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Sisters of Mercy

February 15, 2024

For the rock band, see the Sisters of Mercy. For the song by Leonard Cohen, see Songs of Leonard Cohen.

The Sisters of Mercy is a religious institute for women in the Roman Catholic Church. It was founded in 1831 in Dublin, Ireland, by Catherine McAuley. As of 2019, the institute has about 6200 sisters worldwide, organized into a number of independent congregations. They also started many education and health care facilities around the world.

Sisters of Mercy
Mother Catherine McAuley, foundress of the Religious Sisters of Mercy
AbbreviationRSM
Formation12 December 1831; 192 years ago (12 December 1831)
Founded atDublin, Ireland
TypeReligious congregation
Members
11,000
LeaderCatherine McAuley
Websitewww.mercyworld.org

History edit

Main article: Catherine McAuley

Founding edit

The Congregation of the Sisters of Mercy began when Catherine McAuley used an inheritance to build a large house on Baggot Street, Dublin, as a school for poor girls and a shelter for homeless servant girls and women. She was assisted in the works of the house by local women. There was no idea then of founding a religious institution; McAuley's plan was to establish a society of secular ladies who would spend a few hours daily in instructing the poor. Gradually the ladies adopted a black dress and cape of the same material reaching to the belt, a white collar and a lace cap and veil.

In 1828, Archbishop Daniel Murray advised Miss McAuley to choose some name by which the little group might be known, and she chose that of "Sisters of Mercy", having the design of making the works of mercy the distinctive feature of the institute. She was, moreover, desirous that the members should combine with the silence and prayer of the Carmelite, the active labors of a Sister of Charity. The position of the institute was anomalous, its members were not bound by vows nor were they under a particular rule.

Archbishop Murray asked the Sisters of Mercy to declare their intentions as to the future of their institute, whether it was to be classed as a religious congregation or to become secularized. The associates unanimously decided to become religious. It was deemed better to have this congregation unconnected with any already existing community.[1]

On the Octave of the Ascension 1829 the archbishop blessed the chapel of the institution and dedicated it to Our Lady of Mercy. This combination of the contemplative and the active life necessary for the duties of the congregation called forth so much opposition that it seemed as though the community, now numbering twelve, must disband; but it was settled that several of the sisters should make their novitiates in some approved religious house and after their profession return to the institute to train the others to religious life.

The Presentation Sisters, whose rule was based on the Rule of St. Augustine, seemed best adapted for the training of the first novices of the new congregation and Miss McAuley, Miss Elizabeth Harley, and Miss Anna Maria Doyle began their novitiate at George's Hill, Dublin, on 8 September 1830.[1] While they were in training, Miss Frances Warde managed the affairs of the Baggot Street house.[2]

On 12 December 1831, Catherine McAuley, Mary Ann Doyle, and Mary Elizabeth Harley professed their religious vows as the first Sisters of Mercy, thereby founding the congregation. In 1839 Mary Francis Bridgeman professed her vows and joined the congregation

Expansion edit

 
Mercy Convent, Templemore, County Tipperary

In the 10 years between the founding and her death on 11 November 1841, McAuley had established additional independent foundations in Ireland and England:[3] Tullamore (1836), Charleville (1836), Carlow (1837), Cork (1837), Limerick (1838), Bermondsey, London (1839), Galway (1840), Birr (1840), and St Mary's Convent, Birmingham (1841), as well as branch houses of the Dublin community in Kingstown (1835) and Booterstown (1838).

The Sisters offered free schools for the poor, academies for the daughters of the rising middle class, and “houses of mercy”, providing shelter for poor youth and women in Dublin and other cities who were in danger of being exploited. They were called upon by bishops in several major epidemics of cholera to nurse people in homes and in the public hospitals.[4]

Their services were in much demand. McAuley opened the first Convent of Mercy in England at Bermondsey on 19 November 1839 for the education of children and the visitation of the poor, sick, and needy. Mother Mary Clare Moore was appointed Superior. The convent was designed in the 'Gothic Style' by Augustus Pugin, his first purpose-designed religious community building. It was destroyed during World War II.[5]

In May 1842, at the request of Bishop Fleming, a small colony of Sisters of Mercy crossed the Atlantic to found the congregation at St. John's, Newfoundland. In 1846, the sisters arrived in Perth, Australia. In the United States, the first community of Sisters of Mercy was established in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania in 1843 followed by Providence, Rhode Island in 1851.[6] Sisters from Limerick opened a house in Glasgow in 1849 and a band from Carlow, Irland arrived in New Zealand, in 1850. In 1860, St Catharine's Convent was founded in Edinburgh and in 1868, the English community established houses in Shrewsbury and on the island of Guernsey.[1]

Crimean War edit

With the London Times reporting appalling conditions at the front, the War Office appealed for volunteer nurses. On 14 October 1854, Bishop Thomas Grant, of Southwark approached the Sisters at Bermondsey.[4] Together with other nuns, six Bermondsey Sisters of Mercy, including Mary Bernard Dickson, travelled to Crimea to work under Nightingale.[7]

Boer War edit

At the request of the bishop of Mahikeng, Dr Anthony Gaughran, sisters came to South Africa to found convents there. Mother Superior Teresa Cowley led a group from the convent in Strabane, with the group acting as nurses to the military during the siege of Mahikeng.[8]

Mercy International Association edit

In 1992 leaders of the various congregations formed the "Mercy International Association" to foster collaboration and cooperation. The Mercy International Centre is located in Dublin. Members of the Association are:

  • Sisters of Mercy of the Americas
  • Institute of the Sisters of Mercy of Australia
  • Sisters of Mercy of Great Britain
  • Congregation of the Sisters of Mercy (Ireland)
  • Nga Whaea Atawhai o Aotearoa Sisters of Mercy New Zealand
  • Sisters of Mercy of Newfoundland
  • Religious Sisters of Mercy (Philippines)[9]

Vows and activities edit

Sisters of Mercy is an international community of Roman Catholic women religious vowed to serve people who suffer from poverty, sickness and lack of education with a special concern for women and children. Members take vows of poverty, chastity, and obedience, the evangelical counsels commonly vowed in religious life, and, in addition, vows of service.[10]

They continue to participate in the life of the surrounding community. In keeping with their mission of serving the poor and needy, many sisters engage in teaching, medical care, and community programs. The organization is active in lobbying and politics.

