September 24, 2018
Mercy Day
March 06, 2012
First Perpetual Profession for ISMAPNG
On Saturday, March 3, Sisters of Mercy, family and friends from across Australia, East Timor and Papua New Guinea gathered in Melbourne to celebrate the perpetual profession of Helen Glasheen rsm...
March 06, 2012
Soup and Substance Lenten Programme (2): Let’s Live Lent!
Mercy International Association held its second gathering of the Soup and Substance Lenten programme on 1st March 2012.
March 06, 2012
Who Owns the Land?
Why, then, are vast stretches of land and ecosystems off limits for current and future use by peasants, indigenous peoples, fisherfolk and nomads – jeopardizing their rights to food and livelihood?
March 06, 2012
International Women’s Day 2012: 8 March
Catherine wrote ‘The principal aim of this congregation is to educate poor girls, to lodge and keep poor young women until they can provide for themselves in some suitable way, and to visit the sick poor.’ [Letter late 1833-early 1834].
February 28, 2012
Conference on Working against Human Trafficking
The network of women religious in Europe – known as RENATE – is committed to working together against human trafficking and exploitation. The network organized a Conference for representatives of women religious from all over Europe.
February 28, 2012
Soup and Substance Lenten Programme (1): Let’s Live Lent!
The first Soup and Substance Lenten meeting was held in McAuley Centre on Thursday 23rd February.
February 21, 2012
Success for Mercy Sisters and Panama Campaign
For centuries the Ngöbe people have lived by the rivers in the remote hills of western Panama, but now the government of Panama sees profit in those rivers...
February 21, 2012
Lent
Today, Ash Wednesday, we begin the season of Lent. It is a season associated with prayer, fasting and almsgiving, which is in effect ‘compassion in action’.
February 14, 2012
Mercy Sisters Join Justice Campaign for People of Panama
For centuries the Ngöbe people have lived by the rivers in the remote hills of western Panama, but now the government of Panama sees profit in those rivers, and they have given concessions to subsidiaries of the American company AES to build...
February 14, 2012
Sisters of Mercy lobby their governments in preparation for the Rio + 20 Conference
MIA member Congregations and Institutes have been lobbying their governments to include an ethical framework in the Zero Draft of the Outcome Document for Rio+20.
