an Honours B. Soc. Sc. Degree. In 1970 she founded and worked in the Community Services Centre in Drogheda. In 1972 Mairead was assigned to Kenya and
- [Byrne, Sr. du Sacre Coeur](https://mmmworldwide.org/obituaries/byrne-sr-du-sacre-coeur/) - Sister du Sacre Coeur was born Mary Julie Byrne in Dublin on 22 April 1927. From a family of five, two boys and three girls, she was known as ‘May’ by her family. After attending local schools she completed a commercial course in shorthand, typing and bookkeeping. For seven years, May worked as a secretary
- [Brett, Sr. Louis Marie](https://mmmworldwide.org/obituaries/brett-sr-louis-marie/) - Sister Louis Marie was born Mary Elizabeth Brett in County Sligo, Ireland in 1926. Known as ‘May’, she attended her early education in Tubbercurry, County Sligo. She then helped on the family farm. At the age of twenty-four she moved to Dublin and worked for three years as a governess for a Jewish family. When
- [Breslin, Sr. M. della Strada](https://mmmworldwide.org/obituaries/breslin-sr-m-della-strada/) - Nationality: Irish Congregational Register No: 258 D.O.B. 26.04.1908 First Profession: 06.04.1953 Died: 05.10.1983 Aged: 75 years Dublin born Agnes Mary entered MMM in Drogheda on 1 August 1950. She was very musical and belonged to Our Lady's Choral Society, along with Sr. Eithne Fay, before she entered. Ireland was her mission and her ability in
- [Byrne, Sr. Patricia](https://mmmworldwide.org/obituaries/byrne-sr-patricia/) - Sister Patricia was born in Dunboyne, Co. Meath in February 1933. She had her early education locally and then went on to study in Dublin in book-keeping and secretarial skills. She entered MMM in 1958. Even during her initial religious formation, Sister Patricia was already working in the I.M.T.H. (Our Lady of Lourdes Hospital) in
- [Breslin, Sr. Breege](https://mmmworldwide.org/obituaries/breslin-sr-breege/) - Sr. Breege Breslin, baptised Brigid, was born in Ballina, Co. Mayo, Ireland on May 3rd, 1931. She was the seventh child in a family of twelve children, six boys and six girls. All her brothers and sisters pre-deceased her with the exception if one brother, Joe. Brigid was educated locally in Ballina, first in the
- [Boylan, Sr. M. Assumpta](https://mmmworldwide.org/obituaries/boylan-sr-m-assumpta/) - Congregational Register No. 162 D.O.B. 23 07.1919 First Profession 17.03.1949 Died: 31.07.2002 Aged: 83 years Born in Oldcastle, County Meath, Eileen Boylan came from a family of four: two sons and two daughters. After finishing her schooling she stayed at home to help her mother who was ill and eventually died. It was only when
- [Adigo, Sr Fidelia](https://mmmworldwide.org/obituaries/adigo-sr-fidelia/) - Sister Fidelia Adigo was born in Mgboma Alike Ikananzizi, Nigeria in November 1949. She was a trained nurse-midwife with a specialty in orthopaedics, and worked as a nurse-midwife for 10 years before joining MMM in 1991. Her first assignment was to Tanzania, where she served in Kabanga. In addition to nursing duties she helped children
- [Gallagher, Sr. M. Aidan](https://mmmworldwide.org/obituaries/gallagher-sr-m-aidan/) - Nationality: Irish Congregational Register No: 128 D.O.B. 30.05.1918 First Profession: 08.09.1947 Died: 07.01.2000 Aged: 82 years Born in Glenkeel, Kiltyclogher, Co. Leitrim and baptised Mary, Sr. Aidan came to MMM on 8 December 1944. She was a trained general and fever nurse when she entered MMM and was called upon as early as 1946 to
- [Gallagher, Sr. M. Enda](https://mmmworldwide.org/obituaries/gallagher-sr-m-enda/) - Nationality: Irish Congregational Register No. 404 D.O.B.: 22.08.1932 First Profession 08.09.1957 Died: 20.02.2009 Aged: 76 years Catherine (Kathleen) Gallagher was born into a farming family in Co. Leitrim. She had four brothers and one sister. After completing her education at the St. Louis Convent, Bundoran, Co. Donegal, she worked in a Bundoran hotel for several
- [Garnett, Sr. Margaret](https://mmmworldwide.org/obituaries/garnett-sr-margaret/) - Nationality: British Congregational Register No: 203 D.O.B. 18.03.1920 First Profession: 25.12.1950 Died: 14.06.1990 Aged: 70 years Margaret, from Yorkshire, England, entered MMM on 14 May 1948. She was a convert to Catholicism from the Church of England. She came for an interview with a view to going overseas as a lay doctor, but Mother Mary
- [Gaynor, Sr. Elizabeth](https://mmmworldwide.org/obituaries/gaynor-sr-elizabeth/) - Nationality: Irish Congregational Register No. 401 D.O.B. 27.08.1934 First Profession 08.09.1957 Died: 12.03.2001 Aged: 66 years Born in Tullow, County Carlow, Sr. Elizabeth, known as "Lizzie" to the family, entered MMM in 1955, shortly after leaving school. After initial formation, Sr. M. Laserian, as she was then known, trained as a general nurse in Drogheda
- [Glennon, Sr. M. Aquinas](https://mmmworldwide.org/obituaries/glennon-sr-m-aquinas/) - Nationality: Irish Congregational Register No: 139 D.O.B: 04.11.1920 First Profession: 08.09.1943 Died: 24.04.1947 Aged: 26 Years Kathleen, who came from Kilrickle, Loughrea, Co. Galway, entered MMM on 31 October 1940. She arrived at Drogheda with Mother Mary, who had driven her from Kilrickle, and to the amusement of all, a goose that had been given
- [Gogan, Sr. M. de Lourdes](https://mmmworldwide.org/obituaries/gogan-sr-m-de-lourdes/) - Nationality: Irish Congregational Register No: 30 D.O.B. 21.12.1908 First Profession: 08.09.1942 Died: 08.05.2000 Aged: 91 years Chrissie Gogan from Dunshaughlin, Co. Meath, came in contact with MMM when Mother Mary's car got a puncture driving through Dunshaughlin. While the wheel was being changed, the Gogan family kindly invited Mother into their home for a cup
- [Goold, Sr. Florrie](https://mmmworldwide.org/obituaries/goold-sr-florrie/) - Sister Florrie (formerly Dolorosa) Goold was born Florence Goold in Glasnevin, Dublin in 1928. Her father worked in the Land Commission, which involved a lot of travelling. When he was away, Florrie’s grandmother helped to care for the family of three boys and four girls. This created a great lifelong bond among them all. Florrie
- [Grealy, Sr. Josephine](https://mmmworldwide.org/obituaries/grealy-sr-josephine/) - On Monday, 3 January 2011, Sister Josephine Grealy slipped away to heaven without a fuss. Her sudden passing during her sleep was a great shock for the community at the Motherhouse of the Medical Missionaries of Mary, and for her loving sisters and brothers. During her long years of missionary service she certainly experienced the
- [Gunning, Sr. M. Ann Regis](https://mmmworldwide.org/obituaries/gunning-sr-m-ann-regis/) - Nationality: American Congregational Register: 542 D.O.B. 04.08.1916 First Profession: 17.03.1961 Died: 25.10.1988 Aged: 72 years Sr. Ann Regis (Agnes) came from Belmont, Massachusetts, USA, and entered MMM at Winchester, Massachusetts on 12 September 1958. Already a trained general nurse, she travelled to Ireland after profession and did her midwifery training in Drogheda. She worked for
- [Hallinan, Sr. M. Muredach](https://mmmworldwide.org/obituaries/hallinan-sr-m-muredach/) - Sister Muredach was born Sheila Hallinan in Knockroe, Castleconnor, Co. Mayo in 1927. One of a family of eleven, she received her early education in Sligo and trained in shorthand and typing in Ballina, Co. Mayo. She worked as a clerk-typist for Mayo Vocational Education Committee for several years and was the personal secretary to
- [Hand, Sr. Rita](https://mmmworldwide.org/obituaries/hand-sr-rita/) - Sister Rita was born Margaret Hand in Carrickmacross, County Monaghan in 1935 and grew up near Dowth, Co. Meath. She completed her early education in Dublin and Drogheda and joined the Medical Missionaries of Mary in 1953. After profession she trained as a nurse-midwife in Drogheda. Her first assignment was to Angola (formerly Portuguese West
- [Hanly, Sr. Christina](https://mmmworldwide.org/obituaries/hanly-sr-christina/) - Nationality: Irish Congregational Register No. 89 D.O.B. 26.12.1908 First Profession 02.07.1945 Died: 24.11.2001 Aged: 92 years Christina was born in Palleskenry, County Limerick. On leaving school, she worked with her aunt in a draper's shop and did dress making at home. She also did a short course in domestic science. Christina entered MMM in 1943,
- [Hannelly, Sr. Dympna](https://mmmworldwide.org/obituaries/hannelly-sr-dympna/) - Sister Dympna was born Eithne Hannelly in Castlerea, Co. Roscommon in 1922. Enna was a twin to her brother, Padraig, in a family of eight children. When she told her parents that she was going to join the Medical Missionaries of Mary, Mother Mary had to go to Castlerea to convince Enna’s father, that the
- [Hayes, Sr. M. Perpetua](https://mmmworldwide.org/obituaries/hayes-sr-m-perpetua/) - Nationality: Irish Congregational Register No: 148 D.O.B. 29.07.1922 First Profession: 16.03.1948 Died: 12.04.1992 Aged: 69 years Ellen Mary, better known as Nellie, came from Enniscorthy, Co. Wexford. She entered in Drogheda on 12 September 1945. After profession, she trained as a nurse in Jervis Street Hospital in Dublin and was later assigned to Naples where
- [Headon, Sr. M. Therese Immaculee](https://mmmworldwide.org/obituaries/headon-sr-m-therese-immaculee/) - Nationality: British Congregational Register No. 293 D.O.B.: 08.12.1925 First Profession: 01.06.1954 Died: 12.02.2010 Aged: 84 years Teresa Margaret Headon was born in Gainford, Nr. Darlington, Co. Durham in the north of England. Teresa was educated at St. William's Primary School and Immaculate Conception Secondary School, followed by a year at Bishop's
- [Heaney, Sr. M. Moninna](https://mmmworldwide.org/obituaries/heaney-sr-m-moninna/) - Nationality: Irish Congregational Register No: 593 D.O.B. 31.12.1921 First Profession: 27.04.1964 Died: 28.02.2000 Aged: 78 years Margaret, from Dundalk, entered on 9 April 1961. Her sister Anna had entered MMM in 1940 but left four years later of her own accord. A qualified pharmacist, Sr. Moninna gave thirty-five years of service in Kabanga, Tanzania. One
- [Hickey, Sr. Ann](https://mmmworldwide.org/obituaries/hickey-sr-ann/) - Nationality: Irish Congregational Register No: 264 D.O.B. 03.11.1913 First Profession: 06.04.1953 Died: 10.01.1980 Aged: 66 years Anne came from Athy, Co. Kildare and entered in Clonmel on 1 August 1950. One tends to think 'chuck-chuck' when one remembers Ann, for her real forte in latter years was with chickens. She was a great provider of
- [Hilliard, Sr. Nancy](https://mmmworldwide.org/obituaries/hilliard-sr-nancy/) - Sister Nancy was born Anne Hilliard in Maio, Moynalty, Co. Meath in 1929, and was one of eleven children. She received her early education in Navan and joined the Medical Missionaries of Mary in 1947. After qualifying as a physician in UCD, her first assignment was to Tanzania in 1956, where she spent seven years
- [Hoey, Sr. Patricia](https://mmmworldwide.org/obituaries/hoey-sr-patricia/) - Sister Patricia (Laurence) was born in Mullingar, Co. Westmeath in 1933. She received her early education in Longford and joined the Medical Missionaries of Mary in 1951. This was just a year before the novitiate was destroyed by fire. As a novice she looked after Mother Mary Martin and learned very much from that experience.
- [Howard, Sr. Mary](https://mmmworldwide.org/obituaries/howard-sr-mary/) - Nationality: British Congregational Register No. D.O.B.06.03.1939 First Profession 18.01.1975 Died: 10.11.2009 Aged: 70 years Kathleen Mary Howard was born in Derby, England in 1939. She had one brother and one sister. Mary went to primary school in Derby and when the family moved to Southport, she continued her education at Notre Dame Grammar School, where
- [Hunt, Sr. M. Olivia](https://mmmworldwide.org/obituaries/hunt-sr-m-olivia/) - Nationality: Irish Congregational Register No: 248 D.O.B. 06.10.1931 First Profession: 07.09.1952 Died: 18.01.1998 Aged: 66 years Mary Hunt from near Ballyhaunis, Co. Mayo, entered MMM on 1 March 1950, having a few years previously worked with the Mayo County Council. Her secretarial experience placed her in many roles in MMM: as secretary in the x-ray
- [Hurley, Sr. M. Liguori](https://mmmworldwide.org/obituaries/hurley-sr-m-liguori/) - Nationality: Irish Congregational Register No: 137 D.O.B. 29.08.1912 First Profession: 08.09.1947 Died: 18.08.1978 Aged: 66 years A native of Farranthomas, Co. Cork, Sheila entered on 8 December 1944. She had trained as a midwife and after first profession was assigned to Nigeria, where she worked for many years in Anua and some of the out-stations,
- [Jennings, Sr. M. Magdalena](https://mmmworldwide.org/obituaries/jennings-sr-m-magdalena/) - Nationality: British Congregational Register No. 328 D.O.B. 10.12.1920 First Profession 08.09.1955 Died: 17.02.2003 Aged: 82 years Catherine Jennings came from Lancashire in the north of England. She was the second of three daughters. Following her education, she worked for some years as a clerk typist before starting nurse training when she was twenty-one. Once qualified,
- [Johnston, Sr. Mary Anna](https://mmmworldwide.org/obituaries/johnston-sr-mary-anna/) - Nationality: Irish Congregational Register No: 38 D.O.B. 11.12.1900 First Profession: 02.07.1943 Died: 27.09.1976 Aged: 75 years Agnes Johnston was a convert to Catholicism when she entered in Rosemount on 15 August 1940. Her work experience was mainly clerical and in this she gave great service to the hospital in Drogheda, as secretary to Mother Mary,
- [Jones, Sr. Christine](https://mmmworldwide.org/obituaries/jones-sr-christine/) - Nationality: Irish Congregational Register No: 700 D.O.B. 07.10.1926 First Profession: 03.10.1966 Died: 30.10.1997 Aged: 70 years From Tulsk, Co. Roscommon, and with a sister, Mary (then Canisius) Jones, already a MMM, Christine entered MMM on 3 April 1964 as a fully qualified doctor and anaesthetist. She worked for several years in the IMTH as medical
- [Jones, Sr. Mairin](https://mmmworldwide.org/obituaries/jones-sr-mairin/) - Mary Philomena Jones was born in Loughnavalley, Co. Westmeath. After obtaining an MSc and a Higher Diploma in Education at UCD, she worked in Dublin and was in charge of a unit that made penicillin preparations at P.C. Cahill & Co. She developed a formula for penicillin ointment, which was an important breakthrough at that
- [Jones, Sr. Mary](https://mmmworldwide.org/obituaries/jones-sr-mary/) - Sister Mary (Canisius) was born in Galway, Ireland in 1929 and grew up in Tulsk, Co. Roscommon. She attended school in Tulsk and Athlone before joining MMM in 1948. Her sister, Christine, a qualified anaesthetist, also joined MMM, in April 1964. After profession Mary went to the USA. MMM was just becoming established there and
- [Keaney, Sr. Veronica](https://mmmworldwide.org/obituaries/keaney-sr-veronica/) - Sister Veronica was born Brigid Mary Veronica in Ballindoon, Sligo, in 1927, the first in a family of three girls and three boys. Educated by the Marist Sisters in Tubbercurry, Sligo she then trained in institutional management at the College of Catering, Cathal Brugha Street in Dublin. She worked as a catering supervisor in Mullingar
- [Keegan, Sr. M. Paschal](https://mmmworldwide.org/obituaries/keegan-sr-m-paschal/) - Nationality: Irish Congregational Register No: 296 D.O.B. 09.09.1916 First Profession: 01.06.1954 Died: 06.12.1986 Aged: 70 years Kathleen Keegan came from Ballaghadereen, Co. Roscommon. She was already a trained nurse and midwife when she entered MMM on 15 August 1951. She gave of her best in that profession first in Nigeria (Anua), where she spent twelve years,
- [Kelly, Sr. Andrea](https://mmmworldwide.org/obituaries/kelly-sr-andrea/) - Sister Andrea was born Annie Kelly in Glasgow, Scotland in 1922. Her family emigrated to Clifton, New Jersey, USA, in 1927 and she completed her first level education (grade school) there. When Andrea was eleven the family returned to Glasgow and she obtained her GCE and trained as a nurse-midwife. She worked in Glasgow as
- [Kelly, Sr. M. Dolores](https://mmmworldwide.org/obituaries/kelly-sr-m-dolores/) - Nationality: Irish Congregational Register No: 82 D.O.B. 26.02.1919 First Profession: 16.03.1948 Died: 05.05.1992 Aged: 73 years Sheila Kelly, one of a family of twelve girls and one boy (who became a priest), came from Dublin. She was a qualified pharmacist when she entered MMM on 15 September 1942. She quickly developed very poor health and
- [Kelly, Sr. M. Perpetua](https://mmmworldwide.org/obituaries/kelly-sr-m-perpetua/) - Nationality: Irish Congregational Register No: 163 D.O.B. 03.02.1922 First Profession: 17.03.1949 Died: 15.01.1993 Aged: 70 years Baptised Mary, Sr. M. Perpetua Kelly, from Athlone, Co. Westmeath, entered MMM in Rosemount on 20 August 1946. After profession, Sr. Perpetua worked in Rosemount, in the Apostolic nunciature and in Clonmel. In 1953 she was assigned to Killybegs, Co. Donegal,
- [Kenna, Sr. Ellen](https://mmmworldwide.org/obituaries/kenna-sr-ellen/) - Nationality: Irish Congregational Register No. 719 D.O.B. 25.02.1924 First Profession 03.10.1967 Died: 30/01/2005 Aged: 80 years Ellen Kenna was born in Ballyragget, Co. Kilkenny. She had one brother and three sisters and was educated at the Mercy Convent, Balleyragget and the Brigidine Convent in Abbeyleix. Some time after leaving school Ellen moved with her family
- [Kenny, Sr. M. Columbanus](https://mmmworldwide.org/obituaries/kenny-sr-m-columbanus/) - Nationality: Irish Congregational Register No: 37 D.O.B. 30.03.1911 First Profession: 02.07.1943 Died: 06.10.1975 Aged: 64 years It would seem that even though she might have wanted to 'hide her light under a bushel', there was no hiding from Mother Mary the many gifts Sarah Kenny of Ballymacward, Co. Galway, had to share with MMM. She
- [Keogan, Sr. Eileen Carmel](https://mmmworldwide.org/obituaries/keogan-sr-eileen-carmel/) - Born in 1923 at Kilmainham Wood, Co. Meath, Sister Eileen was educated at Loreto College, Cavan, before joining the Medical Missionaries of Mary in 1944. After religious profession, she qualified as a midwife at the Lourdes Hospital in Drogheda, and in 1953 took up her first missionary assignment in Tanzania. She was among the pioneering
- [Keogh, Sr. Brigid](https://mmmworldwide.org/obituaries/keogh-sr-brigid/) - Congregational Register No. 272 D.O.B. 28.12.1925 First Profession 08.09.1953 Died: 19.11.2003 Aged: 77 years Born in Mullingar, Co. Westmeath, of a family of six children, Brigid trained as a registered mental nurse before joining MMM in 1950. During her second year novitiate training, she began upgrading to registered general nurse and later did her midwifery
- [Kerins, Sr. Marita](https://mmmworldwide.org/obituaries/kerins-sr-marita/) - Sister Marita was born in Macroom, Co. Cork, Ireland on the feast of the Holy Innocents, 28 December 1932. Her parents christened her Brigid Mary Innocent and she was known to her family as ‘Inny’. She was the second child in a large family and received her early education at the Mercy Convent, Macroom. After
- [Kerr, Sr. M. Benedict](https://mmmworldwide.org/obituaries/kerr-sr-m-benedict/) - Nationality: Irish Congregational Register No. 177 D.O.B.: 23.12.1919 First Profession: 07.09.1949 Died: 07.01.2010 Aged: 90 years Christina Kathleen Kerr was raised in Dundalk, Co. Louth, with two brothers and two sisters. As a child she spent a lot of time in Cappagh Orthopaedic Hospital. At that time Cappagh was in the middle of
- [Killion, Sr. Marguerite](https://mmmworldwide.org/obituaries/killion-sr-marguerite/) - Nationality: Irish Congregational Register No. 331 D.O.B. 01/02/1928 First Profession: 03.10.1959 Died: 09.11.2010 82 years Sister Marguerite was born in Kilteevan, six miles east of Roscommon town. She trained as a nurse at Western General Hospital in Hull and gained experience nursing in Canada. She returned to England to train in midwifery
- [King, Sr. M. Joannes](https://mmmworldwide.org/obituaries/king-sr-m-joannes/) - Nationality: Irish Congregational Register No: 146 D.O.B. 11.05.1894 First Profession: 16.03.1948 Died: 08.07.1967 Aged: 73 years Sr. Joannes entered in Drogheda on 8 September 1945 as Mrs. Nan King (née Bolger). A native of Co. Wexford, she had been living in Co. Down since her marriage to her late husband. She took great pride in
- [Lagween, Sr. Aloysia](https://mmmworldwide.org/obituaries/lagween-sr-aloysia/) - The life of Sister Aloysia Lagween is part of the early Christian story of Tanzania, or Tanganyika, as it was then called. Born Emeliana, in Tlawi-Mbulu, Tanzania on 13 April 1933, her mother died in childbirth. The newborn infant was immediately cared for by a heroic woman who was responsible, with three other Maasai women,
- [Larney, Sr. Bernadette](https://mmmworldwide.org/obituaries/larney-sr-bernadette/) - Nationality: Irish Congregational Register No. 423 D.O.B. 01.10.1924 First Profession 20.10.1958 Died: 05.07.2005 Aged: 80 years Bernadette Larney came from Kileen in Co. Louth. She was from a large family of six boys and three girls. After completing her secondary schooling she helped her mother at home for some years before going to England, where
- [Lenehan, Sr. Sheila](https://mmmworldwide.org/obituaries/lenehan-sr-sheila/) - Sister Sheila Lenehan was born in Sandyford, County Dublin in 1943. She was the sixth in a family of six girls and two boys. She received her education in Sandyford and at Loreto College in St. Stephen’s Green, Dublin. After joining MMM in 1961, she trained as a nurse in Drogheda and then was a
- [Levins, Sr. Rosaleen](https://mmmworldwide.org/obituaries/levins-sr-rosaleen/) - Nationality: Irish Congregational Register No. 320 D.O.B.: 07.10.1923 First Profession 09.09.1960 Died: 19.06.2010 Aged: 86 years. Rosaleen Mary Levins came from of a large, religious, north Dublin family. Two of her brothers were later ordained. Rosaleen Mary grew up to be a strong, determined, independent-minded girl. As just a young woman she
- [Leydon, Sr. M. Patrick](https://mmmworldwide.org/obituaries/leydon-sr-m-patrick/) - Nationality: Irish Congregational Register No. 2 D.O.B. 13.01.1907 First and Final Profession 06.01.1947 Died: 10.11.01 Aged: 94 years Nora Leydon was born in Kilmactrenny in Co. Sligo. Nora was the third child in the family. Her mother died some months after her birth and this circumstance made her very special to her father. After leaving
- [Lynch, Sr. Denise](https://mmmworldwide.org/obituaries/lynch-sr-denise/) - Sister Denise was born Philomena Lynch in Baillieston, Glasgow, Scotland in 1932. She attended West of Scotland Commercial College, obtained an advanced certificate in elocution in London, and worked as a secretary in a solicitor’s office before joining the Medical Missionaries of Mary in 1951. Her sister Patricia is also an MMM. After profession she
- [Lynch, Sr. Maura](https://mmmworldwide.org/obituaries/lynch-sr-maura/) - Sister Maura was born in Youghal, County Cork in 1938, the fourth of nine children. She joined MMM in 1956. After qualifying in medicine in University College Dublin she was assigned to Angola in 1967. In preparation, she first went to Lisbon, Portugal to learn the language and to study at the Lisbon School of
- [MacNamara, Sr. Barbara](https://mmmworldwide.org/obituaries/macnamara-sr-barbara/) - Sister Barbara (also known as Sister Bosco) was born in Kilmallock, Limerick, in 1926. Her mother died just four months after Barbara was born. Her father remarried and she grew up in a very united and loving family. She attended Kilmallock School in Limerick and Ballyvaughan National School in Clare and then went to the
- [Magan, Sr. M. Sybil](https://mmmworldwide.org/obituaries/magan-sr-m-sybil/) - Nationality: Irish Congregational Register No: 367 D.O.B. 21.04.1896 First Profession: 02.07.1956 Died: 14.07.1983 Aged: 86 years Sybil Catherine (nee Stanton) from Granard, Co. Longford, was a widow when she entered MMM at Drogheda on 8 December 1953. A qualified doctor, she had been in public health work in Co. Longford, (where her daughter also lived)
- [Mallon, Sr. M. Malachy](https://mmmworldwide.org/obituaries/mallon-sr-m-malachy/) - Nationality: Irish Congregational Register No: 157 D.O.B. 17.06.1920 First Profession: 07.09.1949 Died: 15.01.1999 Aged: 78 years A very quiet, unobtrusive person, Eileen from Armagh, No. Ireland, entered MMM on 25 March1946. She had been working as a dressmaker but also had secretarial skills and these were much appreciated in the general promotion office and Sweep
- [Malynn, Sr. M. Francis Borgia](https://mmmworldwide.org/obituaries/malynn-sr-m-francis-borgia/) - Nationality: Irish Congregational Register No: 65 D.O.B. 28.03.1902 First Profession: 06.01.1945 Died: 22.10.1980 Aged: 78 years Ethel Malynn from Moate, Co. Westmeath, entered in Drogheda on 30 September 1941 when MMM was still in its infancy. She came from a family of religious: three others were Poor Servants of the Mother of God and one
- [Marshall, Sr. Anita](https://mmmworldwide.org/obituaries/marshall-sr-anita/) - Nationality: Irish Congregational Register No: 387 D.O.B. 21.08.1930 First Profession: 05.03.1957 Died: 05.09.2005 Aged: 75 Mary Theresa Marshall came from Dungannon, Co. Tyrone in Northern Ireland. She was from a family of seven, four brothers and three sisters. She entered MMM in 1954, age 23, and took the name Sr. M. Anita. Sr. Anita spent
- [Martin, Sr. M. Salvatoris](https://mmmworldwide.org/obituaries/martin-sr-m-salvatoris/) - Nationality: Irish Congregational Register No. 149 D.O.B. 17.09.1926 First Profession 09.09.1948 Died: 10.05.2001 Aged: 75 years May Martin was born and had her early education in Co. Roscommon. She entered MMM in 1945, already a pre-med student at University College Dublin. She continued with medical studies, taking a break for her spiritual year between 1946/47.
- [Martin, Sr. Moyra](https://mmmworldwide.org/obituaries/martin-sr-moyra/) - Sister Moyra Martin (formerly Sister Alacoque) was born in Reaghstown, Ardee, Co. Louth in 1927. The second youngest in a family of six girls and four boys, she attended school locally and in the Saint Louis Convent in Co. Monaghan. She trained as a nurse after joining MMM in 1946. She began her training in
- [McCarroll, Sr. M. Bernard](https://mmmworldwide.org/obituaries/mccarroll-sr-m-bernard/) - Sister Bernard was born Catherine McCarroll in Kilsyth, near Glasgow, Scotland in 1931. She attended Holy Cross School, Croy for her primary education and later went to St. Ninian’s in Kirkintilloch. She was full of enthusiasm and had many talents, including being an accomplished organ and accordion player. She played the organ in Holy Cross
- [McChrystal, Sr. Gerardine](https://mmmworldwide.org/obituaries/mcchrystal-sr-gerardine/) - Sister Gerardine McChrystal was born Ellen McChrystal in Derry city in 1927. One of six girls and six boys, she was known as Eileen in her family. She worked in a sewing machine factory before joining MMM in 1953. After profession she worked in the MMM laundry in Drogheda for six years and then trained
- [McCleneghan, Sr. M. Gabrielle](https://mmmworldwide.org/obituaries/mccleneghan-sr-m-gabrielle/) - Nationality: Irish Congregational Register No: 360 D.O.B. 18.04.1922 First Profession: 08.09.1956 Died: 15.11.1957 Aged: 35 years On 3 October 1953, Patricia from Larne, Co. Antrim, entered MMM as a qualified nurse. She is remembered as a gentle, quiet and retiring person. Following first profession, she staffed in the IMTH before becoming very ill. She was
- [McConville, Sr. Bernadette](https://mmmworldwide.org/obituaries/mcconville-sr-bernadette/) - Sister Bernadette was born Josephine (Josie) McConville in Portadown, Co. Armagh in 1929. After working for a year as a secretary, she joined the Medical Missionaries of Mary in November 1948. After profession she was editor of ‘Peg’s Corner’ in the MMM magazine. This was the section devoted to ‘children big and small’. She addressed
- [McCormack, Sr. Giovanni](https://mmmworldwide.org/obituaries/mccormack-sr-giovanni/) - Sister Giovanni was born Anna McCormack in Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA, in 1929. One of seven girls, her family moved back to Ballynacorgy, Co. Westmeath while she was very young. She attended her early education with the Mercy Sisters and trained as a confectioner. She joined the Medical Missionaries of Mary in 1952. After profession she
- [McCormack, Sr. Margaret](https://mmmworldwide.org/obituaries/mccormack-sr-margaret/) - Nationality: Irish Congregational Register No. 391 D.O.B. 01.08.1926 First Profession: 03.05.1957 Died: 14.12.2004 Aged: 78 years Margaret Attracta was born in Sligo, one of a large family of seven girls and three boys. She was educated at St. Mary's National School, Ballindoon, Doyle, Co.Roscommon, and after leaving school, worked as a shop assistant until she
- [McCrea, Sr. Genevieve](https://mmmworldwide.org/obituaries/mccrea-sr-genevieve/) - Sister Genevieve was born Patricia McCrea in Oakham, Rutland, England in 1928. The daughter of Jane and John McCrea, she was one of a family of eight. She attended the Manton Church of England School for her primary education and in 1939 moved with her family to Dublin, Ireland. Patricia completed secondary school with the
- [McCullough, Sr. M. Eugene](https://mmmworldwide.org/obituaries/mccullough-sr-m-eugene/) - Her overseas assignment was to Nigeria, where she went in 1961 and worked in two MMM hospitals there: St. Luke's at Anua and St. Mary's at Urua Akpan. When she retired from professional life, Eugene was regarded as a great treasure in the MMM Motherhouse. Prayer was the guiding force in her life. She took
- [McDermott, Sr. Lua](https://mmmworldwide.org/obituaries/mcdermott-sr-lua/) - Nationality: Irish Congregational Register No. D.O.B.: 24.04.1919 First Profession 02.07.1956 Died: 07.11.2009 Aged: 90 years Angela Margaret McDermott came from Warrenpoint in Co. Down. She was educated at the primary school in Warrenpoint and at the Sacred Heart Convent, Armagh. After completing her secondary education, Angela studied at the School of Physiotherapy, Hume Street, Dublin.
- [McDermott, Sr. Maureen](https://mmmworldwide.org/obituaries/mcdermott-sr-maureen/) - Nationality: Canadian Congregational Register No: 543 D.O.B. 06.06.1941 First Profession: 17.03.1961 Died: 25.08.1992 Aged: 51 years Maureen came from Toronto, Canada, and entered MMM in Winchester, Massachusetts, on 12 September 1958. After profession she came to Ireland where she studied medicine at University College Dublin. After qualifying and completing her internship, Sr. Maureen was assigned to
- [McDonagh, Sr. Brigid](https://mmmworldwide.org/obituaries/mcdonagh-sr-brigid/) - Sister Brigid was born in Dublin in 1935. An only child, she lost both of her parents when she was young. Her aunts and uncles were very good to her and she was very close to her cousins. She completed her early education in Dublin and joined the Medical Missionaries of Mary in 1953. After
- [McDonagh, Sr. M. Kevin](https://mmmworldwide.org/obituaries/mcdonagh-sr-m-kevin/) - Nationality: Irish Congregational Register No: 134 D.O.B. 25.02.1911 First Profession: 02.07.1947 Died: 01.01.1999 Aged: 87 years Baptised Brigid, from Carna, Co. Galway, in the Gaeltacht, the Irish-speaking area of Ireland, Sr. Kevin entered MMM on 27 December 1944. Already a qualified nurse, she took up duty in Anua, Nigeria, as matron from 1949 to 1953,
- [McGlynn, Sr. M. Martina](https://mmmworldwide.org/obituaries/mcglynn-sr-m-martina/) - Nationality: Irish Congregational Register No: 216 D.O.B. 20.11.1929 First Profession: 08.09.1951 Died: 18.03.1995 Aged: 66 years Sr. Martina came from near Strabane in Co. Tyrone and had been baptised Annie Josephine. She entered MMM in Drogheda on 11 January 1948. In 1960, after general nurse and midwifery training, she was assigned to Nigeria where she
- [McGrath, Sr. M. Ines](https://mmmworldwide.org/obituaries/mcgrath-sr-m-ines/) - Nationality: Irish Congregational Register No. 616 D.O.B. 17.04.1929 First Profession 03.10.1964 Died: 11.10.2002 Aged: 73 years Born in Kildare, Agnes McGrath did her early schooling in the Presentation Convent. After finishing school she worked in an office. She entered MMM aged 31 and took the name Sr. M. Ines. After her initial formation, she worked
- [McGrath, Sr. Margaret Ann](https://mmmworldwide.org/obituaries/mcgrath-sr-margaret-ann/) - Sister Margaret Ann (Mollie) was born Margaret Mary McGrath in the East End of London in 1926. She had two sisters, Patricia and Lily, who predeceased her, and one brother, Bill. She was educated in Notre Dame School in Southwark. During World War II she joined the Land Army. This was a civilian organisation created
- [McGuinness, Sr. Joachim](https://mmmworldwide.org/obituaries/mcguinness-sr-joachim/) - Sister Joachim was born Mary Brigid McGuinness in Glebe, Ardee, Co. Louth in 1923. Known as Maureen within her family, she attended primary school in Ardee. She then trained in domestic science in the technical school in Ardee and in domestic economy at the St. Louis Sisters in Monaghan. Joachim joined MMM in 1944. She
- [McMeekin, Sr. M. Michaeli](https://mmmworldwide.org/obituaries/mcmeekin-sr-m-michaeli/) - Nationality: Scottish Congregational Register No: 437 D.O.B. 14.04.1914 First Profession: 06.05.1959 Died: 01.02.1981 Aged: 66 years Catherine Spellacy McMeekin, known to us as Sr. Michaeli, entered in Clonmel on 7 October 1956. She hailed from Airdrie in Scotland and was a true Scotswoman to the end! St. Benedict's Rule reads: At the gate of the
- [McSweeney, Sr. Leonie](https://mmmworldwide.org/obituaries/mcsweeney-sr-leonie/) - Sr. Leonie was born Patricia McSweeney in County Waterford in 1932. She grew up in Dublin, together with her brother Bill, and attended her early education with the Holy Faith Sisters, whom she loved. She worked as a secretary in a factory for two years before joining MMM in 1951. She felt a call to
- [Meenan, Sr. M. Joannes](https://mmmworldwide.org/obituaries/meenan-sr-m-joannes/) - Nationality: Irish Congregational Register No: 777 D.O.B. 15.11.1917 First Profession: 27.04.1970 Died: 06.11.1979 Aged: 61 years Mary Josephine Meenan, née McDonagh, from Belfast, entered on 8 September 1967. She was a widow with no family. She had not married until she was nearly forty and her husband, John, had died after only nine years of
- [Moore, Sr. Ita](https://mmmworldwide.org/obituaries/moore-sr-ita/) - Sister Ita was born in Ballinasloe, Galway in 1930. The youngest of four children, three girls and a boy, she obtained her early education at the Mercy Convent, Ballinasloe. She trained in typing, shorthand and book-keeping and worked in the office of Dubarry Shoes in Ballinasloe. She worked as a secretary before joining the Medical
- [Moran, Sr. Anne](https://mmmworldwide.org/obituaries/moran-sr-anne/) - Nationality: Irish Congregational Register No. 153 D.O.B. 22.07.1924 First Profession: 09.09.1948 Died: 28.05.2004 Aged: 79 years Anne (Nance) Moran was born and raised in Terenure, Dublin. She was the sixth child in a family of five brothers and three sisters. Anne was only five years old when her mother died shortly after her younger sister,
- [Morel, Sr. Marie](https://mmmworldwide.org/obituaries/morel-sr-marie/) - Nationality: British Congregational Register No: 576 D.O.B. 21.08.1942 First Profession: 03.05.1963 Died: 29.03.1996 Aged: 54 years From Jersey in the Channel Islands, Marie entered MMM on 3 October 1960. She qualified as a laboratory technician and worked in the laboratory in the hospital in Drogheda until 1971, when she was assigned to Leon, Spain. She
- [Murphy, Sr. M. Oliver](https://mmmworldwide.org/obituaries/murphy-sr-m-oliver/) - Nationality: Irish Congregational Register No: 06 D.O.B. 26.06.1908 First Profession: 06.01.1945 Died: 24.02.1998 Aged: 89 years Honora Murphy, from Co. Cork, entered at Greenbank on 28 November 1936, before MMM was even founded. She was to be the sixth member of the congregation. It seems strange now to note that her first profession took place
- [Murphy, Sr. M. Presentina](https://mmmworldwide.org/obituaries/murphy-sr-m-presentina/) - Nationality: Irish Congregational Register No: 494 D.O.B. 06.10.1931 First Profession: 03.10.1961 Died: 13.01.1999 Aged: 67 years From Drogheda itself, Sr. Presentina (baptised Mary Therese) entered MMM on 3 April 1959. One could call her "an arts and crafts person", as her gifts were much appreciated in the Drogheda and Naples sewing rooms and her culinary
- [Murphy, Sr. Moira](https://mmmworldwide.org/obituaries/murphy-sr-moira/) - Nationality: Irish Congregational Register No. 400 D.O.B. 11.02.1915 First Profession 08.09.1957 Died: 17.08.2001 Aged: 86 years Ellen Murphy, one of five daughters, was born in Bogherduff, Claremorris, Co. Mayo. Her early education in the local Convent of Mercy school was followed by midwifery training in the Rotunda Hospital in Dublin. Ellen spent several years as
- [Nakintu, Sr. Catharina](https://mmmworldwide.org/obituaries/nakintu-sr-catharina/) - Nationality: Ugandan Congregational Register No. D.O.B. 24.06.1924 First Profession 03.10.1965 Died: 25.08.2009 Aged: 84 years Katarina Nakintu was born into a devout Catholic family in Uganda in 1924. She had six sisters and a number of brothers, some who died young from a heart condition. As a young girl she had the
- [Nannyondo, Sr. Benedicta](https://mmmworldwide.org/obituaries/nannyondo-sr-benedicta/) - Sister Benedicta was born Maria Benedicta in 1954 in Ggoli-Sseeta, Mpigi, Uganda. She received her early education there and trained as a nurse in Kenya before joining the Medical Missionaries of Mary in 1978. She then trained in midwifery. After her profession she was assigned to Uganda and worked as an auxiliary anaesthetist. In 1988
- [Navin, Sr. M. Joseph Anthony](https://mmmworldwide.org/obituaries/navin-sr-m-joseph-anthony/) - Nationality: American Congregational Register No. 529 D.O.B. 28.12.1910 First Profession: 04.04.1957 Died: 28.04.1991 Aged: 80 years Helen Navin came from Brookline, Massachusetts, USA, and entered in Winchester, Massachusetts, on 2 October 1954, already a mature woman. She is remembered as 'J.A.' and as being able to turn her hand to anything and everything. One Sister
- [Newell, Sr. M. Winnifred](https://mmmworldwide.org/obituaries/newell-sr-m-winnifred/) - Nationality: Irish Congregational Register No. D.O.B. 15.09.1915 First Profession: 17.03.1952 Died: 05.02.2009 Aged: 93 years Mary Ellen Newell was born in Cloonkeely, Tuam, Co. Galway. She had two brothers and one sister. After leaving school she went to England where she trained as a general nurse at Chester City Hospital from 1934 to 1938.
- [Nolan, Sr. M. Zelie](https://mmmworldwide.org/obituaries/nolan-sr-m-zelie/) - Nationality: Irish Congregational Register No: 696 D.O.B. 26.09.1910 First Profession: 03.10.1966 Died: 28.12.1989 Aged: 79 years Sheila Nolan, baptised Kathleen Maureen, from Dublin, was termed a 'late vocation' when she entered MMM on 11 February1964. She was still to give over twenty years of ministry, mainly in the field of bookkeeping. During the early years
- [Nichols, Sr. M. Immaculata](https://mmmworldwide.org/obituaries/nichols-sr-m-immaculata/) - Nationality: Irish Congregational Register No. 5 D.O.B. 10.02.1917 First Profession 08.09.1942 Died: 20.06.2002 Aged: 85 years Born in Dublin, Caroline (Carrie) Nichols met Mother Mary before the congregation was founded. Indeed she is regarded as a founding member, with Sisters Magdalen and Patrick. In 1936 Carrie was part of the group of women who went
- [Nolan, Sr. Margaret Mary](https://mmmworldwide.org/obituaries/nolan-sr-margaret-mary/) - Nationality: Irish Congregational Register No: 23 D.O.B. 11.11.1896 First Profession: 08.09.1942 Died: 16.02.1984 Aged: 87 years Sr. Margaret Mary, originally from Co. Kildare, but living in Dublin at the time of her entrance, was a highly qualified surgeon, obstetrician and gynaecologist when she entered at Rosemount on 16 July 1939. Because her mother was a
- [O'Brien, Sr. Helen](https://mmmworldwide.org/obituaries/o-brien-sr-helen/) - Sr. Helen O’Brien was born in Fermoy, Co. Cork in 1938. She was the eldest in a family of four and the only girl. She attended her early education at the Presentation Sisters in Crosshaven, Cork. She then worked as a clerical officer for two years with the Land Commission in the Civil Service in
- [O'Brien, Sr. Marie Loreto](https://mmmworldwide.org/obituaries/o-brien-sr-marie-loreto/) - Nationality: Irish Congregational Register No: 333 D.O.B. 04.08.1934 First Profession: 26.04.1955 Died: 03.09.1966 Aged: 32 years Brigid, from near Tullamore, Co. Offaly, came to MMM on 3 October 1952, entering in Clonmel. She was a lovely young woman of eighteen. Her short life was spent in Ireland, where she trained as a nurse and midwife
- [O'Connell, Sr. M. Ursula](https://mmmworldwide.org/obituaries/o-connell-sr-m-ursula/) - Nationality: Irish Congregational Register No: 179 D.O.B. 12.09.1892 First Profession: 17.03.1950 Died: 22.12.1958 Aged: 66 years Mrs. Rita OConnell (née Rita Maher), a mature widow when she entered MMM at Rosemount on 16 July 1947, was full of life and enthusiasm. She was born in Tullow, Co. Carlow. Following profession, she was assigned to St.
- [O'Connell, Sr. Myra](https://mmmworldwide.org/obituaries/o-connell-sr-myra/) - Sister Myra was born in Dun Laoghaire, County Dublin in 1925 and joined the Medical Missionaries of Mary in 1943. After profession she trained as a nurse in Saint Vincent’s Hospital, Dublin and as a midwife in Drogheda. She worked for about two years in the theatre and outpatients’ department in Drogheda before assignment to
- [O'Connor, Sr. M. Bernadine](https://mmmworldwide.org/obituaries/o-connor-sr-m-bernadine/) - Nationality: Irish Congregational Register No: 259 D.O.B. 02.09.1929 First Profession: 06.04.1953 Died: 08.03.1984 Aged: 54 years Joan, from Cashel in Co. Tipperary, entered at Drogheda on 1 August 1950. After novitiate formation and general nurse and midwifery training, she was assigned to Kitovu in Uganda where she worked for four years. During her time in
- [O'Connor, Sr. M. Evangelist](https://mmmworldwide.org/obituaries/o-connor-sr-m-evangelist/) - Nationality: Irish Congregational Register No: 133 D.O.B. 07.06.1914 First Profession: 02.07.1947 Died: 30.07.1999 Aged: 85 years From Dungiven, Derry and baptised Bridget, Sr. M. Evangelist entered MMM on 27 December 1944 at Drogheda. Already a qualified nurse, she did midwifery training in Drogheda. After profession, she was assigned to Nigeria where she staffed in Anua
- [O'Connor, Sr. Maureen](https://mmmworldwide.org/obituaries/o-connor-sr-maureen/) - Nationality: Irish Congregational Register No. 297 D.O.B. 26.01.1932 First Profession 08.09.1954 Died: 29.01.2001 Aged: 69 years Maureen was born in Dublin, the eldest of ten children. Her family has lovely memories of the times when Maureen was left in charge during their parents' absence. She was very creative and had a great sense of fun,
- [O'Conor, Sr. Margaret](https://mmmworldwide.org/obituaries/o-conor-sr-margaret/) - Sister Margaret slipped away to her heavenly home on 9 June 2011. She had celebrated her 90th birthday on 8 March with her large extended family - a most joyous occasion. Among the fourteen priests who concelebrated her funeral Mass were her two brothers, Fr. Joe of St. Patrick's Missionary Society, Kiltegan, and Fr. Pat
- [O'Conor, Sr. Maria Goretti](https://mmmworldwide.org/obituaries/o-conor-sr-maria-goretti/) - Nationality: Irish Congregational Register No. D.O.B. 31.05.1932 First Profession: 08.09.1955 Died: 30.04.2007 Aged: 74 years Mary (Mae) O'Conor was born in Dublin, where her father worked as a foreman in a large factory. She was the eldest child and had four brothers and two sisters. She was educated at the Holy Faith Convent and later
- [O'Donohue, Sr. Maura](https://mmmworldwide.org/obituaries/o-donohue-sr-maura/) - Sister Maura was born Mary Brigid O’Donohue in Lickeen, Kilfenora, County Clare in 1933. She attended school at Kilshanny Primary School and Saint Mary’s College in Mountmellick. She entered the Medical Missionaries of Mary in 1950. Two of her school friends, Maura Ramsbottom and Nano Rhatigan (Sister Consolata) also joined. Maura began studies in medicine
- [O'Driscoll, Sr. M. Finbarr](https://mmmworldwide.org/obituaries/o-driscoll-sr-m-finbarr/) - Nationality: Irish Congregational Register No: 408 D.O.B. 31.05.1923 First Profession: 26.04.1958 Died: 02.06.1987 Aged: 64 years Sr. Finbarr, baptised Maureen Theresa, from Bandon, Co. Cork, entered MMM in September 1955. Before entering, she was known to be a great 'horsey' woman; she loved horses and riding. She was already a qualified pharmacist when she entered
- [O'Flaherty, Sr. Eileen](https://mmmworldwide.org/obituaries/o-flaherty-sr-eileen/) - Nationality: Irish Congregational Register No: 619 D.O.B.: 13.12.1939 First Profession: 03.10.1964 Died: 21.12.1998 Aged: 59 years Eileen, known for a while as Sr. Maria Catalina, was from Co. Kerry, though at the time of entering MMM in February 1962 her address was in Maynooth, Co. Kildare. Eileen was a much-loved person but there were few
- [O'Hagan, Sr. M. Peter Claver](https://mmmworldwide.org/obituaries/o-hagan-sr-m-peter-claver/) - Congregational Register No. 574 D.O.B. 11.11.1910 First Profession 03.10.1963 Died: 06.04.2005 Aged: 94.years Sheelah Mary O'Hagan was born in Newry, Co. Down. She was the third child and the second daughter in a family of three brothers and three sisters. When Sheelah was fourteen years old her mother, Adelaide, died. She was only forty-three. A
- [O'Hanlon, Sr. M. Brendan](https://mmmworldwide.org/obituaries/o-hanlon-sr-m-brendan/) - Nationality: Irish Congregational Register No. 84 D.O.B. 08.07.1913 First Profession 02.07.1945 Died: 19.06.2001 Aged: 87 years Anne O'Hanlon was born in Dublin and had five brothers and five sisters. After finishing school she worked in an office for twelve years before entering MMM in 1942, aged 29. Sr. Magdalen O'Rourke remembered Anne's first visit to
- [O'Kane, Sr. Mairead](https://mmmworldwide.org/obituaries/o-kane-sr-mairead/) - Sister Mairead was born in Belfast in 1920. She trained in massage and medical gymnastics in England. She then trained as a physiotherapist in the Royal Victoria Hospital in Belfast before joining the Medical Missionaries of Mary in 1947. She took the name Cor Marie, but returned to her own name in the 1970s. Mairead
- [O'Leary, Sr. Clair](https://mmmworldwide.org/obituaries/o-leary-sr-clair/) - Sister Clair (Fidelis) was born Annie Clair in Cork in 1928. She grew up and was educated there and joined MMM in 1951. After profession she qualified as a general nurse at Saint Vincent’s Hospital in Dublin. After a year of nursing in the IMTH (Our Lady of Lourdes Hospital) and helping on the hospital
- [O'Leary, Sr. M. Patrice](https://mmmworldwide.org/obituaries/o-leary-sr-m-patrice/) - Nationality: Irish Congregational Register No: 425 D.O.B. 15.03.1927 First Profession: 28.10.1958 Died: 02.05.1989 Aged: 62 Years Patrice, baptised Brigid Patricia, was originally from Co. Kerry but was living in Dublin when she entered MMM on 4 April 1956. She was already a qualified, experienced doctor who had specialised in anaesthetics when she entered MMM. She
- [O'Mahony, Sr. Anne](https://mmmworldwide.org/obituaries/o-mahony-sr-anne/) - Sr. Anne was born in Castleisland, Co. Kerry in 1924. She came from a family of ten. All pre-deceased her except her sister Margery. Anne joined the Medical Missionaries of Mary in 1943. After profession she trained first as a radiographer in UCD and Jervis Street Hospital. She then qualified as a midwife in Drogheda.
- [O'Mahony, Sr. Maureen](https://mmmworldwide.org/obituaries/o-mahony-sr-maureen/) - Nationality: Irish Congregational Register No. 188 D.O.B.17.03.1929 First Profession 08.09.1957 Died: 29.04.2010 Aged: 81 years Mary Patricia O'Mahony was born in Schull, West Cork, a place she would forever think of as the most beautiful in the world. She was a brilliant student at school and achieved honours in all subjects for her leaving certificate.
- [O'Neill, Sr. Catherine](https://mmmworldwide.org/obituaries/o-neill-sr-catherine/) - Nationality: Irish Congregational Register No: 201 D.O.B. 16.04.1928 First Profession: 08.09.1950 Died: 31.08.1986 Aged: 58 years Catherine Bernard, from Kilteely, Co. Limerick, entered on 11 February 1948. Catherine, known for a while as Sr. M. de Sacramento, was stricken with periods of ill health from shortly after first profession. She had major surgery early on
- [O'Neill, Sr. Mary](https://mmmworldwide.org/obituaries/o-neill-sr-mary/) - Congregational Register No. 645 D.O.B. 24.02.1941 First Profession 04.10.1965 Died: 25.12.2000 Aged: 59 years Mary was born in Dublin, an only girl with two brothers, Denis and Shane, who were close to her throughout her life. After secondary school in Holy Faith, Glasnevin, Dublin, she did a clerical course and then worked for a time
- [O'Neill, Sr. Rosemary](https://mmmworldwide.org/obituaries/o-neill-sr-rosemary/) - Nationality: Irish Congregational Register No: 393 D.O.B. 01.03.1910 First Profession: 03.05.1957 Died: 28.09.1999 Aged: 89 years Rose O'Neill, from Tyrone, entered MMM on 8 December 1954. A qualified nurse, she had been working for many years in St. Patrick's College, Armagh. The title of matron in its best sense described her. Apart from a couple
- [O'Quigley, Sr. Mairead](https://mmmworldwide.org/obituaries/o-quigley-sr-mairead/) - Nationality: Irish Congregational Register No. 166 D.O.B. 01.07.1917 First Profession 07.09.1949 Died: 01.09.2003 Aged: 86 years Born and educated in Castlebar, Co. Mayo, Mairead O'Quigley came from a family of ten children; five boys and five girls. After school, Mairead stayed at home for two years helping to look after the family before moving to
- [O'Rourke, Sr. M. Magdalen](https://mmmworldwide.org/obituaries/o-rourke-sr-m-magdalen/) - Nationality: Irish Congregational Register No: 3 D.O.B. 15.11.1909 First Profession: 15.12.1937 Died: 11.11.2008 Aged: 98 years Brigid (Bridie to her family) O'Rourke grew up in the small townland of Glenague in the Glencar Valley of Co. Leitrim. According to an article she wrote in 2002 for the Leitrim Guardian, she had a very happy childhood
- [O'Shea, Sr. Fidelma](https://mmmworldwide.org/obituaries/o-shea-sr-fidelma/) - Nationality: Irish Congregational Register No. 160 D.O.B.: 17.01.1920 First Profession: 07.09.1952 Died: 05.11.2010 Aged: 90 years Born in Killarney, Sister Fidelma was a bright student and on leaving school won a coveted place in London at the nursing school of Saints John and Elizabeth Hospital. In 1949, she met Mother Mary Martin and soon
- [O'Sullivan, Sr. Maureen](https://mmmworldwide.org/obituaries/o-sullivan-sr-maureen/) - Sister Maureen (Paul) was born in Limerick in 1920 and spent her early years in Cork. When her family moved to Booterstown, Co. Dublin in 1934, her new home was only five minutes away from Rosemount, the property Mother Mary Martin had acquired through her brother Desmond, and which was to become the MMM House
- [Parlato, Sr. Maria Pia](https://mmmworldwide.org/obituaries/parlato-sr-maria-pia/) - Congregational Register No. 459 D.O.B. 23.01.1923 First Profession 26.04.1960 Died: 29.05.2005 Aged: 82 years Maria Pia Parlato was born in Gragnano, Naples, Italy. She had three brothers, one of whom was a doctor, and one sister. Maria Pia studied medicine at the University of Naples. She had some initial difficulties with her studies, as she
- [Peters, Sr. M. Canice](https://mmmworldwide.org/obituaries/peters-sr-m-canice/) - Nationality: Irish Congregational Register No: 46 D.O.B. 07.01.1915 First Profession: 08.09.1943 Died: 25.02.1971 Aged: 56 years Mary Peters of Mountrath, Laois, entered MMM on 2 January 1941. After her novitiate, she did her general nurse training in St. Vincent's Hospital in Dublin and Part I of her midwifery training in Drogheda. In 1947 she was
- [Phelan, Sr. M. Stella](https://mmmworldwide.org/obituaries/phelan-sr-m-stella/) - Nationality: Irish Congregational Register No. 187 D.O.B. 03.03.1925 First Profession 07.03.1951 Died: 01.01.2001 Aged: 75 years Patricia Phelan was born in Tarbert, Co. Kerry, the eldest daughter of her parents, Nora and Robert. After attending Loreto Convent, Killarney, she began medical studies in University College Cork. As a fourth year medical student, she came to
- [Phillips, Sr. Andrew](https://mmmworldwide.org/obituaries/phillips-sr-andrew/) - Sister Andrew was born Helen Joyce Phillips in Conway, Michigan in 1929. The third of eight children and the only girl, she grew up in a Protestant family in rural northern Michigan. In his eulogy at her funeral Mass, Brent, her nephew, explained that in her early years there were limited opportunities for women. It
- [Pierse, Sr. M. Rosaria](https://mmmworldwide.org/obituaries/pierse-sr-m-rosaria/) - Nationality: Irish Congregational Register No: 51 D.O.B. 04.10.1922 First Profession: 06.01.1945 Died: 21.01.2007 Aged: 84 years Mary Rose Pierse was born into a farming family in Ballinonig, Tralee, Co. Kerry, Ireland. She had four brothers, two of whom became priests, and one sister. Mary Rose was educated by the Presentation Sisters in Tralee and did
- [Powell, Sr. Maeve](https://mmmworldwide.org/obituaries/powell-sr-maeve/) - Nationality: Irish Congregational Register No: 359 D.O.B. 31.08.1919 First Profession: 03.12.1956 Died: 27.02.1997 Aged: 77 years Maeve, later to be known for some time as Sr. Marius, was from Cork and came to MMM as a qualified doctor on 27 September 1953. Maeve was a niece of a very famous Irishman, Michael Collins, and was
- [Power, Sr. Johanna](https://mmmworldwide.org/obituaries/power-sr-johanna/) - Sister Johanna was born in 1924 to a farming family in Blackwater, Co. Wexford. She had a twin brother who died at birth. She did her early education with the Loreto Sisters in Wexford and joined MMM in 1944. After profession Johanna trained as a nurse-midwife. In 1952 she was assigned to Angola, where she
- [Purcell, Sr. M. Teresa](https://mmmworldwide.org/obituaries/purcell-sr-m-teresa/) - Nationality: Irish Congregational Register No: 107 D.O.B. 14.05.1920 First Profession: 08.09.1946 Died: 06.05.2008 Aged: 87 years Joan Maria Purcell was born in Dublin and considered herself a 'true blue.' She was educated by the Sisters of Charity in Gardiner Street and had the Dublin sense of humour, a great interest in politics and a capacity
- [Quealy, Sr. Leonora](https://mmmworldwide.org/obituaries/quealy-sr-leonora/) - Sister Leonora was born Mary Nora Quealy in Dungarvan, Co. Waterford in 1936. She completed her early education there and trained as a nurse in Saint Patrick’s Hospital before joining the Medical Missionaries of Mary in 1959. After profession she worked for two years as a staff nurse and ward sister in the hospital in
- [Quigley, Sr. M. Cabrini](https://mmmworldwide.org/obituaries/quigley-sr-m-cabrini/) - Nationality: Irish Congregation Register No: 154 D.O.B. 04.06.1927 First Profession: 09.08.1948 Died: 18.09.1966 Aged: 39 years Rita Brigid Quigley, from Buncrana, Co. Donegal, entered MMM on 1 March 1946 in Drogheda. She was one of the many who cycled to and from Rosemount to various Dublin hospitals for general nurse training. In 1953, Cabrini went
- [Quigley, Sr. M. Elizabeth](https://mmmworldwide.org/obituaries/quigley-sr-m-elizabeth/) - Nationality: Irish Congregational Register No.150 D.O.B. 12.10.1889 First Profession: 09.09.1948 Died: 06.02.1978 Aged: 88 years Sr. Elizabeth (of the Sacred Heart) was 55 years old when she went to Drogheda on 1 October 1945 as an aspirant. However, she was to give 33 years of her life to MMM. She had been housekeeping for many years
- [Quinn, Sr. Margaret Teresa](https://mmmworldwide.org/obituaries/quinn-sr-margaret-teresa/) - Nationality: IrishCongregational Register No: 396D.O.B. 09.02.1934First Profession: 08.09.1957Died: 12.09.1989 Aged: 55 years On 8 December 1954, Margaret Teresa, from Co. Tyrone, joined MMM in Drogheda. For many years she was known as Sr. M. Nives. Her gifts lay in the culinary department and nothing in that line seemed to be trouble to her. Her ministry
- [Quinn, Sr. Mary](https://mmmworldwide.org/obituaries/quinn-sr-mary/) - Congregational Register No. 69 D.O.B. 03.11.1923 First Profession 08.09.1944 Died: 10.08.2005 Aged: 81 years Mary Quinn came from Waterford. She was one of six sisters and one brother. She made up her mind before her eighteenth birthday that she wanted to be an MMM and never wavered from that point on. She entered MMM in January
- [Quinn, Sr. Miriam Therese](https://mmmworldwide.org/obituaries/quinn-sr-miriam-therese/) - Nationality: BritishCongregational Register No: 522D.O.B. 22.07.1916First Profession: 04.04.1956Died: 12.09.2008 Aged: 92 yearsTheresa Quinn was born in Liverpool, England, which she laughingly referred to as the capital of Ireland. She was educated at St. John the Evangelist Parochial School and Notre Dame Collegiate School in Liverpool, where she passed her school certificate and obtained qualifications in
- [Rafferty, Sr. M. Ogilvie](https://mmmworldwide.org/obituaries/rafferty-sr-m-ogilvie/) - Nationality: British (born in Keady, Armagh) Congregational Register No: 509 D.O.B. 26.02.1914 First Profession: 03.04.1963 Died: 19.08.1997 Aged: 83 years Baptized Una Kathleen, Sr. Ogilvie was born in Keady, Co. Armagh, but grew up in Motherwell in Scotland. She entered MMM on 2 January 1960. Because she was already a qualified nurse and midwife, she
- [Rahilly, Sr. Patrick Maria](https://mmmworldwide.org/obituaries/rahilly-sr-patrick-maria/) - Nationality: IrishCongregational Register No. 389D.O.B.: 15.04.1909First Profession: 03.05.1957Died: 26.04.2004 Aged: 95 years Johanna (Hanna) Rahilly was born in Ballinskelligs, Co. Kerry. She came from a farming family and had one brother and one sister. She worked as a waitress in several hotels before entering MMM in October 1955 at the comparatively late age of
- [Ramsbottom, Sr. Maura](https://mmmworldwide.org/obituaries/ramsbottom-sr-maura/) - Nationality: Irish Congregational Register No: 457D.O.B. 03.05.1931First Profession: 26.04.1960Died: 25.01.2007 Aged: 75 yearsMaura was the only child of James and Mary Ramsbothom of Mountmellick, Co. Laois. She was educated by the Presentation Sisters and went on to college in Dublin to study music and become a national school teacher. She was a clever, gifted young
- [Reynolds, Sr. Margaret](https://mmmworldwide.org/obituaries/reynolds-sr-margaret/) - Sister Margaret was born in Ballinamore, Co. Leitrim in 1925 and attended her early education in Ballinamore and in Sligo. She qualified as a nurse in the Mater Hospital in Dublin before joining the Medical Missionaries of Mary in 1948. She completed her midwifery training in the IMTH and after profession was assigned to Nigeria.
- [Reynolds, Sr. Marion Therese](https://mmmworldwide.org/obituaries/reynolds-sr-marion-therese/) - Sr. Marion Therese was born Mary Reynolds in Dublin in 1930, the daughter of Frances (née Landy) and Francis Reynolds. Her two brothers live in the United States. Mary trained as a nurse in Salford, England, before joining MMM in February 1957. She took on responsibility early, working in the hospital in Drogheda as a
- [Rhatigan, Sr. M. Consolata](https://mmmworldwide.org/obituaries/rhatigan-sr-m-consolata/) - Nationality: IrishCongregational Register No. 315 D.O.B. 09.08.1932 First Profession 08.09.1954 Died: 04.12.2002 Aged: 70 years Born in Cullahill, Co. Laois, Anne Rhatigan, known in the family as 'Nano', was the daughter of primary school teachers. She had one sister and five brothers. Nano Rhatigan entered MMM in 1951, aged 19, taking the name Sr. M.
- [Ritchie, Sr. Louisa](https://mmmworldwide.org/obituaries/ritchie-sr-louisa/) - Nationality: ScottishCongregational Register No: 601D.O.B. 12.02.1930First Profession: 27.04.1964Died: 26.03.2006 Aged: 76 yearsLouisa Ritchie was born in Beauly, Inverness, Scotland, into a family of five girls and three boys. Following her mother's early death, Louisa's sister, Margaret, took over the job of caring for her siblings and their father. After completing her schooling, Louisa took a
- [Roberts, Sr. Marie Therese](https://mmmworldwide.org/obituaries/roberts-sr-marie-therese/) - Sister Marie Therese was born Nora Roberts in Anglesey, Wales, in 1922. Her family moved to London when she was young and she received her early education there. She was an only child but was very close to and grew up with three first cousins. She trained as a secretary and worked in the civil
- [Roche, Sr. Jacinta](https://mmmworldwide.org/obituaries/roche-sr-jacinta/) - Sister Jacinta was born Teresa Roche in Oulart, Wexford in 1938, the seventh child in a family of twelve, six boys and six girls. She grew up on a farm and developed a strong work ethic from an early age. After her early education in Enniscorthy and Ferrybank and helping with housekeeping at home, she
- [Roche, Sr. M. Berchmans](https://mmmworldwide.org/obituaries/roche-sr-m-berchmans/) - Sister Berchmans was born Nora Christina Roche in Killorglin, Co. Kerry in 1922. She received her early education there and in Arklow. She trained as a pharmacist in Dublin and joined the Medical Missionaries of Mary soon after qualifying. That was in 1945, when the Congregation was only eight years old. When she arrived at
- [Rooney, Sr. Philomena](https://mmmworldwide.org/obituaries/rooney-sr-philomena/) - Sister Philomena was born Bridget Philomena Rooney in Banbridge, Co. Down in 1927. She was one of a family of eight children, two of whom died in infancy. She was Phil to most MMMs and Auntie Mena to her nieces and nephews. Phil was from a farming community. When she was only about six years
- [Ryan, Sr. Catherine](https://mmmworldwide.org/obituaries/ryan-sr-catherine/) - Nationality: Irish Congregational Register No: 75 D.O.B. 19.12.1901 First Profession: 06.01.1945 Died: 26.02.1983 Aged: 81 years 'Splendid' was her nickname and splendid she was. The name came from her own often repeated response: 'Splendid, splendid!' Catherine, from Cahirciveen, Co. Kerry, was 40 years old when she entered on 19 March 1942, yet she was
- [Ryan, Sr. Vincent](https://mmmworldwide.org/obituaries/ryan-sr-vincent/) - Sister Vincent was born Mary Ryan in Dublin in 1924. After completing her secondary education and matriculation, she joined MMM in 1943. After profession she trained as a registered general nurse in the IMTH in Drogheda and in the Mater Hospital in Dublin, graduating in 1952. She then completed her training as a midwife in
- [Samti, Sr. Theresia](https://mmmworldwide.org/obituaries/samti-sr-theresia/) - One of the first Medical Missionaries of Mary from Tanzania, Sister Theresia was born in Dareda in 1937. She received her early education there and trained as a teacher before joining MMM in Ireland in 1959. After profession she trained in general nursing and midwifery in Drogheda, Ireland. In 1968 she was assigned to Tanzania.
- [Saunders, Sr. M. Kieran](https://mmmworldwide.org/obituaries/saunders-sr-m-kieran/) - Nationality: Irish Congregational Register No: 121 D.O.B. 20.04.1909 First Profession: 06.01.1947 Died: 05.05.1997 Aged: 87 years Emily Florence, from Longford, had worked as a health visitor before entering MMM on 16 June 1944. After profession, she was assigned to Tanzania, first at Dareda and then at Makiungu. Later she was presented with a big challenge
- [Sharratt, Sr. Anne](https://mmmworldwide.org/obituaries/sharratt-sr-anne/) - Sister Anne Sharratt was born in Gosforth, Newcastle on Tyne, England, in 1935, the second eldest in a family of ten, seven boys and three girls. Three of her brothers have predeceased her. Anne’s first encounter with MMM was at a vocation display in Glasgow, Scotland, that she attended with her parents. She may have
- [Shearer, Sr. Karen](https://mmmworldwide.org/obituaries/shearer-sr-karen/) - Sister Karen was born Elizabeth Shearer in Galston, Ayrshire, Scotland in 1930. Her father was employed by the owners of a castle, so she often joked that she was born in a castle. She worked in textile making for twenty years before joining the Medical Missionaries of Mary in 1965. After profession she trained in
- [Slevin, Sr. Marie](https://mmmworldwide.org/obituaries/slevin-sr-marie/) - Sister Marie's sudden death on 13 June 2011 brought great shock and sorrow to all who knew her. She had been living in Waterford since 1991, and since 2002 had been working with the Waterford Immigration Network. Born in Dublin in 1921, Marie was educated at Loreto College, St. Stephen's Green, and had qualified as
- [Smith, Sr. M. Roberta](https://mmmworldwide.org/obituaries/smith-sr-m-roberta/) - Congregational Register No. 219 D.O.B. 12.06.1921 First Profession 08.09.1951 Died: 22.04.2005 Aged: 83 years Roberta Smith was born in Falkirk, Scotland, but was raised from the age of seven in northern England. She never lost her lovely Scottish accent though. She was the fifth of six daughters, one of whom became a doctor. Three became
- [Smith, Sr. Shirley](https://mmmworldwide.org/obituaries/smith-sr-shirley/) - Nationality: American Congregational Register No: 531 D.O.B. 24.05.1931 First Profession: 17.03.1958 Died: 25.05.1999 Aged: 68 years Shirley (for a while, Sr. Martin de Porres) was from Lynn, Massachusetts, USA and entered in Winchester, MA, on 17 September 1955. She trained as a registered nurse in Boston, then came to Ireland in 1963 to do midwifery.
- [Stack, Sr. Mary](https://mmmworldwide.org/obituaries/stack-sr-mary/) - Nationality: Irish Congregational Register No. 420 D.O.B. 19.04.1920 First Profession 28.10.1958 Died: 04.01.2001 Aged: 80 years Mary Stack was born in Fermoy, Co. Cork. Her family moved to Maryboro, Co. Laois, while Mary was a child. She trained as a general nurse after leaving school in 1937 and also became a registered tuberculosis nurse. She
- [Stanley, Sr. M. Therese](https://mmmworldwide.org/obituaries/stanley-sr-m-therese/) - Nationality: IrishCongregational Register No: 18D.O.B. 21.02.1919First Profession: 22.07.1942Died: 18.07.1971 Aged: 52 yearsMartha Stanley of Clifden, Co. Galway, was one of our early novices in Collon, entering on 6 January 1939.Sr. Therese had done a course in domestic science, and although gifted as a homemaker, she was given little opportunity to put her qualifications into practice.
- [Swaby, Sr. Mary](https://mmmworldwide.org/obituaries/swaby-sr-mary/) - Mary was born in Lincolnshire, England in 1947. She received her early education in Louth, Lincolnshire and trained as a pharmacist at the University of Aston, Birmingham and St. George's Hospital, Lincolnshire. She worked as a pharmacist in England and then spent two years as a lay missionary in Nigeria. There she worked at the
- [Taggart, Sr. Anastasia](https://mmmworldwide.org/obituaries/taggart-sr-anastasia/) - Sr. Anastasia was born in Rock, Dungannon, Co. Tyrone in 1921. She attended the Loreto School in Omagh, Co. Tyrone for her secondary education. She excelled at school from her earliest years, and got the highest marks in Northern Ireland in her senior leaving certificate. She continued her education in Dublin and graduated with a
- [Tarpey, Sr. Veronica](https://mmmworldwide.org/obituaries/tarpey-sr-veronica/) - Sr. Veronica was born in Bekan Cross, Co. Mayo in 1928. She attended school in Mayo and worked as a clerical assistant in the Department of Agriculture for eight years. She had her first contact with MMM through a colleague there, Kathleen Grealy, whose sister Josephine was already professed. Kathleen used to sell raffle tickets
- [Thorpe, Sr. M. Margaret Bede](https://mmmworldwide.org/obituaries/thorpe-sr-m-margaret-bede/) - Nationality: Scottish Congregational Register No: 417D.O.B. 10.06.1891First Profession: 28.10.1958Died: 07.12.1966 Aged: 75 years She entered on 8 December 1955 as Mrs. Margaret Thorpe (née Spence) from Bagnalstown, Co. Carlow. Sr. Margaret was a widow and a convert to Roman Catholicism and brought the best of that experience with her. Already 64 years of age, God
- [Tiernan, Sr. M. Regina](https://mmmworldwide.org/obituaries/tiernan-sr-m-regina/) - Nationality: Irish Congregational Register No: 70D.O.B.: 21.09.1896First Profession: 08.09.1944Died: 21.07.1962 Aged: 66 yearsBaptized Bridget Agnes, Sr. Regina was already 46 years of age and a well-qualified nurse when she entered at Rosemount on 6 January 1942. In MMM she was known affectionately as 'Queenie'. A native of Charlestown, Co. Mayo, she had trained in England,
- [Travers, Sr. Maria Anne](https://mmmworldwide.org/obituaries/travers-sr-maria-anne/) - Sister Maria Anne Travers was born Anastasia Travers in Arnestown, New Ross, Co. Wexford on 25 October 1927. She had her early education in New Ross and joined MMM in 1946. After profession in 1949, she trained as a nurse. At that time Drogheda did not have complete nurse training facilities and was affiliated to
- [Bennet, Sr. Ann Teresa](https://mmmworldwide.org/obituaries/bennet-sr-ann/) - Nationality: IrishCongregational Register No: 96 D.O.B. 10.04.1919First Profession: 18.03.1946Died: 22.05.2006 Aged: 87 years Anne Teresa Bennett was born in Milltownpass in County Westmeath, Ireland. She had three sisters and one brother. Anne was educated at the at the local Mercy Convent and after leaving school helped out both at home and in the
- [Brady, Sr. Mel](https://mmmworldwide.org/obituaries/brady-sr-mel/) - Sister Mel Brady was born Mary Brady in Corbawn, Longford in 1926. She came from a family of five boys and three girls, one of whom died in infancy. She was educated in Kilcogy, County Cavan ,and joined MMM in 1947. At her reception she was given the name Mel, one of the earliest Irish
- [Busby, Sr. M. Consilio](https://mmmworldwide.org/obituaries/busby-sr-m-consilio/) - Nationality: IrishCongregational Register No: 102D.O.B. 28.05.1923First Profession: 18.03.1946Died: 03.10.1996 Aged: 73 years Kathleen, from Newry, Co. Down, came to MMM on 30 August 1943. Her forte was in secretarial work. She helped in the MMM Magazine Office in the early days and in bookkeeping, but being the versatile person she was, promotion work was also
- [Akpan, Sr. Veronica](https://mmmworldwide.org/obituaries/akpan-sr-veronica/) - Nationality:- Nigeria Congregational Register No. 352 D.O.B. 23.05.1929 First Profession 02.07.1956 Died: 16.08.2001 Aged: 72 yearsSr. Veronica Akpan was born in Eniong Offol, Uyo, Akwa Ibom State, Nigeria. She had one older brother and a younger sister. Her home village is near St. Luke's Hospital, Anua, and it was here that she first came in
- [Campbell, Sr. Elaine](https://mmmworldwide.org/obituaries/campbell-sr-elaine/) - Nationality: BritishCongregational Register No. 326D.O.B. 23.05.1920 First Profession 26.04.1955Died: 17.07.2000 Aged: 80 yearsElaine, known in MMM for quite some time as Sr. M. Campion or 'Camps', was born in Ipswich, England. In 1943, as a young woman of 22 years she married an equally young Royal Air Force pilot. Unfortunately, their happiness was to be all
- [Cannon, Sr. M. Madeleine](https://mmmworldwide.org/obituaries/cannon-sr-m-madeleine/) - Nationality: IrishCongregational Register No: 142D.O.B. 14.02.1907First Profession: 16.03.1948Died: 15.07.2006 Aged: 99 yearsBridget Cannon came from a large family in a Gaelic speaking area in Co. Donegal. She trained as a general nurse in England and later as a midwife, fever nurse and district nurse. Bridget had many years of nursing experience in the UK and
- [Canty, Sr. Mary](https://mmmworldwide.org/obituaries/canty-sr-mary/) - Sister Mary Canty was born in Skagh, Croom, Co. Limerick in 1926, the only girl of four children. She received her early education in Limerick and joined the Medical Missionaries of Mary in 1952. She completed a Diploma in Social Science in UCD in 1958 and trained as a medical social worker at the London
- [Casey, Sr. Mary](https://mmmworldwide.org/obituaries/casey-sr-mary/) - Sister Mary was born in Brodenstown, Mullingar, County Westmeath in 1926. She was an only girl with one brother, Tommy. She received her early education at Glascorn National School and then went to boarding school for her secondary education with the Dominican Sisters in Dun Laoghaire, County Dublin. She did well in her studies but
- [Cavanagh, Sr. M. Gerard](https://mmmworldwide.org/obituaries/cavanagh-sr-m-gerard/) - Nationality: IrishCongregational Register No: 108D.O.B. 11.07.1903First Profession: 08.09.1946Died: 16.09.1983 Aged: 80 years Sr. M. Gerard, baptised Anne, of Athenry, Co. Galway, entered at Rosemount on 7 October 1943. A trained psychiatric nurse when she entered, Sr. Gerard's talents were employed over the years, mainly in the role of infirmarian, not only in MMM houses in Ireland
- [Chambers, Sr. Mairead](https://mmmworldwide.org/obituaries/chambers-sr-mairead/) - Nationality: IrishCongregational Register No. 39D.O.B. 20.08.1921First Profession 08.09.1943Died: 28.02.2001 Aged: 79 yearsMairead was born in Killimer, County Clare, and it seems she entered MMM immediately after school. She qualified as the first MMM doctor in Dublin in 1947 and was almost immediately assigned to Nigeria. She is principally associated with Ogoja, where she spent almost
- [Clarke, Sr. M. Monica](https://mmmworldwide.org/obituaries/clarke-sr-m-monica/) - Nationality: IrishCongregational Register No: 156D.O.B. 26.06.1908First Profession: 09.09.1948Died: 10.03.1981 Aged: 72 years After many years working as a public health doctor in England, Monica, a native of Easkey, Co. Sligo, entered MMM on 7 March 1946. As a mature entrant, it wasn't easy for her to relinquish her smoking habit, among other things, and she
- [Cleary, Sr. Lelia](https://mmmworldwide.org/obituaries/cleary-sr-lelia/) - Sister Lelia was born Mary Elizabeth Cleary in Kildysart, County Clare in 1919. The second of eight children, she grew up on a farm in Clonola. She received her early education in Gortlass National School and later in Bruff Boarding School, County Limerick. She trained as a nurse in Cork and as a midwife in
- [Clerkin, Sr. M. Loreto](https://mmmworldwide.org/obituaries/clerkin-sr-m-loreto/) - Nationality: IrishCongregational Register No: 113D.O.B. 02.02.1908First Profession: 08.09.1945Died: 21.07.1973 Aged: 65 yearsBaptised Mary Alice, from Rockcorry, Co. Monaghan, Loreto entered MMM in Drogheda on 28 October 1943. She had been a priest's housekeeper before entering and continued as a capable and warm-hearted provider while in MMM. From 1948 - 50, she was assigned to St.
- [Clifton, Sr. M. Joan of Arc](https://mmmworldwide.org/obituaries/clifton-sr-m-joan-of-arc/) - Nationality: IrishCongregational Register No: 300D.O.B. 20.10.1920First Profession: 01.06.1954Died: 01.06.2008 Aged: 87 yearsAnne Bridget Joan Clifton was born in Naas, Co Kildare and was brought up in Killester, Dublin, where she attended the Holy Faith Convent. She later attended Marino and Dun Laoghaire Technical Schools. She had one brother and two sisters, one of whom emigrated
- [Comaskey, Sr. Anne Elizabeth](https://mmmworldwide.org/obituaries/comaskey-sr-anne-elizabeth/) - Sister Anne Elizabeth was born in Cloncovid, Co. Longford in 1924. One of eleven children, she received her early education in Longford. After completing studies in domestic economy she joined the Medical Missionaries of Mary in 1946. Her first assignment was to Nigeria in 1949, where she was initially involved in housekeeping. She later opened two
- [Conlon, Sr. Marie](https://mmmworldwide.org/obituaries/conlon-sr-marie/) - Sister Marie was born in Tunstall, Stoke-on-Trent, a mining area near Manchester, England in 1914. She had one brother and one sister. Marie entered MMM at a time when choices for women were very limited. When she started her education, career options for girls were nursing or teaching. She won a scholarship to secondary school and
- [Connolly, Sr. M. Anthony](https://mmmworldwide.org/obituaries/connolly-sr-m-anthony/) - Nationality: Irish Congregation Register No: 60D.O.B. 29.12.1912First Profession: 17.03.1944Died:10.04.1968 Aged: 55 yearsMary Connolly, from near Bantry, Co. Cork, entered MMM on 15 August 1941. She had been employed as a cheese maker in the creamery in Milford, Co. Cork, when she came in contact with MMM. Following profession, she qualified in domestic science in Sion
- [Connolly, Sr. Teresa](https://mmmworldwide.org/obituaries/connolly-sr-teresa/) - Sister Teresa Connolly (Aloysius) was born in 1920 in Portlaoise, Co. Laois, Ireland, but grew up in Castlerea, Co. Roscommon. Her parents were Bridget (née Kelly) and John Connolly and she was one of a family of six, four girls and two boys. Before joining MMM she worked as a legal secretary in Dublin for
- [Cullen, Sr. M. Mercedes](https://mmmworldwide.org/obituaries/cullen-sr-m-mercedes/) - Nationality: IrishCongregational Register No: 231D.O.B. 16.09.1925First Profession: 17.03.1952Died: 24.06.1999 Aged: 73 years Baptised Kathleen, from Carlow, Sr. Mercedes entered MMM on 15 August 1949. From early years, after her profession in 1952, one might say she entered the diplomatic service. Her ministry was as secretary and archivist in the Apostolic nunciature in Dublin and in
- [Cunningham, Sr. M. Felicity](https://mmmworldwide.org/obituaries/cunningham-sr-m-felicity/) - Nationality: ScottishCongregational Register No: 288D.O.B. 17.06.1915First Profession: 21.12.1953Died: 06.05.1987 Aged: 72 years After many years of searching for a spiritual home, which involved exploring Buddhism, the Quakers, the Salvation Army, etc., Mary (Oliver) Cunningham from Duns in Scotland finally found her home in Catholicism and entered MMM in March 1951. She was a highly qualified
- [Cunningham, Sr. Marie Stella](https://mmmworldwide.org/obituaries/cunningham-sr-marie-stella/) - Sister Marie Stella was born in Kinsalebeg, Waterford in 1925 and received her early education in Waterford and Cork. She trained as a nurse in the Mater Hospital, Dublin, before joining the Medical Missionaries of Mary in 1951. After profession she trained as a nurse tutor in Edinburgh, Scotland. She was a theatre and casualty
- [Donnelly, Sr. Kathleen](https://mmmworldwide.org/obituaries/donnelly-sr-kathleen/) - Sister Kathleen was born in Newpark, County Tyrone, Northern Ireland in 1935. She attended a local primary school and went to the Loreto Convent in Omagh for her secondary education. She qualified in psychiatric and general nursing and in midwifery at Belfast City Hospital. She had an adventurous spirit and after a year’s experience in
- [Doyle, Sr. M. Declan](https://mmmworldwide.org/obituaries/doyle-sr-m-declan/) - Nationality: IrishCongregational Register No. 129D.O.B.: 03.03.1925First Profession 02.07.1947Died: 19.09.2010 Aged: 85 years Julia Teresa Doyle, known in her family as Sheila, was born in Busherstown, Co. Carlow into a farming family. She had two brothers and two sisters, one of whom died at an early age. Sheila was educated at the national school
- [Duffy, Sr. Gabriel](https://mmmworldwide.org/obituaries/duffy-sr-gabriel/) - Sister Gabriel was born and grew up in Drumgriston, Co. Monaghan. She went to school in Billeady and later at the Mercy Convent, Castleblaney. She entered MMM in March l942, when the Congregation was only five years old. Those were also the war years and life was not easy. Following her initial formation and first
- [Duignan, Sr. M. de Sales](https://mmmworldwide.org/obituaries/duignan-sr-m-de-sales/) - Nationality: IrishCongregational Register No: 88D.O.B. 12.05.1921First Profession: 08.09.1945Died: 19.09.1949 Aged: 26 yearsMary Ellen (May) Duignan came from Arva, Co. Cavan and entered MMM on 7 December 1942.Following profession, she trained as a midwife. During her time at the maternity hospital, she became Matron Phelan's "right hand", and Matron succeeded in delaying her assignment overseas. Eventually,
- [Dunne, Sr. Mary](https://mmmworldwide.org/obituaries/dunne-sr-mary/) - Sister Mary Dunne (1941-2011) Mary was the youngest child and only daughter of Kathleen and Patrick Dunne. She grew up in Letterkenny, Co. Donegal, and trained as a nurse in Kent, and then studied midwifery in Scotland. Having worked as a staff nurse for some time, she volunteered for a nursing post in Zambia. From
- [Durnin, Sr. Angela](https://mmmworldwide.org/obituaries/durnin-sr-angela/) - Nationality: IrishCongregational Register No: 120D.O.B. 12.05.1924First Profession: 06.01.1947Died: 30.04.2008 Aged: 83 yearsCatherine Angela Durnin came from a large farming family in Lawlesstown, Dunleer, Co. Meath. She had five brothers and three sisters. The young Catherine Angela contributed to the household income with her dressmaking skills after she left St. Brigid's National School, Dunleer. She entered
- [Eason, Sr. Jean Clare](https://mmmworldwide.org/obituaries/eason-sr-jean-clare/) - Sister Jean was born Elaine Eason in Buffalo, New York, USA in 1941. She attended school in Gardenville and Buffalo, New York, graduating from Mount Mercy Academy High School. Throughout her time in MMM she remained in contact with several Sisters of Mercy who taught her. She met the Medical Missionaries of Mary while at school
- [Essien, Sr. Agnes](https://mmmworldwide.org/obituaries/essien-sr-agnes/) - Sr. Agnes Maria, born in Anua, Uyo, Nigeria, could be described as a pioneer. She qualified as a teacher, but having been inspired by Mother Mary Martin, whom she had met in Nigeria, she came to Ireland in 1953 with Veronica Akpan, who became the first MMM from Africa. Meanwhile Agnes Maria trained as a
- [Farrell, Sr. M. Michael](https://mmmworldwide.org/obituaries/farrell-sr-m-michael/) - Nationality: IrishCongregational Register No. 49D.O.B.: 18.05.1921First Profession 08.09.1943Died: 02.01.2009 Aged: 87 years Rose Teresa Farrell was born in Lackagh, Castleblaney, Co. Monaghan. She had two brothers and one sister. Shortly after completing her education in Castleblaney, she entered MMM at age nineteen, taking the name Sr. Mary Michael. Following first profession, Sr. Michael
- [Faughnan, Sr. M. Columba](https://mmmworldwide.org/obituaries/faughnan-sr-m-columba/) - Nationality: IrishCongregational Register No: 66D.O.B. 22.08.1922First Profession: 08.09.1944Died: 18.06.1986 Aged: 64 years Baptised Anna Mary, from Dromard, Co Leitrim, Sr. Columba entered on 24 October 1941. Following profession, she did midwifery training in Drogheda and then staffed in the maternity hospital for three years. In 1952, she started general nurse training in St. Vincent's Hospital,
- [Faul, Sr. Constantia](https://mmmworldwide.org/obituaries/faul-sr-constantia/) - Sister Constantia was born Brigid Faul in Mullacrew, Louth, Ireland, in 1933. One of four children, she attended Louth Village Primary School and completed her secondary education at the Saint Louis Convent in Carrickmacross. She joined MMM in 1952. After profession she worked in the laundry in Drogheda for five years, first in the sorting
- [Faulkner, Sr. Barbara](https://mmmworldwide.org/obituaries/faulkner-sr-barbara/) - Nationality: BritishCongregational Register No: 213D.O.B. 08.07.1920First Profession: 08.09.1951Died: 08.01.2008 Aged: 87 years Barbara Joyce Faulkner was born in London, England. She came from a Church of England background but was educated in a Catholic convent school in Canterbury, Kent. From June 1936 until the outbreak of WWII in September 1939, Barbara was employed as a
- [Flynn, Sr. Marie Frances](https://mmmworldwide.org/obituaries/flynn-sr-marie-frances/) - Nationality: Irish (Dual Nationality-USA)Congregational Register No: 305D.O.B. 26.06.1915First Profession: 01.06.1954Died: 22.03.2006 Aged: 90 yearsMarie Frances Flynn was one of six sisters and three brothers. She was born in Kilkishen, County Clare and was educated at the Ursuline Convent in Sligo. Marie took secretarial and commercial courses in Cork and Dublin before finally training as an
- [Furlong, Sr. M. Rosetta](https://mmmworldwide.org/obituaries/furlong-sr-m-rosetta/) - Nationality: Irish Congregational Register No: 419D.O.B. 29.06.1937First Profession: 28.10.1958Died: 28.04.2007 Aged: 69 yearsElizabeth Veronica Furlong came from Balyconigar, Blackwater, Co. Wexford. Known as Elsie to family and friends, she had four sisters and one brother. The young Elsie Furlong entered MMM at the beginning of 1956 and took the name Sr. M. Rosetta. Sr. Rosetta
- [Gallagher, Sr. M. Laurena](https://mmmworldwide.org/obituaries/gallagher-sr-m-laurena/) - Nationality: IrishCongregational Register No: 309D.O.B. 25.05.1932First Profession: 01.06.1954Died: 08.10.1989 Aged: 57 yearsRemembrance of Ena, from Geevagh, Co. Sligo, brings lots of smiles. She always appeared to be such a happy and fun-loving person, even in her last years of illness. She entered MMM in October 1951 and after profession did her general nurse training in
- [Gilsenan, Sr. Bernadette](https://mmmworldwide.org/obituaries/gilsenan-sr-bernadette/) - Sister Bernadette was born in Dublin in 1933. She learned about MMM from her parents, who were great supporters of Mother Mary Martin in the early years of the Congregation. Bernadette joined MMM in 1952. After profession she helped in Drogheda, Clonmel, and in the Apostolic Nunciature in Ireland, mainly in catering. In 1962 she
- [Glancy, Sr. Maria](https://mmmworldwide.org/obituaries/glancy-sr-maria/) - Nationality: IrishCongregational Register No: 349D.O.B. 08.05.1916First Profession: 02.07.1956Died: 27.09.1999 Aged: 83 years Maria, from Newry, Co. Down, entered MMM on 31 May 1953, as a highly qualified nurse/midwife. Consequently, her first overseas mission assignment came shortly after her first profession. She was midwifery sister and matron in Anua, Nigeria, from 1956 to 1961, where she
- [Glennon, Sr. M. Martha](https://mmmworldwide.org/obituaries/glennon-sr-m-martha/) - Nationality: IrishCongregational Register No: 139D.O.B. 24.06.1919First Profession: 09.09.1948Died: 03.05.1978 Aged: 58 yearsSr. Martha, baptised Margaret, was a sister of our first MMM to be called to new life, Sr. M. Aquinas Glennon. Coming from Loughrea, Co. Galway, Sr. Martha entered in Drogheda on 22 June 1945. Her profession was delayed six months to allow her
- [Hinder, Sr. Agnes](https://mmmworldwide.org/obituaries/hinder-sr-agnes/) - Sr. Agnes Hinder was born in the canton of St. Gallen, Switzerland in 1927. She had three sisters and one brother. The family had a beautiful home surrounded by mountains and woods and the children skied to school in the winter. Agnes trained and worked in domestic science for five years before qualifying as a
- [Hogan, Sr. Breda](https://mmmworldwide.org/obituaries/hogan-sr-breda/) - Nationality: IrishCongregational Register No: 482D.O.B. 27.08.1923First Profession: 06.05.1961Died: 04.11.2008 Aged: 85 yearsBridget Hogan came from a large Tipperary farming family and was one of eight girls and five boys. She was educated at the Ursuline Convent in Thurles, where she matriculated and took her leaving certificate. She then went to technical school where she completed
- [Kavanagh, Sr. Brigid](https://mmmworldwide.org/obituaries/kavanagh-sr-brigid/) - Nationality: IrishCongregational Register No. 27D.O.B.: 06.05.1916First Profession 08.09.1942Died: 21.07.2009 Aged: 93 years Catherine Kavanagh came from Newtownmountkennedy in County Wicklow. She was one of six children and the daughter of a local schoolmaster. Catherine was educated in Newtownmountkennedy at the national school and the Holy Faith Convent. In 1936 she began training
- [Keane, Sr. M. St. John](https://mmmworldwide.org/obituaries/keane-sr-m-st-john/) - Nationality: IrishCongregational Register No: 07D.O.B.: 10.02.1903First Profession: 06.01.1945Died: 06.01.1966 Aged: 63 yearsOne of our founding members, Maeve, known to her family and friends as 'Golly', from Co. Galway, first met Marie Martin, the future Mother Mary, on 27 December 1936. She went to Marie's home, Greenbank, the next day. MMM was not founded when, with
- [Kelly, Sr. Patricia](https://mmmworldwide.org/obituaries/kelly-sr-patricia/) - Sister Patricia was born Bridget Patricia Kelly in Ricehill, Co. Cavan in 1925. Known as Pat, she joined the Medical Missionaries of Mary in 1943, after completing her leaving certificate. She was soon sent off to Dublin to study medicine in UCD. In MMM’s early days, Sisters were often sent off to assignments at short
- [Mahon, Sr. M. Salette](https://mmmworldwide.org/obituaries/mahon-sr-m-salette/) - Nationality: IrishCongregational Register No: 428D.O.B. 20.05.1919First Profession: 06.05.1959Died: 17.08.1998 Aged: 79 years Baptised Mary Catherine and from Drumree, Co. Meath, Sr. Salette entered MMM on 31 May1956. She was a fully qualified nurse on entering. Did anyone then ever think that she would spend almost forty years ministering in the Hansen's disease (leprosy) settlements in
- [McAweeney, Sr. M. Therese Bernadette](https://mmmworldwide.org/obituaries/mcaweeney-sr-m-therese-bernadette/) - Nationality: IrishCongregational Register No. 270D.O.B. 02.10.1921First Profession 06.04.1953Died: 12.07.2001 Aged: 79 yearsSr. Therese Bernadette was born in Co. Cavan, but her home place was Carrick-on-Shannon, Co. Leitrim. Mary Angela, as she was called then, came from a family of four brothers and three sisters. After her basic schooling, Sr. Therese Bernadette went to England and
- [McKearney, Sr. Mary](https://mmmworldwide.org/obituaries/mckearney-sr-mary/) - Sister Mary was born in Emyvale, Co. Monaghan, in 1942, the eldest of three children. Their mother died when Mary was fifteen years old. After primary school, Mary went to stay with her Aunt Mary in Dublin during her secondary school education. She trained as a secretary and worked for the Land Commission for a
- [Morris, Sr. M. Francis](https://mmmworldwide.org/obituaries/morris-sr-m-francis/) - Nationality: Irish Congregational Register No: 185 D.O.B. 25.09.1919 First Profession: 08.09.1950 Died: 04.12.1993 Aged: 74 years Eileen, from Clonmel, Co. Tipperary, entered MMM on 15 September1947. Because she was already a qualified nurse, she was missioned to Nigeria shortly after profession. She gave a lifetime of service in Afikpo, Abakaliki, Ogoja, Ikom, Nkalagu, Minna, and
- [Mulligan, Sr. M. Alphonsus](https://mmmworldwide.org/obituaries/mulligan-sr-m-alphonsus/) - Nationality: Irish Congregational Register No: 125 D.O.B. 20.12.1925 First Profession: 08.09.1947 Died: 05.01.1988 Aged: 63 years Alice Christina, from Dundalk, Co. Louth, was a twin. She entered MMM on 22 August 1944. She was missioned to Nigeria in 1952 but spent only two years there before returning to Drogheda in 1954 after a car accident.
- [Murphy, Sr. M. de Montfort](https://mmmworldwide.org/obituaries/murphy-sr-m-de-montfort/) - Nationality: IrishCongregational Register No: 99D.O.B: 28.09.1923 First Profession: 08.09. 1946 Died: 07.10.1973 Aged: 50 yearsNellie Murphy, from Milford, Co. Cork, entered MMM on 26 August 1943. She trained as an nurse in St. Vincent's Hospital in Dublin and then staffed as theatre sister from 1947 to 49 in Drogheda. In 1949 she was assigned to
- [O'Reilly, Sr. Ancilla Domini](https://mmmworldwide.org/obituaries/o-reilly-sr-ancilla-domini/) - Sister Ancilla Domini was born Kathleen O'Reilly in Bruskey, Co. Cavan in 1914. She received her early education in Cavan and joined the Medical Missionaries of Mary in 1951. Her first assignments were in catering and hospitality in MMM houses in Ireland, beginning with three years in Drogheda. She next spent twelve years in catering in Rosemount,
- [Urban, Sr. Julie](https://mmmworldwide.org/obituaries/urban-sr-julie/) - Sister Julie was born Anita Urban in Medford, MA, USA in 1927. She had a twin sister, Anna. Her mother was from Florence, Italy and her father was from Yugoslavia (now Montenegro). Her parents met and married in the USA and made their home in Medford, MA. Julie also had a brother, John, and two
- [Wall, Sr. Cora](https://mmmworldwide.org/obituaries/wall-sr-cora/) - Sister Cora Wall was born Margaret Mary Wall in Lissarda, Co. Cork in 1922. She received her early education in Kilmurry and Macroom and joined the Medical Missionaries of Mary in 1949. After initial formation she completed a diploma in social science in University College Dublin (UCD). Sister Cora's first assignment was to
- [Walsh, Sr. Eithne](https://mmmworldwide.org/obituaries/walsh-sr-eithne/) - Sr. Eithne was born in Dublin in 1934, the only girl in a family of five. She received her early education there and later studied household management in Cathal Brugha Street. She then went to Jersey, where she qualified as a state registered nurse (SRN) and to Edinburgh where she did her midwifery training. She
- [Walsh, Sr. M. Annette](https://mmmworldwide.org/obituaries/walsh-sr-m-annette/) - Brigid Walsh was born in Kilkenny in April 1922 and took the name Sister Annette after she joined MMM in 1955. She trained as a radiographer. She soon made use of her talents in Tanzania, where she was assigned in 1963. She spent five years there in Makiungu and Dareda. After serving for a year
- [Walshe, Sr. Florence](https://mmmworldwide.org/obituaries/walshe-sr-florence/) - Nationality: Irish Congregational Register No. 706 D.O.B. 12.03.1920 First Profession 03.04.1967 Died: 10.11.01 Aged: 81 years Born in Ballina, Co. Mayo, Sr. Florence Walshe came from a family of eight children. The family moved to Fenagh, Carrick-on-Shannon, Co. Leitrim, while she was a child and this she regarded as home. Her father died when she
- [Walshe, Sr. M. Zelie](https://mmmworldwide.org/obituaries/walshe-sr-m-zelie/) - Nationality: Irish Congregational Register No: 202D.O.B.: 21.12.1891First Profession: 08.09.1951Died: 11.07.1963 Aged: 72 yearsAt the age of 57 and widowed, few of us would think of giving the rest of our lives to missionary activity, especially if we had a family of eight: sons, daughters and grandchildren. But Mrs. Ellen Walshe, with an address of Kinlough,
- [Ward, Sr. Ann](https://mmmworldwide.org/obituaries/ward-sr-ann/) - Sister Ann was born in Lifford, Co. Donegal in 1929, the youngest of three children. She attended her early education in Donegal, Dublin and Monaghan and joined the Medical Missionaries of Mary in 1947. After profession she studied medicine in University College Dublin and obtained a Master of Obstetrics from the National Maternity Hospital. Her
- [Weir, Sr. Edel](https://mmmworldwide.org/obituaries/weir-sr-edel/) - Sr. Edel was born in Walshestown, Mullingar, Co. Westmeath in 1932. She attended a local primary school and completed her secondary education at the Dominican Convent, Muckross Park, Dublin. She was a Montessori teacher at Muckross Park and Sion Hill for a year. A friend joined the Medical Missionaries of Mary and in 1951, Edel
- [Whelan, Sr. M. Petria](https://mmmworldwide.org/obituaries/whelan-sr-m-petria/) - Nationality: Irish Congregational Register No: 242 D.O.B. 26.03.1928 First Profession: 07.09.1952 Died: 16.03.2000 Aged: 71 years Born in Dublin and baptized Patricia, Sr. Petria had been working in a bank before she came to MMM on 3 October 1949. She studied medicine in University College Dublin, taking first place in her final examinations. Medicine was
- [Wurserova, Sr. M. Caritas](https://mmmworldwide.org/obituaries/wurserova-sr-m-caritas/) - Nationality: Czech Congregational Register No: 192 D.O.B. 16.08.1922 First Profession: 08.09.1950 Died: 06.02.1992 Aged: 69 years Caritas, baptised Marie, came from Czechoslovakia and first heard of MMM when she arrived in Rome as a refugee. Because she was already in the field of nursing, she felt attracted to the healing mission of the congregation.

