A Conversation with Mary C Sullivan rsm

A reflection from Mary C Sullivan rsm

In a wide-ranging conversation recorded on 27 September 2011, Mary C Sullivan freely shares her insights and reflections from her own deep study and lived experience of Catherine McAuley. The conversation was filmed by Marie Stuart rsm (The Congregation) in the Callahan Room at Baggot Street. The interviewers were Anne Walsh and Adele Howard rsm (ISMAPNG). The conversation has been edited into two parts.

Part A: focusses on Mary Sullivan's research and writing about Catherine McAuley (video length 20:12).

Topics:
Writings about Catherine McAuley - 00:00
Biography: The Path of Mercy - 04:12
Cover Portrait of Catherine McAuley - 06:51
Audiences for The Path of Mercy - 08:14
Using Primary Sources -14:35

Part B: focusses on Catherine the woman and the Order of Mercy she founded (video length 29:33).

Topics:
Catherine the Woman: 00:00
Rediscovering Catherine McAuley: 03:15
Founding the Sisters of Mercy: 08:15
The Mercifulness of God: 11:25
Sainthood: 16:37
Mercy International Association: 23:30

Mary C Sullivan rsm

Mary taught Literature and Writing courses at the Rochester Institute of Technology for 35 years. She is now Professor Emerita and Dean Emerita of RIT. She is the author of 'Catherine McAuley and the Tradition of Mercy', editor of 'The Correspondence of Catherine McAuley, 1818-1841' and author of "The Path of Mercy". Mary lectures on Catherine McAuley, directs Mercy retreats, and supports poor families in the neighborhood of her community.

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