“We have the privilege of knowing it, we have the responsibility to understand it, we have the duty to protect it and we have the honour of living it!”
— MARIA MCGUINESS
HUMAN DIGNITY
“The only kind of dignity which is genuine is that which is not diminished by the indifference of others.”
— DAG HAMMARSKJOLD
Service of the Poor
“While we place all our confidence in God, we must act as if all depends on our exertion. ”
— CATHERINE MCAULEY
SOCIAL JUSTICE
“Join hands in the building of a world in which less people will be forced to flee, and in which refugees are protected until they can safely return home one day.”
— SADAKO OGATA
MERCY & COMPASSION
“While there are no easy answers to homelessness, the issue is multi dimensional. However, evidence has shown us that one of the solutions is to provide permanent supportive housing.”
— MERCY FOUNDATION
While at Baggot Street in Dublin earlier this month, Loreto Conroy RSM, Congregation Leader of the Sisters of Mercy North Sydney, was given a cup and saucer which belonged to Catherine McAuley, Foundress of the SIsters of Mercy. The cup and saucer, which is part of a set displayed in Baggot Street's International Room, was brought by Catherine from 'Coolock' where she had spent many years of her earlier life . The cup and saucer will be placed in the Sisters' 'Mission and Heritage Centre'.