Thursday 16 July 1959
12 Sisters from Brooklyn arrive in Panama to begin their work
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March 22, 1855
St Xavier Convent, Providence attacked by Know-Nothings
March 22, 1966
Provincialate and novitiate moved from Detroit to Farmington Hills, Michigan
March 24, 1853
Foundation to Ballinasloe from Loughrea - M Bernard Maguire/M Magdalen Bourke
March 24, 1884
Death of Mother Juliana Hardman, first Superior of St Mary's Convent, Handsworth
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March 24, 1835
Convent opened at Kingstown (Dun Laoghaire) for Sisters to convalesce
March 25, 2000
Sr M Michael Bell began Youth Mercy Associates in Newcastle-upon-Tyne.
March 25, 1935
Opening of Mercy Hospital, Melbourne - M Frances Hanigan
March 25, 1843
Sister Mary Joseph Nugent, received 1842, professed March 25, 1843, St. John’s, Newfoundland. She is the first Sister of Mercy received and professed outside the British Isles and in the Americas.
March 25, 2000
Sister Patricia Bell founded Youth Mercy Associates, North Shields, England
March 27, 1957
Foundation to Phillipines from Buffalo - M Vincent Vossler
March 27, 1922
Amalgamation of New Mexico/Arizona, San Diego, Los Angeles and San Francisco to form Burlingame community
March 28, 1869
Foundation to St Alphonsus, New Orleans from St Louis
March 29, 1883
Death of M Vincent Haire, Foundress of Brooklyn
March 29, 1978
Inauguration of Aged Care Services by Perth Congregation
March 29, 1869
Independence, Iowa founded from Davenport - M Francis Monholland
March 30, 1956
Foundation to Nairobi from Dublin - M Imelda Collins
March 31, 2000
150 years of education on the site of St Mary's College Wellington was celebrated.
April 01, 1949
Newfoundland became 10th Province of Canada - 200 "first Mercy Sisters in Canada"
April 02, 1986
Sister began management of Regina Caeli refuge for women, Melbourne - Judith Tellesfson
April 03, 1987
Opening of Aged Care Facility, Cronulla from Parramatta - M C Coyle
April 03, 1902
Foundation to Casterton from Yarrawonga - M of Sacred Heart Kelly
April 03, 1994
Profession of Carmen Rosa Ccallomamani, first Aymaran Sister, Peru
April 03, 1880
Foundation to Maryborough, Queensland from Brisbane - M Borgia Byrne
April 04, 2002
Closure of the Falklands Mission.