MIA Welcomes Four New Staff Members!
We are delighted to welcome new staff members at MIC in Dublin:
- Tripthi Rodrigues has joined MIA as Office Manager;
- Sean Gillespie has taken up the role of Administrative Assistant;
- Máire Hearty rsm has joined MIA as Heritage and Spirituality Associate; and,
- Siobhán Golden began her position as Programme Coordinator in July.
Elizabeth MacNeal, Head of Heritage and Spirituality, and I are very pleased to welcome these new staff members. These next few months will provide us with the opportunity to develop a team that will be fully ready for when we can again welcome visitors to MIC. In the meantime, there is much to do.
At the MIA/MGA office in New York change is also in the air. Angela Reed, Head of Mercy Global Action, is returning to New York in early September, by which time a new Intern will have commenced. We wish Angela safe travels on her journey to NY where she will meet the MGA team at their new office space.
Vision in Action
Resources
MGA Signs Letter by the UN NGO Working Group on Women, Peace and Security
Resources
MGA Signs Letter by the UN NGO Working Group on Women, Peace and Security
Mercy Global Action invites the Mercy World to read and reflect upon an open letter by the UN NGO working Group on Women, Peace and Security to Member States of the United Nations. MIA-Global Action signed on to this letter along with many other faith based organisations.
In summary, the key recommendations to Members States are calling on them to :
- Immediately stop intimidation, attacks, or reprisals against all human rights defenders;
- Prevent threats and violence against women human rights defenders, peacebuilders, and civil society leaders;
- Call on Secretary- General Antonio Guterres to ensure that the UN provides all necessary protection and support to those at risk or who have faced reprisals; and
- Ensure women civil society representatives regularly brief the Security Council.
Prayer
MIA Prayer Intention: ISMAPNG Offers Meditation in Time of Pandemic
Prayer
MIA Prayer Intention: ISMAPNG Offers Meditation in Time of Pandemic
The Institute of Sisters of Mercy of Australia and Papua New Guinea warmly invites all sisters world-wide, along with Mercy colleagues and friends, to unite in prayer for these Covid times on the Feast of the Holy Cross, September 14 (Tuesday).
The prayer Meditation in Time of Pandemic has been prepared by Mary Wickham, an Australian sister well known and appreciated for her poetry and retreats in the Celtic tradition.
Designed for small groups or for individual prayer, Meditation is in video form and, without any pause for contemplation or shared reflection, takes about 22 minutes.
Please join us in Australia and Papua New Guinea as a vibrant expression of global Mercy unity in this critical period of pandemic affecting the whole human family.
Members News
ISMAPNG
The newly published poetry collection titled Being The Bird, by Australian Sister of Mercy Mary Wickham is now available
ISMAPNG
The newly published poetry collection titled Being The Bird, by Australian Sister of Mercy Mary Wickham is now available
The book contains a large number of previously unpublished poems, as well as gathering up some familiar Mercy prayers, such as The Door of Mercy and Litany of Mercy, and the set of poems about Baggot St, which reflect on different rooms and spaces at Catherine’s house.
The poems are essentially about encounter: with the Divine, the natural world, the Celtic landscape and spirit, and those whose lives the poet has shared through journeys of birth and death, dementia, and abuse. Several poems are directly related to the Covid-19 experience.
A number of Mary’s poems have won awards over the years and her poetry has been featured in installations in Cathedrals, hospitals and schools as well as periodicals in the USA, Ireland and Australia.
Americas
Mercy Investment Services: Recognising Mercy's Leadership in Impact Investing
Americas
Mercy Investment Services: Recognising Mercy's Leadership in Impact Investing
A recent article in ImpactAlpha, a publication dedicated to highlighting the work of impact investments in our global community, praises the longtime dedication of religious congregations, including the Sisters of Mercy of the Americas, in the shareholder advocacy and community investing fields. The Sisters of Mercy began making community investments in the 1970s; this investing continues today through Mercy Partnership Fund, which recently celebrated its 25th anniversary. The article says:
“Groups like the Adrian Dominican Sisters and the Sisters of Mercy were not only instrumental in early efforts to hold public companies more accountable, but were pioneers in impact-first investing. They were amongst the very first to provide low interest loans to nascent community development finance institutions (CDFIs)… They have remained steadfast and true to this commitment over the ensuing decades and continue to be pioneers in our sector.”
Mercy Matters
Fact
On This Day
7 September 1956: Two Filipina women began novitiate, St Maries of the Isle, Cork.
Contribute a fact from your Mercy congregation, institute, or federation, to our online archive.
Resrouce
MIA Season of Creation Activity Guide
Mercy International Association recently released an activity guide for the Season of Creation. Find out how you can impact creation with tools for reflection, advocacy, and individual and communal action!
prayer
24th Sunday in Ordinary Time, Year B
“Today’s gospel reading leads us into a section of Mark’s gospel that explores challenges confronting all disciples on their journey of faith. The first challenge is to clarify the nature of our commitment as disciples of Jesus.”
Further Resources
Worth Reading
Walk the Talk Toolkit from the World Council of Churches
What if churches collectively applied their purchasing power to support products and companies that consider the wellbeing of communities and our planet? Wouldn’t we be living out God’s call to transforming discipleship? Wouldn’t the world be a kinder, fairer, more beautiful place?
Download the Resource
Worth Knowing
Vatican Museums Collection: The Works of Mercy #7
Explore the masterpieces in the papal collections accompanied by the words of the Popes. Today, view The Works of Mercy #7.
Read More
Worth Watching
New Meditation Resource from CHAUSA
Catholic Health Association of the United States offers Meditative Reflections. Listen to Nothing Can Separate Me for 1 minute 45 seconds to recenter yourself.
Listen to the Meditation
Worth Knowing
Planet in Crisis: What are the Root Causes & Solutions?
Join the Columban Center for Advocacy and Outreach as we discuss what about our social and economic systems need to change and how we can help make that change a reality. This webinar begins at 8:00pm ET and will be 90 minutes long.
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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.
Mercy eNews
The online newsletter of Mercy International Association is published weekly, 48 weeks each year and distributed to subscribers via email.
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