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Thursday 22 August 1872
Yorkshire Street Convent, Burnley founded from Commercial Rd, London - Sr Angela Gilsenan.
SUBMIT A MERCY FACT)
Establishment of Union of Sisters of Mercy of Australia - M Patricia O'Neill
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House opened at Booterstown - M Ursula Frayne
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Union of Sisters of Mercy of Diocese of Waterford/Lismore - MJ Sheehy
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St Mary's Hospital, San Francisco - first Catholic Hospital in far-west
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Foundation to Toowong, Queensland - M Patrick Potter
First Mercy Global Presence Regional Gatherings were held 28-30 July 2020
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Swanbourne Road Convent, Sheffield founded - Sr Pauline O'Leary
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Foundation to Sandy Point, West Newfoundland from Providence, Rhode Island - M Antonio Egan
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Death of M Patricia Waldron, Foundress of Merion community
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Death of Sr Bernard Garden - Foundress of Pontypool, Elgin and Newcastle under Lyme, Staffordshire.
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The combined convent, boarding school and Notre Dame Seminary in Dubuque, Iowa were destroyed by fire originating from a neighboring house
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St Philomena's School opened in Te Aro, Wellington
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First reception at Tullamore - M Catherine Locke, M Clare Delamere
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Death of M Cecilia Cunningham, Adelaide, South Australia
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Foundation to Rockhampton from Brisbane - M Vincent Whitty/M de Sales Gorry
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St Mary's Chapel opens on St Mary's Convent site in Ponsonby Auckland.
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Death of M Bernard Dickson, Crimean nurse, Foundress of Wellington
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Foundation to Sandgate from Brisbane, Queensland - M Borgia Byrne
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Foundation to Bangor, Maine from New Hampshire - M Gonzaga O'Brien
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Death of M de Sale Vigne, Foundress of Dundalk, 1847 from Baggot St
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Foundation to Council Bluffs, Iowa from Minneapolis - M Vincent McDermott
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Foundation to Ballybunion from Tralee
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Death of M Rose Lynch, (Baggot St./ Birr/ Newfoundland/ Dundalk/ Geelong Australia/ Baggot St.)
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Death of M Baptist Russell, Foundress of San Francisco from Kinsale, Co Cork