## MMM Blogs

- [Roses in Syria - Part Two](https://mmmworldwide.org/blogs/roses-in-syria-part-two/) - The Ceremony of the Roses by Mary Coffey AMMM Ireland 22.07.2023 We have just had our annual literary festival in Kells and I was asked to put together an item about our refugee work of the last 5 years. One of the contributors was Andrea Martin, a relative of
- [Stories of Care - 4](https://mmmworldwide.org/blogs/stories-of-care-4/) - by Sr. Leonie McSweeney (1932 - 2019) Ireland/Nigeria 23.08.2023 “He is a very sick man, Sister, and he comes from far away. I think he is hopeless, but I brought him in hoping you might be able to help him. If he is
- [Stories of Care - 3   John](https://mmmworldwide.org/blogs/stories-of-care-3-john/) - by Sr. Marian Scena MMM USA/ Tanzania 18.07.2023 We first met ‘John’ on 19 January 2015 after his wife contacted us and asked us to visit her sick husband. He had been diagnosed
- [When War came to the Hospital - Part Two](https://mmmworldwide.org/blogs/when-war-came-to-the-hospital-part-two/) - by an MMM Sister Unknown Location 21.08.2023 The shelling started unusually early one morning. We knew that it was enemy shelling, and they seemed to be prepared to keep at it non-stop. For days now it had been coming nearer, but
- [When War Came to the Hospital - Part One](https://mmmworldwide.org/blogs/when-war-came-to-the-hospital-part-one/) - by an MMM Sister Unknown Location 19.08.2023 One Sunday morning when we returned from Mass, we noticed a bus outside
- [Pilgrimage to Iona](https://mmmworldwide.org/blogs/pilgrimage-to-iona/) - by Sr. Rita Kelly MMM Ireland 28.07.2023 Iona is one of the hundred small islands on the west coast of Scotland. In 563 AD. St Colmcille or Columba from Derry founded a monastery
- [An Uneven Treacherous Playing Field: Inequality on a Global Scale.](https://mmmworldwide.org/blogs/an-uneven-treacherous-playing-field-inequality-on-a-global-scale/) - by Nadia Ramoutar MMM Communications Coordinator Ireland 01.08.2023 In Ireland a friend of mine who is usually healthy, recently had a heart issue that could have caused him a heart attack or a stroke. He was quickly referred to a cardiac specialist and spent
- [Stained Glass and Story Telling](https://mmmworldwide.org/blogs/stained-glass-and-story-telling/) - by Sr. Sheila Campbell MMM Ireland 13.08.2023 I am fascinated by stained glass. It is such a simple mixture of colour and light. Without the colour, we would hardly see the glass, but without the light, the patterns, imagery
- [What do you mean?](https://mmmworldwide.org/blogs/what-do-you-mean/) - by Sr. Mairead Carroll MMM (1931-2022) Ireland 11.08.2023 Coming from the hospital here in Uganda, at the end of a busy day, I met Solo. He works with us occasionally. We stopped and greeted
- [Learning from the Old Folks](https://mmmworldwide.org/blogs/learning-from-the-old-folks/) - by Sr. Sheila Campbell MMM Ireland 09.08.2022 MMM history can teach me many lessons. When I was scrolling through some material the other day, I found an excerpt from a draft version of our MMM Constitutions from 1978. It made a lot of sense for me that
- [Roses in Syria - Part One](https://mmmworldwide.org/blogs/roses-in-syria-part-one/) - by Mary Coffey AMMM Ireland 20.07.2023 Four years ago, our community welcomed a Syrian family to our little town of Kells, through a Community Sponsorship model. Fedaa Alsultan and her husband Ahmed moved to Lebanon in 2011, soon after
- [First Medical Year 1959](https://mmmworldwide.org/blogs/first-medical-year-1959/) - by Sr. Margaret Anne Meyer MMM U.S.A. 10.07.2023 It was the driest summer on record. Water was sold in Donegal for two shillings and six pence a bucket. Coming from the United States, I had never experienced such a pleasant
- [Healing in the Desert](https://mmmworldwide.org/blogs/healing-in-the-desert/) - by Sr. Bridie Canavan MMM Ireland 26.07.2023 The night was alive with a thousand eyes. This came to my mind as I looked out at the star-studded sky from the veranda of
- [Dancing Goats:Learning to enjoy coffee](https://mmmworldwide.org/blogs/dancing-goatslearning-to-enjoy-coffee/) - by Sr. Nuala Horgan MMM Ireland 04.07.2023 The word “coffee” comes from a place called Kaffa, which is just two hours’ drive down the road from a hospital once run by MMM in Wolisso, Ethiopia. There is a legend around there which says
- [Let Go With Grace](https://mmmworldwide.org/blogs/et-go-with-grace/) - by Nadia Ramoutar MMM Communications Coordinator Ireland 14.07.2023 Sometimes no matter how faithful we are, life does not go our way. Suffering can bring us to our knees because the unexpected takes our breath away. We find ourselves at a crossroads
- [No Dolls for the Fair](https://mmmworldwide.org/blogs/no-dolls-for-the-fair/) - by Anna Dillon USA 30.07.2023 Anna Dillon, a retired teacher, was a close friend and supporter of MMM in Boston, USA. Sr Jude Walsh described her as follows: "Each year she got better and better ideas as to how best to
- [Seeing is believing: Experiencing the MMM Missions First-hand](https://mmmworldwide.org/blogs/seeing-is-believing-experiencing-the-mmm-missions-first-hand/) - by Nadia Ramoutar MMM Communications Coordinator Ireland 04.06.2023 Since I began working for the MMM’s over two years ago, I have read reports of the field work the MMM’s were conducting in some of the most vulnerable communities in the world. At first, I read the
- [The Gift of a New Baby](https://mmmworldwide.org/blogs/the-gift-of-a-new-baby/) - by Sr. Ifeoma R. Ifedi MMM Nigeria 08.07.2023 Every new child comes with the newness of the divine. Baby A, one of our recent newborns, is a gift to us although she did come with many challenges. She awoke in each one
- [Stories of Care -1](https://mmmworldwide.org/blogs/stories-of-care-1/) - by Sr. Marian Scena MMM U.S.A./Tanzania 06.06.2023 Recently, a 28 year old high school teacher came to be admitted to our Faraja Hospice and Palliative care Programme in Singida, Tanzania. His name is “James”. Four years ago, James got a rash below his left
- [A Child's Smile](https://mmmworldwide.org/blogs/a-childs-smile/) - by Sr. Monica Prendergast MMM Ireland/Uganda 22.06.2023 This morning a child smiled, and my heart gave a throb of joy. Little Joseph had been sitting around for two weeks wearing the sad expression of a child deprived of sufficient protein due to poverty at home –
- [Stories of Care - 2:  Rose and Anna](https://mmmworldwide.org/blogs/stories-of-care-2-rose-and-anna/) - by Sr. Marian Scena MMM Tanzania/USA 24.06.2023 Tonight I received a phone call at 11:55pm from Anna, who told me that Rose had died at 11:25pm. Who is Anna? And who is Rose? Maybe I had better start by telling you about Rose. Rose is a 40-year-old mother
- [Going Far: The Many Ways MMMs Collaborate to Create a Healing Community.](https://mmmworldwide.org/blogs/going-far-the-many-ways-mmms-collaborate-to-create-a-healing-community/) - by Nadia Ramoutar MMM Communictions Coordinator 28.06.2023 There is a wise African Proverb that says “If you want to go fast go alone but if you want to go far go together.” We often quote this proverb in our Communication Department because collaboration is such an important part
- [The Hole in the Wood: What is perfection?](https://mmmworldwide.org/blogs/the-hole-in-the-wood-what-is-perfection/) - by Sr. Sheila Campbell MMM Ireland 16.07.2023 Earlier this year I was in Tanzania and going to an early morning Mass in St. Mathias Church in Arusha. It is a newly built church and there is a lot to admire. But this particular
- [An Ordinary Day in the Mountains](https://mmmworldwide.org/blogs/an-ordinary-day-in-the-mountains/) - by Sr. Bernadette Heneghan MMM Ireland 02.07.2023 Between 2001 and 2021 I lived in Honduras and for some time, I lived with two other MMMs in Marcala, a mountainous region, home to the Lenca Indigenous people. I was involved in health education and preventive health in the
- [Safe in the Habour: is this our life?](https://mmmworldwide.org/blogs/safe-in-the-habour-is-this-our-life/) - by Sr. Sheila Campbell MMM Ireland 26.06.2023 “A ship is safe in harbour, but that's not what ships are for.” ― John A. Shedd This quote was used at Mass by a visiting priest recently and it struck a chord with
- [The Twelfth: Ulster Heritage](https://mmmworldwide.org/blogs/the-twelfth-ulster-heritage/) - by Sr. Sheila Campbell MMM Ireland 12.07.2023 Every now and again I get drawn back into my ancestral roots, and today is one of these days. We are celebrating the Twelfth of July, the “Glorious Twelfth” as some
- [Listening and Saint Benedict](https://mmmworldwide.org/blogs/listening-and-saint-benedict/) - by Sr. Maura Ramsbottom (1931 - 2007) Ireland 14.06.2023 To listen with ‘the ear of the heart’ is the challenge that Benedict puts to us in his Rule. It is the art of deep listening. Imagine a large group in a room. Among them is the mother
- [Astelle's Dilemma: Marriage or Education?](https://mmmworldwide.org/blogs/astelles-dilemma-marriage-or-education/) - by Sr. Radegunda Shayo MMM Tanzania 06.07.2023 Editor’s Note: Sr. Radegunda told this story while she was working as a missionary in the Republic of Benin. Astelle had never been to school. Her younger brothers were sent to school, but Astelle was expected to
- [Journeying in Africa: crossing the river by boat](https://mmmworldwide.org/blogs/journeying-in-africa-crossing-the-river-by-boat/) - by Sr. Cecily Bourdillion (1941-2023) Zimbabwe/Ireland 10.06.2023 Editor's Note: In honour of Sr. Cecily's recent passing to eternal life on June 8th, we honour her by republishing one of her early blogs from 2021. When I hear
- [Oh, Give me a Pity! - a poem looking at the light side of life](https://mmmworldwide.org/blogs/oh-give-me-a-pity/) - by Sr. Sheila Campbell MMM Ireland 30.06.2023 Recently someone gave me a copy of a poem which our late Sr. Immaculata Nichols (2017 – 2002) loved and used as a “party piece”. I thought I would share it here as it is
- [For the Beauty of the Earth](https://mmmworldwide.org/blogs/for-the-beauty-of-the-earth/) - by Sr. Prisca Ovat, MMM Kenya/Nigeria 12.06.2023 “The urgent challenge to protect our common home includes a concern to bring the whole human family together to seek sustainable and integral development. Humanity still has the ability to work together in building our common home” Pope
- [Are There Still Slaves? (Sadly, yes)](https://mmmworldwide.org/blogs/are-there-still-slaves-sadly-yes/) - by Nadia Ramoutar, MMM Communications Coordinator 22.07.2026 Recently, I was talking with someone who is a history scholar and the topic of slavery came up. He felt confident that slavery no longer really occurred in the world. But, based on my work with
- [The Window of Tolerance](https://mmmworldwide.org/blogs/the-window-of-tolerance/) - by Nadia Ramoutar MMM Communications Coordinator Ireland 08.08.2026 I am at the hospital with my elderly mother in A & E, some parts of the world call it the Emergency room. It is hectic, loud
- [What If?  (Part One)](https://mmmworldwide.org/blogs/what-if-part-one/) - By Ingrid Dalton USA 29.07.2026 What if you have planned for a long time a journey
- [Handing over of Dareda Hospital](https://mmmworldwide.org/blogs/handing-over-of-dareda-hospital/) - by Sr. Margaret Anne Meyer, MMM USA 05.08. 2026 Around this time Dareda Hospital was handed back to the Bishop of Mbulu. Sister Sheila
- [Celebration of our 50th Jubilee Foundation](https://mmmworldwide.org/blogs/celebration-of-our-50th-jubilee-foundation/) - by Sr. Margaret Anne Meyer, MMM USA 25.07.2026 To mark the celebration of our 50th Jubilee in 1987, I tried with the help of a local
- [Victory over Japan Day](https://mmmworldwide.org/blogs/victory-over-japan-day/) - By Vera Grant AMMM Ireland 01.08.2026 “Forgive us our trespasses as we forgive those who trespass against us.” We say
- [Who is Right?](https://mmmworldwide.org/blogs/who-is-right/) - by Sr. Sheila Campbell, MMM Ireland 18.07.2026 Recently I listened to a sermon where the priest was saying basically, “we are right and they are wrong”. He was
- [First Communion and First Confession](https://mmmworldwide.org/blogs/first-communion-and-first-confession/) - by Vera Grant AMMM Ireland 15.07.2026 Having been unable to get to my usual Saturday’s Vigil Mass I decided to go on the Sunday
- [Facing Reality](https://mmmworldwide.org/blogs/facing-reality/) - by Sr. Harriet Mutonyi, MMM Uganda 11.07.2026 My internship at Serenity Centre, here in Entebbe, Uganda, has been one of the most eye-opening experiences of
- [The Importance of Holidays](https://mmmworldwide.org/blogs/the-importance-of-holidays/) - by Nadia Ramoutar MMM Communications Coordinator Ireland 27.06.2026 If you had an 8th day in the week just for you, what would you do? This may seem like an odd question. But it can be useful in determining what kind of
- [Medical Learnings and New Sisters](https://mmmworldwide.org/blogs/medical-learnings-and-new-sisters/) - by Sr. Margaret Anne Meyer, MMM USA o4.07.2026 We were happy to have another lay Doctor, Paddy O’Neil, and his wife and two children come to replace Dr. Judith Galvin
- [Summer](https://mmmworldwide.org/blogs/summer/) - by Paul Campbell, S.J. USA 23.06.2026 When my sister, Sheila, asks me to write a blog post, I’m always aware that the MMMs are
- [Sr. Magdalen O'Rourke, MMM](https://mmmworldwide.org/blogs/sr-magdalen-orourke-mmm/) - by Sr. Rita Kelly, MMM Ireland 17.06.2026 Recently, Sr. Sheila Campbell came up to me. She knows I had written a book about Mother Mary Martin, our Founder, told through the eyes of a child. I co-wrote this
- [The Visitors](https://mmmworldwide.org/blogs/the-visitors/) - by Sr, Sheila Devane, MMM Ireland 01.07.2026 A visitor called recently. We hadn’t met for a long time. Our conversation went in many directions; at times we just sat in silence looking out at the
- [Endings](https://mmmworldwide.org/blogs/endings/) - by Sr. Sheila Devane, MMM Ireland 08.07.2026 Whenever I think of endings, I am inclined to think of transitions like finishing a course, retirement from a job, moving from a mission or indeed the death of a loved one.
- [The Three Graces](https://mmmworldwide.org/blogs/the-three-graces/) - by Jo Wardhaugh Doyle Ireland 06.06.2026 What saved me from my storm and fire Michael Angelo, Glenna Good acre,
- [Development of HIV/AIDS care in Makiungu](https://mmmworldwide.org/blogs/development-of-hiv-aids-care-in-makiungu/) - by Sr. Margaret Anne Meyer, MMM USA 02.06.2026 Another visitor to Ngarantoni was Sr. Ursula Sharpe, MMM. We were invited to hear her explanation of how HIV/AIDS developed in
- [The Mosquito](https://mmmworldwide.org/blogs/the-mosquito/) - by Sr. Sheila Devane, MMM Ireland 20.06.2026 I want to describe one of the efforts of the School of Nursing in Dareda Hospital, Tanzania, to address by far the
- [Today I got a Parcel](https://mmmworldwide.org/blogs/today-i-got-a-parcel/) - by Sr. Sheila Campbell, MMM Ireland 20.05.2026 The extracts below I found in early MMM Magazines. Yes, some of the language is a little dated, but the concept of dealing with shortages and
- [Looking for Ego](https://mmmworldwide.org/blogs/looking-for-ego/) - by Sr. Sheila Devane, MMM Ireland 09.06.2026 Sometime after moving from Boyle to Dundalk in 1954 a few neighbours in our estate – Muirhevna -
- [The Five Names](https://mmmworldwide.org/blogs/the-five-names/) - by Sr. Sheila Devane, MMM Ireland 16.05.2026 There is a great surge of interest in genealogy in Ireland at the
- [Poetry - What Saved Me](https://mmmworldwide.org/blogs/poetry-what-saved-me/) - by Jo Wardhaugh Doyle Ireland 30.05.2026 What saved me from my storm and fire was poetry and art. Both modalities which bypass reason and control. The two great female poets that I love are Mary Oliver and Emily
- [Catching a Mosquito](https://mmmworldwide.org/blogs/catching-a-mosquito/) - by Sr. Sheila Campbell, MMM Ireland 13.06.2026 In 1940, Sr. M. Elizabeth wrote in her letter home – “At 5am the alarm goes off and, thinking you are in Ireland,
- [Food Shortages](https://mmmworldwide.org/blogs/food-shortages/) - by Sr. Sheila Campbell, MMM Ireland 27.05.2026 This year’s tensions in the Middle East have us all worried. As well as the fuel crisis, there
- [New Beginnings](https://mmmworldwide.org/blogs/new-beginnings/) - by Sr. Margaret Anne Meyer MMM USA 13.05.2026 A sign of new life in Tanzania was the opening of Ngaramtoni House just outside of Arusha town There was ample space
- [A War We Can Win](https://mmmworldwide.org/blogs/a-war-we-can-win/) - by Nadia Ramoutar MMM Communications Coordinator Ireland 23.05.2026 Looking at what is in the news and what is happening with world politics, it can have the effect of becoming almost “normal”.
- [All About Language](https://mmmworldwide.org/blogs/all-about-language/) - by Jim Lynch USA 09.05.2026 Now, what’s to be done about language: Its limitations
- [Faraha's Small Dream](https://mmmworldwide.org/blogs/farahas-small-dream/) - by Sr. Berna Nakimuli, MMM Tanzania 29.04.2026 Sometimes, the people who have the least carry the biggest dreams. On our Anti-Human Trafficking program, we are supporting 15 girls for vocation studies.
- [The Importance of Nurturing Relationships ](https://mmmworldwide.org/blogs/the-importance-of-nurturing-rrelationships/) - by Sr. Liana de Jesus, MMM Brazil/USA 06.05.2026 Nurturing relationships happen easily when we live close to our families and friends. We try our best to have a moment together,
- [Looking for the Living Among the Dead](https://mmmworldwide.org/blogs/looking-for-the-living-among-the-dead/) - By Sr. Rita Kelly, MMM Ireland 05.04.2026 “Why do you look for the living among the dead? (Lk 24:5) Do you ever have
- [A Busy Man's Prayer](https://mmmworldwide.org/blogs/a-busy-mans-prayer/) - by Sr. Sheila Campbell, MMM Ireland 22.04.2026 Cardinal Cushing (1985 – 1970) was a contemporary and great friend of Mother
- [Tanzania Comes to Ireland](https://mmmworldwide.org/blogs/tanzania-comes-to-ireland/) - by Sr. Noeleen Mooney, MMM Ireland 25.03.2026 My first missionary experience was to Kabanga, in Western Tanzania. Having arrived in the country, it took
- [The Challenge of Challenging Times](https://mmmworldwide.org/blogs/the-challenge-of-challenging-times/) - by Nadia Ramoutar MMM Communications Coordinator Ireland 18.04.2026 It’s easy to be faithful when life is going well, but what happens when things are challenging and we don’t like what we see going on
- [From Giving up to Adding up](https://mmmworldwide.org/blogs/from-giving-up-to-adding-up/) - by Mary Essiet Nigeria 21.03.2016 The forty days of Lent for this year had long
- [Return to Makiungu Hospital after a Sabbatical](https://mmmworldwide.org/blogs/return-to-makiungu-hospital-after-a-sabbatical/) - by Sr. Margaret Anne Meyer, MMM USA 11.04.2026 In January 1983, I went on leave for 2 years. It was time to celebrate my 25th Jubilee of Profession which
- [The African Queen](https://mmmworldwide.org/blogs/the-african-queen/) - by Jo Wardhaugh Doyle Ireland 24.04.2026 In 1934 CS Forester authored a book called The African Queen. The book was eventually adapted into a film.
- [Ecumenical Care of the Sick](https://mmmworldwide.org/blogs/ecumenical-care-of-the-sick/) - by Sr. Sheila Campbell. MMM Ireland 02.05.2026 Most people, when they think of missionaries, think of Bible-thumping evangelicals who go around preaching the word of God. The reality, for
- [The Eagle's Journey](https://mmmworldwide.org/blogs/the-eagles-journey/) - by Sr. Liana de Jesus, MMM USA /Brazil 08.04.2026 One day a man found an egg on the road and
- [Growing up - Stage by Stage](https://mmmworldwide.org/blogs/growing-up-stage-by-stage/) - by Vera Grant AMMM Ireland 28.03.2026 “All the worlds a stage; we are merely players.” These
- [International Women’s Day 2026: “Give to Gain”](https://mmmworldwide.org/blogs/international-womens-day-2026-give-to-gain/) - by Nadia Ramoutar, MMM Communications Coordinator Ireland 07.03.2026 On Sunday, 8th March we celebrate International Women’s Day (IWD) which began in 1911. IWD was never meant to be a superficial celebration. Its roots
- [Growing Young](https://mmmworldwide.org/blogs/growing-young/) - by Sr. Suzanne Ryder RSM Ireland 15.04.2026 The little girl’s hand rested on the earth in the window box, even though her dad was
- [What We Pray For](https://mmmworldwide.org/blogs/what-we-pray-for/) - by Sr. Ruth Percival, MMM England/Ireland 11.03.2026 On Sunday, 2nd March, as usual, Fr Cleophas Lungu from Zambia, came from the hospital
- [A Childhood Memory](https://mmmworldwide.org/blogs/a-childhood-memory/) - Sr. Jo Anne Kelly, MMM Ireland 18.03.2026 As a child we lived in a rural area in Northern Ireland and attended the local primary school. We
- [Mary Oliver, the Poet](https://mmmworldwide.org/blogs/mary-oliver-the-poet/) - by Paul Campbell SJ USA 14.03.2026 I understand that some people are “allergic” to poetry, but one of my favorites is so short and wondrous that I believe
- [Lessons from the Easter Story](https://mmmworldwide.org/blogs/lessons-from-the-easter-story/) - by Nadia Ramoutar MMM Communications Coordinator Ireland 04.04.2026 Recently, I was at the funeral of my friend’s mother who had lived a joyful life until she was 96 years old. The mother of three daughters, Marjorie taught her daughters and grandchildren an
- [A Woman Wrapped in Silence](https://mmmworldwide.org/blogs/a-wonan-wrapped-in-silence/) - by Jo Wardhaugh Doyle Ireland 01.04.2026 A woman wrapped in silence Mary watched
- [Caught in the River](https://mmmworldwide.org/blogs/caught-in-the-river/) - by Sr. Margaret Anne Meyer, MMM USA 04.03.2026 Water is a very precious commodity in Africa. I loved listening to it while it is beating down on the roof at night, knowing how
- [The Lady in the Mirror](https://mmmworldwide.org/blogs/the-lady-in-the-mirror/) - By Sr. Teresa Hogan, MMM Ireland 28.02.2026 I take mirrors for granted - and even peep in every now and again! I cannot remember when I first looked in a mirror, nor if
- [Life in Makiungu Hospital, Tanzania](https://mmmworldwide.org/blogs/life-in-makiungu-hospital-tanzania/) - by Sr. Margaret Anne Meyer, MMM USA 14. 02. 2025 At Thanksgiving time, two American Lutheran Missionaries invited us three American MMMs to join their celebrations. Singida was a good place
- [Return to Makiungu Hospital 1981-1989](https://mmmworldwide.org/blogs/return-to-makiungu-hospital-1981-1989/) - by Sr. Margaret Anne Meyer, MMM USA 04.02.2026 Soon it was time for Sr. Dr. Maureen Mc Dermott to go on home leave and have a sabbatical. Maureen spent some time at the Maryknoll Sisters cloister and
- [Let your Light Shine](https://mmmworldwide.org/blogs/let-your-light-shine/) - by Sr. Sheila Campbell, MMM Ireland 25.02.2026 Recently I heard a Redemptorist priest in Clonard Monastery, Belfast, talk about that line in the Gospel where Jesus tells us to “let our light shine” (Mt.
- [A Vocation Story](https://mmmworldwide.org/blogs/a-vocation-story/) - by Sr. Jo Anne Kelly, MMM Ireland 18.02.2026 For some years I was Vocation Directress for our congregation. There were many religious Congregations
- [Keeping a True Lent](https://mmmworldwide.org/blogs/keeping-a-true-lent/) - by Fr. Paul Campbell, S.J. USA 21.02.2026 For decades, I believed that I had to “give something up”
- [A Fish is Searching for the Ocean](https://mmmworldwide.org/blogs/a-fish-is-searching-for-the-ocean/) - Submitted by Fr. Paul Campbell, S.J. USA 11.02. 2026 Margaret Silf, author of Inner Compass, shares this reflection: “In a story by Anthony de Mello, a fish is searching for the ocean. Everyone
- [First Communion Day](https://mmmworldwide.org/blogs/first-communion-day/) - by Sr. Jo Anne Kelly, MMM Ireland 07. 02. 2026 During the third week in January, we pray for Christian Unity. We
- [The Gifts](https://mmmworldwide.org/blogs/the-gifts/) - by Jo Wardhaugh Doyle Ireland 24.01.2026 Do we notice the imperceptible change of the dark nights of January? I don’t, not
- [Sacred Places](https://mmmworldwide.org/blogs/sacred-places/) - by Vera Grant AMMM Ireland 31.01.2026 Reading one of Richard Rohr’s meditations
- [Humility](https://mmmworldwide.org/blogs/humility/) - by Sr. Sheila Campbell, MMM Ireland 17.01.2026 Recently my brother sent me a short announcement about a forthcoming lecture in the local University about Humility. Oddly enough the lecture was to be given in the Medical
- [Hospitality Given, Hospitality Received](https://mmmworldwide.org/blogs/hospitality-given-hospitality-received/) - by Sr. Sheila Campbell, MMM Ireland 28.01.2026 Recently, I heard a story from one of our Sisters, Chris, that warmed my
- [It Won't Last](https://mmmworldwide.org/blogs/it-wont-last/) - by Suzanne Ryder RSM Ireland 24.01.2026 “It won’t last,” says the seasoned voice; but I want it to linger. Through my upstairs window this morning, I am
- [A Real Christmas Crib](https://mmmworldwide.org/blogs/a-real-christmas-crib/) - by Sr. Anna Finnegan, MMM Ireland 27.12.2025 After reading Jo W. Doyle’s Blog on 6/12/25. I was reminded of
- [My New Best Friend](https://mmmworldwide.org/blogs/my-new-best-friend/) - by Sr. Sheila Devane, MMM Ireland 21.01.2026 Recently I wandered down to Our Lady of Lourdes Church as part of my daily outing – indeed one of my
- [The Challenge of Consecrated Life Today](https://mmmworldwide.org/blogs/the-challenge-of-consecrated-life-today/) - by Sr. Liana de Jesus MMM Brazil/USA 14.01.2026 Consecrated Religious Life lives in a time of great transformations with profound changes. , This leads us to think that challenges multiply, especially among the
- [The Winding Road](https://mmmworldwide.org/blogs/the-winding-road/) - by Sr. Sheila Campbell MMM Ireland 31.12.2025 Recently I was on retreat in a lovely country estate which had its own woods and
- [Children with Burns and Christmas](https://mmmworldwide.org/blogs/children-with-burns-and-christmas/) - by Sr. Margaret Anne Meyer, MMM USA 03.01.2026 Since Kilimanjaro Airport was near to the foothills of Mount Kilimanjaro it was decided that I would do a private retreat with the Contemplative
- [Starry, Starry Night](https://mmmworldwide.org/blogs/starry-starry-night/) - by Jo Wardhaugh Doyle Ireland 24.12.2025 The starry night of the Incarnation, the unseen
- [The True Gift of Christmas](https://mmmworldwide.org/blogs/the-true-gift-of-christmas/) - by Nadia Ramoutar MMM Communications Coordinator Ireland 13.12.2025 This year I got an opportunity to write a Children’s Christmas play. It came about in the unusual way that someone else who was supposed to do it, didn’t do it and a
- [The Sermon](https://mmmworldwide.org/blogs/the-sermon/) - by Sr. Sheila Devane,MMM Ireland 07.01.2026 I have heard many sermons- maybe too many? I only remember a few. Those I do
- [A Light in the Darkness](https://mmmworldwide.org/blogs/a-light-in-the-darkness-2/) - by Paul Campbell, S.J. USA 20.12.2025 “The people who walked in darkness have seen a great light; those who dwelt in the land of deep darkness, on them has
- [My Life, Your Life](https://mmmworldwide.org/blogs/my-life-your-life/) - by Sr. Janefrances Ihekuna, MMM Nigeria 17.12.2025 Life is an on-going journey which its destination is achieved after death. Life is meaningless without love
- [How Things Grow](https://mmmworldwide.org/blogs/how-things-grow/) - by Nadia Ramoutar MMM Communications Coordinator Ireland 20.11.2025 It is winter here in Ireland now. But the climate crisis has made for confusingly warm temperatures until this week. The result is that the bulbs I planted in the
- [The Vaccination Queue](https://mmmworldwide.org/blogs/the-vaccination-queue/) - by Sr. Sheila Devane, MMM Ireland 19.11.2025 This was Hallow E’en. Amidst the ghoulish and ghostly decorations along our main corridor in the Motherhouse
- [Mother Visits Tanzania](https://mmmworldwide.org/blogs/mother-visits-tanzania/) - By Sr. Margaret Anne Meyer, MMM USA 10.12.2025 In October 1979, my mother Agatha, retired from school teaching, came to Tanzania to visit with me. We had a very enjoyable time together.
- [Christmas in July](https://mmmworldwide.org/blogs/christmas-in-july/) - By Jo Wardhaugh Doyle Ireland 06.12.2025 I once celebrated Christmas on the 7th of July 1990. The sun was blazing, and it was an unexpected moment of surprised joy.
- [The Woodland Path](https://mmmworldwide.org/blogs/the-woodland-path/) - By Vera Grant AMMM Ireland 03.12.2025 On a course recently called, ‘The Gardened Soul’ I
- [The November Surprise](https://mmmworldwide.org/blogs/the-november-surprise/) - By Sr. Noeleen Mooney, MMM Ireland 22.11.2025 The coming of November brings back a very special memory for me.
- [Wars and Rumours of War](https://mmmworldwide.org/blogs/wars-and-rumours-of-war/) - by Sr. Christine Gill, MMM Ireland 10.01.2026 Soon after my First Profession of Vows, I was on my way to Nigeria. I was in my late twenties
- [Missionaries of Africa](https://mmmworldwide.org/blogs/missionaries-of-africa/) - by Sr. Genevieve van Waesberghe, MMM Ireland 26.11.2025 The Missionaries of Africa (M. Afr.) -or ‘White Fathers’ as they are often called because of their long
- [Autumn Glory](https://mmmworldwide.org/blogs/autumn-glory/) - by Sr. Ruth Percival, MMM Ireland 29.11.2025 It was a beautiful
- [Close Bosom Friend of the Maturing Sun](https://mmmworldwide.org/blogs/close-bosom-friend-of-the-maturing-sun/) - By Vera Grant AMMM Ireland 12.11.2025 Thirteen years ago I sat in the same chair
- [The Legacy of Leadership: Farewell Sr Stan](https://mmmworldwide.org/blogs/the-legacy-of-leadership-farewell-sr-stan/) - by Nadia Ramoutar MMM Communications Coordinator ireland 05.11.2025 This Monday in Ireland, 3rd November, we woke up to the news that Sr Stanislaus Kennedy, better known as Sr Stan, passed away this morning,
- [Making the Dead Welcome](https://mmmworldwide.org/blogs/making-the-dead-welcome/) - by Sr. Rita Kelly, MMM Ireland 01.11.2025 I read an article on the internet with the above heading
- [The Luminous Mysteries](https://mmmworldwide.org/blogs/the-luminous-mysteries/) - by Sr. Sheila Devane, MMM Ireland 08.11.2025 Recently I was a patient
- [A New Doctor for Dareda Hospital](https://mmmworldwide.org/blogs/a-new-doctor-for-dareda-hospital/) - by Sr. Margaret Anne Meyer, MMM USA 15.11.2025 Our hopes and expectations were high because we realized that the number of patients were increasing every day and we
- [Well, You Never Know!](https://mmmworldwide.org/blogs/well-you-never-know/) - by Sr. Rita Higgins, MMM Ireland 22.10.2025 Recently I was sorting out some photos for the family of the late Sr. Pauline Dean, MMM,
- [A Tale of Two Journeys](https://mmmworldwide.org/blogs/a-tale-of-two-journeys/) - by Sr. Jo Anne Kelly, MMM Ireland
- [Such a Good Woman](https://mmmworldwide.org/blogs/such-a-good-woman/) - by Nadia Ramoutar MMM Communications Coordinator Ireland 15.10.2025 As a little girl growing up in Dublin long before social media and screens on phones, I was transported to the wilds of Africa watching Jane Goodall on television. I would
- [Medical Emergencies in Tanzania](https://mmmworldwide.org/blogs/medical-emergencies-in-tanzania/) - by Sr. Margaret Anne Meyer, MMM USA 29.10.2025 Yes, the Christmas celebration at Dareda was very breathtaking to behold
- [The Farmer's Wife](https://mmmworldwide.org/blogs/the-farmers-wife/) - by Jo Wardhaugh Doyle Ireland 27/09/2025 The farmer's wife is secondary to
- [Conflict and Relationships](https://mmmworldwide.org/blogs/5154/) - Conflict and relationships by Liana de Jesus, MMM Brazil 04.10.2025 Conflict is part of life. When two
- [Christine and the Turkey](https://mmmworldwide.org/blogs/christine-and-the-turkey/) - by Sr. Sheila Campbell MMM Ireland 25.10.2025 Christine was 13 years old and living on a small farm in the West of Ireland. She went to the local
- [Human Beings and AI](https://mmmworldwide.org/blogs/human-beings-and-ai/) - by Sr. Rita Kelly MMM Ireland 24.09.2025 How often do we hear that AI is taking over the activities of Human Beings? But is that
- [A Fishy Anatomy Episode](https://mmmworldwide.org/blogs/a-fishy-anatomy-episode/) - by a MMM Pre-Med Student 1948 Ireland 18.10.2025 Tick! Tick! Tick! Inexorably the clock ticked on, every moment bringing me nearer to nine o’clock, and to
- [Lifting up Our Eyes to the Mountains](https://mmmworldwide.org/blogs/lifting-up-our-eyes-to-the-mountains/) - by Sr. Noeleen Mooney MMM Ireland 20.09.2025 When I returned to Ireland after many years in East Africa, I joined a local hill-walking group.
- [The Cost of Looking Away](https://mmmworldwide.org/blogs/the-cost-of-looking-away/) - by Nadia Ramoutar MMM Communications Coordinator Ireland 13.09.2025 What would you do if you were on a walk and you saw a small child drowning in a shallow pond? This hypothetical question was asked in a powerful book I recently read called “The Life you can
- [Move to Dareda Hospital](https://mmmworldwide.org/blogs/move-to-dareda-hospital/) - by Sr. Margaret Anne Meyer MMM USA 13.10.2025 In August 1978, I was asked to leave Makiungu and go to Dareda Hospital, about sixty miles away. The surgeon there
- [Sit under a Tree and let God find you](https://mmmworldwide.org/blogs/sit-under-a-tree-and-let-god-find-you/) - by Eilín Teeling, AMMM Ireland 07.05.2022 My colleague was very clear when she said she could not pray or practise meditation or contemplation. She was not sure about mindfulness either. Sit still under a tree for twenty minutes, with no obvious task? No, this was not for
- [Socks and Blessings](https://mmmworldwide.org/blogs/socks-and-blessings/) - by Eilín Teeling AMMM Ireland 28.11.2022 An ordinary laundry task lííed me to ponder on my blessings. I had taken a bundle of dry laundry out of my tumble dryer and started to sort out the items for folding and ironing, leaving the task of matching
- [Church Art - "Table of the Seven Deadly Sins"](https://mmmworldwide.org/blogs/church-art-table-of-the-seven-deadly-sins/) - by Eilín Teeling AMMM Ireland 14.07.2024 I have had a wish to visit Madrid, capital of Spain, for some years now
- [Christmas Candle](https://mmmworldwide.org/blogs/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 flesh, coming home to each
- [Walking](https://mmmworldwide.org/blogs/walking/) - by Eilín Teeling AMMM Ireland 18.01.2024 My baby granddaughter has just learned to walk, and I’m fascinated. Most of us learn this vital
- [Soil for the Seed](https://mmmworldwide.org/blogs/soil-for-the-seed/) - by Eilín Teeling, AMMM Ireland 23.08.2025 Last March, I stood in awe at the sight of the large field,
- [Asking for Forgiveness](https://mmmworldwide.org/blogs/asking-for-forgiveness/) - by Sr. Sheila Campbell MMM Ireland 01.10.2025 I have a phrase that I sometimes use that delights one of my co-workers.
- [Giving Comfort](https://mmmworldwide.org/blogs/giving-comfort/) - by Sr. Sheila Campbell MMM Ireland 20.08.2025 The other evening I met one of our Sisters who is suffering from dementia.
- [The Day the Plane Crashed](https://mmmworldwide.org/blogs/the-day-the-plane-crashed/) - MMM Publications Tanzania 28.07.2024 In 1985, Sister Joan Grumbach, and Sister Ruth Percival, joined
- ["This One Wild and Precious Life"](https://mmmworldwide.org/blogs/this-one-wild-and-precious-life/) - By Nadia Ramoutar MMM Communications Coordinator Ireland 09.08.2025 As a nature lover, Summer is a joy. I love all seasons for different reasons, but not equally . I lived in the tropics for some years and Summer was stressful because of oppressive
- [A Time to Talk and a Time to be Quiet](https://mmmworldwide.org/blogs/a-time-to-talk-and-a-time-to-be-quiet/) - by Vera Grant AMMM Ireland 30.07.2025 All was not quiet as I approached the doors of the church.
- [The Power of Story](https://mmmworldwide.org/blogs/the-power-of-story/) - by Nadia Ramoutar MMM Communications Coordinator Ireland 23.07.2025 Recently a number of my friends participated in a fundraiser to make money for the Samaritans. In Ireland, this is a well-known charity that provides help to
- [Another Way of Remembering](https://mmmworldwide.org/blogs/another-way-of-remebering/) - by Sr. Sheila Devane MMM Ireland 16.07.2025 Summertime in Ireland with its long, long days brings us many opportunities: for holidays, special ceremonies, pilgrimages, outdoor activities, and riveting sports’ events
- [Celebrating the Despised](https://mmmworldwide.org/blogs/celebrating-the-despised/) - by Sr. Prisca Ovat MMM Nigeria 17.09.2025 For most Africans,
- [Sr. Renee tells her story](https://mmmworldwide.org/blogs/sr-renee-tells-her-story/) - by Sr. Renee Duignan MMM 1943 – 2023 Ireland 03.09.2025 I remember how my father used to take off his hat while working in the fields to say the
- [The Power of Intercession](https://mmmworldwide.org/blogs/the-power-of-intercession/) - by Sr. Keresifon Ekanem MMM Nigeria 30.08.2025 It was very early in the morning; I boarded
- [Blog Appreciation](https://mmmworldwide.org/blogs/blog-appreciation/) - By Paul Campbell SJ U.S.A. 15.08.2022 For ten glorious and very enjoyable years, I was the Publisher of Loyola Press of Chicago. (A side benefit of this position was that I amassed enough frequent flier miles to visit my MMM sister both in Sao Paulo and Salvador de Bahia,
- [Listen to the Bells](https://mmmworldwide.org/blogs/listen-to-the-bells/) - by Sr. Sheila Campbell MMM Ireland 06.09.2025 Drogheda, the town where I live,
- [The Everlasting Rose](https://mmmworldwide.org/blogs/the-everlasting-rose/) - by Sr. Sheila Devane MMM Ireland 06.08.2025 This is a busy time in MMM Templeogue, terribly busy. Preparing the house for sale included some repairs to make
- [Influencers - Can I be Swayed?](https://mmmworldwide.org/blogs/influencers-can-i-be-swayed/) - by Sr. Sheila Campbell MMM Ireland 19.07.2025 In our times we sometimes fail to take account of how we influence one another. We have
- [The American Wake](https://mmmworldwide.org/blogs/the-american-wake/) - by Sr. Sheila Devane MMM Ireland 27.08.2025 In Ireland we do funerals well. We have definite rituals, bury our dead a few days after death
- [Hair Styles and Head-Gears](https://mmmworldwide.org/blogs/hair-styles-and-head-gears/) - by Sr. Mairead O’Quigley MMM (1917 – 2003) Ireland/Tanzania 13.08.2025 First published by MMM in 1956 “Women and their hair styles!” But what about the men? The story goes that in the life of St. Hugh of Lincoln there was a young sacristan named
- [1957 - Drogheda, Cardinal Cushing, MMM and Football!](https://mmmworldwide.org/blogs/1957-drogheda-cardinal-cushing-mmm-and-football/) - by Catriona Dillon Ireland 05.07.2025 The year was 1957. Cardinal Cushing from Boston came to Drogheda to officially open Our Lady of Lourdes Hospital for MMM. It was the month of September, and
- [Polly and the Robber](https://mmmworldwide.org/blogs/polly-and-the-robber/) - by Sr. Jo Anne Kelly, MMM Ireland 12.07.2025 In our mission we had a big hospital and so we also had a big community. The main
- [Listen up!  The Power of Music](https://mmmworldwide.org/blogs/listen-up-the-power-of-music/) - by Nadia Ramoutar MMM Communications Coordinator Ireland 28. 06. 2025 Recently, I have had the pleasure of working with the MMM Sisters to record a new song praising the gifts given by
- [Embroidery on Paper](https://mmmworldwide.org/blogs/embroidery-on-paper/) - by Sr. Sheila Campbell MMM Ireland 02.08.2025 Embroidery on paper is a hobby that I picked up later in life. Strange,
- [A Surprising Encounter](https://mmmworldwide.org/blogs/a-surprising-encounter/) - by Sr. Rita Kelly, MMM Ireland 14.06.2025 It is a dark cloudy Sunday afternoon, and I am debating whether to go for a walk or not. I
- [The Journey of Uncertainties](https://mmmworldwide.org/blogs/the-journey-of-uncertainties/) - by Sr. Jane Frances Ihekuna MMM Nigeria 21.06.2025 On that fateful day, I embarked on a journey which I knew nothing about, no address, no companion, so confused
- [Doctor Scudder, the Eye Surgeon](https://mmmworldwide.org/blogs/doctor-scudder-the-eye-surgeon/) - by Sr. Margaret Anne Meyer MMM USA 10.09.2025 Another exciting time was when Dr. Marilyn Scudder came to do ophthalmic
- [The Banana Tree](https://mmmworldwide.org/blogs/the-banana-tree/) - by Sr. Harriet Mutonyi, MMM Uganda 11.06.2025 When I was young, I vividly remember my grandmother sitting by
- [Saying "Hi" to our Human Intelligence](https://mmmworldwide.org/blogs/aying-hi-to-our-human-intelligence/) - by Nadia Ramoutar MMM Communications Coordinator Ireland 07.06.2025 In what has become an iconic book now, theologian Matthew Fox in "Creativity: Where the Divine and the Human Meet" writes, “Creativity when all is said and done, may
- [When Plants Whisper](https://mmmworldwide.org/blogs/when-plants-whisper/) - by Sr. Prisca Ovat, MMM Nigeria 04.06.2025 Nature is beyond décor, it is alive. It whispers through mysterious sounds with objects apparently falling and nocturnal, unseen movements. I dared to
- [Learning from the Plastic Surgeon](https://mmmworldwide.org/blogs/learning-from-the-plastic-surgeon/) - by Sr. Margaret Anne Meyer MMM USA 16.08.2025 Life was vastly different in Makiungu. The saying goes that life begins at forty and here I
- [The Joy of Unexpected Good](https://mmmworldwide.org/blogs/the-joy-of-unexpected-good/) - by Nadia Ramoutar MMM Communications Coordinator Ireland 28.05.2025 It is funny how sometimes we do something and have no idea the outcome our actions will have in future. I know that we don’t do something or take action sometimes because we are
- [Surgery in Makiungu](https://mmmworldwide.org/blogs/surgery-in-makiungu/) - by Sr. Margaret Anne Meyer MMM USA 26.07.2025 The Sisters had told me about a very frightening earthquake in their part of Tanzania that had occurred three months
- [First Days in Makiungu](https://mmmworldwide.org/blogs/first-days-in-makiungu/) - by Sr. Margaret Anne Meyer MMM USA 09.07.2025 It was with boundless joy that I met Sr. Kay Lawlor when I landed in Tanzania, and she kindly gave me such a warm welcome that all the
- [At the Airport - Heading to Tanzania](https://mmmworldwide.org/blogs/at-the-airport-heading-to-tanzania/) - by Sr. Margaret Anne Meyer MMM USA 18.06.2025 “Be sure to be at the airport by 10:30 AM. “These words were said to me by a Holy Ghost Father, whom I had visited the
- [Plants that Cure](https://mmmworldwide.org/blogs/plants-that-cure/) - by Sr. Rita Higgins MMM Ireland/Honduras 02.07.2025 The pot sits on an open fire in a smoky kitchen. It is a small room
- [Preparing for the "Big Day"](https://mmmworldwide.org/blogs/preparing-for-the-big-day/) - MMM Publications 1954 Ireland 25.06.2025 A story from early MMM life in Anua, Nigeria The week before the “big day”, (the consecration of Bishop Ekandem,
- [The Struggle to Survive](https://mmmworldwide.org/blogs/the-struggle-to-survive/) - by Sr. Mary O’Malley Kenya/Ireland 31.05.2025 Editor’s Note: This is one of the stories Sr. Mary told us during her recent visit to Ireland. Sr. Mary
- [Praying to Saint Matthew](https://mmmworldwide.org/blogs/praying-to-saint-matthew/) - by Sr. Sheila Devane MMM Ireland 24.05.2025 Scripture scholars are divided in their opinions as to whether Matthew, the tax collector, and Matthew, the evangelist,
- [A Great Silence and Stillness](https://mmmworldwide.org/blogs/a-great-silence-and-stillness/) - by Sr. Jo Anne Kelly MMM Ireland 19.04.2025 “What is happening? Today there is a great silence over the earth, a great silence
- [Ugandan Experience: Final Years in Masaka](https://mmmworldwide.org/blogs/ugandan-experience-final-years-in-masaka/) - by Sr. Margaret Anne Meyer MMM USA 21.05.2025 In 1975, Sr. Dolorosa and I went for a holiday in Turkana, Kenya. A gentleman farmer took us there in his plane. We stopped in Kipsaraman
- [Half Full or Half Empty?](https://mmmworldwide.org/blogs/half-full-or-half-empty/) - by Nadia Ramoutar MMM Communications Coordinator Ireland 14.05.2025 In answer to the question is the glass half full or half empty, people give answers based on the way they see the world. For many of us, the
- [Easter Musings](https://mmmworldwide.org/blogs/easter-musings/) - by Sr. Sheila Campbell MMM Ireland 20.04.2025 Today we celebrate the Risen Christ. Alleluia! But do we really understand the full meaning of the Risen Christ? The
- [Learning at the Cracks](https://mmmworldwide.org/blogs/learning-at-the-cracks/) - by Sr. Sheila Campbell MMM Ireland 10.05.2025 Life teaches us many lessons. My biggest learning was to be flexible! Life is
- [A Light in the Darkness](https://mmmworldwide.org/blogs/a-light-in-the-darkness/) - by Sr. Berna Nakimuli MMM Uganda 07.05.2025 Hope is a flame that flickers bright A beacon in darkness, a guiding
- [The Pigeon](https://mmmworldwide.org/blogs/the-pigeon/) - by Sr. Noeleen Mooney MMM Ireland 02.04. 2025 Alan, who looks after us in so many ways, was the one who found it, and brought me to see it. A pigeon, perched on the lid of a
- [Perspective](https://mmmworldwide.org/blogs/perspective/) - by Ann Marie Hook AMMM USA 26.04.2025 “To recognize something as beautiful, sometimes all it takes is a change of perspective.” - Christian Cooper
- [Rain, Rain and More Rain](https://mmmworldwide.org/blogs/rain-rain-and-more-rain/) - by Sr. Noeleen Mooney, MMM Ireland 28.05.2025 Until I came from Tanzania back to Ireland, I hadn’t realized just how much my attitude
- [Dancing with the Stars](https://mmmworldwide.org/blogs/dancing-with-the-stars/) - by Sr. Sheila Devane MMM Ireland 03.05.2025 Every winter from January to the end of March a ballroom dancing programme is aired on TV here in Ireland called “Dancing with the
- [War is Bad for Babies](https://mmmworldwide.org/blogs/war-is-bad-for-babies/) - by Nadia Ramoutar MMM Communications Coordinator Ireland 23.04.2025 This may seem obvious, but war is bad for babies. A recent UN report shows what looks like promising news that deaths for children under five years of age has gone down by 50% in the past 25 years. But
- [And the Outside of the Inside](https://mmmworldwide.org/blogs/and-the-outside-of-the-inside/) - by Marion Ryan rsm Ireland 12.04.2025 Listening to a podcast by Ilio Delio as I drove to work the other morning, a phrase that she used resonated deeply with me. She
- [Praying with Mother Mary Martin](https://mmmworldwide.org/blogs/praying-with-mother-mary-martin/) - by Sr. Joanne Kelly MMM Ireland 17.05.2025 There are times when I seek a place of real solitude, a quiet place to reflect and pray.
- [The Generator](https://mmmworldwide.org/blogs/the-generator/) - by Sr. Sheila Devane MMM Ireland 09.04. 2025 Some weeks ago, I woke up to hear an announcement on the radio news saying : “Ireland
- [A Space in the Heart for Others](https://mmmworldwide.org/blogs/a-space-in-the-heart-for-others/) - by Sr. Sheila Campbell MMM Ireland 05.04.2025 “Wherever you are, whatever you do, let there be in your heart a space for others to be, so that, unafraid, they may
- [Getting Our Hands Dirty](https://mmmworldwide.org/blogs/getting-our-hands-dirty/) - by Nadia Ramoutar MMM Communications Coordinator Ireland 26.03.2025 This is one of my favourite times of year in our Hemisphere. We are seeing the longer days after very short and cold winter days. There are new blooms each week and bare trees
- [World Down Syndrome Day: A Personal Reflection](https://mmmworldwide.org/blogs/world-down-syndrome-day-a-personal-reflection/) - by Silvia Angel, Early Intervention Educator Ireland 21.03.2025 Today, Friday, we celebrate World Down Syndrome Day to honour and recognise the incredible people with Down syndrome in our lives. For me, this celebration is
- [Ugandan Experience Part 4: Years of Political Unrest](https://mmmworldwide.org/blogs/ugandan-experience-part-4-years-of-political-unrest/) - by Sr. Margaret Anne Meyer MMM USA 30.04.2025 Sr. Louisa Ritchie came in 1967 to relieve Sr. Evangelist. She was wonderful in the theater and an exceptionally good sister
- [A Visit to the Doctor](https://mmmworldwide.org/blogs/a-visit-to-the-doctor/) - by Sr. Sheila Campbell MMM Ireland 22.03.2025 I am sure you are like me – you do not like going to the doctor. Yes, I am
- [Moments of Hope in Lent](https://mmmworldwide.org/blogs/moments-of-hope-in-lent/) - by Sr. Rita Kelly MMM Ireland 19.03.2025 Hope in him, hold firm and take heart, Hope in the Lord! Psalm 26. This is a quote from Wednesday’s Evening Prayer in
- [The Only Way to Heal is to Be Healed](https://mmmworldwide.org/blogs/the-only-way-to-heal-is-to-be-healed/) - by Josephine Namutebi AMMM Uganda 09.03.2025 In John 14:27, Jesus tells us: “Peace I leave with you, my peace I give unto you: not as the world giveth, give I unto you. Let
- [International Women’s Day 2025. What are we Celebrating?](https://mmmworldwide.org/blogs/international-womens-day-2025-what-are-we-celebrating/) - by Nadia Ramoutar MMM Communications Coordinator Ireland 08.03.2025 It would make me so happy if we didn’t need to have another International Women’s Day. If things were going so much better for women that we could say “Oh, no need.
- [Ugandan Experience - Part 3: Difficult Maternity Cases](https://mmmworldwide.org/blogs/ugandan-experience-part-3-difficult-maternity-cases/) - by Sr. Margaret Anne Meyer MMM USA 16.04.2025 Life was surprisingly good in Uganda at that time. Matoke cost 2 shillings and 50 cents, the basis of hospital food for a day. The patients also
- [Ugandan Experience - Part 1: A Dream Come True](https://mmmworldwide.org/blogs/ugandan-experience-part-1-the-journey-out/) - by Sr. Margaret Anne Meyer MMM USA 15.03.2025 It seemed like such a flurry. Returning from my father’s funeral in New York and venturing to the airport a few days later
- [Ugandan Experience:  Part 2: First Days in Masaka](https://mmmworldwide.org/blogs/ugandan-experience-part-2-first-days-in-masaka/) - by Sr. Margaret Anne Meyer MMM USA 29.03.2025 The Marie Reparatrix Sisters were there to meet me on my
- [God saying Yes and No](https://mmmworldwide.org/blogs/god-saying-yes-and-no/) - by Mary Essiet Nigeria 05.03.2025 I think people do not share enough about hearing a “yes” from God. We often hear stories of those who long
- [Word of the Day](https://mmmworldwide.org/blogs/word-of-the-day/) - by Nadia Ramoutar MMM Communications Coordinator Ireland 01.03.2023 I am such a lover of words that I receive a Dictionary word of the day. Often it is one I already know or have heard but every now and
- [Between Two Storms](https://mmmworldwide.org/blogs/between-two-storms/) - by Sr. Sheila Devane MMM Ireland 26.02.2025 In Ireland, as in some other countries, there is a special devotion to the Child of Prague. Brides seeking a fine day for their wedding traditionally put a statue outside in the
- [The Cost of Freedom](https://mmmworldwide.org/blogs/the-cost-of-freedom/) - by Nadia Ramoutar MMM Communications Coordinator Ireland 22.02.2025 Many years ago before I began my work as a Communications Coordinator for the Medical Missionaries of Mary, I met a young American woman who worked for ten years
- [God is in the Noise](https://mmmworldwide.org/blogs/god-is-in-the-noise/) - by Sr. Sheila Campbell MMM Ireland 12.03.2025 As we celebrate 50 years since Mother Mary’s death this year, I have been finding small nuggets of gold among the many memories of Mother Mary recorded
- [Should I Stay or Should I Go?](https://mmmworldwide.org/blogs/should-i-stay-or-should-i-go/) - by Vera Grant AMMM ireland 12.02.2025 I like going to Mass during the week. The chapel is much
- [Ten Lessons we can learn from St Brigid](https://mmmworldwide.org/blogs/ten-lessons-we-can-learn-from-st-brigid/) - by Nadia Ramoutar MMM Communications Coordinator Ireland 01.02.2025 A few years ago, Ireland adopted St Brigid’s day as an official holiday taking place on the first Monday in February. There are a lot
- [Home Baking](https://mmmworldwide.org/blogs/home-baking/) - by Sr. Sheila Campbell MMM Ireland 25.01.2025 The other day I came across this image and for some reason it tugged at my heart! I am not
- [Reception - The Welcoming Department](https://mmmworldwide.org/blogs/reception-the-welcoming-department/) - by Sr. Chinyereugo J. Iwunze Nigeria/ Ireland 08.02.2025 The Reception and telephone switchboard provides an essential front-line service in a
- [One Door Closed, Another Opened](https://mmmworldwide.org/blogs/one-door-closed-another-opened/) - by Sr. Margaret Anne Meyer MMM USA 05.02.2025 There I was - in front of the door where six months previously I was
- [The Little Christmas Tree](https://mmmworldwide.org/blogs/the-little-christmas-tree/) - by Sr. Sheila Devane MMM Ireland 15.01.2025 Today is called “Nollaig na mBan” in Irish or The Women’s Christmas. There are many traditions associated with this day.
- [Starting the Journey Young](https://mmmworldwide.org/blogs/starting-the-journey-young/) - by Sr. Sekunda Kimario MMM Tanzania 29.01.2025 I answered the doorbell this morning, and found a 9-year-old girl wearing a tracksuit and
- [An Interesting Encounter](https://mmmworldwide.org/blogs/an-interesting-encounter/) - by Sr. Mary Hanley MMM Ireland 18.01.2025 On December 13th last year I was standing at a bus stop down in Drogheda,
- [Life is Rooted in Nature](https://mmmworldwide.org/blogs/life-is-rooted-in-nature/) - by Sr. Liana de Jesus MMM USA/Brazil 19.02.2025 Our life is like a plant, the relationship is very similar. When a plant is a seed, it
- [Dressing up](https://mmmworldwide.org/blogs/dressing-up/) - by Sr. Sheila Devane MMM Ireland 15.02.2025 Since childhood I have loved dressing
- [The Word - Alive and Active](https://mmmworldwide.org/blogs/the-word-alive-and-active/) - by Mary Coffey AMMM Ireland 22.01.2025 Editor's Note: Mary gave me this story some months ago. I thought it was appropriate
- [Waiting for Midnight Mass in Nigeria 1940](https://mmmworldwide.org/blogs/waiting-for-midnight-mass-in-nigeria-1940/) - by an early MMM Sister Nigeria 23.12.2024 The Christmas Eve rush is almost over, and we begin to prepare ourselves to go across to the Mission Chapel to welcome the Divine Infant at Midnight Mass. The nurses are tired but that does not
- [The Worst Place on Earth to be a Woman](https://mmmworldwide.org/blogs/the-worst-place-on-earth-to-be-a-woman/) - by Nadia Ramoutar MMM Communications Coordinator Ireland 11.01.2025 Recently, I was talking to someone and he referred to the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) as one of ‘worst places on earth to
- [Joy and Sorrow](https://mmmworldwide.org/blogs/joy-and-sorrow/) - by Sr. Margaret Anne Meyer USA 08.01.2025 May 1966 The boat ride back to Dublin from Liverpool was uneventful but the walk in the rain to Bus Áras and the ride to Drogheda seemed
- [January is a Blank Slate](https://mmmworldwide.org/blogs/january-is-a-blank-slate/) - by Nadia Ramoutar MMM Communications Coordinator Ireland 01.01.2025 At the end of December, I asked my wonderful team in the Communications Department to pause and reflect on the year gone by to see what they were most proud of and what brought them joy. Their
- [My Day at the Christmas Craft Fair](https://mmmworldwide.org/blogs/my-day-at-the-christmas-craft-fair/) - by Sr. Jo Anne Kelly MMM Ireland 18.12.2024 For weeks we had been hearing about the Christmas Craft Fair which would take place in the auditorium in November. In our own house
- [A Long Act of Kindness](https://mmmworldwide.org/blogs/a-long-act-of-kindness/) - by Sr. Sheila Devane MMM Ireland 04.01.2025 In chatting to Seán, a missionary colleague, the other evening I listened to him quite casually talk of his first mission assignment which like my
- [Gold in the Memories](https://mmmworldwide.org/blogs/gold-in-the-memories/) - by Sr. Jo Anne Kelly MMM Ireland 04.12.2024 I occasionally dip into a favorite book of mine called “Gold in the Memories”, a
- [Christmas Fantasy - Christmas Reality](https://mmmworldwide.org/blogs/christmas-fantasy-christmas-reality/) - by Sr. Sheila Campbell MMM Ireland 25.12.2024 Every time I think of Christmas I think of snow, presents, Christmas trees and all the usual trimmings. Now why is
- [A Godly Guffaw](https://mmmworldwide.org/blogs/4473/) - by Sr. Suzanne Ryder RSM Ireland 08.12.2024 “Stupid question…” began my friend, as he lowered my suitcase from the attic. I attempted an
- [Old Friends](https://mmmworldwide.org/blogs/old-friends/) - by Sr. Sheila Campbell MMM Ireland 15.12.2024 Recently I had the opportunity to meet up with two old friends on separate occasions. One was a
- [An Advent Reflection](https://mmmworldwide.org/blogs/an-advent-reflection/) - by Sr. Siobhan O'Keefe SHJM England 11.12.2024 Advent is a season of preparation to deepen our awareness of God’s incarnation and divine presence amongst us. A time when we
- [Tropical Medicine School  January-March 1966](https://mmmworldwide.org/blogs/tropical-medicine-school-january-march-1966/) - by Sr. Margaret Anne Meyer MMM USA 01.12.2024 I will never forget the solemn introduction given by the School of Tropical Medicine in Liverpool. We were assembled on an outside terrace and
- [The List of the Dead](https://mmmworldwide.org/blogs/the-list-of-the-dead/) - by Sr. Sheila Devane MMM Ireland 27.11.2024 Here in our parishes in Ireland we remember our deceased relatives, friends, neighbours and others in the month of November. We do this in many ways: most churches offer paper lists on which
