Congregation of the Sisters of Mercy

Congregation of the Sisters of Mercy

Congregation of the Sisters of Mercy

Parish/Diocese

Sisters are involved in parish, diocesan and inter-church work at different levels and in a variety of ways.

• Organising and delivering the Baptismal Programme

• Preparing new parents and Primary School children for Baptism

• Assisting people from many nations into full communion with the Catholic Church through the Rite of the Christian Initiation of Adults (RCIA)

• Co-ordinating Catechetical Programmes for children not attending Parish Schools

• As Readers, Eucharistic Ministers in churches, homes and care units

• As members of Parish Home Visitation Team

• Delivering Parish Bereavement Support Programme

• Parish Choir/Organist

• Parish Liturgy Committee

• Parish Pastoral Council

• Sacristan

• Diocesan Choir

• Diocesan Advisory Panel

St. Joseph’s Young Priests’ Society

The Council for the Clergy of the Irish Episcopal Conference

• The Irish Inter-Church forum on Theology

• The Greenhills Ecumenical Conference

• The Maynooth Patristic Symposium

www.navanparish.ie

www.kellsparish.ie

www.meathdiocese.ie

One Sister works in the national seminary, Maynooth, helping in the formation and development of candidates for the priesthood.