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Mother Mary Vincent Whitty
Ellen Whitty, daughter of William Whitty and Johanna, née Murphy, was born in Poldharrigge, Co. ...
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1819 - 1892
Australia
Mother Frances Warde
Frances Warde was born in 1810 at Bellbrook House in Abbeyleix, County Laois, Ireland. She was t...
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1810 - 1884
United States
Mother Juliana Hardman
The first Reverend Mother of St Mary’s Convent, Handsworth was Juliana Hardman. She came from a ...
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1813 - 1854
England
Mother Ursula Frayne
Born in Dublin, Ursula entered in Baggot Street in 1834 and was trained by the foundress Mother ...
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1816 - 1885
Australia
Mother Cecilia Maher
Ellen Maher was born in Freshford, Kilkenny, on September, 1799. Her father, John Maher, was a p...
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1799 - 1878
New Zealand
Mother Mary Angela Dunne
Margaret Dunne was born in 1788 in the townland of Rahinhole, Co. Laois. Her parents were Jeremi...
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1788 - 1863
Ireland
Mother M. Stanislaus O’Malley
On November 7, 1921, Mother M. Stanislaus O’Malley, Foundress of the Sisters of Mercy in Vermont...
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1846 - 1921
United States
Mary Ann Doyle
The first young woman to offer her services to Catherine McAuley in her efforts for those who we...
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1801 - 1866
Ireland
Mother Elizabeth Moore
The plight of the Catholic population, residing in Limerick’s Old Town in the 1830s, was utterly...
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1806 - 1868
Ireland
Mother Mary Teresa White
Of all the Sisters, Sister M. Teresa has more of my spirit and I trust more to her guiding the I...
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1809 - 1888
Ireland
Sister Mary Bernard Dickson
Sister M. Bernard Dickson is regarded as the founding sister of the Sisters of Mercy, Wellington...
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1810 - 1895
New Zealand
Mary Francis Creedon
Who was Marianne Creedon? We know very little about her. Not one word of hers was handed down to...
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1811 - 1855
Canada
Mother Mary Clare (Georgiana) Moore
Georgiana Moore was born in Dublin of Protestant parents on March 20, 1814, the daughter of Geor...
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1814 - 1874
England
Reverend Mother Agnes O'Connor
Born in Kilkenny, Ireland on January 6, 1815, Mary was the youngest of ten children of Patrick a...
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1815 - 1859
England
Mother Mary Ligouri Gibson
Jane Frances”Fanny” Gibson was born in Manchester on 12 July 1819, the third daughter of Michael...
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1819 - 1881
England
Sister Mary Teresa Farrell
Alicia Farrell was born in the 1820's to Christopher and Marianne Farrell in Naas, Ireland, abou...
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1820s - 1892
United States
Mother Mary Bernard Garden
Mother Mary Bernard Garden was a truly remarkable woman who, despite all the time she spent trav...
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1824 - 1893
Scotland
Sister Mary Angela Gilsenan
I Brigid Gilsenan, was born in Kilskyre, Meath, a County which borders Offaly and Dublin, both s...
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1822 - 1887
England
Mother Mary Philomene Maguire
Mother Philomene Maguire lived in Ireland during the harrowing days of the Famine and its afterm...
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1825 - 1888
Australia
Mother Mary Baptist Russell
Katherine Russell never met Catherine McAuley but she shared her passion for the poor and her ze...
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1829 - 1898
United States
Mother Paul Fielding
Eliza Fielding was born in the village of Rochfort Bridge in county Westmeath on 21 November 183...
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1834 - 1905
Australia
Sister M Cecilia Marmion
What was the reaction of Francis and Mary Marmion when three of their daughters, in turn, joined...
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c1816 - 1849
Ireland
Mother Mary Teresa Austin Carroll
Margaret Anne Carroll was born in Clonmel, County Tipperary on February 23, 1835, the fourth of ...
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1835 - 1909
United States
Sister Aloysius Scott
When Catherine McAuley was in the newly opened convent in Galway in June 1840 she wrote to Franc...
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181? - 1844
Ireland
Sister M. Agnes Graham
On January 10, 1881, five Sisters of Mercy came to Ballarat East. Until then they had been membe...
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1839 - 1894
Australia
Sister M. Dolorosa Waldron
Sister Dolorosa Waldron, baptised Anna Eliza, called Elsie, and later Dolo, by her family, was b...
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1898 - 1970
Kenya
M. Teresa Cowley
Reminiscent of the first plot of ground which Abraham acquired in the land of Canaan, when he bo...
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c1857 - 1914
South Africa
M Antonio Egan
Founder of the First Convent of Mercy on the west coast of Newfoundland....
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1852 - 1939
Canada
Earliest Pioneer Sisters of Mercy in the Americas
In the fifteen years between 1843 and 1858, six groups of women left various convents in Ireland...
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United States
Foundresses of the Sisters of Mercy Goulburn
In accordance with a directive from Pope Pius X, Bishop Lanigan, Bishop of Goulburn in 1907 pres...
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Australia
Foundresses of the Sisters of Mercy United States
Not to be aware of the past, is to remain forever a child" We, in the United States Province, ar...
