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The Sisters of Mercy is a religious institute for women in the Roman Catholic Church. It was founded in 1831 in Dublin, Ireland, by Catherine McAuley . As of 2019, the institute has about 6200 sisters worldwide, organized into a number of independent congregations .
The Sisters of Mercy in Ireland formally apologised for any abuse suffered by children in their care in May 2004. In doing so they accepted that children had suffered, and they made the apology unconditional. [20] In December 2009, the Sisters announced that they would contribute an additional 128 million euros to the fund to compensate victims.
Lithograph of the Lower Stable Ward at Koulali Barrack Hospital in the Crimea showing a Sister of Mercy - possibly Mother Mary Francis Bridgeman (1856). Mother Mary Francis Bridgeman R.S.M. (1813 – 11 February 1888) was a nun with the Sisters of Mercy, a Roman Catholic religious congregation of women, founded in Ireland by Catherine McAuley and a pioneer nurse during the Crimean War of 1854 ...
Benedictine Nuns of Perpetual Adoration of the Blessed Sacrament (2 P) Bridgettine nuns ... Sisters of Mercy (3 C, 81 P) N. Sisters of Notre Dame de Namur (1 C, 11 P) P.
Abuse scandal in the Sisters of Mercy; B. Muriel Barron; Borgia Egan; Mary Michel Boulus; Sister Philippa Brazill; Mary Francis Bridgeman; Angela Browne (nun) C ...
Sister Mary Reilly (born December 18, 1930) is a Catholic teacher, leader, advocate, and Sister of Mercy from South Providence, Rhode Island. Reilly has been a nun for 75 years, after joining the Mercys in 1948. [1] Reilly is a feminist whose work focuses on the empowerment of women and girls.
Stewart, George C. Marvels of Charity: History of American Sisters and Nuns (1994), the most detailed coverage, with many lists and photos of different habits. Sullivan, Mary C. Catherine McAuley and the Tradition of Mercy (1995) Wall, Barbra Mann.
The religious institutes, the Sisters of Mercy, Sisters of Our Lady of Charity of the Good Shepherd, and Religious Sisters of Charity, have refused demands from the Irish government, the UN Committee on the Rights of the Child and the UN Committee Against Torture to contribute to the compensation fund for surviving victims, an estimated 600 of ...