In an effort to share more broadly the excellent scholarship and input of the four Mercy theologians and scripture scholars who are accompanying the renewal group, Mercy International Association has asked Adele Howard rsm (Institute of Australia and Papua New Guinea) to produce additional more in-depth videos of some of the presentations throughout the month. These videos will begin to be available online to E-news readers and mercyworld website visitors beginning the week of Mercy Day 2012.

Messages to: Mary Kay Dobrovolny rsm - Assistant Director Heritage & Spirituality

 

We invite all readers of Mercy E-news and your community members and partners in ministry to join with us in prayer for the needs of the people of Somalia. Although the famine in Somalia has ended, according to the UN, more than 2.3 million people are still facing severe food shortages.

Messages to: Mary Reynolds rsm - Executive Director MIA

If and when Catherine is canonised there is no knowing how many lives will be influenced for the good by the story of the Dublin woman who put her life and all she had on the line for Jesus Christ. Canonisation means that Catherine’s life and the Charism entrusted to her, and which she lived so faithfully, will be shared by the Universal Church in a way that cannot happen otherwise.

- Brenda Dolphin, Postulator. To access the complete article, click here.

Prayers through the intercession of Venerable Catherine are requested for the intentions of all who have asked for our prayers and, in particular, those whose names are most recently added to our prayer list: Rita Tapdasan, Mercy Associate (NYPPAW), Jesse-Rose Van Dam, Damien Van Dam, Patrice Saint.

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

Sisters of Mercy who would like to participate in the 2013 renewal programmme Watering the Roots at the Wellspring of Mercy , to be held at Mercy International Centre, are advised that the dates are from 2nd – 29th June 2013. (Please note the change from the month of July as in previous years to the month of June.)

Presenters are yet to be confirmed, but expressions of interest in the 2013 programme are welcome. As further details become available, these will be advised in Mercy e-news.

Messages to: Mary Kay Dobrovolny rsm - Assistant Director Heritage & Spirituality

Friday, July 20 marks the 21st anniversary of the founding of the Institute. A special prayer service has been created that all sisters, associates and companions and friends of the Institute are invited to use in celebration of the occasion.

Access the prayer service:
-Single page version PDF
-Booklet version PDF

Blessings on your celebrations and prayer and a joyous anniversary to us all on this founding day!

Messages to: Pat Kenny rsm - Institute Communications

Sister Moira Flynn of CCASA, who ministers with Sisters of Mercy of Newfoundland among the campesinos in Inchocan-Cajamarca, Peru, participated with a group of women from her parish in the "Marcha de las Mujeres-dignas luchadoras en defensa de la vida " (March of Women-worthy fighters in defense of life). They are struggling to defend their environment and their water against the Newmont Mining Corp.'s Minas Conga copper and gold project.

The Sisters of Mercy of the Americas Institute Justice Team signed onto a letter to the Peruvian embassy in Washington, D.C., and the consulate in San Francisco, condemning recent violence associated with protests against the mine. Also, the Institute Justice Team signed onto a letter to the Peruvian ambassador to the U.S., expressing concerns about police violence aimed at people protesting against the Xstrata mining company in Espinar, Peru.

Messages to: Mary Purcell - Assistant Director Global Action

Mercy Hospital Hot Springs is getting set to debut its new Mercy Mobile Health Services Van.The van will be dedicated July 24th at a special event that kicks off a week-long promotional tour...

At present, the best defense against breast cancer is early detection and there are no fixed mammography services in Grant, Pike and Montgomery counties Arkansas. Clark County has the third highest incidence rate of breast cancer in Arkansas, while Grant County has one of the state's lowest numbers of physicians (2.9 per 10,000). And Montgomery County has one of the highest percentage of female residents 40 years and older (53.1 percent). This lack of access puts these women at a higher risk of late-stage breast cancer and death.

We're bringing these services directly to the communities we serve. Developed to make mammogram screenings more accessible, the 40-feet-long Mercy Mobile Health Services Van will travel to rural locations to assist medically underserved women in south central Arkansas. It will become one of only five mobile units in the state, and the only unit to serve Garland, Saline, Clark, Montgomery and Pike Counties...

Messages to: Jeffrey Slatton - Mercy Media

Yesterday, July 17, the new Congregation Leadership Team was elected. Margaret Casey rsm was elected Congregational Leader,  Patricia O’Donovan rsm , Cecilia Cadogan rsm, Scholasticah Nganda rsm, Marie Louise White rsm were elected team members.

We thank you for your messages and prayerful support as we continue the process of our Chapter year in these days (July 9-20).

Messages to: Ailish O'Brien rsm - Communications Co-ordinator

OKLAHOMA CITY – A hundred years ago, most homes didn’t have electricity, the Land Run was fresh in people’s minds and Leona Lucille Marie Toelle was born...

