Thursday 22 August 1872
Yorkshire Street Convent, Burnley founded from Commercial Rd, London - Sr Angela Gilsenan.
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Foundation to Sheffield from Commercial Rd, East London - Sr Scholastica McDonald. May 02, 1883

Foundation to Sheffield from Commercial Rd, East London - Sr Scholastica McDonald.

Foundation to Jamaica, West Indies from Cincinnatti May 01, 1880

Foundation to Jamaica, West Indies from Cincinnatti

Swanage Convent, Dorset founded from Hull - Sr Anastasia O'Hara May 03, 1935

Swanage Convent, Dorset founded from Hull - Sr Anastasia O'Hara

Trinity Health, Novi, Michigan,  was launched when the Sisters of the Holy Cross and the Sisters of Mercy Regional Community of Detroit joined their health care ministries. May 02, 2000

Trinity Health, Novi, Michigan, was launched when the Sisters of the Holy Cross and the Sisters of Mercy Regional Community of Detroit joined their health care ministries.

Foundation to Carndonough from Derry, Northern Ireland May 03, 1871

Foundation to Carndonough from Derry, Northern Ireland

Opening of first permanent Mercy convent in Australia - Perth, Western Australia May 03, 1848

Opening of first permanent Mercy convent in Australia - Perth, Western Australia

Foundation to New Inn, Co Tipperary from Charleville - M Joseph Croke May 04, 1879

Foundation to New Inn, Co Tipperary from Charleville - M Joseph Croke

Amalgamation of Wilcannia-Forbes communities - M Gertrude Gallagher May 03, 1932

Amalgamation of Wilcannia-Forbes communities - M Gertrude Gallagher

Foundation to Adelaide, South Australia from Buenos Aires, Argentina - M Evangelista Fitzpatrick May 03, 1880

Foundation to Adelaide, South Australia from Buenos Aires, Argentina - M Evangelista Fitzpatrick

Foundation to Seymour from Mansfield - M Agnes Ryan May 05, 1900

Foundation to Seymour from Mansfield - M Agnes Ryan

St Katherine Drexel, Foundress of Sisters of Blessed Sacrament, began novitiate in Mercy convent, Pittsburgh May 06, 1889

St Katherine Drexel, Foundress of Sisters of Blessed Sacrament, began novitiate in Mercy convent, Pittsburgh

Foundation to Rosscarbery from Skibbereen, Co Cork - M de Sales Dooner May 07, 1894

Foundation to Rosscarbery from Skibbereen, Co Cork - M de Sales Dooner

Foundation to Warrnambool, Victoria from Baggot St - M Philomena Maguire May 06, 1872

Foundation to Warrnambool, Victoria from Baggot St - M Philomena Maguire

Foundation to Galway from Baggot St - M Teresa White May 06, 1840

Foundation to Galway from Baggot St - M Teresa White

Death of Sr Mairead Burke of Muhoroni Mission, Kenya from malaria. May 08, 2003

Death of Sr Mairead Burke of Muhoroni Mission, Kenya from malaria.

Convent at Wath-upon-Dearne, South Yorkshire founded from Hull. May 07, 1904

Convent at Wath-upon-Dearne, South Yorkshire founded from Hull.

Building of St Mary's Convent Ponsonby, Motherhouse of the Sisters of Mercy Auckland is completed. Sisters still live and minister on the site. May 08, 1862

Building of St Mary's Convent Ponsonby, Motherhouse of the Sisters of Mercy Auckland is completed. Sisters still live and minister on the site.

Sisters from Tralee began work in Fever Hospital, Listowel, Co Kerry May 08, 1883

Sisters from Tralee began work in Fever Hospital, Listowel, Co Kerry

Foundation to Middletown, Connecticut from Ennis - M Agnes Healy May 07, 1872

Foundation to Middletown, Connecticut from Ennis - M Agnes Healy

Foundation to Loretto, Pennsylvania from Pittsburgh - M Catherine Wynne May 08, 1848

Foundation to Loretto, Pennsylvania from Pittsburgh - M Catherine Wynne

Death at Baggot St of first non-Irish Sister - M Gertrude Jones from Wales May 09, 1839

Death at Baggot St of first non-Irish Sister - M Gertrude Jones from Wales

Foundation to Brisbane, Australia from Baggot St – M Vincent Whitty May 10, 1861

Foundation to Brisbane, Australia from Baggot St – M Vincent Whitty

Final profession of first Irish Sisters May 10, 1861

Final profession of first Irish Sisters

Foundation to Brisbane, Queensland from Baggot St - M Vincent Whitty May 10, 1861

Foundation to Brisbane, Queensland from Baggot St - M Vincent Whitty