Mercy M@tters

Mercy M@tters is the online newsletter of the Institute of Sisters of Mercy of Australia. Published fortnightly, it aims to enliven and expand our Mercy connections.

Please send any material for consideration via email to mercymatters_contributions@mercy.org.au.

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09 Sep 2010

Mercywords: issue four out now | Rising sea levels force people from their homes | Reflection on the readings | Buy a bilum and help educate young PNG women | Called to 'breathe mercy' | Mercy and justice: towards an Australian mosaic | Parramatta sisters welcome new candidate | The human face of climate change | MAG-Net members off to Peru | UN highlights Indigenous discrimination issues | Time to listen again and revitalise our passion? |

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26 Aug 2010

Social Justice Sunday: September 26 | Jesus the Christ: national e-conference | Mercy gathering for young adults in October | Reflection on the readings | Pakistan needs a flood of support | World leaders to meet in September about MDGs | Building on solid foundations at Koondoola | Latest newsletter from the Mercy Foundation | Empowering women key to achieving MDGs | Knitting with love at Catherine McAuley Westmead |

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12 Aug 2010

QLD Mercies responding to needs of women | New Mercyworld.org online communications platform | Jesus the Christ: national e-conference | The Pain of God | Mercy gathering for young adults in October | Young adults committed to mercy and justice | New Timor Leste projects focus on women and youth | Six Mercies to attend UN conference in Melbourne | Inviting the stranger to feel welcome | Reflection on the readings | United in prayer with Pakistan flood victims | Grafton students raise $10,000 for MercyWorks Inc. |

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29 Jul 2010

Responding with a compassionate heart | Wilcannia-Forbes associates visit Parramatta | Monte bans plastic water bottles | Refugee rejoices in reunion with religious 'mum' | Brisbane heritage centre: stage one opened | Reflection on the readings | Ministry in the 21st century | Council grants Grafton sisters' wish | Responding to community needs in remote PNG | Eradicate human trafficking | Institute Chapter in September | Walking nuns exhibition on tour again | Will YOU be homeless in 2020? |

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15 Jul 2010

Be a global citizen and take action! | Reflection on the readings | Earth Link: encouraging deep bonding with earth | Asylum seekers: will you express your concern? | Adelaide Mercy successfully defends PhD | Weaving mercy into the future | What does apostolic service mean for Mercy sisters | Buy a bilum and help educate young PNG women | Mid-year edition of LISTEN available |

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01 Jul 2010

Australian Mercy presence at Rome UISG meeting | Expressions of interest: Project Officer | Celebrating Australia's Indigenous peoples | Helping young Indigenous find their voice | Reflection on the readings | Are asylum seekers finding “freedom from fear”? |

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17 Jun 2010

Women and homelessness of a different kind | Queen’s Birthday Honours for Adelaide Mercy | CLRI(NSW) sends letter about Gaza blockade | Epic Australian adventure has Mercy twist | Reflection on the readings | THE BILUM: June 2010 available |

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03 Jun 2010

Reflection on the readings | Dawn Goodwin RSM: RIP | Brisbane sisters celebrate Pentecost and jubilees | Developing a Mercy ministry formation framework | 100 years of Mercy presence in tertiary education | Many species, one planet, one future | New Mercy Multipurpose Centre for Junee | Homelessness: the needs of women in poverty | Outstanding effort from St Aloysius College staff | Celebrating Refugee Week: June 20-26 |

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20 May 2010

Reflection on the readings | Can we respond to new challenges? | LFAs meet for annual conference in Sydney | Goulburn sister launches new CD of songs | Mercy Village resident builds model replica ship | Ignorance is no longer a viable excuse | We have the power to make a difference | What can we do to be messengers of hope? |

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06 May 2010

Mercy Works Inc., membership and THE BILUM | Reflecting on the readings | 100 years of Mercy in Ballarat tertiary education | Second edition of new Mercy e-journal published | Living in ways that respect the earth | Mary: first disciple e-conference | Take part in FAIR TRADE fortnight: May 1-16 |

