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Introducing the Mercy Emerging Leaders Fellowship Impact Report!
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It is our great pleasure to be able to share with you the Mercy Emerging Leaders Fellowship (MELF) Impact Report. As many of you know, we have been working on this report since September 2022. The report is a culmination of hundreds of reflections and testimonials from across the Mercy World, including MELF Fellows, mentors, congregation leaders, associates, and NGO partners. Many of these reflections speak about the value of MELF and express hope for how the program can grow into the future.
Vision in Action
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Mercy International Association
Lenten Spirituality Reflection Series Begins Today
Mercy International Association
Lenten Spirituality Reflection Series Begins Today
The first spirituality reflection of MIA’s Lenten Series is live today. Máire Hearty rsm, Head of Heritage and Spirituality at MIA, offers a prayer video for Ash Wednesday. The video can be viewed on our website here. Participants may also utilise the previously published Ash Wednesday Prayer Service. To receive emails throughout Lent, please read below and register.
You are invited to journey through the Lenten season with MIA through spirituality, prayer, and reflection. Participants will receive an email on Monday, Wednesday, and Friday with a reflection hosted by a different member of our global Mercy world including the Mercy Emerging Leaders Fellows. The theme of our prayer and reflection this Lent is 'Journey'. Please complete the form linked below to register for the Lenten Reflection Series.
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Prayer
MIA Prayer Intention: The People of Syria and Turkey
Prayer
MIA Prayer Intention: The People of Syria and Turkey
Mercy International continues to pray for the people of Turkey and Syria who have been impacted by devastating earthquakes. With Mercy and compassion, we keep all those affected in our thoughts and prayers and continue to seek ways the Mercy world can support their communities.
Together, we pray…
Incarnate God,
We ask you to help us respond compassionately to the needs of those suffering so greatly from the recent earthquakes. We ask your special blessing on those who are working to bring aid to the people who have survived the disaster, but whose lives are now so impacted by loss and grief. May all who are affected feel your warmth and strength, and may we each be inspired by You to act with generosity, compassion and in solidarity.
Amen.
Mercy Matters
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Fact
On This Day
February 22, 1844: Margaret O'Brien, Sr M Agatha, second woman received in Americas
1911: Re-opening of St Mary's Hospital, San Francisco after 1906 earthquake
Contribute a fact from your Mercy congregation, institute, or federation, to our online archive.
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Mercy International Centre
Lent Resources on Social Media
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Mercy Global Action
MGA Advocacy Workshop on Water, 1st March 2023 - Ahead of the UN Water Conference
Mercy Global Action is offering the first of three virtual advocacy workshops on March 1st. The workshop will focus on Water and will be facilitated via Zoom. A link to the Zoom meeting will be sent via email to all participants.
- Session One - March 1st, 4:00pm NY/9:00pm IRE/8am AEDT (2nd March)
- Session Two - March 2nd, 6:00am NY/11:00am IRE/10:00pm AEDT
Further Resources
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Worth Reading
Mercy Works (AUS): Cherilyn Finds Her Voice
Mercy Works (Australia) presents a story with a powerful testament to the healing and inspiration that can have a ripple effect for other survivors who have also been caught in the dark cycle of human trafficking. The women in Mercy Works Creating Change for Women Through Advocacy Project in Cebu in the Philippines are moving from being victims to becoming confident, out-spoken advocates.
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Worth Knowing
NGO CSW67 Advocacy Toolkit
With just a few weeks until the Commission on the Status of Women at the United Nations in New York, the Mercy world is preparing to be advocates for this year’s theme Innovation and technological change, and education in the digital age for achieving gender equality and the empowerment of all. The NGO CSW Forum published a new Advocacy Toolkit as a tool for “NGOs, civil society representatives, and feminist activists.”
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Worth Knowing
Laudato Si Movement Lent Website
This year, the contemplative part of Laudato Si Lent will be shared on the Laudato Si Lent 2023 website. The website will provide “resources for contemplation, prayers, and ideas on how to deepen your eco-spirituality during Lent.” The Laudato Si Movement’s theme for Lent this year is "Moving away from ecological sins and into ecological conversion".
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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
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