After more than 12 years of dedicated service in Papua New Guinea, Justine McMahon has returned to Australia, bringing with her a wealth of experience and passion as she steps into her new role as Head of Programs at Mercy Works. During her time in PNG, Justine served as the Country Director of CARE

  Concerned members of the Rockhampton community, including Sister Pat Wood, have been dismayed by the cruel treatment of a Faili Kurd woman who sought asylum in Australia 12 years ago. To many people living in Australia, refugees and asylum seekers are faceless people they sometimes hear about on the news and are not people

  Sister Mai Nguyen-Doan is a member of the fourth cohort of the Mercy Global Action Emerging Leaders Fellowship. In September, she completed the first immersion, which was to Cambodia. She reflects on her experience and the generosity and kindness of the Cambodian people . I feel privileged to have be selected as one of

  Congratulations Rod Cole-Clarke, General Manager, Seville Mercy Centre, and the team, on receiving the Cairns Chamber of Commerce Business Excellence Award for Sustainability and Environmental Excellence. The 2024 Awards were presented in Cairns recently. Entrants are nominated by other businesses and/or community representatives.  The entries are judged by a panel of experts in their

  The Mercy Integral Ecology Emerging Leaders Fellowship recently came to a close for 2024 with inspiring personal projects being presented. To date, there have been 32 emerging leaders through this program over the past three years. They have engaged with a range of components of learning and experiences over 12 months to better enable

  On October 25, Young Mercy Links Victoria hosted their second Feast for Freedom Fundraiser at the Mercy Hub. They gathered to raise much needed funds for the Asylum Seeker Resource Centre, in support of their incredible work providing aids and critical services to people seeking asylum. YML member Eve said “The feast was great

  Since 2020, a unique group of Mercy Associates called the ‘Mercy Zoomers’ has been meeting solely online. Its membership extends from Ballarat in Victoria to St Petersburg in Russia.   In March 2020, most Australians were familiar with the stories of Covid-19 and its impact around the world, but suddenly the reality of this

  Sister Joan Kelleher, who lives in Perth, was one the first religious sisters who provided full time pastoral care to people in detention on Christmas Island having arrived there in 2010 not long after the detention centre opened. “Despite what was often reported about refugees in the media, the refugees I have had the

  “This retreat reenergises me and makes me so motivated to be a [Young Mercy Links] member. I can’t wait to explore these initiatives we planned, incorporating a hope-based communication when advocating in this group.” Ruby H., YML member since 2022.   This year, the Young Mercy Links (YML) Victoria annual retreat centred on Hope.

    Next month, Christine Convery retires from her role as Mercy Associates Network Facilitator for New South Wales after almost ten years. While it is the end of her role as facilitator she looks forward to remaining  a committed Mercy Associate where she and many others have found a spiritual home.  “I first commenced

Eighteen months into the role the Institute’s first Wellbeing and Health Manager, Jane Hall, is excited about the incremental change in approach from a what’s the matter to what matters concerning people’s wellbeing and health. “In responding to this awareness, even though I was employed as a Health and Wellbeing Manager, the Institute Leadership Team

  As the graduation of the Mercy Global Action Emerging Leaders Fellowship (MELF) program becomes a treasured memory, Cynthia Mulholland of the Institute’s Communication Team and a member of Cohort 3 finds herself regularly pausing to reflect on how fortunate she was to be part of this program. “I was one of nine women from