The Sisters of Mercy are Roman Catholic women of faith who commit our lives to God & our resources to serve, advocate and pray for those in need. #NotTheBand
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"I am a Sister of Mercy because I listened to and responded to a call not much different than Catherine's. Today I listen to where God is leading my life, and I pay attention to where God is in the people I meet."
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The Sisters of Mercy have a storied history of serving our country. During the Civil War, Abraham Lincoln called them “veritable angels of mercy.” This Veterans Day we share 2 of their stories.
Patti Baca: bit.ly/3fM7EPC
Libby Fernandez: bit.ly/3DMTKEQ
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181 years ago today, our founder, Catherine McAuley, died in Dublin, Ireland.
Her legacy of Mercy now spans the globe and today we remember her and all of our sisters who have given their lives in service to God and their neighbor.
"We are yours, O God, for time and eternity."
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Sisters Sheila Stevenson, Cora Marie Billings and Jenny Wilson talk about what they love most about being a Sister of Mercy.
#VocationAwarenessWeek
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November is #BlackCatholicHistoryMonth. To celebrate, we are highlighting some of history's most influential and fascinating Black Catholics.
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For #VocationAwarenessWeek, listen to Sister Ivette Diaz's message for women considering religious life.
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November is #BlackCatholicHistoryMonth. To celebrate, we are highlighting some of history's most influential and fascinating Black Catholics.
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For #VocationAwarenessWeek, hear why Sisters Doris Gottemoeller, Boreta Singleton and Mandy Carrier love being Sisters of Mercy.
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Sisters Terry Kimingiri, Cheryl Erb and Kelly Williams talk about what they love most about being a Sister of Mercy.
#VocationAwarenessWeek
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The Word with Mercy is an on-line Lectio Divina with young adults from across the country - on the second Thursday of the month at 8:00 PM ET. Register once and receive the monthly link.
Register: bit.ly/3WHGqdh
Our next Word with Mercy will be Nov 10 at 8 PM ET
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In celebration of #VocationAwarenessWeek, we share "A Prayer For Vocation Discernment" written by Sister Danielle Gagnon, RSM.
Please pray with us for all women who are discerning a vocation to religious life!
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"If I want to begin to make just one difference in our chaotic world – I need to start with a willingness to be grateful for what is before me and a willingness to act to bring it to others."
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We rejoice with Sister Luz-Eugenia Alvarez who made her profession of temporary vows on October 15! We invite you to hold Luz-Eugenia in prayer as she continues the next on her journey.
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⚾️ Because it's World Series week, we're throwing it back to 1976 when three Sisters of Mercy met New York Mets players Bruce Bosclair (#4) and Mike Phillips (#5). ⚾️
#Mets #WorldSeries
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November is #BlackCatholicHistoryMonth. To celebrate, we are highlighting some of history's most influential and fascinating Black Catholics.
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Election Day is November 8.
As you prepare to cast your ballot, check out our resources to help you be an informed and engaged voter.
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Coinciding with All Saints Day (Nov 1) and All Souls Day (Nov 2), Día de los Angelitos, commemorates children who have died and the second date, Día de Muertos, acknowledges adults who have died.
Honor those memorialized on our virtual ofrenda. bit.ly/3SUWk0Q
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"It reminded the congregation that the communion of saints is not just those in heaven who have been officially canonized; it is all the faithful who have finished their earthly lives and who have inspired...us." - Sister Colleen O'Toole
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🎃 Happy Halloween! 🎃
Did you ever dress up as a nun when you were growing up?!
Here are a few kids that did!
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"But then it reminds us of the wideness of God’s mercy— the God who created us out of love, the God who loves us always and anyways and regardless, even when we are broken, even when we screw up, even as we stumble around, imperfect but striving."
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“Now I consider that abundance in the million ways I encounter God every day, in nature, in people, in events.” - Sister Mandy Carrier
We celebrate Mandy who made her profession of perpetual vows on Oct 8! Pray for Mandy as she continues on her journey.
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"This is your life, joys and sorrow mingled, one succeeding the other."
~ Catherine McAuley
What can we pray for?
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🎃 Halloween is almost here! Check out these trick-or-treaters hanging out with Sister Dolores Spinner at Mercy Home. 🎃
#ThrowbackThursday #tbt
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Members of the Mercy Border Immersion Experience with ARISE are spending time in the Rio Grande Valley to deepen their understanding of the situation at the US-Mexico border.
