The Joy of Jubilee

We sat down to talk of Jubilee – Mercy, Golden – and wondered where the years since Silver had gone. Hard to grasp that it was our turn to be golden. We thought of those who seemed so venerable in our early Carysfort days^# even before they reached this milestone. Perhaps it is true what they say - that those who were teens in the sixties never think they can grow old. 

With a big effort to absorb our incredulity and our maturity we decided we would walk through the Holy Door in Rome in this Year of Mercy. It became our focus, the focus of our pilgrimage and our marking of this time in our lives...

Messages to: Srs Agnes Coll, Luarena McCormick,Thomasina Finn, Colette Mullett, Catherine Dooley, Bonaventure Higgins c/- Thomasina Finn rsm - The Congregation of the Sisters of Mercy (Ireland)

^#Novitiate

Image: L-r: Srs Agnes Coll, Luarena McCormick, Thomasina Finn, Colette Mullett, Catherine Dooley, Bonaventure Higgins