September 24, 2018
Mercy Day
The Archdiocese of Nassau, Bahamas, celebrated its 50th year as a diocese earlier this month on July 5th. Sisters of Mercy have been serving in this diocese for 42 of its 50 years.
Last Sunday, on 11 July 2010, as much of the world watched the World Cup finals, 74 people were killed and 70 injured in twin bombings that took place near Kampala, the capitol of Uganda.
2011 is a special year for all Sisters of Mercy and those affiliated with us. It marks the 180th anniversary of the founding of the Sisters of Mercy, and the 170th anniversary of the death of Catherine McAuley.
Watering the Roots at the Wellspring of Mercy (July 3-29, 2011) is a month-long residential programme designed for vowed Mercy women who are seeking refreshment and renewal.
Parliaments of Cambodia, Laos and Vietnam have signed an approval to expand their role in the development triangle for the three countries, according to a joint statement released on Friday, July 9, 2010.
Towns in northern Mexico on the Mexico/United States border have faced significant violence in the most recent three and a half years as President Felipe Calderón deployed troops and federal police to curb drug cartels’ power.
Sisters of Mercy minister in thirteen of the thirty-two countries who made it to the World Cup, including the host of the World Cup: South Africa.
Central to the MIA Vision is keeping alive the Founding Spirit of Catherine. One of the ways in which this is done is through offering programmes at MIC that are experiential and reflective.
In the past nine weeks, the United States government and BP have had many failed attempts to plug the gushing oil well in the aftermath of an oil rig explosion in the Gulf of Mexico on April 20, which killed eleven people.
At the end of this week, on Friday 18 June 2010, the Sisters of Mercy will bless and open a new hospital.