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United States
Foundation of the Sisters of Mercy at Tacloban
The Feast of St. Brigid, the first Irish nun, February 1, 1954 was a bitterly cold day in Cork. ...
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Philippines
Standing on Their Shoulders (Newfoundland)
The story of the Sisters of Mercy of Newfoundland is a story of valiant women, women of faith an...
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Canada
Mother Mary Angela Dunne
Margaret Dunne was born in 1788 in the townland of Rahinhole, Co. Laois. Her parents were Jeremi...
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1788 - 1863
Ireland
Mary Ann Doyle
The first young woman to offer her services to Catherine McAuley in her efforts for those who we...
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1801 - 1866
Ireland
Mother Elizabeth Moore
The plight of the Catholic population, residing in Limerick’s Old Town in the 1830s, was utterly...
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1806 - 1868
Ireland
Mother Mary Teresa White
Of all the Sisters, Sister M. Teresa has more of my spirit and I trust more to her guiding the I...
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1809 - 1888
Ireland
Sister M Cecilia Marmion
What was the reaction of Francis and Mary Marmion when three of their daughters, in turn, joined...
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c1816 - 1849
Ireland
Sister Aloysius Scott
When Catherine McAuley was in the newly opened convent in Galway in June 1840 she wrote to Franc...
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181? - 1844
Ireland
Mother Mary Vincent Whitty
Ellen Whitty, daughter of William Whitty and Johanna, née Murphy, was born in Poldharrigge, Co. ...
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1819 - 1892
Australia
Mother Ursula Frayne
Born in Dublin, Ursula entered in Baggot Street in 1834 and was trained by the foundress Mother ...
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1816 - 1885
Australia
Mother Mary Philomene Maguire
Mother Philomene Maguire lived in Ireland during the harrowing days of the Famine and its afterm...
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1825 - 1888
Australia
Mother Paul Fielding
Eliza Fielding was born in the village of Rochfort Bridge in county Westmeath on 21 November 183...
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1834 - 1905
Australia
Sister M. Agnes Graham
On January 10, 1881, five Sisters of Mercy came to Ballarat East. Until then they had been membe...
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1839 - 1894
Australia
Foundresses of the Sisters of Mercy Goulburn
In accordance with a directive from Pope Pius X, Bishop Lanigan, Bishop of Goulburn in 1907 pres...
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Australia
Mother Frances Warde
Frances Warde was born in 1810 at Bellbrook House in Abbeyleix, County Laois, Ireland. She was t...
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1810 - 1884
United States
Mother M. Stanislaus O’Malley
On November 7, 1921, Mother M. Stanislaus O’Malley, Foundress of the Sisters of Mercy in Vermont...
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1846 - 1921
United States
Sister Mary Teresa Farrell
Alicia Farrell was born in the 1820's to Christopher and Marianne Farrell in Naas, Ireland, abou...
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1820s - 1892
United States
Mother Mary Baptist Russell
Katherine Russell never met Catherine McAuley but she shared her passion for the poor and her ze...
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1829 - 1898
United States
Mother Mary Teresa Austin Carroll
Margaret Anne Carroll was born in Clonmel, County Tipperary on February 23, 1835, the fourth of ...
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1835 - 1909
United States
Earliest Pioneer Sisters of Mercy in the Americas
In the fifteen years between 1843 and 1858, six groups of women left various convents in Ireland...
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United States
Foundresses of the Sisters of Mercy United States
Not to be aware of the past, is to remain forever a child" We, in the United States Province, ar...
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United States
Mother Juliana Hardman
The first Reverend Mother of St Mary’s Convent, Handsworth was Juliana Hardman. She came from a ...
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1813 - 1854
England
Mother Mary Clare (Georgiana) Moore
Georgiana Moore was born in Dublin of Protestant parents on March 20, 1814, the daughter of Geor...
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1814 - 1874
England
Reverend Mother Agnes O'Connor
Born in Kilkenny, Ireland on January 6, 1815, Mary was the youngest of ten children of Patrick a...
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1815 - 1859
England
Mother Mary Ligouri Gibson
Jane Frances”Fanny” Gibson was born in Manchester on 12 July 1819, the third daughter of Michael...
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1819 - 1881
England
Sister Mary Angela Gilsenan
I Brigid Gilsenan, was born in Kilskyre, Meath, a County which borders Offaly and Dublin, both s...
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1822 - 1887
England
Mary Francis Creedon
Who was Marianne Creedon? We know very little about her. Not one word of hers was handed down to...
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1811 - 1855
Canada
M Antonio Egan
Founder of the First Convent of Mercy on the west coast of Newfoundland....
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1852 - 1939
Canada
Standing on Their Shoulders (Newfoundland)
The story of the Sisters of Mercy of Newfoundland is a story of valiant women, women of faith an...
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Canada
Mother Cecilia Maher
Ellen Maher was born in Freshford, Kilkenny, on September, 1799. Her father, John Maher, was a p...
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1799 - 1878
New Zealand
Sister Mary Bernard Dickson
Sister M. Bernard Dickson is regarded as the founding sister of the Sisters of Mercy, Wellington...
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1810 - 1895
New Zealand