Constitution edit

The Sisters of Mercy are constituted as religious and charitable organizations in a number of countries. Mercy International Association is a registered charity in Ireland.[11]

Controversies edit

Main articles: Abuse scandal in the Sisters of Mercy and Magdalene laundries in Ireland

In 1869 Sister of Mercy Susan Saurin brought suit against her superiors accusing them of bullying, assault and imprisonment, and claiming £5,000 in damages. The "Great Convent Case" opened at Westminster Hall with heightened press interest given Victorian antipathy to all things Catholic.[12] The Daily Telegraph made a special publication on the "Inner Life of the Hull Nunnery Exposed" to cover the trial.[13] Saurin won her case and was awarded fifty pounds in damages.[14]

In May 2009, the institute was among four religious congregations for women that have come under scrutiny and criticism for their part in running Magdalene laundries in decades past, where women were brought by the state or their families for being unmarried and pregnant, or for other reasons. The report found that girls supervised by congregations or orders, chiefly the Sisters of Mercy, suffered much less sexual abuse but instead endured frequent assaults and humiliation.[15]

The Mercy Sisters have noted they were not compensated for caring for the women and that the laundries were not profit-making ventures. "We acknowledge fully the limitations of the service we provided for these women when compared with today's standards and sincerely wish that it could have been different. We trust that the implications of the changed context are understood by the wider society."[16]

In 2011, as part of their Sculpture Trail initiative, the Ennis Tidy Towns Committee erected a statue at the site of the old St. Xavier's Primary School, now the Clare Museum.[17] Created by Barry Wrafter, it was commissioned to celebrate the work of the Sisters of Mercy since their coming to the town in 1854.[18]

Schools founded or run by Sisters of Mercy edit

Australia edit

Canada edit

  • Academy of Our Lady of Mercy, St. John's, Newfoundland
  • St. Augustine's Elementary School, St. John's, Newfoundland
  • St. Bride's College, St. John's, Newfoundland

Ireland edit

Jamaica edit

New Zealand edit

In 1849 Bishop Pompallier visited St Leo's Convent in Carlow, Ireland, seeking sisters to emigrate; eight left from St Leo's, led by Mother Mary Cecilia. They travelled to New Zealand, learning Māori along the way, establishing the Sisters of Mercy in Auckland as the first female religious community in New Zealand in 1850.[22][23]

Philippines edit

  • Holy Infant College, Tacloban City
  • Assumption Academy, Tanauan, Leyte
  • Cathedral School of La Naval, Naval, Biliran
  • Holy Cross High School, Camp Philips, Bukidnon

United Kingdom edit

United States edit

Hospitals and healthcare work edit

Australia edit

Canada edit

  • St.Clare's Mercy Hospital, St. John's

Ireland edit

Philippines edit

  • Mother of Mercy Hospital, Tacloban

Sisters of Mercy of the Americas edit

Michael O'Connor was born in Cobh, Ireland. In June 1841, O'Connor was appointed Vicar General of Western Pennsylvania, and two years later, Bishop of the newly constituted Diocese of Pittsburgh. He traveled to Rome for his consecration and on his return, stopped in Ireland to recruit clergy for his new diocese, obtaining eight seminarians from St. Patrick's College, Maynooth, and seven Sisters of Mercy from Carlow, Ireland. The sisters arrived in Pittsburgh in December 1843, with Frances Warde as superior.[32] Mercy Hospital in Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania opened 1898.[33]

In 1858, Mother Mary Teresa Maher led a group of ten Sisters of Mercy to Cincinnati from Kinsale, Ireland.[34] In 1892, the eleven Sisters of Mercy came to Cincinnati at the invitation of Archbishop John Baptist Purcell. They soon opened a Night School for Young Women. Mercy Hospital in Hamilton, Ohio was founded in 1892. Mother of Mercy High School was founded in 1915. They also direct Bethany House Services for homeless women and children.[35]

By the 1920s there were 39 separate Sisters of Mercy congregations across the United States and Latin America. In 1929 the "Sisters of Mercy of the Union" was founded, merging many of the congregations into one single entity with nine provinces. Seventeen communities remained independent. A federation of all the Mercy congregations was formed and in the 1970s, a common constitution was developed. Further work toward consolidation continued, and in July 1991, the "Sisters of Mercy of the Americas" was established. In December 2018, the sisters marked 175 years in the United States.[16]

In July 2017 "Mercy Education System of the Americas" (MESA) was formally established to unite and serve the Mercy education ministries in Argentina, Belize, Guam, Honduras, Jamaica, the Philippines and the United States.[36]

The Religious Sisters of Mercy of Alma are a separate congregation of women religious. They developed from the Sisters of Mercy, and were established as an institute of pontifical right in 1973.[37]

Education edit

Secondary schools edit

Colleges and universities edit

Defunct edit

Belize edit

  • St. Catherine Academy, Belize City
  • Muffles College (Secondary School in Orange Walk Town)
  • Muffles Junior College (Associate degree-offering institution)

Honduras edit

  • Instituto María Regina (La Ceiba, Honduras)

Healthcare edit

The Sisters founded dozens of hospitals in the United States,[39] and sponsors, or co-sponsors, six health systems. The organization also operates health care ministries in Belize, Guam, Guyana, Peru and the Philippines.[16]

In 1892, they founded Mercy Hospital in Hamilton, Ohio. "With lots of heavy industry in Hamilton at the time, there was a lot of need for emergency care for accident victims."[40]

In 1893, they founded Mercy Hospital in Des Moines, Iowa[41]

In 1916, the Sisters of Mercy established Sisters of Mercy's St. Joseph's Sanitarium, in Asheville, North Carolina, to treat tuberculosis patients, which later became St. Joseph's Hospital. In 1998, St. Joseph's Hospital was sold to Memorial Mission Hospital. The Sisters continue to operate urgent care centers in the Asheville area, under the name Sisters of Mercy Urgent Care.[42]

Mercy Health is an nonprofit Catholic healthcare organization in the Midwestern United States, and is headquartered in the suburban western St. Louis County suburb of Chesterfield, Missouri.

