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Welcome Message from CEO Patricia O'Donovan
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https://vimeo.com/810369748
Incoming Mercy International Association CEO, Patricia O’Donovan, offers a welcome message to the Mercy world. Patricia highlights her commitment to the global Mercy community, the Opening Doors project, and our interconnectedness. Learn more about Patricia in the video linked below!
https://vimeo.com/810369748
Vision in Action
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Mercy International Centre
Celebrate Mass at Baggot Street Chapel
Mercy International Centre
Celebrate Mass at Baggot Street Chapel
To mark the occasion of Catherine McAuley being declared Venerable on 9 April 1990, a mass will be celebrated in Baggot Street Chapel. Join us on Wednesday, 12 April at 11am for mass followed by a comfortable cup of tea (and scones!) in the dining room. All in our Mercy community and the public are encouraged to attend. A live stream will be made available in the next issue of Mercy eNews.
Please email Mercy International Centre’s receptionist, Thomas, to register your interest in attending the mass in person. Thomas can be reached at info@mercyinternational.ie.
Read more about Catherine McAuley’s Canonisation process on Mercy’s website here.
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Prayer
MIA Prayer Intention: Water
Prayer
MIA Prayer Intention: Water
Mercy International celebrates and prays in the spirit of the UN Water Conference and World Water Day! In 1977, world leaders, water experts and policymakers from around the world gathered in Argentina for the UN Water Conference. This week, almost 50 years later, the global community gathers again in New York for the second ever UN Water Conference. “Water is a dealmaker for the Sustainable Development Goals, and for the health and prosperity of people and planet. But our progress on water related goals and targets remains alarmingly off track, jeopardizing the entire sustainable development agenda.” Together, we pray…
Great Healer, You are good and merciful. Touch precious little ones endangered by dirty water and poor sanitation and hygiene. Loving God, we ask for Your blessings on children, mothers, fathers, and communities who are thirsty. Purify, protect, and multiply their water sources. Strengthen their resolve so they may fully enjoy the benefits of clean water — essentials like education, gardens of fresh produce, and good health.
The streams of God are filled with water to provide the people with grain, for so you have ordained it.—Psalm 65:9 (NIV). Amen.
Prayer adapted from World Vision. Read about Mercy Global Action’s Mercy Water Campaign.
Mercy Matters
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Fact
On This Day
March 22, 1966: Provincialate and novitiate moved from Detroit to Farmington Hills, Michigan
Contribute a fact from your Mercy congregation, institute, or federation, to our online archive.
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Mercy International Centre
Catherine's Suscipe: Sun, 21 May - Fri, 26 May
Catherine was a social mystic - a woman whose spirituality had direct social implications for the people of her day. We too are social mystics with those we serve through our ministries impacted by our own spirituality. During this guided retreat we will explore Catherine’s Suscipe, listening attentively with the ‘ear of our hearts’ to the fresh and encouraging words she wishes to share with us. Renewed and refreshed in Mercy, we will go forth to face the issues of our own time with Catherine’s depth of imagination and courage! Facilitated by Mary Pat Garvin, rsm. Residential: €575 (Accommodation & all meals) Non-Residential : €290 (Lunch)
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Mercy International Centre
Afternoon Tea at Mercy International Centre
Visit MIC in Dublin on Wednesday, April 19 at 2pm for afternoon tea to celebrate the anniversary of Catherine McAuley being declared Venerable by Pope John Paul II in April 1990. Finger sandwiches, scones, cakes, tea, and coffee are included for €25 per person. All participants will be seated at one table in the Callahan Room. To register email info@mercyinternational.ie or ring 01 6618061.
Further Resources
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Worth Watching
Mercy Lenten Spirituality Series Continues
Mercy International’s Lenten Spirituality Series continues with reflections every Monday, Wednesday, and Friday. A full list of reflections is available on our website here. The video reflection linked is from Sr. Brenda Peddigrew, rsm from Newfoundland. Brenda guides us in reflection through poetry centered around Catherine and Mercy. Thank you, Brenda, for a beautiful reflection of Mercy this Lenten Season!
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Worth Reading
A Mercy College in Wellington, NZ Helps Keep the Planet Clean!
“It was so good on a sunny day coming to St Catherine’s Ewaste collection to be greeted by your warm, smiling faces!” Just one of the many comments St Catherine’s College Parent Teacher Association received after completing our third annual collection of a huge variety of Ewaste items from the people of the Eastern and Southern suburbs of Wellington.
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Worth Reading
Building Bridges in Papua New Guinea: Sr Sally's Visit
For over 40 years children and adults from Kup village in Simbu, Papua New Guinea, have struggled to cross the mighty waters of the Wahgi River to get to the nearest town of Kundiawa… The only fast way is dangerous, yet vital, for the 5,000 people who live in the village of Kup. Currently, the villagers swim across the river’s fast-moving waters or sit on large black rubber tyre tubes and propel themselves across. This takes about 10-15 minutes, and they inevitably get soaked. School teachers make their way to work this way, families get to the markets and to buy supplies and villagers to churches.
Read the Full Article (and watch the river crossing video!))
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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