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Where We Are

“Hurra for foundations, makes the old young and the young merry.”                       Catherine McAuley, letter to Cecilia Marmion January 4, 1841

Beginning with the first house of Mercy on Baggot Street, Dublin, Ireland in 1831, houses were founded in Catherine’s lifetime in Ireland and Great Britain between 1831 and 1841. A second wave of expansion from Ireland and Great Britain to the other continents took place from 1842 to 1899. From 1842 to 1851 new foundations were established in Great Britain, Australia, New Zealand, and the United States. From 1876 to 1899 the growth included new foundations in Central America, Jamaica, and South Africa. A third wave of expansion began in 1946 with missionary outreaches to the Pacific, Africa and Latin America.

Today the global Mercy presence includes twelve thousand sisters who, together with their Associates and co-workers, are continuing the work of Catherine McAuley in 46 countries.