- [Family of People](https://mmmworldwide.org/blogs/family-of-people/) - by Sr. Jacinta Mahakwe, MMM Nigeria/Brazil 29.12.2024 Living in the semi-slum area of Nordeste de Amaralina, Salvador, in Brazil, was one of my best experiences. My neighbourhood, like most others, has
- [Someone Noticed](https://mmmworldwide.org/blogs/someone-noticed/) - by Sr. Jacinta Mahakwe MMM Nigeria 24.11.2024 Building connections and relationships is vital for our well-being and happiness. Connection provides a feeling of being part of something larger.
- [Making Peace in a Noisy World](https://mmmworldwide.org/blogs/making-peace-in-a-noisy-world/) - by Nadia Ramoutar MMM Communications Coordinator Ireland 20.11.2024 As we get closer to the end of the year, I look forward to Advent and to a winding down of a lot of busyness. But, looking around in the
- [Surgical Internship – 1 July to OCTOBER 31, 1964](https://mmmworldwide.org/blogs/surgical-internship-1-july-to-october-31-1964/) - by Sr. Margaret Anne Meyer MMM USA 09.10.2024 It was with a heavy heart that
- [What Do We Do with Despair?](https://mmmworldwide.org/blogs/what-do-we-do-with-despair/) - by Nadia Ramoutar MMM Communications Coordinator Ireland 06.11.2024 For many of us, faith is an important part of our everyday life. We have a rich inner circle of like-minded colleagues and friends who see
- [The Woodpigeon Mother](https://mmmworldwide.org/blogs/the-woodpigeaon-mother/) - by Sr. Joanne Kelly MMM Ireland 22.06.2024 These lovely summer mornings I like to take my breakfast tea to the big window to look out to our lovely garden, with
- [Change of Plans](https://mmmworldwide.org/blogs/change-of-plans/) - by Sr. Margaret Anne Meyer MMM USA 10.11.2024 With the happy memories of our joyous goodbye embraces at Dublin Airport, I began to prepare for my departure for Uganda. I was fitted for lighter clothes in
- [The Process of Life](https://mmmworldwide.org/blogs/the-process-of-life/) - by Sr. Liana de Jesus MMM Brazil/USA 17.11.2024 Life is rooted in nature – always in the process of
- [Coping with the News](https://mmmworldwide.org/blogs/coping-with-the-news/) - by Sr. Sheila Campbell MMM Ireland 27.10.2024 Each day I wake up listening to the radio. News bulletins come on each 30 minutes
- [When Happiness is Playing Hard to Get](https://mmmworldwide.org/blogs/when-happiness-is-playing-hard-to-get/) - by Mary Essiet Nigeria 03.11.2024 The other day, I woke up
- [Finding God with a hero’s help](https://mmmworldwide.org/blogs/finding-god-with-a-heros-help/) - by Sr. Aideen O’Sullivan MMM Scotland 12.10.2023 Once upon a time there was a world of super-human beings, heroes and heroines, who did marvellous
- [The Story of Eliza](https://mmmworldwide.org/blogs/the-story-of-eliza/) - by Sr. Jo Anne Kelly MMM Ireland 23.10.2024 Recently I watched a webinar on
- [A Woman's Heart](https://mmmworldwide.org/blogs/a-womans-heart/) - by Nadia Ramoutar MMM Communications Coordinator Ireland 30.10.2024 Recently I was asked to speak on a Webinar about the MMM efforts for a Safe Birth 4 All campaign to make childbirth safer for women in Sub-Saharan Africa. I am very grateful to be involved in efforts to see
- [Remembering Sr. Mary Ellen](https://mmmworldwide.org/blogs/remembering-sr-mary-ellen/) - by Sr. Sheila Devane MMM Ireland 13.11.2024 Editor's Note: Sr. Mary Ellen Sambuco died in September 2024. As a young Sister, she had been missioned
- [Caring for the Elderly](https://mmmworldwide.org/blogs/caring-for-the-elderl/) - by Sr. Noeleen Mooney Ireland 23.02.2023 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,
- [A Retreat with Saint Brigid of Kildare](https://mmmworldwide.org/blogs/a-retreat-with-saint-brigid-of-kildare/) - by Sr. Noeleen Mooney MMM Ireland 20.10.2024 This year, 2024, marks the fifteen hundredth anniversary of the death of Saint Brigid – a mid-boggling fact. As a native of Kildare, I
- [A Visit from Home](https://mmmworldwide.org/blogs/a-visit-from-home/) - by Sr. Margaret Anne Meyer MMM USA 13.10.2024 (continued from previous blog) About three months into my surgical
- [Gratitude for Our Own Voice](https://mmmworldwide.org/blogs/gratitude-for-our-own-voice/) - by Nadia Ramoutar MMM Communications Coordinator Ireland 06.10.2024 It was a horrible feeling I had not had since I was a little girl. The painful experience of feeling like I was following razor blades made swallowing even water so unbearable that I had to go to the
- [Hibernation](https://mmmworldwide.org/blogs/hibernation/) - by Sr. Sheila Campbell MMM Ireland 25.09.2024 Earlier this year I was watching the daffodils shooting up out of the ground. They came early this year
- [Children of God](https://mmmworldwide.org/blogs/children-of-god/) - by Vera Grant AMMM Ireland 29.09.2024 And so the saying goes: ‘A daughter is a daughter all of your life, a son
- [Blackberry Picking](https://mmmworldwide.org/blogs/blackberry-picking/) - by Sr. Joanne Kelly MMM Ireland 22.09.2024 It is blackberry time. On the left side of our driveway there is a whole bank of blackberries at various stages
- [Lighthouse Memories](https://mmmworldwide.org/blogs/4470/) - by Sr. Maureen O'Sullivan rsm Ireland 18.09.2024 My father was a fourth-generation lighthouse keeper. His father was drowned off the Bull Rock in Cork but all his sons joined the Irish Lights. I suppose I should describe the job as
- [A Blessing in Disguise](https://mmmworldwide.org/blogs/a-blessing-in-disguise/) - by Sr. Keresifon Ekanem MMM Nigeria 16.10.2024 Oh dear! I felt frustrated when I received the news that the supervision team from the Ministry of Health (MOH) to
- [The Goodbyes](https://mmmworldwide.org/blogs/the-goodbyes/) - by Sr. Keresifon Ekanem MMM Nigeria 02.10.2024 It was a singular privilege to have participated in the April 2024 Medical Missionaries of Mary (MMM) Heritage
- [Lesson from the Chameleon](https://mmmworldwide.org/blogs/lesson-from-the-chameleon/) - by Sr. Keresifon Ekanem MMM Nigeria 15.09.2024 I arrived at a new environment in Malawi for a two months’ program sometime last year, 2023. It was a friendly environment with a beautiful landscape and a lot of green
- [Accepting a Time for Everything](https://mmmworldwide.org/blogs/accepting-a-time-for-everything/) - by Nadia Ramoutar MMM Communications Coordinator Ireland 11.09.2024 This summer I went to several funerals for the parents of my friends which was a surreal experience to have so many over a few months. At many of these beautiful services, there
- [Intern Year Obstetrics – Part Two](https://mmmworldwide.org/blogs/intern-year-obstetrics-part-two/) - by Sr. Margaret Anne Meyer MMM U.S.A. 25.08.2024 I would like to tell you a story of what took place the first time I assisted Dr. O Brien with an
- [Intern Year Obstetrics – Part One](https://mmmworldwide.org/blogs/intern-year-obstetrics-part-one/) - by Sr. Margaret Anne Meyer MMM U.S.A. 21.08.2024 Christmas was soon approaching, and the completion of my six months medical internship was in sight. This was to be my first celebration of
- [Facing the Storm](https://mmmworldwide.org/blogs/facing-the-storm/) - by Nadia Ramoutar MMM Communications Coordinator Ireland 28.08.2024 Sometimes a problem seems so massive, that apathy become our only avenue of response. Recently, it was revealed that there is finally a vaccine that will be administered in Sub-Saharan Africa to protect small children from dying of malaria. Such news is major because
- [What's So Special About Nursing?](https://mmmworldwide.org/blogs/whats-so-special-about-nursing/) - by Sr. Úna Ní Riain MMM (1931-2022) Ireland 08.09.2024 There is tremendous satisfaction in caring for other people, especially at a time when they have special needs. Nursing is exciting too! I am
- [Early MMM Stories – Living with Pets](https://mmmworldwide.org/blogs/early-mmm-stories-living-with-pets/) - MMM Publications 1944 Ireland 04.09.2024 No house of our Congregation is complete without a cat or a dog and in Africa we have cats and dogs and other pets too. It is possible
- [Immortal Diamond](https://mmmworldwide.org/blogs/immortal-diamond/) - by Sr. Monica Prendergast, MMM Ireland/Uganda 01.09.2024 We buried YOZEFU MARIA KAWUNGU this afternoon in a grassy area of our compound. It is
- [Where is Home?](https://mmmworldwide.org/blogs/where-is-home/) - by Sr. Sheila Campbell MMM Ireland 18.08.2024 I come from Belfast in Northern Ireland. But like so many of the people of my age,
- [An Opening Door](https://mmmworldwide.org/blogs/an-opening-door/) - By Rev. Canon Susanna Gunner England 15.08.2024 Image by Claudia Williams One afternoon last summer, on retreat at St Beuno’s in Wales, I took myself
- [Packing Light, Travelling Smoothly](https://mmmworldwide.org/blogs/packing-light-travelling-smoothly/) - by Mary Essiet Nigeria 09.08.2024 I like to think that traveling light is one of the steps in journeying through life smoothly. By
- [Rewriting Disgrace in our Human Story](https://mmmworldwide.org/blogs/rewriting-disgrace-in-our-human-story/) - by Nadia Ramoutar MMM Communications Coordinator Ireland 11.08.2024 There is a darkness going on in the world which benefits from us ignoring it. Some things going on far from us that when revealed, disgrace our humanity. There was
- [Perseverance Is a Gift to Share](https://mmmworldwide.org/blogs/perseverance-is-a-gift-to-share/) - by Nadia Ramoutar MMM Communications Coordinator Ireland 01.08.2024 As a young girl growing up in Ireland, I somehow got the idea that being an adult was an arrival point, like a destination lounge in an airport. You became an
- [Medical Internship and Final Profession 1964](https://mmmworldwide.org/blogs/medical-internship-and-final-profession-1964/) - by Sr. Margaret Anne Meyer USA 30.07.2024 Soon three months had flown by, and I felt very much at home conducting my assignments in my medical internship. I loved listening to the
- [Who is my Neighbour?](https://mmmworldwide.org/blogs/who-is-my-neighbour/) - by Sr. Una Ni Riain MMM (1931-2022) Ireland 13.08.2024 The road was bad, full of potholes, so the traffic was moving slowly. She was lying on the other side of the road, in the way of the on-coming traffic, and
- [The Heart of Wonder](https://mmmworldwide.org/blogs/the-heart-of-wonder/) - by Nadia Ramoutar MMM Communications Coordinator Ireland 20.07.2024 The Irish poet and writer, John O’Donohue once wrote “May you experience each day as a sacred gift woven around the heart of wonder.” One of the aspects of working with the MMMs that
- [Fresh Air and Open Doors](https://mmmworldwide.org/blogs/fresh-air-and-open-doors/) - by Sr. Sheila Campbell, MMM Ireland 26.07.2024 During the Covid-19 pandemic we all had a heightened awareness of the need for fresh air and
- [Forgotten Wars](https://mmmworldwide.org/blogs/forgotten-wars/) - by Sr. Sheila Campbell MMM Ireland 07.08.2024 Nowadays we hear about the big wars in Europe and the Middle East, as if these were the only places
- [The Ambassador](https://mmmworldwide.org/blogs/the-ambassador/) - by Sr. Jo Anne Kelly MMM Ireland 12.07.2024 For some years I held the position of Vocation Directress. It was a very special time in my life as I met numerous beautiful, enthusiastic young women who felt God was calling them to religious life.
- [All the Prayers - and some good example](https://mmmworldwide.org/blogs/all-the-prayers-and-some-good-example/) - by Sr. Sheila Devane MMM Ireland 16.07.2024 Recently our Sisters had a heritage tour here in Ireland. They visited places associated with Mother Mary’s life and the early foundation years of
- [Killybegs](https://mmmworldwide.org/blogs/killybegs/) - by Sr. Phyllis Heaney MMM (1937 – 2019) Ireland 05.08.2024 Killybegs, a small town in Co. Donegal, has a special place in the heart of many
- [The Death Notice](https://mmmworldwide.org/blogs/the-death-notice/) - by Sr. Sheila Devane MMM Ireland 10.07.2024 I find myself reading death notices quite often. Sadly, these days I now know more of the people written about than I’d choose to admit! Ageing brings many things;
- [Keeping the Letter](https://mmmworldwide.org/blogs/keeping-the-letter/) - by Sr. Sheila Campbell MMM Ireland 08.07.2024 The other day I came across a letter I had received about twenty years ago. Why did I keep it? Well,
- [Our Sunday Chop](https://mmmworldwide.org/blogs/our-sunday-chop/) - First Published by MMM in 1953 by Sr. Patricia Kelly MMM (1925 – 2016) Ireland/Nigeria 03.08.2024 Countless inquiries regarding our health and diet reach us regularly from loved ones at home. They never tire of asking, “What is the food like? Do you
- [Medical Internship - Part Two](https://mmmworldwide.org/blogs/medical-internship-part-two/) - by Sr. Margaret Anne Meyer MMM U.S.A. 04.07.2024 Yes, Conferring Day contained many lessons. It was a day “betwixt and between”. The brief visit at our house of studies in Rosemount brought
- ["Say a Prayer for Me"](https://mmmworldwide.org/blogs/say-a-prayer-for-me/) - by Sr. Patricia Lanigan MMM Ireland 02.07.2024 How many times someone has asked that, holding my hand as they say good-bye, emphasising the sincerity of their
- [Two Daughters to Guide Us Forward](https://mmmworldwide.org/blogs/two-daughters-to-guide-us-forward/) - by Nadia Ramoutar MMM Communications Coordinator Ireland 30.06.2024 When we think of spiritual people and how they behave, having them stomping about angrily does not really come to mind. In fact, what is a spiritual person supposed
- [Fair Trade, not Free Trade](https://mmmworldwide.org/blogs/fair-trade-not-free-trade/) - By Sr. Siobhan O'Keefe SHJM Ireland 24.07.2024 The Gospel of Jesus has much to teach us about workplace justice and the relationship that
- [Names Matter](https://mmmworldwide.org/blogs/names-matter/) - by Sr.Sheila Devane MMM Ireland 26.06.2024 It was a cold morning. A small crowd was gathering outside our doctor’s emergency surgery but none of us knew what time the clinic
- [Mothers of the People of God](https://mmmworldwide.org/blogs/mothers-of-the-people-of-god/) - by Sr. Brigid McDonagh MMM (1935 – 2014) Ireland/Brazil 22.07.2024 First published by MMM in 2000 My work is with the women of Brasilândia, on the periphery of São Paulo, Brazil. We have a regional team of 10 women leading
- [NA JI LABAI DAGA MECCA (I Heard the News in Mecca)](https://mmmworldwide.org/blogs/na-ji-labai-daga-mecca-i-heard-the-news-in-mecca/) - by Sr. Chris Gill MMM Ireland 28.06.2024 It was late evening when Mohammed Ibrahim arrived at the clinic in Fuka, northern Nigeria. He looked tired and weary
- [In a Bad Mood](https://mmmworldwide.org/blogs/in-a-bad-mood/) - by Sr. Sheila Campbell MMM Ireland 18.07.2024 The other day, when I sat down at my desk to work, the first two emails put me in a bad mood. I had that
- [A Woman’s Grief](https://mmmworldwide.org/blogs/a-womans-grief/) - by Jo Doyle Ireland 18.06.2024 Grief. Shock. Numbing silence. Followed by an activity of noise, blaming, accusation, fighting. Then the shattering.
- [Empty Promises: The Injustice of Starving Children Increasing](https://mmmworldwide.org/blogs/empty-promises-the-injustice-of-starving-children-increasing/) - by Nadia Ramoutar MMM Communications Coordinator Ireland 16.06.2024 Every now and then, as I am doing my work in Communications for the MMMs, I read something related to our work in Global Health and Justice and I feel
- [A Scary Ambush!](https://mmmworldwide.org/blogs/a-scary-ambush/) - by Sr. Eilis Weber MMM Ireland 14.06.2024 Sr. Eilis remembers her time in Angola. MMM staffed Chiulo Hospital in the south of Angola from 1953 up to 2002.
- [The Traditional Doctor](https://mmmworldwide.org/blogs/the-traditional-doctor/) - by Sr. Cecily Bourdillon MMM (1941-2023) Zimbabwe 06.07.2024 Editor’s note: Sr. Cecily wrote this during her early years as a doctor in Zungeru, Niger State, Nigeria. It was first published by MMM in 1977. One
- [The Blessing](https://mmmworldwide.org/blogs/the-blessing/) - by Sr. Sheila Devane MMM Ireland 10.06.2024 Frequently I end a letter, or an email, with the single word “Blessings.” When I do this I don’t see myself actually
- [Conferring of Medical Degree and First Months of Internship](https://mmmworldwide.org/blogs/conferring-of-medical-degree-and-first-months-of-internship/) - by Sr. Margaret Anne Meyer MMM U.S.A. 08.06.2024 The first of July, 1964, came around pretty
- [221 Panes of Glass](https://mmmworldwide.org/blogs/221-panes-of-glass/) - by Sr. Sheila Campbell MMM Ireland 06.06.2024 There are two hundred and twenty-one individual panes of glass in our chapel. How do I know this weird fact? Because I have counted them, of
- [Visitation Day](https://mmmworldwide.org/blogs/visitation-day/) - by Sr. Irene Balzan MMM Ireland/Malta 31.05.2024 The feast of the Visitation is at the core of who we celebrate to be as MMMs and AMMMs. Personally, this
- [Shaking Things Up](https://mmmworldwide.org/blogs/shaking-things-up/) - by Nadia Ramoutar MMM Communications Coordinator Ireland 04.06.2024 Turbulent Skies Reflect Climate Change in new ways For many of us who care deeply about ecology and the impending challenges caused
- [On Hearing of Palliative Care](https://mmmworldwide.org/blogs/on-hearing-of-palliative-care/) - By Sr. Siobhan O'Keefe SHJM Ireland 27.05.2024 ‘We are very sorry, there is no more
- [A New Day Dawning](https://mmmworldwide.org/blogs/a-new-day-dawning/) - by Jo Doyle Ireland 25.05.2024 When I linger on the mysteries of God,
- [Our Destiny Should not Be Our Geography: Make Birth Safe for All](https://mmmworldwide.org/blogs/our-destiny-should-not-be-our-geography-make-birth-safe-for-all/) - by Nadia Ramoutar MMM Communications Coordinator Ireland 23.05.2024 Recently, three friends of mine in their early 50s died only days apart. They didn’t know one another but I knew them all well.
- [The Lost Shoes](https://mmmworldwide.org/blogs/the-lost-shoes/) - by Sr. Sheila Campbell MMM Ireland 24.06.2024 Many years ago, while I was a student in England, one of our Sisters got in touch with me. She was also based in England, but her job at that time was
- [The Gift of Listening](https://mmmworldwide.org/blogs/the-gift-of-listening/) - by Mary Essiet Nigeria 19.05.2024 Recently, I enrolled in a
- [Embracing the Inevitable When I Die](https://mmmworldwide.org/blogs/embracing-the-inevitable-when-i-die/) - by Mary Essiet Nigeria 29.04.2024 As I sat on the pews of the church that day
- [Shredding the Soul](https://mmmworldwide.org/blogs/shredding-the-soul/) - by Sr. Sheila Campbell MMM Ireland 20.06.2024 The other day I was handed a large box of documents to shred. It is a boring, monotonous task
- [Walking in the Footsteps of an Irish Asylum Seeker](https://mmmworldwide.org/blogs/walking-in-the-footsteps-of-an-irish-asylum-seeker/) - by Sr. Rita Kelly MMM Ireland 17.05.2024 My first reaction on seeing this photograph was “I hope no -one will steal those poor
- [Ascension Sunday and the Cloud](https://mmmworldwide.org/blogs/ascenscion-sunday-and-the-cloud/) - by Sr. Sheila Campbell MMM Ireland 09.05.2024 Next Sunday we celebrate the Ascension of the
- [Love is the Answer](https://mmmworldwide.org/blogs/4292/) - by Jo Doyle Ireland 13.05.2024 Recently a friend of mine from Kenya strikingly said to me, “Is the world trying
- [My Spear Will Protect You](https://mmmworldwide.org/blogs/my-spear-will-protect-you/) - by Sr. Ruth Percival MMM England/Tanzania 12.06 2024 “I will leave my spear here, it will protect you,” said the warrior as he thrust his spear into the
- [Stories of Care - Maria](https://mmmworldwide.org/blogs/stories-of-care-maria/) - by Sr. Bernadette Fadegnon Republic of Benin/ Brazil 02.06.2024 It all started with a visit after a parishioner shared with two
- [Heaven will be - Heaven is](https://mmmworldwide.org/blogs/heaven-will-be-heaven-is/) - by Sr. Sheila Devane MMM Ireland 29.05.2024 Like us all I sometimes think of Heaven. What will it be like there, what will God
- [Our Contemplative Cat](https://mmmworldwide.org/blogs/our-contemplative-cat/) - by Sr. Helen McKenna MMM Ireland/Tanzania 21.05.2024 Puskins is his name He’s no more than a growing baby gone from spoon-feeds to killing rats. But there’s something
- [Final Year Medical - Part Two](https://mmmworldwide.org/blogs/final-year-medical-part-two/) - by Sr. Margaret Anne Meyer MMM USA 15.05.2024 In a few days, the 10th of May 2024, will
- [The Travel Bag](https://mmmworldwide.org/blogs/the-travel-bag/) - by Sr. Sheila Devane MMM Ireland 11.05.2024 This is the season in Ireland for meeting politicians at the door. Local and European
- [Doing the Math on Forgiveness](https://mmmworldwide.org/blogs/doing-the-math-on-forgiveness/) - by Nadia Ramoutar MMM Communications Coordinator Ireland 07.05.2024 Perhaps one of the hardest things about being human is overcoming the hurt and harm that other people create for us. Whether this is
- [Hammers and Nails](https://mmmworldwide.org/blogs/hammers-and-nails/) - by Sr. Helen McKenna MMM Ireland/Tanzania 05.05.2024 Hammers and nails were so much a part of your life The
- [Who can work?](https://mmmworldwide.org/blogs/happy-new-year-from-the-mmm-archive-2/) - by Br. Joe Eberle M.Afr Germany/Malawi 24.01.2022 I am Brother Joe Eberle of the Missionaries of Africa – White Fathers, living now in Hechingen, South-Germany. I knew the MMM Sisters in Malawi and I am happy to contribute to the MMM Blog. I was born on 29th April 1932 in Erbach near
- [May Altar](https://mmmworldwide.org/blogs/may-altar/) - by Sr. Jo Anne Kelly MMM Ireland
- [The Courage to Have Faith](https://mmmworldwide.org/blogs/the-courage-to-have-faith/) - by Nadia Ramoutar MMM Communications Coordinator Ireland 27.04.2024 Sitting recently with some MMM Sisters we were discussing world events. The news of even more warfare in the world can be so discouraging. The images of injured children and demolished homes do not
- [Mindfulness and Mountmellick Lace](https://mmmworldwide.org/blogs/mindfulness-and-mountmellick-lace/) - by Jo Doyle Ireland 25.04.2024 In today's society we have become comfortable with the need to
- [Looking for the Light](https://mmmworldwide.org/blogs/looking-for-the-light/) - by Vera Grant AMMM Ireland 23.04.2024 I don’t like it when my neighbours go away. I don’t like the
- [The Black Stone and the Herbalist](https://mmmworldwide.org/blogs/the-black-stone-and-the-herbalist/) - by Sr. Sheila Devane MMM Ireland 19.04.2024 The other evening I was watching a programme with wild animals when suddenly a snake appeared, then a person with
- [Living with Vulnerablility](https://mmmworldwide.org/blogs/living-with-vulnerablility/) - by Sr. Siobhan O’Keefe SHJM Ireland 17.04.2924 LIfe is fragile....and we sometimes feel its fragility at the most unexpected moments.
- [The Vocation of a Widow](https://mmmworldwide.org/blogs/the-vocation-of-a-widow/) - by Sr. Joannes Meehan MMM (1917 – 1979) Ireland 09.04.2024 First published by MMM in 1977 Every vocation is unique. Each can speak of the wonder and the marvels of his
- [Taitu - a Heroic Woman](https://mmmworldwide.org/blogs/taitu-a-heroic-woman/) - by Sr. Maureen O’Sullivan MMM (1920 – 2017) Ireland 13.04.2024 Editors Note: This story, first published in 1975, comes from Sr. Maureen’s time in Ethiopia. Taitu, one of our patients, was admitted with active, untreated,
- [Fourth Year Medical 1962 -63](https://mmmworldwide.org/blogs/fourth-year-medical-1962-63/) - by Sr. Margaret Anne Meyer MMM USA 11.04.2024 Finally, the time had arrived for a little breathing space. Well, this was
- [Resurrection Avenue](https://mmmworldwide.org/blogs/resurrection-avenue/) - by Jo Doyle Ireland 07.04.2024 I walked with
- [Questioning Reality](https://mmmworldwide.org/blogs/questioning-reality/) - by Nadia Ramoutar MMM Communications Coordinator Ireland 05.04.2024 I was talking to a friend who lives in New Zealand. He told me how things are cooling off after a very hot summer and the leaves are turning brown, rust and gold. It was interesting to listen
- [The Dog With a Sore Paw](https://mmmworldwide.org/blogs/the-dog-with-a-sore-paw/) - by Sr. Helen McKenna MMM Ireland/Tanzania 15.04.2024 I have a friendly dog at home. He could always be trusted even to
- [The "Veronicas" of Our World](https://mmmworldwide.org/blogs/the-veronicas-of-our-world/) - by Jo Doyle Ireland 29.03.2024 Gulu, Northern Uganda, June 1981 I saw him die, a brutal death. Beaten by the soldiers chains and whips. Unnecessary cruelty. He was
- [Remembering Holy Thursday](https://mmmworldwide.org/blogs/remembering-holy-thursday/) - by Sr. Jo Anne Kelly MMM Ireland 28.03.2024 It was early years after Vatican 11 and we were only learning about the liturgical changes for celebrating the Holy Week ceremonies. Our people in the leprosy village could
- [Seeing the Beauty in the Ordinary](https://mmmworldwide.org/blogs/seeing-the-beauty-in-the-ordinary/) - by Sr. Sheila Campbell MMM Ireland 21.04.2024 Last September I found myself in a large garden waiting for a visitor to the house. It was a warm, sunny day, always welcome at that time
- [Final Medical Year 1963-1964 Part One](https://mmmworldwide.org/blogs/final-medical-year-1963-1964-part-one/) - by Sr. Margaret Anne Meyer MMM USA 03.05.2024 The summer vacation went quickly. At times we were overjoyed when visiting Drogheda to see the
- [Bringing Home Baby Ahmed](https://mmmworldwide.org/blogs/bringing-home-baby-ahmed/) - by. Sr. Anna Finnegan MMM Ireland 03.04.2024 In November 1980, I was at home ready to return to Nigeria after my
- [April Fools' Day - Start of a New Year](https://mmmworldwide.org/blogs/april-fools-day-start-of-a-new-year/) - By Sr. Sheila Campbell MMM Ireland 01.04.2024 Today is April 1st and Easter Monday. It is a nice kind of
- [“He is not here: he has been raised” Mt 28.6a](https://mmmworldwide.org/blogs/he-is-not-here-he-has-been-raised-mt-28-6a/) - by Rev. Canon Susanna Gunner England 31.03.2024 Editor's Note: This reflection was written in 2020, just as the pandemic was taking hold, and
- [Holy Saturday - The Lord's descent into Hell](https://mmmworldwide.org/blogs/holy-saturday-the-lords-descent-into-hell/) - by Jo Doyle Ireland 30.03.2024 Inspired by an Ancient Homily in the Office of Readings. Something strange is happening. There is a great silence on earth today. Christ was mortally
- [The Power of Easter: Lessons from the Garden of Gethsemane](https://mmmworldwide.org/blogs/the-power-of-easter-lessons-from-the-garden-of-gethsemane/) - by Nadia Ramoutar MMM Communications Coordinator Ireland 26.03.2024 There are many parts of the Easter story that can teach us above life, love and forgiveness. Jesus is a great teacher on many things but one of
- [God made Human](https://mmmworldwide.org/blogs/god-made-human/) - by Sr. Sheila Campbell MMM Ireland 24.03.2024 Tomorrow is the Feast of the Annunciation of our Lord also called the Feast of the Incarnation. This was Mother Mary Martin’s special feast day. When she made her vows in 1937
- [Madam's Ducks](https://mmmworldwide.org/blogs/madams-ducks/) - Early MMM Publication Nigeria 22.03.2024 Editor’s Note: Miss Murphy in this story is Lily Murphy, a long-time volunteer
- [Journeying and Chance Meetings](https://mmmworldwide.org/blogs/journeying-and-chance-meetings/) - by Sr. Brigid Corrigan MMM England 20.03.2024 Perhaps it was during the invaluable time I spent trundling
- [In Praise of the Real St Patrick](https://mmmworldwide.org/blogs/in-praise-of-the-real-st-patrick/) - by Nadia Ramoutar MMM Communications Coordinator Ireland 16.03.2024 I lived part of my life away from Ireland and then I really dreaded St Patrick’s Day. The cheap green
- [A Child's Smile of Gratitude](https://mmmworldwide.org/blogs/a-childs-smile-of-gratitude/) - by Sr. Aileen Doggett MMM Ireland 14.03.2024 I want to tell you about a wonderful experience I had during my time in Nigeria. It
- [Dom Helder Câmera – Bishop of the poor](https://mmmworldwide.org/blogs/dom-helder-camera-bishop-of-the-poor/) - by Sr. Sheila Campbell MMM Ireland 18.03.2024 ‘When I give food to the poor, they call me a Saint’, mused Dom Hélder Câmara, ‘but when I ask why the poor have no food, they
- [George Floyd and the Hawk](https://mmmworldwide.org/blogs/george-floyd-and-the-hawk/) - by Jo Doyle Ireland 06.03.2024 Woosh. Like a black meteorite flashing past the window frame. A quick glance up from the dinner table, where three of us sit wondering what we
- [Mother’s Day – Shouldn’t all Mothers have access to a safe birth?](https://mmmworldwide.org/blogs/mothers-day-shouldnt-all-mothers-have-access-to-a-safe-birth/) - By Nadia Ramoutar MMM Communications Coordinator Ireland 10.03.2024 In the Western world, the weeks before Mother’s Day we see an abundance of chocolates, pyjamas, mugs, plants and other gifts being promoted in shops reminding people to buy
- [Swaying in the Wind](https://mmmworldwide.org/blogs/swaying-in-the-wind/) - by Sr. Jo Anne Kelly MMM Ireland 02.03.2024 This morning as I enjoyed my breakfast tea I sat looking out on the garden. It was wet and windy. The large pine trees were
- [The Bridge](https://mmmworldwide.org/blogs/the-bridge-2/) - Sr Sheila Campbell MMM, 3rd September 2021 It was quite a narrow bridge. It spanned a deep crevice where a fast-flowing stream jumped and burbled over rocky stones. No room for a car here or any other form of outer shell to protect me. I had to cross on foot, and alone. The day seemed
- [Living our Dash](https://mmmworldwide.org/blogs/living-our-dash/) - by Sr. Siobhan O’Keefe SHMJ Ireland 04.03.2024 My lasting memory of ‘Joe’ was as he stood before the food cupboard of an Evangelisation and Outreach Centre in a major city one Thursday afternoon. As well as
- [Going Up and Coming Down: Departure and Arrival](https://mmmworldwide.org/blogs/going-up-and-coming-down-departure-and-arrival/) - by Sr. Triona Harvey MMM Ireland 19.02.2021 First published in 1986 Many writers have tried to describe what life and death mean to them. When writing about death, a pilot once said that, for him, the idea of going to heaven was not one of
- [Beauty - how we see the world](https://mmmworldwide.org/blogs/beauty-how-we-see-the-world/) - by Sr. Jo Anne Kelly MMM Ireland 15.02. 2024 I woke up this morning, here in Bettystown, to a very windy wet morning. The sea was so turbulent, with waves leaping up,
- [Misplaced Values](https://mmmworldwide.org/blogs/misplaced-values/) - by Sr. Anastasia Onukafor, MMM Nigeria/Republic of Benin 17.02.2024 Value is simply the regard I place on things; how I perceive the importance, worth, or usefulness of something. It is also the belief I have about what is right or wrong, the hierarchy
- [Triplets in Turkana](https://mmmworldwide.org/blogs/triplets-in-turkana/) - by Sr. Sheila Devane MMM Ireland 21.02.2024 This story comes from my years in the Turkana Desert in northern Kenya. It is one fittingly of “Mother and Child” ...except that this one
- [Carnival - a Moment of Joy](https://mmmworldwide.org/blogs/carnival-a-moment-of-joy/) - by Sr. Sheila Campbell MMM Ireland 11.02.2024 Today is the Sunday before Ash Wednesday, the first day of Lent. It is also the Feast of our Lady
- [Mending the Tyre](https://mmmworldwide.org/blogs/mending-the-tyre/) - by Sr. Sheila Campbell MMM Ireland 12.03.2024 Language can be funny. At the same time as it can be used to explain things, often our interpretations trip us up.
- [New Bridges](https://mmmworldwide.org/blogs/new-bridges/) - by Sr. Ruth Percival MMM England 09.02.2024 The story I want to tell you comes from my time as a new missionary in Makiungu Hospital, Tanzania. Makiungu stands at the top
- [Reflections on being a Working Mother](https://mmmworldwide.org/blogs/reflections-on-being-a-working-mother/) - International Women’s Day by Nadia Ramoutar MMM Communications Coordinator Ireland 08.03.2024 Being a woman in our modern world is not easy, but talking about why it is challenging can also be – well, challenging. In the middle of the night last night my son woke me up vomiting.
- [Ladies Privilege Day](https://mmmworldwide.org/blogs/ladies-privilege-day/) - by Sr. Sheila Campbell MMM Ireland 29.02.2024 One of the things about being born and brought up in Northern
- [The Importance of Celebrating St Brigid’s Day in Ireland](https://mmmworldwide.org/blogs/the-importance-of-celebrating-st-brigids-day-in-ireland/) - by Nadia Ramoutar MMM Communications Coordinator Ireland 01.02.2024 The path to a woman becoming recognised as a saint is never very straightforward and St Brigid is not an exception, though while she was exceptional,
- [Was Mother Mary Martin an Influencer?](https://mmmworldwide.org/blogs/was-mother-mary-martin-an-influencer/) - by Sr. Rita Kelly MMM Ireland 30.01. 2024 I often hear, through the media, of certain people described as an “Influencer”. My understanding is that it is now a profession! I ask myself, “is
- [How About Praying?](https://mmmworldwide.org/blogs/how-about-praying/) - by Sr. Redempta Twomey SSC Ireland 25.02.2024 There is a story told about a holy man who was sitting in by the river, praying. A young man came up to him and said, “I want to find God.” The
- [Candles - our Spiritual Light](https://mmmworldwide.org/blogs/candles-our-spiritual-light/) - by Sr. Sheila Campbell MMM Ireland 03.02.2024 Yesterday was Candlemas Day. It was also the Feast of the Presentation of the Lord. But today I want to
- [Perception alters our reality: Seeing things up close.](https://mmmworldwide.org/blogs/perception-alters-our-reality-seeing-things-up-close/) - by Nadia Ramoutar MMM Communications Coordinator Ireland 28.01.2024 For my day job, I am the Communications Coordinator for the MMMs. For my night and weekend job, I am an artist. I think
- [Third Year Medical - Part Two](https://mmmworldwide.org/blogs/third-year-medical-part-two/) - by Sr. Margaret Anne Meyer MMM U.S.A.
- [Three Christmas Cards](https://mmmworldwide.org/blogs/three-christmas-cards/) - by Sr. Sheila Devane MMM Ireland 14.01.2024 Today is January 8th as I am writing this, and my Christmas decorations are coming down in slow instalments! I will keep the 77 Christmas cards for the entire year
- [Rose's Story](https://mmmworldwide.org/blogs/roses-story/) - by Moira Brehony AMMM Ireland/Tanzania 08.01.2024 When I see Rose from Masaka, Uganda I understand what prayer really means. Rose grew up in Masaka, Uganda and as a young woman, she met a man and bore a son for him
- [Heads Up!](https://mmmworldwide.org/blogs/heads-up/) - by Sr, Sheila Campbell MMM Ireland 13.02.2024 Recently I came across this story in an early MMM magazine, and it brought back many memories for me, not of Africa, but of the rural areas
- [My Life: My Prayer](https://mmmworldwide.org/blogs/my-life-my-prayer/) - by Anne Marie Kenny AMMM USA 05.02.2024 At this point in my 71st year experience on this good earth, my communication with God
- [Spring Musings](https://mmmworldwide.org/blogs/spring-musings/) - by Sr. Sheila Campbell MMM Ireland 27.02.2024 On Christmas morning I went into the chapel and sat down expecting to be thinking of the newborn babe
- [A woman of Our Time](https://mmmworldwide.org/blogs/a-woman-of-out-time/) - by Vera Grant AMMM Ireland 02.01.2024 A couple of weeks ago I sat in the packed auditorium and waited for the first female President of Ireland to enter. She had agreed to come to the Seamus Heaney Homeplace in Bellaghy to be interviewed by Mark
- [Epiphany 2024](https://mmmworldwide.org/blogs/epiphany-2024/) - by Sr. Sheila Campbell MMM Ireland 06.01.2024 There is something very humbling when we come to celebrate the Feast of the Epiphany this year on January 6th.
- [I am Still Here](https://mmmworldwide.org/blogs/i-am-still-here/) - by Sr. Sheila Campbell MMM Ireland 07.02.2024 In 2022 I wrote a blog called “Already There”. It flowed from an insight I had about eternal life and what it means to have been created by a loving God and at the
- [A Childhood Christmas](https://mmmworldwide.org/blogs/a-childhood-christmas/) - by Sr. Jo Anne Kelly MMM Ireland 25.12. 2023 Christmas was the most special time of the year in our young lives. I grew up during the time of World War11 when everything was scarce and rationed. Farming people managed with what
- [A Christmas Angel](https://mmmworldwide.org/blogs/a-christmas-angel/) - by Sr. Jo Anne Kelly MMM Ireland 31.12.2023 A few days before Christmas I had two health related
- [Mother Mary Martin Week: Sr. M. Immaculata Nichols](https://mmmworldwide.org/blogs/mother-mary-martin-week-sr-m-immaculata-nichols/) - Editor’s Note: This week, leading up to the anniversary of Mother Mary’s death on January 27th, we hear the stories of some of our early MMM Sisters, of how they met Mother Mary, and of how their lives changed. Sr. M. Immaculata Nichols (1917 – 2002)
- [Mother Mary Martin Week: Sr. Magdalen O’Rourke](https://mmmworldwide.org/blogs/mother-mary-martin-week-sr-magdalen-orourke/) - Editor’s Note: This week, leading up to the anniversary of Mother Mary’s death on January 27th, we hear the stories of some of our early MMM Sisters, of how they met Mother Mary, and of how their lives changed. Sr. Magdalen O’Rourke MMM (1909-2008)
- [Mother Mary Martin Week: Sr. Patrick Leydon](https://mmmworldwide.org/blogs/mother-mary-martin-week-sr-patrick-leydon/) - Editor’s Note: This week, leading up to the anniversary of Mother Mary’s death on January 27th, we hear the stories of some of our early MMM Sisters, of how they met Mother Mary, and of how their lives changed. Sr. Patrick Leydon MMM (1907-2001)
- [Blessing of Hands](https://mmmworldwide.org/blogs/blessing-of-hands/) - by Sr. Therese Kilkenny MMM Ireland 16.01. 2024 First published by MMM in 1980. The following words are taken from the ceremony of dedication of nurses. “May God bless your hands in protecting life, In caring for the sick,
- [Planet Palliative Care – Are we there yet?](https://mmmworldwide.org/blogs/planet-palliative-care-are-we-there-yet/) - by Nadia Ramoutar MMM Communications Coordinator Ireland 10.01.2024 As one year ends and another begins, there is this glimmer of hope that somehow in January we will be better people. After some self-indulgence in December for Christmas and New Year’s or whatever
- [First MMM Christmas in Africa - Part Two](https://mmmworldwide.org/blogs/first-mmm-christmas-in-africa-part-two/) - by one of the founding MMM Sisters Ireland/Nigeria 19.12.2023 Editor’s Note: This is an extract from a larger article, written in Nigeria in 1940. There was to be no midnight Mass at Anua in 1937. This privilege was reserved for
- [First MMM Christmas in Africa - Part One](https://mmmworldwide.org/blogs/first-mmm-christmas-in-africa-part-one/) - by one of the founding MMM Sisters Ireland/Nigeria 17.12.2023 Editor’s Note: This is an extract from a larger article, written in Nigeria
- [Our Christmas Gift to Mother Earth](https://mmmworldwide.org/blogs/our-christmas-gift-to-mother-earth/) - by Nadia Ramoutar MMM Communications Coordinator 23.12.2023 As the year ends, things can get busy and there can be stress around the Christmas and New Year’s celebrations. There is also a sense of rushing to get things done before 2023 snaps shut on us and 2024 arrives with all her
- [Christmas Reflections](https://mmmworldwide.org/blogs/3857/) - by Mary Bradley AMMM England 11.12.2023 Editor’s Note: Mary Bradley, an Associate member of MMM, edits an online Justice and Peace Newsletter from her home parish in England. Her Christmas reflections are so uplifting, it is a
- [Routines](https://mmmworldwide.org/blogs/routines/) - by Sr. Sheila Campbell MMM Ireland 12.01.2024 Each morning I get up early and usually follow the same routine – get dressed, have breakfast, pray in the chapel, and then go for a
- [The Fall - and its Consequences!](https://mmmworldwide.org/blogs/the-fall-and-its-consequences/) - by Sr. Jo Anne Kelly MMM Ireland/Nigeria 01.12.2023 Many years ago. I was doing a brief spell of relief work for one of our Hospital Administrators. The sisters in the community all
- [Coming and Going in Advent](https://mmmworldwide.org/blogs/coming-and-going-in-advent/) - by Sr. Prisca Ovat MMM Nigeria 29.11.2023 The approach of advent conjures in our consciousness the memories of Christ’s birth and all the events
- [Obstetric Fistula is preventable](https://mmmworldwide.org/blogs/obstetric-fistula-is-preventable/) - by Toni Pyke Ireland 09.12.2023 Justice, Peace and Ecology Coordinator Association of Leaders of Missionaries
- [The Christmas Turkey](https://mmmworldwide.org/blogs/the-christmas-turkey/) - by Sr. Martina McGlynn MMM (1929 – 1995) Ireland 13.12.2023 It is an established fact that Christmas time is a busy one for all. The Sisters’ house at Abakaliki, Nigeria, was no exception on December 23rd. All day long the house had been a beehive
- [Bringing Home the Babies](https://mmmworldwide.org/blogs/bringing-home-the-babies/) - by Sr. M. Francis Morris (1919 – 1993) Ireland 04.01.2024 First published by MMM in 1952 The early morning was cool, and the peace and stillness of the dawn was
- [Thérèse of Lisieux - a saint for our times of violence and wars](https://mmmworldwide.org/blogs/therese-of-lisieux-a-saint-for-our-times-of-violence-and-wars/) - by Sr. Genevieve van Waesberghe MMM Tanzania/ Ireland 25.11.2023 Did you know that during the first World War, less than 20 years after her death, Thérèse had already conquered the heart of many soldiers battling
- [MMM Students - Christmas 1962](https://mmmworldwide.org/blogs/mmm-students-christmas-1962/) - by Sr. Margaret Anne Meyer. MMM USA 05.12.2023 This Christmas as a medical student in Rosemount was going to be very special. Sister Aideen O’Sullivan, who was
- [A Tale from Early MMM Life](https://mmmworldwide.org/blogs/a-tale-from-early-mmm-life/) - by Sr. M. Elizabeth Ireland/Nigeria 15.11.2023 Editor’s Note: This story comes from one of our early MMM Magazines. One wonders what the scientific reason for this would be nowadays, or if we
- [Being Ready](https://mmmworldwide.org/blogs/being-ready/) - by Sr. Jo Anne Kelly MMM Ireland 19.11.2023 I read a reflection about the Gospel reading of last Sunday- the parable of the wise and foolish virgins. The writer told about organizing and leading pilgrimages for more or less the same
- [Calm Before the Storm: Can We Wake Up in Time](https://mmmworldwide.org/blogs/calm-before-the-storm-can-we-wake-up-in-time/) - by Nadia Ramoutar MMM Communications Coordinator Ireland 23.11.2023 There is a major storm in Ireland today on a Monday morning and the schools are opening late. We are fortunate that with all the technology we have we can know in advance that a storm is coming and we
- [How the Cat Found a Home](https://mmmworldwide.org/blogs/how-the-cat-found-a-home/) - by Sr. Miriam (Mairead) O’Quigley MMM (1917 – 2003) Ireland/Tanzania 29.12.2023 A long time ago, cats did not live in our houses as they do now. They lived in the forest or in the bush. Then… Once upon a time, a cat, a
- [Treated, Cured, and then Home – 60 years on!](https://mmmworldwide.org/blogs/treated-cured-and-then-home-60-years-on/) - by Sr. Mary Howard MMM (1939 – 2009) England/ Nigeria 27.12.2023 Editor’s note: Sr. Mary told this story back in 2003 when an understanding of Hansen’s Disease was increasing, and a cure had been found. He was always known to us as Papa Dennis, though he
- [The History of the First Postal Stamp](https://mmmworldwide.org/blogs/the-history-of-the-first-postal-stamp/) - by Sr. Sheila Campbell MMM Ireland 27.11.2023 Did you know that MMM collects used postage stamps? We have a small team of dedicated Sisters who trim and sort the stamps
- [Magnificat](https://mmmworldwide.org/blogs/magnificat/) - By Sr. Siobhan O’Keefe SHJM Ireland 07.12.2023 Mary listened deeply to the Word of God. Responded in whole
- [Advent and St. Ignatius](https://mmmworldwide.org/blogs/advent-and-st-ignatius/) - by Paul Campbell SJ USA 03.12.2023 As you probably know, in both the “Old” (Hebrew) and “New” (Christian) Testaments, words ending with “el” suggest “of God.” Hence, Michael signifies “Who is
- [The "O" Anitphons](https://mmmworldwide.org/blogs/the-o-anitphons/) - by Paul Campbell SJ USA 21.12.2023 Lent comes before Easter. Clear and simple. Advent comes before Christmas. Equally clear and simple but, for some
- [Getting Crafty with the Sisters](https://mmmworldwide.org/blogs/getting-crafty-with-the-sisters/) - by Nadia Ramoutar MMM Communications Coordinator Ireland 17.11.2023 One of the joys of my work in the Communications Department for the MMMs, is that I am always overwhelmed listening to the MMM Sisters stories of what they have done and what they have seen over the years. Even
- [Third Medical Year 1962](https://mmmworldwide.org/blogs/third-medical-year-1962/) - by Sr. Margaret Anne Meyer MMM USA 09.11.2023 What a thrill? Now our mornings were spent in the hospital instead of the classroom. We had the choice of choosing what hospital we would like to attend. The three of us,
- [And the Angel Left Her](https://mmmworldwide.org/blogs/and-the-angel-left-her/) - by Sr. Sheila Campbell MMM Ireland 11.11.2023 The most poignant line in the story of the Annunciation is the last line. The angel told Mary the great news that she was to bear a child. This child would be the saviour of his people. The angel
- [Autumn Colours](https://mmmworldwide.org/blogs/autumn-colours/) - by Sr. Jo Anne Kelly MMM Ireland 03.11.2023 The five cherry trees in our garden are beautiful just now. With the mild weather in this part of Ireland they have held on to most of their leaves and are now ablaze with autumn colours. As
- [The Cockroach Story: Working with Low Self-Esteem](https://mmmworldwide.org/blogs/the-cockroach-story-working-with-low-self-esteem/) - by Sr. Sheila Campbell MMM Ireland 21.11.2023 It often happens that the first step in exercising solidarity is exploring the lack of self-esteem among people who are marginalized. In one women’s group in Brazil the participants were asked to draw something that expresses “who am I?” Elizabeth
- [Preserving the Past, Empowering the Future](https://mmmworldwide.org/blogs/preserving-the-past-empowering-the-future/) - by Sr. Rita Kelly MMM Ireland 28.10.2023 It is strange how some sentences “jump out” from an article and stay with one. I do not remember the article where I read the sentence “Preserving the Past, Empowering the future.” (I have
- [Knock and its Special Parish Priest.](https://mmmworldwide.org/blogs/knock-and-its-special-parish-priest/) - by Sr. Sheila Devane MMM Ireland 22.10.2023 I have visited our national Marian shrine in Knock Co. Mayo, Ireland, quite
- [Where Do I Put My Heart?](https://mmmworldwide.org/blogs/where-do-i-put-my-heart/) - by Sr. Sheila Campbell MMM Ireland 20.10.2023 Did you know that Earth and Heart are the same word with the letters mixed up a different way? I discovered this fact the other
- [The Fabric of My Life](https://mmmworldwide.org/blogs/the-fabric-of-my-life/) - by Sr. Ann Flynn MMM USA 13.11.2023 Recently I was asked for the story of my vocation which I guess you could say started when I arrived into a family in the heart of the Finger Lakes Region of New York State. My 4-year-old sister, Marge,
- [The Question - and the fun that followed](https://mmmworldwide.org/blogs/the-question-and-the-fun-that-followed/) - by Sr. Sheila Devane, MMM Ireland 26.10.2023 As a little girl I asked a lot of questions. All children do. I wanted to know so much about so many different things. No sooner had I got an answer than I was
- [Message for Christmas from Salvador, Brazil](https://mmmworldwide.org/blogs/message-for-christmas-from-salvador-brazil/) - by Sr Maria Jose, MMM Brazil 15.12.2023 Christmas is a time to celebrate the reunion of families and relatives. There is such joy when some children are close or part of any
- [All Saints - and one I know](https://mmmworldwide.org/blogs/all-saints-and-one-i-know/) - by Sr. Sheila Campbell MMM Ireland 30.11.2023 Tomorrow is Halloween. For most young people today, it is all about witches and pumpkins and I would guess few know the origins of the celebration at all! It is the evening before All Hallows Day, and
- [Angry, Lonely and Disconnected Young Men](https://mmmworldwide.org/blogs/angry-lonely-and-disconnected-young-men/) - by Nadia Ramoutar MMM Communications Coordinator Ireland 07.11.2023 Listening to the news and hearing what is going on in the world can be hard – even for people with great faith. It almost seems as if humans are on a track to continue to destroy one another and
- [The Passion and Death of Gabi](https://mmmworldwide.org/blogs/the-passion-and-death-of-gabi/) - by Sr. Sheila Campbell MMM Ireland 05.11.2023 Nobody knew her age. She was tall and thin and looked in her early twenties, but looking back now, I think she was probably more, close to thirty. Gabi was part of the flotsam and jettison
- [Why am I so happy?](https://mmmworldwide.org/blogs/why-am-i-so-happy/) - by Sr. Sheila Campbell Ireland 30.09.2023 Written over sixty years ago by one of the early MMMs, the following article resonated with me. The name of the actual author was never published. I could almost have written the same words about my life and ministry in
- [Anatomy Lessons Made Easy](https://mmmworldwide.org/blogs/anatomy-lessons-made-easy/) - by MMM Medical Students 1969 Ireland 01.11.2023 After some time studying textbooks, we, students, almost feel that we could publish one ourselves. Not for us the dull, technical language of the
- [The Taste of Tea - the True Cost](https://mmmworldwide.org/blogs/the-taste-of-tea-the-true-cost/) - by Sr. Prisca Ovat MMM Nigeria/Kenya 18.10.2023 History has it that the first tea seeds were introduced by the expatriates over a century ago in Kiambu County, Kenya. From then on, 19 tea-growing counties emerged, due to the tropical
- [A Safe Haven](https://mmmworldwide.org/blogs/a-safe-haven/) - by Sr. Prisca Ovat MMM Nigeria 04.10.2023 The love of a mother to bring to birth the child in her womb ladens her with the extra responsibility of protection. She feels responsible for this child and must see it through life (if
- [How to have Patience in Suffering: Growing in love and light](https://mmmworldwide.org/blogs/how-to-have-patience-in-suffering-growing-in-love-and-light/) - by Nadia Ramoutar MMM Communications Coordinator Ireland 26.09.2023 It seems that all of mission work must somehow come from the seeds of hope. It is the only way to grow into what we are becoming. The MMM Motto is “rooted and founded in love.” We
- [An Indelible Mark](https://mmmworldwide.org/blogs/an-indelible-mark/) - by Sr. Helen Aherne MMM Ireland/Uganda 22.09.2023 (Editor's Note: This story was first published in 2009 when Sr. Helen was still in Uganda) I once read that every person who touches our lives leaves an indelible mark on
- [Stories of Care 5 - Njiku the Farmer](https://mmmworldwide.org/blogs/stories-of-care-5-njiku-the-farmer/) - by Sr. Marian Scena USA/Tanzania 24.10.2023 In early February 2016 our palliative care volunteer, Sammy, arrived with a man who he thought needed care. Sammy had gone to his shamba(farm) in a rural part of another District about 40km from
- [Second Medical Year](https://mmmworldwide.org/blogs/second-medical-year/) - by Sr. Margaret Anne Meyer MMM USA 02.10.2023 Just the head and neck. This is what we thought was ahead of us as the Second Medical Year began in October 1961. It would not take a full academic
- [The Importance of Caring for Our Heart](https://mmmworldwide.org/blogs/the-importance-of-caring-for-our-heart/) - by Nadia Ramoutar MMM Communications Coordinator Ireland 10.10.2023 Recently, I met with an MMM Sister and she asked me “How is your heart?” I stopped for a moment and automatically put my hand over my heart and paused before I answered. It was such an interesting question and unexpected.
- [Doctor Diet](https://mmmworldwide.org/blogs/doctor-diet/) - by Sr. Sheila Campbell MMM Ireland 10.09.2023 The story is told about one of our early MMM Sister Doctors, Sr. Margaret Mary Nolan. Sr. Margaret Mary was a highly qualified surgeon, obstetrician, and gynaecologist when she entered MMM in 1939, just
- [Providing Shelter](https://mmmworldwide.org/blogs/providing-shelter/) - by Eilin Teeling AMMM Ireland 08.09.2023 At dinner time, when Anya allowed me to serve her some vegetables, I knew finally my husband and I were accepted. When she, her mother Olga, and her sister, eight-year-old Khrystyna arrived in our home in October
- [A Quick Journey by Plane?](https://mmmworldwide.org/blogs/a-quick-journey-by-plane/) - by Sr. Sheila Campbell, MMM Ireland 26.09.2023 Nowadays we are used to jumping on a plane, off on a summer holiday. Business people fly all over the world, working as they travel. Despite our concerns nowadays about “carbon footprints”, air travel
- [Annual Retreat: A Time to Stand and Stare](https://mmmworldwide.org/blogs/annual-retreat-a-time-to-stand-and-stare/) - by Sr. Sheila Campbell MMM Ireland 02.09.2023 “What is this life if, full of care, we have no time to stand and stare.” W.H. Davis This has been one of those weeks – periods on inactivity, interspersed with period of frantic work and deadlines to be
- [Matt Talbot Rediscovered](https://mmmworldwide.org/blogs/matt-talbot-rediscovered/) - by Sr. Margaret Anne Meyer MMM USA 31.08.2023 Matt Talbot was always highly revered by me because he had worked for T&C Martin lumbar company in Dublin which was owned at one time by Mother Mary’s father. I marvelled how he had
- [The Barabaig Woman](https://mmmworldwide.org/blogs/the-barabaig-woman/) - by Sr. Margaret Garnett MMM (1920 – 1990) England 14.10.2023 First published in 1989. Sr Margaret, a medical doctor, spent all her missionary life in Tanzania. The Barabaig are a nomadic and pastoral people who live in Tanzania and have many difficulties as more and more land
- [A Tale of Two Motorcycles](https://mmmworldwide.org/blogs/a-tale-of-two-motorcycles/) - By Sr. Siobhan O’Keefe SHJM Ireland 20.09.2023 Editor's Note: Sr. Siobhan is a frequent visitor to our Motherhouse in Ireland to visit her aunt, Sr. Nuala Horgan. She has her own website with reflections
- [Our Connection with God](https://mmmworldwide.org/blogs/our-connection-with-god/) - by Vera Grant AMMM Ireland 12.09.2023 Donegal in August – 4 seasons in one day, it is said. Together Maggie and I walked slowly, deep in thought and thankful to be out now that the rain was staying away.
- [Who Dreads Surgery?](https://mmmworldwide.org/blogs/who-dreads-surgery/) - by an unknown author Ireland 08.10.2023 (First published by MMM in 1961) A short time ago I was admitted to hospital for an operation. Was I worried? For at least a week previous I sought the prayers of many dear friends. The dreaded day
- [“The Drink”: a story of the struggle](https://mmmworldwide.org/blogs/the-drink-a-story-of-the-struggle/) - by Sr. Jo Anne Kelly MMM Ireland 04.09.2023 Many years ago, I was doing a course in Dublin. Included in the course was one month of “Field Work”. My
- ["Take It Easy, Joe!"](https://mmmworldwide.org/blogs/take-it-easy-joe/) - By Sr. Sheila Campbell MMM Ireland 06.10.2023 The other day I was leafing through some old MMM Magazines, and I came across the following
- [Reflections on Living in a Less Violent Reality.](https://mmmworldwide.org/blogs/reflections-on-living-in-a-less-violent-reality/) - by Nadia Ramoutar MMM Communications Coordinator Ireland 18.09.2023 It’s unusual for me to say that something shocked me, but this week it did. There can be a lot of darkness in the world and I am not immune to the ill effects of
- [The Gift and the Gift Givers](https://mmmworldwide.org/blogs/the-gift-and-the-gift-givers/) - by Sr. Sheila Devane MMM Ireland 24.09.2023 It was such a wet day last Wednesday. I wasn’t sure whether or not to go out to Mass. I went and then wondered how I would alight
- [Knowing When and How to Leave](https://mmmworldwide.org/blogs/knowing-when-and-how-to-leave/) - by Nadia Ramoutar MMM Communications Coordinator Ireland 29.08.2023 There is a story I heard some time ago that has lingered with me. A young monk
- [Expanding our Definition of “Home”](https://mmmworldwide.org/blogs/expanding-our-definition-of-home/) - by Nadia Ramoutar MMM Communications Coordinator Ireland 06.09.2023 I find myself lately reflecting on the word “home”. Most likely this is because I have been fortunate enough to buy a little house and I am in the process of renovating it. As I get tired working nights
- [Gratefulness: in the Fabric of Life](https://mmmworldwide.org/blogs/gratefulness-in-the-fabric-of-life/) - by Sr. Therese McDonough MMM USA 28.09.2023 “Let us be grateful for the people who make us happy; they are the charming gardeners who make our souls blossom." ~ Marcel Proust After coming across the above, I was asked
- [The China Woman](https://mmmworldwide.org/blogs/the-china-woman/) - by Sr. Sheila Devane MMM Ireland 16.09.2023 Should this read the Chinese woman or the woman from China? No, this is about the China Woman. Let me tell you about her! Last week, two colleagues called and, when offering them tea,
