Catherine - Mercy World
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 …
Venerable Catherine McAuley: Aspects of her Life and Spirituality
Catherine the Person. All through her life Catherine showed herself to be intelligent, practical and prayerful and above all deeply kind to others. Catherine was modern in her effort to ‘decentralise’ local authority/autonomy while keeping vital links with the ‘heart’ of the Congregation.
The Beginning - Mercy World
When Catherine McAuley was born in Dublin on September 29, 1778, the sorrows and blessings of her next forty years were still hidden in what she would later call the Providence of God.
Film: ‘In God Alone’ - Mercy World
In God Alone - The Story of Catherine McAuley. Quotes from the Script by Amy White. Photography by Chris Ryan, Once Films. Sponsored by the St Louis Mercy Health System, this latest telling of Catherine’s life, a 23 minute docudrama, features re-enactments of actual events in the life of Catherine McAuley, from her childhood to her last days ...
Catherine McAuley and the Ministry of Mercy
I would like to start by a recalling the main brushstrokes of Catherine’s life. She was born in Dublin in 1778. Her father, though a Catholic, was a wealthy tradesman and Catherine learned from his example to respect and help the poor and the oppressed.
Introducing Catherine - Mercy World
On November 11, 1841, Catherine McAuley died at Baggot Street of tuberculosis. Just six weeks before, she had returned, greatly, fatigued and wracked by coughing, from establishing the foundation in Birmingham.
The Family and Catherine McAuley - Mercy World
We can only imagine Catherine McAuley’s heartbreak at seeing her beloved niece follow the same road as her mother but so much earlier in life. The next year Mary’s younger sister Catherine Macauley entered the congregation and received the …
second child, a beautiful healthy daughter, Catherine Elizabeth McAuley. With admiration in his eyes, James smiled at his dear wife as he bent down and lifted baby Catherine out of her crib.
Your Ever Affectionate M.C. McAuley | Mercy World
Your Ever Affectionate M.C. McAuley Excerpts from the letters of a very special woman for your reflection and encouragement. Track 1 affords a glimpse of the life and times of Catherine McAuley in the late 18th and early 19th centuries in Dublin, Ireland.
Daring to be Different - Part One - Mercy World
Catherine Elizabeth McAuley was an heiress with a difference. Unlike most young women in her position, it never occurred to her that she should travel the world, visiting exotic places. Instead, she travelled the backlanes and alleyways of nineteenth century Dublin city.