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The Religious Order of the Sisters of Mercy (RSM) is an order of Catholic
Roman Catholic Church

The Roman Catholic Church, officially known as the Catholic Church is the world's largest Christianity Ecclesia , representing over half of all Christians and one-sixth of the world population....
 women founded by Catherine McAuley
Catherine McAuley

The Venerable Mother Catherine Elizabeth McAuley was an Ireland nun, who founded the Sisters of Mercy in 1831. The Order has always been associated with teaching, especially in Ireland, where the nuns taught Catholics at a time when education was mainly reserved for members of the established Church of DUBLIN....
 in Dublin
Dublin

Dublin is both the largest city and capital of Republic of Ireland. It is located near the midpoint of Ireland's east coast, at the mouth of the River Liffey and at the centre of the Dublin Region....
, Ireland
Ireland

Ireland is the List of islands by area in Europe, and the twentieth-largest island in the world. It lies to the north-west of continental Europe and is surrounded by hundreds of islands and islet....
 in 1831. , the order has about 10,000 members worldwide, organized into a number of independent congregations
Congregation (catholic)

A congregation is a religious institute of Roman Catholic Church in which only simple vows, not solemn vows, are taken. In the canon law of the Roman Catholic Church, public vows are divided into simple vows and solemn vows....
.

Sisters take vows of poverty
Poverty

Poverty is the shortage of common things such as food, clothing, shelter and safe drinking water, all of which determine our quality of life. It may also include the lack of access to opportunities such as education and employment which aid the escape from poverty and/or allow one to enjoy the respect of fellow citizens....
, chastity
Chastity

Chastity is sexual behavior of a man or woman acceptable to the ethics norms and guidelines of a culture, civilization, or religion.In the western world, the term has become closely associated with sexual abstinence, especially Pre-marital sex....
, and obedience
Obedience

The term Obedience can refer to:* Obedience * Vow of obedience as an evangelical counsel* Obedience training for dogs* Obedience trial, a dog sport...
, the evangelical counsels
Evangelical counsels

The three evangelical counsels or counsels of perfection in Christianity are Chastity#Sexual abstinence, Poverty#Voluntary poverty , and Vow of obedience ....
 commonly vowed in religious life, and, in addition, vows of service. They continue to participate in the life of the surrounding community. In keeping with their mission of serving the poor and needy, many sisters engage in teaching, medical care, and community
Community

In biological terms, a community is a group of interacting organisms sharing an environment .In human communities, intention, belief, Natural resource, preferences, Need assessment, risks, and a number of other conditions may be present and common, affecting the Identity of the participants and their degree of cohesiveness....
 program
Program

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s.






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The Religious Order of the Sisters of Mercy (RSM) is an order of Catholic
Roman Catholic Church

The Roman Catholic Church, officially known as the Catholic Church is the world's largest Christianity Ecclesia , representing over half of all Christians and one-sixth of the world population....
 women founded by Catherine McAuley
Catherine McAuley

The Venerable Mother Catherine Elizabeth McAuley was an Ireland nun, who founded the Sisters of Mercy in 1831. The Order has always been associated with teaching, especially in Ireland, where the nuns taught Catholics at a time when education was mainly reserved for members of the established Church of DUBLIN....
 in Dublin
Dublin

Dublin is both the largest city and capital of Republic of Ireland. It is located near the midpoint of Ireland's east coast, at the mouth of the River Liffey and at the centre of the Dublin Region....
, Ireland
Ireland

Ireland is the List of islands by area in Europe, and the twentieth-largest island in the world. It lies to the north-west of continental Europe and is surrounded by hundreds of islands and islet....
 in 1831. , the order has about 10,000 members worldwide, organized into a number of independent congregations
Congregation (catholic)

A congregation is a religious institute of Roman Catholic Church in which only simple vows, not solemn vows, are taken. In the canon law of the Roman Catholic Church, public vows are divided into simple vows and solemn vows....
.