- [The Beauty and Challenge of Humility](https://mmmworldwide.org/blogs/the-beauty-and-challenge-of-humility/) - by Nadia Ramoutar MMM Communications Coordinator Ireland 15.08.2023 One of the great joys of my work with the MMM Sisters is being part of so many exceptional and empowering missions in some of the poorest and most neglected parts of the world. I am honoured to know
- [One Solitary Life](https://mmmworldwide.org/blogs/one-solitary-life/) - Author Unknown 14.09.2023 Who was he? This young man was born in an
- [Have a Good Day!](https://mmmworldwide.org/blogs/have-a-good-day/) - by Sr. Sheila Devane MMM Ireland 25.08.2023 Well, sure I did! I often say: “Have a good day!” and it’s often said to me too! Can I tell you about a good day I had – recently? It was the
- [Do We Continue to Sow the Seed?](https://mmmworldwide.org/blogs/do-we-continue-to-sow-the-seed/) - by Sr. Rita Kelly, MMM Ireland 17.08.2023 Reflecting on religious life in Ireland one wonders what the future holds for this way of life. Many congregations/organisations are facing ageing, dying and diminishment. Some would ask the question do we continue the ministry of vocations awareness
- [The Power of Gratitude: A Tale of Two Towns](https://mmmworldwide.org/blogs/the-power-of-gratitude-a-tale-of-two-towns/) - by Nadia Ramoutar, MMM Communications Coordinator Ireland 07.08.2023 Recently, my life took me in two different directions and I found myself spending time in two very different towns. In one town, the people on the surface appeared to have very little but were rich in spirit.
- [First Medical 1959 - Christmas to Second Medical](https://mmmworldwide.org/blogs/first-medical-1959-christmas-to-second-medical/) - by Sr. Margaret Anne Meyer MMM U.S.A. 05.08.2023 How can this be? Is that what the flight into Egypt felt like? My two companions remained in Rosemount to enjoy
- [Cafeteria Catholics](https://mmmworldwide.org/blogs/cafeteria-catholics/) - by Sr. Sheila Campbell MMM Ireland 27.08.2023 Until the other day I had never heard of the term. Now I discover that it was first used as a derogatory term for Catholics who pick and choose what they want to believe in, especially in the moral
- [Breath and Prayer](https://mmmworldwide.org/blogs/breath-and-prayer/) - by Eilín Teeling AMMM Ireland 03.08.2023 In the winter of 2022, I was ill with pneumonia, a serious respiratory infection. I needed powerful medicine of strong antibiotics, steroids, and our home nebuliser (breathing in a fine mist of yet more medicine)
- [The Essential Well of Wisdom: Water is our source of Life](https://mmmworldwide.org/blogs/the-essential-well-of-wisdom-water-is-our-source-of-life/) - by Nadia Ramoutar MMM Communications Coordinator Ireland 24.07.2022 Currently, there is major construction work going on in front of the house I live in on a road in rural Ireland. I am not a fan.
- [The Story of Maria and José – a story of AIDS in Brazil, 1990s](https://mmmworldwide.org/blogs/the-story-of-maria-and-jose-a-story-of-aids-in-brazil-1990s/) - by Sr. Sheila Lenehan MMM (1943-2018) Ireland/Brazil 20.06.2023 Maria is in her late 40s. She came to see us because they were desperate. They had run out of money. She had a house of her own and her son had a small business. But, because her
- [Creative Fidelity - one of the MMM Values](https://mmmworldwide.org/blogs/creative-fidelity/) - by Sr. Sheila Campbell MMM Ireland 18.06.2023 One of our MMM values that I have seen people scratch their heads about is Creative Fidelity. “What do you mean by that?”, they say. “It doesn’t make sense”. Well, there is one thing I have
- [Pre-Med in Dublin 1958-59](https://mmmworldwide.org/blogs/pre-med-in-dublin-1958-59/) - by Sr. Margaret Anne Meyer MMM U.S.A. 31.05.2023 “Splendid, Splendid, Splendid,” fell from the lips of our motherly Sister-in Charge, Sister, Catherine Ryan, as she telephoned the aunt of my parish priest in New York. Both she, and Aunt Nan, as she was affectionately
- [Rewiring: Reflections on wifi connections](https://mmmworldwide.org/blogs/rewiring-reflections-on-wifi-connections/) - by Nadia Ramoutar MMM Communications Coordinator Ireland 16.06.2023 Does an addict actually know they are addicted until they are without the addiction source? This thought crossed my mind lately when traveling in East Africa to visit the MMM Missions in Tanzania along with Sr Sheila Campbell. We both work
- [Losing the page](https://mmmworldwide.org/blogs/losing-the-page/) - by Sr. Jo Anne Kelly MMM Ireland 29.05.2023 It was December and we were having a ceremony of thanksgiving for all who did volunteer work in the parish during the year. A new deacon (the first lay deacon) had just arrived so we were welcoming
- [My Hobby is Bird Watching](https://mmmworldwide.org/blogs/my-hobby-is-bird-watching/) - by Sr. Marian Scena MMM U.S.A. / Tanzania 17.05.2023 “What colour is its eyebrow, Marian?”, asked one of my MMM Sisters – with a bit of humour and
- [Child and Bride - Separate those words!](https://mmmworldwide.org/blogs/child-and-bride-separate-those-worlds/) - by Nadia Ramoutar MMM Communications Coordinator Ireland 19.05.2023 Recently, I read a report that said at the current rate we are going child bride weddings will continue for the next 300 years. That’s just not going to work for me. I am the granddaughter of child bride.
- [Old Lady's Circle](https://mmmworldwide.org/blogs/old-ladys-circle/) - by Sr. Margaret Anne Meyer MMM U.S.A. 13.05.2023 For the last 20 years people have been telling me I should get my hearing tested. I thought I was hearing well so I agreed to go with an older Sister for a hearing test. Lo and behold,
- [Surgery at Sea! - A surprising missionary journey](https://mmmworldwide.org/blogs/surgery-at-sea-a-surprising-missionary-journey/) - by Sr. Raphael O’Connell MMM (1925 – 2022) Ireland 11.05.2023 It was to be the last voyage of the Llangibby Castle, the elderly ship of the Union Castle Line that had once carried Edel Quinn to Africa. Sr. Kieran Saunders was returning to
- [Expanding the Concept of "Home": Entering into the Unknown](https://mmmworldwide.org/blogs/expanding-the-concept-of-home-entering-into-the-unknown/) - by Nadia Ramoutar MMM Communications Coordinator Ireland 15.05.2023 There are two sides to almost every situation but when we are in it, it is hard to see both of them. The excitement of a new adventure and going to a new place also involves leaving behind a
- [Womens' Lib - 1942 Style](https://mmmworldwide.org/blogs/womens-lib-1942-style/) - by Sr. Sheila Campbell, MMM Ireland 08.06.2023 Nowadays we are accustomed to women’s football and rugby teams. They are now being reported on in sports channels as regularly as the men’s games. But it is a relevantly recent phenomenon. The other day I was sent
- [Clearing Space in My Life](https://mmmworldwide.org/blogs/clearing-space-in-my-life/) - by Vera Grant AMMM Ireland 25.05.2023 I planted it last year and looked forward to this very different version of the familiar, yellow Broom. This one has flowers of red, orange andyellow and I thought it would be a warm and cheerful welcome
- [A Wise Woman.... We need a Laundry](https://mmmworldwide.org/blogs/a-wise-woman-we-need-a-laundry/) - by Sr. Mary Doonan, MMM Ireland 09.05.2023 Mother Mary Martin, the founder of the Medical Missionaries of Mary, was a woman ahead of her time. She saw the need “to start our General Training Hospital which is a crying necessity for our missionary work and the people of the
- [God and the Smartphone](https://mmmworldwide.org/blogs/god-talks-through-the-smartphone/) - by Sr. Sheila Campbell MMM Ireland 02.06.2023 Recently there has been a lot of discussion about artificial intelligence and its development. It can be used for good or ill purposes, as most of our recent discoveries. Just think about nuclear power. But without getting
- [Where is the Joy in January?](https://mmmworldwide.org/blogs/where-is-the-joy-in-january/) - by Nadia Ramoutar MMM Communications Coordinator Ireland 01.01.2023 Of all the months of the year, January probably has the least popular reputation. December offers us the joy of Christmas and the fun of the New Year with all the celebration, rich food, friends and families gathering from
- [Wounded Healers](https://mmmworldwide.org/blogs/wounded-healers/) - by Sr. Rita Kelly MMM Ireland 05.05.2023 Recently, I was asked what influenced me to write the thesis “Towards a Transformative Spirituality: Exploring Stress and Trauma among Missionaries in Ministry.” (See link below) The following are the threads that led me to write the thesis.
- [Jesuit Influence on MMM](https://mmmworldwide.org/blogs/jesuit-influence-on-mmm/) - by Paul Brian Campbell SJ U.S.A. 03.05.2023 I was only 11 years-old when my sister entered the Medical Missionaries of Mary. Some of my memories of that time are fuzzy, but I seem to remember Sheila explaining to the family that, although Hugo Kelly, who assisted
- [Taking Advice - learning from daily life](https://mmmworldwide.org/blogs/taking-advice/) - by Sr. Sheila Campbell MMM Ireland 27.05.2023 Did you ever notice how good we are at giving advice and very poor at accepting it? I went through this experience recently and it taught me a lesson. I was driving into a town I did not know very well,
- [Compassion - my favourite of the MMM values](https://mmmworldwide.org/blogs/compassion-my-favourite-of-the-mmm-values/) - by Wilfreda Omwalo, AMMM Kenya 21.04.2023 I am very much privileged to be associated with MMM. The Congregation has six core values and compassion is my favorite. It is one of the best because it cuts across all the other
- ["Things are Opening Up a Bit"](https://mmmworldwide.org/blogs/things-are-opening-up-a-bit/) - by Nadia Ramoutar MMM Communications Coordinator Ireland 23.05.2023 Last year, the news headlines from Rome told us that in the words of Pope Francis “things are opening up a bit.” The Pope made this comment after it was announced that he intended to appoint two women
- [Let it Be Done to Me](https://mmmworldwide.org/blogs/let-it-be-done-to-me/) - by Sr. Sheila Campbell MMM Ireland 25.03.2022 Today is the Feast of the Annunciation of our Lord also called the Feast of the Incarnation. Exactly nine months before Christmas Day – how good a timing is that! I began thinking about this Feast a few days ago. There is one
- [Clinging and Yet Accepting Change](https://mmmworldwide.org/blogs/clinging-and-yet-accepting-change/) - by Sr. Sheila Campbell MMM Ireland 21.05.2023 “Do not cling to me!”. These are among the first words of Jesus to Mary Magdalene after the Resurrection. Everybody knows that first impressions are important, so why did Jesus use these words? What could he mean? In the days after
- [Darkness Unto Light](https://mmmworldwide.org/blogs/darkness-unto-light/) - by Michèle Sinnott Ireland 06.04.2023 My thanks for your company again across the miles, as we move onto The Seventh and Final Stepping Stone for this Lenten Journey... We’ve reached the point of our 7th Wednesday together... Whether you’ve been dipping in and
- [Outer Vision, Inner Vision](https://mmmworldwide.org/blogs/outer-vision-inner-vision/) - by Michèle Sinnott Ireland 30.03.2023 Welcome back and glad you can be here again this morning… And so, together we move to the Fifth Lenten Stepping Stone to Pause On… Outer Vision, Inner Vision… Last Sundayè’s Gospel offered the story about the healing
- [Beginning Medical School in Ireland - 1958](https://mmmworldwide.org/blogs/beginning-medical-school-in-ireland-1958/) - by Sr. Margaret Anne Meyer MMM U.S.A. 17.04.2023 The long-awaited day arrived. Sr. Martha Collins and I had settled in Rosemount, our House of Studies in Dublin, and had met the other students in the various years of Medical School. We were delighted to meet our companion Sr. Maura Lynch,
- [Stability - a Benedictine Ideal](https://mmmworldwide.org/blogs/stability/) - by Sr. Sheila Campbell MMM Ireland 13.04.2023 Many of you know that MMM spirituality has at its core “the spirit of St. Benedict”. But what can a spirituality set out for monks in a monastery or abbey have to do a reflection on how the monastic vow of stability is adapted for a missionary life
- [New Life and Mother Nature](https://mmmworldwide.org/blogs/new-life-and-mother-nature/) - by Sr. Rita Kelly MMM Ireland 11.04.2023 This week I had my first glimpse of primroses. As I watch Mother Nature exploding into new life, first the snowdrops, the daffodils, the buds on the trees gradually unfolding one can only give thanks to all
- [Easter - celebrating with cow dung!](https://mmmworldwide.org/blogs/easter-celebrating-with-cow-dung/) - By Sr. Prisca Ovat MMM Nigeria/ Kenya 11.04.2023 The Lord’s resurrection is the hope of our salvation. It is the reason we endure forty days of Lent, conscious living and being. It is also the reason that even the poorest make a meaningful celebration out of their status through
- [Redemption - a Personal Reflection](https://mmmworldwide.org/blogs/redemption-a-personal-reflection/) - by Mary Coffey AMMM Ireland 05.04.2023 Redemption is a word central to Holy Week and I invite you to pause and to come with me on a journey that I made while on holiday in Uganda many years ago, a journey into a very personal understanding of redemption. While
- [Protecting Children](https://mmmworldwide.org/blogs/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? God seemed to be shining out
- [Barcodes](https://mmmworldwide.org/blogs/barcodes-2/) - by Sr. Sheila Campbell MMM Ireland 28.07.2022 Sometimes God comes to tickle you with joy. At least that is the way I thought about it after I had seen this scene. The other morning, I walked into our chapel for morning prayer and there it was. The sunlight was streaming
- [This Journey was Unplanned](https://mmmworldwide.org/blogs/this-journey-was-unplanned/) - by Sr. Prisca Ovat, MMM 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 activities went on smoothly. Then, the apostolate began to manifest
- [Disposable or Reusable](https://mmmworldwide.org/blogs/disposable-or-reusable/) - By Sr. Noeleen Mooney, MMM, Friday 3rd September 2021 Walking through any town in Ireland I am struck by the overflowing litter bins, the sticky chewing gum on the cement, not to mention the various hues of plastic bags which still festoon the hedges and ditches in the surrounding countryside. I have a longing for the
- [The Bridge](https://mmmworldwide.org/blogs/the-bridge/) - Sr Sheila Campbell MMM, 3rd September 2021 It was quite a narrow bridge. It spanned a deep crevice where a fast-flowing stream jumped and burbled over rocky stones. No room for a car here or any other form of outer shell to protect me. I had to cross on foot, and alone. The day seemed
- [Paying Attention](https://mmmworldwide.org/blogs/paying-attention/) - by Sr. Sheila Campbell MMM Ireland 12.02.2023 All of a sudden, the mornings are getting brighter and the evenings stretching out a little. At least that is true here in the Northern Hemisphere. But of course, it is not “all of a sudden”. I am just
- [Anxiety](https://mmmworldwide.org/blogs/anxiety/) - by Sr. Noeleen Mooney MMM Ireland 12.04.2022 One of my favourite pieces from the Gospel is where Jesus tells us: “Which of you can live a few more years by worrying about it? If you can’t manage even such a small thing, why worry about other things?” (Luke 12.25-26) The other things. Yes.
- [Thank you](https://mmmworldwide.org/blogs/thank-you/) - by Sr. Sheila Campbell MMM Ireland 29.05.2022 This morning I came across a quote from Meister Eckhart: “If the only prayer you say in your entire life is ‘thank you,’ that is enough. I stopped to look at those words because I am aware of how much in my life I just take
- [Journeying in Africa](https://mmmworldwide.org/blogs/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 hospital there in 1959. Though
- [Protecting Children](https://mmmworldwide.org/blogs/protecting-children-3/) - 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? God seemed to be shining
- [A Time Apart](https://mmmworldwide.org/blogs/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 asks of us. Maasai warriors
- [Healing Charism with the Elderly](https://mmmworldwide.org/blogs/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. Can I
- [Memories of the MMM](https://mmmworldwide.org/blogs/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 to see her at bedtime!
- [Fog](https://mmmworldwide.org/blogs/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 my childhood in Belfast. When
- [In the Sacred Space](https://mmmworldwide.org/blogs/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 depth of being. Aware of
- [Footprints in the Sand](https://mmmworldwide.org/blogs/footprints-in-the-sand/) - by Sr. Noeleen Mooney, MMM Ireland 17.01.2022 I have never had a good sense of direction, though I believed that if I walked somewhere, I would at least be able to retrace my steps. This almost let me down once when I went to a baptism celebration in south Maasailand, Tanzania. Houses there
- [Healing](https://mmmworldwide.org/blogs/healing/) - by Sr. Sheila Campbell, MMM Ireland 20.01.2022 Healing is a word that you hear often in MMM circles. In one sense it is a deeper understanding of what a Medical Congregation is all about. We run hospitals, clinics and out stations not only to cure but also to heal. When we talk about “cure” the
- [Miserable Weather](https://mmmworldwide.org/blogs/miserable-weather/) - by Sr. Noeleen Mooney, MMM Ireland 18.11.2021 Until I came from Tanzania back to Ireland, I hadn’t realized just how much my attitude to rain had changed. When it rains here, I hear people describe it as ‘a dirty day’ or ’miserable weather’. Maybe these are only conventions of speech, but they strike me as
- [Blood and Water](https://mmmworldwide.org/blogs/blood-and-water/) - by Sr. Noeleen Mooney, MMM Ireland 04.11.2021 My work in a mission hospital laboratory was far removed from the high technology of auto-analyzers and computer print-outs. Diagnosing intestinal and blood parasites microscopically formed a large part of the workload. The highest cause of mortality and morbidity is malaria. So may die, either because of complications, or
- [All in the "Our Father"](https://mmmworldwide.org/blogs/all-in-the-our-father/) - by Sr. Prisca Ovat, MMM Kenya 05.11.2021 “Like the experience of the disciples on their way to Emmaus, whose hearts were burning as Jesus explained the scriptures, so too my heart inflamed meditating on the Lord’s prayer. And for the first time in my life, I felt I had only learnt how to pray as
- [An Open Door](https://mmmworldwide.org/blogs/an-open-door/) - by Sr. Sheila Campbell MMM Ireland 09.02.2022 Since the Covid-19 pandemic began we have all been with heightened awareness for the need for fresh air and ventilation. We have all our windows and, where possible, doors open. This morning I sat staring at the open door of our chapel when I went in
- [An Ordinary Daisy](https://mmmworldwide.org/blogs/an-ordinary-daisy/) - by Sr. Sheila Campbell MMM Ireland 25.11.2021 Some months back, I found myself in a large garden waiting for a visitor to the house. It was a warm, sunny day, always welcome in September. I sat on a garden bench and had the time just to feel the heat of the sun, hear the breeze
- [Birds' Nests](https://mmmworldwide.org/blogs/birds-nests/) - by Sr. Noeleen Mooney MMM Ireland 24.04..2022 Have you ever wondered about birds’ nests? No, I don’t mean the size, shape or colour of them. What really amazes me is how they stay together. I mean how does the builder get the first few twigs to form a sturdy foundation if it is
- [New Year in Salvador, Brazil](https://mmmworldwide.org/blogs/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 Year's Eve begins in the
- [Seeing in a new way](https://mmmworldwide.org/blogs/seeing-in-a-new-way/) - by Sr. Noeleen Mooney, MMM Ireland 16.12.2021 I never cease to be in awe of the fact that simply looking down a microscope can be enough to recognize the cause of some of the most common parasitic and bacterial diseases. My early years in laboratory training had a lot to do with microscopic things.
- [The Baby Sparrow](https://mmmworldwide.org/blogs/the-baby-sparrow/) - by Sr. Noeleen Mooney MMM Ireland 30.01.2022 No one is immune to the presence of birds in our compound in Tanzania Whether we like them or see them as a nuisance, their presence is real and does affect us. Most of us like the sound of the
- [Lighting a Candle](https://mmmworldwide.org/blogs/lighting-a-candle/) - by Sr. Sheila Campbell MMM Ireland 13.12.2021 Yesterday I went to our parish church for Mass and, as I arrived early, sat watching as other people came in. The first old man who arrived took his time and shuffled up to the side altar and lit a candle to
- [The Dawn Chorus](https://mmmworldwide.org/blogs/the-dawn-chorus/) - by Sr. Noeleen Mooney, MMM Ireland 07. 01.2022 “The world began this morning, God-dreamt and full of birds.” So, Patrick Kavanagh tells us – and he was a poet – with his own special way with words. God-dreamt and full of birds. How beautiful and true. In so many ways mornings would not
- [Weeds](https://mmmworldwide.org/blogs/weeds/) - by Sr. Noeleen Mooney, MMM Ireland 27.01.2022 Weeds – what are they? The dictionary describes them as “wild herbs growing where they are not wanted”. This is probably how we think of them most times. Weeds are everywhere. They grow without being asked. They spread with complete abandon if we allow them to. They take
- [The Hornet's Nest](https://mmmworldwide.org/blogs/the-hornet-s-nest/) - by Sr. Noeleen Mooney, MMM Ireland/Kenya 13.01.2022 Let me see, why did I do it? I was on retreat at St. Therese House of Prayer in Nakuru, Kenya, run by the St. Patrick’s Fathers. The spacious garden is an oasis of peace and solitude. In the garden they have built a rondavel with a grass
- [The Tiny Miracle](https://mmmworldwide.org/blogs/the-tiny-miracle/) - by Sr. Prisca Ovat, MMM Kenya 08.12.2021 While some may refer to this as a tiny miracle, it is, for us, a huge success. Stephen Macharia was a successful taxi driver who first suffered a stroke and shortly afterwards a fall, resulting in a dislocation on his already paralyzed hand. His life is all around
- [Jigsaws](https://mmmworldwide.org/blogs/jigsaws/) - by Sr. Sheila Campbell MMM Ireland 21.02.2022 I am now in my seventies and in recent years I have found myself drawn again to doing jigsaw puzzles. I think it began when I had a period of forced inactivity from work due to medical reasons. But no matter how I started, I am now well
- [Christmas in Malawi](https://mmmworldwide.org/blogs/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. In the weeks prior to Christmas, bags and
- [The Journey](https://mmmworldwide.org/blogs/the-journey/) - by Jo Anne Kelly MMM Ireland 15.11.2021 The sun was just rising, shortly after 6 am when I set off from Ibadan in West Nigeria to attend a formation team meeting in Urua Akpan in the East of the country, a 10-12-hour journey depending on the roads and the traffic. I usually loved this early
- [People with Disabilities](https://mmmworldwide.org/blogs/people-with-disabilities/) - by Sr. Helen Aherne MMM Ireland 11.11.2021 I first met Charles at a meeting organised by the Town Council in Masaka, Uganda. He wanted to do something for PWDs (persons with disabilities). He had lost the power in his legs as a young child, running several miles to and from school every day. Now
- [Christmas "SSekukulu"](https://mmmworldwide.org/blogs/christmas-ssekukulu-2/) - 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 trees are seen in public
- [The Gift of Working for the MMMs](https://mmmworldwide.org/blogs/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 was to Christmas and how
- [A Family Christmas in Zimbabwe](https://mmmworldwide.org/blogs/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 to have Midnight Mass celebrated
- [The 'O' Antiphons](https://mmmworldwide.org/blogs/the-o-antiphons/) - by Sr. Sheila Campbell MMM Ireland 17.12.2021 Let’s be honest here. Before I entered MMM I had never heard of the ‘O’ antiphons. I am sure I am not alone! They are short prayers said each evening during the Divine Office on the seven days between December 17th and December 23rd. They are a kind
- [The Memory Tree](https://mmmworldwide.org/blogs/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 memories with a spouse; others
- [Victoria Falls](https://mmmworldwide.org/blogs/victoria-falls/) - By Sr. Cecily Bourdillion MMM Zimbabwe/ Ireland 23/10/2022 I had reached '' home'' in Harare, Zimbabwe, coming from our mission in Chiulo, Angola, to enjoy a holiday with my brother. Chiulo is near the Namibian border, so we used the airport of Windhoek, capital
- [Christmas Memories from East Africa](https://mmmworldwide.org/blogs/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 and poverty. As we journey
- [Memories of Christmas 1950s](https://mmmworldwide.org/blogs/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 day we were allowed to
- [Autumn](https://mmmworldwide.org/blogs/autumn/) - by Sr. Sheila Campbell MMM Ireland 12.11.2021 The other day I noticed this tree out on our front lawn. It struck me as a lovely image of the Sisters inside the house. It is in its autumnal stage, as we are. I am one of the youngsters at 72! But you can see how beautiful
- [Listening](https://mmmworldwide.org/blogs/listening/) - by Sr. Sheila Campbell MMM Ireland 14.06.2022 The other day I wanted to read and I wanted to sew at the same time. Bother! I needed my eyes for the sewing, so I set myself up with an audio book instead of reading and I sat down for a pleasant few hours. Now, the
- [CHRISTMAS IN ELETA, NIGERIA](https://mmmworldwide.org/blogs/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 the parish church and Christmas
- [Family Novena](https://mmmworldwide.org/blogs/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 in reflections for nine days
- [Grief](https://mmmworldwide.org/blogs/grief/) - by Sr. Helen Aherne MMM Ireland 22.11. 2021 Grief: what is it? Is it this empty feeling of pain, constant nagging pain. It is the loss of a dear one, one whom I had known most of my life, one I had looked up to, had depended on, and knew he would be able
- [Christmas in Kenya](https://mmmworldwide.org/blogs/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, solidarity, care and charity are
- [Epiphany](https://mmmworldwide.org/blogs/epiphany/) - by Sr. Maria Borda, MMM Malta/Tanzania 06.01.2022 The Magi- Astrologers described in the Gospel ( Mt 2:1-12) had to be a little crazy leaving the security of their homeland to venture forth into a strange country presided over by a mad king like Herod, in search of a Divine Child. But their great Faith,
- [Shadows on the Wall](https://mmmworldwide.org/blogs/shadows-on-the-wall/) - by Sr. Sheila Campbell MMM Ireland 29.11.2021 The other day I was in the chapel around 8.30 in the morning. As we are in winter months here in the Northern Hemisphere, the sun rises a little later each day. On this day the sun, just above the horizon, was streaming through the windows,
- [Christmas - A Memorable Season](https://mmmworldwide.org/blogs/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 businesses, but most of all,
- [Christmas in USA](https://mmmworldwide.org/blogs/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 through and lived that longing
- [Honouring our Treasure](https://mmmworldwide.org/blogs/honouring-our-treasure/) - by Vera Grant AMMM Ireland 06.12.2021 I knelt on the floor surrounded by all my treasures, boxed up, sealed and unwanted. The labelling was finished, Waterford Crystal glasses, bowls and vases; Tyrone Crystal glasses and condiment sets, Blue Willow plates, serving dishes and fruit bowls, ornaments, coffee pots, milk jugs, sugar bowls. The list
- [Arrival in Africa](https://mmmworldwide.org/blogs/arrival-in-africa/) - by Sr. Mary Doonan, MMM Ireland 04.01.2022 The Gospel reading for Mass for Thursday 4 January 1980 was “The Spirit of the Lord is upon me, because he has anointed me to bring Good News to the poor” (Lk4). That day, I was about to embark on my maiden mission voyage to Malawi. I was
- [Christmas in Hospital](https://mmmworldwide.org/blogs/christmas-in-hospital/) - by Sr Helen Spragg, MMM England 20.12.2021 No one wants to be in hospital at Christmas. But, for those that have to be there, the Christmas message may bring some comfort in the midst of their suffering. My hope and prayer is that we can all find comfort knowing that, out of love, God became
- [Looking out the window](https://mmmworldwide.org/blogs/looking-out-the-window/) - by Sr. Sheila Campbell, MMM Ireland 02.06.2022 Here I am, sitting in my armchair and just looking out the window. What do I see? Just an ordinary street scene. There is a man from the house opposite unloading boxes from his car. A woman and her two small children pass by right below our house.
- [Guided by a Star](https://mmmworldwide.org/blogs/guided-by-a-star/) - By Theresa McDonnell Fristrom AMMM Ireland 05.01.2022 I recently read one of Fr. Richard Rohr’s sermons on the Feast of the Epiphany. His main theme was the universal symbol of being guided by a star. My reaction was subtle yet strong; a reminder; an invitation to ponder. For most of
- [Advent in the Shower](https://mmmworldwide.org/blogs/advent-in-the-shower/) - by Sr. Bernadette Fadegnon, MMM Republic of Benin/ Brazil 02.12.2021 There she stood under the shower, Enjoying the warm running water Delighting in its sweet touch When suddenly the shower stopped running. She maneuvered the handle of the tap to different directions Hoping for a miracle. She moved the switch from very hot to
- [A Special New Year in Malawi](https://mmmworldwide.org/blogs/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 Africa'. My first assignment was
- [A Family Christmas in Tanzania](https://mmmworldwide.org/blogs/a-family-christmas-in-tanzania/) - by Moira Brehony AMMM Ireland/Tanzania 18.12.2021 As a family we have spent Christmas in East Africa for more than thirty years. What makes Christmas so special is that preparation for Christmas day begins one week before the big day. Assembling the crib of our African figurines and local kanga material and putting up
- [New Year - Same You?](https://mmmworldwide.org/blogs/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 taking care of other people
- [Christmas in New Mexico](https://mmmworldwide.org/blogs/christmas-in-new-mexico/) - by Ann Hook AMMM U.S.A. 19.12.2021 As I look back over the past fifty years, I see how the Christmas traditions I hold dear have changed. I grew up outside New York City and a trip into “the city” to visit Saint Patrick’s Cathedral and see the store windows was an annual event.
- [What a Child!](https://mmmworldwide.org/blogs/what-a-child/) - Sr. Prisca Ovat, MMM Kenya 20.12.2021 Several generations have passed, yet Christmas remains. Our faith in the divine incarnation remains alive and even stronger than the time of this original event. Why do we have to go through this every year? Would it be appropriate to say it is due to its woven bling
- [Bubbles - Lessons from Covid](https://mmmworldwide.org/blogs/bubbles-living-with-covid/) - by Sr. Sheila Campbell, MMM Ireland 04.12.2021 Last night we had a community gathering of Sisters in my house. It was to be only a short meeting. Some in the group had other responsibilities and things to do. So, there was a certain anxiety to get on with the business. The meeting started
- [Christmas in Huambo, Angola](https://mmmworldwide.org/blogs/christmas-in-huambo-angola/) - by Sr. Beatrice Iyioku, MMM Nigeria 21.12.2021 The birth of a child comes with so much joy, fulfilled hopes and an end to long anticipation. The birth of Jesus at Christmas comes also with its uniqueness. Christmas seasons are very dear times which brings me to reflect upon that great gift of
- [Memories of Mother Mary Martin 1](https://mmmworldwide.org/blogs/memories-of-mother-mary-martin/) - by Paddy Townley, Drogheda Ireland 11.12.2021 The Teddy Boys: I have a memory of Mother Mary Martin. It was one evening the Teddy boys had a big fight downtown. There were about 10 Teddy boys, and they were taken to Casualty in the Hospital by six Guardai (policemen). The guards had to keep them
- [Preserving the Past](https://mmmworldwide.org/blogs/preserving-the-past/) - by Lisa Murphy MMM Archivist Ireland 15.02.2022 One of the most important jobs that an archivist does, is to ensure that the material we hold in the archive is preserved for the future. Without the proper care, environment and storage conditions, archival material is vulnerable and at risk of deteriorating over
- [Happy New Year from the MMM Archive](https://mmmworldwide.org/blogs/happy-new-year-from-the-mmm-archive/) - by Lisa Murphy MMM Archivist 08.01.2022 On the 1st of January 1940 Mother Mary Martin wrote from the Novitiate in Collon, County Louth, to Sister Mary Magdalen O’Rourke at Rosemount in County Dublin. This was a period of change for MMM who were preparing to move their Novitiate house from Collon to Drogheda,
- [Chris Kindle?](https://mmmworldwide.org/blogs/christ-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.” Praying for someone and someone
- [A Chinese Riddle](https://mmmworldwide.org/blogs/a-chinese-riddle/) - by an unknown MMM author – undated 19.02.2022 A Chinese riddle asks which is better ‘a teaching, a story or a greeting?’ The answer given is a greeting. Why we may ask: To greet is to bless, to bless is to greet, to greet is to expect a response. Every greeting has elements
- [The Drenching](https://mmmworldwide.org/blogs/the-drenching/) - by Sr. Jo Anne Kelly MMM Ireland 15.01.2022 In the fridge in our kitchenette there is a bottle of fruit juice. It has the name “Drench”. The drink is new to me but the word drench is not. Drench brings back many memories of when I was a child on our small farm.
- [Riding into the New Year](https://mmmworldwide.org/blogs/riding-into-the-new-year/) - By Sr. Prisca Ovat MMM Kenya 10.01.2022 A new year may sometimes mean trying out new things. It was nothing short of reality here with the experience of bicycling. This new adventure brought memories of the early days when sisters cycled to school and work. The motivation behind this trend is the unpleasant experience
- [Encounter with Vipers](https://mmmworldwide.org/blogs/encounter-with-vipers/) - by Sr. Cecily Bourdillon MMM Zimbabwe 23/02/2022 Not long after my arrival at Zungeru Rural Health Centre in Northern Nigeria, I was called to see a young woman who was bleeding to death having been bitten by a snake. We were unable to give our patient a blood transfusion nor had we anti
- [Is God calling me?](https://mmmworldwide.org/blogs/is-god-calling-me/) - By Sr. Sheila Campbell, MMM Ireland 25.02.2022 One of the questions I am asked, often if not frequently, is “How did you know you wanted to be a Sister?” Well, the truthful answer – I always knew – is not very helpful so I went around all my colleagues to
- [Mother Mary Martin](https://mmmworldwide.org/blogs/mother-mary-martin-2/) - by Sr. Sheila Campbell MMM Ireland 26.01.2022 Tomorrow is the anniversary of Mother Mary Martin’s death. When people ask me “Did you know Mother Mary?” I used to answer, “oh yes, I met her once.” And indeed, I did meet her once, with my parents, when I came to
- [Seeking New Ways in the Healing Mission of Jesus](https://mmmworldwide.org/blogs/seeking-new-ways-in-the-healing-mission-of-jesus/) - Creative Fidelity by Sr. Brigid Corrigan MMM England/Tanzania 01.03.2022 The urgent call from the ‘high dependency ward’ came early in the morning. Along with others, I made my way to find a young boy, Sospeter, 15 yrs of age, in a deep coma. Swift examination, resuscitation and essential laboratory tests revealed that Sospeter
- [Memories of Mother Mary Martin 2](https://mmmworldwide.org/blogs/memories-of-mother-mary-martin-2/) - by Lisa Murphy MMM Archivist Ireland 27.01.2022 Following the death of Mother Mary Martin on the 27th of January 1975, there was an outpouring of sympathy to the Congregation from around the world. Hundreds of telegrams and letters arrived lamenting the loss of MMM’s foundress. Today, those messages of
- [Compassion](https://mmmworldwide.org/blogs/compassion-2/) - By Sr. Sheila Campbell MMM Ireland 31.03.2022 I never learnt Latin, but knowledge of Latin is very useful when you begin to look at the word compassion. In English, it is often mixed up with pity. When I pity someone, I put myself in a position of superiority over the
- [Rosemount](https://mmmworldwide.org/blogs/rosemount/) - by an early MMM author c.1987 Ireland 23.05.2022 This is the story of a house, a very special house for the Medical Missionaries of Mary. A house whose name is heard far and wide. “Rosemount” was the first home in Ireland for Mother Mary Martin and her young Congregation when they
- [Prayer and Healing](https://mmmworldwide.org/blogs/prayer-and-healing/) - by Sr. Sheila Campbell MMM Ireland 19.05.2022 Did you ever wonder why some people seem to cope well with life’s difficulties and other people just can’t cope at all? I was thinking about this the other day when I was thinking about all the people I have cared for as a nurse. There
- [Spring Starts Today](https://mmmworldwide.org/blogs/spring-starts-today/) - by Sr. Sheila Campbell, MMM Ireland 01.02.2022 “Spring starts today”. Well, that is what they say in Ireland, on the Feast of Saint Brigid, February 1st. Now usually there is the whole month of February ahead which can be one of the coldest months of the whole year in the
- [Daffodils 2022](https://mmmworldwide.org/blogs/daffodils-2022/) - by Sr. Noeleen Mooney MMM Ireland 07.02.2022 On 21st January this year, the first daffodil, long a long line of shrubs outside our chapel in Beechgrove, Drogheda, burst into bloom. In retrospect, since I returned to live in Ireland six years ago, this has been a pattern. At first I was annoyed. It
- [First Days in MMM](https://mmmworldwide.org/blogs/first-days-in-mmm/) - by Sr. Keresifon Clement Ekanem Republic of Benin 04.02.2022 It was a special day, the long-awaited day – Tuesday 13 August 2013; a day I was to begin another phase of life and I was full of enthusiasm about it. I arrived in our Postulants’ house in Mbribit Itam this day.
- [The Power of  a Simple Touch](https://mmmworldwide.org/blogs/the-power-of-a-simple-touch/) - By Sr. Keresifon Clement Ekanem Republic of Benin 13.03.2022 She walked into the Clinic (one of the Clinics I worked after my training) emaciated with wrinkled skin, looked weak and breathless, accompanied by her mother who looked exhausted too. Other patients were excused and Patience (not her real name) was received as an
- [Busy Week](https://mmmworldwide.org/blogs/busy-week/) - by Sr. Sheila Campbell, MMM Ireland 07.11.2021 This coming week is going to be hectic. I won’t bore you with details but it will be one of those periods when routine disappears and life is suddenly full of many tasks and many new people. Then, at the end of the week, I may be travelling
- [Being a Missionary](https://mmmworldwide.org/blogs/being-a-missionary/) - by Sr. Jacinta Mahakwe MMM Nigeria/ Brazil 13.02.2022 In one encounter during my pastoral work, a woman came up to me and struck a conversation. Accordingly, she is from Bahia, born in Itapuá and lives in Pituba. The places are nearby. She added that she cannot stand living away from
- [Home Visits to the Sick in Angola](https://mmmworldwide.org/blogs/home-visits-to-the-sick-in-angola/) - by Sr. Beatrice Chiamaka Iyioku Angola 21.03.2022 "Anointed by the Spirit, Christ is the one sent by the Father to heal, to proclaim the Good News. Follow Him...." MMM Constitutions 9.1 Our healing charism springs from the charitable response of Mary who went in haste to visit her cousin Elizabeth, bringing
- [MMM Beginnings](https://mmmworldwide.org/blogs/mmm-beginnings/) - by Lisa Murphy MMM Archivist Ireland 11.02.2022 On the 11th of February 1936 Sacra Congregatio de Propaganda Fide issued the decree Constans ac Sedula, enabling religious women to undertake work in all fields of medicine. This permitted Marie Martin's vision of a congregation of medically trained religious women to be realised.
- [Patrick](https://mmmworldwide.org/blogs/patrick/) - by Sr. Sheila Campbell MMM Ireland 17.03.2022 Today is the Feast of Saint Patrick, a great missionary of the 5th Century. In some sense, having always grown up with “Saint Patrick” in our lives, we tend to take him for granted. But recently I have been turning to Patrick and looking at
- [We Are One](https://mmmworldwide.org/blogs/we-are-one/) - by Vera Grant AMMM Ireland 17.02.2022 We waited, we prayed and we hoped the outcome would be the same. The same in that Rayan, the five-year-old Moroccan boy would survive as had the twelve Thai boys and their coach, trapped in an underground cave some eighteen months earlier. I say ‘we’
- [The Spider](https://mmmworldwide.org/blogs/the-spider/) - by Unknown MMM Author undated Ireland 26.04.2022 There is a story told of a spider. Above all creatures the spider knows what ‘depending’ means. Its whole life depends on the fragile threads that laced together make home. The spider could weave the most intricate webs. The web was
- [Being at Home](https://mmmworldwide.org/blogs/being-at-home/) - by unknown MMM author Undated Ireland 04.06.2022 ‘There’s no place like home’, or ‘home is where the heart is’ are expressions we regularly hear and use. Yet when Mary set out to visit Elizabeth she left her own home. The bewildering news she had herself received and the news about her cousin prompted her
- [Breaking Through](https://mmmworldwide.org/blogs/breaking-through/) - by Sr. Sheila Campbell MMM Ireland 29.03.2022 Isn’t this a wonderful picture? I was really taken with it when Sr. Kathie sent me this from USA. It speaks to the tough times of our lives. The times when we see only barrenness and concrete in our lives. Difficulties, problems, worries seem to dominate.
- [Joining the Funeral](https://mmmworldwide.org/blogs/joining-the-funeral/) - by Theresa McDonnell Friström, AMMM Ireland 03.03.2022 When I unexpectedly walked in the funeral procession of Fr. Mick Reynolds, CSSp, from Kimmage Manor to the Church of the Holy Spirit in Dublin one Monday morning, something strange happened. Firstly, I was the only woman. Secondly, I felt I was in holy
- [Walking for Lent](https://mmmworldwide.org/blogs/walking-for-lent/) - By Sr. Sheila Campbell MMM Ireland 05/03/2022 Isn’t it cheating a little bit to say you are walking for Lent when actually you do go out walking most days? These thoughts were in my head when I set out to start the MMM Steps for Hope 2022 Lenten
- [Words Bring Results](https://mmmworldwide.org/blogs/words-bring-results/) - by Sr. Prisca Ovat MMM Kenya 11.03.2022 Here she is called Mama Kemba, Mercy, 85 years old. She was referred to us by one of the palliative caregivers (Esther). The latter had, alongside others, received a couple of training on identifying, reporting and assisting palliative care patients within their
- [On a Protest March](https://mmmworldwide.org/blogs/on-a-protest-march/) - by Sr. Margaret Anne Meyer MMM U.S.A. 15.03.2022 Recently I was asked “What is it like to be on a protest march?” Here is my answer. So often, the feeling of hopelessness comes over me when I hear the cries of suffering people. What can I do? I
- [What Sr. Cora Wall taught me](https://mmmworldwide.org/blogs/what-sr-cora-wall-taught-me/) - by Sr. Margaret Anne Meyer, MMM USA 08.04.2022 A few years ago, I was asked to watch a webinar about the works of The United States Catholic Sisters Against Human Trafficking. They showed four branches, Education, Communication, Advocacy and Survivor Protection. The Sisters who spoke were very enthusiastic about what they were
- [Tackling HIV/AIDS in Malawi](https://mmmworldwide.org/blogs/tackling-hiv-aids-in-malawi/) - by Sr. Cecily Bourdillion MMM Zimbabwe 23.03.2022 I arrived in Lilongwe, capital city of Malawi, central Africa, in September 2001 having been assigned to Chipini Health Centre. Sr. Christine Lawler drove me to Chipini. This was a five-hour journey on the one highway in Malawi, linking north to south. Chipini is a small
- [Seeds of Hope 1](https://mmmworldwide.org/blogs/seeds-of-hope-1/) - by Vera Grant AMMM Ireland 09.03.2022 It wouldn’t have been hard to identify the grandparents waiting at the school gate. We stood apart, not knowing one another and wrapped up warmly with masks intact. The young mothers near us with babies in slings or in prams were bare footed in
- [Miracle of Birth](https://mmmworldwide.org/blogs/miracle-of-birth/) - by Eilín Teeling AMMM Ireland 19.03.2022 “I understand birthdays now!” The new Dad was celebrating his son’s first birthday with his wife, with me, and with the three other grandparents. The baby looked at the lit candle on the birthday cake and smiled too. He didn’t know what was happening.
- [Quick Community Action on Cholera](https://mmmworldwide.org/blogs/quick-community-action-on-cholera/) - Inter-connectedness by Sr. Celine Jones and Sr. Cecily Bourdillion MMM Ireland 27.03.2022 Hippocrates, in 400 BC, described a diarrhoeal disease which could have been Cholera. Since antiquity cholera was known to exist in the Ganges Valley, India. Pandemics in the 19th century resulted in its spread to
- [Nun and Pilot](https://mmmworldwide.org/blogs/nun-and-pilot/) - by Sr. Sheila Campbell MMM Ireland 07.03.2022 Tomorrow is International Women’s Day. So today I want to tell you part of the story of Sr. Nina Underwood MMM. I say part of the story because recently I read her account of being kidnapped by guerrilla fighters during a bloody civil
- [Fund-Raising for Leprosy](https://mmmworldwide.org/blogs/fund-raising-for-leprosy/) - By Sr. Margaret Anne Meyer, MMM U.S.A. 06.03.2022 When I last wrote to you about the meaning of Advocacy which I learned from Sister Cora Wall MMM, I also remembered the very beginnings of the founding of our Mission in Ogoja to those suffering from Hansen’s Disease as Leprosy
- [Coping with Covid](https://mmmworldwide.org/blogs/coping-with-covid/) - by Sr. Sheila Campbell, MMM Ireland 20.03.2022 We are in a different ball park from two years ago. Here in Ireland most of us are vaccinated and boostered against Covid-19. And yet – after two years of being very careful, finally it has come to our house here in Drogheda. It is
- [MMM and Franciscan Collaboration](https://mmmworldwide.org/blogs/mmm-and-franciscan-collaboration/) - Guest blog by Sr. Joyce Zarnick OSF U.S.A. 22.04.2022 I’d like to speak of how the collaboration between the Franciscans and the Medical Missionary of Mary began. I am Sister Joyce, a Franciscan from Clinton, Iowa. After teaching junior high for 42 years, I realized that I needed
- [I Feel Sad Tonight](https://mmmworldwide.org/blogs/i-feel-sad-tonight/) - by Sr. Monica Prendergast MMM Ireland/Uganda 16.04.2022 A reflection on the grief of a mother whose child died from malnutrition Lord, I feel sad tonight. I lift up to you that poor mother I saw today. Comfort her broken heart and O Lord, comfort all mothers who mourn But
- [The Therapists](https://mmmworldwide.org/blogs/the-therapists/) - by Sr. Prisca Ovat, MMM Kenya 20.04.2022 Twelve masseuses and masseurs recently graduated from the East African Institute for certified studies. Sr. Prisca and 11 other palliative caregivers were generously funded by Misean Cara to avail this course. Unique about this group was their varying academic qualifications. From primary
- [Hospitality](https://mmmworldwide.org/blogs/hospitalirty/) - by Sr. Ruth Percival MMM England 06.04.2022 When I was a child in the 1950s my family used to attend the local parish in Derby. One Sunday, we and the rest of the people were astonished to see two Nigerian men come in. We had not seen black people in Derby before.
- [Steps for Hope](https://mmmworldwide.org/blogs/steps-for-hope/) - by Sr. Margaret Anne Meyer MMM U.S.A. 31.03.2022 “Step by Step they go together until they reach the God of SION”. These paraphrased words of Psalm 84 helped me as a young Sister to navigate the joys and sorrows of friendship. I felt a more looking outward towards Jesus than inward to each
- [Mother's Day Musing](https://mmmworldwide.org/blogs/mother-s-day-musing/) - by Nadia Ramoutar MMM Communications Coordinator 27.03.2022 Recently, my 13 year old threw up all over the bed and himself. High temperatures from COVID 19 had made him very ill and I knew as I got him to the shower that most likely I would soon have the virus too. Less than a
- [Going to Galilee](https://mmmworldwide.org/blogs/going-to-galilee/) - by Sr. Jo Anne Kelly MMM Ireland 18.04.2022 For some years I lived in Ibadan, Nigeria. It is a vast city with a huge population. Many of the people of our parish lived in overcrowded apartments with inadequate shared facilities and an unreliable source of water especially in the long
- [Breakfast at Coffey's](https://mmmworldwide.org/blogs/breakfast-at-coffey-s/) - by Dr. Mary Coffey AMMM Ireland 14.04.2022 Editor’s Note: This blog was chosen for this day, the Celebration of the Lord’s Supper, to remind us that sharing a meal is one of the greatest gifts God has given us. Mission is a story about which I cannot keep silent. I was on the
- [Morning has Broken - Part One](https://mmmworldwide.org/blogs/morning-has-broken-part-one/) - by Sr. Ese Idogen MMM Nigeria 03.05.2022 I received my letter that evening after a special evening missioning prayer. I was filled with feelings of excitement and at the same time, anxiety. I was going to Torugbene? Alone? As I laid on my bed, I could hardly sleep. I
- [Morning has Broken - Part Two](https://mmmworldwide.org/blogs/morning-has-broken-part-two/) - by Sr. Ese Idogen MMM Nigeria 05.05.2022 As I got more involved in the work in Tourgbene, Bomadi region in Delta State, Nigeria, I realized that the water here is ‘everything”. Everything is done in the water, drinking, bathing, fishing, excreting and it is the
- [Feast of the Visitation - MMM @ 85](https://mmmworldwide.org/blogs/feast-of-the-visitation-mmm-85/) - by Sr. Prisca Ovat MMM Kenya 31.05.2022 Awakening to this beautiful day, and conscious of the great day which we celebrate, a day without which none would be here, we pondered on an invitation from the Congregational Leader to “ dream of where we will be 85 years from now, or even
- [Mother Mary to the Sisters, Passion Sunday 1963](https://mmmworldwide.org/blogs/mother-mary-to-the-sisters-passion-sunday-1963/) - by Lisa Murphy MMM Archivist 10.04.2022 As we celebrate Palm Sunday, we look back at a letter written by Mother Mary Martin on Passion Sunday in 1963 to the Sisters in Makiungu, Tanzania. The MMM Archive is extremely lucky to hold many of the letters that Mother Mary wrote during her
- [A Rainy Day in the Woods](https://mmmworldwide.org/blogs/a-rainy-day-in-the-woods/) - by Sr. Bernadette Fadegnon MMM Republic of Benin/ Brazil 11.05.2022 A rainy day in the wood She peeped through her widow It is raining, she murmured. She wished the rain could stop, So that she can go in the woods To enjoy the company of trees, of birds, of animals, of insects. She
- [Do not cling to me](https://mmmworldwide.org/blogs/do-not-cling-to-me/) - by Sr. Sheila Campbell, MMM Ireland 17.04.2022 Today we celebrate the Risen Christ. Alleluia! But do we really understand the full meaning of the Risen Christ? The older I get in years, the more I realize that I am only at the beginning of my understanding. One of the post-resurrection phrases
- [Healing Charism and Art](https://mmmworldwide.org/blogs/healing-charism-and-art/) - by Sr. Liana de Jesus MMM Brazil/Kenya 17.05.2022 I am discovering that one of my strongest gifts is art. I was not even aware of how much I can be creative through art. This has enlightened me about the young people as I work with the youth here in Nairobi. I now
- [Divine Intervention](https://mmmworldwide.org/blogs/divine-intervention/) - by Vera Grant AMMM Ireland 21.05.2022 I have known Sr. Jude Walsh since 2003 when I became an Associate with the MMMs. When I spoke of this decision to become an Associate Sr. Jude always said, 'It's Divine Intervention.' Sr Jude saw God's hand in all aspects of daily living
- [Every Day Earth Day](https://mmmworldwide.org/blogs/every-day-earth-day/) - By Nadia Ramoutar MMM Communications Coordinator Ireland 21.04.2022 Isn’t it a pity every day is not considered Earth Day, not just tomorrow? When issues of climate change are limited to scientific arguments we often miss the bigger picture for our Earth. The impacts are not only physical but have emotional,
- [Yohane](https://mmmworldwide.org/blogs/yohane/) - by Sr. Cecily Bourdillon MMM Ireland 10.07.2022 A few days ago, I received a message from a member of staff of Kasina Health Centre in Malawi telling me of the death of our mutual friend, Yohane. May he rest in peace. The message added that his mother thanked God
- [Can I change?](https://mmmworldwide.org/blogs/can-i-change/) - by Sr. Sheila Campbell MMM Ireland 02.11.2022 When I think of Behaviour Change I think of all the brain-washing techniques that have gone on over the years. We have all heard of Re-education camps for the Uyghur Muslim minority group in China. I can think of indigenous children being separated
- [A Lenten Poem - a Reflection on Fasting](https://mmmworldwide.org/blogs/a-lenten-poem/) - by Paul Brian Campbell SJ U.S.A. 26.03.2023 My favorite Lenten poem comes from Robert Herrick (1591-1674). Is this a Fast, to keep The larder lean, And clean, From fat of veals and sheep? Is it a reflection on the meaning of Lent
- [Unworked Racism](https://mmmworldwide.org/blogs/unworked-racism/) - by Sr. Sheila Campbell MMM Ireland 05.08.2022 Yesterday I was talking with one of our Sisters about racism. She was an Irish Sister, talking about the anti-English behaviour of her father during her formative years, but we all know the prejudices and stereotypes that can exist amongst us. When I
- [Ten Young Women](https://mmmworldwide.org/blogs/ten-young-women/) - by Sr. Liana de Jesus MMM Brazil/Kenya 27.05.2022 The international MMM postulancy community in Nairobi, Kenya is composed of ten young women who are at the beginning stages of learning what religious life is all about. It is a time of discernment, when each young woman seeks to answer the
- [The Little Dog](https://mmmworldwide.org/blogs/the-little-dog/) - by Sr. Jo Anne Kelly MMM Ireland 01.05.2022 Every morning I take an early walk. Many people are out at that time, staff hurrying for duty in the hospital and others like me just taking a walk- One especially, he is an elderly man with a little brown and
- [I lift up my eyes to the mountains](https://mmmworldwide.org/blogs/i-lift-up-my-eyes-to-the-mountains/) - by Sr. Noeleen Mooney MMM Ireland 28.04.2022 When I returned to Ireland after many years in East Africa, I joined a local hill-walking group. Apart from pandemic lock-downs, we meet every second Sunday, from September to June. For me, it has opened up a whole new world of challenges, new vistas
- [The Joy of Growing Your Own Food](https://mmmworldwide.org/blogs/the-joy-of-growing-your-own-food/) - by Nadia Ramoutar, MMM Communications Coordinator Ireland 28.06.2022 My partner did not like tomatoes at all. He would always put them on my plate if we were out somewhere eating and hope I didn’t notice. He didn’t like little ones, or big ones, red ones or heritage loom tomatoes of varying colour.
- [A Knock at the Door](https://mmmworldwide.org/blogs/a-knock-at-the-door/) - by Sr. Beatrice Iyioko MMM Angola 30.06.2022 Usually knocks at the door alerts us to the presence of a guest. This visitor may be someone known or yet unmet by us. They come with a request, a tale, news, or some information. This could be welcoming, good, bad, or rejected. The
- [Dragon Fly](https://mmmworldwide.org/blogs/dragon-fly/) - By Sr. Margaret Anne Meyer MMM U.S.A. 02.07.2022 As a child, I was always afraid of these Dragon Flies. Would they bite me? And now, at our Poetry Class, we studied them in full detail. The teacher, rushed to her phone to show us one. Most of us had never seen
- [On Fire with Love](https://mmmworldwide.org/blogs/on-fire-with-love/) - by, Sr. Jo Anne Kelly MMM Ireland 06.07.2022 I like to do crosswords. A few days ago a clue I had was “to set on fire” and the answer that fitted was “enkindle”. I love that word enkindle. I learnt it first from the prayer we say to the Holy Spirit. “Enkindle in
- [What a Welcome Means](https://mmmworldwide.org/blogs/what-a-welcome-means/) - by Sr. Kerisfon Clement Ekanem MMM Republic of Benin 08.07.2022 I had a visit from one of our young women thinking about joining MMM, Fidelia Lawin. She and her younger sister visited me in School. I welcomed them and presented them with water and some snacks. She commented, “In School as in
- [Wherever You Are](https://mmmworldwide.org/blogs/wherever-you-are/) - by Sr. Noeleen Mooney, MMM Ireland 12.07.2022 My favourite piece from our MMM Constitutions is: “Wherever you are, whatever you do, let there be in your heart a space for others to be, so that, unafraid, they may experience themselves as loved and so be healed” Over the years
