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150 Years of Mercy in Conception Harbour, Newfoundland

The Sisters of Mercy have provided ministry in Conception Harbour for over 150 years.  On Tuesday May 21 about thirty …

St. Clare’s Mercy Hospital Auxiliary Celebrates 50 Years

On 23 October 2017 more than one hundred guests gathered at Government House in St. John’s, NL to mark the …

Celebration of 100 Years: Presence of Sisters of Mercy on Bell Island

On Monday evening we attended a most impressive celebration on Bell Island at the invitation of St. Michael’s Parish.  Exactly …

21st General Chapter Sisters of Mercy of Newfoundland, 20 – 28 July 2017

Report and images from the 21st General Chapter

St. Clare’s Mercy Hospital Timeline

St. Clare’s Mercy Hospital has a rich history dating back to May 21, 1922 when the Sisters of Mercy of …

Celebrating MIA 20th Anniversary

Newfoundland Sisters of Mercy, Associates, colleagues, family and friends celebrated the 20th anniversary of the Mercy International Association.

New Leadership Team Missioned

In June, 2013 four women were elected to provide leadership to the congregation of the Sisters of Mercy of Newfoundland. On August 29 they were blessed and commissioned by their sisters.

Celebration of 138 Years of Mercy 1871 – 2009

Oct 20, 2012 was the beginning of two days of celebration of the presence and ministry of the Sisters of Mercy in St. Lawrence, Little St. Lawrence and Lawn.

Global Mercy Alive in the 21st Century

Presenters Mary Reynolds, rsm and Mary Purcell spent two days in St. John’s Newfoundland and Labrador with Sisters of Mercy, Associates and friends.

Celebration of Foundation at Sandy Point, 28 July 1893

On July 28, 1893 the first Convent of Mercy on the west coast of Newfoundland was founded at Sandy Point, Bay St. George.