Monday 30 January 1995
Collaborative mission to the Falkland Islands - Srs Mairead Burke and Bridie Farrelly.
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March 15, 1947

Candidates accepted for South Africa

March 16, 1922

Independence and Dubuque unite, Motherhouse at Dubuque, Iowa

March 16, 1911

Foundation to Aurora, Illinois from Council Bluffs - M Magdalene Bennett

March 17, 1857

Opening of Mercy Hospital, Cork - the first in Ireland

March 17, 1912

New Boys' Orphanage, Goulburn - M Benignus Bowe St Johns

March 18, 2007

Te Korowai Atawhai Mercy Hospice Auckland is officially opened on its new site in Ponsonby.

March 19, 1908

Foundation to Romford, Essex from Brentwood, Essex.

March 19, 1895

Groundbreaking ceremonies for St Joseph's Hospital, Phoenix, Arizona

March 19, 1873

St Joseph Hospital, Bedford, Massachusetss - M Borgia Douglas

March 20, 1890

Profession of first Sister in Gunnedah, M Berchmans Smart

March 20, 1993

Profession of Elizabeth Mun Barrantes, first Peruvian Sister to enter Pittburgh community

March 20, 1871

Foundation to Ennistymon from Gort, Co Galway

March 22, 1855

St Xavier Convent, Providence attacked by Know-Nothings

March 22, 1966

Provincialate and novitiate moved from Detroit to Farmington Hills, Michigan

March 24, 1884

Death of Mother Juliana Hardman, first Superior of St Mary's Convent, Handsworth

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March 24, 1853

Foundation to Ballinasloe from Loughrea - M Bernard Maguire/M Magdalen Bourke

March 24, 1835

Convent opened at Kingstown (Dun Laoghaire) for Sisters to convalesce

March 25, 2000

Sister Patricia Bell founded Youth Mercy Associates, North Shields, England

March 25, 2000

Sr M Michael Bell began Youth Mercy Associates in Newcastle-upon-Tyne.

March 25, 1843

Sister Mary Joseph Nugent, received 1842, professed March 25, 1843, St. John’s, Newfoundland. She is the first Sister of Mercy received and professed outside the British Isles and in the Americas.

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March 25, 1935

Opening of Mercy Hospital, Melbourne - M Frances Hanigan

March 27, 1957

Foundation to Phillipines from Buffalo - M Vincent Vossler

March 27, 1922

Amalgamation of New Mexico/Arizona, San Diego, Los Angeles and San Francisco to form Burlingame community

March 28, 1869

Foundation to St Alphonsus, New Orleans from St Louis