Healthcare systems edit

Healthcare systems sponsored by, co-sponsored by, or with historical ties to the Sisters of Mercy of the Americas include:[43]

See also edit

References edit

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  2. ^ Austin, Mary Stanislas. "Mary Francis Xavier Warde." The Catholic Encyclopedia Vol. 15. New York: Robert Appleton Company, 1912. 30 January 2020  This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.
  3. ^ "Our History". Sistersofmercy.org. Retrieved 4 November 2021.
  4. ^ a b Evelyn Bolster, RSM, 1964. The Sisters of Mercy in the Crimean War. Cork: The Mercier Press.
  5. ^ "Beginnings of the Order – Institute of Our Lady of Mercy". Ourladyofmercy.org.uk. Retrieved 4 November 2021.
  6. ^ Conley, Patrick T. "When Rhode Island Received Mercy". Online Review of Rhode Island History. Retrieved 17 September 2022.
  7. ^ Taonga, New Zealand Ministry for Culture and Heritage Te Manatu. "Dickson, Mary Bernard". teara.govt.nz. Retrieved 30 January 2023.
  8. ^ "The Story of the Sisters of Mercy, South Africa" (PDF). Sisters of Mercy. Retrieved 14 March 2020.
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  10. ^ "About us". Sistersofmercy.org. Retrieved 4 November 2021.
  11. ^ Registered Charity no. CHY 10078.
  12. ^ Arnstein, Walter L., Protestant Versus Catholic in Mid-Victorian England (London: University of Missouri Press, 1982), pp. 3-4 ISBN 978-0826203540
  13. ^ SAURIN, Susannah Mary; STAR, Mary Ann (1869). The Inner Life of the Hull Nunnery exposed ... being a full report of the great trial, Saurin v. Starr and another ... reprinted from the London Daily Telegraph. London, Manchester [printed. OCLC 503732394.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link)
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  15. ^ McDonald, Henry; correspondent, Ireland (20 May 2009). "'Endemic' rape and abuse of Irish children in Catholic care, inquiry finds". Theguardian.com. Retrieved 27 September 2017.
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  19. ^ "PATRICK'S COLLEGE AUSTRALIA". Pca.edu.au. Retrieved 4 November 2021.
  20. ^ "History".
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  22. ^ Delany, Veronica. "Mary Cecilia Maher". Dictionary of New Zealand Biography. Ministry for Culture and Heritage. Retrieved 23 April 2017.
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  27. ^ "Mount Aloysius College - Private Liberal Arts School in Pennsylvania". Mtaloy.edu. Retrieved 4 November 2021.
  28. ^ "Mercyhurst University". Mercyhurst.edu. Retrieved 4 November 2021.
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  31. ^ https://www.usj.edu/about/usj-history/
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  36. ^ "MESA". Mercyedu.org. Retrieved 4 November 2021.
  37. ^ "Our History". Religious Sisters of Mercy of Alma, Michigan. Retrieved 4 June 2023.
  38. ^ "Mount Mercy Academy". Mtmercy.org. Retrieved 23 April 2014.
  39. ^ (PDF). Sistersofmercy.org. Archived from the original (PDF) on 7 August 2020. Retrieved 4 November 2021.
  40. ^ Rutledge, Mike. "Mercy won't erect sculpture in Hamilton; historic marker instead". Journal-news. Retrieved 4 November 2021.
  41. ^ "MISC: ORPHANAGES OF IOWA : Historical Directory" (TXT). Files.usgwarchives.net. Retrieved 4 November 2021.
  42. ^ "Asheville, Sisters of Mercy Uncover Pieces of Their History, Celebrate Mercy Week". Asheville.com. Retrieved 22 March 2020.
  43. ^ "Catholic Healthcare: Mercy Hospitals & Other Ministries". Sisters of Mercy. Retrieved 16 October 2021.

  This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Herbermann, Charles, ed. (1913). "Sisters of Mercy". Catholic Encyclopedia. New York: Robert Appleton Company.

Further reading edit

  • Connolly, Mary Beth Fraser. Women of Faith: The Chicago Sisters of Mercy and the Evolution of a Religious Community (Oxford University Press, 2014)
  • Herron, Mary Eulalia (Sr.). The Sisters Of Mercy In The United States 1843-1928, (The Macmillan Company, 1929)

