MIA Staff Celebrates Season of Creation!
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On Tuesday, 7th of September, MIA staff came together to renew our relationship with Creation, and to learn, reflect, and act to protect our common home. The gathering offered staff a time to reflect on how our lifestyles affect the natural environment and to make a commitment to more sustainable ways of living. The celebration ended with a tree planting sustainability activity in the front garden.
- View MIA’s Season of Creation guide for more information on protecting our common home this Season of Creation and beyond.
- Find out more about the Season of Creation here.
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Vision in Action
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Global Action
Our Christian Call to Safeguard Creation: Migration and the Hidden Losses of Climate Change
Global Action
Our Christian Call to Safeguard Creation: Migration and the Hidden Losses of Climate Change
During this Season of Creation, as we reflect on the theme “A Home for All? Renewing the Oikos of God,” we remember that for an increasing number of people, the failure to safeguard and care for all of creation leads to a loss of home.
When we listen to the experiences of people who have migrated or been displaced due to the effects of extreme weather events or environmental degradation, it is clear that the impacts of climate change are not simply economic. While the loss of land and loss of resources are important, there are also impacts that are more difficult to quantify. These impacts often go unnoticed by the outside world, such as the loss of traditional ways of living, cultural heritage, and biodiversity. These include the ability to live on ancestral land; guardianship of sacred sites; coexistence with traditional animals, plants, and herbs; the practice of traditional medicine, folklore, song and dance, and religious rites; and cultural knowledge, including indigenous knowledge and practice.
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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.
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
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Kenya
Sister Magdalene Mausua (Kenya) Publishes New Book
Kenya
Sister Magdalene Mausua (Kenya) Publishes New Book
Sister Magdalene Mausua (Kenya) published hew new book, The Change You Want is Within You. Based on the true story of Mellie, the book offers a blend of people’s stories and adaptations of experiences drawn from Sr. Magdalene’s world. The story of Mellie shows how she has been impacted and defined by different life circumstances. This is a depiction of courage and determination at its best. The author engages the reader in reflective questions coming from various life challenges presented in the book. The aim is to help the reader to intimately relate with the book, to critique what is happening in their own life, and assess how they impact other people. This is a workbook that offers you the tools to grow!
The book is available here on Amazon. You may wish to check your local book store as well.
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Americas
Mercy Housing Family Featured in National Talent Show
Americas
Mercy Housing Family Featured in National Talent Show
Mercy Housing residents like the Curtis family are achieving their dreams.
Please join us in cheering on the Curtis Family C-notes on America's Got Talent! Longtime San Franciscans and residents of Mercy Housing's Bayview Hill Gardens community, the talented Curtis family band has already made a name for itself locally. Their debut on America's Got Talent this summer got them four thumbs up from the judges. Check them out here.
Founded by Sister Timothy Marie O’Roark, a Sister of Mercy in Nebraska, Mercy Housing is redefining affordable, low-income housing. They are a nonprofit organization working to build a more humane world where communities are healthy and all people can develop their full potential.
Mercy Matters
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Fact
On This Day
14 September 1957: Foundation to British Columbia, Canada.
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MIA News
Share a Mercy Day Message
For many years, members of the global Mercy community have sent in their Mercy Day greetings for posting on our website. Click below to read MIA’s 2021 Mercy Day message and send in your own greeting!
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prayer
25th Sunday in Ordinary Time, Year B
“Most of us have to admit to being like the disciples whom Jesus was trying to bring from blindness and ignorance to insight and understanding. Like them, we are often afraid to ask for explanations when we fear that we may not be able to deal with the responses we receive..”
Further Resources
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Worth Watching
The Pope Video for September: An Environmentally Sustainable Lifestyle
Who is leading new projects to protect and sustain the environment? Young people, beyond a doubt. As the Pope says, “Let us… reflect on our lifestyle, especially during these moments of health, social and environmental crisis.”
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Worth Knowing
Vatican Museums Collection: The Works of Mercy #8
Explore the masterpieces in the papal collections accompanied by the words of the Popes. Today, view The Works of Mercy #8.
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Worth Watching
New Meditation Resource from CHAUSA
Catholic Health Association of the United States offers Meditative Reflections. Listen to Be Still for 1 minute 49 seconds to recenter yourself.
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Worth Reading
The Inequality Virus Bringing together a world torn apart by Covid through a fair, just and sustainable economy
Oxfam launched its global report at the opening day of the 2021 World Economic Forum’s Davos Agenda meetings. Inequality Virus highlights how the coronavirus crisis has exacerbated inequality and deepened poverty around the world.
Read the ReportMembers 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.
For more information on the directors click here