Sister Mary Bernard Jimenez, CM (Born Virginia Correa Jimenez, April 3, 1923 - September 11, 1984)[1] was a Filipina Carmelite Missionary and educator best known for her humanitarian work with the Task Force Detainees of the Philippines (TFDP).
She was one of its earliest volunteers when it was first organized by the Association of Major Religious Superiors of the Philippines in 1974.
[1] Among the personnel detention camps, she became was known for her "gentle ways and cheerful disposition,"[1] helping her convince officials to let her bring food, medicine, and other supplies to political prisoners when they needed it.
[1] And despite the fact that her humanitarian work was motivated by what researcher Mina Roces describes as "a strong sense of justice and a desire to help those who were unfairly treated," rather than by any ideology,[5] she became so beloved among political detainees that they composed songs about her.
After the ouster the Marcos dictatorship during the civilian-led People Power Revolution two years later, she was honored by having her name inscribed at the Wall of Remembrance at the Philippines' Bantayog ng mga Bayani, which honors the martyrs and heroes who resisted the authoritarian dictatorship of Ferdinand Marcos.