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Sisters of Mercy and Catherine McAuley

Resources at Grace Library related to the Sisters of Mercy and Catherine McAuley

Introduction - Who is Catherine McAuley?

Catherine McAuley is the founder of the Sisters of Mercy, the Catholic institute. Many healthcare and educational programs around the world, including Carlow University, have been established by the Sisters of Mercy. Please visit Carlow University's Sisters of Mercy web site to learn more. 

 

Journals

The MAST Journal: The Journal of the Mercy Association in Scripture and Theology.
HOLDINGS: v.18, 2009 - present in print on the library shelves

Video Recordings

Books: General Collection

The Sisters of Mercy in the Crimean War

Subjects:

Sisters of Mercy

Crimean War (1853-1856)

Crimean War, 1853-1856 Hospitals

History of Nursing

Charities history

Hospitals

1853-1856

Catherine McAuley : venerable for mercy

Subjects:

McAuley, Catherine, 1778-1841

Sisters of Mercy Biography

Sisters of Mercy

Biography.

A Woman Sings of Mercy

Subjects:

McAuley, Catherine, 1778-1841

Sisters of Mercy History

Sisters of Mercy

Nuns Ireland History

Nuns

Ireland

History

Praying with Catherine McAuley

Subjects:

McAuley, Catherine, 1778-1841 Prayers and devotions

Sisters of Mercy

Spiritual life Catholic Church

Prayers and devotions

Through the Windows

Sister Mary Jeremy Daigler, R.S.M., paints a picture of the important work in higher education carried on by the Sisters of Mercy in the United States since 1843. She traces their story through the energy and vision of their founder, Catherine their in Ireland, through thier gradual spread across the United States.

Frances Warde

Subjects:

Warde, Frances, 1810?-1884

Sisters of Mercy

Sisters of Mercy

Subjects:

Sisters of Mercy History

United States Church history

United States

Church history

History

The Crimean Journals of the Sisters of Mercy, 1854-6

In December 1854 fifteen nuns from Ireland arrived in the Crimea to nurse the sick and wounded British soldiers who were fighting in the Crimean War. The head of this mission was Mother M. Francis Bridgeman of Kinsale, and among her community were Sister M. Doyle of Gort and Sister M. Joseph Croke of Charleville. All three kept an account of their experiences, recording the conditions under which they travelled to the Crimea, the state of the hospitals they worked in, their relationships with the soldiers, medical and military authorities. 

The Correspondence of Catherine Mcauley, 1818-1841

Born in Dublin in 1778, Catherine McAuley founded the Sisters of Mercy in 1831. This is a new critical edition of over 320 extant letters written by, to, or about her in her lifetime. It demonstrates her important role not only in the early years of the Sisters of Mercy, but also in the pastoral development of the church in Ireland and England.

Letters of Catherine McAuley

Subject:

  • Monastic and religious life of women

On the Wing

Subject:

  • Pittsburgh Sisters of Mercy.

Tender courage : a reflection on the life and spirit of Catherine McAuley, first Sister of Mercy

Subjects:

McAuley, Catherine, 1778-1841

Sisters of Mercy History 19th century

Nuns Ireland Biography

Nuns

Ireland

Biography

History

1800-1899

Praying in the Spirit of Catherine McAuley

Subjects:

McAuley, Catherine, 1778-1841 Prayers and devotions

Sisters of Mercy

Spiritual life Catholic Church

Prayers and devotions

Catherine McAuley and the Tradition of Mercy

The present volume, a collection of some of the most important writings by and about Catherine McAuley, includes letters, memoirs, and annals by many of the first Sisters of Mercy and McAuley's original manuscript of the Rule and Constitutions of the order, critically edited for the first time.

The Friendship of Florence Nightinagle and Mary Clare Moore

These letters illustrate the personal lives and spiritual struggles and aspirations of two highly influential women in Victorian England: one working to achieve military and governmental reforms, the other designing and implementing new church-related services to the poor-both bound together by their devotion to those who were neglected, by nursing and other skills, by mature Christian faith, and by their engaging affection for one another.

The Path of Mercy

During the past 180 years more than 55,000 Sisters of Mercy have served among the poor and needy throughout the world. Why?