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22 Apr 2010

Take action about human trafficking | Celebrating Mercy presence in South Grafton | We have the power to make a difference | An unrestricted Racial Discrimination Act for NT | Reflection on the readings | Time to renew your Mercy Works Inc. membership | Sisterhood women's conference | 100 years of Mercy in Ballarat tertiary education | Historic day for Mercy ministries in Queensland |

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08 Apr 2010

Reflection on the readings | Women, poverty, housing and homelessness | Essays by women about women and church life | Close the Gap on Indigenous health | Prayers for meetings: a ready-to-use kit | New DVD and website about Mary MacKillop | Celebrating 130 years of Mercy presence in SA |

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25 Mar 2010

Reflection on the readings | A tale of perserverance and initiative | Climate change: responding to the challenges | Simple action that will help the earth | Remembering Mother Mary Stanislaus Kenny | Goulburn celebrates jubilees of five sisters | From self respect, dignity... From dignity, hope | Mercy in the scriptures with Margery Jackman | Wilcannia farewells Sisters Margaret and Flo | A meditation for Holy Week | Greetings for Holy Week and Easter |

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11 Mar 2010

Reflection on the readings | Are we content to settle for less? | Rockhampton celebrates 70, 60 and 50-year jubilees | Get involved in carbon fasting and Earth Hour | Campaigns that promote compassion and peace | The housing problem that won’t go away | Helen O'Brien RSM: RIP | Sydney prayer service for Helen O’Brien RSM | Leadership: 2010 and beyond | Moving forward together trusting in God | New Young Adult Network Facilitator reflects |

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25 Feb 2010

Gunnedah sister joins Mercy Works Inc. | Reflection on the readings | Shedding some light on climate change | Mercy candidates meet in Sydney | Celebrating 60 years of religious life | Mercy leadership in an unsettling time | March 8: Celebrating International Women's Day | Mercy sister's experience on Christmas Island |

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11 Feb 2010

Launch of new international Mercy e-journal | February retreat opportunity at Rahamim | End of an era at Holy Trinity Mt Hagen | Congratulations to Adelaide golden jubilarians | Reflecting on the apology to Stolen Generations | Citizen of the Year Award for Wilcannia sister | Sydney students connect with NSW outback community | Australia Day honour for Goulburn Sisters of Mercy | All Hallows’ working together for Mercy vision | Take on the challenge to be a global citizen | Institute Justice Network holds annual meeting | Handover to new leaders and councils | Rahamim receives climate change grant |

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18 Dec 2009

MERCY IN ACTION: Maryanne Kolkia & Margery Daly | Platinum jubilee celebration: Townsville | Christmas: a time of hope and promise | December edition of LISTEN available | Anne McGuire makes first vows with Rockhampton | Clare Gilchrist RSM: RIP | Ballarat East and Adelaide chapters | Mercy sisters at World Parliament of Religions | Memories of St Joseph’s Mount, Bathurst | Institute support for Christmas Island community | Travelling exhibition highlights MDGs | Justice: reflecting on 2009 | Christmas greetings from the Institute |

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03 Dec 2009

Singleton celebrates life and death of Catherine | Mercy Justice Conference: what people are saying | MERCY IN ACTION: Joan McNamara & Margaret Madden | Stressed islands no longer pacific | Reflection on the readings | Geelong: 150th anniversary celebrations | New role focuses on developing partnerships | Help end ANZ funding of cluster munitions | Vote Earth and Walk Against Warming | A time of chapters | Mercy World Day of Prayer: December 12 |

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19 Nov 2009

Reflection on the readings | Mater Waratah memories: calling for your photos | WA Mercy community supporting Mercy Works Inc. | Mercy Justice Conference great success | Marymount request for out of print book | VOTE EARTH today | December edition of THE BILUM out now |