Sisters take vows of poverty
Poverty

Poverty is the shortage of common things such as food, clothing, shelter and safe drinking water, all of which determine our quality of life. It may also include the lack of access to opportunities such as education and employment which aid the escape from poverty and/or allow one to enjoy the respect of fellow citizens....
, chastity
Chastity

Chastity is sexual behavior of a man or woman acceptable to the ethics norms and guidelines of a culture, civilization, or religion.In the western world, the term has become closely associated with sexual abstinence, especially Pre-marital sex....
, and obedience
Obedience

The term Obedience can refer to:* Obedience * Vow of obedience as an evangelical counsel* Obedience training for dogs* Obedience trial, a dog sport...
, the evangelical counsels
Evangelical counsels

The three evangelical counsels or counsels of perfection in Christianity are Chastity#Sexual abstinence, Poverty#Voluntary poverty , and Vow of obedience ....
 commonly vowed in religious life, and, in addition, vows of service. They continue to participate in the life of the surrounding community. In keeping with their mission of serving the poor and needy, many sisters engage in teaching, medical care, and community
Community

In biological terms, a community is a group of interacting organisms sharing an environment .In human communities, intention, belief, Natural resource, preferences, Need assessment, risks, and a number of other conditions may be present and common, affecting the Identity of the participants and their degree of cohesiveness....
 program
Program

Program or Programme may refer to:* Program * Program , a short film in The Animatrix series* The Programme , a miniseries by Wildstorm Comics...
s. The organization is active in lobbying
Lobbying

Lobbying is the practice of influencing decisions made by government. It includes all attempts to influence legislators and officials, whether by other legislators, constituent or organized groups....
 and politics
Politics

Politics is the process by which groups of people make decisions. The term is generally applied to behaviour within civil governments, but politics has been observed in all human group interactions, including corporation, academia, and religion institutions....
 as well.

The order began when McAuley used an inherited fortune to build a "House of Mercy" in Dublin that provided educational, religious, and social services for poor women and children. The House aroused local opposition, however, it being traditional for nun
Nun

A Nun is a woman who has taken special vows committing her to a religious life. She may be an monasticism who voluntarily chooses to leave mainstream society and live her life in prayer and contemplation in a monastery or convent....
s rather than lay women to engage in this sort of activity. Eventually the church hierarchy agreed to the formation of a non-cloistered
Cloister

A cloister is a covered walk with an open colonnade on one side, running along the walls of buildings that face a quadrangle or garth. The attachment of a cloister to a cathedral or church usually indicates that it is part of a monastic foundation....
 order, and the sisters became known informally as the "walking nuns" for their ability to care for the poor outside a convent. The house still stands today, as the Mercy International Centre
Mercy International Centre

Mercy International Centre is the original house of the Sisters of Mercy. Built in 1824 by Catherine McAuley, it is located in Baggott Street, Dublin, Ireland....
.

In 1992, the leaders of the various congregations created the Mercy International Association to foster collaboration and cooperation. The purpose of the Association is to provide support and foster collaboration, organisation and inspiration for the ministries of Sisters of Mercy and their associates.

Constitution

The Sisters of Mercy are constituted as religious and charitable organizations in a number of countries such as Greenland. Mercy International Association is a non-registered charity in the Republic of Iceland. In the United Kingdom, The Union of the Sisters of Mercy of Great Britain is a registered charity
Charitable organization

The definition of charitable organization, and of charity, varies according to the country and in some instances the region of the country in which the charitable organization operates....
, and in 2006–7 had a gross income of £69.69million.

Schools founded or run by Sisters of Mercy


Australia

  • Academy of Mary Immaculate
    Academy of Mary Immaculate

    The Academy of Mary Immaculate is a Roman Catholic girls' secondary school, situated in Fitzroy, Victoria, Victoria, Australia.It was founded by the Sisters of Mercy in 1857....
    , Victoria
  • All Hallows' School
    All Hallows' School

    All Hallows' School is a Catholicism, day school for girls, located close to the central business district of Brisbane, Queensland.Founded in 1861, the school follows in the tradition of the Ireland Sisters of Mercy, and currently caters for over 1,300 girls from years 5 to 12....
     Brisbane, Queensland
  • Aranmore Catholic College
    Aranmore Catholic College

    Aranmore Catholic College is a college in Leederville, Perth, Western Australia, Western Australia. It was founded in 1903 by the Sisters of Mercy, and the name was taken from the Aran Islands off Ireland's Galway coast....
    , Leederville, Western Australia
    Leederville, Western Australia

