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 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 […]
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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 […]
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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 […]
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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 […]
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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 […]
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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, […]
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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.
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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 […]
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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.
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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 […]
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