The Mercy sisters are trying to influence final decisions that will be taken at the United Nations Conference on Sustainable Development, also known as Earth Summit and Rio+20, which takes place in June. One step they have taken is a letter-writing campaign to governments and proposed attendees to RIO+20, from countries where Mercy sisters work. The Read more
A recent cartoon in the DomPost featuring two sisters in old fashioned habits flanking a rugby player has prompted Mercy Sister Elizabeth Julian to reveal her real-life rugby pedigree. As a teacher of members of the Fili, Lealamanua, Fea’unati and Fa’atau families at schools in Miramar (Holy Cross) and Newtown (St Anne’s), she can claim to be a Read more
This coming Sunday, 14 June Nga Whaea Atawhai o Aotearoa Sisters of Mercy New Zealand are celebrating 150 years in the Wellington and Palmerston North dioceses. It all began with two professed Sisters and a postulant who came in 1861 from Auckland following a request from Bishop Viard to Bishop Pompallier. Over the years 510 Read more