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05 Nov 2009

Mercy sisters in 350.org global climate campaign | A comfortable cup of tea with the PM | Goulburn sesquicentenary travelling exhibition | Reflection on the readings | Pakistani educator pays tribute to Sister of Mercy | People escaping their homeland: your reaction | Institute Formation Co-ordinator reports | MERCY IN ACTION: Pam Murray & Denise Coghlan | Voices calling for change and compassion | Indigenous respect for the environment | IPC concerned about asylum seeker discourse | Goulburn celebrates sesquicentenary |

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22 Oct 2009

Reflection on the readings | Invitation to Mercy Works Inc. AGM | Grafton celebrates golden jubilees | Adelaide Mercy joins immigration advisory council | Singleton sisters fundraise for Mercy Works Inc. | Grafton ministry of hospitality in Sydney | Melbourne sister advocating for trafficked women | Local formation animators gather in Sydney | Wilcannia-Forbes sister composes new hymns | Opening of Grafton archives and heritage room | MERCY IN ACTION:Marietta Green & Georgette Rolland | Celebrating Mercy Day in PNG at the women’s prison | Recognition for Mercy Health focus on diversity |

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08 Oct 2009

World Food Day: October 16 | Ballarat sister presenting @ national e-conference | MERCY IN ACTION: Eileen Tobin & Anne Hughes | Congratulations Sister Anna Nguyen Thi My Duyen | Reflection on the readings | Archbishop blesses new Mercy Place East Melbourne | In Africa poverty has a female face | Singleton celebrates jubilees | Celebrating 120 years of ministry in Broken Hill | Catherine’s Corner opened at Mercy Centre, Albury | Opportunity to be informed, challenged, inspired |

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24 Sep 2009

Diary date: Invitation to Mercy Works Inc. AGM | Mercy Leadership Dublin Pilgrimage in 2010 | Social Justice Sunday: September 27 | Goulburn hosting novena for deceased sisters | Musicians, storytellers, comedians @ Conference | MERCY IN ACTION: Coral Hedley & Maria Zhao | Reflection on the readings | Blessing & opening of Sister Isobel Clinic in PNG | Ballarat sister presenting @ national e-conference | Australasian Mercy archivists gather in Sydney | Feast of Our Lady of Mercy: September 24 |

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10 Sep 2009

Reflection on the readings | MERCY IN ACTION: Christina Aitken & Dolores Coffey | Final profession for Adelaide sister | Celebrating 100 years of Mercy endeavour | The correspondence of Catherine: a retreat | Ballarat sister presenting @ national e-conference | UN official reflects on Australian Indigenous | Rockhampton sisters celebrate platinum jubilarians | Novena for Feast of Our Lady of Mercy | Listen to the women, urges Melbourne Mercy Sister |

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27 Aug 2009

Reflection on the readings | Diary date: Invitation to Mercy Works Inc. AGM | Promoting a way forward for Mercy mission | Conference for women in initial formation | Sister shares UN experience with Mercy associates | Refugee & Migrant Sunday: Aug 30 | Ten-day icon writing course: January 2010 | MERCY IN ACTION: Kaye Bolwell & Anne McGuire | From the ILT: refreshing our constitutions | Mercy students embracing social justice |

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13 Aug 2009

Reflection on the readings | Parramatta sisters to farewell community centre | Grafton leader launches workplace booklet | Sisters reflect on life choices | Perth hosts annual Institute finance conference | Women’s experiences of entrapment | Early jubilee celebrations for Singleton sister | MERCY IN ACTION: Sally Bradley & Lis Teggelove | Art exhibition honours stories of faith |

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30 Jul 2009

Reflection on the readings | Milestone for Goulburn sisters | New book on Mary by Singleton sister | Acknowledging world’s indigenous people: Aug 9 | MERCY IN ACTION: Theresa Foley & Anne Foale | MAG-net expanding its horizons |

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16 Jul 2009

Reflection on the readings | Music giving young Indigenous people life and hope | Goulburn sisters enjoy a weekend together in Young | Come to Bathurst in spring! | Access to water is a human right | A time for creativity and contemplation | Send us your news and feedback | Adelaide sister admitted to Bar of Supreme Court |

