Thursday 16 July 1959
12 Sisters from Brooklyn arrive in Panama to begin their work
SUBMIT A MERCY FACT
April 09, 1990Catherine McAuley declared Venerable by Pope John Paul 11
April 09, 1989Mater Misericordiae Hospital in Dunedin changes its name to Mercy Hospital.
April 10, 1850First orphanage established, St Patrick's, Auckland
April 10, 1937Opening of St Anne's Mercy Hospital, Mt Lawley, Western Australia
April 10, 1837Foundation to Carlow from Baggot St - Catherine McAuley
April 11, 1861Foundation to Longford from Baggot St - M Bernard Maguire
April 11, 1827Mary Ann Doyle offered her services as a helper at Baggot St
April 12, 1853Opening of House of Mercy for Maori women, Auckland
April 13, 1849M de Sales (Lady Barbara) Eyre died, London
April 13, 1846Foundation to New York from Baggot St - M Agnes O'Connor
April 13, 1915Convent opened in Finley, New South Wales from Albury - M Catherine Dwyer
April 13, 1964Foundation made to Yeadon, Leeds from Hunslet, Leeds - Sr Madeleine Searson.
April 14, 1938Death of M Joseph Callen, Foundress of Broken Hill, New South Wales
April 14, 1878Foundation to Moyderwell from St John's, Balloonagh, Tralee
April 14, 1871Foundation to Grass Valley, California - M Evangelista Kidgell
April 14, 1930Death of Mother Evangelist Costello of Guernsey, Channel Islands in Alnwick, Northumberland.
April 15, 1916Death of Mother Camillus Dempsey, foundress of Whitstable Convent, Kent from Bermondsey.
April 15, 1847Opening of Benevolent Institution for Aboriginal Children, Perth, Western Australia
April 15, 1850Opening of first Mercy school, Auckland
April 17, 1958Mercy Secretarial High School opened, Albany - M Renee Hosey
April 18, 1906St Mary's Hospital, San Francisco destroyed in earthquake and fire
April 18, 1898House opened in Mornington, Victoria from Fitzroy - M Bernard Whyte
April 19, 1844Foundation to Kinsale from Limerick - M Francis Bridgeman
April 19, 1927St Patrick's Cathedral Secondary School Aotearoa New Zealand was opened and blessed.