An Invitation to Engage in Mercy Oceans Campaign
The Mercy Global Action Oceans Taskforce invites the Mercy World to engage in a Mercy Oceans Campaign. The campaign will run in tandem with the United Nations Ocean Conference in Lisbon from June 27 – July 1 2022. Participants can choose to engage in all or some of the suggested ways. This campaign urges the Mercy World to reflect on and take action for the health and sustainability of the world’s oceans. A Mercy Oceans Campaign toolkit, compiled by the Mercy Global Action Oceans Taskforce is available for download.
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Vision in Action
Mercy International Centre
2022 Programmes: August - December
Mercy International Centre
2022 Programmes: August - December
The Heritage and Spirituality staff extends an invitation to all to consider registering for a programme or retreat experience in the second half of 2022! Both virtual and in-person offerings are available.
Those attending programmes at Mercy International Centre in Dublin, Ireland are welcome to arrive the night before the programme included in the cost. Questions and registrations can be sent to the Heritage & Spirituality Team at programmes@mercyinternational.ie.
AUGUST
26-28 August: Creative Meditation Weekend with Oonagh Campbell and Marianne Hieb, rsm. Residential: €300 Non-residential: €120
29 Aug - 2 Sept: Silent Centering Prayer Retreat with Fionnuala Quinn, op and Suzanne Ryder rsm. Residential: €475 Non-residential: €300
SEPTEMBER
5-9 September: You’ve Got Mail: Letters from Catherine and Paul with Marie Noel Keller, rsm. Residential: €475 Non-residential: €275
17 September: Heart Presence: Catherine’s Legacy with Brenda Peddigrew, rsm. VIRTUAL suggested donation: €25.
19 - 23 September: Mercy Experience programme to be offered. More details in the next issue of enews.
OCTOBER
25 Sept - 21 Oct: Sabbatical Retreat Experience with a variety of speakers and optional pilgrimage to Knock. Residential: €4250
NOVEMBER
27 November: Weekly Advent Spirituality Sessions with various speakers. VIRTUAL suggested donation: €10/session.
DECEMBER
5-9 December: Advent: Journeying with the Magi Retreat with MIA Staff. Residential: €385. Non-residential: €185
Prayer
MIA Prayer Intention: Self Reflection
Prayer
MIA Prayer Intention: Self Reflection
In his Book of Blessings, John O’Donohue calls each of us to reflect. He reminds us “There is a quiet light that shines in every heart. It draws no attention to itself but is always secretly there. It is what illuminates our minds to see beauty, our desire to seek possibility, and our hearts to love life.” Today, we pause in self-reflection and pray…
What dreams did I create last night?
Where did my eyes linger today?
Where was I blind?
Where was I hurt without anyone noticing?
What did I learn today?
What did I read?
What new thoughts visited me?
What differences did I notice in those closest to me?
Whom did I neglect?
Where did I neglect myself?
What did I begin today that might endure?
How were my conversations?
What did I do today for the poor and the excluded?
Did I remember the dead today?
When could I have exposed myself to the risk of something different?
Where did I allow myself to receive love?
With whom today did I feel most myself?
What reached me today? How did it imprint?
Who saw me today?
What visitations had I from the past and from the future?
What did I avoid today?
From the evidence – why was I given this day?
Mercy Matters
Fact
On This Day
22 June 1824: Catherine leased property on the corner of Baggot Street and Herbert Street in Dublin.
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Member News
Open Doors Project
The May 2022 meeting of the Directors and Members provided the opportunity to explore the project, Opening Doors. The Board of MIA had affirmed in November 2021 that Strategic Planning for the next few years should be influenced by the Mercy Global Presence (MGP) programme, and the Generative Conversation (GC) held in September 2021 which built on the MGP programme. What had been heard in the Mercy International Reflection Process (MIRP) before both of those also continued to echo.
MGA Intern
Volunteer Internship at MGA Office in New York
An intern position at Mercy Global Action Office in New York is now open. Applications will be received until the deadline of Wednesday, July 6, 2022. This is a volunteer position five days a week for 10 months. A stipend is provided to assist with some food, housing, and transport.
Applicants can send a letter of interest and resume to Colleen Swain at colleenswain@mercyinternational.ie
Further Resources
Worth Knowing
Pittsburgh Mercy to Host Virtual “Foundations of Faith Community Nursing” Course
The Pittsburgh Mercy Parish Nurse & Health Ministry Program, part of Pittsburgh Mercy and Trinity Health, serving in the tradition of the Sisters of Mercy, will host “Foundations of Faith Community Nursing,” a five-day, virtual course that offers valuable education and resources to those preparing for faith community nursing and health ministry.
This course is designed for registered nurses, other health care professionals, clergy, and laypersons who are interested in promoting health, wellness, and spirituality in their faith communities, beginning or growing a visitation ministry, and/or coordinating volunteers.
More Information
Worth Knowing
Creative Meditation Weekend with Oonagh Campbell and Marianne Hieb, rsm
From Friday, 26 August through Sunday, 28 August MIC welcomes Oonagh Campbell and Marianne Hieb, rsm to lead a new weekend programme Creative Mediation. Participants will learn about art as a spiritual practice, explore prompts in a creative setting, and be encouraged to draw closer to their inner child. All skill levels are invited! Art materials will be provided.
Residential costings are €300 including accommodation and all meals. Non-residential (commuter) costings are €120 including lunch.
To register or express interest please email the H&S Team at programmes@mercyinternational.ie.
More information
Worth Reading
Refugee Week: Mercy Works, Finding Peace in Ballarat
When Peace Aziawor, 19, arrived in Ballarat in Victoria in 2011 from Togo, West Africa, she was scared, painfully shy and didn’t want to be seen as different.
So worried was she about standing out, she asked to not be removed from the classroom at Phoenix College for her one-on-one sessions with her Mercy Connect volunteer, Margaret Adams.
Continue Reading Peace’s Story here.
Her advice for any refugee or asylum seeker students arriving at a new school “would be cliched!” she laughs: “Be Brave, have an open mind and trust it will turn out for the best. Just never give up, to never doubt yourself – even though your mind tells you otherwise.”
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