External links edit

  • Official website  

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For the rock band see the Sisters of Mercy For the song by Leonard Cohen see Songs of Leonard Cohen The Sisters of Mercy is a religious institute for women in the Roman Catholic Church It was founded in 1831 in Dublin Ireland by Catherine McAuley As of 2019 the institute has about 6200 sisters worldwide organized into a number of independent congregations They also started many education and health care facilities around the world Sisters of MercyMother Catherine McAuley foundress of the Religious Sisters of MercyAbbreviationRSMFormation12 December 1831 192 years ago 12 December 1831 Founded atDublin IrelandTypeReligious congregationMembers11 000LeaderCatherine McAuleyWebsitewww wbr mercyworld wbr org Contents 1 History 1 1 Founding 1 2 Expansion 1 3 Crimean War 1 4 Boer War 2 Mercy International Association 3 Vows and activities 4 Constitution 5 Controversies 6 Schools founded or run by Sisters of Mercy 6 1 Australia 6 2 Canada 6 3 Ireland 6 4 Jamaica 6 5 New Zealand 6 6 Philippines 6 7 United Kingdom 6 8 United States 7 Hospitals and healthcare work 7 1 Australia 7 2 Canada 7 3 Ireland 7 4 Philippines 8 Sisters of Mercy of the Americas 8 1 Education 8 1 1 Secondary schools 8 1 2 Colleges and universities 8 1 3 Defunct 8 1 4 Belize 8 1 5 Honduras 8 2 Healthcare 8 3 Healthcare systems 9 See also 10 References 11 Further reading 12 External linksHistory editMain article Catherine McAuley Founding edit The Congregation of the Sisters of Mercy began when Catherine McAuley used an inheritance to build a large house on Baggot Street Dublin as a school for poor girls and a shelter for homeless servant girls and women She was assisted in the works of the house by local women There was no idea then of founding a religious institution McAuley s plan was to establish a society of secular ladies who would spend a few hours daily in instructing the poor Gradually the ladies adopted a black dress and cape of the same material reaching to the belt a white collar and a lace cap and veil In 1828 Archbishop Daniel Murray advised Miss McAuley to choose some name by which the little group might be known and she chose that of Sisters of Mercy having the design of making the works of mercy the distinctive feature of the institute She was moreover desirous that the members should combine with the silence and prayer of the Carmelite the active labors of a Sister of Charity The position of the institute was anomalous its members were not bound by vows nor were they under a particular rule Archbishop Murray asked the Sisters of Mercy to declare their intentions as to the future of their institute whether it was to be classed as a religious congregation or to become secularized The associates unanimously decided to become religious It was deemed better to have this congregation unconnected with any already existing community 1 On the Octave of the Ascension 1829 the archbishop blessed the chapel of the institution and dedicated it to Our Lady of Mercy This combination of the contemplative and the active life necessary for the duties of the congregation called forth so much opposition that it seemed as though the community now numbering twelve must disband but it was settled that several of the sisters should make their novitiates in some approved religious house and after their profession return to the institute to train the others to religious life The Presentation Sisters whose rule was based on the Rule of St Augustine seemed best adapted for the training of the first novices of the new congregation and Miss McAuley Miss Elizabeth Harley and Miss Anna Maria Doyle began their novitiate at George s Hill Dublin on 8 September 1830 1 While they were in training Miss Frances Warde managed the affairs of the Baggot Street house 2 On 12 December 1831 Catherine McAuley Mary Ann Doyle and Mary Elizabeth Harley professed their religious vows as the first Sisters of Mercy thereby founding the congregation In 1839 Mary Francis Bridgeman professed her vows and joined the congregation Expansion edit nbsp Mercy Convent Templemore County TipperaryIn the 10 years between the founding and her death on 11 November 1841 McAuley had established additional independent foundations in Ireland and England 3 Tullamore 1836 Charleville 1836 Carlow 1837 Cork 1837 Limerick 1838 Bermondsey London 1839 Galway 1840 Birr 1840 and St Mary s Convent Birmingham 1841 as well as branch houses of the Dublin community in Kingstown 1835 and Booterstown 1838 The Sisters offered free schools for the poor academies for the daughters of the rising middle class and houses of mercy providing shelter for poor youth and women in Dublin and other cities who were in danger of being exploited They were called upon by bishops in several major epidemics of cholera to nurse people in homes and in the public hospitals 4 Their services were in much demand McAuley opened the first Convent of Mercy in England at Bermondsey on 19 November 1839 for the education of children and the visitation of the poor sick and needy Mother Mary Clare Moore was appointed Superior The convent was designed in the Gothic Style by Augustus Pugin his first purpose designed religious community building It was destroyed during World War II 5 In May 1842 at the request of Bishop Fleming a small colony of Sisters of Mercy crossed the Atlantic to found the congregation at St John s Newfoundland In 1846 the sisters arrived in Perth Australia In the United States the first community of Sisters of Mercy was established in Pittsburgh Pennsylvania in 1843 followed by Providence Rhode Island in 1851 6 Sisters from Limerick opened a house in Glasgow in 1849 and a band from Carlow Irland arrived in New Zealand in 1850 In 1860 St Catharine s Convent was founded in Edinburgh and in 1868 the English community established houses in Shrewsbury and on the island of Guernsey 1 Crimean War edit With the London Times reporting appalling conditions at the front the War Office appealed for volunteer nurses On 14 October 1854 Bishop Thomas Grant of Southwark approached the Sisters at Bermondsey 4 Together with other nuns six Bermondsey Sisters of Mercy including Mary Bernard Dickson travelled to Crimea to work under