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Thursday 17 April 1958
Mercy Secretarial High School opened, Albany - M Renee Hosey
SUBMIT A MERCY FACT)
Fr Nugent, Catherine's friend and adviser, died of typhus; nursed by Catherine, buried at Kells.
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Foundation to Newcastle-upon-Tyne from Liverpool - Sr Ligouri Gibson.
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Opening of hospital, Cootamundra, New South Wales
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Foundation to Castlebar, Co Mayo
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Death of M Aloysius Scott, Foundress of Birr
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Foundation to Rathangan, Co Kildare from Alton Towers, Shrewsbury, England - M Magdalen Monaghan
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Sisters of Mercy Wellington missionary endeavours begin with Sister Monica Quigg working in Fiji.
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Foundation to Enniscorthy from Wexford - M Teresa Kelly
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Skipton Convent, Yorkshire founded from Liverpool, Lancashire.
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Foundation to Newfoundland from Baggot St - M Frances Creedon
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Foundation to Burlington, Vermont
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Blessing of Baggot St chapel - Dr Blake preached
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Fr L'Estrange said Mass in Chapel at Baggot St, served by Daniel O'Connell
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Foundation to Swinford from Tuam - M Aloysius Martyn
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Foundation to Tulla, Co Clare from Birr - M Anastasia Beckett
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Rule and Constitution approved by Pope Gregory XVI
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Foundation to Dubuque, Iowa from Davenport Iowa motherhouse - M Agatha Murphy
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Amalgamation of Adelaide and Mt Gambier St
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Birth of Sr Angela Borini, Foundress of Nottingham, Barnsley and Oldham in Birmingham
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Opening of House of Mercy, Carrick-on-Suir - M of Sacred Heart Maddock
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Foundation to Roma, Queensland from Brisbane - M Xavier Kenyon
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Foundation to Rochester, New York from Rhode Island - M Frances Warde/M Baptiste Coleman
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Death of M Ursula Frayne, Foundress of Perth, Western Australia, and Melbourne, Victoria
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Foundation to Strabane from Navan, Co Meath - M Xavier Brady