- [Unfolding the Petals of Poetry](https://mmmworldwide.org/blogs/unfolding-the-petals-of-poetry/) - by Sr. Margaret Anne Meyer MMM U.S.A. 20.07.2022 Poetry has, until recently, been a mysterious garden where words blossomed like wildflowers. They looked lovely but what was their meaning? How come the ending words did not rhyme but carried me to a different world? It all began three years ago
- [Disposable or Reusable](https://mmmworldwide.org/blogs/disposable-or-reusable-2/) - By Sr. Noeleen Mooney, MMM, Friday 3rd September 2021 Walking through any town in Ireland I am struck by the overflowing litter bins, the sticky chewing gum on the cement, not to mention the various hues of plastic bags which still festoon the hedges and ditches in the surrounding countryside. I have a longing for the
- [This Journey was Unplanned](https://mmmworldwide.org/blogs/this-journey-was-unplanned-2/) - 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 activities went on smoothly. Then,
- [Bees](https://mmmworldwide.org/blogs/bees/) - by Sr. Prisca Ovat MMM Kenya 16.07.2022 Bees, as many of us would have become aware, are numbered among great pollinators of over 75% of global leading crops. Many MMMs and friends would recall the sweet honey often given away by the MMM sisters in Makiungu. They valued bee farming and, as a
- [Blood Donation](https://mmmworldwide.org/blogs/blood-donation/) - by Sr. Prisca Ovat MMM Kenya 18.06.2022 As a postulant of the Medical Missionaries of Mary, I first grasped the concept of lifesaving from the moment I was needed for blood donation to a dying mother of a set of twins. I thought of myself as a heroine until I realized that it
- [Studying to Learn: A unique mission](https://mmmworldwide.org/blogs/studying-to-learn-a-unique-mission/) - by Sr. Chinyene Lumenze MMM England 18.07.2022 A young man once accompanied his dad to see a friend called James. When dad and son arrived at James’ home, they exchanged greetings. James stooped to the boy’s level and said, “Hello, I’m James” The
- [The Hidden Gifts of Easter](https://mmmworldwide.org/blogs/the-hidden-gifts-of-easter/) - by Nadia Ramoutar MMM Communications Coordinator Ireland 24.03.2023 One day, when my son was very little after school he was crying. Like any parent, I was concerned. ‘I have really bad news,’ he sobbed. ‘They murdered Jesus. Murdered him.’ I must have omitted elements of my version
- [An Easter Night](https://mmmworldwide.org/blogs/an-easter-night/) - by Sr. Jo Anne Kelly MMM Ireland 09.04.2023 In today’s gospel, Mary is at the tomb weeping. Jesus’ tomb is empty. He has risen. When she does meet Him, He tells her she must not cling to Him -to how things were. Something new has happened. While reading this,
- [The Golden Gift of Unexpected Plot Twists!](https://mmmworldwide.org/blogs/the-golden-gift-of-unexpected-plot-twists/) - by Nadia Ramoutar MMM Communications Coordinator 07.05.2023 Recently, something unplanned and unexpected happened that caused a little minor earthquake in my plans. I have a book in which I write a daily plan of what I will accomplish that day. Anything unfinished, goes on to the list for the next
- [The Well of Your Being](https://mmmworldwide.org/blogs/the-well-of-your-being/) - by Michele Sinnott Ireland 20.03.23 Editor's Note: Michèle Sinnott works as a Spiritual Director/Companion, in Bereavement Support, Meditation and Retreat Facilitation. She writes Reflective pieces and has a Contemplative, Earth-based Spirituality. The image
- [Waiting and Waiting](https://mmmworldwide.org/blogs/waiting-and-waiting/) - by Sr. Sheila Campbell MMM Ireland 29.04.2023 I am sitting waiting for something to start. Something I am responsible for, and I am nervous. I can’t concentrate on anything else and I invent small tasks to pass the time. Did I re-arrange the furniture in
- [Refugee Camp - a look at reality](https://mmmworldwide.org/blogs/refugee-camp/) - by Sr. Prisca Ovat MMM Nigeria/Kenya 27.04.2023 What might your description of a refugee camp look like? A place with little or no food, electricity, and water? For many years I have heard of the Kakuma refugee camp here in Kenya and my imagination has often described it
- [Answering the Serenity Prayer with Scrutiny](https://mmmworldwide.org/blogs/answering-the-serenity-prayer-with-scrutiny/) - by Nadia Ramoutar MMM Communications Coordinator Ireland 23.04.2023 “Courage in women in often mistaken for insanity”. Infamous Quaker suffragette Alice Paul is quoted as saying. In so many ways, human history “white washes” stories to cover over what women experienced to fight for freedom. This same thing still happens today, but
- [Bragging - Should I boast?](https://mmmworldwide.org/blogs/bragging/) - by Sr. Sheila Campbell MMM Ireland 25.04.2023 Recently one of the Fr. Richard Rohr’s daily meditations was about boasting, or bragging. Instinctively I say to myself “that is a horrible thing to do!” But Saint Paul talks a lot about boasting – I found A reflection on boasting, or bragging.
- [Crocuses - delayed flowering](https://mmmworldwide.org/blogs/crocuses/) - by Sr. Jo Anne Kelly MMM Ireland 14.03.2023 Spring has come and new life is “springing” up all over our garden. Daffodils big and small are in full bloom. But for some reason the crocuses are very slow
- [Good Friday - Why is it Good?](https://mmmworldwide.org/blogs/good-friday/) - by Sr. Noeleen Mooney MMM Ireland 07.04.2023 As we continue our Lenten Journey and approach Holy Week, I found myself thinking of the adjectives we use in relation to this very week. We talk of Holy Thursday, Holy Saturday, and in between lies Good Friday. Why Good? After
- [The Journey - an unanticipated problem arose](https://mmmworldwide.org/blogs/the-journey-an-unanticipated-problem-arose/) - by Susan Akpan, MMM. Nigeria/Angola 01.04.2023 Life is often imbued with uncertainties and unanticipated problems. These problems sometimes reshape and/or empower us to take risks that we ordinarily wouldn’t conceive nor dare try. Early November 2021, I was
- [Writing for Pleasure](https://mmmworldwide.org/blogs/writing-for-pleasure/) - by Sr. Sheila Campbell MMM Ireland 14.03.2023 This morning I had a desire to write. What about? Well, I didn’t exactly know but I sat down anyway and began. Then it dawned in me that what I wanted to write about is writing itself. I enjoy writing but I
- [Overcoming the Injustice of Easter](https://mmmworldwide.org/blogs/overcoming-the-injustice-of-easter/) - by Nadia Ramoutar MMM Communications Coordinator Ireland 03.04.2023 When I was a little girl growing up in Dublin, there was, and still is, a tradition of children getting beautifully decorated chocolate Easter eggs that you cannot have until Easter Sunday. One year, I recall waking up on Easter to
- [Celebrating Work - a Worker's Mass in Tanzania](https://mmmworldwide.org/blogs/celebrating-work/) - by Sr. Noeleen Mooney MMM Ireland 01.05.2023 “Where is she going with that? I said, silently, because we were waiting for Mass to begin. It was the feast of Saint Joseph the Worker, May 1st, and we had come to sing A reflection on work for the Feast of Saint Joseph the Worker
- [The Book - action speakes louder than words](https://mmmworldwide.org/blogs/the-book/) - MMM Publications 1982 Ireland 22.03.2023 A man once got a Bible as a present, and he was very much determined and looking forward to studying it a reflection on good deeds
- [Make Him Yours - a story with an unsatisfactory ending](https://mmmworldwide.org/blogs/make-him-yours/) - Editor Note: In the life of a missionary not everything is upbeat. Sometimes you feel impotent when faced with some situations. Sr. Ese’s story below reminds us of this. by Sr. Ese Idogen MMM Nigeria/Angola 16.03.2023 A story of mother with a mal nourished child coming to a vaccine clinic
- [St. Patrick's Day - What's in a Name?](https://mmmworldwide.org/blogs/st-patricks-day/) - by Paul Brian Campbell SJ U.S.A. 16.03.2023 One of the oddities of our faith is the way we play fast and loose with our saints’ names A reflection on the name of St. Patrick
- [Missionary Musings - What does it mean to be a missionary?](https://mmmworldwide.org/blogs/missionary-musings/) - by Sr. Mary McKearney MMM (1942 – 2017) To be a missionary, what does it mean? I don’t know, but two thousand years ago, Christ said: “Let your light shine for people, Do not put it under a tub, but on a lampstand.” I am not aware that there is much light in me, but A poem reflecting missionary life as spreading the light by Sr. Mary McKearney MMM (1942 – 2017) To be a missionary, what does it mean? I don’t know, but two thousand years ago, Christ said: “Let your light shine for people, Do not put it under a tub, but on a lampstand.” I am not aware that there is much light in me, but
- [Internationality in MMM - a reflection of gratitude](https://mmmworldwide.org/blogs/internationality-in-mmm/) - by Sr. Jo Anne Kelly MMM Ireland 08.03.2023 Recently one of our Sisters had her 93rd birthday. Her nieces brought her one big beautiful bouquet of flowers. It adorned our chapel for many days. One could not but be drawn to the beauty of such a variety of different blooms of
- [Rays of Hope - protecting children online](https://mmmworldwide.org/blogs/rays-of-hope/) - by Sr. Margaret Anne Meyer MMM USA 02.03.2023 Sometime ago I wrote to you about protecting our children online. The situation seems to be getting worse and so many organizations were contacting their legislators without much avail to stop this child sexual material from appearing in so many online platforms. The
- [Pioneering Sisters: The Secret of the Healing Charism](https://mmmworldwide.org/blogs/pioneering-sisters-the-secret-of-the-healing-charism/) - by Nadia Ramoutar MMM Communications Coordinator Ireland 28.03.2023 Recently, I faced a daunting challenge and survived. Go through the photographs of the MMMs and select only six images that reflect the pioneering spirit of the Irish Sisters. This request is for the MMM to participate in a photography exhibition that
- [Landing in Cobh 1958](https://mmmworldwide.org/blogs/landing-in-cobh-1958/) - by Sr. Margaret Anne Meyer MMM USA 16.02.2023 My heart was pounding loudly with excitement as the fog horns screamed welcome to the shores of Ireland. Our little tug boat which received us from the large cruise ship, Mauritania, was gliding into the harbor. My thoughts also drifted to my An American Sister describes her first arrival in Ireland to study medicine
- [Maternity and Geography](https://mmmworldwide.org/blogs/maternity-and-geography/) - by Nadia Ramoutar MMM Communications Coordinator Ireland 28.02. 2023 A friend of mine is pregnant and each week it is great to see her growing and being healthy. We are all delighted for her and how well she is thriving. It’s not easy being pregnant and I know A reflection on the differences in antenatal and postnatal care around the world
- [A Woman's view of Mother Mary](https://mmmworldwide.org/blogs/a-womans-view-of-mother-mary/) - MMM Communications Ireland 25.01.2023 Extract from a tribute by Aine McEvoy from some of the people who knew her. First published in MMM Magazine 1992 Mary Phelan, Matron of the hospital in Drogheda from 1943 – 1973. I met Mother Mary first in
- [Mother Mary and Children](https://mmmworldwide.org/blogs/mother-mary-and-children/) - by an MMM Sister Ireland 27.01.2023 Editor’s Note: Today is the anniversary of Mother Mary Martin’s death. As a tribute to
- [Today's Young People](https://mmmworldwide.org/blogs/todays-young-people/) - by Sr. Sheila Campbell, MMM Ireland 29.01.2023 Let me begin by saying I am no spring chicken. I am 73 years old and still in reasonably good health although the wear and tear of the years is beginning to show. So, today, when I want to write about youth,
- [Seeing the Forest for the Trees](https://mmmworldwide.org/blogs/seeing-the-forest-for-the-trees/) - by Nadia Ramoutar MMM Communications Coordinator Ireland 29.01.2023 Recently, the much respected Benedictine Sr Mary Lou Kownacki died after a long struggle with cancer. She was a major influence on Benedictine Sr Joan Chittister’s work. Sr Joan is a
- [The Big Double "C" - Climate Change](https://mmmworldwide.org/blogs/the-big-double-c-climate-change/) - By Sr. Prisca Ovat MMM Nigeria/Kenya 02.02.2023 Pope Francis cries once again in a voice louder than we have ever heard. It is climate change and care of the earth. As young people growing up in an environment where whatever little was available
- [A Pope's Visit](https://mmmworldwide.org/blogs/a-popes-visit/) - by Sr. Cecily Bourdillion MMM Ireland 04.02.2023 As Pope Emeritus Benedict XVI was laid to rest in the crypt below St. Peter 's Basilica on 5th January 2023 I remembered when
- [Cleaning up our Act](https://mmmworldwide.org/blogs/cleaning-up-our-act/) - by Nadia Ramoutar MMM Communications Coordinator Ireland 06.02.2023 I love learning new things and blogs are the ideal place to share such gems with other people. I recently found out that the word February is one of the most commonly misspelled words in the English language. It is often appearing
- [Baby Steps](https://mmmworldwide.org/blogs/baby-steps/) - by Sr. Ese Idogen MMM Nigeria/Angola 08.02.2023 Never underestimate the power of storytelling! Some years ago, I was very excited as I read a story about the missions written by an MMM sister. I still remember the story. It was a
- [Why did I become a missionary?](https://mmmworldwide.org/blogs/why-did-i-become-a-missionary/) - by Sr. Noeleen Mooney, MMM Ireland 10.02.2023 There were no flashing lights or sudden inspirations. Initially I joined a medical missionary Congregation to become a nurse – no more, no less. There was a vague attraction of ‘missionary’ travelling, but it was not something I considered seriously
- [The St. Valentine's Mystery](https://mmmworldwide.org/blogs/2894/) - by Nadia Ramoutar MMM Communications Coordinator 14.02.2023 The 14th February, St Valentine’s Day seems to have become some kind of commercial fiasco of chocolates, gifts and overpriced cards in much of the world. In some places, children give all the other children in their class valentine cards. Some people think of
- [Bright Sadness](https://mmmworldwide.org/blogs/bright-sadness/) - by Sr. Sheila Campbell MMM Ireland 22.02.2023 Recently I came across a definition of Lent as celebrated in the Eastern Orthodox tradition as “bright sadness”. I love this idea. It speaks to the heart of the matter. The forty days of Lent are a preparation for us to celebrate
- [A Youth's Faith Journey in Nigeria](https://mmmworldwide.org/blogs/a-youths-faith-journey-in-nigeria/) - by Sr. Prisca Ovat, MMM Nigeria/Kenya 18.02.2023 The following of Christ for some may have been influenced by friends, but for a greater percentage, both parents would have been devout Christians and Catholics. They would wake children out of bed at 6
- [Grannies](https://mmmworldwide.org/blogs/grannies/) - by Vera Grant AMMM Ireland 24.02.2023 I always liked my granny. Some of my sisters didn’t but that didn’t matter. I did. She was called Rose, was born in 1883 and died in 1976 when I was 26 years old. As a teenager I remember
- [Light and Love](https://mmmworldwide.org/blogs/light-and-love/) - by Sr. Joanne Kelly MMM Ireland 26.02.2023 One morning I took a walk in our garden. The walk through the garden rises in a long gentle slope lined on the right by four almond trees now stripped and bare in this winter season. It was a mild morning. Rain had fallen
- [Turkana Desert  - Beginning a Heritage Tour](https://mmmworldwide.org/blogs/turkana-desert-1/) - by Sr. Prisca Ovat MMM Nigeria/Kenya 04.03.2023 My experience of a desert was live, not the one watched in movies, nor read in books. And I would say that not much has changed from the time I first saw photos of Turkana malnourished children many
- [Turkana Desert  - A Heritage Tour (continued)](https://mmmworldwide.org/blogs/turkana-desert-a-heritage-tour-continued/) - by Sr. Prisca Ovat MMM Nigeria/Kenya 06.03.2023 As the journey through the Turkana desert continued, we had the opportunity of visiting the MMM community in Lodwar, where the only living story is of the late Sr. Rosetta Furlong who sadly passed away in
- [Rethinking "Refuge"](https://mmmworldwide.org/blogs/retinking-refugee/) - by Nadia Ramoutar MMM Communications Coordinator Ireland 10.03.2023 The idea that we have a country and a homeland is both a blessing and a burden. I remember Sr Rita Kelly, MMM once saying to me that home is “the landscape of the heart”. What a beautiful thought. For
- [Pioneers](https://mmmworldwide.org/blogs/pioneers/) - by Sr. Sheila Campbell MMM Ireland 20.02.2023 Our first daffodil made its appearance in full flower on January 25th this year. Yes, it is earlier than usual, but we have had a reasonably mild winter and no doubt climate change hurried things along. As I
- [Blood Donation](https://mmmworldwide.org/blogs/blood-donation-2/) - by Sr. Prisca Ovat MMM Kenya 18.06.2022 As a postulant of the Medical Missionaries of Mary, I first grasped the concept of lifesaving from the moment I was needed for blood donation to a dying mother of a set of twins. I thought of myself as a heroine until I realized that it
- [Barcodes](https://mmmworldwide.org/blogs/barcodes/) - by Sr. Sheila Campbell MMM Ireland 28.07.2022 Sometimes God comes to tickle you with joy. At least that is the way I thought about it after I had seen this scene. The other morning, I walked into our chapel for morning prayer and there it was. The sunlight was streaming
- [World Bicycle Day](https://mmmworldwide.org/blogs/world-bicycle-day/) - By Lisa Murphy MMM Archivist Ireland 26.06.2022 In order to draw attention to the health and environmental benefits of cycling, the United Nations has designated the 3rd of June as World Bicycle Day. They state that cycling ‘is a simple, affordable, reliable, clean
- [The Tea Towel](https://mmmworldwide.org/blogs/the-tea-towel/) - by Sr. Sheila Campbell MMM Ireland 22.07.2022 Last week someone came into the kitchenette in our office area and took a tea towel. I say ‘took’ although I am tempted to say ‘stole’. I was mad, furious, and beside myself at the injustice of it. How
- [Mother - a poem](https://mmmworldwide.org/blogs/mother-a-poem/) - by Sr. Bernadette Fadegnon Rep. Benin/Brazil 20.06.2022 Sr. Bernadette wrote this poem to celebrate Mothers Day which falls on different dates in the year, depending on the country. In her home country, Republic of Benin, it falls on May 29th. In Brazil, her local community offered a special Mother's week
- [Day of Delight](https://mmmworldwide.org/blogs/day-of-delight/) - By Sr. Margaret Anne Meyer MMM U.S.A. 16.06.2022 Recently I received an email inviting me to a Spring Day of Delight: Art and Meditation. Now what is this, I thought to myself? It seemed to be a way of reflection on Scripture using Meditative art practices. I was
- [Family Life Today](https://mmmworldwide.org/blogs/family-life-today-2/) - By Sr. Prisca Ovat, MMM Kenya 12.06.2022 Everyone is born into a family, not by choice, but divine plan. Through the family unit, we learn to appreciate where we are, its goodness and complexities. Pope Francis published the encyclical – Amoris Laetitia, modelling the family after the Holy family
- [Smiles](https://mmmworldwide.org/blogs/smiles/) - by Mary Coffey AMMM Ireland 10.06.2022 A newborn baby is expected to reach certain key developmental milestones. One such milestone is that a baby should “smile with meaning” at six weeks. That means a smile that can focus, and it is a cause of great joy for those
- [Vocation](https://mmmworldwide.org/blogs/vocation/) - by Sr. Jo Anne Kelly MMM Ireland 06.06.2022 Vocation –A call from God, Everyone gets that call. In the scripture for Vocation Sunday we read: “The Lord said I have made you a Light for the nations” Who would not want to be a shining light for others? That’s our vocation..
- [Dancing with God](https://mmmworldwide.org/blogs/dancing-with-god/) - by Sr. Sheila Campbell MMM Ireland 04.07.2022 Have you ever watched a toddler learning to walk? You know the way they lift up their arms to be raised up and, while the parent is holding both little arms, the child will venture one foot forward, and then hesitate. These
- [International Nurses Day 2022](https://mmmworldwide.org/blogs/international-nurses-day-2022/) - by Lisa Murphy MMM Archivist Ireland 15.05.2022 International Nurses Day is celebrated around the world every May 12th which is also the anniversary of Florence Nightingale's birth. The theme for 2022 is Nurses: A Voice to Lead - Invest in Nursing and respect rights to secure global health. When we reflect on the
- [Shepherding the Shepherds](https://mmmworldwide.org/blogs/shepherding-the-shepherds/) - by Mary Coffey AMMM Ireland 25.05. 2022 Glencairn Cistercian Abbey in Co Waterford, Ireland is my favourite place to respond to God’s invitation to “come away to some lonely place and rest for a while.” It is a place of gentle silence but also a place where we,
- [#BeHumanKind: With the Red Cross](https://mmmworldwide.org/blogs/behumankind-with-the-red-cross/) - by Sr, Ese Idogen MMM Nigeria 08.06.2022 Just recently, the International Red Cross and Red Crescent movement celebrated its one hundred and fifty-nine years of foundation. I decided to look through the pages of some of the national societies on the internet. When I opened the page of
- [My Eyes to the Mountains](https://mmmworldwide.org/blogs/my-eyes-to-the-mountains/) - by Sr. Margaret Anne Meyer MMM U.S.A. 13.05.2022 As I read the beautiful blog by Sr. Noleen Mooney with title “I lift up my eyes to the Mountains”, my thoughts ran back to the mid 1960’s when I was an intern in the IMTH, now known as
- [Today - Grief](https://mmmworldwide.org/blogs/today/) - by an MMM Associate Ireland 09.05.2022 Today has been one of the hardest. We buried my darling nephew, John, who at the age of 43 took his own life. The devastation has rippled through not only his immediate family but also to the wider community who felt that
- [Reaching the Diamond](https://mmmworldwide.org/blogs/reaching-the-diamond/) - by Sr. Helen Aherne MMM Ireland 22.06.2022 Have you ever thought you were younger than you really are and feel? Just lately I was browsing through the recent MMM internal newsletter and saw my name and the date - 3 OCT 2022. It was a list
- [Trust in God](https://mmmworldwide.org/blogs/trust-in-god/) - by Sr. Sheila Campbell MMM Ireland 24.06.2022 When Mother Mary Martin was in her early sixties, she wrote to one of the Sisters: “The great thing is to learn from our failings and not be discouraged. This discouragement is a subtle form of pride.” I
- [A Useless Bit of Information](https://mmmworldwide.org/blogs/a-useless-bit-of-information/) - by Sr. Sheila Campbell MMM Ireland 14.07.2022 The other day I was in the car as a passenger, commenting to the driver about the other cars as we bowled along the motorway. “Did you know”, I said, “That cars from the North of Ireland have the letters X,Y or Z
- [A Real Christmas](https://mmmworldwide.org/blogs/a-real-christmas/) - by Sr. Liana de Jesus Brazil/Kenya 18.12.2022 Christmas is a really special time, a time that all people wait for expectantly, especially children and the elderly. Don’t you think that Christmas is worth waiting for? It is worth it when we spend the preparation time well. I
- [Two men who knew Mother Mary](https://mmmworldwide.org/blogs/two-men-who-knew-mother-mary/) - MMM Communications Ireland 23.01.2023 Extract from a tribute by Aine McEvoy from some of the people who knew her. First published in MMM Magazine 1992 Fr. Hugh Kelly SJ, (1886 – 1974), a life-long friend of Mother Mary She had a woman’s instinct and a woman’s
- [Camouflage](https://mmmworldwide.org/blogs/camouflage/) - by Sr. Sheila Campbell MMM Ireland 21.01.2023 The other day I was down by the river. As it flows through the town it is tidal, and sometimes large stretches of the riverside are on view. It is home to many kinds of birds, but my attention was drawn to the seagulls.
- [Returning to Mass](https://mmmworldwide.org/blogs/returning-to-mass/) - by Vera Grant AMMM Ireland 19.01.2923 I was nervous and yet excited to be going back. I hadn’t expected to be away so long. Four weeks seemed a long time and I missed going to Mass. Yes there was Mass online and it sufficed in so far
- [Sacred Friendships](https://mmmworldwide.org/blogs/sacred-friendships/) - by Nadia Ramoutar MMM Communications Coordinator Ireland 17.01.2023 I am fortunate to have great friends in my life. I think that they are some of my most treasured gifts. In the past few years working for the MMMs as the Communications Coordinator, I have had the opportunity
- [Ann and Mary](https://mmmworldwide.org/blogs/ann-and-mary/) - by Sr. Sheila Campbell MMM Ireland 15.01.2023 When you live with the same people for a long time, sometimes you get bored with the same small talk. This is when you have to look beyond the humdrum daily routine chat and re-discover the value of each person. This happened
- [From Binti to Bibi](https://mmmworldwide.org/blogs/from-binti-to-bibi/) - by Sr. Maria Borda, MMM Malta/Tanzania 13.01.2023 My first taste of Africa was when I was blessed to spend two months in Dareda Hospital, Tanzania, in 1979, as a medical student. The experience strengthened my resolve to study hard so that I could get out ‘on the field’
- [Family and Community](https://mmmworldwide.org/blogs/family-and-community/) - by Angela Macnamara Ireland 11.01. 2023 Editor's Note: This article was first published in the MMM Magazine in 1975 It is quite extraordinary to consider that each and every human being me meet in the course of even one day makes some change, however fractional, on our lives.
- [Martha and Mary](https://mmmworldwide.org/blogs/martha-and-mary/) - by Sr. Maria Jose da Silva MMM Brazil 09.01.2023 This theme has been in my mind since I started to reflect on my own life for the last two years between community commitments and the care of my mother. My mother is widowed, elderly, infirm, and her two
- [Bells](https://mmmworldwide.org/blogs/bells/) - by Sr. Sheila Campbell MMM Ireland 07.01.2023 Drogheda, the town where I live, has many churches, both old and new. That means that during the day I hear a lot of bells! There is the chiming of the hours, the half hours, and yes, one of the bells, I
- [Epiphany 2023](https://mmmworldwide.org/blogs/epiphany-2023/) - by Sr. Jo Anne Kelly MMM Ireland 05.01.2023 One night in Nigeria, as on many nights then, we had no electricity. Having had a busy day I had no time for private prayer. I took a chair to the garden, and sat down to pray, surrounded by the natural sounds of
- [Snakes Alive and Turkey Eggs](https://mmmworldwide.org/blogs/snakes-alive-and-turkey-eggs/) - by Sr. Mary Casey MMM (1926-2014) Ireland 03.01.2023 Bring a torch if you come to visit us in Tanzania. You’ll need it if you go strolling at night, unless of course you don’t mind snakes. Snake slaying is a skill I have not yet acquired. Strike
- [New Year, New Beginnings](https://mmmworldwide.org/blogs/new-year-new-beginnings/) - by Sr. Noeleen Mooney MMM Ireland 30.12.2022 For weeks, our daily newspaper has been filled with full page advertisements about how to have the perfect Christmas – food-wise, drink-wise, gift-wise; provided of course that we could afford to do so. We have been bombarded with so
- [The Need to Knead](https://mmmworldwide.org/blogs/the-need-to-knead/) - by Ann Marie Hook, AMMM U.S.A. 28.12.2022 You may have seen bread recipes that boast “No Knead.” There are many of these recipes on the internet and YouTube; and entire cookbooks are dedicated to this “fast and easy” method of making yeast dough. I must admit I
- [Christmas 1955](https://mmmworldwide.org/blogs/christmas-1955/) - By Sr. Margaret Anne Meyer MMM U.S.A. 26.12.2022 It was a very cold snowy morning at 5:30 AM when my parents, sister, two brothers and I got into the car to visit my grandparents in Florida. How would we make the journey in two days?
- [Christmas Eve](https://mmmworldwide.org/blogs/christmas-eve/) - by Sr. Sheila Campbell MMM Ireland 24.12.2022 When I was a small child, I was not allowed to go to Midnight Mass. That was only for the grown-ups. In those days, Midnight Mass meant midnight, not 8pm or 9pm the way it is now. But Christmas night was
- [Liking and Loving](https://mmmworldwide.org/blogs/liking-and-loving/) - by Sr. Jo Anne Kelly MMM Ireland 22.12.2022 It was the day of the Christmas Craft Fair, in the afternoon. I had a visit from a young family, parents and two young teenagers. It was delightful visit. The boy had a very interesting question. Here in Beechgrove we are
- [Christmas through a Child's Lens](https://mmmworldwide.org/blogs/christmas-through-a-childs-lens/) - by Nadia Ramoutar MMM Communications Coordinator Ireland 20.12.2022 As adults it would be easy to get away from the joy of Christmas. The over commercialisation of gift giving and the shops playing music and selling decorations in November can be annoying too. It appears
- [Little Donkey](https://mmmworldwide.org/blogs/little-donkey/) - by an MMM Sister Drogheda Ireland 19.12.2022 In recent days listening to the media reporting that the live crib would not be at the Mansion House in Dublin this year I felt sad and then so delighted to hear
- [The Kris Kringle Saga](https://mmmworldwide.org/blogs/the-kris-kringle-saga/) - by Sr. Prisca Ovat, MMM Kenya 17.12.2022 The tradition of having someone to pray for and exchange gifts with comes alive Christmas after Christmas. It is usually an exciting exercise to look forward to. However, I seem not to always look forward to the gift-exchange exercise because there are
- [Emmanuel](https://mmmworldwide.org/blogs/emmanuel/) - by Sr. Genevieve van Waesberghe MMM Ireland 16.12.2022 God, our Emmanuel is always coming, often in surprising ways to heal us and give us new life. It was in our small counselling center where we accompanied single women traumatized by years of conflicts. Their children too
- [Las Posadas](https://mmmworldwide.org/blogs/las-posadas/) - by Martha Acuna, AMMM California U.S.A. 14.12.2022 Las Posadas is a religious festival celebrated in Mexico and in some parts of the United States between December 16th, and 24th. Las Posadas commemorates the journey that Joseph and Mary made from Nazareth to Bethlehem in search of a
- [The Cry of the Poor](https://mmmworldwide.org/blogs/the-cry-of-the-poor/) - by Sr. Ruth Percival MMM England/Ireland 12.12.2022 Until recently, Advent spoke to me of gentle longing, hushed expectancy. It spoke of dark winter nights during which it was easy to journey back to Nazareth and stay reverently with Mary. Pondering, wondering and waiting. Then I was assigned to
- [Advent and MMM](https://mmmworldwide.org/blogs/advent-and-mmm/) - by Paul Campbell SJ U.S.A. 10.12.2022 For years, I’ve vaguely wondered about the MMM logo and so I finally emailed my sister Sheila and asked if the figures perhaps represented Mary and Elizabeth. I found her reply enlightening: “Yes, the MMM logo is
- [Ask Social Media](https://mmmworldwide.org/blogs/ask-social-media/) - by Sr. Prisca Ovat, MMM Kenya 09.12.2022 In an era of social media, everyone (young and old) tends to express the desire to stay connected. I recall those days in college when those who owned phones (Nokia 3310, Motorola, and their likes), not smartphones, were regarded
- [Family Novena - Novena em Familia 2022](https://mmmworldwide.org/blogs/family-novena-novena-em-familia-2022/) - Connecting to each other through our vulnerability by Sr. Maria Jose da Silva MMM Brazil 08.12.2022 In Brazil during this year of 2022 people passed through many forms of violence and destructive ways of relationships. This has made families more vulnerable and scattered.
- [Telling Stories](https://mmmworldwide.org/blogs/telling-stories/) - by Sr. Sheila Campbell MMM Ireland 06.12.2022 Here in Drogheda, we have this most wonderful chaplain. His name is Father Tommy, and he is in his eighties. He is the chaplain to our Nursing Home and says Mass for us here in the convent. His proper name is Fr. Tom
- [The Seed of an Idea](https://mmmworldwide.org/blogs/the-seed-of-an-idea/) - by Mary Coffey AMMM Ireland 04.12.2022 I went to morning Mass one day recently and found that it was a special Mass for the Confirmation class from the local primary school. Many of them, most likely, are rarely in a church and perhaps have only a scant idea of
- [Advent and Zechariah](https://mmmworldwide.org/blogs/advent-and-zechariah/) - by Sr. Sheila Campbell MMM Ireland 02.12.2022 One of my favourite characters from the Advent readings is Elizabeth’s husband, Zechariah. They say he was a priest, going about his priestly duties. But I bet he was depressed. Why do I say that? Well, he was there, day by
- [Paraiso](https://mmmworldwide.org/blogs/paraiso/) - by Sr. Therese McDonough MMM U.S.A. 30.11.2022 Mazinha was lying on the floor of a mud-brick house in the village of Paraiso, located in the interior of Bahia, northeast Brazil. The sun was going down, there was less noise from the children
- [Encounter with a Hippo](https://mmmworldwide.org/blogs/encounter-with-a-hippo/) - by Sr. Lucia Lynch MMM Ireland 26.11.2022 It was like any other morning in the Outpatients with patients sitting around awaiting treatment. Nurse Nyirenda came and gave a short health talk. As she finished, she glanced around to notice a young man sitting there with a look
- [Thanksgiving](https://mmmworldwide.org/blogs/thanksgiving/) - by Sr. Joanne Bierl MMM U.S.A. 24.11.2022 The Thanksgiving holiday has always been the most important to me even as a child. It is built on a simple concept of giving thanks...less commercial than most holidays. There are many different opinions about the origin of
- [Coming Home](https://mmmworldwide.org/blogs/coming-home/) - by Sr. Sheila Campbell MMM Ireland 22.11.2022 This week we celebrate Thanksgiving and soon it will be Christmas. Both these feasts are traditional times for family members to travel long distances to be together to celebrate. They travel, and they “come home”. For some time now
- [Everything is Not What it Seems](https://mmmworldwide.org/blogs/everything-is-not-what-it-seems/) - by Nadia Ramoutar MMM Communications Coordinator Ireland 20.11.2022 Sometimes I have ideas that seem good at the time, but as they progress the complexity makes me question my judgment. As the Communications Coordinator, I thought it would be a “good idea” for our MMM Sisters in Drogheda
- [Changing Places](https://mmmworldwide.org/blogs/changing-places/) - by Vera Grant AMMM Ireland 18.11.2022 It was my seat. It was at the end of the pew and I sat there every Sunday morning for ten o’clock Mass. Over the years I had grown to recognise many, who like me sat in the same pew.
- [Keep Going](https://mmmworldwide.org/blogs/keep-going/) - by Nadia Ramoutar MMM Communications Coordinator Ireland 16.11.2022 There are times in life when we look at how much there is to do in the world and wonder where to begin. If we focus too much on the bad news, our efforts can seem minor in comparison. When I read
- [Novitiate Days in U.S.A.](https://mmmworldwide.org/blogs/novitiate-days-in-u-s-a/) - by Sr. Margaret Anne Meyer MMM U.S.A. 14.11.2022 The Ashes will sit in the front pew. This is what I remember from our reception into the novitiate on September 8th, 1956. I thought it sounded funny, but Sr. Gabriel Ashe had a large family, and
- [God sent you](https://mmmworldwide.org/blogs/god-sent-you/) - by an unknown MMM author Ireland 12.11.2022 How often have you walked into the greeting ‘God sent you’ or ‘you’ve been on my mind’. Our Lady’s journey through the hill country was a concerned visit to her cousin Elizabeth. Pondering the words and happenings she
- [Mission from a Cloister](https://mmmworldwide.org/blogs/mission-from-a-cloister/) - Mission from a Cloister by Sr. Prisca Ovat, MMM Kenya 03.10.2022 The missionary way of life is not reserved for a particular kind of people. Although the word “mission” implies “being sent”, one can be sent to a distant land or next door. Another aspect of missionary life is
- [Early Days in MMM USA](https://mmmworldwide.org/blogs/early-days-in-mmm-usa/) - by Sr. Margaret Anne Meyer MMM U.S.A. 11.10.2022 At last, I found you! These were the words of greeting as Sister Madeleine Le Blanc met me in South Station in Boston. I had not known my mother had phoned Winchester to tell
- [Already There](https://mmmworldwide.org/blogs/already-there/) - by Sr. Sheila Campbell MMM Ireland 10.11.2022 For some time now I have had a phrase running through my head: “I am already there”. What do I mean by that? Where did it come from? I think it all started earlier this year with the news
- [God in Nature](https://mmmworldwide.org/blogs/god-in-nature/) - by Nadia Ramoutar MMM Communications Coordinator Ireland 08.11.2022 It may seem to some people that finding God in nature is a trendy idea and is even referred to as “eco-spirituality” which does have a ring of modern lingo about it. But, the truth is that the idea that we feel
- [Patterns](https://mmmworldwide.org/blogs/patterns/) - by Sr. Sheila Campbell MMM Ireland 06.11.2022 Embroidery on paper is a hobby that I picked up later in life. Strange, isn’t it? I think of myself as physically a bit clumsy, but at least my hands work well. I make greeting cards, and this is a useful skill in a
- [Rain and Mud](https://mmmworldwide.org/blogs/rain-and-mud/) - Marianne Grisez AMMM U.S.A. 04.11.2022 Marianne, a volunteer nurse from California, member of Lay Mission Helpers, was so sorry Sr. Ann Flynn had been “cheated” out of experiencing the Big Rains at Gambo in Ethiopia that she wrote her the following graphic description
- [Steps of Hope 3](https://mmmworldwide.org/blogs/steps-of-hope-3/) - by Sr. Ese Idogen MMM Angola/Nigeria 31.10.2022 Yes!! After three weeks, I had an opportunity to join in the celebration of the Eucharist and bring back consecrated host for the community. How could I miss this opportunity! Where? It was at a neighbouring village, she said. Since it
- [Being a Missionary at Home](https://mmmworldwide.org/blogs/being-a-missionary-at-home/) - by Sr. Prisca Ovat MMM Kenya/Nigeria 29.10.2022 The time at home on holiday brought me a brand-new experience. For the first time, I noticed a different pattern of living amongst my people; wrongs were made right out of ignorance. In Nigeria, especially in some small towns and villages,
- [Ebb and Flow](https://mmmworldwide.org/blogs/ebb-and-flow/) - by Sr. Aideen O’Sullivan MMM Ireland/Scotland 27.10.2022 Here in Ireland, the sea has been in the background of our lives as we are sort of surrounded by it. The tang of the sea readily brings to mind childhood memories of family picnics, the serious business
- [Sprinklings of Joy](https://mmmworldwide.org/blogs/sprinklings-of-joy/) - by Nadia Ramoutar MMM Communications Coordinator 25.10.2022 In answer to the question is the glass half full or half empty, people give answers based on the way they see the world. For many of us, the world can be a disappointing place as we see more instances of violence, famine,
- [The Upside of Social Media](https://mmmworldwide.org/blogs/the-upside-of-social-media/) - by Sr. Chinenye Lumenze MMM Nigeria 21.10.2022 What inspires every decision and move I make in life is my belief that everyone has a right to experience a happy life. Hence, My vision: That all people live in welcoming communities that provide friendship, mutual
- [Hugs and Healing](https://mmmworldwide.org/blogs/hugs-and-healing/) - by Sr. Sheila Campbell MMM Ireland 19.10.2022 The other day I was on the phone listening to a woman who was sharing about her present difficulties in an interpersonal relationship. I listened as best as I could, but inside me I knew this woman was strong and was well
- [The Importance of Storytelling](https://mmmworldwide.org/blogs/the-importance-of-storytelling/) - by Nadia Ramoutar MMM Communications Coordinator 17.10.2022 Not a week goes by that I don’t feel honoured to read the stories of our MMM Sisters at work in the missions. Today, I have reviewed a large amount of stories about girls and women who are sex trafficked and traded.
- [Why Stay?](https://mmmworldwide.org/blogs/why-stay/) - by Sr. Eilis Weber MMM Ireland 15.10.2022 Why do you stay in Religious Life? What gives you hope? Those two questions perplexed me, as I remembered my teenage hopes and dreams and how the idea of becoming a religious frequently passed through my head. Initially, I ignored
- [My Memories of Mother Mary Martin](https://mmmworldwide.org/blogs/my-memories-of-mother-mary-martin/) - by Sr. Cecily Bourdillon MMM Ireland 13.10.2022 I was privileged to first meet Mother Mary Martin, Foundress of the Medical Missionaries of Mary (MMM), in my home country, Rhodesia, now Zimbabwe. One day I received a phone call. The caller was an MMM who
- [Computer Missionaries](https://mmmworldwide.org/blogs/computer-missionaries/) - Computer Missionaries by Sr. Sheila Campbell MMM Ireland 09.10.2022 This month, October, is the month of the Missions. Traditionally this meant men and women travelling to far off places and ministering to those who had not yet heard the Gospel message. I, myself, travelled to Brazil in
- [Maternity Experience in Kenya](https://mmmworldwide.org/blogs/maternity-experience-in-kenya/) - by Sr. Celestina Aganyi MMM Nigeria/Kenya 07.10.2022 I am a third-year nursing student. As a foreign student, studying at Daystar University, Nairobi, life has been rewarding although not without challenges. Besides being a peaceful, calm and accommodating people of all tribes, nations and races, my three years’ study
- [What is a Blog?](https://mmmworldwide.org/blogs/what-is-a-blog/) - Happy Birthday to the MMM Blog! by Nadia Ramoutar MMM Communications Coordinator Ireland 05.10.2022 When I was hired to be the Communications Coordinator for the MMMs, my first focus was to re-do the website. This was
- [Mission Sunday](https://mmmworldwide.org/blogs/mission-sunday/) - Mission Sunday by Sr. Jo Anne Kelly MMM Ireland 01.10.2022 Recently I did a retreat in a house which was located in wide open countryside in a most beautiful setting. Each morning I went out the front door and stood to admire that beautiful scene. A green lawn swept down to a
- [Getting Ready for Christmas in September](https://mmmworldwide.org/blogs/getting-ready-for-christmas-in-september/) - Getting Ready for Christmas in September Oddly enough, we are inspired about what to do in the future by reading what MMMs did in the past. This year, Sr Sheila and I got a big pile of past MMM Publications and read what Mother Mary used to do to spread the word of her new
- [Morning Lights](https://mmmworldwide.org/blogs/morning-lights/) - by Sr. Jo Anne Kelly MMM Ireland 28.09.2022 It was a dull breezy morning when I set off for my early morning walk. As usual at this time of year, I took the three steps up into the local graveyard and immediately on my right I saw a most beautiful sunrise
- [Leaving Home for the First Time](https://mmmworldwide.org/blogs/leaving-home-for-the-first-time/) - by Sr. Margaret Anne Meyer MMM U.S.A. 26.09.2022 “It is almost March first.” My mother used to sing me these words from the song, “It is almost tomorrow.” We would pause and look at each other. Yes, with a little mix of sorrow as well as
- [Forgiveness rather than Permission](https://mmmworldwide.org/blogs/forgiveness-rather-than-permission/) - by Sr. Sheila Campbell MMM Ireland 24.09.2022 One day, when I was a young Sister on mission, I was dithering about doing something a little bit differently. One of the more experienced Sisters said to me: “It is easier to ask for forgiveness than for permission:
- [Reaching New Heights](https://mmmworldwide.org/blogs/reaching-new-heights/) - by Nadia Ramoutar MMM Communications Coordinator Ireland 22.09.2022 When I was a child, I thought that good things happened to good people. It was something I gathered in my own little imagination and labelled it as truth. As I aged, I saw that I was troubled when bad things happened.
- [A Useless Bit of Information](https://mmmworldwide.org/blogs/a-useless-bit-of-information-2/) - by Sr. Sheila Campbell MMM Ireland 20.09.2022 The other day I was in the car as a passenger, commenting to the driver about the other cars as we bowled along the motorway. “Did you know”, I said, “That cars from the North of Ireland have the letters X,Y or Z
- [My Favourite Season](https://mmmworldwide.org/blogs/my-favourite-season/) - by Sr. Prisca Ovat, MMM Nigeria/Kenya 18.09.2022 Seasons in Africa are unclassified. Yet they exist with no outstanding memories to merit a class, like the winter, autumn, spring, and summer we know from other continents. Here in our part of the world, we know
- [Francis and Babu](https://mmmworldwide.org/blogs/francis-and-babu/) - by Sr. Noeleen Mooney MMM Ireland 16.09.2022 Ediitor’s Note: This reflection was written by Sr. Noeleen in 2005 when she worked in the Kitale AIDS Programme, Kenya. I got to know him on his regular visits to the clinic. He was an orphan, always accompanied
- [Where there is a will](https://mmmworldwide.org/blogs/where-there-is-a-will/) - by Sr. Beatrice Chiamaka Iyioku MMM Angola 14.09.2022 The phrase “Where there is a will, there is a way” is largely used to connote persistence and creativity as a virtue. But sometimes we do not know or imagine how far and how well we can be at things.
- [Gazing](https://mmmworldwide.org/blogs/gazing/) - by Theresa McDonnell Friström AMMM Ireland 12.09.2022 I have a new pastime. It is gazing. The instruction is to gaze at something, big, tiny, or anything in between, and to gaze at it long enough for it to gaze back at us. Yesterday I was invited
- [Torah](https://mmmworldwide.org/blogs/torah/) - by Sr. Sheila Campbell MMM Ireland 29.08.2022 Today I have a lump in my throat as I was thinking about my favourite animal, my cat called Torah. Why the lump in the throat – is she dead? No, I don’t think so, but she must be quite elderly at this stage. Torah
- [Protecting Children - 2](https://mmmworldwide.org/blogs/protecting-children-2/) - by Sr. Margaret Anne Meyer Meyer MMM U.S.A. 08.09.2022 Sometime ago, I wrote about my love for children and what I had learned from the United States Catholic Program for Safeguarding children, called VIRTUS. Since then, I have been getting monthly updates and I would like to
- [The Ever Changing world of Technology](https://mmmworldwide.org/blogs/the-ever-changing-world-of-technology/) - by Vera Grant AMMM Ireland 06.09.2022 As the euphoria of having booked my dream holiday started to fade it was replaced with a gnawing sense of anxiety. It wasn’t the holiday although trying to see three cities in three different countries in eight days was quite an
- [Back to School](https://mmmworldwide.org/blogs/back-to-school/) - by Nadia Ramoutar MMM Communications Coordinator Ireland 04.09.2022 When I was a little girl, I loved back to school time. I think it may be my obsession with new pens and paper that was at the heart of it. Perhaps it was the chaos of my homelife that made me love
- [Hands and Eyes](https://mmmworldwide.org/blogs/hands-and-eyes/) - by Eilín Teeling, AMMM Ireland 02.09.2022 St Teresa of Avila in Spain (1515-82) famously wrote that: “Christ has no body on earth but yours. Yours are the eyes with which he looks compassionately on this world. Yours are the feet with which he
- [Listen to the Voice of Creation](https://mmmworldwide.org/blogs/listen-to-the-voice-of-creation/) - by Sr. Margaret Anne Meyer MMM U.S.A. 31.08.2022 Recently, I received an invitation from the Faith Leaders of an ecumenical group to join in the annual Christian celebration with the ecumenical family around the world to unite and pray and
- [The Shape of a Lovely Day](https://mmmworldwide.org/blogs/the-shape-of-a-lovely-day/) - by Theresa McDonnell Friström AMMM Ireland 29.08.2022 I like spending time with friends because it enriches my soul. This was written in June 2022. , Two Anamchairde, Two funerals, One in a Catholic Church, In Wicklow One in an Islamic Mosque, In Dublin On a beautiful sunny day Close to
- [Hearing and Music](https://mmmworldwide.org/blogs/hearing-and-music/) - by Sr. Cecily Bourdillion MMM Ireland 27.08.2022 I begin every day thanking God for the many gifts showered upon me - and one that is so very precious is that of hearing. What would my life be like without music? I love Classical music. My first memory
- [A Windy Day](https://mmmworldwide.org/blogs/a-windy-day/) - by Sr. Jo Anne Kelly MMM Ireland 25.08.2022 A suggestion this month is to write about my favourite thing, favourite anything. There is so much goodness and beauty in life I have so many favourites. But I do love the wind and I love a windy day. The wind
- [What makes me happy](https://mmmworldwide.org/blogs/what-makes-me-happy/) - by Sr. Liana de Jesus MMM Brazil/Kenya 23.08.2022 Recently I have been thinking about the things that bring me great happiness. Today, what gives me joy and happiness is to recognize the deep meaning of religious life. I accept this in my daily living as an
- [Rewilding the Heart](https://mmmworldwide.org/blogs/rewilding-the-heart/) - by Sr. Sheila Campbell MMM Ireland 21.08.2022 Many people nowadays understand the term “rewilding”. At least it has become popular with an increase in ecological awareness and sensitivity to biodiversity. One definition of rewilding is: “conservation efforts aimed at restoring and protecting natural processes and wilderness areas. Rewilding is a
- [Kidnapped](https://mmmworldwide.org/blogs/kidnapped/) - MMM Blog Editor Ireland 19.08.2022 Editor’s Note: MMM Sisters regularly face situations of war and civil conflict as they go about their medical missionary work. This is the story of one Sister. The original document contains names, dates and places. All have been generalized to protect the identity
- [Summer, Sunshine and Showers](https://mmmworldwide.org/blogs/summer-sunshine-and-showers/) - by Sr. Helen Aherne MMM Ireland 17.08.2022 Long bright days with sunshine and no showers. Longer evenings when we were allowed to go out to play even after teatime. New dresses and sandals. Taken on holiday by our father to our Aunt and Uncle’s house in Kinsale. They
- [Words are like Coins](https://mmmworldwide.org/blogs/words-are-like-coins/) - by unknown MMM writer undated Ireland 13.08.2022 Words like coins are good currency. But like currency they can suffer devaluation. Some words even wear thin with usage. Jargon I’d say is counterfeit currency. It goes from being shorthand to short change. The English word ‘listen’ is short changed. In fact in
- [Lily Murphy](https://mmmworldwide.org/blogs/lily-murphy/) - By Monica Shaw U.S.A. 11.08.2022 Lily Murphy was my great aunt. In 1950, Lily went with the Medical Missionaries of Mary to Ogoja, Nigeria to teach the leper children. At the time, she was 57 years young, and stayed in Ogoja for over 20 years establishing schools
- [Telephones](https://mmmworldwide.org/blogs/telephones/) - by Sr. Cecily Bourdillion MMM Ireland 09.08.2022 My last mission was in rural Malawi, ministering at Kasina Health Centre. Though the people of Kasina are subsistence farmers and live from hand to mouth it was wonderful and amazing to witness patients using a cell phone to contact family to report their admission
- [What's in a Name?](https://mmmworldwide.org/blogs/whats-in-a-name/) - by Mary Coffey AMMM Ireland 07.08.2022 My Da used to call me Moll and, years later, my brother Paddy used it also as a term of endearment, connecting us both back to the well-spring of Da’s gentle love. My Auntie Mary sometimes called me Mollie. My brother–in–law, Damien,
- [Unworked Racism](https://mmmworldwide.org/blogs/unworked-racism-2/) - by Sr. Sheila Campbell MMM Ireland 05.08.2022 Yesterday I was talking with one of our Sisters about racism. She was an Irish Sister, talking about the anti-English behaviour of her father during her formative years, but we all know the prejudices and stereotypes that can exist amongst us. When I
- [Be not Afraid](https://mmmworldwide.org/blogs/be-not-afraid/) - by Vera Grant AMMM Ireland 03.08.2022 How many times have we heard or read these words? It is said that they appear 365 times in the bible – one for every day. I don’t know. I haven’t counted. Our celebrated poet, Seamus Heaney, before he died he sent
- [Sounds of Summer](https://mmmworldwide.org/blogs/sounds-of-summer/) - by Nadia Ramoutar Communications Coordinator Ireland 01.08.2022 It is summer here in our part of the world, though in Ireland that is a vague term. While it is certainly warmer, the sky today looks more like October. Someone recently asked me when I felt most free. I
- [Anybody want a Doctor?](https://mmmworldwide.org/blogs/anybody-want-a-doctor/) - Editor: The following article was first published in an early MMM magazine. I enjoyed it so much I thought our blog readers would enjoy it too by Medicus, an unnamed Volunteer Doctor 1957 30.07.2022 You never know what kind of a job you will be asked to do out
- [Precious Stones](https://mmmworldwide.org/blogs/precious-stones/) - by Mary Coffey AMMM Ireland 26.07.2022 Below is the text of an email that I sent to Colette Morris, head of Migration in the Irish Red Cross, in 2019, less than a month after our Community Sponsorship Group, called 'New Beginnings Kells' welcomed a Syrian family who had been living as
- [Yohane](https://mmmworldwide.org/blogs/yohane-2/) - by Sr. Cecily Bourdillon MMM Ireland 24.07.2022 A few days ago, I received a message from a member of staff of Kasina Health Centre in Malawi telling me of the death of our mutual friend, Yohane. May he rest in peace. The message added that his mother thanked God
- [The Tea Towel](https://mmmworldwide.org/blogs/the-tea-towel-2/) - by Sr. Sheila Campbell MMM Ireland 22.07.2022 Last week someone came into the kitchenette in our office area and took a tea towel. I say ‘took’ although I am tempted to say ‘stole’. I was mad, furious, and beside myself at the injustice of it. How
- [Unfolding the Petals of Poetry](https://mmmworldwide.org/blogs/unfolding-the-petals-of-poetry-2/) - by Sr. Margaret Anne Meyer MMM U.S.A. 20.07.2022 Poetry has, until recently, been a mysterious garden where words blossomed like wildflowers. They looked lovely but what was their meaning? How come the ending words did not rhyme but carried me to a different world? It all began three years ago
- [Mother Mary and The Laundry](https://mmmworldwide.org/blogs/mother-mary-and-the-laundry/) - by Sr. Jo Anne Kelly, MMM 07/10/2021 I like to take an early morning walk and in the bright mornings of spring and summer usually go to the nearby graveyard which is directly opposite Our Lady of Lourdes Hospital and where all MMM sisters who have died in Ireland are buried. The gravediggers had deposited
- [Key Lesson learnt from my ministry or life as a Sister](https://mmmworldwide.org/blogs/key-lesson-learnt-from-my-ministry-or-life-as-a-sister/) - by Sr. Sheila Campbell MMM, Ireland 07/10/2021 One of the key lessons I have learnt from my ministry as a Sister is to be flexible. Life is constantly changing and I have learnt to weave my way through it, trying to respond as best I can, to the needs of the local people of God
- [Mother Mary Room](https://mmmworldwide.org/blogs/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 the Mother Mary room in
- [Recording the Past and inspiring the Future](https://mmmworldwide.org/blogs/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 have found that the role
- [Sister Doctor Mairead Chambers](https://mmmworldwide.org/blogs/siter-doctor-mairead-chambers/) - by Lisa Murphy MMM Archivist 08.03.2022 The issuing of the Constans ac Sedula in 1936, enabled MMM Sisters to undertake pioneering medical work. Throughout the history of the Medical Missionaries of Mary, there have been many women who have devoted themselves to particular causes and one such MMM was Sister Mairead
- [Never too old](https://mmmworldwide.org/blogs/never-too-old/) - by Sr. Sheila Campbell MMM Ireland 02.04.2022 Today my older sister celebrates fifteen years of marriage. Yes, fifteen, and she, like me, is in her seventies. This is her second marriage and today I just stopped and thought – it is never too old to take up a commitment,
- [Foundation Day](https://mmmworldwide.org/blogs/foundation-day-2/) - Sr. Jo Anne Kelly MMM Ireland 04.04.2022 One morning recently I visited Mother Mary’s grave. In need of some inspiration, I said to her “I haven’t written anything for a while, is there anything you want me to write about?”Well, that very evening as I was just finishing my supper, Sr. Sheila
- [The Broken Body of Jesus](https://mmmworldwide.org/blogs/the-broken-body-of-jesus/) - by Sr. Sheila Campbell MMM Ireland 15.04.2022 Last year, and the year before, it was Covid-19. This year it is war. The broken body of Jesus is flashed before us each day as we watch the images of death and destruction. What is our response to

