December 12, 2021 marked the 10th anniversary of the formation of the Institute of Sisters of Mercy of Australia and Papua New Guinea. To commemorate this milestone activities were devised in two main areas – Commemorative and Liturgy – overseen by a committee for each. Commemorative Committee Margaret Scroope RSM (Convenor), Annette Schneider RSM,

  Last month the Institute forwarded a petition to the Holy See seeking permission to establish a Ministerial Public Juridic Person (MPJP) to be called ‘Mercy Ministry Companions’.  Mercy Ministry Companions will provide the future governance of the Institute’s incorporated ministries in the areas of health and aged care, community services and education. Following a

  In 2001, at a non-descript home in Melbourne’s west, two Sisters of Mercy, Angela Reed and Carole Carmody waited with a mix of excitement and apprehension for the arrival of the first client of the new Mercy Care service.    They’d just received a phone call to say that a woman needing safety from

    Last month the Manager of Seville Conference Centre, Rod Cole-Clarke welcomed Cairns Mayor, Bob Manning to Seville to discuss the Centre’s environmental sustainability policies and practices.   The Cairns Regional Council has made no secret that it is very supportive of businesses in the Cairns regional area striving towards sustainability.  It has encouraged

  Last month Young Mercy Links SA held an Orientation Night as an opportunity for prospective members to learn more about what Young Mercy Links is and what the SA group will be involved in this year! The group welcomed young graduates from St Aloysius College Adelaide and St Ignatius College as well as Aquinas

  The first training day for Mercy Connect Volunteers in Melbourne for 2021 has been held recently. It had been more than a year since our Melbourne Mercy Connect Coordinator, Sr Mary Lewis and her Assistant Coordinator, Tat Singsa, have been able to hold a Training Day for their volunteers.   The past twelve months

  Our collective experiences of coming together in health and aged care, and in the community more widely to fight the pandemic, might make us feel that we are ready for anything. Surely it stands to reason that if we can deal with the sacrifices and deprivations of lockdowns and isolation, and strict infection control

  In late 2020, Mercy Connect designed a Master Plan for the St John’s Campus located in Thurgoona to provide a clear roadmap for delivering future capital works, which are integrated and achieve the Mercy mission.  Mercy Connect provides a range of services to support adults, children and older people with a disability to live

  Patricia Powell RSM has written in response to a plan by the Bathurst Council to build a go-kart track atop a sacred Indigenous site on Bathurst’s famous Mount Panorama-Wahluu.   This week the Christians in Bathurst will be preparing for the holiest time of the Church Year: Easter.   They will gather in their

  It’s not often that the students at the Mercy Connect Dandenong Library Adult Literacy Class are surprised with something new. However, one Thursday afternoon in February this is exactly what happened. As the refugee students filtered into the library for their weekly class they were each given a number. There were puzzled looks on

  Young Mercy Links SA held their postponed annual retreat from March 12 – 14. Fourteen members of Young Mercy Links SA headed down to the Fleurieu Peninsula for a weekend of contemplation and opportunity to ‘Encounter Self, the Spirit, the Other and the Universe.   Three of the members of Young Mercy Links have

  In 2021 Emmanuel College celebrates 30 years since its formation, after the amalgamation in 1991 of two schools. Emmanuel has a history of providing a Catholic education to the students of the Warrnambool district since 1872. 2021 is also the year the College returned to the Mercy Education family and the rich educational culture