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. 706 D.O.B. 12.03.1920 First Profession 03.04.1967 Died: 10.11.01 Aged: 81 years Born in Ballina, Co. Mayo, Sr. Florence Walshe came from a family of eight children. The family moved to Fenagh, Carrick-on-Shannon, Co. Leitrim, while she was a child and this she regarded as home. […]
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Nationality: Irish Congregational Register No: 202D.O.B.: 21.12.1891First Profession: 08.09.1951Died: 11.07.1963 Aged: 72 years At the age of 57 and widowed, few of us would think of giving the rest of our lives to missionary activity, especially if we had a family of eight: sons, daughters and grandchildren. But Mrs. Ellen […]
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Sister Ann was born in Lifford, Co. Donegal in 1929, the youngest of three children. She attended her early education in Donegal, Dublin and Monaghan and joined the Medical Missionaries of Mary in 1947. After profession she studied medicine in University College Dublin and obtained a Master of Obstetrics from […]
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Sr. M. Pacelli Ward, baptised Margaret Mary and known as May, was born in Castleblaney, Co. Monaghan, in October 1926. Her early education was in the local primary school, followed by secondary education at St. Louis Convent School. In 1950, Margaret went to Dublin to study pharmacy, but at the […]
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Sr. Edel was born in Walshestown, Mullingar, Co. Westmeath in 1932. She attended a local primary school and completed her secondary education at the Dominican Convent, Muckross Park, Dublin. She was a Montessori teacher at Muckross Park and Sion Hill for a year. A friend joined the Medical Missionaries of […]
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Nationality: Irish Congregational Register No: 242 D.O.B. 26.03.1928 First Profession: 07.09.1952 Died: 16.03.2000 Aged: 71 years Born in Dublin and baptized Patricia, Sr. Petria had been working in a bank before she came to MMM on 3 October 1949. She studied medicine in University College Dublin, taking first place in […]
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Nationality: Czech Congregational Register No: 192 D.O.B. 16.08.1922 First Profession: 08.09.1950 Died: 06.02.1992 Aged: 69 years Caritas, baptised Marie, came from Czechoslovakia and first heard of MMM when she arrived in Rome as a refugee. Because she was already in the field of nursing, she felt attracted to the […]
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