Now known as Sister Mary Clotilda Toelle, she would spend the next 60-plus years teaching religion, history and government at Catholic schools in Oklahoma, Kansas and Texas, moving every few years to wherever she was called. She took with her a deep sense of service, her faith, and her cheeky Cockatiel named Gracias, who to Toelle’s delight once told a shushing Sister to, “go to her cage.”

Mary Clotilda lives at the convent adjacent to Mercy Hospital Oklahoma City, now, where she enjoys playing Scrabble and cards and assembling complex jigsaw puzzles. Her life is devoted to prayer and dedication as a joyful Sister of Mercy...

To read the complete article, click here.

Messages to Mary Clotilda Toelle rsm c/- Rachel Wright - Mercy Media Relations

It was such a thrilling and a life giving experience for all the sisters in our province (Kenya) as we came together for a Provincial Assembly. The theme of the Assembly was “G C” (Graced Companionship) - Continuing Catherine’s Legacy, facilitated by  Mary Pat Garvin rsm from the United States...

As Graced Companions we are on this journey together, offering support to each other. By the signing of our vows during profession, it was a confirmation that we had chosen to be graced companions to our sisters in the congregation. Members felt they had experienced these moments during professions, some assemblies, jubilees, in times of sickness, deaths in family and other close encounters. The challenge is to keep these graced moments...

Messages to: Pauline Kingo’ori rsm

This week, Mercy was named a “Most Wired” health care organization, along with big names like Mayo Clinic, Kaiser Permanente and Vanderbilt University Medical Center...

Besides being a “Most Wired” health care organization, Mercy is among only 7 percent of hospitals nationwide with an integrated electronic health record sophisticated enough to access and share medical records among multiple Mercy facilities in a four-state area...

Messages to: Rachel Wright - Mercy Media Relations
 

Mercy North Division has launched a program to unite women across Toledo in an effort to improve their health and spiritual well-being.

The program, “For Every Woman,” will start off on the Web with health pointers from the hospital’s nutritionist and physical therapist and will eventually grow out into exercise meetings at places such as Wildwood Preserve Metropark, said Andrea Price, president and CEO of Mercy North Division.

Messages to: Pat Kenny rsm - Institute Communications

Editor: For Every Woman is this week's featured Mercy website

Mercy Toledo is one of seven regional health systems that form Catholic Health Partners (CHP) a mission-driven, nonprofit health system meeting the healthcare needs of people in Ohio and Kentucky.

The Education group and Working met at Bermondsey on 6th and 7th July to work on the future plans for Education and our schools. The group has been meeting regularly over recent years and has assisted in updating maintenance plans and governance of the schools in the ownership of the Institute, where sisters have worked formerly.

Messages to: Cathy Edge rsm - Institute Web & IT Coordinator

The problem of children being forced into work is one of the world’s pressing issues. In 2006 the International Labour Organisation (ILO) set a visionary target of bringing to an end all the worst forms of child labour by 2016...

In PNG, child labour is deemed to be illegal. However the definition of child labour is where children are forced to engage in work ‘against their will’. Given the pressure for survival, many children in PNG ‘willingly’ submit to work, often in appalling conditions...

In conjunction with the Mt Hagen Community Policing Unit and Correction Service, Mercy Works has been running activities that aim to help adolescents and children in the area, including the following two:

-Youth Personal Development Program
-The Mercy Swans

Further details are linked to this item.

Messages to: Ailsa McKinnon rsm AO - Executive Director Mercy Works
 

1848: Foundation to Derry from Tullamore - Mary Anne Doyle

DVD PAL / NTSC This is a 45 min. tour of Catherine's House - Mercy International Centre - narrated by Anne Reid (Mercy Associate).

One of just many resources available from Mercy International Centre

Shop in person or online at Baggot Street.

You’re invited to join Mercy President & Chief Executive Officer, Andrea Price for an exciting new program that provides opportunities to step-up your Exercise program, resources to improve your Nutrition, tips to strengthen your Work/Life Balance, and suggestions to enhance your Spirituality.

HundredZeros.com is the collection of free ebooks that you can read on your computer, your mobile device, your Kindle or inside the web browser itself . You decide on which device you wish to access these ebooks.

You can now browse free ebooks by subject – like History or Travel.
You can find free ebooks on any topic (or by author) using the handy search box – like Shakespeare.
The site uses responsive design and hence should work on all screens.

To access these ebooks you need to have an Amazon.com account. You need to be aware that Amazon sells ebooks and to be clear on what you are downloading as the free ebooks are treated as a (free) purchase in the same way as the purchased items ie you add them to your cart.