In this section of our website, you will find a short entry about the life of each of our Sisters who has been called by God to embark on her eternal life. No doubt you will find inspiration in reading how each one responded to her calling while on earth. We pray to them to help us on our journey.
If you knew one or more of these Sisters personally, or are connected through family ties, or simply like what you read, please contact us and tell us what you would like to add to that entry.
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, […]
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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 […]
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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 […]
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Nationality: IrishCongregational Register No: 482D.O.B. 27.08.1923First Profession: 06.05.1961Died: 04.11.2008 Aged: 85 years Bridget 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.
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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.
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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 […]
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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.
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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 […]
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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 […]
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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.
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