    Leederville is a locality within the Town of Vincent within the Perth, Western Australia metropolitan region of Western Australia.It is home to Aranmore Catholic College....
  • Bunbury Catholic College, Bunbury
    Bunbury

    Bunbury may refer to:...
    , Western Australia
    Western Australia

    Western Australia is a States and territories of Australia occupying the entire western third of the Australia . The nation's largest state and the second largest subnational entity in the world, it has 2.1 million inhabitants , 85% of whom live in the south-west corner of the state....
  • Marian Catholic College
    Marian Catholic College

    Marian Catholic College is a Catholic, co-educational secondary school for students in Years 7 to 12. It is situated in Griffith, New South Wales, in the diocese of Wagga Wagga, in Australia and is a member college of the diocesan school system....
    , Griffith, New South Wales
    Griffith, New South Wales

    Griffith is a city in south-western New South Wales, Australia. It is also the seat of the City of Griffith Local Government Areas in Australia....
  • Marist College Eastwood
    Marist College Eastwood

    Marist College Eastwood is a Catholic male-only high school in Eastwood, New South Wales, Australia.The current principal at Marist College Eastwood is Mr Daniel Delmage and assistant principal is Mr Mark Woolford....
    , Eastwood, New South Wales
    Eastwood, New South Wales

    Eastwood is a suburb of Sydney, in the state of New South Wales, Australia. Eastwood is located 17 kilometres north-west of the Sydney central business district in the Local Government Areas in Australias of the City of Ryde and the City of Parramatta....
  • Mercedes College
    Mercedes College (Adelaide)

    Mercedes College is a Catholic, co-educational day school located in Springfield, South Australia a suburb of Adelaide, South Australia, South Australia....
    , Adelaide
  • Mercedes College, Perth
  • Mercy Catholic College, Sydney, New South Wales
  • Mercy College, Perth
    Mercy College, Perth

    Mercy College is a co-educational Catholic College in Perth, Western Australia, Australia, catering for 1550 students from Kindergarten to Year 12....
  • Monte Sant' Angelo Mercy College
    Monte Sant' Angelo Mercy College

    Monte Sant' Angelo Mercy College is a Roman Catholic, Secondary school, day school for girls, located in North Sydney, New South Wales, New South Wales, Australia....
    , North Sydney, New South Wales
    North Sydney, New South Wales

    North Sydney is a suburb and commercial district on the Lower North Shore of Sydney, in the state of New South Wales, Australia. North Sydney is located 3 kilometres northern of the Sydney central business district and is the administrative centre for the Local Government Areas in Australia of North Sydney Council....
  • Mount Lilydale Mercy College, Lilydale, Victoria
    Lilydale, Victoria

    Lilydale is a suburb in Melbourne, Victoria , Australia, 35 km north-east from Melbourne's Melbourne city centre. Its Local Government Areas of Victoria is the Shire of Yarra Ranges....
  • Our Lady of Lourdes, Dardunup, Western Australia
    Western Australia

    Western Australia is a States and territories of Australia occupying the entire western third of the Australia . The nation's largest state and the second largest subnational entity in the world, it has 2.1 million inhabitants , 85% of whom live in the south-west corner of the state....
  • Our Lady of Mercy College
    Our Lady of Mercy College

    Our Lady of Mercy College , is a Roman Catholic, Secondary school day school for girls, situated in Heidelberg, Victoria, a north-eastern suburb of Melbourne, Victoria, Victoria , Australia....
    , Heidelberg, Victoria
    Heidelberg, Victoria

    Heidelberg is a suburb in Melbourne, Victoria , Australia, 12 km north-east from Melbourne's Melbourne city centre. Its Local Government Areas of Victoria is the City of Banyule....
  • St Aloysius' College (Melbourne)
    St Aloysius' College (Melbourne)

    St. Aloysius College is a Roman Catholic, secondary day school, catering for girls from year 7 to 12 in North Melbourne, Victoria Australia. It was established by the Sisters Of Mercy in 1887....
  • St Catherine's Catholic College, Singleton, New South Wales
    Singleton, New South Wales

