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Thursday 04 March 1897
Death of M de Sales Meagher, Foundress of Cooktown, Cairns, from Dungarvan, Co Waterford
SUBMIT A MERCY FACT)
Portland separated from Manchester; foundation of Sisters of Mercy, Maine
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Foundation to Portlais from Cahir - M Peter Claver McCarthy
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Foundation to Clogheen from Cahir - M Bernard Vaughan
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Death of novice M Aloysius Thorpe at Baggot St
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Albany motherhouse ravaged by fire
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Sr.Patricia Bell, North Shields, England, enrolled first 8 children into Youth Mercy Associates.(YMA)
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Mercy Pacific Hui held in Kaikoura.
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Opening of St Catherine's Villa, Grafton - M Eymard Kennedy
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Pittsburgh Sisters assume sponsorship of Holy Cross Hospital, Fort Lauderdale, Florida
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Sisters invited to take charge of Hospital in Castletownbere, Co Cork
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First Foundation of Sisters of Mercy in the Archdiocese of Westminster in Queen Square, Bloomsbury
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St Joseph's Church, Cordier Hill, Guernsey, Channel Islands designed by A W Pugin opened.
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Opening of Mater Misericordiae Hospital, Sacramento, California
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Dediction of St Catherine's Convent, Tralee
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7 Sisters evacuated from Alderney, Channel Islands join the Gravesend Sisters in Hartley, Kent.
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Catherine's niece, M Anne Agnes professed, Baggot St
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Mercy Sculpture Centre, in Melbourne, Australia, is officially opened - Sister Gael O'Leary
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Union of Sisters of Mercy, Cloyne
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Connecticut (Hartford) community became independent of Providence, Rhode Island – M Pauline Maher
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Death of Sr Evangelist Benson, Foundress of Derby Convent.
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Death of M Aloysia Strange, first Sister professed in the Americas