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Sr. Angela Bolster's papers transferred on permanent loan to Congregational Archives
-- Tuesday, 19 August 2008
On 6th August, 2008 the Southern Province of the Congregation of Sisters of Mercy transferred on permanent loan to the Congregational Archives of the Sisters of Mercy the papers of Angela Bolster RSM (1925-2005).

Sr Mary Aidan Donaldson rsm
-- Thursday, 14 August 2008
Sarah Donaldson, known in Religion as Sister Mary Aidan, was born in 1908 in Newry County Down, Ireland. This region is close to Rostrevor, an area well known to President Mary McAleese. Sister Aidan went to the United States in February 1927 to begin her life as a Sister of Mercy.

XII Latin American Caribbean Conference (LACC)
-- Wednesday, 6 August 2008
Over forty Sisters of Mercy from Latin America and the Caribbean gathered in Belize from the 20 – 26 July for the XII Latin American Caribbean Conference of Sisters of Mercy.

World Youth Day - Sydney, Australia
-- Monday, 4 August 2008
Just under three years ago at an abandoned airfield near Cologne in Germany, Pope Benedict XVI declared that the world’s youth would gather together in Sydney in 2008. Today, two weeks after the World Youth Day 2008 celebrations concluded, I sit inspired and energized yet also humbled by the experience we shared as pilgrims in Sydney.

Mid-Atlantic Sister Continues Spiritual Journey
-- Saturday, 26 July 2008
Maureen King of Glendale, NY, worked in the corporate world for 26 years in human resources for a public utility, but kept searching for something “more.” While on a religious retreat in 2004 that “something more” crystallized in her mind, she decided to start the process of becoming a Sister of Mercy.

Sisters of Mercy in New Hampshire Celebrate 150th Anniversary
-- Tuesday, 22 July 2008
On July16, 1858, Frances Warde and four companions arrived in Manchester, New Hampshire from Providence, Rhode Island, at the invitation of Reverend William McDonald, the pioneer priest whose parish encompassed the whole state.