Breaking Boundaries: Spotlight One, Supporting Migrants at Borders and in Detention
The Mercy Global Action Migration Task Force’s report ‘Breaking Boundaries: A Mercy Response to People on the Move’ was born from a collection of stories and experiences of Mercy work with migrants, refugees, and asylum seekers around the world. The report is tied together by human rights-based critical analysis and Catholic social teaching. To offer further insight, MGA is launching an infographic series for all in our Mercy world to engage with stand understand people on the move. Spotlight Issue #1 features Supporting Migrants at Borders and in Detention.
Vision in Action
Mercy International Association
Remembrance Day Prayer Service at Baggot Street & Online
Mercy International Association
Remembrance Day Prayer Service at Baggot Street & Online
You are warmly invited to join MIA in the chapel at Baggot Street at 12 noon on Friday, 11th November as we commemorate the day on which Catherine McAuley died. We take this opportunity to also remember and pray for our own family, friends, and community members who have passed away. We gather to support one another in our grief and loss, in prayer, and in ritual, knowing the comfort that comes from being together at such times.
In-Person: Please register your attendance by Tuesday 8 November, by emailing receptionist@mercyinternational.ie or by phoning MIA at 01.661.8061.
Virtual: If you cannot join us in person, the prayer service can be viewed online here. The online link will be available live at 12pm noon (Dublin) on 11 November and as a recording immediately after the event has concluded.
We look forward to your presence with us on this poignant day.
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‘... will we all meet in heaven - oh what joy -even to think of it.’
Catherine McAuley to Teresa White 3rd February 1841
Prayer
MIA Prayer Intention: All Souls Day
Prayer
MIA Prayer Intention: All Souls Day
Mercy International prays for the souls of the faithfully departed this week. We are reminded of Catherine’s celebration of the afterlife when she remarked “Will we all meet in Heaven? O what a joy even to think of it!” In this spirit, we reflect on a reading from the Book of Wisdom:
The souls of the just are in the hand of God, and no torment shall touch them. They seemed, in the view of the foolish, to be dead; and their passing away was thought an affliction and their going forth from us, utter destruction. But they are in peace. For if before men, indeed, they be punished, yet is their hope full of immortality; chastised a little, they shall be greatly blessed, because God tried them and found them worthy of himself. As gold in the furnace, he proved them, and as sacrificial offerings he took them to himself. In the time of their visitation they shall shine, and shall dart about as sparks through stubble; they shall judge nations and rule over peoples, and the LORD shall be their King forever. Those who trust in him shall understand truth, and the faithful shall abide with him in love: because grace and mercy are with his holy ones, and his care is with his elect.
Selected from a Prayer Service created by Catholic Health Association of the United States. Available in English and Spanish here.
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Fact
On This Day
November 2, 1969: Doncaster and Hunslet communities send first Sisters to Peru.
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Sisters of Mercy
More Stories from the World of Mercy Sisters
Three more pioneering Mercy Sisters from the Western Province, Ireland have ventured into the world of Podcasting. Their exciting, relevant stories are told with deep honesty. These Podcasts are available under the banner of Stories from the Mercy World, on YouTube, on www.sistersofmercy.ie under Recordings, or accessed directly from the following links:
Mercy International Centre
Advent Retreat at MIC in Dublin!
This three-day retreat will provide participants with space to step back from the day-to-day and focus on preparation for Christmas, the birth of new stirrings, and a deeper calling to connection. We will explore the Gospel messages of the Advent season and the journey of the Magi from searching to discovering. Residential: €385 Non-residential: €185.
Further Resources
Worth Watching
The Pope Video November: For Children who Suffer
In his November video, Francis invites us to pray for the “millions of boys and girls who suffer and live in conditions very similar to slavery,” and he asks us to open our eyes to “the exploitation of these children who don’t have a right to play, to study, to dream. They don’t even enjoy the warmth of a family.” “Those who are homeless, orphans, and victims of war”: the world is full of children without a childhood, and each of them – the Pope says in this video – is “a cry that rises up to God and shames the system that we adults have built.”
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Worth Reading
Religious Guide to the UN Climate Change Conference
JCoR recently released a resource for religious to guide through reflection and conversation around the United Nations Climate Conference, COP27, in Egypt where MIA will be sending delegates next week. This guide was produced by the Justice Coalition of Religious (JCoR), a coalition of 21 non-governmental organizations that are accredited to collectively represent over 200 congregations of Roman Catholic women and men Religious at the United Nations (UN). The resource explores what a COP is, the topics of discussion at COP this year, daily themes and prayers, recommended virtual programming, and a digital pilgrimage to Egypt.
View the Resource Guide
Worth Watching
Celebrating 8 billion strong – infinite possibilities for people and planet (UNDESA)
Our world is approaching a landmark moment in human history. On 15 November 2022, the global population is projected to reach 8 billion people. Thanks to science, technology, and groundbreaking innovations, we now live longer and healthier. It took the human family 125 years to get from 1 billion to 2 billion. But only 12 years to grow from 7 to 8 billion.
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