Thursday 18 January 1968
Beechwood Convent opened as a branch house of Bridge Gate, Derby.
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February 13, 1950
St Catherine's College opens in Kilbirnie, Wellington.
February 15, 1898
First Mercy convent in Africa, at Mafeking
February 16, 2005
Leaders of the four Mercy Congregations in Aotearoa New Zealand sign the Petition to Rome to become a single Congregation.
February 17, 1995
Ministry to women in original convent, Grafton
February 18, 1918
Opening of Villa Maria College, Christchurch
February 19, 1851
Foundation to Ballinrobe from Westport, Co Mayo - M Gertrude O'Brien.
February 19, 1958
Mission from Grafton to Torembi, Papua New Guinea
February 19, 1889
Foundation to Broken Hill from Singleton - M Josephine Callen
February 20, 1940
Groundbreaking ceremony for new 75-bed south wing of St Joseph Mercy Hospital in Ann Arbor, Michigan
February 20, 1846
Foundation to Portland Sq, Bristol from Bermondsey - Sr Francis Beauchamp.
February 21, 1968
Establishment of Federation of Sisters of Mercy
February 21, 1867
Opening of St Vincent's Home, Nudgee, Queensland - M Vincent Whitty
February 21, 1924
Foundation to Frinton, Essex from Chelsea, London - Sr Gerard Collins.
February 21, 1838
M Aloysius Scott professed Baggot St (Foundress of Birr; died there 1844)
February 22, 1911
Re-opening of St Mary's Hospital, San Francisco after 1906 earthquake
February 22, 1844
Margaret O'Brien, Sr M Agatha, second woman received in Americas
February 23, 1856
Death of Sr Elizabeth Butler from Liverpool of typhoid in Balaclava Hospital, Crimea.
February 23, 1874
Colaiste Ide, Dingle, Co Kerry, staffed from Balloonagh Tralee
February 23, 1874
Foundation to Falls River, Massachusetts from Providence, Rhode Island - M Rose Brannigan
February 23, 1855
M Elizabeth Butler (Baggot St) died in the Crimea
February 24, 1856
Foundation to Buenos Aires, Argentina from Baggot St - M Evangelista Fitzpatrick
February 24, 1854
William McAuley, Catherine's nephew, married Jessie Tomkins, Colac
February 27, 1851
Sisters take charge of Illinois General Hospital
February 27, 2005
The Sister Mary Hanrahan Arts Faculty Building is opened at Villa Maria College, Christchurch. It is named for Mary Hanrahan rsm, Principal of the College for 20 years.