As she packs her bags to return to Central Queensland from Brisbane, Sister Carolyn Hunt has reflected on her time journeying with sisters concerning their health and wellbeing, initially in Southeast Queensland and for the past three years the whole of the Sunshine State. “In looking back on my former role, I am so grateful

‘Strong courageous women who can make a difference’, is what Sister Mary Moloney, Principal of the Academy of Mary Immaculate (the Academy), hopes of her students as they walk out the Nicholson Street gates after they have completed their education. “When you walk into the Academy, at the entrance there is a sculpture of a

One of the first cohort of the Mercy Integral Ecology Emerging Leader Fellowship Program (Fellowship), Juliet Talarico, has reflected on how the Fellowship has shaped her journey as a leader in integral ecology education, connection and practice. For much of her life, Juliet has had a connection with integral ecology and the Mercy story. A

Dr Jerry Nockles was recently appointed as the Executive Director of Catholic Social Services Australia. On a visit to Bathurst in his new role, he had a wonderful reunion with two of his former teachers, Sisters Patricia Powell and Michelle Farrugia. Those of us who are teachers, not infrequently have a stranger approach and

At the end of last year, Young Mercy Links (YML) coordinator Angela and support coordinator Cassandra, ran a Student Leader Formation Program entitled Leading in Mercy. The program was devised to empower and assist in the formation of newly elected 2025 school leaders. Representatives from the student leadership teams from five Victorian Mercy schools gathered

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

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

  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

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

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

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

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