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Mercy Day Mass Update & Prayer Service
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Mercy International Association has made the difficult decision to cancel in-person Mercy Day celebrations due to COVID-19. To honour our commitment to gather on the Feast of Our Lady of Mercy, we are offering a virtual mass at Baggot Street. MIA will release the recording of Mass at Baggot Street through eNews on 21st September. A mass booklet, available in English and Spanish, will be included in the announcement.
For those in our global Mercy community who would like to host their own event and are in need of resources, MIA has prepared a prayer service document to accompany this year’s theme, Opening Doors to an Emerging Future.
Vision in Action
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Resources
Engage in the Season of Creation with Mercy Global Action!
Resources
Engage in the Season of Creation with Mercy Global Action!
As the Season of Creation approaches, the Mercy World celebrates the beauty, wisdom, and generosity of all Creation. The theme of the 2021 Season of Creation is ‘A Home for All? Renewing the Oikos of God.’
In the midst of global turbulence, the Christian family has awakened to the urgent need to heal our relationships with creation and with each other. This year’s invitation to celebrate the Season of Creation is accompanied by a substantial guide filled with prayers, advocacy and more…
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Prayer
MIA Prayer Intention: All Who are Continuing to Suffer Greatly in the Pandemic
Prayer
MIA Prayer Intention: All Who are Continuing to Suffer Greatly in the Pandemic
We pray for the generosity of spirit that will keep us mindful of all those who are suffering greatly as this pandemic continues: for all who have suffered the loss of those close to them, for those who have experienced serious illness themselves, for all who have suffered economic hardship, for those afflicted by mental illness through their isolation, and for all who have suffered in countless ways.
May I be alert to ways in which I can help even if only a little. Generous God fill my heart. Amen.
An opportunity is coming to join the Mercy World for a special prayer for these COVID times on the Feast of the Holy Cross, September 14. Additional details will be provided in the next Mercy enews.
Members News
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Guam
Suscipe of Catherine McAuley by Santa Barbara Catholic School (SBCS) Honor Choir in Guam
Guam
Suscipe of Catherine McAuley by Santa Barbara Catholic School (SBCS) Honor Choir in Guam
At the beginning of Pandemic, Santa Barbara Catholic School (SBCS) Honor Choir in Guam prepared a virtual version of Catherine McAuley's Suspice. The video has been shared widely throughout the Mercy community and been featured in many Mercy celebrations and prayer services.
SBCS thanks Mr. Jerry Castro and Mrs. Tara Franquez for stepping up with accompaniment, logistics, and video editing; the Honor Choir and alumna - Marianna Tamayo, for lending their beautiful voices; and, the faculty and staff who've shared their talent with us for this video.
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Americas
Mercy principal cheers former student to Olympic gold
Americas
Mercy principal cheers former student to Olympic gold
Sister of Mercy Percylee Hart was among the 500 pair of eyes glued to televisions at the Stage House Tavern in Mountainside, New Jersey on Aug. 3 cheering area favorite Sydney McLaughlin to a gold medal in the 400-meter hurdles at the Tokyo Olympics. In fact, McLaughlin broke her own world record.
“As I was watching her win the gold it was surreal, it was unbelievable,” recalled Percylee, McLaughlin’s principal when a student at Union Catholic Regional High School in Scotch Plains, New Jersey.
“This ultimate joy just burst from me! It was hard to define the magnitude of that joy. I think I let out a ‘Wow!’ and ‘Gold Syd Gold.’ I don’t know how to scream, but I’m sure I yelled,” laughed Percylee.
Mercy Matters
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Fact
On This Day
31 August 1875: 10 Sisters from Ennis, Ireland arrived in Singleton, Australia to establish a new convent.
Contribute a fact from your Mercy congregation, institute, or federation, to our online archive.
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Programmes & Events
MercyWorks Celebrates Stories of Mercy
Watch the video of MercyWorks good news stories of their partnership and programs in community development - with Indigenous communities and asylum seekers in Australia, and with our sisters and brothers across the Asia Pacific region in Papua New Guinea, the Philippines and Timor Leste.
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prayer
23rd Sunday in Ordinary Time, Year B
“From September 1 to October 4, we join with Christians across the globe in celebrating the Season of Creation. The 2021 theme, “A Home for All, Renewing the Oikos [household] of God” invites us to attend to those rendered homeless, birds and beasts and humankind alike so that there might be a home for all the species of the earth.”
Further Resources
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Worth Reading
Archbishop Dermot Farrell (Dublin) publishes pastoral letter on the climate crisis
Archbishop writes “Let us not fool ourselves: there can be no enduring response to the cry of the earth without responding to the need for justice and dignity.”
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Worth Knowing
Vatican Museums Collection: The Works of Mercy #6
Explore the masterpieces in the papal collections accompanied by the words of the Popes. Today, view The Works of Mercy #6.
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Worth Playing
Meditation Resource from CHAUSA
Catholic Health Association of the United States offers Meditative Reflections. Listen to Humble and Gentle One for 1 minute 43 seconds to recenter yourself.
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Worth Knowing
Healthy Planet, Healthy People Petition
In November, at the 26th UN Climate Change Conference (COP26), countries will announce their plans to meet the goals of the Paris agreement. Ahead of those meetings, it is our responsibility as Catholics to lift up the voices of the most vulnerable and advocate on their behalf. *This petition was signed by Mercy Global Action!
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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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