Nightingale 7 Boer War edit At the request of the bishop of Mahikeng Dr Anthony Gaughran sisters came to South Africa to found convents there Mother Superior Teresa Cowley led a group from the convent in Strabane with the group acting as nurses to the military during the siege of Mahikeng 8 Mercy International Association editIn 1992 leaders of the various congregations formed the Mercy International Association to foster collaboration and cooperation The Mercy International Centre is located in Dublin Members of the Association are Sisters of Mercy of the Americas Institute of the Sisters of Mercy of Australia Sisters of Mercy of Great Britain Congregation of the Sisters of Mercy Ireland Nga Whaea Atawhai o Aotearoa Sisters of Mercy New Zealand Sisters of Mercy of Newfoundland Religious Sisters of Mercy Philippines 9 Vows and activities editSisters of Mercy is an international community of Roman Catholic women religious vowed to serve people who suffer from poverty sickness and lack of education with a special concern for women and children Members take vows of poverty chastity and obedience the evangelical counsels commonly vowed in religious life and in addition vows of service 10 They continue to participate in the life of the surrounding community In keeping with their mission of serving the poor and needy many sisters engage in teaching medical care and community programs The organization is active in lobbying and politics Constitution editThe Sisters of Mercy are constituted as religious and charitable organizations in a number of countries Mercy International Association is a registered charity in Ireland 11 Controversies editMain articles Abuse scandal in the Sisters of Mercy and Magdalene laundries in Ireland In 1869 Sister of Mercy Susan Saurin brought suit against her superiors accusing them of bullying assault and imprisonment and claiming 5 000 in damages The Great Convent Case opened at Westminster Hall with heightened press interest given Victorian antipathy to all things Catholic 12 The Daily Telegraph made a special publication on the Inner Life of the Hull Nunnery Exposed to cover the trial 13 Saurin won her case and was awarded fifty pounds in damages 14 In May 2009 the institute was among four religious congregations for women that have come under scrutiny and criticism for their part in running Magdalene laundries in decades past where women were brought by the state or their families for being unmarried and pregnant or for other reasons The report found that girls supervised by congregations or orders chiefly the Sisters of Mercy suffered much less sexual abuse but instead endured frequent assaults and humiliation 15 The Mercy Sisters have noted they were not compensated for caring for the women and that the laundries were not profit making ventures We acknowledge fully the limitations of the service we provided for these women when compared with today s standards and sincerely wish that it could have been different We trust that the implications of the changed context are understood by the wider society 16 In 2011 as part of their Sculpture Trail initiative the Ennis Tidy Towns Committee erected a statue at the site of the old St Xavier s Primary School now the Clare Museum 17 Created by Barry Wrafter it was commissioned to celebrate the work of the Sisters of Mercy since their coming to the town in 1854 18 Schools founded or run by Sisters of Mercy editAustralia edit Academy of Mary Immaculate Fitzroy Victoria All Hallows School Brisbane Queensland Aranmore Catholic College Leederville Western Australia Bunbury Catholic College Bunbury Western Australia Catherine McAuley College Bendigo Victoria Catherine McAuley School Westmead New South Wales Damascus College Ballarat Victoria Holy Cross Primary School Wooloowin Queensland Holy Spirit Primary School North Ryde New South Wales Mercedes College Adelaide South Australia Mercedes College Perth Western Australia Mercy College Coburg Victoria Mercy College Koondoola Western Australia Monte Sant Angelo Mercy College North Sydney New South Wales Mount Lilydale Mercy College Lilydale Victoria Our Lady of Lourdes Dardanup Western Australia Our Lady of Lourdes Earlwood New South Wales Our Lady of Mercy College Heidelberg Victoria Our Lady of Mercy College Parramatta New South Wales Our Lady of the Sacred Heart Catholic Primary School Springsure Queensland Padua College Mornington Victoria Patrick s College Australia Sydney New South Wales 19 Sacred Heart College Kyneton Victoria Sacred Heart College Geelong Victoria Santa Maria College Attadale Western Australia St Ann s College Victoria amalgamated in 1991 to form Emmanuel College Warrnambool Victoria St Aloysius College Adelaide 20 St Aloysius College Melbourne Victoria St Anthony s Girraween New South Wales St Augustine s Catholic Primary School Mossman Queensland St Brigid s College Lesmurdie Western Australia St Mary s College Gunnedah New South Wales St John s Catholic Primary School Cobar New South Wales St Joseph s Catholic Primary School Mackay Queensland 21 St Mary s College Erskineville Sydney New South Wales St Patrick s College Townsville Queensland St Patricks Primary School Wallsend New South Wales St Saviour s College Toowoomba Queensland St Saviour s Primary School Toowoomba Queensland Star of the Sea School Adelaide South Australia Ursula Frayne Catholic College Perth Western Australia Canada edit Academy of Our Lady of Mercy St John s Newfoundland St Augustine s Elementary School St John s Newfoundland St Bride s College St John s NewfoundlandIreland edit Carysfort College Dublin Colaiste Iosagain County Dublin Colaiste Muire Ennis County Clare Convent of Mercy Ballymahon County Longford Convent of Mercy Navan County Meath Convent of Mercy Templemore County Tipperary Convent of Mercy Roscommon County Roscommon Mary Immaculate College Limerick Mercy Secondary School Mounthawk Tralee County Kerry Mount Mercy College Cork City Cork Mount Saint Michael Rosscarbery County Cork Mount Saint Michael s Secondary School County Mayo Our Lady of Mercy Secondary School Longford Our Lady of Mercy Secondary School Waterford Sacred Heart Secondary School Clonakilty County Cork Sacred Heart Secondary School Tullamore County Offaly Sacred Heart Secondary School County Louth