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The Medical Mission SistersMedical Mission Sisters Medical Mission Sisters Catholic female missionary organization The Medical Mission Sisters (MMS) is a religious congregation of women in the Roman Catholic Church. It was founded in September 1925 with a goal of providing better access to health care to poor people around the world.[1][2] They were formerly known as the "Society of the Catholic Medical Missions." Dengel receives an honorary doctorate (Nijmegen, 1958) English Logo of the Medical Mission Sisters History The MMS congregation grew out of the experiences of Dr. Anna Dengel, who is originally from Austria.[3] Dengel served as a medical missionary for several years in what was then Northern India (modern-day Pakistan).[4][5] Dengel became convinced that only a group of Religious Sisters who… (Source: Wikipedia)
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