Margaret Mary Birchmeier

  • Funeral Services for Sister Margaret Mary Birchmeier OP

    Funeral Services for Sister Margaret Mary Birchmeier OP

    April 14, 2023

    Sister Margaret Mary Birchmeier OP entered eternal life on April 14, 2023 at the age of 84 after 65 years of religious life. We commend Sister Margaret Mary to your prayers. Evening Prayer with Remembering Service Monday, April 17 at 7:00 pm Chapel of the Word/Marywood Funeral Mass Tuesday, April 18 at 10:00 am Chapel […]

  • Sister Inspiration: A Bridge of Love & Hope in Chimbote

    Sister Inspiration: A Bridge of Love & Hope in Chimbote

    January 29, 2021

    Dominican Sisters Margaret Mary Birchmeier and Lillian Bockheim serve as part of the “bridge of love and hope” in one of the poorest communities in South America. They have lived in the community of Chimbote since the 1960s building a ministry that today includes a maternity hospital, pre-natal education, and well-baby clinics. From very humble […]

  • Sister Inspiration: Margaret Mary Birchmeier, OP

    Sister Inspiration: Margaret Mary Birchmeier, OP

    November 30, 2018

    It was 1965, when Sister Margaret Mary and Sister Innocence Andres, both nurses and midwives, arrived in Chimbote, Peru to initiate a child and maternal care program. When they arrived, they found the Maternity Hospital unfinished — one wall and a concrete slab for a floor — so they spent the first year learning about […]

  • Sister Inspiration: Margaret Mary Birchmeier, OP & Lillian Bockheim, OP

    Sister Inspiration: Margaret Mary Birchmeier, OP & Lillian Bockheim, OP

    February 23, 2018

    This precious little girl, Megan, was born in Maternidad de Maria in Chimbote, Peru this week. She is the 98,000th baby delivered in the maternity hospital the Dominican Sisters ~ Grand Rapids helped start more than 50 years ago. Her birth fell during an auspicious week as the community celebrated and blessed a new building. […]