• Pope Francis has died on Easter Monday aged 88

    Pope Francis died on Easter Monday, April 21, 2025, at the age of 88 at his residence in the Vatican's Casa Santa Marta. May he rest in the peace of the Lord.

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  • Easter Greetings from Mercy International Association

    We offer our Blessings and Greetings for Easter from all of us in Mercy International Association. Our offices will be closed on Good Friday and will re-open on Tuesday 22 April.

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  • Episode Three of Mercy Echoes Podcast

    Episode Three of our Mercy Echoes Podcast is now available and features a chat with Sr. Mary Trainer rsm from Philadelphia, USA. Mary reflects on the process to bring Mercy International Centre to life in the 1990s as a unifying place of heritage and a wellspring for the Mercy World.

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  • Easter Sunday Reflection with the artwork of Clare Augustine Moore

    We offer this reflection entitled Jesus is Risen by Sr Áine Barrins rsm for Easter Sunday, using the beautiful artwork of Clare Augustine Moore.

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  • Visit our exhibition on Catherine McAuley

    Catherine McAuley and the Mission of Mercy exhibition offers visitors a fascinating library of heritage audio recordings, an interactive digital archive, and a unique collection of stories, photos, and artefacts from the first House of Mercy founded by Catherine McAuley in 1827 in Baggot Street, Dublin.

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Catherine McAuley

Catherine McAuley was born in Dublin, Ireland, in September, 1778. In 1824 she used her inheritance from an Irish couple she had served for twenty years to build a large House of Mercy on Baggot Street, Dublin in response to the needs of the poor of Dublin. Today that house is known as Mercy International Centre and is home to the Mercy family from all over the world.

Opening Doors

Opening Doors focuses on consulting with those who are actively seeking to be involved in the life of Mercy International and creating channels through which people of Mercy can participate more actively in the life of the Association.