Sancta Maria College Ballyroan Dublin Scoil an Spioraid Naoimh County Cork Scoil Mhuire Buncrana St Anne s Technical School Kilcormac County Offaly St Augustine s Industrial School for Girls Templemore County Tipperary Our Lady s Secondary School Castleblayney County Monaghan St Joseph s National School Tullamore County Offaly St Joseph s Secondary School Tulla County Clare St Joseph s Secondary School Rochfortbridge County Westmeath St Leo s College Carlow St Mary s College Arklow County Wicklow St Mary s College Naas County Kildare St Mary s Secondary School Ballina County Mayo St Mary s Secondary School Macroom County Cork St Mary s Secondary School Charleville County Cork St Raphael s College Loughrea County Galway St Vincent s Secondary School Dundalk County Louth Mercy Secondary School Kilbeggan County Westmeath Jamaica edit Convent of Mercy Alpha Academy Kingston St John Bosco Boys Home Mandeville Mount Saint Joseph Preparatory School MandevilleNew Zealand edit In 1849 Bishop Pompallier visited St Leo s Convent in Carlow Ireland seeking sisters to emigrate eight left from St Leo s led by Mother Mary Cecilia They travelled to New Zealand learning Maori along the way establishing the Sisters of Mercy in Auckland as the first female religious community in New Zealand in 1850 22 23 Carmel College Milford Auckland Holy Cross School Papatoetoe Auckland 24 Moreau College Dunedin McAuley High School Ōtahuhu Auckland Our Lady of the Sacred Heart School Epsom Auckland Pompallier Catholic School Kaitaia Sacred Heart Cathedral School Thorndon Wellington St Bernard s School Wellington St Catherine s College Wellington St Josephs School Takapuna Auckland St Mary s College Auckland St Mary s College Christchurch St Mary s College Wellington St Mary s School Avondale Auckland St Mary s in the City Primary School Christchurch St Mary s Primary School Gore St Peter s College Gore St Philomena s College Dunedin Villa Maria College Christchurch Philippines edit Holy Infant College Tacloban City Assumption Academy Tanauan Leyte Cathedral School of La Naval Naval Biliran Holy Cross High School Camp Philips BukidnonUnited Kingdom edit Broughton Hall High School Liverpool Maricourt Catholic High School Maghull Mount Lourdes Grammar School Enniskillen County Fermanagh Our Lady s Abingdon Abingdon on Thames Our Lady s Grammar School Newry County Down Northern Ireland Star of the Sea Primary School Warrenpoint County Down Northern Ireland St Anthony s Girls Catholic Academy Sunderland St Catherine s School Twickenham St Edward s Lisson Grove Marylebone London St Eugene s Senior School Francis Street Derry Northern Ireland St Eugene s Infant School Francis Street Derry Northern Ireland Thornhill College Culmore County Londonderry Northern Ireland St Fanchea s College Enniskillen County Fermanagh Northern Ireland St Joseph s Convent Preparatory School Gravesend Kent St Joseph s Primary School Newry County Down Northern Ireland St Joseph s Convent School Crackley Kenilworth Warwickshire St Joseph s Convent School Wanstead St Joseph s in the Park Hertingfordbury Park Hertford Hertfordshire St Mary s College Derry Northern Ireland 25 St Joseph s Park Hill School Burnley St Patrick s School Wolverhampton 26 Wolverhampton St Philip Howard Catholic Primary School Hatfield St Thomas of Aquin s High School Edinburgh Scotland St Ursula s School Bristol St Winefride s School Shrewsbury The McAuley Catholic High School Doncaster United States edit Holy Family Holy Name School New Bedford Massachusetts Mount Aloysius College Cresson Pennsylvania 27 Mount Mercy University Cedar Rapids Iowa Immaculate Conception Cathedral School Memphis Tennessee Mercyhurst University Erie Pennsylvania 28 Little Flower School Reno Nevada 29 Mount de Sales Academy Georgia Macon Georgia 30 Saint Xavier University Chicago Illinois St Vincent s Academy Savannah Georgia Maria College Albany New York Mount Mercy Academy Buffalo New York Mount Saint Mary Academy Manchester New Hampshire Notre Dame High School Lawrenceville New Jersey St Mary Academy Bay View Riverside Rhode Island Our Lady of Mercy School for Young Women Rochester New York Merion Mercy Academy Merion Station Pennsylvania Misericordia University Dallas Pennsylvania Gwynedd Mercy University Gwynedd Valley Pennsylvania Mount Saint Mary Academy Watchung New Jersey Mercymount Country Day School Cumberland Rhode Island Carlow University Pittsburgh Pennsylvania University of Saint Joseph West Hartford Connecticut 31 Salve Regina University Newport Rhode Island St Peter s Catholic School San Francisco California Mother McAuley Liberal Arts High School Chicago Illinois Assumption High School Louisville Kentucky Mercy Academy Louisville Kentucky Little Flower School Brooklyn New York Catherine McAuley High School for Girls Brooklyn New York Notre Dame High School Elmira New York Walsingham Academy Williamsburg Virginia Georgian Court University Lakewood New JerseyHospitals and healthcare work editAustralia edit Mater Misericordiae Hospital Brisbane Mater Misericordiae Hospital Bundaberg Mater Misericordiae Hospital Gladstone Mater Misericordiae Hospital Mackay Mater Misericordiae Hospital Rockhampton Mater Misericordiae Hospital Townsville Mater Misericordiae Hospital North SydneyCanada edit St Clare s Mercy Hospital St John sIreland edit Mater Misericordiae University Hospital Dublin National Rehabilitation Hospital Dublin Philippines edit Mother of Mercy Hospital TaclobanSisters of Mercy of the Americas editMichael O Connor was born in Cobh Ireland In June 1841 O Connor was appointed Vicar General of Western Pennsylvania and two years later Bishop of the newly constituted Diocese of Pittsburgh He traveled to Rome for his consecration and on his return stopped in Ireland to recruit clergy for his new diocese obtaining eight seminarians from St Patrick s College Maynooth and seven Sisters of Mercy from Carlow Ireland The sisters arrived in Pittsburgh in December 1843 with Frances Warde as superior 32 Mercy Hospital in Wilkes Barre Pennsylvania opened 1898 33 In 1858 Mother Mary Teresa Maher led a group of ten Sisters of Mercy to Cincinnati from Kinsale Ireland 34 In 1892 the eleven Sisters of Mercy came to Cincinnati at the invitation of Archbishop John Baptist Purcell They soon opened a