International Women’s Day – March 8

March 7, 2025

International Women’s Day, March 8, is a global day celebrating the achievements of women in all spheres of life – social, cultural, political and economic. It also is designed to raise awareness about discrimination and gender bias and the effects it has on the human community. This year’s theme is Accelerate Action.

El Día Internacional de la Mujer, el 8 de marzo, es un día mundial que celebra los logros de las mujeres en todos los ámbitos de la vida: social, cultural, político y económico. También está diseñado para concienciar sobre la discriminación y los prejuicios de género y los efectos que tiene en la comunidad humana. El tema de este año es Acelerar la acción.

If we love God, we will undoubtedly love our neighbour also; they are as cause and effect.

Retreat Instructions, p.147

This is your life, joys and sorrow mingled, one succeeding the other.

Letter to Francis Warde

If the love of God really reigns in your heart, it will quickly show itself in the exterior.

Retreat Instructions, p. 145

May God bless the poor Sisters of Mercy and make them very humble that they may not be unworthy of the distinguished blessings God has bestowed upon them.

Letter to Elizabeth Moore

[God] knows I would rather be cold and hungry than the poor in Kingston or elsewhere should be deprived of any consolation in our power to afford.

Letter to Teresa White