Monday 13 January 1840
Catherine McAuley left Bermondsey to return to Baggot Street.
SUBMIT A MERCY FACTFoundation to Tacloban City, Phillipines from St Maries of the Isle, Cork
Foundation to Michigan from Brooklyn, New York - M Joseph Lynch
Foundation to Loughrea, Co Galway from Tullamaore - M Joseph Delamere
Foundation to Chicago II - Superior M Agatha O'Brien (just professed)
Foundation to Croydon from Bermondsey - Sr Winifred Furlong. An Industrial School begun for girls.
Foundation to Doncaster, South Yorkshire from Clifford.
Mater Misericordiae Hospital Dublin, Ireland formally opened by Cardinal Paul Cullen
Foundation to Limerick from Baggot St - M Elizabeth Moore
Foundation to Naas from Carlow - M Josephine Trenor
House of Mercy opened, Baggot Street, Dublin
St Vincent's Orphanage opened, Dunedin
Ardagh Chalice (9th century celtic art) found on convent property, Limerick
Mercy Hospital was established in Iowa City, Iowa.
Opening of Aiseiri Alcoholic Treatment Centre, Wexford - Eileen Fahey
Opening of Mt St Mary College, North Plainfield, New Jersey
Foundation to Greenbush, Albany from New York
Ednaston Lodge, Derby bought by Derby Community for a Nursing Home.
Foundation to Peru from Swinford, Co Mayo
Eltham Convent founded from Bermondsey - Sr Camillus Dempsey
Te Ukaipo Mercy Initiatives for Rangatahi begins in Auckland - Sister Mary Foy.
Peterborough Convent founded from Kings Lynn, Norfolk.
Opening of Georgian Court College, Lakewood, New Jersey