Molly surpassed expectations after receiving a rare cancer diagnosis five and a half years ago, just after her eighteenth birthday. She travelled from her hometown of Worcester to cities all over the world, managing demanding treatments but yet living life to the fullest.

She travelled around the United States, Australia, Italy, and most recently, on Easter Sunday, Rome. She died three days later in Assisi, which was very important to her and her family.

Friends describe Molly as someone who carried empathy, curiosity, and a mischievous sense of humor wherever she went. “Anytime you were with Molly McGovern you knew you were going to have a good time,” said Kathleen Gearan, one of the sisters Molly lived with in Newton.

The same energy that had characterised her life was evident in her last moments. Her family claims that shortly after Molly’s stories filled the