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