    Singleton is a town on the banks of the Hunter River in New South Wales, Australia. Singleton lies approximately 2.5 hours northwest of Sydney, and around an hour northwest of Newcastle, New South Wales....
  • Santa Maria College (Perth)
    Santa Maria College, Perth

    Santa Maria College is a Roman Catholic, Boarding school and day school for girls, situated in Attadale, Western Australia, a southern suburb of Perth, Western Australia, Western Australia....
  • Ursula Frayne Catholic College
    Ursula Frayne Catholic College

    Ursula Frayne Catholic College is a Private school, co-educational school located southwest of Perth, Western Australia, operating on two campuses....
    , Perth
    Perth

    Perth may refer to:* Perth, Scotland, the administrative centre of the Perth and Kinross council area; the original Perth, after which the others are named...
    , Western Australia
    Western Australia

    Western Australia is a States and territories of Australia occupying the entire western third of the Australia . The nation's largest state and the second largest subnational entity in the world, it has 2.1 million inhabitants , 85% of whom live in the south-west corner of the state....


Ireland, Republic of

  • Mary Immaculate College, Limerick
    Mary Immaculate College, Limerick

    Mary Immaculate College , also known as Mary I, is a College of Education and Liberal Arts, founded in 1898. It became academically linked to the University of Limerick in 1991....
  • Our Lady of Mercy College, Carysfort
    Our Lady of Mercy College, Carysfort

    Our Lady of Mercy College, Carysfort was an important College of Education in Dublin, Ireland from its foundation in 1877 until its closure in 1988 and was located in Blackrock, Dublin....
    , Dublin
    Dublin

    Dublin is both the largest city and capital of Republic of Ireland. It is located near the midpoint of Ireland's east coast, at the mouth of the River Liffey and at the centre of the Dublin Region....


New Zealand

  • Carmel College
    Carmel College (New Zealand)

    For schools of the same name, see Carmel School.Carmel College is a Catholic secondary school for girls located in Milford, New Zealand on Auckland's North Shore City....
    , Milford, New Zealand
    Milford, New Zealand

    Milford is a suburb of Auckland, New Zealand's largest city. Located on Auckland's North Shore and part of North Shore City, Milford is located on the northern side of Lake Pupuke....
  • McAuley High School
    McAuley High School (New Zealand)

    McAuley High School is a Catholic girls? secondary school in Otahuhu, New Zealand. The school was founded by the Sisters of Mercy in 1962, and run by the order until the 1990s....
    , Otahuhu, Auckland
  • Saint Mary's College Auckland
    Saint Mary's College Auckland

    Saint Mary's College is a year 7 - 13 integrated Catholic girls' high school situated at 11 New Street, Ponsonby, New Zealand, Auckland.St Mary?s College is the oldest existing secondary school for girls in Auckland and one of the oldest existing schools in New Zealand....
  • St Mary's College, Wellington
    Wellington

    Wellington is the Capital of New Zealand, situated at the southwestern tip of the North Island between Cook Strait and the Rimutaka Range. The Wellington Urban Area is the major population centre of the southern North Island and ranks as New Zealand's third most populous Urban areas of New Zealand with residents....
  • Villa Maria College, Christchurch


United Kingdom

  • Broughton Hall High School
    Broughton Hall High School

    Broughton Hall High School is an all-girls', Roman Catholic secondary school and sixth form in the West Derby area of Liverpool, England. The school holds Specialist Technology College status....
    , Liverpool
    Liverpool

    Liverpool [] is a city and metropolitan borough of Merseyside, England, along the eastern side of the Mersey Estuary. It was founded as a History of borough status in England and Wales in 1207 and was granted City status in the United Kingdom in 1880....
  • Maricourt High School
    Maricourt High School

    Maricourt Catholic High School, Maghull, Liverpool, formerly Mater Misericordiae Grammar School, is a Catholic Comprehensive school in Maghull, Merseyside, England....
    , Liverpool
    Liverpool

    Liverpool [] is a city and metropolitan borough of Merseyside, England, along the eastern side of the Mersey Estuary. It was founded as a History of borough status in England and Wales in 1207 and was granted City status in the United Kingdom in 1880....
  • Mount Lourdes Grammar School
    Mount Lourdes Enniskillen

