Wednesday 19 May 1897
Foundation to Bridgeworth from Shrewsbury
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May 20, 1878

Foundation to Kilmacthomas from Cappoquin - M Gertrude Athelan

May 20, 1875

Foundation to Stradbally from Cappoquin - M Joseph Mahoney

May 21, 1890

Mother Mary Baptist MacDonnell and Sister Mary Stanislaus Harrington, Teresa Casey, Bernard Foley, Gabriel Romera, and Rose Fitzsimons left Australia to return to Argentina

May 23, 1850

Foundation to Cobh from St Maries of the Isle, Cork - M Josephine McCarthy

May 23, 1830

Pope Gregory XVI granted special Indulgence to Catherine and her companions

May 24, 1883

Foundation to Dunmore East from Clonakitty - M Columba Marmion (sister of Dom Columba OSB)

May 24, 1860

Foundation to Skibbereen from Kinsale Co Cork - M Philomena Maher

May 24, 1911

Opening of Junior Boys' Boarding School, Galong, New South Wales - M Claver Moore

May 24, 1857

Foundation to Dundee, Scotland from Derry - M Catherine Locke

May 26, 1887

Sisters of Mercy in Sacramento, California became an independent congregation

May 27, 1940

Maghull Community, Liverpool founded from Broughton Hall, Liverpool.

May 27, 1903

Foundation to Aranmore from St Brigid's, Western Australia

May 29, 1871

Death of Sister M. Stanislaus Droguet, early member of the Wellington foundation

May 29, 1897

Opening of Waitara Founding Home, Sydney - M Aloysius Casey

May 29, 1854

Foundation to Ennis from Limerick - M Vincent McMahon

May 30, 1825

Fr Nugent, Catherine's friend and adviser, died of typhus; nursed by Catherine, buried at Kells.

May 31, 1885

Foundation to Newcastle-upon-Tyne from Liverpool - Sr Ligouri Gibson.

May 31, 1942

Opening of hospital, Cootamundra, New South Wales

May 31, 1844

Death of M Aloysius Scott, Foundress of Birr

May 31, 1853

Foundation to Castlebar, Co Mayo

June 01, 1875

Foundation to Rathangan, Co Kildare from Alton Towers, Shrewsbury, England - M Magdalen Monaghan

June 02, 1974

Sisters of Mercy Wellington missionary endeavours begin with Sister Monica Quigg working in Fiji.

June 02, 1858

Foundation to Enniscorthy from Wexford - M Teresa Kelly

June 03, 1861

Skipton Convent, Yorkshire founded from Liverpool, Lancashire.