Congregation of the Sisters of Mercy

Congregation of the Sisters of Mercy

Congregation of the Sisters of Mercy

Mercy Memories And Musings

Sr. Suzanne Ryder – 11th November, 2024 – The Worth of a Worm – Yesterday, I harvested my first yield. Rich, dark earth, soft in my hands. It had been in the making since June and was my trial effort.  To read more, please click here.

Sr. Agnes Curley – 2nd October, 2024 – Walking On Water – My Dad had a boat on the river Suck. He had made it himself.  To us it was our yacht!  To read more, please click here.

Sr. Áine Lohan – 11th September, 2024 – A Personal Handshake I Can Never Forget – Now that the fifth Christmas has arrived since I set foot on African soil, I want to share with you how I am, at this stage.  To read more, please click here.

Sr. Suzanne Ryder – 28th June, 2024 – Growing Young – The little girl’s hand rested on the earth in the window box, even though her dad was carrying it.  To read more, please click here.

Sr. Evelyn/Loretto McLoughlin – 28th May, 2024 – Late For Breakfast – The ‘early bird catches the worm’ is an old saying that doesn’t apply to me. I’m not the one who rises before dawn in fact, I’m always the last for breakfast.  To read more, please click here.

Sr. Suzanne Ryder – 12th February, 2024 – A Godly Guffaw –Stupid question…” began my friend, as he lowered my suitcase from the attic. I attempted an assurance that there is no such thing as a stupid question, when he finished his query, “…what’s a retreat?”  To read more, please click here.

Sr. Attracta Tighe – 25th January, 2024 – The Woman At The Pulpit –Go out in the fresh air for 15 minutes every day”, says she, from the pulpit at the Knock Novena. To read more, please click here.

Sr. Loreto/Evelyn McLoughlin – 7th December, 2023 – An Eventful Day – An early train journey from Galway began this day of opportunity and mystery. Breege, my sister, invited me to join her, with Anne her daughter, at Dublin airport for a few days break in Holland.  To read more, please click here.

 

Sr. Canice Burns – 14th November, 2023  – 1944, Flight B-17 – I am now ninety-seven years old, having been born in 1925. In January 1944, I was nineteen years old, living with my parents, sisters and brothers in Belmullet, Co Mayo.  To read more, please click here.