Congregation of the Sisters of Mercy

Congregation of the Sisters of Mercy

Congregation of the Sisters of Mercy

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Adult Education – Computer Skills

Retirement comes to every Sister. For me the date was July 31st, 1990. Fortunately I was prompted to “think about (…) Read More

‘Laudato Si’ :  An Exhortation To Live With ‘Serene Attentiveness’  (226).

‘Laudato Si’ : An Exhortation To Live With ‘Serene Attentiveness’ (226).

“To pay attention, this is our endless and proper work” (Mary Oliver) In his landmark encyclical, Laudato Si’, Pope Francis (…) Read More

Yola Nigeria

Yola Nigeria

Lives interrupted The terrorists struck Like an earthquake Aftershocks, death, destruction, displacement. Children, Women, Men, all Scattered: flee for survival (…) Read More

Shift In Consciousness

Shift In Consciousness

In her book, Uprisings for the Earth, Osprey Orielle Lake suggests that people involved in earth restorative work engage in two different (…) Read More

Newry’s Greatest Crown

Newry’s Greatest Crown

 ‘Can anyone name any other Newry person who has a Statue outside any State Capitol in the entire world?’ – (…) Read More

100th Birthday Celebrations

The Convent of Mercy, Beechmount in Belfast was the place to be on the 26th December last.  Apart from celebrating (…) Read More