Thursday 16 July 1959
12 Sisters from Brooklyn arrive in Panama to begin their work
SUBMIT A MERCY FACTFoundation to Bathurst, New South Wales from Charleville, Co Cork
Mission to Monsefu, Peru from Newfoundland
Mater Hospital, Belfast opened - M Magdalen Malone
St Peter's Hospital, Albany opened - M Paula Harris
Doncaster and Hunslet communities send first Sisters to Peru.
Foundation to Tupac Amaru, Peru from Leeds, England - M Assumpta Hegarty
Opening of Novitiate and Generalate, Rosanna, Victoria - M Evangelist Doogan
Foundation to Tatura, Victoria from Bendigo - M Francis Hanigan
Foundation to Greymouth from Hokitika
Opening of Mater Hospital, Rockhampton, Queensland
Foundation to Mudgee from Bathurst, New South Wales - M Joseph Murphy
Sr Frances Warde stayed at Mt Vernon Convent, Liverpool en route to Pittsburgh, USA.
Foundation to Titusville, Florida from Ardagh/Clonmacnoise
Foundation to Gort, Co Galway from Carlow - M Aloysius Doyle
Foundation to Guam from North Carolina
Mother Mary Agnes Hanley and Sister Mary Louis McMahon opened a hospital in Webster City, Iowa
Opening of Maria College, Albany - M Charles Borromeo
Foundation to Drogheda, Co Louth from Tullamore - M Philomena Ledwit
Fort Scott, Kansas joined St Louis province
Death of William Callaghan, Catherine's benefactor
Inaugural International 'Good Cup of Tea' Event
Death of Catherine McAuley, Foundress of the Sisters of Mercy
St Catherine's Orphanage transferred from Geelong to Highton - M Margaret Mary O'Brien
Hornsea Convent, North Yorkshire established as a holiday house.