Sunday 22 January 1984
Foundation to Bridgewater, Tasmania from Rosanna, Victoria
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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, 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, 1987
Opening of Aged Care Facility, Cronulla from Parramatta - M C Coyle
April 03, 1880
Foundation to Maryborough, Queensland from Brisbane - M Borgia Byrne
Closure of the Falklands Mission.
April 04, 1891
Death of M Magdalen Bourke, Foundress of Loughrea, Co Galway
Death of Mother Angela Borini in Oldham - foundress of Nottingham and Oldham.
April 07, 1891
Foundation to Los Angeles from Michigan - M Bonaventure Fox
April 08, 1850
Mother Cecilia Maher and eight Sisters of Mercy, (another woman had joined them in Sydney) together with Bishop Jean Baptiste Francois Pompallier and other clergy, arrived in New Zealand on the sailing vessel, Océanie.
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April 08, 1885
Death of M Camillus Byrn, Catherine's god child, Baltimore
April 09, 1989
Mater Misericordiae Hospital in Dunedin changes its name to Mercy Hospital.
April 09, 1850
Foundation to Auckland from Carlow - M Cecilia Maher
April 09, 1895
Death of M Teresa Maher, Foundress of Athy/Callan
April 09, 1990
Catherine McAuley declared Venerable by Pope John Paul
April 10, 1850
First orphanage established, St Patrick's, Auckland
April 10, 1837
Foundation to Carlow from Baggot St - Catherine McAuley
April 10, 1937
Opening of St Anne's Mercy Hospital, Mt Lawley, Western Australia
April 11, 1861
Foundation to Longford from Baggot St - M Bernard Maguire
April 11, 1827
Mary Ann Doyle offered her services as a helper at Baggot St