Congregation of the Sisters of Mercy

Congregation of the Sisters of Mercy

Congregation of the Sisters of Mercy

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‘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

Election Time In Nigeria

Election Time In Nigeria

Maire, Kathleen, Margaret and I had our bags packed and tickets bought to go to Abuja for Valentine’s weekend.  Normally (…) 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

Foreign Intervention Or Local Peace Building In Nigeria?

Foreign Intervention Or Local Peace Building In Nigeria?

Fr. Atta Barkindo looks at how the American intervention in Nigeria is being perceived inside the country, and suggests more (…) 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

A Parable On Parting

A Parable On Parting

On the morning of Our Lady’s Birthday, Sunday 8th September, 2013, the Community in Castleblayney was heading out to the (…) Read More