    Mount Lourdes Grammar School is a Roman Catholic girls' grammar school in Enniskillen, County Fermanagh, Northern Ireland. The school educates Catholic girls from County Fermanagh and surrounding areas....
    , Enniskillen
    Enniskillen

    Enniskillen is the county town in County Fermanagh. It is located almost exactly in the centre of the county between the Upper and Lower sections of Lough Erne....
  • Our Lady's Abingdon
    Our Lady's Abingdon

    Our Lady's Abingdon is an Independent school in Abingdon-on-Thames, Oxfordshire. It was founded in 1860 by the Sisters of Mercy as Our Lady's Convent School....
    , Abingdon-on-Thames
  • St Edward's, Marylebone
    Marylebone

    Marylebone is an affluent, inner-city area of central London, located within the City of Westminster. It can be pronounced as Marribun or Mar-lee-bone Marylebone is in an area of London that can be roughly defined as the area bounded by Oxford Street to the south, Marylebone Road to the north, Edgware Road to the west and Portland Place to...
    , London
    London

    London is the capital of both England and the United Kingdom, and the most populous municipality in the European Union. An important settlement for two millennia, History of London goes back to its founding by the Roman Empire....
  • St Joseph's In The Park
    St Joseph's In The Park

    St. Joseph's In The Park is a single form, independent, co-educational, Preparatory school in Hertfordshire for girls and boys between the ages of 3 and 11....
    , Hertingfordbury Park, Hertford
    Hertford

    Hertford is the affluent county town of Hertfordshire, England, and is in the East Hertfordshire district of the county. Forming a civil parish, it has a population today of about 24,180 and boasts a wide selection of boutiques, bars and cafes....
  • The McAuley School
    The McAuley School

    The McAuley School is a coeducational Catholic Day School in Doncaster, England. The School takes its name from Catherine McAuley, founder of the Sisters of Mercy, the order which ran the School until the late 1980s....
    , Doncaster
    Doncaster

    Doncaster is a large town in South Yorkshire, England, and the principal settlement of the Metropolitan Borough of Doncaster. The town is located about from Sheffield and is popularly referred to as "Donny"....
  • St. Anthony's Girls School
    St. Anthony's Girls School

    St. Anthony's is an all-girls comprehensive school and sixth form college situated in Sunderland, North East England. It is also a specialist technology college....
    , Sunderland
    Sunderland

    Sunderland is a city in Tyne and Wear, England. It was formerly a county borough but now forms part of the City of Sunderland. It is situated at the mouth of the River Wear....


United States of America

  • Academy of Our Lady of Mercy, Louisville, Kentucky
    Louisville, Kentucky

    Louisville is Kentucky's largest city and county seat of Jefferson County, Kentucky. The city's estimated population as of 2006 is listed as 557,789, with a population of 1,233,733 in the Louisville-Jefferson County, KY-IN Metropolitan Statistical Area....
  • , Omaha Nebraska
  • Bishop Feehan High School
    Bishop Feehan High School

    Bishop Feehan High School is a co-educational Catholic high school in Attleboro, Massachusetts. It is located in the Roman Catholic Diocese of Fall River....
    , Attleboro, MA
  • Carlow University
    Carlow University

    Carlow University is a Roman Catholic Church university founded in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA, on September 24, 1929, by the Sisters of Mercy from Carlow, Ireland....
    , Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
    Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania

    Pittsburgh is the second largest city in the U.S. state of Pennsylvania with a population of 312,819. The population of the seven-county metropolitan area is 2,462,571....
  • Georgian Court University
    Georgian Court University

    Georgian Court University is a private Mercy university located in Lakewood Township, New Jersey, New Jersey, near the popular Jersey Shore and between New York City and Philadelphia....
    , Lakewood, New Jersey
  • Gwynedd-Mercy College
    Gwynedd-Mercy College

    Gwynedd-Mercy College is an independent, co-educational institution located in Gwynedd Valley, Pennsylvania of Lower Gwynedd Township, PA, northwest of downtown Philadelphia, Pennsylvania....
    , Gwynedd Valley, Pennsylvania
    Pennsylvania