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02 Jul 2009

Mid-year edition of LISTEN available | Six generations of Mercy education | Young Mercy Links holds eco-justice forum | NSW Mercy convent celebrating 100 years | PNG launch of CROSSINGS IN MERCY | Sister Joan Gaskell RSM: RIP | Institute submission to human rights consultation | Two days of living and breathing Catherine McAuley | Black and living in the Northern Territory | Classroom Connect: empowering refugee students |

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18 Jun 2009

Cuts for a Cause needs your help | 120-year anniversary of Parramatta foundation | Prisoners’ art reveals signs of life | Witnessing bearers of Christian hope | A day with Catherine McAuley: a woman of letters | Reflection on the readings | Mercy sisters in Queen's Birthday honours | New faces at Mercy Works Inc. | Refugees: real people, real needs |

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04 Jun 2009

Reflection for June IPC meeting | FREEDOM FROM FEAR: Refugee Week 2009 | Support CUTS FOR A CAUSE at Hair Tales | Your planet needs YOU! | Brisbane sisters celebrate jubilees | June edition of THE BILUM available | Share your views about human rights | Reflection on the readings | PNG sisters elect new leadership |

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21 May 2009

Reflection on the readings | Reconciliation: Are we there yet? | PNG sisters request prayers for May chapter | Gunnedah sisters gift their heritage to community | Have you visited the prayer room? | LFAs gather for annual conference | Help young Wewak women get an education |

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07 May 2009

VIC minister tours Mercy Place Parkville | Circle of Mercy Associates gather for retreat day | Meet the new RCC | Reflection on the readings | Melbourne sister celebrates 100 years | Wilcannia-Forbes sister to volunteer at MIA | PNG sisters request prayers for May chapter | New learning centre opened at Lavington | A century from now, what shall be said of us? | Send a Mother's Day card with a difference |

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23 Apr 2009

Conference early-bird registrations close soon | Sisters spotlight 150 years of QLD Catholicism | Women, the global financial crisis and fair trade | Maximum security demands maximum presence | Goulburn Sisters of Mercy celebrate 150 years | Reflection on the readings | The journey of Burmese refugees to Australia | Brisbane sisters receive doctoral awards |

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09 Apr 2009

Farewell Sister Veronica after a quarter century | AMSSA conference brochure available | Reflecting on Brisbane Harmony Day celebrations | Federal Govt supports UN Indigenous declaration | Website bytes: setting up for CONNECT | Celebrating Earth Day: March or April? | New Reconfiguring Coordination Committee appointed | Singleton sisters hear about Mercy Works Inc. | Reflection on the readings | EASTER BLESSINGS |

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26 Mar 2009

Reflection on the readings | Housing when? Come to a one-day forum | Ecological conversion: a biblical imperative | Will you get involved in EARTH HOUR on March 28? | Warm thanks from Sisters of Mercy of PNG | Reflecting on the Northern Territory Intervention | PNG sisters farewell Gunnedah sister | New Mercy DVD resource available | PNG hosts programme for Institute candidates |

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12 Mar 2009

The other side of terror | Reflection on the readings | New Mercy DVD resource available | Singleton sister receives education award | BE AWARE: racism and access to safe water | Adelaide sister reflects on mother’s legacy | Celebrating International Women’s Day | Outstanding line-up of speakers for Conference |

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26 Feb 2009

Reflection on the readings | Profile of Sr Petronia Gawi rsm | Bushfire commemorative walk and service | Institute candidate programme | Celebrating International Women's Day | NSW Community Climate Summit | Institute Justice Network | ACRATH | Mercy Justice Conference |

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12 Feb 2009

February 20: World Day of Social Justice | Anniversary of apology to Stolen Generations | Reflecting on the wild and the sacred | Parramatta celebrates 120th anniversary | From dream to reality | Melbourne sister reflects on UN Experience | Couple help make water project possible | Reflection on the readings | Hurrah for foundations! | Death of first PNG Sister of Mercy |

