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.
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 […]
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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 […]
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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 […]
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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) […]
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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.
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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 […]
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Nationality: Irish Congregational Register No. 188 D.O.B.17.03.1929 First Profession 08.09.1957 Died: 29.04.2010 Aged: 81 years
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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 […]
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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 […]
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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 […]
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