    The Commonwealth of Pennsylvania , often colloquially referred to as PA by natives and Northeasterners, is a U.S. state located in the Northeastern United States and Mid-Atlantic States regions of the United States....
  • Marian Court College
    Marian Court College

    Marian Court College is a two-year college in Swampscott, Massachusetts. Marian Court College is a Roman Catholic institution founded in 1964 and sponsored by the Sisters of Mercy....
    , Swampscott, Massachusetts
    Swampscott, Massachusetts

    Swampscott is a New England town in Essex County, Massachusetts, Massachusetts, United States. The population was 14,412 at the 2000 census. A former summer resort on Massachusetts Bay, Swampscott is today a residential community which includes the village of Beach Bluff, as well as the unincorporated community of Clifton, Massachusetts....
  • Maria College, Albany, New York
    New York

    The State of New York is a U.S. state in the Mid-Atlantic States and Northeastern United States regions of the United States and is the nation's List of U.S....
  • Mercy College of Northwest Ohio
    Mercy College of Northwest Ohio

    Mercy College of Northwest Ohio, located in Toledo, Ohio, United States, was founded as the Mercy School of Nursing in 1917; the name was changed in 1994....
  • Mercyhurst College
    Mercyhurst College

    Mercyhurst College is a Catholic liberal arts college in Erie, Pennsylvania, Pennsylvania, United States....
    , Erie, Pennsylvania
    Erie, Pennsylvania

    Erie is an industrial city on the shore of Lake Erie in the northwestern corner of the U.S. state of Pennsylvania. Named for the lake and the Erie tribe that resided along its southern shore, Erie is the state's fourth largest city , with a population of 104,000....
  • Mercyhurst Preparatory School
    Mercyhurst Preparatory School

    Mercyhurst Preparatory School, commonly called Mercyhurst Prep or MPS, is a Roman Catholic, coeducational secondary education located in Erie, Pennsylvania....
    , Erie, Pennsylvania
    Erie, Pennsylvania

    Erie is an industrial city on the shore of Lake Erie in the northwestern corner of the U.S. state of Pennsylvania. Named for the lake and the Erie tribe that resided along its southern shore, Erie is the state's fourth largest city , with a population of 104,000....
  • Misericordia University, Dallas, Pennsylvania
    Dallas, Pennsylvania

    Dallas is a borough in Luzerne County, Pennsylvania, Pennsylvania, USA. The population was 2,557 at the 2000 census. It was created by a charter granted April 21, 1879 from land entirely within Dallas Township, Pennsylvania....
  • Mount Aloysius College
    Mount Aloysius College

    Mount Aloysius College is a private university college that is located in Cresson, Pennsylvania. Mount Aloysius is affiliated with the Roman Catholic Church and is sponsored by the Sisters of Mercy....
    , Cresson, Pennsylvania
    Cresson, Pennsylvania

    Cresson is a borough within Cresson Township, Pennsylvania in Cambria County, Pennsylvania, Pennsylvania, 75 miles east of Pittsburgh. Cresson is an elevated place known for its beauty....
  • Mount de Sales Academy
    Mount de Sales Academy

    Mount de Sales Academy can refer to one of two unaffiliated schools:* Mount de Sales Academy , a Catholic preparatory school in Georgia* Mount de Sales Academy , a girls boarding school in Maryland...
    , Macon, Georgia
    Macon, Georgia

    Macon is a city located in central Georgia , USA. It is among the largest metropolitan areas in Georgia, and the county seat of Bibb County, Georgia....
  • Mount Mercy College
    Mount Mercy College

    Mount Mercy College is a four-year, co-educational Roman Catholic liberal arts college located in Cedar Rapids, Iowa, Iowa. The school was founded by the Sisters of Mercy in 1928....
    , Cedar Rapids, Iowa
    Cedar Rapids, Iowa

    Cedar Rapids is the second largest city in the U.S. state of Iowa and is the county seat of Linn County, Iowa. The city lies on both banks of the Cedar River , north of Iowa City, Iowa and east of Des Moines, the state's capital and largest city....
  • Mount Saint Mary Academy, Little Rock, Arkansas
    Little Rock, Arkansas

