Mercy E-News no.529 28 August 2013

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No. 529 | 28 August 2013

Catherine McAuley, foundress of the Sisters of Mercy, used her inheritance in service of the needs of her time. Today, Sisters of Mercy, through Mercy International Association, use their resources to respond to issues of global poverty demonstrated in the massive displacement of persons worldwide...This vision keeps alive the founding spirit of Catherine among peoples of the world most in need of God's compassion and mercy.
– from the MIA Visioning Statement 2007

Vacancy for Assistant Director Global Action (MIA)

Applicants are invited for the position of MIA Assistant Director Global Action which will become vacant in March 2014.

The Assistant Director heads up MIA's global action programme. This programme focuses particularly on ecological sustainability and opposing human trafficking. It supports work in these areas at grassroots levels, particularly by developing networking and collaboration. Building on local grassroots stories of Mercy work throughout the world, it develops policy and advocacy positions to influence change through the national and international decision making bodies, primarily the EU and the United Nations, and it forms intercongregational and relevant NGO alliances to promote issues of common concern. The programme is firmly rooted in theological reflection for social action.

Applications close 27 September, 2013

Further information about the role is linked to this item

Messages to: Mary Reynolds rsm - Executive Director MIA

Mercy International Association Intention for the Coming Week (MIA)

We are all shocked and saddened at the reports of hundreds of men, women and children killed and injured outside Damascus last Wednesday in an attack marked by the telltale signs of chemical weapons.

As we pray for a resolution to the Syrian conflict, we call for a renewed understanding, respect and valuing of human life.

Messages to: Mary Reynolds rsm - Executive Director MIA

Invitation to Celebrate Mercy Day at Baggot Street (MIA)

Sisters, Associates and Friends of Mercy are invited to celebrate the Eucharist at midday on the feast of Our Lady of Mercy, Tuesday 24 September at Mercy International Centre, 64A Lower Baggot Street, Dublin.

Celebrant: Bishop Peter Connors - Emeritus Bishop of Ballarat (Aust)

Breaking Open the Word: Mary Sullivan rsm

All are welcome to lunch following the Eucharist

RSVP by/on Friday 20th September to Madeline O'Hanlon - Receptionist
using the subject line ‘Mercy Mass’, or ring +353 1 661 8061

Download the invitation here (PDF)

Catherine's Canonisation Cause: Prayer Requests (MIA)

Prayers with the intercession of Venerable Catherine McAuley are asked for all whose names are in our hearts and on our prayer list, especially Tristan whose name is newly added

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

New Era for Primary School Education in Kinsale (The Congregation)

ONE hundred and sixty-eight years of dedicated service to education in Kinsale by the Sisters of Mercy came to an end recently with Mass to mark the official closure of St Joseph’s Primary School and graduation of its sixth class. However, the Congregation’s spirit will continue as part of the new Scoil Naofa Eltin, which will represent its amalgamation with St John’s Boys National School...

Source: The Southern Star

Celebrating a 102nd Birthday at Sea (Americas)

Sister Mary Louise Landry, who turned 102 on Sunday 18 August, 2013 enjoyed a ride on a Casco Bay Lines Ferry on Tuesday, August 20, 2013. The ride was her birthday wish. The two-hour excursion on Casco Bay, Portland, Maine is another high point in an extraordinary life spent serving others and breaking barriers...

Messages to: Sister Mary Louise Landry c/- Pat Kenny rsm - Institute Communications Office

Source: PressHerald

On This Day

1843: Foundation to Liverpool from Baggot St - M Liguori Gibson
1928: Responsibility for Hammond, Indiana Institutions assumed by Grand Rapids Community - M Alphonsus Lefevre, M Reginald Dexter
1929: 5000+ Sisters of Mercy in the United States formed the Sisters of Mercy of the Union
1929: Amalgamation of nine Mercy Provinces in the USA
1993: Albury Sisters, New South Wales, moved from original convent into units

Resources on Mercy Spirituality

It is less than a month to Mercy Day. These resources in this section of mercyworld.org offer a variety of options for those planning for a small or large group celebration.

The Congregation

Mission Statement of the Congregation of the Sisters of Mercy

As we explore the heart of who we are as Sisters of Mercy and as we discern our mission in our time and in our evolving universe we ask:
In what ways might we respond anew, in hope, to our call to be a compassionate presence of God in our differing realities?
In what ways will we deepen our understanding of the diversity that is among us?
In what ways will we allow our place in the interdependent and interconnected community of all of life to influence us?

Saving YouTube Videos for Offline Viewing

Watching a YouTube video typically requires an Internet connection, but with a little preparation the videos can be saved for later offline viewing.

Source: PCWorld

Resources

Worth Reading:
New drilling technologies could give us so much oil, the climate won’t stand a chance. Read the article here

Mark Zuckerberg (Facebook) aims to put the entire world online. Read the article and visit the website

On 25 August, the British Home Secretary, Teresa May, announced her intention to introduce a "modern slavery" bill that tightens the laws on human trafficking in an attempt to eradicate an "evil in our midst". Read the details and view the many resources on this issue on The Guardian's Trafficking page. Read the article here

"Still, God Helps You" by Melissa Pritchard
Snatched from a marketplace in Sudan and sold into slavery at the age of six, William Mawwin became one of millions of people in the world enduring some form of involuntary servitude. This is his extraordinary story. Read it here

Worth Watching:
On Saturday, 24 August, the celebration of the Fusion of the Sisters of St Joseph of Whanganui, Aotearoa New Zealand with the Sisters of St Joseph of the Sacred Heart, was live streamed from St Mary's Church Whanganui on the Sisters of St Joseph website, enabling those unable to be there in person to be present online. Watch this bi-cultural celebration of reconfiguring here (02:20:15).

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