## Inspiration

- [Mother Mary Quote](https://mmmworldwide.org/inspo/mother-mary-quote/) - “The more difficult things are, the more we must love, the more we must trust. Without God we can do nothing, but with God we can do all things.” (1954) - Mother Mary Martin MMM
- [Inspirational Quote July 2026](https://mmmworldwide.org/inspo/inspirational-quote-july-2026/)
- [Inspiration April 2026](https://mmmworldwide.org/inspo/inspiration-april-2026/) - A New Beginning By Glory Obiekwe - MMM novice The sun rises slowly at dawn At the break of a new day The cock crows loudly at dawn To announce the news of a new day I must get up, I must arise. I must stand up with strength and vigour I must clean up
- [Inspiration January 2026](https://mmmworldwide.org/inspo/inspiration-january-2026/)
- [Inspiration July 2025](https://mmmworldwide.org/inspo/inspiration-july-2025/)
- [Inspiration April 2025](https://mmmworldwide.org/inspo/inspiration-april-2025/)
- [Inspiration January 2025](https://mmmworldwide.org/inspo/inspiration-january-2025/)
- [Inspiration November 2024](https://mmmworldwide.org/inspo/inspiration-november-2024/) - “Be who you were created to be, and you will set the world on fire.” - St. Catherine of Siena
- [Inspiration September 2024](https://mmmworldwide.org/inspo/inspiration-september-2024/) - “A wonderful gift to cultivate for your work … patience and a great sense of humour.” — Mother Mary Martin (1952)
- [Inspiration July 2024](https://mmmworldwide.org/inspo/inspiration-july-2024/) - Sometimes in the stillness of the quiet, if we listen, / We can hear the whisper in the heart / Giving strength to weakness, courage to fear, hope to despair. — Howard Thurman, Meditations of the Heart
- [Extract from blog "A Woman's View of Mother Mary"](https://mmmworldwide.org/inspo/extract-from-blog-a-womans-view-of-mother-mary/) - "Mother Mary could always get things done. I think perhaps that apart from her spirituality she was a bit hypnotic"
- [Mother Mary Martin quote](https://mmmworldwide.org/inspo/mother-mary-martin-quote/) - “I trust God absolutely. The past is in God’s hands, so is the future and present.” - Mother Mary Martin (1934)
- [The Second Sunday of Advent - Reflections with AMRI](https://mmmworldwide.org/inspo/the-second-sunday-of-advent-reflections-with-amri/)
- [The First Sunday of Advent - Reflections with AMRI](https://mmmworldwide.org/inspo/the-first-sunday-of-advent/)
- [Anne Frank Quote](https://mmmworldwide.org/inspo/anne-frank-quote/) - “Everyone has inside them a piece of good news. The good news is you don’t know how great you can be! How much you can love! What you can accomplish! And what your potential is.” - Anne Frank
- [Robert Frost Quote](https://mmmworldwide.org/inspo/robert-frost-quote/) - “Two roads diverged in a wood, and I - I took the one less travelled by, And that has made all the difference.” - Robert Frost
- [Maya Angelou Quote](https://mmmworldwide.org/inspo/maya-angelou-quote/) - “Open your eyes to the beauty around you, open your mind to the wonders of life, open your heart to those who love you, and always be true to yourself.” - Maya Angelou
- [](https://mmmworldwide.org/inspo/3307/) - "While you are proclaiming peace with your lips, be careful to have it even more fully in your heart." - St Francis of Assisi
- [God is Light](https://mmmworldwide.org/inspo/god-is-light/) - God is Light “From my point of view, God is the light that illuminates the darkness, even if it does not dissolve it, and a spark of divine light is within each of us.” Pope Francis
- [Inspiration Section - Feet](https://mmmworldwide.org/inspo/inspiration-section-feet/) - Thank you, God, for my feet. With these feet I have walked in many places and among different peoples. My feet often went places where my heart and head were not yet ready to go and yet I found myself in a new place and You were there before me. As my feet move my

