Monday 13 January 1840
Catherine McAuley left Bermondsey to return to Baggot Street.
SUBMIT A MERCY FACTMercy Medical Centre opened, Cedar Rapids
Foundation to Brentwood, Essex from Chelsea, London - Sr Ignatius O'Keeffe.
Foundation to North Sydney from Liverpool - M Ignatius McQuoin
Mater Misericordiae Hospital Dunedin shifts from its original site on Royal Terrace to Maori Hill, Dunedin.
Albany motherhouse opened - M Aloysius Carmody
Opening of refuge for women, Alfred St, North Melbourne - Sheila Heywood
M Ursula Frayne and Rose Lynch returned to Baggot St from Newfoundland
St John & St Elizabeth's Hospital, London founded from Bermondsey - Sr Gonzaga Barrie.
Foundation to Bermondsey from Baggot St - first to England, M Clare Moore
House of Mercy opened, Limerick
Foundation to New Ross from Wexford - M Teresa Kelly, M Aloysius Sinnott
Foundation to Janesville, Wisconsin - M Francis Jackson
Foundation to Macroom from Cobh, Co Cork
Foundation to Templemore from Cork - M Joseph Walsh
Foundation to Dungarvan from Cappoquin - M Vincent Fanning
Opening of Cunningham Chapel, Adelaide, South Australia
Acquisition of Merion motherhouse property
Death of M Paul Fielding, Foundress of Yass/Wilcannia, New South Wales - from Rockfortbridge, Co Westmouth
Foundation to Tumut from Goulburn - M Bernard Greenan
Novitiate opened at Bella Vista, Cobh, Co Cork
Foundation to Gravesend, Kent from Bermondsey.
Sisters take charge of Stanton Military Hospital during Civil War
Establishment of Mercy Associates, Auckland