September 24, 2018
Mercy Day
Members & Associate Members News
The following news articles are available via the various Sisters of Mercy websites from around the world. The links associated with each article will take you to their respective websites.
September 18, 2018
Five Ways to Practice Nonviolence
Why use the term “nonviolence” instead of “peace”? In Pope Francis’s message for the 2017 World Day of Peace, he says. “I would like to reflect on nonviolence as a style of politics for peace.” How do we practice nonviolence? I offer these five ways.
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September 08, 2018
Afternoon Tea
You are cordially invited to Afternoon Tea at Eltham on 20th September 2018 in support of Sanctus, an organisation which aids refugees and asylum seekers.
September 01, 2018
September Prayer Reflection 2018
We had no sooner marked the 3rd anniversary of Pope Francis’ encyclical “Laudato Si – On Care for our Common Home” ...........
June 30, 2018
NAIDOC Week 2018: Celebrating ATSI Women
'We will open our hearts to the cries of the poor using our energies, gifts and resources to address violence and discrimination especially for women and children, Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Peoples...' (Chapter Statement)
NAIDOC stands for National Aborigines and Islanders Day Observance Committee. NAIDOC Week is held in the first full week of July (8-15 July 2018). Its origins can be traced to the emergence of Aboriginal groups in the 1920′s which sought to increase awareness in the wider community of the status and treatment of Indigenous Australians.
This year's theme 'Because Of Her, We Can', pays tribute to the strength and achievements of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander (ATSI) women. It acknowledges these camapaigners, mentors and role models whose deeds have often gone unrecognised
Sisters of Mercy Parramatta Congregation recognises the importance of NAIDOC Week in celebrating Aboriginal and Torres Strait Island culture, talent and resilience and the opportunity this week offers us all to grow in knowledge and build relationships.
Ways to be involved in NAIDOC Week can be found here
June 12, 2018
Congratulations Order of Australia Medal Recipient Patricia Powell RSM
Congratulations Patricia Powell RSM, on receiving an Order of Australia Medal (OAM) in this year’s Australian Queen’s Birthday Honours. Patricia, who lives in Bathurst, has received the medal in recognition of her service to the Catholic Church in Australia and to the community. To read about Patricia’s wonderful work in the community – https://www.westernadvocate.com.au/story/5458376/sr-patricia-powell-has-been-awarded-an-order-of-australia-medal/ Messages
May 31, 2018
Sisters Voice Their Concerns About Refugee Policy
On Friday 4 May a small group of Sisters including Jo Dillon RSM, Joan Kelleher RSM, Pauline Masters RSM and Margaret Tallon RSM, met up with a member of the Hon. Julie Bishop’s staff at her Subiaco office. The group sought to convey their concerns about the Refugee policy of the Australian Government and
September 18, 2018
Cinco formas de practicar la no violencia
¿Por qué utilizar el término «no violencia» en lugar de «paz»? En el mensaje para la Jornada Mundial de la Paz 2017 del Papa Francisco, él dice: «Deseo reflexionar sobre la no violencia como un estilo de política para la paz». ¿Cómo practicamos la no violencia? Te ofrezco estas cinco formas.
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August 30, 2018
Season of Creation 2018 Hikoi kotahi: Walking together
Imaging Mercy Today September 2018
August 14, 2018
Reverie on Heaven and the Feast of The Assumption of Our Lady
Thoughts on the Assumption of Mary into heaven
July 01, 2018
July Prayer Reflection 2018
“If we worked a little less and spent more time listening to the deepest desires of our own hearts what would we hear today?”
February 18, 2018
World Day of Social Justice
'We will protect the rights of the natural world...We will open our hearts to the cries of the poor' ( Chapter Statement)
20 February is World Day of Social Justice, a day specifically designated by the United Nations for member states and territories and their citizens as an occasion for awareness and action on issues requiring our attention and response.
For Sisters of Mercy Parramatta Congregation, there are many social justice issues requiring attention and action, but we have identified the needs of Earth, Indigenous communities, refugees and asylum seekers, homelessness, the impact of poverty on women and those affected by injustice within the Church as among the most urgent.
We have identified these needs and our commitment to addressing these 'at personal, local and systemic levels through friendship, direct assistance, advocacy and research and by joining networks or partnerships with groups that have similar values and goals' in our Chapter Statement and in our participation in the Mercy International Reflection Process (MIRP). Together with Sisters of Mercy globally we have committed to action under
two key themes that emerged from MIRP: (i) displacement of persons, and (ii) degradation of Earth.
'The Mercy world
has heard “the cry of Earth and the cry of the Poor” in a new way. It will
respond by seeing Mercy in a new way and by daring Mercy in a new way' (MIRP Report p19)