## Footprints

- [Palliative Care in Uganda](https://mmmworldwide.org/footprints/palliative-care-in-uganda/) - Our work in palliative care in Uganda developed as a result of the HIV epidemic, which wrought devastating effects in that area. Many cancers are among the AIDS-defining illnesses and the palliative care team brought holistic care to those affected. The following report describes the services that MMM provided before handing over Mobile Palliative Care to
- [Handing On In Makondo - February 2018](https://mmmworldwide.org/footprints/handing-on-in-makondo-february-2018/) - Important aspects of our life as MMMs are ‘reading the signs of the times in a rapidly changing world’ and being ‘alert to new needs and opportunities’ (MMM Constitutions). In 2015, after twenty-four years in Makondo, our Sisters began a process of discernment about the need for our continuing presence there. In what was previously
- [A Tractor for Loolera](https://mmmworldwide.org/footprints/a-tractor-for-loolera/) - Sister Lelia Cleary thanks all who helped her raise funds for: A Tractor for Loolera. Sitting in the plane before it took off from Kilimanjaro International Airport, Sister Lelia smiled to herself. She was thinking about Sikorei's request as he bade her farewell before she set off on home leave. There was very little hope she
- [Footprints in Italy  1952 - 1977](https://mmmworldwide.org/footprints/footprints-in-italy-1952-1977/) - Naples: In November 1951 Mother Mary went to Italy. In 1952 Mother Mary undertook the staffing and running of a General and Maternity Hospital, Clinica Mediteranea, in Naples. This clinic was newly built and owned by Professor Chiariello and a Committee of lay-men. The bed complement was 115. At that time most international congregations had
- [Footprints in Spain  1962 - 1975](https://mmmworldwide.org/footprints/footsteps-in-spain-1962-1975/) - His Excellency, Antonio Riberi, Apostolic Nuncio to Ireland and a good friend of MMM, took up duty as Apostolic Nuncio to Spain in June 1962. Mother Mary Martin visited Spain in August 1962 and set about an MMM foundation in Leon. The Sisters started off in Madrid where they bought an apartment and attended the
- [Footprints in Taiwan  1961 - 1975](https://mmmworldwide.org/footprints/footsteps-in-taiwan-1961-1975/) - In 1961 the Right Reverend A.J. Verineux, Bishop of Yingkow, Administer Apostolic of Hwalien wrote to Mother Mary requesting Sisters to work in the Apostolic prefecture of Hwalien (Formosa, as it was then). The founding members Sr. Kieran Saunders and Sr. Maria Glancy left Drogheda on 23 November 1961 and travelled via Rome, Bangkok, Hong
- [Leaving Honduras – 1999 - 2021](https://mmmworldwide.org/footprints/leaving-honduras-1999-2021/) - MMM first went to Honduras in the aftermath of the devastation caused by Hurricane Mitch in 1998.The journey of MMM to Honduras began at the 1997 MMM Chapter, when a decision was made to open a new mission in Latin America. Sisters Mary McKearney, Renée Duignan and Rita Higgins, and lay woman Mary Egan, were
- [Basket-making in Kenya's Turkana Desert](https://mmmworldwide.org/footprints/basket-making-in-kenya-s-turkana-desert/) - Turkana Desert, Kenya In Kenya, Sister Kathleen Crowley is involved in the Women's Development Programme of Lodwar Diocese. Basket-making has become quite an art and a source of income for many women. "Here in Turkana, every bit of work in the home is a woman's chore," says Sister Kathleen. "The women are the main bread-winners,
- [Home-based Care in Malawi](https://mmmworldwide.org/footprints/home-based-care-in-malawi/) - Home Based Care In Malawi 2012 Our experience has shown that the place to provide the best form of care for the chronically ill and the terminally ill is at home. In a country like Malawi, where there is a serious shortage of trained doctors and nurses, this is all the more true. Where there
- [Leaving Loolera, Tanzania 2003](https://mmmworldwide.org/footprints/leaving-loolera-tanzania-2003/) - To begin our initial health survey back in 1984, we visited each boma to acquaint ourselves with the peoples' felt needs, their expectations and the general health picture. The biggest problem expressed was getting medicine for cattle,sheep and goats. The last time a weekly dip had been held was eight months earlier. Nobody could afford the transport
- [Leaving Ethiopia 1960 - 2010](https://mmmworldwide.org/footprints/leaving-ethiopia/) - July 2010 marked the end of fifty years of MMM presence in Ethiopia.It was hard to say farewell. Like Sisters Jo Ann Mullen and Colette Ryan above, our Sisters have covered thousands of miles using many means of transport, including jeep and mule. For some of their work they often remained away from their base mission
- [Leaving Gussoro, Nigeria 2006](https://mmmworldwide.org/footprints/medical-missionaries-of-mary-end-their-mission-in-gussoro/) - Gussoro, made up of twelve villages and seven hamlets, is bounded by the Kaduna River on the north and west. There are only two roads. One leads south; the other ends in the river.. The river serves as a source of income through fishing; of recreation through swimming; of water for drinking, washing clothes, dishes,
- [My spear will protect you](https://mmmworldwide.org/footprints/my-spear-will-protect-you/) - My Spear will Protect You "I will leave my spear here. It will protect you," said the warrior, as he thrust his spear into the ground a few feet away from the Land Rover. Smiling, he hurried off after the other warriors who were, by then, disappearing over the edge of the clearing. I looked
- [All for the price of a goat](https://mmmworldwide.org/footprints/all-for-the-price-of-a-goat/) - All for the Price of a Goat: 1985 The radio telephone was not at all clear, but the voice was trying to explain that one of the containers en route from the port of Tanga had overturned some fifteen km from Loolera. Could they have permission for the Maasai warriors to open and empty the
- [Difficult start in establishing preventative health care at Gussoro](https://mmmworldwide.org/footprints/difficult-start-in-establishing-preventative-health-care-at-gussoro/) - Gussoro, Nigeria, in 1996 Prevention can be a more difficult idea to sell to people than cure. That was the conclusion of MMM pioneers at Gussoro, in Niger State, Nigeria. In June 1981, Sisters Pauline Connolly and Therese Jane Ogu opened a health education programme at Gussoro. For the first six months they lived
- [Footprints in Rwanda: 1994 to 2017](https://mmmworldwide.org/footprints/leaving-rwanda/) - Our involvement in Rwanda began as a response to the genocide in 1994. In May of that year, MMM leadership, in conjunction with Trócaire, the development agency of the Irish Church, put together a medical team to help with the relief work. We remained in this capacity until June 1995. With other missionary groups, we
- [Leaving England  1972 - 2020](https://mmmworldwide.org/footprints/leaving-england/) - MMM connections with England go back to the early twentieth century, when our foundress, Marie Martin, went to school in Harrogate. Her cultural links with England were strong and she volunteered as a VAD nurse during World War I, serving in Malta and France.Another connection was established in MMM’s early years when Mother Mary decided

## Milestones

- [Amazing story of Sister Agnes McKeon, First MMM Postulant in the USA](https://mmmworldwide.org/milestones/amazing-story-of-sister-agnes-mckeon-first-mmm-postulant-in-the-usa/) - Sister Agnes McKeon, First Postulant of MMM in USA Sister Agnes McKeon spent most of her life as a missionary in Angola. She was there through the civil war that lasted for twenty-seven years. She told us the amazing story of how she came to know about the Medical Missionaries of Mary in London in
- [2017 - The Ninth Decade](https://mmmworldwide.org/milestones/the-ninth-decade/) - The Ninth Decade: 2017 – In January 2017, we transferred our ministry in Rwanda to the Diocese of Gikongoro. We first went to Rwanda in 1994 as part of Trócaire’s response to the genocide. We later opened the Kirambi Community Health and Development Programme and handed it over as a centre of excellence to the
- [2007-2016  The Eighth Decade](https://mmmworldwide.org/milestones/the-eighth-decade/) - The Eighth Decade: 2007 to 2016: Roots and Branches In 2007, at the beginning of our eighth decade, three MMMs volunteered for a two-year ministry in Portsmouth, New Hampshire, USA. The Sisters were involved in parish visiting, hospital work and MMM leadership. We held our Ninth Congregational Chapter in 2009 in All Hallows in Dublin,
- [1997-2006  The Seventh Decade](https://mmmworldwide.org/milestones/the-seventh-decade/) - The Seventh Decade: 1997 - 2006: 'Be ready to walk in paths that are new.' In 1997 MMM inaugurated our Seventh General Chapter. We were facing unprecedented challenges. We could see clearly that there is no health without justice; there is no health without peace. Our MMM journey continued in a Church and in a
- [1987-1996  The Sixth Decade](https://mmmworldwide.org/milestones/the-sixth-decade/) - 1987-1996 - The Sixth Decade - "Are all your gifts being used?" In 1987, we celebrated the Golden Jubilee of the founding of the Medical Missionaries of Mary. In our missions around the world, we invited our staff, friends and supporters to join with us in marking this milestone in our history. Two of our
- [1977-1986  The Fifth Decade](https://mmmworldwide.org/milestones/the-fifth-decade/) - 1977-1986 - The Fifth Decade - "Teach my people compassion." In 1977 in Nigeria, a new initiative at Ukana was started to respond to the large number of handicapped teenagers in the area. For some time, calls had been coming from the United States to look at the needs of many people in that country
- [1967 - 1976  The Fourth Decade](https://mmmworldwide.org/milestones/the-fourth-decade/) - The Fourth Decade - 1967-1976 As the Fourth Decade of MMM’s history began, the civil war in Nigeria was causing great concern. Hostilities had begun following a coup in July 1966. The attempted secession of Eastern Nigeria as Biafra deeply affected the many health care facilities MMM had established in that part of the country as
- [1937 - 1946  The First Decade](https://mmmworldwide.org/milestones/the-first-decade/) - 1937-1946 - The First Decade: Called to an extraordinary Adventure “To us who saw Mother Mary on to the boat, her going seemed to be the end of any hope for the new venture. Indeed, it seemed doubtful if she could reach Ireland alive.” So wrote Bishop Joseph Moynagh, who had just inaugurated the Medical
- [1947 - 1956  The Second Decade](https://mmmworldwide.org/milestones/the-second-decade/) - The Second Decade 1947-1956 : "If you could come and help us..." Eighteen new MMM foundations were completed in the Second Decade. Work was expanded where it began in Nigeria and Ireland and new work was undertaken in Tanganyika, Angola, the United States and Italy. Everywhere the beginnings were humble and achievements were often accomplished
- [1957 - 1966  The Third Decade](https://mmmworldwide.org/milestones/the-third-decade/) - The Third Decade - 1957-1966: Jubilee Days and New Horizons In 1958, MMM celebrated its 21st birthday. The ‘coming of age’ of MMM signalled that it was time to begin making plans for the first General Chapter. In religious communities this is the major congregational meeting, held at regular intervals. Delegates elect the Congregational Leadership Team and
- [Our First Friends in Boston](https://mmmworldwide.org/milestones/our-first-friends-in-boston/) - Our First Friends in Boston: 1950-1952 Sister Margaret O'Conor, among the pioneer MMMs in Boston, recalled: "About two weeks after we arrived, Sister St. John and myself began to visit the parishes with a view to having the movie shown and our work known. Sister St. John had been one of Mother's early companions, and
- [First Days in Winchester](https://mmmworldwide.org/milestones/first-days-in-winchester/) - First Days in Winchester The Winchester Star of 16 May 1952, carried the following item. "Former Downs Estate Sold: The sale of the former Downs Estate, built as a residence by the late Jere Downs at the corner of Cambridge and Arlington Streets, opposite the Winchester Country Club, was announced this week. The transfer was

## Poetry Corner

- [I Didn't Know Love Pains](https://mmmworldwide.org/poetry/i-didnt-know-love-pains/) - I didn’t know love pains Until I said “YES” to you I thought the path would be full of joy But love led me to weeping hearts To beds where silence sighs To children lost, to broken homes. To truths behind lies. I didn’t know love pains Until I touched the abandoned Their wounds
- [The Merry of the Birds](https://mmmworldwide.org/poetry/the-merry-of-the-birds/) - With the birds making merry I had no hurry to enjoy their Singing Which was inspiring. I admired their Synchronicity Despite their diversity They moved together with their likes they gathered. The Branches of the trees And the leaves of the trees. rejoiced in their merry. Indeed, their whistling made a perfect harmony of what
- [What My Heart Aches For](https://mmmworldwide.org/poetry/what-my-heart-aches-for/) - Sitting on a chair, Aware of the cushion; Discomfort in my left hip and buttock. My attention follows the leg of the chair, down; Way down, to a place in nature. A River surface, clear as a mirror; almost! There’s movement around the bridge support piles. I hear that Brigid - Goddess, Saint – was
- [Our Loved Ones](https://mmmworldwide.org/poetry/our-loved-ones/) - Do we ever really let go of our Loved Ones? Do we need to? I ask myself. As my memories crowd in and I enjoy again. Being in the time and place with those I loved. The places and things they remind me of. The joy is still there. No. I hope never to let
- [Day's End](https://mmmworldwide.org/poetry/days-end/) - The sun’s ray darkens as its golden orb sinks behind the blue gums great and tall leaving a quiet peace. Light has gone. The watchman’s vigil has begun as he invades the silence undisturbed but for the cricket’s incessant strains and the flashing of the fireflies. Night has come. The moon rises, etching a silver
- [One Fall Too Many](https://mmmworldwide.org/poetry/one-fall-too-many/) - A third time you fell Lover of life and of all people You kissed the ground again The place of zero. Yes, Jesus you fell Back to the place where all ends. And begins? That place of humiliation. Of shame. Of Failure. You fell – hard, rough, In fellowship with all those on the ground
- [The Boat](https://mmmworldwide.org/poetry/the-boat/) - Who wants to sail the beautiful boat? That is going on the sea Our Lady goes there, Mother Mary Martin is the principal passenger! Saint Benedict is the spiritual director, Jesus Christ is the guidance. Beautiful flag they are carrying! With the logo of the Medical Missionaries of Mary. in this boat we, MMM, can
- [Life's Flow](https://mmmworldwide.org/poetry/lifes-flow/) - Life’s Flow Through the open door I see her coming – Walking steadily Carrying a pot of coffee. I see her confidence and feel her gratitude – Not just delivering coffee, But a heavy dose of love, too. Confident…knowing her Feet won’t freeze and That legs won’t give way Suddenly, without warning. Grateful….that she controls
- [The Garden of My Soul](https://mmmworldwide.org/poetry/the-garden-of-my-soul/) - I walked into the garden of my soul. Looking for the most beautiful flower. As I entered the garden, I saw multiple beautiful colourful flowers. I even saw some weeds growing among the flowers. They also have attractive flowers. I needed to pay attention so as not to mix them and take them for

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## Monthly Feature

- [Women's Empowerment](https://mmmworldwide.org/monthly-feature/womens-empowerment/) - By 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 the leaders of the Centre,
- [MMM Four Mile Hospital - Uses Funding to Save Lives and Make Major Improvements](https://mmmworldwide.org/monthly-feature/mmm-four-mile-hospital/) - 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 of illiteracy. The area has
- [Hunger Amidst Insecurity - Working with Sauka Women in Nigeria](https://mmmworldwide.org/monthly-feature/3528/) - By 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 women”. The event took place
- [Summer Time and Children](https://mmmworldwide.org/monthly-feature/3533/) - By 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 now can rest and enjoy
- [The Story of Fafa](https://mmmworldwide.org/monthly-feature/the-story-of-fafa/) - Sr. Mary O’Malley and George Matheka, her co-worker in the work against human trafficking in East Africa, told “The Healing Touch” the following true story. Earlier this year, in the densely populated informal settlement of Mukuru, Nairobi, Kenya, a quiet family routine turned into a nightmare that no parent should ever endure. Six-year-old Fafa (not
- [From Vulnerability to Dignity: A Story from Torugbene](https://mmmworldwide.org/monthly-feature/from-vulnerability-to-dignity-a-story-from-torugbene/) - In the quiet riverine community of Torugbene, life flows with the tides of the Niger Delta. Cut off from the mainland and shaped by the rhythms of water and fishing, the people have built a culture that is both resilient and, at times, vulnerable. It is here that the Medical Missionaries of Mary (MMM) continue
- [A Life of Compassion - the Story of  “Asha”](https://mmmworldwide.org/monthly-feature/a-life-of-compassion-the-story-of-asha/) - By Marian Scena, MMM - Faraja Centre, Singida In Singida, Tanzania, we first met Asha in February 2017 when our palliative care volunteer found her and asked us to see her. Asha had been diagnosed with cancer of the cervix in April 2016 and was advised to go to a specialist hospital, an Ocean Road
- [My Mission Experience in Mary Martin Hospital, Uselu](https://mmmworldwide.org/monthly-feature/my-mission-experience-in-mary-martin-hospital-uselu/) - By Keresifon Ekanem, MMM Mary Martin Hospital is a Medical Missionaries of Mary (MMM) Facility located in Uselu, Benin City, Edo State in Nigeria. I arrived there in September 2023. It was a new community and ministry in its evolving stage then, few sisters and few staff. When I arrived, I understood that it was
- [When Warmth Became a Sign of Hope](https://mmmworldwide.org/monthly-feature/when-warmth-became-a-sign-of-hope/) - Sometimes, the smallest acts of kindness reach the most unexpected places and become part of something much greater than we imagined. Recently, we were privileged to meet some of our valued supporters whose generosity continues to sustain our ministries and enable us to transform many lives. Among them were the Apostolic Workers of the Archdiocese
- [Honouring The Legacy of the Medical Missionaries of Mary in Capim Grosso, Bahia, Brazil](https://mmmworldwide.org/monthly-feature/honouring-the-legacy-of-the-medical-missionaries-of-mary-in-capim-grosso-bahia-brazil/) - MMM Brazil The 16th of September 2025 was a memorable day for the Medical Missionaries of Mary in Brazil. MMM was remembered as those who selflessly served and joined resources with the local people to work towards socio-economic, political and spiritual growth. Capim Grosso town is one of the municipalities located 265km away from the
- [Finding God in Small Moments at Mukuru](https://mmmworldwide.org/monthly-feature/finding-god-in-small-moments-at-mukuru/) - MMM, Nairobi, Kenya In MMM Mukuru Health Program, every day begins with uncertainty — who will walk through our doors, what needs will arise, what challenges we will face. Yet, in the middle of the unpredictability, we continue to discover God’s gentle presence in small but powerful ways. Starting the day praying together helps to
- [MMM Christmas Craft Fair 2025](https://mmmworldwide.org/monthly-feature/mmm-christmas-craft-fair-2025/) - Every year, the MMM Communications Department hosts a Christmas Crafts Fair. This is an opportunity for local small craft businesses to meet with the community and share their creativity. It is also an event through which we raise funds for the neediest missions. The money raised this year is going to our primary health care
- [The Story of Anna by Sr. Marian Scena, MMM](https://mmmworldwide.org/monthly-feature/the-story-of-anna-by-sr-marian-scena-mmm/) - One of the key principles in hospice and palliative care is: “We cannot do EVERYTHING for the patient, but we can always do SOMETHING!” In September 2018, while caring for a man with terminal prostate cancer in our MMM Faraja Hospice and Palliative Care Programme, Singida, Tanzania, his family informed us about a neighbour who
- [The Mary Martin Hospital, Uselu – A Place of Compassionate Care By Sr. Keresifon Ekanem, MMM](https://mmmworldwide.org/monthly-feature/the-mary-martin-hospital-uselu-a-place-of-compassionate-care-by-sr-keresifon-ekanem-mmm/) - The Mary Martin Hospital in Uselu, Ugbowo, Benin City, Nigeria, is a vibrant healthcare facility managed by MMM. Since its establishment in 2021, the hospital has evolved from a Wholeness and Wellness Centre to a Medical Clinic and now stands as a fully operational hospital. Each transformation tells a unique story of growth and resilience.
- [Mary Bradley AMMM, RIP](https://mmmworldwide.org/monthly-feature/mary-bradley-ammm-rip/) - We are very sorry to announce the death of one of our MMM Associates, Mary Bradley, on 11 August as a result of injuries sustained in a fall. She would have been 88 this November. Mary was an active member of St Mary’s Roman Catholic Church, Falmouth and was well known in the Catholic and
- [Tears of Mokwa: When 
the Water Turned Against Us…](https://mmmworldwide.org/monthly-feature/tears-of-mokwa-when-the-water-turned-against-us/) - Our Sisters in Fuka, Northern Nigeria tell us about a recent flood. Among the many who lost their lives were a local priest, Fr. James Omeh, and a candidate preparing to join MMM, Charity John. It was past midnight when the sound of thunder broke the stillness of Mokwa’s sky. For hours, the rain had
- [My Shadow](https://mmmworldwide.org/monthly-feature/my-shadow/) - It follows me in moving light A silent friend It stretches along with the rising sun And shrinks away when the day is done. It dances when I jump with glee It copies every part of me Though it is always by my side It never speaks but it cannot hide At dusk it blends
- [Gratitude with a deep sense of healing.](https://mmmworldwide.org/monthly-feature/gratitude-with-a-deep-sense-of-healing/) - Sr Liana de Jesus, MMM, Brazil Eidilair is deeply grateful for the help she received from MMM. How beautiful it would be if everyone who received assistance displayed such humility to express their thanks! I see her as a figure in the passage of people from Egypt to the Promised Land; she has suffered her
- [Associate Medical Missionaries of Mary Silver Jubilee in Tanzania 31st May 2025](https://mmmworldwide.org/monthly-feature/associate-medical-missionaries-of-mary-silver-jubilee-in-tanzania-31st-may-2025/) - Prepared by Grace Shayo and Moira Brehony. The feast of the Visitation of our Lady to her cousin Elizabeth was a very special day for MMM associates in Tanzania as we celebrated our silver jubilee. In the year 2000 nine women and one man made their first one-year covenant as associates. Since then, five of
- [MMM Inaugural Flowers and Fun Fest](https://mmmworldwide.org/monthly-feature/mmm-inaugural-flowers-and-fun-fest/) - In early May we held our first “Flowers and Fun Fest” in Drogheda. It was a very enjoyable day at the fair, with vendors selling their wares, talks on various horticultural issues – seeding, composting, care of the environment as well as a place for a great cup of coffee, ice cream and burgers. We
- [Ministering  in the Mud!](https://mmmworldwide.org/monthly-feature/ministering-in-the-mud/) - By Sr Goretti Nalumaga, MMM In Uganda, near the shores of Lake Victoria, lies Katoogo, a swampy, impoverished neighbourhood where provisional houses are often swallowed by floodwaters during the rainy season. Most dwellers in Katoogo are individuals who grew up on the streets or migrated there seeking cheaper living options, often unaware of their ancestral
- [The Only Way to Heal  is to Be Healed by AMMM Josephine Namutebi, Uganda](https://mmmworldwide.org/monthly-feature/the-only-way-to-heal-is-to-be-healed-by-ammm-josephine-namutebi-uganda/) - In John 14:27, Jesus tells us: “Peace I leave with you, my peace I give unto you: not as the world giveth, give I unto you. Let not your heart be troubled, neither let it be afraid.” This peace is a healing gift, but we must first receive it ourselves before we can pass it
- [Letter from Nairobi, Kenya  By Sr. Mary O’Malley, MMM](https://mmmworldwide.org/monthly-feature/letter-from-nairobi-kenya-by-sr-mary-omalley-mmm/) - Dear Reader, Warm greetings from Nairobi from where we struggle ‘day and night’ and try to alleviate suffering in the best way possible. At times it’s very overpowering but we still carry on as best we can. You have often been at our side and great things have been done through your tremendous generosity, especially
- [Sharing our story of 
the Mother Mary Martin Hospital, Benin City, Nigeria By Srs. Ufuoma Ogigirigi  & Elizabeth Ogar, MMM](https://mmmworldwide.org/monthly-feature/sharing-our-story-of-the-mother-mary-martin-hospital-benin-city-nigeria-by-srs-ufuoma-ogigirigi-elizabeth-ogar-mmm/) - It all began in July 2021. It was set up as a home based and mobile outreach clinic working in 5 Local Government Areas, providing preventative, curative and rehabilitative care, elderly care, palliative care, maternal and child health, health education and awareness raising through sensitization. It has a strong collaboration with MOH, local government, community
- [Mother Mary 50th Anniversary](https://mmmworldwide.org/monthly-feature/mother-mary-50th-anniversary/) - MMM held a number of events to mark 50 years since the death of Mother Mary in 1975 [Best_Wordpress_Gallery id="31" gal_title="Mother Marys 50th Anniversary Jan 2025"]
- [Unanima International September 2024 Board Meeting](https://mmmworldwide.org/monthly-feature/unanima-international-september-2024-board-meeting/) - By Sr. Carol Breslin, MMM In September 2024, I once again represented MMM at the UNANIMA International (UI) board meeting in New York. UI now represents 25 congregations of women religious with ministries in 100 countries. It advocates at the United Nations on behalf of women, children, girls and other marginalised groups: the homeless, victims
- [The Harsh Reality of Urban Slums](https://mmmworldwide.org/monthly-feature/the-harsh-reality-of-urban-slums/) - Editor’s Note: This short piece is taken from a longer article on Counter Human Trafficking which has been Sr. Mary’s ministry since 2006. Since previous work in the Family Life Program (FLP 1987 - 1992) in the Kenya Catholic Conference of Bishops (KCCB), I had ample scope to get to know the more than 250
- [A Welcome in Tanzania](https://mmmworldwide.org/monthly-feature/a-welcome-in-tanzania/) - Recently we received this letter of gratitude from a young student nurse. We are grateful that MMM hospitality is still alive and active! “Hello, my name is Claire Whyte from Lawrencetown, Ballinasloe, Co. Galway, grandniece of Sr. Edel Tanner (Strokestown, Co. Roscommon). I am a third-year general nursing student in the University of Galway. As
- [MMM Christmas Craft Fair 2024](https://mmmworldwide.org/monthly-feature/mmm-christmas-craft-fair-2024/) - The Annual Christmas Craft Fair was held in Drogheda on Saturday 23rd November and as usual, it was a most enjoyable day. Have a look at our photo gallery and join in the joy! [Best_Wordpress_Gallery id="25" gal_title="MMM Christmas Fair 2024"]
- [Making New Paths](https://mmmworldwide.org/monthly-feature/making-new-paths/) - By Sr. Helen McKenna, MMM “We go… where human need is greatest”. (MMM Mission Statement) Mother Mary, our foundress, prior to World War One, was a young lady of an Aristocratic family living in the suburbs of Dublin. Her daily activities would have included organising private garden parties, playing tennis etc. Domestic responsibilities would have
- [Integrative Community Therapy – The Healing Power of the Heart](https://mmmworldwide.org/monthly-feature/integrative-community-therapy-the-healing-power-of-the-heart/) - By Sr. Bernadette Fadegnon, MMM The State in Mato Grosso, where we are located, sponsored a course in Integrative Community Therapy for the health workers in the state. Because of the partnership we have with the Secretary of Health of our district of Alto Boa Vista, this opportunity was made available for us. I am
- [We Can Do Something](https://mmmworldwide.org/monthly-feature/we-can-do-something/) - By Sr. Dr. Marian Scena, MMM A year ago, a 28-year-old high school teacher came to be admitted to our Faraja Hospice and Palliative Care Programme. His name is “James”. Four years ago, James got a rash below his left eye which developed into a tumour. He did all the correct things: he went to
- [The World is on Fire!](https://mmmworldwide.org/monthly-feature/the-world-is-on-fire/) - By Sr. Maria Jose da Silva, MMM Sr. Maria Jose da Silva, MMM who comes from the south of Brazil in Parana State shares her personal experience of a visit home… “I was in Parana in September this year and the smell of the smoke from the fires around the country was very strong and
- [Update on Malaria](https://mmmworldwide.org/monthly-feature/update-on-malaria/) - What is malaria and how do you get it? Malaria is a life-threatening disease, usually spread to humans by some types of mosquitoes. It is mostly found in tropical countries. It is preventable and curable. The infection is caused by a parasite and does not spread from person to person. Symptoms can be mild or
- [Why did you choose such a place?](https://mmmworldwide.org/monthly-feature/why-did-you-choose-such-a-place/) - This is the exclamation of many overseas visitors to MMM communities in Africa and Latin America. Often MMMs can be found “at the end of the road”. Why? MMMs tend to go where no one else is willing to go. We go to remote rural areas, like Turkana or Maasailand, and inner-city slums like Sao
- [A Story of Care](https://mmmworldwide.org/monthly-feature/a-story-of-care/) - by Sr. Cordelia Nwaokike, MMM, Benin City, Nigeria Ikechukwu Onyenuma, 29 years old, is a naturally talented and vibrant young man. He comes from the eastern part of our country, Nigeria. You can sense, from the first conversation with him, that he is somebody who loves life and the people around him. He has a
- [Annual Craft Fair on the Way!](https://mmmworldwide.org/monthly-feature/annual-craft-fair-on-the-way/) - Our third Annual Craft Fair will be held in the MMM Auditorium on Saturday, November 23rd. It will be the last one in this venue as the MMM Auditorium will be part of the new Drogheda Hospice which is being built around this site. It will not be the end of the Craft Fair -
- [MMM Sister Invited to Speak at Conference in Oxford](https://mmmworldwide.org/monthly-feature/mmm-sister-invited-to-speak-at-conference-in-oxford/) - This summer, Sr Rita Kelly, MMM gave a presentation at a significant conference at Las Casas Institute for Social Justice at the University of Oxford. The Las Casas Institute brings together a growing academic family or community of scholars, mainly lay women and men, who draw on the rich tradition of Catholic social thought, teaching,
- [Empowering the Youth in Brazil](https://mmmworldwide.org/monthly-feature/empowering-the-youth-in-brazil/) - By Sisters Nilza dos Santos & Margaret Nakafu, MMM In Brazil, according to the National Youth Council created in 2005, young persons are those between 15-29 years. The Brazilian Institute of Geography and Statistics 2021 Report states that the Brazilian population is 214 million and the youth correspond to 23%, an equivalent to 47 million.
- [Story from Kampala, Uganda](https://mmmworldwide.org/monthly-feature/story-from-kampala-uganda/) - By Sr. Goretti Nalumaga, MMM Margarida (not her real name) is 29 years old, married to ‘Joseph’. Together they have four children, all boys and one adopted girl who is Margarida’s niece. She grew up thinking that Margarida was her real mother. She is, in fact, a daughter of her younger sister who died in
- [A Day in Outreach in Malawi (part 2)](https://mmmworldwide.org/monthly-feature/a-day-in-outreach-in-malawi-part-2/) - By Sr. Pauline Amulen, MMM, Lilongwe, Malawi We visit our patients twice every week. It is always an exciting moment for the homebased care team to go and deliver their services to those in most need who are unable to reach the health centre. In every visit we often plan to visit 5 to 6
- [Safe Birth 4 All Campaign Launch](https://mmmworldwide.org/monthly-feature/safebirth4all/) - SafeBirth4All is promoted by a coalition of organisations including the Medical Missionaries of Mary (MMMs), the Association of Leaders of Missionaries and Religious of Ireland (AMRI) and Geneva for Human Rights. The newly launched campaign seeks to raise awareness of the wider issues of human rights and human dignity as it encompasses the realities of
- [Safe Birth 4 All Campaign born to help save lives](https://mmmworldwide.org/monthly-feature/safe-birth-4-all-campaign-born-to-help-save-lives/) - MMM will be part of a global initiative to celebrate the UN International Day to End Obstetric Fistula on 23rd May. Tragically, child birth in Sub-Saharan Africa still accounts for 70% of maternal deaths in the world. While some mothers may not die, many are wounded or injured in a horrific way that could be
- [The importance of Educating the Girls](https://mmmworldwide.org/monthly-feature/the-importance-of-educating-the-girls/) - By MMM Sisters, Fuka, Nigeria Being Missionaries allows us to be channels of light in the path of others that they might discover their God-giving self and gain the freedom they long for. Sheko, 9 and Jami, 6 (not their real names), are both girls and siblings. They are among our little friends here in
- [MMM Voices - Caring Hands and Healing Hearts](https://mmmworldwide.org/monthly-feature/mmm-voices-caring-hands-and-healing-hearts/) - Do you know the Sisters? Would you like to know more? We are starting a new way for you to get to know more about MMM and the Sisters. Soon, MMM will be launching a new initiative through the miracle of technology, a series of podcasts that will allow you to hear the Sisters as
- [A day in Outreach in Malawi](https://mmmworldwide.org/monthly-feature/a-day-in-outreach-in-malawi/) - We visit our patients twice every week. It is always an exciting moment for the home-based care team to go and deliver their services to those in most need who are unable to reach the health centre. In every visit we often plan to visit five or six clients in a day. Below is a
- [MMM Learn as They Work](https://mmmworldwide.org/monthly-feature/mmm-learn-as-they-work/) - In Tanzania, MMM run the Faraja Centre in Singida. It deals with many aspects of health care but among its many programmes is one for counter human trafficking. They have been innovative in how they deal with individual cases, and most importantly, how they prevent children and young people from being exploited by outreach to
- [Update from Uganda](https://mmmworldwide.org/monthly-feature/update-from-uganda/) - In Uganda, MMM have a base in Kansiira, a remote rural area, 180 kms from the capital city, Kampala. It is an area that includes ten villages, with mud houses and thatched roofs. The people are poor, with subsistence farming, cattle rearing and fishing in nearby Lake Kyoga as the main sources of income. Most
- [Daring to Hope Exhibition](https://mmmworldwide.org/monthly-feature/daring-to-hope-exhibition/) - MMM hosted the AMRI Daring to Hope exhibition on Saturday 27th January. There was a full house at The MMM Auditorium in Drogheda, Ireland. Sr Brigid Corrigan gave a talk on memories of Mother Mary and other pioneering Sisters. The event also honoured the anniversary of Founder Mother Mary’s death.
- [Empowering Women in Brazil](https://mmmworldwide.org/monthly-feature/empowering-women-in-brazil/) - By Srs. Margaret Nakafu, MMM and Maria José da Silva, MMM Sowing seeds of hope and joy, and the fruits of being empowered with practical skills for the journey… It is with a great sense of joy and hope that the Medical Missionaries of Mary in Salvador rejoices with more than 100 women who were
- [Torugbene](https://mmmworldwide.org/monthly-feature/torugbene/) - Torugbene is in the Catholic diocese of Bomadi in Delta State of Nigeria. It is a village in the creeks of the Niger Delta. Fishing is a great occupation here. The people do bits of farming wherever they can find a piece of land. During the rainy season, the roads are quite challenging with potholes
- [MMM Staff Talking!](https://mmmworldwide.org/monthly-feature/mmm-staff-talking/) - From St. Mary’s Hospital, Eleta, Nigeria The trouble with having our clinics and hospitals in remote areas is the difficulty of recruiting staff to work in areas difficult to access with little or no public transport. This was the dilemma faced by St. Mary’s Hospital in Eleta, Nigeria. Without staff how can you run a
- [Birthing the MMM Mission in Mato Grosso](https://mmmworldwide.org/monthly-feature/birthing-the-mmm-mission-in-mato-grosso/) - For the last few years, the MMM community in Brazil has been researching a new place of Mission. In February, 2023, like the disciples ‘we were sent’ - missioned to Alto Boa Vista, Mato Grosso! Full of excitement and enthusiasm, after a two-day journey, we arrived…the ‘seed’ was planted! The next step was the nurturing of
- [MMM Mukuru, Kenya, Wins Award](https://mmmworldwide.org/monthly-feature/mmm-mukuru-kenya-wins-award/) - By Sr. Otibhor Uwagbale, MMM The MMM Mukuru Health Program is situated in Mukuru Kwa Njenga, a slum in Nairobi. We offer a wide range of services and almost all our clients/patients are residents from the slum where there is abject poverty and deplorable living conditions. Irrespective of our location, we have committed ourselves to
- [Our New United Nations Venture](https://mmmworldwide.org/monthly-feature/our-new-united-nations-venture/) - 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 religious, comprising 25,000 people in
- [Malaria - The Forgotten Disease](https://mmmworldwide.org/monthly-feature/malaria-the-forgotten-disease/) - As the world concentrated recently on the prevention and elimination of Covid-19 other diseases can be forgotten. Malaria is one of these. Recent good news from WHO (October 2021) on a malaria vaccine for children can bring great improvement to the global picture. However, disruption in services due to the Covid- 19 pandemic threatens the
- [Climate Change - Students Letters to Future Generations](https://mmmworldwide.org/monthly-feature/climate-change-students-letters-to-future-generations/) - By Sr. Prisca Ovat, MMM Coming to the end of my mission in Kenya, global warming was my last topic with the group of high school students I mentored. I asked them each to write a letter to future generations. What would they like to say? It is quite fascinating to read their thoughts on
- [Women of Courage and Faith](https://mmmworldwide.org/monthly-feature/women-of-courage-and-faith/) - By 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. These women come from our
- [Working Amidst Violence in Northern Nigeria](https://mmmworldwide.org/monthly-feature/working-amidst-violence-in-northern-nigeria/) - In 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 in their small rural clinic.
- [A Young Sister Tells Her Story](https://mmmworldwide.org/monthly-feature/a-young-sister-tells-her-story/) - By 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, I did bloom in my
- [Lucy's Story](https://mmmworldwide.org/monthly-feature/3297/) - By 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 here in Kenya to care
- [“I have nothing left.”](https://mmmworldwide.org/monthly-feature/i-have-nothing-left/) - From 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 villages that make Mukuru slums
- [Air Pollution in Kenya](https://mmmworldwide.org/monthly-feature/air-pollution-in-kenya/) - 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 27 community health volunteers with
- [Tropical Cyclone Freddy](https://mmmworldwide.org/monthly-feature/tropical-cyclone-freddy/) - Sr 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 March 2023 intensified on 13th
- [When Covid came to Kasina](https://mmmworldwide.org/monthly-feature/when-covid-came-to-kasina/) - Kasina 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 in 2021, the number of
- [Mother Mary Memories](https://mmmworldwide.org/monthly-feature/mother-mary-memories/) - It 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 Mary they would like to
- [Plants that Heal](https://mmmworldwide.org/monthly-feature/plants-that-heal/) - Many of our current medications come from plants and the natural world. Because we take them in tablet form, or as a cream or gel we often do not realise their origins. Can plant-based medications work? Yes, definitely. As a Congregation with “Rooted and Founded in Love” as our motto, we take our natural
- [Brazil - Walking for Peace](https://mmmworldwide.org/monthly-feature/brazil-walking-for-peace/) - Sr. 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 neighbourhood of Nordeste de Amaralina
- [Steps for Hope 2023](https://mmmworldwide.org/monthly-feature/steps-for-hope-2023/) - The MMM Steps for Hope 2023, our Lenten Challenge, has started. Last year people from all five continents participated and this year we hope the same happens. We have set out some simple guidelines which we hope will explain all and are encouraging everyone, wherever they are throughout the world, to take part. It is
- [Ugandan Girls](https://mmmworldwide.org/monthly-feature/ugandan-girls/) - By Sr. Mary O’Malley, MMM Let me tell you the story of the Karamojong girls from Uganda. These unfortunate young girls and children, some as young as 9 years old, were initially found by one of our Trainers sleeping ‘rough’ with no shelter and only plastic sheets in the Majengo Eastleigh area, Nairobi. They are
- [Missionaries Amidst Insecurity](https://mmmworldwide.org/monthly-feature/missionaries-amidst-insecurity/) - MMM Sisters, Fuka, Nigeria Everything in life has a season and we are called to embrace all with love, wisdom and integrity. Niger State, since the beginning of the year 2021, has suffered grievous attacks from bandits. However, God’s mercy and goodness has remained unsearchable. Medical Missionaries of Mary Fuka community is in the Munya
- [The Hidden Treasure - The Gift of Life, By Sr. Cornelia Udoka, MMM](https://mmmworldwide.org/monthly-feature/the-hidden-treasure-the-gift-of-life-by-sr-cornelia-udoka-mmm/) - When we think of a treasure, we think of something we cherish so dearly, something valuable that is precious to us and we want to acquire it. Merriam Webster uses the following related words for treasure: blessing, Godsend, goody, windfall and valuable. I think of Love and Life Natural Family Planning as a Hidden Treasure.
- [Stamp Collecting](https://mmmworldwide.org/monthly-feature/stamp-collecting/) - Is it still worth collecting stamps for the missions in a digital world? Yes, definitely. Stamp collecting is among the most popular pastimes in the world. It has been called “the hobby of kings”. As we are curious by nature, it is easy to understand why many collectors take an interest in stamps of other
- [New MMMs - First Professions](https://mmmworldwide.org/monthly-feature/new-mmms-first-professions/) - Four new MMMs made their First Profession of Vows this year after completing their formation programme in the International Novitiate in Ibadan, Nigeria. Each one comes from a different background and life experience, but all were attracted to serving the poor and needy, using their gifts and talents. Let us introduce them to you
- [Celebrating 1952](https://mmmworldwide.org/monthly-feature/celebrating-1952/) - This year we celebrated the Platinum Jubilee of Queen Elizabeth in England, so it is a good time to look back at 1952 in the MMM world and see what was happening then. Fire in Drogheda: On February 13th, 1952, the Novitiate in Beechgrove, opened in 1941, was destroyed by fire. Overnight one hundred and
- [Bread for Breakfast](https://mmmworldwide.org/monthly-feature/bread-for-breakfast/) - Sr. Jacinta Ugonma Mahakwe MMM The Medical Missionaries of Mary live and work in Salvador - Bahia, Brazil. Since 2000, we have been working in a lower income, peripheral area of the city. It has a predominantly Afro-Brazilian descendant population with more than 90% black/persons of colour. The neighbourhood is marked by violence and a
- [Rebuilding Hope](https://mmmworldwide.org/monthly-feature/rebuilding-hope/) - By Sr. Odette Nahayo MMM One day I was facilitating a programme for the needy elderly people in our community in Wau, South Sudan, and a young woman, whose name I came to know later as Fatima, came in and sat in the corner. She had a child on her lap. My first reaction was
- [Sack Gardening and Food Security](https://mmmworldwide.org/monthly-feature/sack-gardening-and-food-security/) - by Sr. Cecilia Kanulor Torugbene mission in southern Nigeria has helped us to discover new and creative ways to live and survive in the climate of this mission. Growing plants and vegetables in sacks is one of them. When we MMMs arrived, we had great difficulty in finding a particular kind of green leaves we
- [Victims' Voices Lead the Way](https://mmmworldwide.org/monthly-feature/victims-voices-lead-the-way/) - Many people still think that slavery is something that existed long ago and far away. Unfortunately, that is not true at all. Rising numbers of especially women and girls are trapped in the vicious cycle of human trafficking each year. It does not appear to be a trend that is going away as poverty rates
- [Dareda - Passing on the Healing Charism](https://mmmworldwide.org/monthly-feature/dareda-passing-on-the-healing-charism/) - Moira Brehony AMMM tells the story of Dareda Hospital in Tanzania, run by MMM Sisters between 1948 and 2000. When MMM withdrew, it left the Associates to maintain the spirit of Mother Mary and of the healing charism. This has continued right up to the present. Dareda Hospital was opened in January 1948 and the
- [Two years of Pandemic](https://mmmworldwide.org/monthly-feature/two-years-of-pandemic/) - Since March 2020, most of the world has been facing the Covid-19 pandemic. Some countries have been badly hit, such as the USA with over a million deaths, and some countries are reporting very few numbers. For example, the Republic of Benin has reported only 27,000 cases with 163 deaths. How reliable are the statistics?
- [Lily's Story](https://mmmworldwide.org/monthly-feature/lilys-story/) - by Sr. Mary O’Malley MMM It was very clear to me that the young woman who came into our office was in great distress. As we introduced ourselves to each other and Lily began to talk - slowly at first – then most of it flowed out in copious tears. I realized that the “Beirut
- [Counter Human Trafficking](https://mmmworldwide.org/monthly-feature/counter-human-trafficking/) - Since 2006, Sr. Mary O’Malley has been involved in the ministry of Counter Human Trafficking in Kenya. This involves both directly working with victims and awareness raising through training programmes in schools, youth groups and with vulnerable populations. Over the years her work has spread from Kenya to other countries in East Africa. At the
- [Pediatrics - a Speciality and a Passion](https://mmmworldwide.org/monthly-feature/pediatrics-a-speciality-and-a-passion/) - Sr. Martine Makanga is a Consultant Pediatric Surgeon. She is the only highly qualified doctor in this line of work for the whole of eastern Rwanda and in the hospital where she works in Kigali, she receives referrals from 10 other District Hospitals. Her passion is to offer quality pediatric surgery services with compassion to
- [On Our Feet](https://mmmworldwide.org/monthly-feature/on-our-feet/) - Chiropody (podiatry) is the form of medical treatment that keeps us on our feet! It helps keep us upright, marching through life and its challenges. Some of our MMM Sisters take this on as a “second career” and provide an invaluable service, especially to the elderly. Podiatrists are healthcare professionals who have been trained to

## MMM Sisters

- [Meet the Sisters - Sr. Chinenye Gertrude Imoh](https://mmmworldwide.org/sisters/meet-the-sisters-sr-chinenye-imoh/) - This month we are going to meet Sr. Chinenye Gertrude Imoh, from Nnarambia Ahiara Ahiazu Mbaise, Imo State, Nigeria. She is a lively, outgoing person. She describes herself as “noisy” at times, but that side of her personality was not seen on her recent stay in Ireland! She comes from a family of eight children,
- [Meet the Sisters - Sr. Anastasia Essen](https://mmmworldwide.org/sisters/meet-the-sisters-sr-anastasia-essen/) - Sr. Anastasia is a pint-sized little bundle of joy! She is from Akwa Ibom State in Nigeria, the third of five children born to her mother and father, Ambrose and Anthonia Essien. She talks about her childhood: “I lived and grew up in Idah Kogi State, Nigeria. At the time Idah Diocese was still growing
- [Meet the Sisters - Sr. Keresifon Ekanem, MMM](https://mmmworldwide.org/sisters/meet-the-sisters-sr-keresifon-ekanem/) - When you first meet Sr. Keresifon you encounter a small package of energy, passion and joy! But let us start at the beginning. Sr. Keresifon was raised in a devout Catholic family in Ikot Ekpene, Akwa-Ibom State, Nigeria. She comes from a family of nine children, two boys and seven girls. Two of her sisters,
- [Meet the Sisters -  Sr. Agatha Bakahirwa, MMM](https://mmmworldwide.org/sisters/meet-the-sisters-sr-agatha-bakahirwa-mmm/) - Sr. Agatha Bakahirwa is from the Kabale District in western Uganda. She grew up amidst the picturesque plateau and cool climate of the Western region, where farming and cattle keeping were a central part of her childhood. She is the seventh child in a family of eight—five boys and three girls. Her parents are still
- [Meet the Sisters -  Sr. Pauline Amulen, MMM](https://mmmworldwide.org/sisters/meet-the-sisters-sr-pauline-amulen-mmm/) - Sr. Pauline Amulen was born in February 1993 in Kongopo-Kalungar village, in Eastern Uganda. She was the third born of eight children. She comes from a devoted Catholic family of humble background and her father is a catechist. It is a very respectful, simple, loving and social family. Her father started a Catholic church community
- [Meet the Sisters - Sr. Nina Underwood, MMM](https://mmmworldwide.org/sisters/meet-the-sisters-sr-nina-underwood-mmm/) - Sr. Nina Underwood was born into a large family of seven children in Boston, Massachusetts. Even at a young age, through the Sisters at school, her extended family, film and stories of the needs of the poor and sick in faraway places, she felt drawn to service. But she resisted being a “nun”. It was
- [Meet the Sisters - Sr. Jacinta Mahakwe, MMM](https://mmmworldwide.org/sisters/meet-the-sisters-sr-jacinta-mahakwe-mmm/) - My name is Jacinta Ugonma Mahakwe. I am a Nigerian. I come from a large family of ten children, five males and five females. I am the seventh child and third daughter. Both of my parents were civil servants and are retired. My father was an Accounting Officer while my mother is a Nurse/Midwife. Besides
- [Meet the Sisters - Sr. Juliet Ezekwere, MMM](https://mmmworldwide.org/sisters/meet-the-sisters-sr-juliet-ezekwere-mmm/) - Sr. Juliet Njideka Ezekwere comes from Akatta, Our, Imo State Nigeria. She is one of eight surviving children, five boys and 3 girls after her parents lost their first girl child. She is the eldest daughter and the first child among the other seven children and her parents are still alive. Growing up, she had
- [Meet the Sisters - Sr. Rosemary Akpa, MMM](https://mmmworldwide.org/sisters/meet-the-sisters-sr-rosemary-akpa-mmm/) - Sr. Rosemary is from from Amata, Mgbowo in Awgu, Enugu State, Nigeria. She is a small bundle of fun! On first impression she is just someone who is brimming over with energy and enjoying her life and work. She comes from a family of six children, three boys and three girls. She is the fourth
- [Meet the Sisters - Sr. Francisca Maduike, MMM](https://mmmworldwide.org/sisters/meet-the-sisters-sr-francisca-maduike-mmm/) - “A real extrovert” is how her friends call her! Sr. Francisca Maduike comes from Anambra State, Nigeria, and grew up in a polygamous family with two wives. Of the ten surviving children, seven boys and three girls, Francisca is the fifth child. Perhaps this explains her comfort in being around people and making friends easily.
- [Meet the Sisters - Sr. Ruth Percival, MMM](https://mmmworldwide.org/sisters/meet-the-sisters-sr-ruth-percival-mmm/) - Ruth comes from Derby, England – “the home of Rolls Royce and Royal Crown Derby China, from a county famed for its hills and dales”, as Ruth says rather mischievously. Ruth has a great sense of humour and can tell the tallest stories with a straight face, but this is her true story! Ruth was
- [Meet the Sisters - Sr. Betty Naggayi, MMM](https://mmmworldwide.org/sisters/meet-the-sisters-sr-betty-naggayi-mmm/) - “I enjoy digging in the garden, caring for nature and breeding hens and rabbits”, said Sr. Betty with a loud laugh when I asked her what she did for pure fun. “But I also like singing, drumming and story-telling,” she added, in case I would forget. Sr. Betty Naggayi is Ugandan, from a village near
- [Meet the Sisters: Sr. Magdalene Iyua Upev, MMM](https://mmmworldwide.org/sisters/meet-the-sisters-sr-magdalene-iyua-upev-mmm/) - I come from Kwande local government area of Benue State (Adikpo London), Nigeria. I speak Tiv as a local language and I come from a polygamous family. My father Upev Adagi was a traditional ruler. He was a king of 12 clans in our area. According to tradition, the king has to marry many wives.
- [Meet the Sisters - Sr. Nuala Horgan MMM](https://mmmworldwide.org/sisters/meet-the-sisters-sr-nuala-horgan-mmm/) - Sr. Nuala Horgan is a great storyteller! So, Healing Touch asked her to share part of her own life story. She was the youngest of six children, four girls and two boys, and both of her parents were teachers. Her two brothers both became priests, one a Columban Missionary and the other a diocesan priest
- [Meet the Sisters - Sr. Maria Borda](https://mmmworldwide.org/sisters/meet-the-sisters-sr-maria-borda/) - Sr. Maria considers herself as a fish caught by the MMM Magazine and by the late Sr. Ruth Carey’s ‘Diary of an MMM’, which reached her in her secondary school in Malta, before she ever met an MMM Sister in person. As an economics student, she took the opportunity in 1969 of a 2-month traineeship
- [Meet the Sisters - Sr. Nwanneka Judith Uduh](https://mmmworldwide.org/sisters/meet-the-sisters-sr-nwanneka-judith-uduh/) - My name is Nwanneka Judith Uduh and I am a Nigerian, and I grew up in Nigeria. For us every name has a significance, it could be related to events surrounding your conception and birth, your parents’ wish for you and themselves, or an expression of gratitude. There is always a story attached to our
- [Meet the Sisters - Sr. Cleide Daniel da Silva](https://mmmworldwide.org/sisters/meet-the-sisters-sr-cleide-daniel-da-silva/) - Sr. Cleide Daniel da Silva was one of our first Brazilian MMMs. She comes from a small rural town in the south of Brazil called Santa Inês. She is one of ten children, nine of whom survived into adulthood, five boys and four girls. Cleide is the eldest of the girls and that may explain
- [Meet the Sisters - Sr. Breeda Ryan, MMM](https://mmmworldwide.org/sisters/meet-the-sisters-sr-breeda-ryan-mmm/) - Let me introduce you to a sprightly eighty-year-old. She is Sr. Breeda Ryan from Thurles, Co. Tipperary in Ireland. Breeda comes from a large family of ten children. She only had two brothers and the rest were girls. Breeda herself is truly in the middle of the family being the fifth child. Those who know
- [Meet the Sisters - Sr. Petronilla Irozuru](https://mmmworldwide.org/sisters/meet-the-sisters-sr-petronilla-irozuru/) - First impressions of Petronilla are of a warm, outgoing, cheerful person. But she is also a woman of great depth and wisdom. Petronilla Nwanyieze Irozuru was born the eldest in her family of eight children. Her sense of responsibility and her reliability might stem from this position as eldest daughter. She grew up in a
- [Meet the Sisters - Sr. Joan Grumbach](https://mmmworldwide.org/sisters/meet-the-sisters-sr-joan-grumbach/) - Sr. Joan Grumbach spent over forty years in East Africa, and it is her experiences there that have reshaped and moulded her personality. But her origins are on the other side of the world. Sr. Joan was born in Connecticut, USA, and she has one older sister. The family had lived in the same area
- [Sr. Bernadette Heneghan](https://mmmworldwide.org/sisters/sr-bernadette-heneghan/) - Bernadette, known more colloquially as “Bernie”, comes across as quiet and shy at times, but underneath she has a bubbly and warm personality. She enjoys a good joke, can see the fun in situations and adores being with children. Bernie was born in Claremorris, Co. Mayo, the second eldest in a family of five. Although
- [Sr. Maria José da Silva](https://mmmworldwide.org/sisters/sr-maria-jose-da-silva/) - Sr. Maria José is the new Area Leader for the Americas and known to the writer of this article personally since she was 18 years old! So, yes, I am biased! But all who know Maria can say with me that she is a warm, friendly and approachable person, wise beyond her years, a sincere
- [Sr. Cecilia Chinenyenwa Kanulor](https://mmmworldwide.org/sisters/sr-cecilia-chinenyenwa-kanulor/) - Sr. Cecilia Chinenyenwa Kanulor is a strong woman! She is fairly tall and hold herself erect. She faces the challenges of life head on and with much good humour. Cecila comes from Nigeria, from Ahiara Ahiazu Mbaise Local Government Area of Imo State. She was born the tenth child in a family of eleven, she
- [Sr. Irene Balzan](https://mmmworldwide.org/sisters/sr-irene-balzan/) - Meeting Sr. Irene Balzan for the first time, one is struck by a certain calmness and peace. Some say “contained” and most agree she is very competent. This comes from her family but also from the long years she spent as a child, teenager and young woman developing her spiritual life and discerning her life’s

## MMM News

- [MMM Worldwide news Sept/Oct 2024](https://mmmworldwide.org/news/mmm-worldwide-news-sept-oct-2024/) - MMM Worldwide: Great buzz around Drogheda with the visit of Sisters from East and West Africa, Brazil and USA for a Congregational level meeting. All reported on the increased levels of violence in their countries, the cost of living affecting the poorest in society and the effects of climate change. All the local news was
- [A Christmas Craft Fair!](https://mmmworldwide.org/news/a-christmas-craft-fair/) - https://youtu.be/Rp8gszSwrlM Last Saturday we hosted our Annual MMM Christmas Craft Fair! We had an amazing turnout, with great support from the community. Thanks again to everyone who donated, volunteered, visited and shopped at our MMM Christmas Craft Fair. It was a huge success! See you in 2024! https://youtu.be/Rp8gszSwrlM
- [Cholera brings Malawi depressing Moods](https://mmmworldwide.org/news/cholera-brings-malawi-depressing-moods/) - By Pauline Amulen MMM Cholera is an annual problem during Malawi’s rainy season typically from the month of December to March, with about 100 deaths per year. However Malawi’s latest Cholera outbreak has been described as the worst in two decades with every Malawian district affected, 881 fatalities reported, 26,888 cumulative cases as per 18th
- [Update from Appalachia](https://mmmworldwide.org/news/update-from-appalachia/) - Sr. Bernie Kenny, MMM has lived and served in the Appalachian region of USA for many years. She lives in Clinchco, a small rural town in the corner of Virginia, close to the border of Kentucky. For many years, Bernie, a nurse practitioner, and midwife, ran a rural health service using a health wagon to
- [Steps for Hope 2023](https://mmmworldwide.org/news/steps-for-hope-2023/) - Steps for Hope returns in 2023 for its 2nd year. We will be taking Steps for Hope all during Lent and we would love you to be part of it with us. Participants are encouraged to set a Step total that challenges them but is comfortable enough to attain. We invite you to join us and walk,
- [Change can happen](https://mmmworldwide.org/news/change-can-happen/) - By Sr. Ursula Agge MMM In the Eastern part of Nairobi, Kenya, lies Mukuru slum, an informal settlement with an estimated population of 1,000,000 people. MMM Mukuru was born right in the middle of this slum in the year 1995 (twenty-seven years ago). We minister to the health needs of the community. Over the years,
- [Uyai's Story](https://mmmworldwide.org/news/uyais-story/) - “My name is Uyai (not original name). I am twenty six years old. I am married and this was my first pregnancy. I had this sad experience of VVF for six months. I was pregnant and during labour, I went to a prayer house to deliver. This happened when the doctors during my AnteNatal visit
- [Mukuru Slum](https://mmmworldwide.org/news/mukuru-slum/) - Mukuru slum has attracted an influx of people from rural areas in search of opportunities in the city due to its proximity to Nairobi’s Industrial Area. The industries provide casual labourers with daily wages, other people engage in petty trade and hawking, to feed, clothe and entertain the thousands of inhabitants. Poverty is widespread, with
- [Treating Covid-19 Related Stress](https://mmmworldwide.org/news/treating-covid-19-related-stress/) - by Sr. Bernadette Fadegnon MMM It all began with a thought, listening to how people expressed the way they felt. They were tense and anxious, because of the excess stress generated by the pandemic. This touched me deeply because for me as a Medical Missionary of Mary. Our Congregation has a Charism directed towards healing.

