Sr. Marguerite is from Co. Galway Ireland and is a Missionary Franciscan Sister. Sister Marguerite worked in the United States as a teacher, before embarking on missionary work in Bolivia and Peru.

Sr. Marguerite has a Master’s Degree in Pastoral Ministry from Boston College. She also completed the Clinical Pastoral Education Program at Holy Family Hospital in Methuen, MA.

On returning to the U.S. Sr. Marguerite worked with Hispanic immigrants in Lawrence, MA. She became executive director of the Irish Pastoral Centre in January 2004.