Volume 21 SPRING 2019 SISTERS OF MERCY OF THE AMERICAS SEMIANNUAL NEWSLETTER A DEVELOPMENT PUBLICATION OF THE NEW YORK • PENNSYLVANIA • PACIFIC WEST COMMUNITY Serving Buffalo, Erie, Pittsburgh, Rochester & Philippines 625 Abbott Road, Buffalo, NY 14220-2092...
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Volume 21 SPRING 2019 SISTERS OF MERCY OF THE AMERICAS SEMIANNUAL NEWSLETTER A DEVELOPMENT PUBLICATION OF THE NEW YORK • PENNSYLVANIA • PACIFIC WEST COMMUNITY Serving Buffalo, Erie, Pittsburgh, Rochester & Philippines 625 Abbott Road, Buffalo, NY 14220-2092 175th Anniversary Celebration Comes Full Circle in Pittsburgh Catherine McAuley, Foundress of the The months-long celebration of the 175th anniversary of the founding of the Sisters of Mercy Sisters of Mercy in the United States culminated with solemn Vespers in the chapel In her day, Catherine of the Pittsburgh motherhouse on December 21, marking the date of the arrival McAuley brought her in Pittsburgh of Frances Warde, Josephine heart to misery and in Cullen, Elizabeth Strange, Aloysia Strange, the self-gift released Veronica McDarby, Philomena Reid and a call still heard. By Margaret (Agatha) O’Brien. Vespers courageous, contagious began with the chanting of the names of concern for the spiritual the 868 Sisters of Mercy who hav
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