September 24, 2018
Mercy Day
The article presents Mary Magdalene as an icon for celibate loving and apostolic mission, using the resurrection story found in the Gospel of John.
Sisters of Mercy have been present in Romania since 1990 when Mary Rose Christy rsm (member of the Institute of Sisters of Mercy of the Americas) was moved by a television programme that revealed the horrors experienced by children in orphanages there.
This year’s Lenten observance was something of a watershed in my life. Mercy International Association sent out an invitation entitled: ‘Soup and Substance: Let’s Live Lent!’ The title intrigued me. ‘Sounds good,’ I said. ‘I’ll be there.’
In the 1960s through the early 1980s, Sisters of Mercy established and ran health and educational facilities. Many of these institutions have been transferred to government ownership with the community or diocese retaining some sponsorship...
The first Sisters of Mercy to cross from the northern hemisphere to the southern hemisphere were Ursula Frayne rsm and her six companions who traveled from Dublin on a ship called The Elizabeth and arrived in western Australia in 1846.
In light of the 8.8-magnitude earthquake which struck Chile on Saturday 27 February 2010, we have chosen to highlight this week the presence of Sisters of Mercy in Chile.
This week, the Soup and Substance: Let’s Live Lent programme will focus on the topic of “Accepting Differences.” The countries featured on Mercy and Justice Shall Meet DVD for this topic are Guyana and Ireland.
On Saturday, 13th February, 50 Core Group leaders of Mercy Associates/Circles of Mercy from all parts of Ireland and from England gathered in Mercy International Centre for a day of reflection and sharing.
Peru has high rates of unemployment, displacement of persons from rural to urban areas, and social inequalities. There is a much higher rate of poverty among women in Peru than among men as 23% of all women in Peru do not have any formal education...
The first Sisters of Mercy to go to Africa arrived 113 years ago in Cape Town, South Africa, in October 1897, and opened the first Convent of Mercy in Mafeking, South Africa, on 15th February 18, 112 years ago today.