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Four students from Mercy Career & Technical High School (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania) reflected on what being a Mercy student means to them. Read more from these compassionate young leaders!
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"Today’s first reading reminds us that God hears the cries of the oppressed, the poor, the widow, the orphan, and we know in our hearts that we are called to something greater than division and woundedness."
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"Coming to my first profession of vows was a discernment led by the spirit that invited me to enter as freely as possible as my full being." - Sister Amy Westphal
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"This is your life, joys and sorrow mingled, one succeeding the other."
~ Catherine McAuley
What can we pray for this weekend?
🙏 bit.ly/3RrfNGa 🙏
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Our world continues to cry out for justice!
Will you take action with us?
Catherine McAuley said it best, "We can never say it is enough."
#MercyForJustice
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#ThrowbackThursday to piano lessons at Sacred Heart School in Waterbury, CT.
Did a Sister of Mercy teach you music? 🎶 Let us know in the comments.
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"The world may set a high bar to merit the big prizes but we, as individuals, can set our own standards for reward." - Sister Pat Kenny
Read Sister Pat's reflection here: bit.ly/3S9hhVF
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“The more that we can understand our brother and sister, the better we can live together in love and just be the people that God calls us to be.” - Kimberly Baxter, Mercy Education Associate Director for Programs & Services
Mercy Education Conference: bit.ly/3eGtV0E
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The Sisters of Mercy of the Americas Justice Team invites you to add your name to a letter to President Biden that calls for dramatically reducing global greenhouse gas emissions and supporting human rights throughout the talks and in climate solutions.
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"Any form of hope must include a communal dimension. It is a hope not just for myself and for what I can do, a hope that comes from my own strength; it is a hope that necessarily includes the community."
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"I am grateful for God's grace that leads me here, and for all who are on the journey in Mercy with me. My Reception Ceremony was a celebration of the joy that God gives to me as I go to the Novitiate!" - Sister Boreta Singleton
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#ThrowbackThursday to when two sisters met Duke Ellington, jazz musician and famous pianist!
#tbt
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The Sisters of Mercy of the Americas Justice Team invites you to contact your senators and representative and urge them to provide a path to citizenship for all immigrants by passing the Renewing Immigration Provisions of the Immigration Act of 1929.
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The Sisters of Mercy and staff in Merion, Pennsylvania, cheer for their hometown baseball team @Phillies as they face the Atlanta Braves in game one of the National League Division Series.
Go Phillies!
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Election Day is just a few weeks away.
Our partners at @interfaithpower offer this Faithful Voter Reflection Guide. It provides a framework to evaluate issues and candidates in a way that prioritizes solutions promoting dignity and the common good.
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#Vote
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"True wisdom is gender-free. When it’s uttered, as Hildegard’s, it rings with the sound of holy intuition of God’s self."
Learn more about the visionary St. Hildegard of Bingen with this reflection from Sister Eloise Rosenblatt: bit.ly/3fv5bs1
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Join us in demanding that the Biden administration end support for the regime now in power in Haiti. You will amplify the voices of those who gathered in Washington, D.C. on October 10 to support the people of Haiti, who seek to chart their own future.
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The Sisters of Mercy Justice Team and Mercy Focus on Haiti have signed on to a letter with 50+ organizations demanding the Biden administration stop supporting the current repressive regime in Haiti.
Join us Sunday, Oct 9 at BLM Plaza.
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“With the help of my loving God and Catherine McAuley, I stood before my sisters, my family and my friends, with a heart overflowing with warmth and gratitude for all that has been, all that is, and all that is still to be.” – Sister Barbara Giehl
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"This is your life, joys and sorrow mingled, one succeeding the other."
~ Catherine McAuley
What can we pray for this weekend?
🙏 bit.ly/3RrfNGa 🙏
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The Sisters of Mercy Justice Team and Mercy Focus on Haiti have signed on to a letter with 50+ organizations demanding the Biden administration stop supporting the current repressive regime in Haiti.
Join us Sunday, Oct 9 at BLM Plaza.
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Seven years ago, Sister Jeanne Reichart discovered that she and Archbishop Desmond #Tutu shared the same birthday - October 7, 1931 - she immediately wrote to him, sending him birthday blessings.
Thus began their yearly correspondence.
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We are proud to present the Fall edition of our newsletter, Sharing Mercy.
In this issue you will read about sisters ministering to women adjusting to life outside of prison in the story "Sisters Changing Lives of Women Leaving Incarceration."
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