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

  There is a lovely rhythm of symmetry that runs through Sr Frances O’Leary’s life. Late last year, the Mercy Place Warrnambool resident celebrated both her 80th birthday and 60-year anniversary as a Sister of Mercy in the very same year that Mercy Health turned 100.   The humble pride that Sr Frances exudes when

  Mercy Education is delighted to have Brenda commence in the inaugural role of Head of Mission & Education. The Head of Mission & Education role has its primary focus in Mission and Formation Leadership and in supporting schools to pursue excellence as espoused in the Mercy Education Charter for Schools.   Her work with

  The Institute recently collaborated with the Australian Catholic University and Catholic Religious Australia for an online conference that celebrated and reflected on the changes inspired by Laudato Si’ since its 2015 release, and the work to be done in deepening our understanding of this significant document in the future.   With over 100 registered participants, the

  Sisters  Lorraine Phelan and Carmel Daley (pictured) recently had the opportunity to experience Mercy Connect’s  Virtual Reality (VR) application ‘IMERCYVE’. The application is designed to increase empathy and understanding by embodying the user in a first-person lived experience viewpoint of a person living with a disability.    With one in five Australians living with

  Construction has started on Seville Mercy Conference Centre’s outdoor entertainment area.   The area at the foot of the mountain behind Seville in Cairns is being levelled and turfed to ensure it is accessible for all visitors and will include an open space that can be adapted to suit any need.   With the

  The world of fiction writing consists of numerous categories of published works, including novels and short stories. Within the ISMAPNG archive collection we can find examples of these types of works authored by Sisters of Mercy. The Gunnedah Congregation collection holds various examples written by Sr. Mary Angela Martin RSM.   Ellen, also known

  Even at this most challenging moment, I believe that peace is the only way, peace is possible. Cardinal Charles Maung Bo   The Institute of Sisters of Mercy of Australia and Papua New Guinea continues to stand in solidarity with the people of Myanmar. We join with Buddhist, Christian and Muslim leaders who have