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Getting to know Catherine McAuley and her mission of mercy is a foundation step along the Mercy formation journey.
We have a suite of resources dedicated to Catherine on our website and some have been shared with us from the wider Mercy World. We are grateful to all our contributors.
Catherine
Catherine McAuley was born in Dublin, Ireland, in 1778. In 1824 she used her inheritance from an Irish couple she had served for twenty years to build a large House of Mercy where she and other lay women would shelter homeless women, reach out to the sick and dying and educate poor girls. The House on Baggot Street opened in 1827. To give these efforts greater stability, Catherine and her co-workers founded a new religious congregation. On 12 December 1831, she and two others professed their vows as the first Sisters of Mercy. Before her death on 11 November 1841, Catherine founded convents and works of mercy throughout Ireland and England.
Click here for the section of our website dedicated to Catherine McAuley.
Descriptions of Catherine McAuley by some who knew her.
Some quotations from the writings of Catherine McAuley.
Resources from the Mercy World on Catherine McAuley
Catherine McAuley: Heroic and Holy
Brenda Dolphin rsm, Postulator for the Cause of Catherine McAuley delivered this talk for Mercy Day (24 September) 2019. Click here to watch the video.
Canonization and Catherine McAuley
Sister Sheila Carney, RSM, is featured in a new video from Mercy Education entitled Canonization and Catherine McAuley. Click here to watch.
A Great Woman And Her Time
An eight-part, two-hour series by historian Graham Peck in concert with WXAV, 88.3, the radio station of Saint Xavier University (2018). Click here.
Born to be Great - A Resource from Mercy Partners
An article on Catherine McAuley from Mercy Moments issue September 2021. Click here.
You will find more resources relating to Catherine in our Prayers & Reflections section.