Archival Moments

A selection of stories documenting our Newfoundland Mercy Story from our arrival in 1846 can be accessed from this page.

We remember these people, places and events with gratitude for the witness they bear to the dedication of Sisters of Mercy over the years.

Remembering Our Newfoundland Story 10:
Sister M. Joseph Fox

Remembering Our Newfoundland Story 9:
Death of Sister M. Perpetua O’Callaghan

Remembering Our Newfoundland Mercy Story 8:
Sandy Point Foundation

Remembering Our Newfoundland Mercy Story 7:
Anniversary of Death of Sister M. Joseph Nugent

Remembering Our Newfoundland Mercy Story 6:
Arrival Day!

Remembering Our Newfoundland Mercy Story 5:
Sister M. Cecelia Sears

Remembering Our Newfoundland Mercy Story 4:
Our Lady of Mercy School

Remembering Our Newfoundland Mercy Story 3:
Anniversary of the Founding of Mercy on West Coast of Newfoundland

Remembering Our Newfoundland Mercy Story 2:
Sr M. Francis Creedon

Remembering Our Newfoundland Mercy Story 1:
Burin Peninsula

See also: Significant Events in Our Mercy Story

If we love God, we will undoubtedly love our neighbour also; they are as cause and effect.

Retreat Instructions, p.147

This is your life, joys and sorrow mingled, one succeeding the other.

Letter to Francis Warde

If the love of God really reigns in your heart, it will quickly show itself in the exterior.

Retreat Instructions, p. 145

May God bless the poor Sisters of Mercy and make them very humble that they may not be unworthy of the distinguished blessings God has bestowed upon them.

Letter to Elizabeth Moore

[God] knows I would rather be cold and hungry than the poor in Kingston or elsewhere should be deprived of any consolation in our power to afford.

Letter to Teresa White