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- [Uncategorised](https://mmmworldwide.org/category/uncategorised/)
- [Honduras](https://mmmworldwide.org/category/honduras/) - Leaving Honduras – 1999 – 2021
- [England](https://mmmworldwide.org/category/england/) - Footprints in England: 1972 to 2020
- [Rwanda](https://mmmworldwide.org/category/rwanda/) - Footprints in Rwanda: 1994 to 2017
- [Ethiopia](https://mmmworldwide.org/category/ethiopia/) - Footprints in Ethiopia: 1960 to 2010
- [Northern Nigeria: Gussoro](https://mmmworldwide.org/category/northern-nigeria-gussoro/) - Footprints in northern Nigeria: Gussoro 1986 to 2008
- [Maasai: Loolera, Tanzania](https://mmmworldwide.org/category/maasai-loolera-tanzania/) - Footprints among the Maasai: Loolera, Tanzania 1984 to 2004
- [Malawi](https://mmmworldwide.org/category/malawi/) - Footprints in Malawi
- [Kenya](https://mmmworldwide.org/category/kenya/) - Footprints in Kenya
- [Uganda](https://mmmworldwide.org/category/uganda/) - Footprints in Uganda
- [Taiwan](https://mmmworldwide.org/category/taiwan/) - Footprints in Taiwan 1961 – 1975
- [Spain](https://mmmworldwide.org/category/spain/) - Footprints in Spain 1962 – 1975
- [Italy](https://mmmworldwide.org/category/italy/) - Footprints in Italy 1952 – 1977

## Tags

- [facing death](https://mmmworldwide.org/tag/facing-death/)
- [MMM](https://mmmworldwide.org/tag/mmm/)
- [Sheila Campbell](https://mmmworldwide.org/tag/sheila-campbell/)
- [garbage](https://mmmworldwide.org/tag/garbage/)
- [Noeleen Mooney](https://mmmworldwide.org/tag/noeleen-mooney/)
- [recycling](https://mmmworldwide.org/tag/recycling/)
- [Tanzania](https://mmmworldwide.org/tag/tanzania/)
- [Breast cancer](https://mmmworldwide.org/tag/breast-cancer/)
- [Kenya](https://mmmworldwide.org/tag/kenya/)
- [palliative care](https://mmmworldwide.org/tag/palliative-care/)
- [Prisca Ovat](https://mmmworldwide.org/tag/prisca-ovat/)
- [child protection](https://mmmworldwide.org/tag/child-protection/)
- [Margaret Anne Meyer](https://mmmworldwide.org/tag/margaret-anne-meyer/)
- [Nigeria](https://mmmworldwide.org/tag/nigeria/)
- [Drogheda](https://mmmworldwide.org/tag/drogheda/)
- [Jo Anne Kelly](https://mmmworldwide.org/tag/jo-anne-kelly/)
- [laundry](https://mmmworldwide.org/tag/laundry/)
- [Our Lady of Lourdes Hospital](https://mmmworldwide.org/tag/our-lady-of-lourdes-hospital/)
- [change](https://mmmworldwide.org/tag/change/)
- [flexibility](https://mmmworldwide.org/tag/flexibility/)
- [Cecily Bourdillion](https://mmmworldwide.org/tag/cecily-bourdillion/)
- [Cross River](https://mmmworldwide.org/tag/cross-river/)
- [Ikot Ene](https://mmmworldwide.org/tag/ikot-ene/)
- [going apart](https://mmmworldwide.org/tag/going-apart/)
- [Maasai](https://mmmworldwide.org/tag/maasai/)
- [solitude](https://mmmworldwide.org/tag/solitude/)
- [Apostolic Work Society](https://mmmworldwide.org/tag/apostolic-work-society/)
- [Mother Mary Martin](https://mmmworldwide.org/tag/mother-mary-martin/)
- [care of the elderly](https://mmmworldwide.org/tag/care-of-the-elderly/)
- [Bettystown](https://mmmworldwide.org/tag/bettystown/)
- [Paul Brian Campbell S.J.](https://mmmworldwide.org/tag/paul-brian-campbell-s-j/)
- [poem](https://mmmworldwide.org/tag/poem/)
- [sacred space](https://mmmworldwide.org/tag/sacred-space/)
- [YHWH](https://mmmworldwide.org/tag/yhwh/)
- [Fog](https://mmmworldwide.org/tag/fog/)
- [uncertainty](https://mmmworldwide.org/tag/uncertainty/)
- [footprints](https://mmmworldwide.org/tag/footprints/)
- [Brazil](https://mmmworldwide.org/tag/brazil/)
- [healing](https://mmmworldwide.org/tag/healing/)
- [prostitution](https://mmmworldwide.org/tag/prostitution/)
- [rain](https://mmmworldwide.org/tag/rain/)
- [Semi-desert](https://mmmworldwide.org/tag/semi-desert/)
- [our Father](https://mmmworldwide.org/tag/our-father/)
- [prayer](https://mmmworldwide.org/tag/prayer/)
- [climate change](https://mmmworldwide.org/tag/climate-change/)
- [welcome](https://mmmworldwide.org/tag/welcome/)
- [anxiety](https://mmmworldwide.org/tag/anxiety/)
- [worry](https://mmmworldwide.org/tag/worry/)
- [birds' nests](https://mmmworldwide.org/tag/birds-nests/)
- [sparrows](https://mmmworldwide.org/tag/sparrows/)
- [blood](https://mmmworldwide.org/tag/blood/)
- [blood donation](https://mmmworldwide.org/tag/blood-donation/)
- [daisy](https://mmmworldwide.org/tag/daisy/)
- [ordinary](https://mmmworldwide.org/tag/ordinary/)
- [Candonble](https://mmmworldwide.org/tag/candonble/)
- [New Year](https://mmmworldwide.org/tag/new-year/)
- [ritual](https://mmmworldwide.org/tag/ritual/)
- [Salvador da Bahia](https://mmmworldwide.org/tag/salvador-da-bahia/)
- [medical laboratory](https://mmmworldwide.org/tag/medical-laboratory/)
- [microscope](https://mmmworldwide.org/tag/microscope/)
- [sight](https://mmmworldwide.org/tag/sight/)
- [air](https://mmmworldwide.org/tag/air/)
- [candle](https://mmmworldwide.org/tag/candle/)
- [earth](https://mmmworldwide.org/tag/earth/)
- [fire](https://mmmworldwide.org/tag/fire/)
- [four elements](https://mmmworldwide.org/tag/four-elements/)
- [water](https://mmmworldwide.org/tag/water/)
- [sparrow](https://mmmworldwide.org/tag/sparrow/)
- [dawn chorus](https://mmmworldwide.org/tag/dawn-chorus/)
- [Patrick Kavanagh](https://mmmworldwide.org/tag/patrick-kavanagh/)
- [hornet](https://mmmworldwide.org/tag/hornet/)
- [nest](https://mmmworldwide.org/tag/nest/)
- [garden](https://mmmworldwide.org/tag/garden/)
- [growth](https://mmmworldwide.org/tag/growth/)
- [weeds](https://mmmworldwide.org/tag/weeds/)
- [physiotherapy](https://mmmworldwide.org/tag/physiotherapy/)
- [jigsaws](https://mmmworldwide.org/tag/jigsaws/)
- [memories](https://mmmworldwide.org/tag/memories/)
- [mental health](https://mmmworldwide.org/tag/mental-health/)
- [Christmas](https://mmmworldwide.org/tag/christmas/)
- [Malawi](https://mmmworldwide.org/tag/malawi/)
- [Mary Doonan](https://mmmworldwide.org/tag/mary-doonan/)
- [Mzuzu](https://mmmworldwide.org/tag/mzuzu/)
- [Archives](https://mmmworldwide.org/tag/archives/)
- [history](https://mmmworldwide.org/tag/history/)
- [Lisa Murphy](https://mmmworldwide.org/tag/lisa-murphy/)
- [disability](https://mmmworldwide.org/tag/disability/)
- [funding agencies](https://mmmworldwide.org/tag/funding-agencies/)
- [Helen Aherne](https://mmmworldwide.org/tag/helen-aherne/)
- [PWD](https://mmmworldwide.org/tag/pwd/)
- [breakdown](https://mmmworldwide.org/tag/breakdown/)
- [Eke](https://mmmworldwide.org/tag/eke/)
- [Ibadan](https://mmmworldwide.org/tag/ibadan/)
- [Mother Mary](https://mmmworldwide.org/tag/mother-mary/)
- [soil](https://mmmworldwide.org/tag/soil/)
- [sunlight](https://mmmworldwide.org/tag/sunlight/)
- [thank you](https://mmmworldwide.org/tag/thank-you/)
- [Communications](https://mmmworldwide.org/tag/communications/)
- [healing charism](https://mmmworldwide.org/tag/healing-charism/)
- [Nadia Ramoutar](https://mmmworldwide.org/tag/nadia-ramoutar/)
- [Cecily Bourdillon](https://mmmworldwide.org/tag/cecily-bourdillon/)
- [Nativity play](https://mmmworldwide.org/tag/nativity-play/)
- [Rhodesia](https://mmmworldwide.org/tag/rhodesia/)
- [Zimbabwe](https://mmmworldwide.org/tag/zimbabwe/)
- [come](https://mmmworldwide.org/tag/come/)
- [Maura Ramsbottom](https://mmmworldwide.org/tag/maura-ramsbottom/)
- [O Antiphons](https://mmmworldwide.org/tag/o-antiphons/)
- [AMMM](https://mmmworldwide.org/tag/ammm/)
- [grieving](https://mmmworldwide.org/tag/grieving/)
- [Nancy Hinds](https://mmmworldwide.org/tag/nancy-hinds/)
- [childbirth](https://mmmworldwide.org/tag/childbirth/)
- [Genevieve van Waesberghe](https://mmmworldwide.org/tag/genevieve-van-waesberghe/)
- [women](https://mmmworldwide.org/tag/women/)
- [ageing](https://mmmworldwide.org/tag/ageing/)
- [autumn tree](https://mmmworldwide.org/tag/autumn-tree/)
- [Christmas shopping](https://mmmworldwide.org/tag/christmas-shopping/)
- [MMM Associate](https://mmmworldwide.org/tag/mmm-associate/)
- [Santa Claus](https://mmmworldwide.org/tag/santa-claus/)
- [Vera Grant](https://mmmworldwide.org/tag/vera-grant/)
- [audio books](https://mmmworldwide.org/tag/audio-books/)
- [Emma](https://mmmworldwide.org/tag/emma/)
- [Saint Benedict](https://mmmworldwide.org/tag/saint-benedict/)
- [Midnight Mass](https://mmmworldwide.org/tag/midnight-mass/)
- [Spinning Wheel](https://mmmworldwide.org/tag/spinning-wheel/)
- [St. Mary's Hospital](https://mmmworldwide.org/tag/st-marys-hospital/)
- [Maria Jose da Silva](https://mmmworldwide.org/tag/maria-jose-da-silva/)
- [Novena](https://mmmworldwide.org/tag/novena/)
- [preparation](https://mmmworldwide.org/tag/preparation/)
- [grief](https://mmmworldwide.org/tag/grief/)
- [loss](https://mmmworldwide.org/tag/loss/)
- [pain](https://mmmworldwide.org/tag/pain/)
- [Liana de Jesus](https://mmmworldwide.org/tag/liana-de-jesus/)
- [Mirror of Hope](https://mmmworldwide.org/tag/mirror-of-hope/)
- [Nairobi](https://mmmworldwide.org/tag/nairobi/)
- [studies](https://mmmworldwide.org/tag/studies/)
- [Epiphany](https://mmmworldwide.org/tag/epiphany/)
- [gifts](https://mmmworldwide.org/tag/gifts/)
- [Italy](https://mmmworldwide.org/tag/italy/)
- [magi](https://mmmworldwide.org/tag/magi/)
- [Malta](https://mmmworldwide.org/tag/malta/)
- [Maria Borda](https://mmmworldwide.org/tag/maria-borda/)
- [star](https://mmmworldwide.org/tag/star/)
- [novitiate](https://mmmworldwide.org/tag/novitiate/)
- [shadows](https://mmmworldwide.org/tag/shadows/)
- [Sr. Marie Stella](https://mmmworldwide.org/tag/sr-marie-stella/)
- [Josephine Ezior](https://mmmworldwide.org/tag/josephine-ezior/)
- [labour ward](https://mmmworldwide.org/tag/labour-ward/)
- [Advent wreath](https://mmmworldwide.org/tag/advent-wreath/)
- [Kris Kringle](https://mmmworldwide.org/tag/kris-kringle/)
- [heirlooms](https://mmmworldwide.org/tag/heirlooms/)
- [treasure](https://mmmworldwide.org/tag/treasure/)
- [airport](https://mmmworldwide.org/tag/airport/)
- [Lilongwe](https://mmmworldwide.org/tag/lilongwe/)
- [displaced](https://mmmworldwide.org/tag/displaced/)
- [Helen Spragg](https://mmmworldwide.org/tag/helen-spragg/)
- [hospital](https://mmmworldwide.org/tag/hospital/)
- [patients](https://mmmworldwide.org/tag/patients/)
- [waiting](https://mmmworldwide.org/tag/waiting/)
- [street](https://mmmworldwide.org/tag/street/)
- [window](https://mmmworldwide.org/tag/window/)
- [Gunnar Fristrom](https://mmmworldwide.org/tag/gunnar-fristrom/)
- [Theresa Fristrom](https://mmmworldwide.org/tag/theresa-fristrom/)
- [Bernadette Fadegnon](https://mmmworldwide.org/tag/bernadette-fadegnon/)
- [hope](https://mmmworldwide.org/tag/hope/)
- [shower](https://mmmworldwide.org/tag/shower/)
- [Chipini](https://mmmworldwide.org/tag/chipini/)
- [HIV/Aids](https://mmmworldwide.org/tag/hiv-aids/)
- [orphans](https://mmmworldwide.org/tag/orphans/)
- [family](https://mmmworldwide.org/tag/family/)
- [Moira Brehony](https://mmmworldwide.org/tag/moira-brehony/)
- [care of the carer](https://mmmworldwide.org/tag/care-of-the-carer/)
- [resolutions](https://mmmworldwide.org/tag/resolutions/)
- [Ann Hook](https://mmmworldwide.org/tag/ann-hook/)
- [New Mexico](https://mmmworldwide.org/tag/new-mexico/)
- [New York](https://mmmworldwide.org/tag/new-york/)
- [incarnation](https://mmmworldwide.org/tag/incarnation/)
- [nativity](https://mmmworldwide.org/tag/nativity/)
- [bubble](https://mmmworldwide.org/tag/bubble/)
- [Covid](https://mmmworldwide.org/tag/covid/)
- [isolation](https://mmmworldwide.org/tag/isolation/)
- [temptation](https://mmmworldwide.org/tag/temptation/)
- [Angola](https://mmmworldwide.org/tag/angola/)
- [Beatrice Iyioku](https://mmmworldwide.org/tag/beatrice-iyioku/)
- [Huambo](https://mmmworldwide.org/tag/huambo/)
- [Desmond Martin](https://mmmworldwide.org/tag/desmond-martin/)
- [oratory](https://mmmworldwide.org/tag/oratory/)
- [Paddy Townley](https://mmmworldwide.org/tag/paddy-townley/)
- [teddy boys](https://mmmworldwide.org/tag/teddy-boys/)
- [handling](https://mmmworldwide.org/tag/handling/)
- [MMM Archives](https://mmmworldwide.org/tag/mmm-archives/)
- [paper](https://mmmworldwide.org/tag/paper/)
- [photographs](https://mmmworldwide.org/tag/photographs/)
- [Josephine Nabisere](https://mmmworldwide.org/tag/josephine-nabisere/)
- [matooke](https://mmmworldwide.org/tag/matooke/)
- [SSekukulu](https://mmmworldwide.org/tag/ssekukulu/)
- [Uganda](https://mmmworldwide.org/tag/uganda/)
- [advent](https://mmmworldwide.org/tag/advent/)
- [Christmas candle](https://mmmworldwide.org/tag/christmas-candle/)
- [Eilin Teelin](https://mmmworldwide.org/tag/eilin-teelin/)
- [welcoming](https://mmmworldwide.org/tag/welcoming/)
- [Beechgrove](https://mmmworldwide.org/tag/beechgrove/)
- [Collon](https://mmmworldwide.org/tag/collon/)
- [Magdalen](https://mmmworldwide.org/tag/magdalen/)
- [Christ Kindle](https://mmmworldwide.org/tag/christ-kindle/)
- [gift](https://mmmworldwide.org/tag/gift/)
- [Kerisfon Clement Ekanem](https://mmmworldwide.org/tag/kerisfon-clement-ekanem/)
- [secret friend](https://mmmworldwide.org/tag/secret-friend/)
- [Joe Eberle](https://mmmworldwide.org/tag/joe-eberle/)
- [White Fathers](https://mmmworldwide.org/tag/white-fathers/)
- [afraid](https://mmmworldwide.org/tag/afraid/)
- [gospel](https://mmmworldwide.org/tag/gospel/)
- [greeting](https://mmmworldwide.org/tag/greeting/)
- [calf](https://mmmworldwide.org/tag/calf/)
- [drench](https://mmmworldwide.org/tag/drench/)
- [medicine](https://mmmworldwide.org/tag/medicine/)
- [bicycle](https://mmmworldwide.org/tag/bicycle/)
- [anti-venom](https://mmmworldwide.org/tag/anti-venom/)
- [carpet snake](https://mmmworldwide.org/tag/carpet-snake/)
- [snake bite](https://mmmworldwide.org/tag/snake-bite/)
- [Zunguru](https://mmmworldwide.org/tag/zunguru/)
- [calling](https://mmmworldwide.org/tag/calling/)
- [question](https://mmmworldwide.org/tag/question/)
- [religious life](https://mmmworldwide.org/tag/religious-life/)
- [stories](https://mmmworldwide.org/tag/stories/)
- [tenacity](https://mmmworldwide.org/tag/tenacity/)
- [Brigid Corrigan](https://mmmworldwide.org/tag/brigid-corrigan/)
- [creative fidelity](https://mmmworldwide.org/tag/creative-fidelity/)
- [Diabetes](https://mmmworldwide.org/tag/diabetes/)
- [health care](https://mmmworldwide.org/tag/health-care/)
- [death of Mother Mary Martin](https://mmmworldwide.org/tag/death-of-mother-mary-martin/)
- [letters](https://mmmworldwide.org/tag/letters/)
- [telegrams](https://mmmworldwide.org/tag/telegrams/)
- [compassion](https://mmmworldwide.org/tag/compassion/)
- [Salvador](https://mmmworldwide.org/tag/salvador/)
- [Suffer](https://mmmworldwide.org/tag/suffer/)
- [with](https://mmmworldwide.org/tag/with/)
- [Dublin](https://mmmworldwide.org/tag/dublin/)
- [house](https://mmmworldwide.org/tag/house/)
- [Rosemount](https://mmmworldwide.org/tag/rosemount/)
- [Sr. Maureen O'Sullivan](https://mmmworldwide.org/tag/sr-maureen-osullivan/)
- [AIDS](https://mmmworldwide.org/tag/aids/)
- [door](https://mmmworldwide.org/tag/door/)
- [push](https://mmmworldwide.org/tag/push/)
- [daffodils](https://mmmworldwide.org/tag/daffodils/)
- [new life](https://mmmworldwide.org/tag/new-life/)
- [Saint Brigid](https://mmmworldwide.org/tag/saint-brigid/)
- [Spring](https://mmmworldwide.org/tag/spring/)
- [bulbs](https://mmmworldwide.org/tag/bulbs/)
- [resilience](https://mmmworldwide.org/tag/resilience/)
- [classes](https://mmmworldwide.org/tag/classes/)
- [Keresifon Clement Ekanem](https://mmmworldwide.org/tag/keresifon-clement-ekanem/)
- [postulant](https://mmmworldwide.org/tag/postulant/)
- [psalms](https://mmmworldwide.org/tag/psalms/)
- [clinic](https://mmmworldwide.org/tag/clinic/)
- [faith](https://mmmworldwide.org/tag/faith/)
- [terminal illness](https://mmmworldwide.org/tag/terminal-illness/)
- [touch](https://mmmworldwide.org/tag/touch/)
- [Africa](https://mmmworldwide.org/tag/africa/)
- [Jacinta Mahakwe](https://mmmworldwide.org/tag/jacinta-mahakwe/)
- [Mission](https://mmmworldwide.org/tag/mission/)
- [Missionary](https://mmmworldwide.org/tag/missionary/)
- [Beatrice Chiamaka Iyioko](https://mmmworldwide.org/tag/beatrice-chiamaka-iyioko/)
- [blind](https://mmmworldwide.org/tag/blind/)
- [home visits](https://mmmworldwide.org/tag/home-visits/)
- [joy](https://mmmworldwide.org/tag/joy/)
- [Constans et Sedula](https://mmmworldwide.org/tag/constans-et-sedula/)
- [Dom Bede Lebbe](https://mmmworldwide.org/tag/dom-bede-lebbe/)
- [celtic spirituality](https://mmmworldwide.org/tag/celtic-spirituality/)
- [human trafficking](https://mmmworldwide.org/tag/human-trafficking/)
- [Patrick](https://mmmworldwide.org/tag/patrick/)
- [connected](https://mmmworldwide.org/tag/connected/)
- [Rayan](https://mmmworldwide.org/tag/rayan/)
- [depending](https://mmmworldwide.org/tag/depending/)
- [dream](https://mmmworldwide.org/tag/dream/)
- [spider](https://mmmworldwide.org/tag/spider/)
- [vision](https://mmmworldwide.org/tag/vision/)
- [Elizabeth](https://mmmworldwide.org/tag/elizabeth/)
- [home](https://mmmworldwide.org/tag/home/)
- [Mary](https://mmmworldwide.org/tag/mary/)
- [barren](https://mmmworldwide.org/tag/barren/)
- [crack](https://mmmworldwide.org/tag/crack/)
- [life](https://mmmworldwide.org/tag/life/)
- [love](https://mmmworldwide.org/tag/love/)
- [Concern](https://mmmworldwide.org/tag/concern/)
- [funeral](https://mmmworldwide.org/tag/funeral/)
- [representing](https://mmmworldwide.org/tag/representing/)
- [Theresa McDonnell Fristrom](https://mmmworldwide.org/tag/theresa-mcdonnell-fristrom/)
- [prayer vigil](https://mmmworldwide.org/tag/prayer-vigil/)
- [protest](https://mmmworldwide.org/tag/protest/)
- [advocacy](https://mmmworldwide.org/tag/advocacy/)
- [Cora Wall](https://mmmworldwide.org/tag/cora-wall/)
- [Hansen's Disease](https://mmmworldwide.org/tag/hansens-disease/)
- [home-based care](https://mmmworldwide.org/tag/home-based-care/)
- [campaign](https://mmmworldwide.org/tag/campaign/)
- [Lent](https://mmmworldwide.org/tag/lent/)
- [Steps for Hope](https://mmmworldwide.org/tag/steps-for-hope/)
- [child](https://mmmworldwide.org/tag/child/)
- [seeds](https://mmmworldwide.org/tag/seeds/)
- [Ukraine](https://mmmworldwide.org/tag/ukraine/)
- [baby](https://mmmworldwide.org/tag/baby/)
- [birthday](https://mmmworldwide.org/tag/birthday/)
- [Eilin Teeling](https://mmmworldwide.org/tag/eilin-teeling/)
- [seed](https://mmmworldwide.org/tag/seed/)
- [Celine Jones](https://mmmworldwide.org/tag/celine-jones/)
- [cholera](https://mmmworldwide.org/tag/cholera/)
- [Eleta](https://mmmworldwide.org/tag/eleta/)
- [Nina Underwood](https://mmmworldwide.org/tag/nina-underwood/)
- [pilot](https://mmmworldwide.org/tag/pilot/)
- [plane](https://mmmworldwide.org/tag/plane/)
- [Turkana](https://mmmworldwide.org/tag/turkana/)
- [fund raising](https://mmmworldwide.org/tag/fund-raising/)
- [Leprosy](https://mmmworldwide.org/tag/leprosy/)
- [Ogoja](https://mmmworldwide.org/tag/ogoja/)
- [Steps of Hope](https://mmmworldwide.org/tag/steps-of-hope/)
- [active](https://mmmworldwide.org/tag/active/)
- [annunciation](https://mmmworldwide.org/tag/annunciation/)
- [patriarchy](https://mmmworldwide.org/tag/patriarchy/)
- [Mairead Chambers](https://mmmworldwide.org/tag/mairead-chambers/)
- [collaboration](https://mmmworldwide.org/tag/collaboration/)
- [Joyce Zarnick](https://mmmworldwide.org/tag/joyce-zarnick/)
- [office manager](https://mmmworldwide.org/tag/office-manager/)
- [OSF](https://mmmworldwide.org/tag/osf/)
- [Covid-19](https://mmmworldwide.org/tag/covid-19/)
- [malnutrition](https://mmmworldwide.org/tag/malnutrition/)
- [Monica Prendergast](https://mmmworldwide.org/tag/monica-prendergast/)
- [sad](https://mmmworldwide.org/tag/sad/)
- [Derby](https://mmmworldwide.org/tag/derby/)
- [Japanese](https://mmmworldwide.org/tag/japanese/)
- [Nigerian](https://mmmworldwide.org/tag/nigerian/)
- [parish](https://mmmworldwide.org/tag/parish/)
- [Ruth Percival](https://mmmworldwide.org/tag/ruth-percival/)
- [massage](https://mmmworldwide.org/tag/massage/)
- [Pope Francis](https://mmmworldwide.org/tag/pope-francis/)
- [psalm](https://mmmworldwide.org/tag/psalm/)
- [steps](https://mmmworldwide.org/tag/steps/)
- [Mother's Day](https://mmmworldwide.org/tag/mothers-day/)
- [motherhood](https://mmmworldwide.org/tag/motherhood/)
- [Easter](https://mmmworldwide.org/tag/easter/)
- [Galilee](https://mmmworldwide.org/tag/galilee/)
- [Afghan](https://mmmworldwide.org/tag/afghan/)
- [hospitality](https://mmmworldwide.org/tag/hospitality/)
- [Mary Coffey](https://mmmworldwide.org/tag/mary-coffey/)
- [refugees](https://mmmworldwide.org/tag/refugees/)
- [sharing](https://mmmworldwide.org/tag/sharing/)
- [Syria](https://mmmworldwide.org/tag/syria/)
- [commitment](https://mmmworldwide.org/tag/commitment/)
- [Anua](https://mmmworldwide.org/tag/anua/)
- [creeks](https://mmmworldwide.org/tag/creeks/)
- [Ese Idogen](https://mmmworldwide.org/tag/ese-idogen/)
- [pidgin](https://mmmworldwide.org/tag/pidgin/)
- [Torugbene](https://mmmworldwide.org/tag/torugbene/)
- [contamination](https://mmmworldwide.org/tag/contamination/)
- [dreams](https://mmmworldwide.org/tag/dreams/)
- [hopes](https://mmmworldwide.org/tag/hopes/)
- [service](https://mmmworldwide.org/tag/service/)
- [Visitation](https://mmmworldwide.org/tag/visitation/)
- [suffering](https://mmmworldwide.org/tag/suffering/)
- [discouragement](https://mmmworldwide.org/tag/discouragement/)
- [pride](https://mmmworldwide.org/tag/pride/)
- [trust](https://mmmworldwide.org/tag/trust/)
- [beauty](https://mmmworldwide.org/tag/beauty/)
- [peace](https://mmmworldwide.org/tag/peace/)
- [woods](https://mmmworldwide.org/tag/woods/)
- [Tree](https://mmmworldwide.org/tag/tree/)
- [broken](https://mmmworldwide.org/tag/broken/)
- [trapped](https://mmmworldwide.org/tag/trapped/)
- [war](https://mmmworldwide.org/tag/war/)
- [Ascension](https://mmmworldwide.org/tag/ascension/)
- [cling](https://mmmworldwide.org/tag/cling/)
- [Mary Magdalene](https://mmmworldwide.org/tag/mary-magdalene/)
- [relationships](https://mmmworldwide.org/tag/relationships/)
- [Risen Christ](https://mmmworldwide.org/tag/risen-christ/)
- [art](https://mmmworldwide.org/tag/art/)
- [beaauty](https://mmmworldwide.org/tag/beaauty/)
- [Alzheimers](https://mmmworldwide.org/tag/alzheimers/)
- [carrying your cross](https://mmmworldwide.org/tag/carrying-your-cross/)
- [golf](https://mmmworldwide.org/tag/golf/)
- [medical tests](https://mmmworldwide.org/tag/medical-tests/)
- [environment](https://mmmworldwide.org/tag/environment/)
- [gender](https://mmmworldwide.org/tag/gender/)
- [seeds of hope](https://mmmworldwide.org/tag/seeds-of-hope/)
- [discernment](https://mmmworldwide.org/tag/discernment/)
- [international](https://mmmworldwide.org/tag/international/)
- [Liana de Jesus. postulancy](https://mmmworldwide.org/tag/liana-de-jesus-postulancy/)
- [Cemetery](https://mmmworldwide.org/tag/cemetery/)
- [curiosity](https://mmmworldwide.org/tag/curiosity/)
- [dog](https://mmmworldwide.org/tag/dog/)
- [Joanne Kelly](https://mmmworldwide.org/tag/joanne-kelly/)
- [Saint Joseph](https://mmmworldwide.org/tag/saint-joseph/)
- [hill-walk](https://mmmworldwide.org/tag/hill-walk/)
- [Mourne Wall](https://mmmworldwide.org/tag/mourne-wall/)
- [Mournes](https://mmmworldwide.org/tag/mournes/)
- [suicide](https://mmmworldwide.org/tag/suicide/)
- [mountains](https://mmmworldwide.org/tag/mountains/)
- [refuguees](https://mmmworldwide.org/tag/refuguees/)
- [windows](https://mmmworldwide.org/tag/windows/)
- [coloured](https://mmmworldwide.org/tag/coloured/)
- [racism](https://mmmworldwide.org/tag/racism/)
- [unconscious](https://mmmworldwide.org/tag/unconscious/)
- [International Red Cross](https://mmmworldwide.org/tag/international-red-cross/)
- [Jean Henri Dunant](https://mmmworldwide.org/tag/jean-henri-dunant/)
- [Marie Martin](https://mmmworldwide.org/tag/marie-martin/)
- [Glencairn](https://mmmworldwide.org/tag/glencairn/)
- [Palestine](https://mmmworldwide.org/tag/palestine/)
- [shepherds](https://mmmworldwide.org/tag/shepherds/)
- [West Bank](https://mmmworldwide.org/tag/west-bank/)
- [Mary Martin](https://mmmworldwide.org/tag/mary-martin/)
- [mifwife](https://mmmworldwide.org/tag/mifwife/)
- [nurse](https://mmmworldwide.org/tag/nurse/)
- [dance](https://mmmworldwide.org/tag/dance/)
- [hesitate](https://mmmworldwide.org/tag/hesitate/)
- [toddler](https://mmmworldwide.org/tag/toddler/)
- [shinging light](https://mmmworldwide.org/tag/shinging-light/)
- [vocation](https://mmmworldwide.org/tag/vocation/)
- [Afghanistan](https://mmmworldwide.org/tag/afghanistan/)
- [masks](https://mmmworldwide.org/tag/masks/)
- [smile](https://mmmworldwide.org/tag/smile/)
- [Eldoret](https://mmmworldwide.org/tag/eldoret/)
- [HIV](https://mmmworldwide.org/tag/hiv/)
- [single parent](https://mmmworldwide.org/tag/single-parent/)
- [Earth Altars](https://mmmworldwide.org/tag/earth-altars/)
- [Kathleen Weller](https://mmmworldwide.org/tag/kathleen-weller/)
- [Scripture](https://mmmworldwide.org/tag/scripture/)
- [woman](https://mmmworldwide.org/tag/woman/)
- [anger](https://mmmworldwide.org/tag/anger/)
- [choice](https://mmmworldwide.org/tag/choice/)
- [depression](https://mmmworldwide.org/tag/depression/)
- [emotions](https://mmmworldwide.org/tag/emotions/)
- [tea towel](https://mmmworldwide.org/tag/tea-towel/)
- [diamond](https://mmmworldwide.org/tag/diamond/)
- [friends](https://mmmworldwide.org/tag/friends/)
- [sixty years](https://mmmworldwide.org/tag/sixty-years/)
- [car](https://mmmworldwide.org/tag/car/)
- [number plate](https://mmmworldwide.org/tag/number-plate/)
- [useless](https://mmmworldwide.org/tag/useless/)
- [climate crisis](https://mmmworldwide.org/tag/climate-crisis/)
- [food waste](https://mmmworldwide.org/tag/food-waste/)
- [growing](https://mmmworldwide.org/tag/growing/)
- [sack gardens](https://mmmworldwide.org/tag/sack-gardens/)
- [vegetables](https://mmmworldwide.org/tag/vegetables/)
- [alert](https://mmmworldwide.org/tag/alert/)
- [Beatrice Iyioko](https://mmmworldwide.org/tag/beatrice-iyioko/)
- [guest](https://mmmworldwide.org/tag/guest/)
- [knock](https://mmmworldwide.org/tag/knock/)
- [creation](https://mmmworldwide.org/tag/creation/)
- [drgon fly](https://mmmworldwide.org/tag/drgon-fly/)
- [poetry](https://mmmworldwide.org/tag/poetry/)
- [self-emptying](https://mmmworldwide.org/tag/self-emptying/)
- [ugly](https://mmmworldwide.org/tag/ugly/)
- [enkindle](https://mmmworldwide.org/tag/enkindle/)
- [Holy Spirit](https://mmmworldwide.org/tag/holy-spirit/)
- [Fidelia Lawin](https://mmmworldwide.org/tag/fidelia-lawin/)
- [epilespy](https://mmmworldwide.org/tag/epilespy/)
- [Kasina](https://mmmworldwide.org/tag/kasina/)
- [Kitale](https://mmmworldwide.org/tag/kitale/)
- [MMM Constitutions](https://mmmworldwide.org/tag/mmm-constitutions/)
- [transition](https://mmmworldwide.org/tag/transition/)
- [Alice Sullivan](https://mmmworldwide.org/tag/alice-sullivan/)
- [Bruno KIm](https://mmmworldwide.org/tag/bruno-kim/)
- [barcodes](https://mmmworldwide.org/tag/barcodes/)
- [patterns](https://mmmworldwide.org/tag/patterns/)
- [respect](https://mmmworldwide.org/tag/respect/)
- [compatibility](https://mmmworldwide.org/tag/compatibility/)
- [religion](https://mmmworldwide.org/tag/religion/)
- [ancestors](https://mmmworldwide.org/tag/ancestors/)
- [bees](https://mmmworldwide.org/tag/bees/)
- [honey](https://mmmworldwide.org/tag/honey/)
- [Makiungu](https://mmmworldwide.org/tag/makiungu/)
- [Chinyene Lumenze](https://mmmworldwide.org/tag/chinyene-lumenze/)
- [education](https://mmmworldwide.org/tag/education/)
- [family values](https://mmmworldwide.org/tag/family-values/)
- [learning](https://mmmworldwide.org/tag/learning/)
- [greatest need](https://mmmworldwide.org/tag/greatest-need/)
- [Ireland](https://mmmworldwide.org/tag/ireland/)
- [Republic of Benin](https://mmmworldwide.org/tag/republic-of-benin/)
- [South Sudan](https://mmmworldwide.org/tag/south-sudan/)
- [USA](https://mmmworldwide.org/tag/usa/)
- [Media](https://mmmworldwide.org/tag/media/)
- [Newsletter](https://mmmworldwide.org/tag/newsletter/)
- [obituaries](https://mmmworldwide.org/tag/obituaries/)
- [Prayer Circle](https://mmmworldwide.org/tag/prayer-circle/)
- [healthcare](https://mmmworldwide.org/tag/healthcare/)
- [holistic](https://mmmworldwide.org/tag/holistic/)
- [medical](https://mmmworldwide.org/tag/medical/)
- [missionaries](https://mmmworldwide.org/tag/missionaries/)
- [disease](https://mmmworldwide.org/tag/disease/)
- [human suffering](https://mmmworldwide.org/tag/human-suffering/)
- [impact](https://mmmworldwide.org/tag/impact/)
- [need](https://mmmworldwide.org/tag/need/)
- [prevention](https://mmmworldwide.org/tag/prevention/)
- [relief](https://mmmworldwide.org/tag/relief/)
- [Americas](https://mmmworldwide.org/tag/americas/)
- [East Africa](https://mmmworldwide.org/tag/east-africa/)
- [Europe](https://mmmworldwide.org/tag/europe/)
- [obstetric care](https://mmmworldwide.org/tag/obstetric-care/)
- [VVFs](https://mmmworldwide.org/tag/vvfs/)
- [West Africa](https://mmmworldwide.org/tag/west-africa/)
- [antenatal care](https://mmmworldwide.org/tag/antenatal-care/)
- [immunizations](https://mmmworldwide.org/tag/immunizations/)
- [maternity care](https://mmmworldwide.org/tag/maternity-care/)
- [nutrition](https://mmmworldwide.org/tag/nutrition/)
- [economic factors](https://mmmworldwide.org/tag/economic-factors/)
- [environmental factors](https://mmmworldwide.org/tag/environmental-factors/)
- [quality of life](https://mmmworldwide.org/tag/quality-of-life/)
- [social factors](https://mmmworldwide.org/tag/social-factors/)
- [clean water](https://mmmworldwide.org/tag/clean-water/)
- [food security](https://mmmworldwide.org/tag/food-security/)
- [seed sharing](https://mmmworldwide.org/tag/seed-sharing/)
- [water harvesting](https://mmmworldwide.org/tag/water-harvesting/)
- [Capacitar](https://mmmworldwide.org/tag/capacitar/)
- [civil unrest](https://mmmworldwide.org/tag/civil-unrest/)
- [Honduras](https://mmmworldwide.org/tag/honduras/)
- [violence](https://mmmworldwide.org/tag/violence/)
- [empowerment](https://mmmworldwide.org/tag/empowerment/)
- [gender inequality](https://mmmworldwide.org/tag/gender-inequality/)
- [vocational skills](https://mmmworldwide.org/tag/vocational-skills/)
- [dollar](https://mmmworldwide.org/tag/dollar/)
- [donation](https://mmmworldwide.org/tag/donation/)
- [euro](https://mmmworldwide.org/tag/euro/)
- [generous](https://mmmworldwide.org/tag/generous/)
- [sterling](https://mmmworldwide.org/tag/sterling/)
- [awareness](https://mmmworldwide.org/tag/awareness/)
- [counselling](https://mmmworldwide.org/tag/counselling/)
- [trauma](https://mmmworldwide.org/tag/trauma/)
- [biodiversity](https://mmmworldwide.org/tag/biodiversity/)
- [sanitation](https://mmmworldwide.org/tag/sanitation/)
- [water development](https://mmmworldwide.org/tag/water-development/)
- [professional development](https://mmmworldwide.org/tag/professional-development/)
- [Professional skills](https://mmmworldwide.org/tag/professional-skills/)
- [training](https://mmmworldwide.org/tag/training/)
- [prayer intentions](https://mmmworldwide.org/tag/prayer-intentions/)
- [prayer circle. intentions](https://mmmworldwide.org/tag/prayer-circle-intentions/)
- [ante natal care](https://mmmworldwide.org/tag/ante-natal-care/)
- [illness](https://mmmworldwide.org/tag/illness/)
- [palliative](https://mmmworldwide.org/tag/palliative/)
- [news](https://mmmworldwide.org/tag/news/)
- [pioneering](https://mmmworldwide.org/tag/pioneering/)
- [Benedictine](https://mmmworldwide.org/tag/benedictine/)
- [children](https://mmmworldwide.org/tag/children/)
- [Glenstal](https://mmmworldwide.org/tag/glenstal/)
- [mothers](https://mmmworldwide.org/tag/mothers/)
- [obstetrics](https://mmmworldwide.org/tag/obstetrics/)
- [V.A.D.](https://mmmworldwide.org/tag/v-a-d/)
- [Angela Katelyeba](https://mmmworldwide.org/tag/angela-katelyeba/)
- [Anne Carr](https://mmmworldwide.org/tag/anne-carr/)
- [Brigid Archbold](https://mmmworldwide.org/tag/brigid-archbold/)
- [Ekaete Ekop](https://mmmworldwide.org/tag/ekaete-ekop/)
- [Gabriel Ashe](https://mmmworldwide.org/tag/gabriel-ashe/)
- [Helen Delaney](https://mmmworldwide.org/tag/helen-delaney/)
- [Mary Ann MacRae](https://mmmworldwide.org/tag/mary-ann-macrae/)
- [Radegunda Shayo](https://mmmworldwide.org/tag/radegunda-shayo/)
- [Siobhan Corkery](https://mmmworldwide.org/tag/siobhan-corkery/)
- [form](https://mmmworldwide.org/tag/form/)
- [information](https://mmmworldwide.org/tag/information/)
- [Joanne Bierl](https://mmmworldwide.org/tag/joanne-bierl/)
- [dedicate](https://mmmworldwide.org/tag/dedicate/)
- [investing effort](https://mmmworldwide.org/tag/investing-effort/)
- [perseverance](https://mmmworldwide.org/tag/perseverance/)
- [promise](https://mmmworldwide.org/tag/promise/)
- [sacrifice](https://mmmworldwide.org/tag/sacrifice/)
- [sticking with](https://mmmworldwide.org/tag/sticking-with/)
- [bearable](https://mmmworldwide.org/tag/bearable/)
- [chaos](https://mmmworldwide.org/tag/chaos/)
- [work for change](https://mmmworldwide.org/tag/work-for-change/)
- [faithful](https://mmmworldwide.org/tag/faithful/)
- [mercies](https://mmmworldwide.org/tag/mercies/)
- [new ways](https://mmmworldwide.org/tag/new-ways/)
- [at home](https://mmmworldwide.org/tag/at-home/)
- [belonging](https://mmmworldwide.org/tag/belonging/)
- [generosity](https://mmmworldwide.org/tag/generosity/)
- [guests](https://mmmworldwide.org/tag/guests/)
- [mutual](https://mmmworldwide.org/tag/mutual/)
- [reception](https://mmmworldwide.org/tag/reception/)
- [strangers](https://mmmworldwide.org/tag/strangers/)
- [visitors](https://mmmworldwide.org/tag/visitors/)
- [close relationship](https://mmmworldwide.org/tag/close-relationship/)
- [communion](https://mmmworldwide.org/tag/communion/)
- [oneness](https://mmmworldwide.org/tag/oneness/)
- [courage](https://mmmworldwide.org/tag/courage/)
- [decent](https://mmmworldwide.org/tag/decent/)
- [honest](https://mmmworldwide.org/tag/honest/)
- [tru](https://mmmworldwide.org/tag/tru/)
- [upright](https://mmmworldwide.org/tag/upright/)
- [Immunization](https://mmmworldwide.org/tag/immunization/)
- [vaccination](https://mmmworldwide.org/tag/vaccination/)
- [obstetric fistula](https://mmmworldwide.org/tag/obstetric-fistula/)
- [health education](https://mmmworldwide.org/tag/health-education/)
- [Mary O'Malley](https://mmmworldwide.org/tag/mary-omalley/)
- [trap](https://mmmworldwide.org/tag/trap/)
- [vulnerable adults](https://mmmworldwide.org/tag/vulnerable-adults/)
- [vulnerable children](https://mmmworldwide.org/tag/vulnerable-children/)
- [medical care](https://mmmworldwide.org/tag/medical-care/)
- [employment](https://mmmworldwide.org/tag/employment/)
- [empower](https://mmmworldwide.org/tag/empower/)
- [skills](https://mmmworldwide.org/tag/skills/)
- [famine](https://mmmworldwide.org/tag/famine/)
- [food](https://mmmworldwide.org/tag/food/)
- [difficulties](https://mmmworldwide.org/tag/difficulties/)
- [pastoral care](https://mmmworldwide.org/tag/pastoral-care/)
- [wholeness](https://mmmworldwide.org/tag/wholeness/)
- [bicycles](https://mmmworldwide.org/tag/bicycles/)
- [floods](https://mmmworldwide.org/tag/floods/)
- [land rovers](https://mmmworldwide.org/tag/land-rovers/)
- [mules](https://mmmworldwide.org/tag/mules/)
- [planes](https://mmmworldwide.org/tag/planes/)
- [roads](https://mmmworldwide.org/tag/roads/)
- [transport](https://mmmworldwide.org/tag/transport/)
- [trucks](https://mmmworldwide.org/tag/trucks/)
- [vehicles](https://mmmworldwide.org/tag/vehicles/)
- [family ministry](https://mmmworldwide.org/tag/family-ministry/)
- [mission development](https://mmmworldwide.org/tag/mission-development/)
- [prison ministry](https://mmmworldwide.org/tag/prison-ministry/)
- [women's groups](https://mmmworldwide.org/tag/womens-groups/)
- [youth](https://mmmworldwide.org/tag/youth/)
- [AMRI](https://mmmworldwide.org/tag/amri/)
- [Congregational ministries Motherhouse](https://mmmworldwide.org/tag/congregational-ministries-motherhouse/)
- [stamps. Aras Mhuire](https://mmmworldwide.org/tag/stamps-aras-mhuire/)
- [Kampala](https://mmmworldwide.org/tag/kampala/)
- [Mukuru](https://mmmworldwide.org/tag/mukuru/)
- [Nangwa](https://mmmworldwide.org/tag/nangwa/)
- [Ngaramtoni](https://mmmworldwide.org/tag/ngaramtoni/)
- [Pharmacy training](https://mmmworldwide.org/tag/pharmacy-training/)
- [Riara](https://mmmworldwide.org/tag/riara/)
- [Rwanda](https://mmmworldwide.org/tag/rwanda/)
- [Wau](https://mmmworldwide.org/tag/wau/)
- [Abajah](https://mmmworldwide.org/tag/abajah/)
- [Abakaliki](https://mmmworldwide.org/tag/abakaliki/)
- [Abujah](https://mmmworldwide.org/tag/abujah/)
- [Benin City](https://mmmworldwide.org/tag/benin-city/)
- [Itam](https://mmmworldwide.org/tag/itam/)
- [Lagos](https://mmmworldwide.org/tag/lagos/)
- [Luanda](https://mmmworldwide.org/tag/luanda/)
- [Zaffe](https://mmmworldwide.org/tag/zaffe/)
- [Fidelia Adigo](https://mmmworldwide.org/tag/fidelia-adigo/)
- [formation](https://mmmworldwide.org/tag/formation/)
- [midwife](https://mmmworldwide.org/tag/midwife/)
- [Artane](https://mmmworldwide.org/tag/artane/)
- [Civil Service](https://mmmworldwide.org/tag/civil-service/)
- [Fergal Kenna](https://mmmworldwide.org/tag/fergal-kenna/)
- [Portarlington](https://mmmworldwide.org/tag/portarlington/)
- [Administrator](https://mmmworldwide.org/tag/administrator/)
- [Mary Teresa Reilly](https://mmmworldwide.org/tag/mary-teresa-reilly/)
- [secretary](https://mmmworldwide.org/tag/secretary/)
- [Breege Breslin](https://mmmworldwide.org/tag/breege-breslin/)
- [Mairead Carroll](https://mmmworldwide.org/tag/mairead-carroll/)
- [Spain](https://mmmworldwide.org/tag/spain/)
- [Lurgan](https://mmmworldwide.org/tag/lurgan/)
- [Sr. Trinitas](https://mmmworldwide.org/tag/sr-trinitas/)
- [Dunboyne](https://mmmworldwide.org/tag/dunboyne/)
- [Kabanga](https://mmmworldwide.org/tag/kabanga/)
- [Patricia Byrne](https://mmmworldwide.org/tag/patricia-byrne/)
- [Ethiopia](https://mmmworldwide.org/tag/ethiopia/)
- [Una Ni Riain](https://mmmworldwide.org/tag/una-ni-riain/)
- [Cardinal MacCrory](https://mmmworldwide.org/tag/cardinal-maccrory/)
- [Cluan Mhuire](https://mmmworldwide.org/tag/cluan-mhuire/)
- [Dungannon](https://mmmworldwide.org/tag/dungannon/)
- [Maureen Ita Quinn](https://mmmworldwide.org/tag/maureen-ita-quinn/)
- [Beuparc](https://mmmworldwide.org/tag/beuparc/)
- [biochemist](https://mmmworldwide.org/tag/biochemist/)
- [laboratory](https://mmmworldwide.org/tag/laboratory/)
- [Sr. Teresita](https://mmmworldwide.org/tag/sr-teresita/)
- [Afikpo](https://mmmworldwide.org/tag/afikpo/)
- [Deirdre Twomey](https://mmmworldwide.org/tag/deirdre-twomey/)
- [gynaecologist](https://mmmworldwide.org/tag/gynaecologist/)
- [obstetrician](https://mmmworldwide.org/tag/obstetrician/)
- [medice](https://mmmworldwide.org/tag/medice/)
- [ophalmics](https://mmmworldwide.org/tag/ophalmics/)
- [Raphel O'Connell](https://mmmworldwide.org/tag/raphel-oconnell/)

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