Freshwater Ecology: Sisters of Mercy & Jubilee Year of Mercy

The Congregation of the Sisters of Mercy is a Catholic Religious Women's Congregation. Catherine McAuley founded the Sisters of Mercy in 1831 in Dublin, Ireland. Her aim at that time was to 'care for the poor, sick and ignorant'. Today, 2,077 members follow in the footsteps of Catherine McAuley, in 9 countries.

We Sisters of Mercy are an international community of Roman Catholic women who dedicate our lives to the Gospel of Jesus and take vows of poverty, chastity, obedience and service. Inspired by the life of Jesus and by our founder Catherine McAuley, we envision a just world for people who are poor, sick and uneducated. We commit our lives to God and our resources to serve, advocate and pray for those in need around the world.

Today, Sisters of Mercy, the Mercy International Association, use their resources to respond to the issues of global poverty demonstrated in the massive displacement of persons worldwide.

The mission of the Conference for Mercy Higher Education is the preservation and development of the core Catholic identity and mission of Mercy higher education in accord with the spirit, mission, and heritage of the Sisters of Mercy.

Official Vatican website for the Jubilee of Mercy

On December 8, 2015, Pope Francis has invited all people of good will to enter into a Jubilee Year of Mercy. In his announcement of this Jubilee, Pope Francis says that the whole Church “will be able to find in this Jubilee the joy of rediscovering and rendering fruitful God’s mercy, with which we are all called to give comfort to every man and every woman of our time. Do not forget that God forgives all, and God forgives always. Let us never tire of asking forgiveness”

Resource page on how we can show others the mercy of God.

Year of Mercy Resources

Pope Francis says that care of the ENVIRONMENT a "new work of Mercy." Do a Google search for <"Year of Mercy" AND Environment> for more news stories about this.