On June 17 we remember a true Mercy heroine –Sister M. Joseph Nugent, who died on this day in 1847. …

June 3,1842 marks the beginning of a wonderful story – a story of deep faith, abiding trust, courageous action and …

Margaret O’Farrell was born in County Tipperary in November of 1841, the only daughter of Mary and Patrick O’Farrell. She …

This special feast was instituted in 1955 by Pope Pius X11 as a counter-celebration to the communist May Day. It …

Susanna Cole, born in Colliers, Conception Bay, Newfoundland entered the Sisters of Mercy on Military Road, St. John’s in March …

Normally, the Feast of the Annunciation is celebrated annually on 25 March. This year, however, because 25 March fell during …

The Season of Easter (Eastertide) which we have now entered lasts for 50 days, culminating with the Feast of Pentecost …

Mary Ellen O’Keeffe was born in Cork on November 16, 1838. While yet nineteen years old, she and five other …

Given the right kind of conditions, it is possible to enter Holy Week from the inside rather than the outside …

Margaret O’Halleran, born in County Kerry, arrived in St. John’s in September of 1881 to enter the Sisters of Mercy. …