Category Sister: M

Shortly before Elsbeth Joanne McMahon came to Maryknoll, someone wrote for her “An Ode to the Giver of Inspiration”. When a 10-member planning committee formed for the future Yap Catholic High School, Joanne’s specified role on...

“Love excuses everything, believes all things, hopes all things, endures all things” I Cor.  13:7 The quote above from I Corinthians summarizes the life of Sr. Rose Christopher McKeegan who was called home to God on April 2,...

Sister Veronica Mary Martin was born on February 4, 1920 to Catherine (Hopkins) Martin and John Patrick Martin.  She was baptized Anne Helen Martin in St. Monica Parish Church in Philadelphia, PA. Anne Helen had four brothers:...

Sr. Claire Murphy died on November 30, 2019.  She was 97 years old and a Maryknoll Sister for 78 years. Sr. Claire Therese – the name she was given at Reception and retained for the rest of her life – was born in Cambridge, MA...

Sister Julia Leigh Miller (Julie) died on July 25, 2019 at the Maryknoll Sisters Center, Maryknoll, NY. Julie was 76 years old and had been a Maryknoll Sister for 57 years. She requested that her body be cremated. Sister Julie...