September 24, 2018
Mercy Day
The Institute of the Sisters of Mercy of Australia are involved throughout Australia, Papua New Guinea and Pakistan.
The Sisters of Mercy in Newfoundland are a Congregation of 124 sisters involved in global action in Canada, Peru, Kenya and Zambia.
New Year Greetings. As we start a new year, we look forward in hope to the blessings it will bring. For the Mercy world this is a special year since it marks the 180th anniversary of the founding of the Congregation and the 170th of Catherine’s death.
In this 2011 calendar year, Mercy World E-News will feature a related series: Global Action Lived Locally. In this series, specific ministry sites will be featured.
The first issue for 2011 of Mercy E-News, the online newsletter of the Mercy International Association, will be published on Monday, 24th January.
The floods in Queensland and Northern New South wales have been devastating and now cover an area in Australia the size of France and Germany combined.
On this great feast we rejoice in the message of the angels: Peace to God’s people on earth! Our spirits and hearts long for that peace as we struggle to bring and find peace in the midst of war, displacement of peoples
Christmas Island is a territory of Australia in the Indian Ocean located about 2,600 kilometres north-west of mainland Australia and 380 kilometres south of Java.
Ethiopia in eastern Africa is one of the poorest countries in the world. It ranks 170th out of 177 countries on the 2004 Human Development Index. More than three quarters of its population lives on less than $1 a day.
Some years ago a small boy in Nigeria found a missionary magazine at the back of the church. One advert ended with the words, "If you would like to be a Sister of Mercy, write to the Convent of Mercy, Barnsley."