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18 Dec 2008

Spirit of the St Choir delights Mercedes College | Hurrah for new foundations! | Keeping Indigenous languages alive | PJP status conferred on Mercy Partners | All Hallows’ raises $40,000 for Mercy Works Inc. | Work of Specific Issues Committees recognised | Christmas greetings from Mercy Works Inc. | Reflection on the readings | December edition of LISTEN out now | CHRISTMAS GREETINGS |

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11 Dec 2008

Farewell to Star of the Sea, Yamba | Hand woven Christmas gifts from Timor Leste | Reflection on the readings | Sister Mary Marra RSM: RIP | The tragedy of human trafficking | Indigenous issues: education and health | Our changing relationship with water | Gathering to share a contemplative moment | Profession ceremonies for PNG Sisters of Mercy | December edition of The Bilum |

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27 Nov 2008

Reflection on the readings | Declaration of human rights turns 60 | Book on Mercy Sisters in PNG to be re-printed | Life-size statue of Mary needed | Blessing of Mater centenary artwork: Embrace | New website for ACRATH | Climate Action Summit 2009 | Goulburn media interview follows Peru reports | Mercedes College welcomes back class of ‘68 | Singleton congregation celebrates Catherine | Sydney gathering celebrates Catherine McAuley | An AM with the PM out at Candle Hill | PM praises work of Mercy sisters in Lima |

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13 Nov 2008

Parramatta begins 120th anniversary celebrations | BE AWARE: child labour and people trafficking | North Sydney Chapter outcomes | Reflecting on the Gospel | Eucharist for Catherine’s canonisation cause | Townsville sisters celebrate jubilees | NSW Mercy leadership teams meet | Help ban cluster bombs NOW! | A Well Founded Fear: SBS TV Nov 19 @ 8:30pm | Photo included in online Institute Directory? | 600-metre move for convent | Book on Mercy Sisters in PNG to be re-printed |

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30 Oct 2008

Reflecting on the Gospel | Mercy sisters bring dignity to the slums of Lima | Young adults focus on Sudanese community | Say NO to violence against women | Religious receive funding to combat trafficking | Doco reports on fate of deported asylum seekers | Get active about climate change | A reflective journey through Mercy heartland | UN-REAL says Melbourne sister |

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16 Oct 2008

Brisbane sisters hold Chapter of Elections | Rockhampton sisters welcome mercy candidate | Reflecting on the Gospel | Poverty: what is our response? | Rockhampton golden jubilee celebrations | Well known Trappist monk to visit Sydney | Melbourne sister begins internship at MGC | Invitation to AGM of Mercy Works Inc. |

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02 Oct 2008

Reflecting on the Gospel | Event for your diary | Never too old to participate | Why is water so unique and fundamental to life? | Adelaide welcomes new candidate | Caringbah associates celebrate Mercy Day | Sisters Anne Moroney and Joan Massey: RIP | Sister Valda Ward: RIP | Diary reminder: Mercy Works AGM | Stand up and take action against poverty |

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18 Sep 2008

Maxine McKew addresses inaugural symposium | Reflecting on the Gospel | Challenging affluence and poverty in Australia | Mercy and justice conference: November 2009 | Hesed community celebrating 25 years | Journeying with nuns | Chapters for North Sydney and Brisbane | Feast of Our Lady of Mercy - September 24 |

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04 Sep 2008

Jubilee time in Perth | Reflecting on the Gospel | Beyond the Baxter experience | Rockhampton sister's desert retreat experience | Event for your diary: "The Wild and the Sacred" | Mercy and justice conference: November 2009 | Artwork commemorates PM’s apology | Newer members gather for annual conference |

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21 Aug 2008

Song for Night: “provocative reading” | Reflecting on the Gospel | Young Australians connecting with local Indigenous | North Sydney sister's dead man walking experience | Event for your diary: "The Wild and the Sacred" | Circus performer pursuing Mercy religious life | The challenge of affluence and poverty | Days of significance in August | Melbourne sister selected for MGC internship | The Palestinian experience: “to not forget” |

