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’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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Peters, Sr. M. Canice

Nationality: Irish Congregational Register No: 46 D.O.B. 07.01.1915 First Profession: 08.09.1943 Died: 25.02.1971 Aged: 56 years Mary Peters of Mountrath, Laois, entered MMM on 2 January 1941. After her novitiate, she did her general nurse training in St. Vincent’s Hospital in Dublin and Part I of her midwifery training in […]

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Phelan, Sr. M. Stella

Nationality: Irish Congregational Register No. 187 D.O.B. 03.03.1925 First Profession 07.03.1951 Died: 01.01.2001 Aged: 75 years Patricia Phelan was born in Tarbert, Co. Kerry, the eldest daughter of her parents, Nora and Robert. After attending Loreto Convent, Killarney, she began medical studies in University College Cork. As a fourth year […]

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Phillips, Sr. Andrew

Sister Andrew was born Helen Joyce Phillips in Conway, Michigan in 1929. The third of eight children and the only girl, she grew up in a Protestant family in rural northern Michigan. In his eulogy at her funeral Mass, Brent, her nephew, explained that in her early years there were […]

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Pierse, Sr. M. Rosaria

Nationality: Irish Congregational Register No: 51 D.O.B. 04.10.1922 First Profession: 06.01.1945 Died: 21.01.2007 Aged: 84 years Mary Rose Pierse was born into a farming family in Ballinonig, Tralee, Co. Kerry, Ireland.  She had four brothers, two of whom became priests, and one sister.  Mary Rose was educated by the Presentation […]

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Powell, Sr. Maeve

Nationality: Irish Congregational Register No: 359 D.O.B. 31.08.1919 First Profession: 03.12.1956 Died: 27.02.1997 Aged: 77 years Maeve, later to be known for some time as Sr. Marius, was from Cork and came to MMM as a qualified doctor on 27 September 1953.

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Power, Sr. Johanna

Sister Johanna was born in 1924 to a farming family in Blackwater, Co. Wexford.  She had a twin brother who died at birth. She did her early education with the Loreto Sisters in Wexford and joined MMM in 1944. After profession Johanna trained as a nurse-midwife.  In 1952 she was […]

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