2022 Programme Details
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MIA is releasing our programme schedule for the 2022 calendar year. We are eager to once again welcome pilgrims from around the world to visit Catherine’s house and connect with our global Mercy community. In 2022, MIA is offering a variety of programmes that focus on heritage, spirituality, Mercy, and justice. MIA feels these pillars will enable all who visit Baggot Street to learn more about our history, connect more deeply with Catherine, and experience what Mercy is today.
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Vision in Action
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Global Action
MGA Contributes Written Statement to UN High Level Political Forum
A written statement by the Sisters of Mercy has been published in the 2021 UN High Level Political Forum. The statement is available here.
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Prayer
MIA Prayer Intention: Mercy and Justice
Strongly influenced by our Gospel Tradition and Mercy Spirituality, the Mercy World affirms that all forms of leadership in this time of pandemic should be just and merciful.
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MGP
Mercy Global Presence
The fourth and final 'Integrated' poster on the theme 'Creating Circles of Mercy and a Culture of Mercy' and accompanying Reflection Guide are now available. There are 16 MGP posters and guides available, all accessible from this page in the MGP section of our website where you will also find the Flip Books for Segment Four. Flip Books of the complete series can be accessed here.
Members News
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Americas
Visualising our Portal into the Future
Americas
Visualising our Portal into the Future
Jenny Wilson rsm reflects on Margaret Wheatley’s book focusing on working together to create change. "We can't be creative if we refuse to be confused. Change always starts with confusion: cherished interpretations must dissolve to make way for the new. Of course, it's scary to give up what we know, but the abyss is where newness lives."
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Australia
Mercy Works: Educating with impact
Australia
Mercy Works: Educating with impact
Sr Mary Lewis rsm is at the frontline helping refugees and asylum seeker students settle into the Australian education system. At the end of each month, all the Mercy Connect volunteers submit a report to their respective Coordinators giving them an update of how they are going. Recently, Sr Mary received one moving report where a volunteer’s words spoke about remembering those students in their class that they felt were left behind.
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Fact
On This Day
1985: Mount Carmel House, Derby opened for caring for the elderly.
Contribute a fact from the story of your Mercy congregation, institute or federation, to our online archive.
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prayer
Praying with our Creativity
Some people find creative expression helpful in prayer. and you don't need to be an artist to find creativity helpful. This could include painting, drawing, making a collage. It could also include photography, sewing, or craft activities.
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prayer
16th Sunday in Ordinary Time, Year B
“In every life, there is need for a balanced rhythm of work and re-creation. With so much pain and suffering in our world at the moment, the demands of living a gospel way of life can overwhelm us and cause us to act as though everything depends on us.'“
Further Resources
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Worth Watching
MGA Focuses on Children
The NGO Committee on Migration and the NGO Committee to Stop Trafficking in Persons hosted “Improving Outcomes for Migrant Children at Risk of Trafficking.”
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Worth Watching
Young Hospital Patients Accompany Pope Francis
Pope Francis made his first public appearance since his surgery at the Gemelli Hospital.
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Worth Knowing
High-Level Political Forum 2021
The meeting of the HLPF will be held from 6 July to 15 July 2021, under the auspices of the Economic and Social Council.
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Worth Reading
Laudato Si Action Platform
Caring for our brothers and sisters means caring for the home we share. This responsibility is “essential to a life of virtue” (LS 217).
Learn MoreMembers of Mercy
Members of Mercy International
Members of Mercy International Association share the passion of their foundress, Catherine McAuley, to bring mercy to people who are poor, sick and uneducated.
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Mercy eNews
The online newsletter of Mercy International Association is published fortnightly, 24 weeks each year and distributed to subscribers via email.
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