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Saturday 01 July 2000
Sr.Patricia Bell, North Shields, England, enrolled first 8 children into Youth Mercy Associates.(YMA)
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December 09, 1888Commencement of home visitation ministry, Parramatta
December 09, 1822Birth of William McAuley - Catherine's youngest nephew (died in New South Wales, 1904)
December 10, 1982First Mercy foundation to Brazil from Cashel Diocese, Co Tipperary - M Ursula Allen
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December 11, 1988Opening of Spiritual Life Centre, Auckland - Patricia Hook
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December 11, 1994Rededication of Motherhouse after destruction by fire - Albany
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December 12, 1936Foundation to Clevedon from Westbury-on-Trym (Bristol, UK) by Mother Anthony Daly
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December 12, 1839First public clothing ceremony in Bermondsey - Lady Barbara Eyre one of the entrants.
December 12, 2011Establishment and first day of the Institute of Sisters of Mercy of Australia and Papua New Guinea
December 12, 1900Aotearoa New Zealand's first Mater Misericordiae Hospital is opened in Epsom, Auckland - M Ignatius Prendergast.
December 12, 2005The four Congregations of Aotearoa New Zealand unite to become a single Congregation – Nga Whaea Atawhai o Aotearoa Sisters of Mercy New Zealand.
December 12, 1980Opening of Novitiate in Americas from Brooklyn, New York
December 12, 1890Foundation to Kingston, West Indies from Bermondsey, England - M Winifred Furlong
December 12, 1831Foundation Day; Profession of Catherine McAuley, Mary Ann Doyle and Elizabeth Harley
December 12, 1867Foundation to Trim from Tullamore - M Alphonsus Kavanagh
December 13, 1979Reception of first Honduran Sisters, San Pedro - Sula, Honduras
December 14, 1874Death in Bermondsey of Foundress M Clare Moore
December 15, 1981Establishment of Institute of Sisters of Mercy of Australia (ISMA) - First President, Dorothy Campion
December 15, 1915Opening of Mercy Hospital, Mason City
December 15, 1840M Rose Lynch professed, Baggot St
December 15, 1902Sisters began work in Corofin Workhouse, Co Clare
December 16, 1977Opening of Mercy Family Centre, Waitara, Sydney
December 16, 1985Opening of Mercy Hospice Care, Melbourne - Margaret Ryan
December 17, 1939Opening of convent at Sans Souci, New South Wales from Broken Hill
December 18, 1883Foundation to Clonmel from Cahir, Co Tipperary - M Bernard Vaughan