Prayers with the intercession of Venerable Catherine McAuley are asked for all whose names are in our hearts and on our prayer list, especially those whose names are newly added: David Bannworth, Carl Pape.

Messages to:
Anne Hannon rsm - Vice postulator Europe and Africa
Sheila Carney rsm - Vice postulator Americas
Caroline Ryan rsm - Vice postulator Australia & PNG, Aotearoa New Zealand, Philippines

MIA joins in prayer with our Sisters and colleagues in the Philippines where severe flooding and a continued onslaught from tropical storm Trami, known locally as Maring, prompted authorities to close the country’s financial markets, government offices and schools on Monday.

Messages to: Mary Reynolds rsm - Executive Director MIA

As part of their 25th Anniversary celebrations, six Jamaican Mercy Associates visited Mercy International Centre recently to take part in the Come Home to Catherine Programme...

Taking part in the programme was a very important experience for the Jamaican Associates...“The original house physically connects us with the Sisters of Mercy on whose shoulders we stand, and bears testimony to Catherine’s vision to hear the cries of the poor...”

Messages to: Mary Reynolds rsm - Executive Director MIA

Editor: Dates for the Come Home to Catherine Programme for 2014 have yet to be confirmed. They will be published in Mercy E-news once known. Meanwhile, if you are interested in being personally advised when these programmes will be offered in 2014, please contact Mary Kay Dobrovolny rsm - Assistant Director Heritage & Spirituality.

Mercy Volunteer Corps began the celebration of their 35th anniversary in Merion, Pennsylvania with the commissioning of 35 volunteers. The volunteers will be serving at 28 different sites in 8 U.S. cities and Guyana, South America. Mercy Volunteer Corps promotes social change by placing and supporting volunteers for one year of service with people who are poor and marginalized in the U.S. and South America. Volunteers work in education, healthcare, and social services while living together in a community and growing spiritually. Please keep all of our volunteers in your prayers as they bring Mercy to our world.

Messages to: John Farley - Director of Communications and Alumni Relations, Mercy Volunteer Corps

Editor: Mercy Volunteer Corps is this week's featured Mercy website

The 2008 Chapter of the Brisbane Congregation accepted Stewardship for Creation as a priority area for action during the next five years. It recommended a spirituality that recognizes the goodness of God’s creation and compels us to respond to the consequences of environmental damage for the Earth and all life.
We acknowledged that climate change is a reality of our world and a human rights issue of our times, impacting most seriously on the poorest people of our planet.
We pledged to respond through:

• Awareness raising and education
• Advocacy on behalf of those suffering as a result of environmental harm
• Personal and communal action.

This newsletter is a report on what has resulted communally so far.

Messages to: Anne McLay rsm

Editor: Much has been written recently about the City of Detroit’s filing for bankruptcy in mid-July. 'As a Catholic, Jesuit and Mercy university with three campuses in Detroit, this is another ideal time in our history to show and share [University of Detroit Mercy] UDM’s commitment and economic impact on an iconic American city.' says Antoine M. Garibaldi, Ph.D., President University of Detroit Mercy.

Once such project is that between General Motors Co. executives, Detroit-area high school students and University of Detroit Mercy administrators. A nine week internship for 110 Detroit area students finishes tomorrow, 22 August. Over those nine weeks students have 'refurbished eight Detroit-area parks, planted 425 trees, shrubs and flowers, laid 392 yards of mulch, applied 223 gallons of paint, disposed of 205 bags and 29 Dumpsters of plant overgrowth and refuse, distributed 30,000 pounds of food via local hunger organizations...'

Messages to: Antoine M. Garibaldi - Office of the President UDM

Source: mlive

Deirdre Gardiner is a Sister of Mercy who works at the Toowoomba Social Justice Commission, Queensland. Tara is a community situated two and a half hours drive west of Toowoomba. The Executive Officer of the Commission became aware of the concerns of residents of what is known as the Residential Estates, an area north of Tara who are living surrounded by gas wells, and the Kenya processing plant. The residents of this area are people who have bought property here at low prices to find a place away from city life. For some, it would be a great place to raise their children in a good country environment. There is no connection to the town water or electricity. They rely on bores, rain tanks or dams for water and generate their own electricity. This was before the search for coal seam gas. Now, this area is known as a gasfield...

Read the complete report here

Messages to: Deirdre Gardiner rsm

Mother of Mercy High School is thrilled to announce that we have WON the medium category of the National Social Madness competition sponsored by the American City Business Journals and hosted by Cincinnati's Business Courier!

We are so thankful to all our students, faculty/staff, parents, alumnae and friends of Mercy - locally, nationally, and globally - who supported us throughout the summer.

Our $10,000 winnings will be donated to Mercy Beyond Borders to support educational scholarships for women and children in Haiti and South Sudan.

Be sure to check our Facebook page for a video message from Sr. Marilyn Lacey, founder of Mercy Beyond Borders!
 

Messages to: Jenny Kroner Jackson - Communications & PR Specialist
 

1841:Foundation to Birmingham from Baggot St - M Juliana Hardman
1862: Foundation to Rochfortbridge from Tullamore - M Gertrude Dunne

The prayer book, Morning and Evening Mercy Prayer of the Sisters of Mercy, is now available as a pdf for viewing on desktop and laptop computers, e-readers, electronic tablets and other devices. The electronic version is particularly convenient for travel and for those requiring large print. To access the file, click here

As previously advised  (Issue 524), applications have been created of the "Mercy Prayerbook" and "Oracion Misericordia" for the Android (Google Play) and Apple app stores. The English and Spanish versions are both free downloads in the stores and will work on tablets and iPads equally well. The apps have been downloaded 500 times to date.

Any corrections or additions to these apps or the pdf should be sent to Genemarie Beegan rsm

Mercy Volunteer Corps promotes social change by placing and supporting volunteers for one year of service with people who are poor and marginalized in the U.S. and South America. Volunteers work in education, healthcare, and social services while living together in a community and growing spiritually.

Three apps that allow for Photoshop-like editing from your iPhone.

Source: PC Authority