Night School for Young Women Mercy Hospital in Hamilton Ohio was founded in 1892 Mother of Mercy High School was founded in 1915 They also direct Bethany House Services for homeless women and children 35 By the 1920s there were 39 separate Sisters of Mercy congregations across the United States and Latin America In 1929 the Sisters of Mercy of the Union was founded merging many of the congregations into one single entity with nine provinces Seventeen communities remained independent A federation of all the Mercy congregations was formed and in the 1970s a common constitution was developed Further work toward consolidation continued and in July 1991 the Sisters of Mercy of the Americas was established In December 2018 the sisters marked 175 years in the United States 16 In July 2017 Mercy Education System of the Americas MESA was formally established to unite and serve the Mercy education ministries in Argentina Belize Guam Honduras Jamaica the Philippines and the United States 36 The Religious Sisters of Mercy of Alma are a separate congregation of women religious They developed from the Sisters of Mercy and were established as an institute of pontifical right in 1973 37 Education edit Christ the Teacher Catholic School Newark Delaware Gwynedd Mercy Academy Elementary Spring House PA Mount Saint Mary High School Oklahoma City Oklahoma Mater Christi School Burlington Vermont Mercymount Country Day School Cumberland Rhode Island Our Lady of Mercy Hicksville New York Our Lady of Mount Carmel Regional School Berlin New Jersey Saint Helena School pre kindergarten to eight grade Center Square Pennsylvania Saint John the Baptist elementary school kindergarten to eighth grade New Bedford Massachusetts Saint Johns Catholic School kindergarten to eighth grade Collingswood NJ St Vincent de Paul elementary school kindergarten to eighth grade San Diego California Saint John The Apostle elementary school kindergarten to eighth grade Hialeah Florida Mother McAuley Liberal Arts High School Chicago Illinois Waldron Mercy Academy Merion Station Pennsylvania Secondary schools edit Academy of Our Lady of Mercy Lauralton Hall Milford Connecticut Assumption High School Louisville Kentucky Bishop Feehan High School Attleboro Massachusetts Bishop McGann Mercy Diocesan High School Riverhead New York Camden Catholic High School Cherry Hill NJ Catherine McAuley High School Brooklyn New York Cristo Rey High School Sacramento California co sponsored with the California Province of the Society of Jesus Gwynedd Mercy Academy High School Lower Gwynedd Township Pennsylvania Marquette High School Ottawa Illinois originally St Xavier s Academy McAuley Catholic High School Joplin Missouri Mercy Academy Louisville Kentucky Mercy High School Baltimore Maryland Mercy High School Burlingame California Mercy High School Farmington Hills Michigan Mercy High School Middletown Connecticut Mercy High School Omaha Nebraska Mercy High School Red Bluff California Mercy High School San Francisco California Mercy McAuley High School Cincinnati Ohio Mercy Montessori Center Cincinnati Ohio Mercyhurst Preparatory School Erie Pennsylvania Mercymount Country Day School Cumberland Rhode Island Merion Mercy Academy Merion Station Pennsylvania Mother McAuley Liberal Arts High School Chicago Illinois Mount de Sales Academy Macon Georgia Mount Mercy Academy Buffalo New York 38 Mount St Mary Academy Little Rock Arkansas Mount Saint Mary Academy Watchung New Jersey Mount St Mary High School Oklahoma Notre Dame High School Lawrenceville New Jersey Our Lady of Mercy Academy Syosset New York Our Lady of Mercy High School Rochester New York Our Lady of Victory Academy Dobbs Ferry New York Sacred Heart School Jacksonville Florida Sacred Heart School Hattiesburg Mississippi Saint Bernard Academy Nashville Tennessee St Mary Academy Bay View East Providence Rhode Island Saint Raymond of Penafort Philadelphia Pennsylvania St Catharine Academy Bronx New York Saint Stephen School San Francisco California St Vincent s Academy Savannah Georgia Sisters Academy Asbury Park New Jersey Walsingham Academy Williamsburg Virginia Colleges and universities edit Carlow University Pittsburgh Pennsylvania College of St Mary Omaha Nebraska Georgian Court University Lakewood New Jersey Gwynedd Mercy University Gwynedd Valley Pennsylvania Maria College Albany New York Marian Court College Swampscott Massachusetts Mercy College Dobbs Ferry New York Mercy College of Ohio Toledo Ohio Mercy School of Health Sciences Des Moines Iowa Mercyhurst University Erie Pennsylvania Misericordia University Dallas Pennsylvania Mount Aloysius College Cresson Pennsylvania Mount Mercy University Cedar Rapids Iowa Saint Joseph s College of Maine Standish Maine Saint Xavier University Chicago Illinois Salve Regina University Newport Rhode Island Trocaire College Buffalo New York University of Detroit Mercy Detroit Michigan previously Mercy College of Detroit University co sponsored with Society of Jesus University of Saint Joseph West Hartford Connecticut Defunct edit Catherine McAuley High School Portland Maine Mercy High School St Louis Missouri Mother of Mercy High School Cincinnati Ohio Mount Saint Agnes College merged with Loyola University Maryland Mount Saint Mary s Seminary High School merged with Bishop Guertin High School Nashua NH St Francis Xavier Academy 1851 1977 Providence Rhode Island Trinity College merged with University of Vermont Burlington VT McAuley High School Toledo Ohio Precious Blood Grade School Chicago Illinois Belize edit St Catherine Academy Belize City Muffles College Secondary School in Orange Walk Town Muffles Junior College Associate degree offering institution Honduras edit Instituto Maria Regina La Ceiba Honduras Healthcare edit The Sisters founded dozens of hospitals in the United States 39 and sponsors or co sponsors six health systems The organization also operates health care ministries in Belize Guam Guyana Peru and the Philippines 16 In 1892 they founded Mercy Hospital in Hamilton Ohio With lots of heavy industry in Hamilton at the time there was a lot of need for emergency care for accident victims 40 In 1893 they founded Mercy Hospital in Des Moines Iowa 41 In 1916 the Sisters of Mercy established Sisters of Mercy s St Joseph s Sanitarium in Asheville North