Mercy Secondary Education International Forum (MSEIF)

July 17, 2006

138 Mercy Educators from Argentina, Australia, Aotearoa New Zealand, Belize, England, Guam, Ireland, Philippines, South Africa and the United States, gathered at Malahide, July 6-9 to celebrate, collaborate and connect at their first ever international forum.

This forum evolved from the Mercy Secondary Education Association of the Americas 20th Anniversary conference in October 2001.

In her Welcoming Address, Breege O'Neill rsm Congregational Leader (The Congregation) stated that 'Education was one of the ministeries dearest to Catherine's heart' and gathering at Malahide, 'in the heart of Catherine's neighbourhood, was a 'reconnecting with Mercy heritage and the heart of the Mercy charism'.

Breege O'Neill rsm (Ireland) who gave the Welcoming Address

Helen Marie Burns rsm (Americas) Keynote Speaker and Ethel Bignell rsm (Aotearoa New Zealand) panellist, Mercy International Association Initiatives.

The musicians teaching the conference theme 'The Road to Mercy' sung each day as part of Morning Prayer.

Maria McGuiness rsm (Ireland) and Mary Reynolds rsm (Ireland) Keynote speakers: Where is Mercy in Our Schools?

Adele Howard rsm panellist: World Vision and Responsibility and Mercy International Association Initiatives with Carolyn Witte, Principal, Mercy High School Farmington Hills, MI USA, Moderator and member of the Forum Planning Committee.