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Mary Kevin Kearny, OSF, CBE (born Teresa Kearney; 28 April 1875 – 17 October 1957) was a teacher, Franciscan Sister, and missionary, who founded a new Franciscan order. Born in Arklow, Ireland on April 28, 1875, [ 1 ] she became a Junior Assistant Mistress at 17 and taught in Essex, England. [ 2 ]
Sister Mary Kevin aka (Mother Kevina, Mama Kevina) was a Hill Mill missionary who arrived on 15 January 1903. She encouraged many Ugandan women to get baptised. She founded the Little sisters of St. Francis Nkokonjeru in Kyagwe in Mukono District in 1923.
The college was founded in February 1942 by Mother Mary Kevin of the Franciscan Sisters for Africa. It is among the best schools academically in Uganda at both the ordinary level ("O" Level), and at the advanced level ("A" Level), or high school. [1] [6]
History of Nsambya Hospital St. Francis Hospital started as a dispensary in 1903 by Mother Mary Kevin Kearney, it became a hospital in 1906. For the first two decades it depended on part time doctors until 1922 when it got its first Resident Dr. Evelyn Connolly a lay volunteer who later joined the congregation of the Franciscan Sisters under the name Sister Assumpta.
The Franciscan Missionary Sisters for Africa was founded in 1952 by Mary Kevin of the Sacred Passion (born Theresa Kearney, County Wicklow, Ireland). It was intended as an offshoot from the Mill Hill Sisters, with the purpose of focusing on the African missions. The sisters work in Uganda, Kenya, Zambia, Zimbabwe, South Sudan, America, Ireland ...
The success of the first film led to the 1993 sequel, Sister Act: Back in the Habit, which saw the return of all four nuns — Sister Mary Clarence included. In the movie, Deloris presses pause on ...
Teresa Kearney (Mary Kevin) (1875–1957), founder of the Little Sisters of Saint Francis and the Franciscan Missionary Sisters for Africa (Uganda) Manuel Costa de los Ríos (prob. 1604–1686), layperson of the Archdiocese of Mercedes-Luján, longtime custodian of Our Lady of Luján in Argentina (Angola)
Teresa Kearney (Mary Kevin) (1875–1957), Founder of the Little Sisters of Saint Francis and the Franciscan Missionary Sisters for Africa (Ireland-Uganda-United States) Manuel (prob. 1604–1686), Layperson of the Archdiocese of Mercedes-Luján (Angola-Argentina) Joseph Müller (1894–1944), Priest of the Diocese of Hildesheim; Martyr (Germany)