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

  A few weeks ago, Sister Anne Hannigan was catching up with Port Macquarie Parish Priest, Fr Paul Gooley, when he casually mentioned he had a letter from their Bishop he wanted to read to her. It turns out it was no ordinary communication, rather it was a letter saying that Pope Francis had awarded

  Three months of continuous rainfall in the remote Western Province of Papua New Guinea has caused terrible flooding and damage in the area. Communities living along the Down Fly River and the Iowara region, two areas supported by Mercy Works livelihood projects, are seriously affected. Water levels have remained high, causing long term flooding

  The first immersion for the 2024 cohort of the Mercy Integral Ecology Emerging Leaders Fellowship has recently taken place in Sydney, the Blue Mountains and Central West New South Wales.    During this time, participants engaged with leaders of bioregional projects designed to heal communities and their landscapes for a thriving future. They visited

  Last month Cynthia Mulholland, a 2023/2024 Mercy Global Action Emerging Leader and Institute Communications Team member, participated in the second immersion of this year long program. Cynthia has shared her reflections on this life changing trip.   Our immersion in New York started with the nine fellows from nine different countries all reconnecting in

  The next stage of our Institute’s ‘Slow the Flow – Eugowra’ project has commenced with a two-day bootcamp for farmers with scientists from the Mulloon Institute.   The workshop was attended by farmers from the specific creeks and tributaries that contribute to the Mandagery Creek system. This system caused the tragic flooding of Eugowra,

  For over thirty years Sister Margaret Endicott and Ms Pam Searle have been undertaking ministry together facilitating hundreds of sessions in what they describe as a ‘gem’ of a partnership.    It is not often that people can say that they have worked with someone for 30 years, yet this is the case for

  After arriving six years ago in Grenfell, New South Wales, Sister Mary Corkeron has been embraced by the community as she undertakes her ministry with the philosophy of ‘just be’.   When asked to describe why she chose to live in Grenfell, 370 kilometres west of Sydney, Sister Mary Corkeron says emphatically, ‘It chose