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07 Aug 2008

Mercy stories from World Youth Day continue | See the bigger picture: act on climate change | A week's experience of Mercy in South Africa | One earth, one climate, one chance | Reflecting on the Gospel | US Secretary of State visits Mercedes College | Opportunity to respond to important issues | Training teachers differently in Pakistan | Australians at Latin American Caribbean Conference | Scarf a symbol of unity for Mercy WYD pilgrims |

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24 Jul 2008

CLRI NSW presents homelessness submission | Indigenous health and inequality | Help end mandatory detention | New book about women trafficked to Australia | All Hallows' partnering with Mercy Works Inc. | Mercy stories from World Youth Day | Reflecting on the Gospel | Ballarat sister’s work in Timor Leste honoured |

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10 Jul 2008

Reflecting on the Gospel | Help stop maternal and child deaths | Sister Josette McDonell: RIP | Mercy World Youth Day: July 14 | Mercy Refugee Service celebrates Refugee Week | Sisters urge others to see film: HOPE | Singleton sister explores Assumption of Mary | New president for CRA | Cairns celebrating 120 years |

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26 Jun 2008

Inspiring film about refugees | Reflecting on the Gospel | Australian Indigenous celebrations in July | New magazine for Mercy Works Inc. | Overseas sisters visit Catherine McAuley Westmead | A place to call home: Refugee Week in Bathurst | How healthy are our oceans? | Golden jubilee celebration for Perth sister | NSW Mercy gathering with Indigenous women | June edition of LISTEN out now |

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12 Jun 2008

Attention all LCFs and IWCFs | Reflecting on the Gospel | Queen's Birthday honours | Local Formation Animators meet in Sydney | Large numbers attend Mercy Works PNG health event | Circle of Mercy reflects on embracing difference | Opening of Mercy Family Health Service in Lima | New Mater Mothers' hospitals opened | A place to call home |

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29 May 2008

What nuns contributed to patient care | Reflecting on the Gospel | Sexual slavery laws on trial in High Court | Internships at Mercy Global Concern | Commissioning of new MIA Board Directors | Indigenous issues and young people | Co2: Kick the Habit! | Adelaide's Judith Redden Centre opened | New strategic direction and logo for Mercy Works |

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15 May 2008

Golden jubilee celebrations in Townsville | Gospel reflection for Trinity Sunday | Tangible way to respond to global food crisis | $5m boost for Indigenous boarding at Herberton | Kempsey convent closes but sisters not leaving | Two Mercy sisters receive honorary doctorates | Devastating effect of poverty on women |

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01 May 2008

Bilum project in PNG continues | Congratulations to our sister jubilarians | Gospel reflection for the Feast of the Ascension | Say NO to violence against women | Stories about Sudanese experience in Australia | New book traces story of Mercy sisters in PNG |

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17 Apr 2008

Mercy sister involved in WYD vestment design | New website for Mercy Secondary Education Inc. | Mercy World Youth Day programme available | Get behind Close the Gap Day: April 22 | Human trafficking: what do you know about it? | Acknowledging source material in online content | Indigenous rights call for deep dialogue | PNG prepares for perpetual profession | Gospel reflection for fifth Sunday of Easter | Fraynework wins award for Institute website |

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03 Apr 2008

Gospel reflection for third Sunday of Easter | Sisters encouraged to read social justice report | Perth principal reflects on mercy ethos | Fourteen jubilarians for Goulburn | Sister Helen McDonell: RIP | Say no to plastic bags! | Second anniversary for online newsletter | New book on Mercy Sisters in PNG |

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20 Mar 2008

Protection mechanisms for climate change victims | Mercy agency: employer of choice for women | Taking time to understand | Tune in to Mercy sisters on ABC Radio National | A new face of Mercy among us | Eliminating racial discrimination | Turn off your lights for one hour on March 29 | Ballarat sisters celebrate jubilees | Cairns sisters set off for PNG | Institute Statement of Clarification | Easter Blessings |

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06 Mar 2008

Mercy World Youth Day | Gospel Reflection for 5th Sunday of Lent, Year A | Celebrating 120 years of ministry in Cairns | Mercy M@tters email address changes | Celebrating ‘golden years’ of mercy | Singleton Sister publishes new book on Mary | Sister Mary Eugenius Fox: RIP | Growing need for Christian-Muslim relations | Children’s grief specialist visits Australia | Celebrating International Women's Day |

