Star of the Sea, Apollo Bay Perched along Victoria’s beautiful coastline in Apollo Bay, is Star of the Sea Guest House, a Mercy ministry that is a haven for people from all walks of life. Star of the Sea Manager, Sister Cathy Solano said the retreat and accommodation centre is a place of welcome

After 17 years of nurturing formation and building connection across Australia, Aotearoa New Zealand, Papua New Guinea and the Pacific, members of the Mercy Mission Formation Network (MMFN) returned to where it all started in Parramatta for a final gathering in June, appropriately themed Mercy Yesterday, Today & Into the Future. The MMFN was

The Institute’s renewed focus on Living Mercy Purposefully, which was launched on Pentecost Sunday, comes with an invitation to become more intentional about the way we live the Mercy charism each day in the season of life which is ours to live currently.  Institute Leader, Sister Karon Donnellon, said that we began our Living

For more than four decades, Sister Anne Gallagher has been teaching music, mentoring students and building community through music in the small Clarence Valley town of  Maclean. What began with piano lessons at age seven has grown into a lifelong ministry – one that has shaped generations of musicians and positively impacted countless lives.

For more than two decades, a ministry of compassion has been weaving its way through the community – one knitted shawl, crocheted heart and shared cup of tea at a time. What began 21 years ago through the vision of Sister Carmel O’Dwyer RIP and midwife Leonie Restas has grown into a grassroots outreach

The leaders of Mercy Associates and Mercy Friends came together earlier in the year in Sydney for their annual gathering that was a time of rich discernment, sharing and reflection. What a beautiful space I had the opportunity, on the last weekend of March, to gather in for my first Mercy Associates Leadership Group meeting.

Sometimes, Mercy begins by meeting a practical need. Mercy Works has recently expanded its partnership with the Aboriginal Investment Group (AIG) to support the Borroloola Remote Laundry in the Northern Territory throughout FY2027. As part of this growing partnership, Mercy Works Executive Director Sally Bradley RSM and Head of Programs Andrew Lowry travelled to the

The current Mercy Integral Ecology Emerging Leaders Fellowship program has recently reached a significant milestone for the 2025–26 cohort. This 18-month program involved a series of monthly meetings to discuss shared learning resources, monthly engagement with a mentor experienced in integral ecology, three immersions to deepen skills, strengthen connections with one another and the

As we enter this season of Lent, Institute Leader Sister Karon Donnellon has shared some opportunities for sisters and people of Mercy to further our mercy vision and mission throughout 2026. A Change of Era We are not living an era of change but a change of era. Our time requires living problems

Building Connections. Experiencing Creation. Encountering Community. These are some of the most impactful aspects of our cultural immersion to Cambodia. In December 2025, Young Mercy Links (YML) members from Adelaide and Melbourne came together to visit Cambodia, working with Sister Denise Coghlan and the Jesuit Refugee Service (JRS) to help those affected by landmines. Though

An opportunity to nourish and honour the soul, is how Sister Cathy Solano describes the Honouring the Soul: Deepening our Encounters with God, Self, Others and Creation sabbatical which she coordinates at Santa Cast Retreat Centre in Queenscliff, Victoria. “It is a time for people from all walks of life, both religious and lay, to

One hundred and eighty years to the day since the arrival of the first Sisters of Mercy in Australia, around 500 people gathered in St Mary’s Cathedral in Perth on January 8 to celebrate and give thanks. Those who joined the celebration included current and former sisters, religious, past and present mercy school students and