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Thursday 22 August 1872
Yorkshire Street Convent, Burnley founded from Commercial Rd, London - Sr Angela Gilsenan.
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St Peter's Hospital, Albany opened - M Paula Harris
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Doncaster and Hunslet communities send first Sisters to Peru.
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Opening of Novitiate and Generalate, Rosanna, Victoria - M Evangelist Doogan
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Foundation to Tupac Amaru, Peru from Leeds, England - M Assumpta Hegarty
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Foundation to Tatura, Victoria from Bendigo - M Francis Hanigan
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Foundation to Greymouth from Hokitika
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Opening of Mater Hospital, Rockhampton, Queensland
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Foundation to Mudgee from Bathurst, New South Wales - M Joseph Murphy
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Sr Frances Warde stayed at Mt Vernon Convent, Liverpool en route to Pittsburgh, USA.
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Foundation to Titusville, Florida from Ardagh/Clonmacnoise
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Foundation to Guam from North Carolina
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Foundation to Gort, Co Galway from Carlow - M Aloysius Doyle
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Mother Mary Agnes Hanley and Sister Mary Louis McMahon opened a hospital in Webster City, Iowa
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Opening of Maria College, Albany - M Charles Borromeo
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Foundation to Drogheda, Co Louth from Tullamore - M Philomena Ledwit
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Fort Scott, Kansas joined St Louis province
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Death of William Callaghan, Catherine's benefactor
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Inaugural International 'Good Cup of Tea' Event
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Death of Catherine McAuley, Foundress of the Sisters of Mercy
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St Catherine's Orphanage transferred from Geelong to Highton - M Margaret Mary O'Brien
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Hornsea Convent, North Yorkshire established as a holiday house.
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Death of Catherine's niece, M Joseph Teresa McAuley, Baggot St
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Death of M Angela Dunne, Foundress of Charleville, Co Cork
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Mercy International Association (MIA) launches a Mercy relief appeal for the Philippines