Prayers are requested for all those whose names are on the MIA prayer list which is linked to this item.

Messages to:
Anne Hannon rsm - Vice postulator Europe and Africa
Sheila Carney rsm - Vice postulator Americas
Mary Duffy rsm - Vice postulator Australia, New Zealand, Philippines

August 3, 2011 - The Sisters of Mercy Institute Justice Team is disheartened with both the outcome of the Budget Control Act that Congress passed August 2 and the legislative process that led up to it.

Although passage did avoid a catastrophic default that would have had a severe economic impact, we were disappointed that the first phase of deficit-reduction savings come entirely from spending cuts, without any additional revenues. This will mean that some non-security discretionary programs that support low-income families and individuals will be cut while the wealthiest individuals and corporations are not asked to contribute to reducing the nation’s debt.

Among programs at risk are the Women Infant and Children (WIC) supplementary food program, the Community Services Block Grant, low-income housing programs, Head Start and many programs for the elderly. This is not the fair and balanced approach we had called for.

Messages to the Institute Justice Team

Regular readers of Mercy E-News are aware that the vision of Mercy International Association calls us to use our resources to respond to issues of global poverty and crisis.

Teresia Njonge rsm a sister of Mercy from Kenya recently recorded an interview with Miriam Gormally of Religious News Network (RNN) about the troubles Kenya faces and the hardships she has seen as a result of the hunger and famine. Miriam began by asking Teresia what was it that people first started noticing about the changing weather...

Messages to Teresia Njonge rsm  

There was great excitement and joy for the Sudanese in the south as they celebrated their hard-won independence from the Khartoum government on 9th July, 2011. The 22-year long civil war between the government’s forces in the north and the rebel movement of the SPLA (Sudanese People’s Liberation Army) ended in January 2005, and saw over 2 million people killed and starved to death and many more men, women and children displaced. Countless stories can be related describing the evil deeds perpetrated – on both sides – and the trauma suffered will take several generations to abate. The hopes and belief is that the formation of a New Sudan, with the continuing assistance of the international community, will help secure a state of ongoing and future development for the majority black tribes-people in the south. It will also help to heal the scars that such a bloody and brutal conflict caused.
 

Messages to Carmel Heagerty rsm - Institute Justice Network

1822: Catherine's cousin, Anne Conway Byrn died leaving four children in Catherine's care
1890: Sisters return to Buenos Aires from South Australia - M Baptist MacDonnell

The 'Beyond Catherine - Stories of Mercy Foundresses' section of the mercyworld.org website still needs images of the following sisters to illustrate their stories:
M Mary Angela Dunne
M Francis Creedon
Sr M Teresa Farrell
Sr Mary Angela Gilsenan
M Mary Philomene Maguire
Sr M Cecilia Marmion
Sr Aloysius Scott

A photo or image of a painting or sketch would be most welcome.
A suitable image for each of the following articles is also needed:
Earliest Pioneer Sisters of Mercy in the Americas
Foundresses of the Sisters of Mercy Goulburn
Foundresses of the Sisters of Mercy United States

Located on the bluffs of the Mississippi River, Mercy Medical Center-Clinton is a faith-based, full-service community health system serving residents in Clinton, Iowa and surrounding communities in eastern Iowa and northwestern Illinois. With a history dating back more than 100 years, Mercy - Clinton is proud to offer the latest in health and medical services with a caring, compassionate and personal touch.

Mercy - Clinton is a non-profit health care organization and is a member of Mercy Health Network based in Des Moines, Iowa, and Trinity Health based in Novi, Michigan, the fourth largest Catholic healthcare system in the nation.

 

Want to send someone a photo, screenshot, or other image? If you're a Gmail user, there's only one option: attach the item(s) to the message. That's all well and good, but what if you want to embed an image in the body of the e-mail? Scan the toolbar all you want; you won't find any such option.

Source: PCWorld