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Catherine McAuley, Anna Maria Doyle and Elizabeth Harley professed their vows and became the first Sisters of Mercy.
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One of the original Mercy Branch House Communities was founded.
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One of the original Mercy Communities was founded.
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One of the original Mercy Communities was founded.
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One of the original Mercy Communities was founded.
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One of the original Mercy Communities was founded.
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One of the original Mercy Communities was founded.
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One of the original Mercy Branch House Communities was founded.
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One of the original Mercy Communities was founded.
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One of the original Mercy Communities was founded.
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One of the original Mercy Communities was founded.
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One of the original Mercy Communities was founded.
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The Rules and Constitutions of the Sisters of Mercy were written (most by Catherine) and was confirmed by Pope Gregory XVI.
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When Catherine died she had made ten foundations of Sisters of Mercy. 8 in Ireland and 2 in England. The sisters tried to respond to needs of those poor and neglected.They established schools and clinics, cared for the sick and dying in their homes, consoled the bereaved, provided refuge for homeless people, and befriended prisoners and their families.
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In 1846 Mercy Sisters came to Perth and started a foundation there. The leader of this first Mercy community in Australia was Ursula Frayne who was with Catherine when she died.
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Over the past few decades, more Foundations were made in Australia.
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There were 52 different Mercy Congrigrations in Australia.
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The sisters of Mercy commenced Secondary Catholic education on the 23rd of February 1902 when they started Sacred Heart.
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The Australian Bishop encouraged congregations of the same origin to unite so that the owrk of Catholic education and other ministries would be strengthened.
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By 1952 there were 17 Mercy congregations in Australia.
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The Congregation of the Australian Union of the Sisters of Our Lady of Mercy (the Union) was formed from the Congregations of Adelaide, Bathurst, Goulburn, Gunnedah, Melbourne, Perth, Singleton and Wilcannia-Forbes.
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The movement towards unity established at the 1977 assembly ultimately led to the creation of the Institute of the Sisters of Mercy of Australia.
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St Colman’s and Sacred Heart formed Notre Dame in 1984. The name Notre Dame was named after Mary the Mother of Jesus. Notre means “our” in French and Dame means Lady in French.
