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Monday 08 April 1850
Mother Cecilia Maher and eight Sisters of Mercy, (another woman had joined them in Sydney) together with Bishop Jean Baptiste Francois Pompallier and other clergy, arrived in New Zealand on the sailing vessel, Océanie.
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September 03, 1849Opening of first Pension school, Perth, Western Australia - M Ursula Frayne
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September 04, 1857Wigton Convent, Cumbria founded from Bermondsey - Sr Joseph Orpwood
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September 04, 1874Foundation to Hazelton from Buffalo - M Theresa Cantillon
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September 04, 2000150 years of Sisters of Mercy service in ANZ is celebrated. Celebrations attended by guests from throughout the Mercy world include gifting of a Sacred Space & bronze sculpture to Auckland.
September 05, 1878Pioneer newspaper in Big Rapids, Michigan announced that a Catholic academy was being built in town; Michigan administration moved here from Grand Rapids.
September 06, 1875Opening of St Joseph Academy, Cedar Rapids
September 08, 2015Sisters of Mercy came to Kansas City, MIssouri, USA in 1887, and came to St. James's Parish in 1904
September 08, 1990Star of the Sea, Seatoun, Wellington opens as a House of Prayer - Sisters Mary Rae and Philippa Dowling
September 08, 1875Foundation to Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania for Pittsburgh - M Regina Cosgrave
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September 07, 1956Two Filipina women began novitiate, St Maries of the Isle, Cork
September 08, 1830Catherine McAuley, Mary Anne Doyle and Elizabeth Harley began novitiate at Georges Hill Presentation Convent
September 09, 1935Opening of St Joseph's School, Swanage
September 09, 1887Foundation to Kansas City from Louisville, Kentucky - M Agnes Dunne
September 09, 1877Foundation to Mobile, Alabama from New Orleans
September 08, 1864Foundation to Castletownbere, Co Cork from Killarney
September 10, 1878Foundation to Big Rapids from Michigan
September 12, 1983Opening of Aiseiri Alcoholic Treatment Centre, Cahir - Eileen Fahey
September 12, 1954Foundation to Gurteen, Co Sligo from Swinford, Co Mayo
September 12, 1961Foundation to Carmichael, California from Tralee, Co Kerry
September 11, 1952Death of M Catherine McAuley, Willie's daughter, Kyneton, Victoria, Australia
Read More September 13, 1882Death of M Bernard Maguire, Foundress of Longford
September 12, 1988Catherine Home for homeless women, Adelaide, South Australia - A Gregory