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.
03 March 1945 –28 September 2024 Sr. Mary Ellen Sambuco died peacefully on September 28th in the early morning hours at Sancta Maria Nursing Facility in Cambridge not far from our MMM home in Somerville. She was born in Los Angeles but grew up and had all her early education […]
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One of the first Medical Missionaries of Mary from Tanzania, Sister Theresia was born in Dareda in 1937. She received her early education there and trained as a teacher before joining MMM in Ireland in 1959. After profession she trained in general nursing and midwifery in Drogheda, Ireland.
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Sr. Vincent was born as Veronica Elias Sarwatt in Mbulu, Tanzania in 1932. She worked as a teacher for six years before entering MMM. Sr. Vincent was the first Tanzanian to enter MMM in 1957 and travelled to Ireland with Sr. Aloysia to begin her religious formation. She was professed […]
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Nationality: Irish Congregational Register No: 121 D.O.B. 20.04.1909 First Profession: 06.01.1947 Died: 05.05.1997 Aged: 87 years Emily Florence, from Longford, had worked as a health visitor before entering MMM on 16 June 1944.
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Nationality: Irish Congregational Register No: 131 D.O.B. 15.12.1926 First Profession: 02.07.1947 Died: 01.06.1988 Aged: 62 years Bridie, from Drumcollogher, Co. Limerick, entered MMM in Drogheda on 24 October 1944. She was a gifted homemaker and organiser. After profession, she ministered for a year in St. Patrick’s, Kiltegan, and then for […]
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Sister Attracta was born Bridget Scanlon in Gurteen, Co. Sligo, in 1919. She had a twin brother, John, who died a few years before her. Attracta joined the Medical Missionaries of Mary in 1940. After profession she trained as a midwife. She worked in the maternity hospital in Drogheda until […]
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Sister Anne Sharratt was born in Gosforth, Newcastle on Tyne, England, in 1935, the second eldest in a family of ten, seven boys and three girls. Three of her brothers have predeceased her. Anne’s first encounter with MMM was at a vocation display in Glasgow, Scotland, that she attended with […]
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Sister Karen was born Elizabeth Shearer in Galston, Ayrshire, Scotland in 1930. Her father was employed by the owners of a castle, so she often joked that she was born in a castle. She worked in textile making for twenty years before joining the Medical Missionaries of Mary in 1965. […]
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Sister Augustine Sheridan was born in Navan, Ireland in April 1927. She was baptized Margaret Esther but was always known as Gretta in the family. She was one of a family of five children: two boys and three girls. Her early education was in the local national school and then […]
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18/12/1921 – 27/06/2023 Sr. M. Adalbert Simakova (Bibi) was born in Masov, Czech Republic, Petrovice, Czechoslovakia, the daughter of Anastasie (née Prochazkova) and Frantrisek Simakova and was the second in a family of five. She was baptised Bozena Marie. As a young woman she left school early to help provide […]
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