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21 Feb 2008

Gospel Reflection for 3rd Sunday of Lent, Year A | Climate Change: Who Pays the Price? | WYD08 Cross and Icon visit Bathurst | Institute President sends letter to PM Rudd | Apology generates amazing community response | RIP Sister Kath Pierce | Justice group honours Parramatta sister’s service | Saying |

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07 Feb 2008

Australian parliament will say 'sorry' | Gospel reflection for first Sunday of Lent, Year A | Becoming more aware of 'the other' | PNG sisters: being of a single mind | Supporting minority groups in Pakistan | Rising danger for low-lying countries | Welcome back |

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20 Dec 2007

Brisbane sister celebrates 100 years | December edition of LISTEN out now | Supporting West Papuan refugees in PNG | Gifted with the charism of Mercy | Rockhampton celebrates centenary of Middle Hall | Bathurst sisters launch ecological ministry | Brisbane sister receives national award | Hope for the future | Thank you to Fraynework | CHRISTMAS GREETINGS |

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06 Dec 2007

Calling past students of OLMC Heidelberg | News from PNG | Gospel reflection for second Sunday of Advent | Mercy proposal to double beds | Goulburn elects new leadership | Moving forward on climate change | Looking back on 2007 and looking forward to 2008 | Mercy-Kindling: Vision, Theology, Praxis | Australian Mercies give research input | Reconfiguring Newsletter available | Sudan: “You must work with a broken heart” |

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22 Nov 2007

Calling past students of OLMC Heidelberg | Let’s end violence against women | WYD Cross and Icon visit Wilcannia | Looking for a sabbatical? | Carols at the convent | Mercy Works Inc. Annual Report out now | Federal intervention in the Northern Territory | Mercy Works gets grant for refugee students |

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08 Nov 2007

Gospel reflection for 32nd Sunday in Ordinary Time | OSMercy: new website for young people | Mercy Works Inc. AGM next week | Faith leaders call for greenhouse pollution target | Where to for Australia’s first Mercy house? | Religious congregations and politics | Reflecting on life for asylum seekers & refugees | Australian sisters at international conference | West Perth sister reflects on her ministry | A life of dedication and service |

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25 Oct 2007

New national Aboriginal alliance established | Sacred spaces alive | Caring for the carers: take action | Reflecting on the gospel | Violence and women: a sister reflects | Inter-congregational forum on reconfiguring | Prophetic role of religious in fight against traff | Indigenous woman reflects on Cross and Icon pilgri | Remembering Sister Therese Kelly | Four Mercy Congregations gather at "The Haven" | New website for Sisters of Mercy |

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11 Oct 2007

Brisbane celebrates Mercy Day with final profession | Reflecting on the Gospel | IPC to meet in Geelong | Combined administration offices for Perth and West Congregations | Gunnedah sister to join Mercy International Centre | Bathurst Chapter sets direction for next five year |

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27 Sep 2007

UN adopts declaration on Indigenous peoples' rights | Rockhampton Mercy Day Project: “Sebastian” | PNG holds first chapter as autonomous region | Mercy Schools and World Youth Day | Sister Josephine McMahon: celebrating 70 years of service | Reflecting on the Gospel | Acknowledging the keepers of WA Mercy story | Melbourne sister reflects on women and violence | Who is my neighbour? Australia’s role as a global citizen |

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13 Sep 2007

Bathurst to begin Chapter on Mercy Day | Gunnedah to hand over aged care ministry | Cairns sister receives “Docemus Award” | Reflecting on the Gospel | Mary: The Mother of Mercy |

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30 Aug 2007

Mercies among refugee advocates at Baxter vigil | Human trafficking contrary to the Gospel | PNG Chapter Assembly to commence in September | Reflecting on the Gospel | Don't forget to send us your news! | Mercy sister’s experience of life in a remote Abor |

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