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Lenten Spirituality Sessions
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The Mercy world will gather virtually for spirituality sessions to journey through the Lenten season together. All are welcome to join MIA on each of the seven Wednesdays of Lent at 2pm Dublin Time (find your local time here; Please be mindful of Daylight Savings Time!) beginning Ash Wednesday, March 2nd. To register your interest in attending one or more virtual sessions, please complete the Google Form here. The live sessions will be hosted in English and Spanish.
For those located in Dublin, Ireland, Mercy International Centre will host an in-person prayer service for Ash Wednesday at 10am in the Chapel in Baggot Street. More details below. Please email MaireHearty@mercyinternational.ie to register your attendance.
Vision in Action
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Global Action
Mercy Global Action Ocean Task Force: Expressions of Interest Open
Global Action
Mercy Global Action Ocean Task Force: Expressions of Interest Open
An exciting opportunity exists to join a newly established MGA task force on Oceans to commence in March 2022. The Ocean task force is directly linked to Mercy Global Action’s priority themes of migration, water, and climate justice.
Mercy Global Action task forces are issue-based, time-limited, and have an action-oriented focus. Comprising of approximately twelve members, including the MGA team, this task force will draw upon the experience, expertise, and aspirations of its members in relation to Oceans. See Terms of Reference for the MGA Ocean Task Force here.
Expressions of Interest (EOI) are now open for membership of the Oceans MGA Task Force and will close on Tuesday, Feb 22, 2022 at 5pm, EDT. Sign up here!
Selection will be based on a range of perspectives, including different knowledge and experience levels, geographic locations, cultural backgrounds, and other lived experiences.
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Prayer
MIA Prayer Intention: International Women's Day
Prayer
MIA Prayer Intention: International Women's Day
On March 8, the world will celebrate International Women’s Day. MIA holds in prayer all women and girls, who lift up each other and others to make our world a better place. As Catherine once said, “No work of charity can be more productive of good to society than the careful instruction of women.” And so we pray that women continue to be included, educated, and lifted up so that they not only have a voice at the table but are influential in creating a more inclusive society.
MIA invites members of Mercy World to participate in an International Women’s Day virtual event organised by Mercy Global Action with featured speaker Sr. Magdelene Musau (Kenya). Join us on 8 March at 11am (Dublin). More information is available here. Please register your attendance using the form here.
Mercy Matters
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Fact
On This Day
15 February 1898: First Mercy convent in Africa, at Mafeking
16 February 2005: Leaders of the four Mercy Congregations in Aotearoa New Zealand sign the Petition to Rome to become a single Congregation
Contribute a fact from your Mercy congregation, institute, or federation, to our online archive.
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Programmes
Catherine's Suscipe: Prayer of a Social Mystic
Mon, 28 March - Fri, 1 April: Spend a week at Mercy International Centre in Dublin, Ireland exploring Catherine, her suscipe, and her message to us today. This retreat will be facilitated by Mary Pat Garvin, rsm. Residential costings are €525 including accommodation and all meals. Non-residential (commuter) costings are €290 including lunch. To RSVP please email H&S Team member Máire at programmes@mercyinternational.ie. More details available here.
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Programmes
RSVP to Ash Wednesday at Baggot Street
MIC is hosting an Ash Wednesday Prayer Service at Baggot Street. Join us at 10am on March 2nd in the chapel for a prayer service followed by tea. Ashes will be distributed. Please register your attendance in advance with Máire Hearty, rsm by emailing mairehearty@mercyinternational.ie.
For those unable to attend in person, a digital pdf is available for use in your community. Download A4 here and US Letter here.
Further Resources
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Worth Reading
Mercy Global Action Joins Call to “Build Forward Better”
The 60th session of the Commission for Social Development (CSocD60) is taking place largely online from 7 to 16 February 2022 at United Nations Headquarters in New York. The Commission for Social Development has been the key UN body in charge of the follow-up and implementation of the Copenhagen Declaration and Programme of Action, and the social development pillar of global development.
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Worth Playing
Mercy Sisters Embrace the World of Podcasting
Six Mercy Sisters from the Western Province, Ireland have embraced the world of Podcasting. Drawing from their various life experiences as Teachers, Social workers, Doctors and Counsellors, as well as being Mercy Sisters, these women tell their life-stories through a prism of Mercy. Over the course of their lives, which have taken them on remarkable journeys, and indeed many highs and lows, the Sisters reveal their stories of hope and perseverance in their chosen fields. They speak in detail about how the Charism of Mercy has enfolded in their journeys and how many of them have embraced new ways of living out their vocations, and of engaging with the world in the 21st Century.
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Worth Knowing
Storytelling: A Journey of Self-Discovery
Join us in person at Baggot Street for a workshop day facilitated by Marcy Fox, Mercy Associate. This workshop will engage the group in discovering meaningful and formative life stories through personal reflection, writing, and sharing. We will explore how our life history influences our future.
Date and Time: Saturday, April 2nd, 10am - 4pm
How to register: To RSVP for this event, please email programmes@mercyinternational.ie.
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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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