MMM Obituaries

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.

"The death of those can never leave us free from grief whose friendship during life was a solace and delight." Saint Augustine, City of God.

When Loved Ones Leave Us...



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 […]

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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 […]

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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 […]

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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 […]

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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 […]

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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 […]

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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 […]

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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 […]

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Onyeugo, Sr. M.Catherine Therese

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 […]

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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 […]

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