Carolina to treat tuberculosis patients which later became St Joseph s Hospital In 1998 St Joseph s Hospital was sold to Memorial Mission Hospital The Sisters continue to operate urgent care centers in the Asheville area under the name Sisters of Mercy Urgent Care 42 Mercy Health is an nonprofit Catholic healthcare organization in the Midwestern United States and is headquartered in the suburban western St Louis County suburb of Chesterfield Missouri Healthcare systems edit Healthcare systems sponsored by co sponsored by or with historical ties to the Sisters of Mercy of the Americas include 43 AMITA Health Mercy St Louis Missouri Mercy Cedar Rapids Cedar Rapids Iowa Mercy Iowa City Iowa City Iowa Mercy Medical Center Baltimore Maryland Mercy Hospital Oklahoma City Oklahoma Mercy Urgent Care Asheville North Carolina Northern Light Mercy Hospital Portland Maine Scripps Mercy Hospital San Diego St Joseph s Candler Health System Savannah Trinity Health Catholic Health Buffalo Holy Cross Hospital Fort Lauderdale UPMC Mercy PittsburghSee also editMagdalen Asylum Nora WallReferences edit a b c Austin Mary Stanislas Sisters of Mercy The Catholic Encyclopedia Vol 10 New York Robert Appleton Company 1911 2 October 2015 nbsp This article incorporates text from this source which is in the public domain Austin Mary Stanislas Mary Francis Xavier Warde The Catholic Encyclopedia Vol 15 New York Robert Appleton Company 1912 30 January 2020 nbsp This article incorporates text from this source which is in the public domain Our History Sistersofmercy org Retrieved 4 November 2021 a b Evelyn Bolster RSM 1964 The Sisters of Mercy in the Crimean War Cork The Mercier Press Beginnings of the Order Institute of Our Lady of Mercy Ourladyofmercy org uk Retrieved 4 November 2021 Conley Patrick T When Rhode Island Received Mercy Online Review of Rhode Island History Retrieved 17 September 2022 Taonga New Zealand Ministry for Culture and Heritage Te Manatu Dickson Mary Bernard teara govt nz Retrieved 30 January 2023 The Story of the Sisters of Mercy South Africa PDF Sisters of Mercy Retrieved 14 March 2020 Mercy International Association Sistersofmercy org Retrieved 4 November 2021 About us Sistersofmercy org Retrieved 4 November 2021 Registered Charity no CHY 10078 Arnstein Walter L Protestant Versus Catholic in Mid Victorian England London University of Missouri Press 1982 pp 3 4 ISBN 978 0826203540 SAURIN Susannah Mary STAR Mary Ann 1869 The Inner Life of the Hull Nunnery exposed being a full report of the great trial Saurin v Starr and another reprinted from the London Daily Telegraph London Manchester printed OCLC 503732394 a href Template Cite book html title Template Cite book cite book a CS1 maint location missing publisher link The great convent scandal that transfixed Victorian England Catholic Herald 30 May 2019 Retrieved 27 August 2020 McDonald Henry correspondent Ireland 20 May 2009 Endemic rape and abuse of Irish children in Catholic care inquiry finds Theguardian com Retrieved 27 September 2017 a b c McAuley s legacy Sisters of Mercy of the Americas celebrate 175 years in US Globalsistersreport org 20 December 2018 Retrieved 4 November 2021 Clare Museum Background Clarelibrary ie Retrieved 4 November 2021 Sisters Of Mercy Sculpture Arthurs Row Ennis Ennistidytowns com Retrieved 4 November 2021 PATRICK S COLLEGE AUSTRALIA Pca edu au Retrieved 4 November 2021 History Our History St Joseph s Catholic Primary School North Mackay sjnmrok catholic edu Catholic Education Diocese of Rockhampton Delany Veronica Mary Cecilia Maher Dictionary of New Zealand Biography Ministry for Culture and Heritage Retrieved 23 April 2017 Sisters of Mercy New Zealand Auckland 1850 A Voyage Made Only for God Sistersofmercy org nz Archived from the original on 28 January 2019 Retrieved 27 April 2014 Holy Cross School Papatoetoe Hcsp school nz Retrieved 23 April 2014 St Mary s College Together we will shape your future Stmarysderry com Retrieved 4 November 2021 Black Country History Blackcountryhistory org Retrieved 27 September 2017 Mount Aloysius College Private Liberal Arts School in Pennsylvania Mtaloy edu Retrieved 4 November 2021 Mercyhurst University Mercyhurst edu Retrieved 4 November 2021 School History Little Flower School Archived from the original on 28 January 2021 Retrieved 4 November 2021 Our History Mountdesales net Retrieved 4 November 2021 https www usj edu about usj history Canevin Regis Pittsburgh The Catholic Encyclopedia Vol 12 New York Robert Appleton Company 1911 26 July 2019 nbsp This article incorporates text from this source which is in the public domain The sisters of Mercy The Catholic Light PDF Mercymidatlantic org 29 January 2015 p 4 Retrieved 4 November 2021 Sisters of Mercy in Cincinnati Digital libraries uc edu Retrieved 4 November 2021 Brink Carolyn Sisters of Mercy of the Americas July 16 2012 Cincinnativocations org Retrieved 4 November 2021 MESA Mercyedu org Retrieved 4 November 2021 Our History Religious Sisters of Mercy of Alma Michigan Retrieved 4 June 2023 Mount Mercy Academy Mtmercy org Retrieved 23 April 2014 XXX PDF Sistersofmercy org Archived from the original PDF on 7 August 2020 Retrieved 4 November 2021 Rutledge Mike Mercy won t erect sculpture in Hamilton historic marker instead Journal news Retrieved 4 November 2021 MISC ORPHANAGES OF IOWA Historical Directory TXT Files usgwarchives net Retrieved 4 November 2021 Asheville Sisters of Mercy Uncover Pieces of Their History Celebrate Mercy Week Asheville com Retrieved 22 March 2020 Catholic Healthcare Mercy Hospitals amp Other Ministries Sisters of Mercy Retrieved 16 October 2021 nbsp This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain Herbermann Charles ed 1913 Sisters of Mercy Catholic Encyclopedia New York Robert Appleton Company Further reading editConnolly Mary Beth Fraser Women of Faith The Chicago Sisters of Mercy and the Evolution of a Religious Community Oxford University Press 2014 Herron Mary Eulalia Sr The Sisters Of Mercy In The United States 1843 1928 The Macmillan Company 1929 External links editOfficial website nbsp Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Sisters of Mercy amp oldid 1207640138, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,

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