Shared on 2025-06-26 14:46:52 AEST by John Rochester
Staff gathered on zoom this morning to discuss and reflect on Step 1
Shared on 2025-06-26 14:43:01 AEST by John Rochester
Twenty five of our Institute staff met on Zoom this morning to discuss Step One of the pilgrimage. They were invited to explore two questions -
What do you think are some of the features of a Mercy Pilgrimage of Hope?
At the conclusion of the pilgrimage what do you hope will have been achieved?
A summary of the responses is attached.
Staff-Reflection-260625.pdf
Shared on 2025-06-26 13:16:35 AEST by Cynthia Mulholland
If you want to download Helen Kearins’ ‘Mercy … Our Pilgrimage of Hope’ song to listen on your device, just click on the link (on the Step One page) to listen to the song and then click on the three dots and select download. This will save the song to your device, ready for enjoying anywhere, anytime. https://institute.mercy.org.au/wp-content/uploads/2025/06/Pilgrimage-Of-Hope_Abridged_V2.mp3
Shared on 2025-06-25 11:51:28 AEST by BERENICE KERR
Thought for the feast of John the Baptist:
'May we be blessed, even in moments of anxiety and exhaustion, with encounters that strengthen our hope and trust in God, and lead us to the freedom, like John the Baptist, to announce the coming kingdom of God.'
Sam Sawyer: Americamedia.org.
Shared on 2025-06-25 10:41:25 AEST by BERENICE KERR
Yesterday I was tidying up some papers and found some reflections I had written during my sabbatical in 2019. On the topic of pilgrimage I had written that while God is the pilgrim's quest, God is also the way to achieve the quest. Basic? Maybe, but it got me thinking.
Shared on 2025-06-25 10:07:11 AEST by Duyen Nguyen
I thought I would share an article I wrote recently providing some food for thought for our pilgrimage.
DuyenNguyen-PilgrimsPlace-2506251.pdf
Shared on 2025-06-24 18:25:14 AEST by Lorraine Cupitt
Using FaceTime, the concept of ‘Kindling’ and fanning into a Flame was central to our Group sharing.
The Poem below by Judy Brown, and Joan Chittister’s “ The Fire in the Ashes “ Ch 3, speak of the important stage of Kindling.
The Irish call this ‘ Grieshog’ a process of fanning into a Flame, using the ashes kept warm from the night before.
The process from Kindling to Flame in all of Life’s Journey, Likewise, calls for Care, Patience, Space, Acceptance, Risk Taking, Sensitivity and Time.
Shared on 2025-06-20 21:03:31 AEST by Schola Fakiwi
I have been listening to it several times. Very inspiring. The first Mercy Pilgrim of Hope . Many thanks.
Shared on 2025-06-20 10:43:00 AEST by Anne Keim
This last week I have found myself in Rockhampton assisting with the move of the aged care residents of McAuley Place to a brand new home at Mercy Haven on the Bethany site. Fourteen of our sisters who probably thought that McAuley Place would be their last home have been assisted to pack up and move physically to new surroundings. As unsettling as such a move has been, it has provided an opportunity to reflect on the nature of pilgrimage.
Being relieved of some of the many possessions that clutter up our lives is an invitation to live simply and be open to the newness of each day.
Shared on 2025-06-20 10:00:08 AEST by Rita Tomba
Thanks to everyone who has shared. I'm so very inspired by the concept of this Pilgrimage of Hope. I have finally this morning watched the Artwork Video and listened to the beautiful Pilgrim Song. Thanks Sr Helen and all involved with the song and thanks to the young artists involved with the Artwork. At this point I have done a good deal of journalling about what I've read, what I have seen and listened to. The journalling thus far has been in the form of points, questions to myself, meanderings I guess. I have much to think on, going solo at this point. Thanks to all
Shared on 2025-06-18 14:10:18 AEST by Desma Clarke. G
Many thanks for sharing so much as we begin our Mercy Pilgrimage of Hope. This morning I listened to a Podcast on Gentleness. This photo is a reminder to me (us) of how GENTLE we are called to be - to give HOPE to the world.
Shared on 2025-06-18 13:04:38 AEST by Anne Foale
We are blessed in Australia to have such wide open spaces for taking journey's, for creating pilgrimages, whether inside of ourselves or out in God's creation. What do I desire from this experience? A greater ability to live in the present moment in gratitude for all I have been given. To be able to honour the pain in our world and see it for what it is. To focus on what is mine to do, in this place where I find myself at this time. This will lead me to hope.
