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.
Sister Marie was born in Tunstall, Stoke-on-Trent, a mining area near Manchester, England in 1914. She had one brother and one sister. Marie entered MMM at a time when choices for women were very limited. When she started her education, career options for girls were nursing or teaching. She won […]
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Nationality: Irish Congregation Register No: 60D.O.B. 29.12.1912First Profession: 17.03.1944Died:10.04.1968 Aged: 55 yearsMary Connolly, from near Bantry, Co. Cork, entered MMM on 15 August 1941. She had been employed as a cheese maker in the creamery in Milford, Co. Cork, when she came in contact with MMM. Following profession, she qualified […]
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Sister Teresa Connolly (Aloysius) was born in 1920 in Portlaoise, Co. Laois, Ireland, but grew up in Castlerea, Co. Roscommon. Her parents were Bridget (née Kelly) and John Connolly and she was one of a family of six, four girls and two boys. Before joining MMM she worked as a […]
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Sister Carmel was born Rita Philomena Cooke in Dublin in 1923, part of a family of eight boys and two girls. She attended her early education with the Holy Faith and Dominican Sisters and trained in bookkeeping and typing. She worked as a secretary for two years before joining MMM […]
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Congregational Register No. 28 D.O.B. 01.06.1916 First Profession 08.09.1942 Died: 24.02.2005 Aged: 85 years Mary Margaret Corcoran was raised in Carraroe, Lanesboro, Co. Longford. She was introduced to MMM by Fr. Kieran Ryan, one of the volunteers who answered Bishop Shanahan’s call to go to Nigeria during the 1930’s. She […]
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Nationality: British Congregational Register No: 271 D.O.B. 03.06.1924 First Profession: 06.04.1953 Died: 28.10.1990 Aged: 66 years Baptised Patricia, Sr. Imelda was from York in England and entered MMM on 3 October 1950. Her gifts lay in the secretarial field, and she worked for many years in Nigeria, mainly in Abakaliki […]
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Nationality: Irish Congregational Register No: 479 D.O.B. 20.03.1931 First Profession: 06.05.1961 Died: 02.08.1984 Aged: 53 years Mary Enda Teresa Costello entered MMM at Clonmel on 8 September 1958. Although she was originally from Kerry, she had lived most of her life in Dublin. A qualified teacher at the time of her […]
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Nationality: Irish Congregational Register No: 463 D.O.B. 15.03.1901 First Profession: 26.04.1960 Died: 10.12.1974 Aged: 73 years Cecilia Costelloe, from Cork and Dublin, was a well-qualified and experienced nurse when she entered on 3 October 1957. She had been matron in the Carmelite Boys’ College in Terenure, and they much regretted […]
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Sister Sheila was born Julia Cotter in Cork City in 1934. Called ‘Judy’ at home, she came from a family of three girls and two boys. Her mother died when she was a teenager and her father’s sister looked after the family. She completed her secondary education with the Presentation […]
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Nationality: Irish Congregational Register No: 14 D.O.B. 02.06.1906 First Profession: 17.03.1941 Died: 17.01.2000 Aged: 93 years Sr. M. Frances was the first widow to enter MMM. Her maiden name was Ellen Costelloe and her husband was John P. Cronin. She was married only a few years before becoming a widow […]
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