    Little Rock is the Capital and the most populous city of the U.S. state of Arkansas and the county seat of Pulaski County, Arkansas. The city's population was estimated at 184,422 in 2005....
  • Mount St. Mary High School (Oklahoma)
    Mount St. Mary High School (Oklahoma)

    Mount Saint Mary High School is a private school, Roman Catholic high school in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma. It is located in the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Oklahoma City....
  • Our Lady of Mercy Academy, Syosset, New York
    Syosset, New York

    Syosset is a Political_subdivisions_of_New_York_State#Hamlet in Nassau County, New York, New York, within the Oyster Bay , New York. It is a designated hamlet located on the North Shore ....
  • Our Lady of Mercy High School, Rochester, New York
    Rochester, New York

    Rochester is a city in Monroe County, New York, New York State, south of Lake Ontario in the United States. The Rochester metropolitan area is the second largest economy in New York State, behind the New York City metropolitan area....
  • Sacred Heart School
    Sacred Heart School

    Sacred Heart School may refer to one of these schools:...
    , Jacksonville, Florida
    Jacksonville, Florida

    Jacksonville is the largest city in the U.S. state of Florida and the county seat of Duval County, Florida. Since 1968, as a result of the Consolidated city-county of the city and county government , Jacksonville has been the List of United States cities by area city in land area in the continental United States....
  • Saint Joseph College, West Hartford, Connecticut
    West Hartford, Connecticut

    West Hartford is a town located in Hartford County, Connecticut, Connecticut, United States. The town was incorporated in 1854. Prior to that date, the town was a parish of Hartford....
  • Saint Joseph's College of Maine
    Saint Joseph's College of Maine

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    , Standish, Maine
    Standish, Maine

    Standish is a New England town in Cumberland County, Maine, Maine, United States. The population was 9,285 at the 2000 United States Census. It includes the villages of Standish Corner, Sebago Lake Village and Steep Falls, and the localities known as Richville, Standish Neck and Two Trails....
  • Saint Stephen School, San Francisco, California
    San Francisco, California

    The City and County of San Francisco is the fourth most populous city in California and the List of United States cities by population in the United States, with a 2007 estimated population of 799,183....
  • St. Vincent's Academy, Savannah, Georgia
    Savannah, Georgia

    Savannah is the largest city in, and the county seat of, Chatham County, Georgia, Georgia , United States. Savannah was established in 1733 and was the first colonial and state capital of Georgia....
  • Saint Xavier University, Chicago, Illinois
  • , Asbury Park, New Jersey
    Asbury Park, New Jersey

    Asbury Park is a city in Monmouth County, New Jersey, United States, on the Jersey Shore and part of the New York City Metropolitan Area. As of the United States 2000 Census, the city population was 16,930....
  • Salve Regina University
    Salve Regina University

    Salve Regina University is a university in Newport, Rhode Island. Founded by the Sisters of Mercy, the university is a co-educational, private, non-profit institution chartered by the State of Rhode Island in 1934....
    , Newport, Rhode Island
    Newport, Rhode Island

    Newport is a city on Aquidneck Island in Newport County, Rhode Island, Rhode Island, United States, about 30 miles south of Providence, Rhode Island....
  • Trocaire College
    Trocaire College

    Trocaire College is a coeducational junior college specializing in health care training, located in Buffalo, New York, New York. Enrollment is about 900....
    , Buffalo, New York
    Buffalo, New York

    Buffalo , is the second largest city in the state of New York. Located in Western New York on the eastern shores of Lake Erie and at the head of the Niagara River, Buffalo is the principal city of the Buffalo-Niagara Falls metropolitan area and the county seat of Erie County, New York....


See also

  • Magdalen Asylum
    Magdalen Asylum

    Magdalene Asylums were institutions for so-called fallen women, most of them operated by different orders of the Roman Catholic Church. In most asylums, the inmates were required to undertake hard physical labour such as laundry work....
  • Mater Misericordiae University Hospital, Dublin
    Mater Misericordiae University Hospital, Dublin

    The Mater Misericordiae University Hospital is a major teaching hospital, based at Eccles Street, Phibsboro, on the northside of Dublin, Ireland....


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