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Friday 06 March 1857
Foundation to Melbourne, Victoria from Perth, Western Australia - M Ursula Frayne
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Opening of C McAuley Centre for Women, Cedar Rapids, Iowa
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Foundation to Rockledge, Florida from Limerick - M Columba Moran
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Foundation to Deniliquin, New South Wales from Albury - M Bridget Hilly
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Foundation to Harrisburg, Pennsylvania from Chicago - M Clare Grace
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Institute of Our Lady of Mercy formed.
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Foundation to Chepareria from Cloyne
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Opening of Secondary School, Ballinasloe, Co Galway
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Mission to New Mexico from Grand Rapids
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Opening of first Pension school, Perth, Western Australia - M Ursula Frayne
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Wigton Convent, Cumbria founded from Bermondsey - Sr Joseph Orpwood
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150 years of Sisters of Mercy service in ANZ is celebrated. Celebrations attended by guests from throughout the Mercy world include gifting of a Sacred Space & bronze sculpture to Auckland.
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Foundation to Hazelton from Buffalo - M Theresa Cantillon
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Pioneer newspaper in Big Rapids, Michigan announced that a Catholic academy was being built in town; Michigan administration moved here from Grand Rapids.
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Opening of St Joseph Academy, Cedar Rapids
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Two Filipina women began novitiate, St Maries of the Isle, Cork
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Sisters of Mercy came to Kansas City, MIssouri, USA in 1887, and came to St. James's Parish in 1904
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Star of the Sea, Seatoun, Wellington opens as a House of Prayer - Sisters Mary Rae and Philippa Dowling
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Foundation to Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania for Pittsburgh - M Regina Cosgrave
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Foundation to Castletownbere, Co Cork from Killarney
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Catherine McAuley, Mary Anne Doyle and Elizabeth Harley began novitiate at Georges Hill Presentation Convent
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Opening of St Joseph's School, Swanage
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Foundation to Kansas City from Louisville, Kentucky - M Agnes Dunne
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Foundation to Mobile, Alabama from New Orleans
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Foundation to Big Rapids from Michigan