Monday 13 January 1840
Catherine McAuley left Bermondsey to return to Baggot Street.
SUBMIT A MERCY FACTFoundation to Tupac Amaru, Peru from Leeds, England - M Assumpta Hegarty
Foundation to Tatura, Victoria from Bendigo - M Francis Hanigan
Foundation to Greymouth from Hokitika
Opening of Mater Hospital, Rockhampton, Queensland
Foundation to Mudgee from Bathurst, New South Wales - M Joseph Murphy
Sr Frances Warde stayed at Mt Vernon Convent, Liverpool en route to Pittsburgh, USA.
Foundation to Titusville, Florida from Ardagh/Clonmacnoise
Foundation to Guam from North Carolina
Foundation to Gort, Co Galway from Carlow - M Aloysius Doyle
Mother Mary Agnes Hanley and Sister Mary Louis McMahon opened a hospital in Webster City, Iowa
Opening of Maria College, Albany - M Charles Borromeo
Foundation to Drogheda, Co Louth from Tullamore - M Philomena Ledwit
Fort Scott, Kansas joined St Louis province
Death of William Callaghan, Catherine's benefactor
Inaugural International 'Good Cup of Tea' Event
Death of Catherine McAuley, Foundress of the Sisters of Mercy
St Catherine's Orphanage transferred from Geelong to Highton - M Margaret Mary O'Brien
Hornsea Convent, North Yorkshire established as a holiday house.
Death of Catherine's niece, M Joseph Teresa McAuley, Baggot St
Death of M Angela Dunne, Foundress of Charleville, Co Cork
Mercy International Association (MIA) launches a Mercy relief appeal for the Philippines
Christchurch Mercy Sisters celebrate 40 years of mission service to the people of Tonga.
Foundation to Townsville, Queensland from Brisbane - M Benigna Desmond
Te Korowai Atawhai St Joseph's Mercy Hospice, Auckland's first residential palliative care unit, celebrates 25 years of service.