Volume 9
SPRING 2013
SISTERS OF MERCY OF THE AMERICAS
A DEVELOPMENT PUBLICATION OF THE
NEW YORK • PENNSYLVANIA • PACIFIC WEST COMMUNITY
Serving Buffalo, Erie, Pittsburgh, Rochester & Philippines
atherine McAuley
acquired a firm
conviction that
it...
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Volume 9
SPRING 2013
SISTERS OF MERCY OF THE AMERICAS
A DEVELOPMENT PUBLICATION OF THE
NEW YORK • PENNSYLVANIA • PACIFIC WEST COMMUNITY
Serving Buffalo, Erie, Pittsburgh, Rochester & Philippines
atherine McAuley
acquired a firm
conviction that
it is in dealing
with poverty,
in whatever
form it takes,
that one
communicates
the gospel message
that God is
present in this
world.
Because
of this conviction,
diversity in
ministry was
common from the
inception of the
House of Mercy.
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“Giving
from your
Heart”
When talking to faithful friend and benefactor, Karen E.
Penfold,
on what motivates her to live out Mercy in her everyday life,
Karen took me back to when she was first introduced to the
Sisters of Mercy in 1975 at St.
Bernadette’s School in Orchard
Park, NY where she worked as a Religious Education Teacher.
There she met Sisters Mary Ellen Twist, M.
Priscilla Faltisko,
Diane Swanson, and Margaret Ann Coughlin—Mercy
Less
