From yesterday, Tuesday, August 13, 2013 to Saturday, August 17, 2013, the Leadership Conference of Women Religious (LCWR) are in Assembly in Orlando, Florida.

Let us hold those present in Assembly, and all whom they represent, in our prayers.

Messages to: Mary Reynolds rsm - Executive Director MIA

Places are still available on the following forthcoming programmes at Mercy International Centre:

Come Home to Catherine
Sunday, 25 August – Saturday, 31 August
Facilitated by Anne Reid and Áine Barrins rsm

Catherine McAuley and the Following of Jesus Christ Today
Sunday, 22 September – Saturday, 28 September
Facilitated by Mary C. Sullivan rsm

Full details can be accessed here (PDF)

Messages to:  Madeleine O'Hanlon - Receptionist
 

Prayers with the intercession of Venerable Catherine McAuley are asked for all whose names are in our hearts and on our prayer list, especially those whose names are newly added: Andy Tan Tai Moore, Tommy Sanchez, Joseph Voltz.

Messages to:
Anne Hannon rsm - Vice postulator Europe and Africa
Sheila Carney rsm - Vice postulator Americas
Caroline Ryan rsm - Vice postulator Australia & PNG, Aotearoa New Zealand, Philippines

Mother of Mercy High School, Cincinnati, Ohio, swept the competition in the local round of Social Madness and is proud to announce that we have advanced to the Championship Round of Social Madness Nationals! This is the final week of the social media competition where the winner will receive $10,000 to donate to the charity of their choice!

We are competing against KLVO Radio in New Mexico. They have over twice as many social media followers than us, so we could use all the support we can get! This round ends at midnight Monday, August 19.

How to vote for Mercy:
• Visit www.bizjournals.com/cincinnati/socialmadness and VOTE for Mercy daily. We are listed in the Medium category.
• The other way to vote is to support us on Twitter and Facebook! Then just retweet, like, comment and share our posts! They are using an algorithm that measures our interactions and increases our rank.

Thanks for your support in helping us win $10,000 for Mercy Beyond Borders!

Further details of how to support Mother of Mercy High School are linked to this item.

Messages to: Jenny Kroner Jackson  Communications & PR Specialist

Pat Zerega, Senior Director of Shareholder Advocacy with Mercy Investment Services which actively works with corporations to improve their policies and identify human trafficking victims within their industries, and Catherine Gibbons rsm, Volunteer with Mercy International Association, have both written this week on human trafficking, with an emphasis on how you can join the fight against human trafficking.

Pat's article is linked to this item. Sr Catherine's article, published on The Congregation's website, can be accessed here

A number of useful resources can be accessed on the Mercy Investment Services website. Of particular interest is the 'Slavery Footprint' resource.

Editor: Mercy Investment Services is this week's featured Mercy website.

Messages to: 
Pat Zerega - Mercy Investment Services
Catherine Gibbons rsm - MIA

We are pleased to announce that at the invitation of Nga Whaea Atawhai o Aotearoa Sisters of Mercy New Zealand, Ilia Delio osf will visit New Zealand from the 29 November - 7 December 2013 for a series of Public Lectures in the field of Theology and Science exploring such themes as:
-The Emergent Christ
-Christ, Evolution and Emergent Wholeness
-God, Evolution and the Power of Love
-Contemplative Evolution
-Evolution and a New Birth of God

Further details, including the Registration form and brochure are now available on the Sisters of Mercy New Zealand website and linked to this item.

Messages to: Katrina Fabish rsm - Communications Contact, Congregational Leadership Team

13 August 2001: First edition of Mercy e-News was published and sent to 100 Sisters of Mercy who were known to have email addresses.

In Issue 500 (6 February, 2013), Mary Reynolds rsm, Executive Director MIA, traced the journey of Mercy E-news. Read that article here

You might like to look back through some of the earlier editions in the E-news archives. Visit the archives here

The text can be downloaded in sections or as the complete work.

There is no charge for this resource download.

Mercy Investment Services is the socially responsible asset management program for the Sisters of Mercy (Americas) and its ministries.

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