Thursday 16 July 1959
12 Sisters from Brooklyn arrive in Panama to begin their work
SUBMIT A MERCY FACTDeath of M Agnes Graham, Foundress of Ballarat/Colac, Victoria
Foundation to Davenport, Iowa from De Witt - M Borromeo Johnson
Five Sisters left Ennis, Co. Clare to open a house in Killaloe Co. Clare: Philomena Hogan, Austin Nolan, Ita Von Troll, Ignatius Geary and Baptist Corry
Sr Vincent Whitty sailed from Liverpool to make foundation at Brisbane, Australia.
Foundation to Wanstead East London from Commercial Road, East London Sister Mary Anthony Egan
Foundation to Callan from Athy, Co Kildare - M Teresa Maher
Foundation to Parramatta, Sydney from Callan, Co Kilkenny - M Clare Dunphy
Foundation to San Francisco from Kinsale - M Baptist Russell
Foundation to Wexford from Carlow - M Teresa Green
Commencement of home visitation ministry, Parramatta
Birth of William McAuley - Catherine's youngest nephew (died in New South Wales, 1904)
First Mercy foundation to Brazil from Cashel Diocese, Co Tipperary - M Ursula Allen
Opening of Spiritual Life Centre, Auckland - Patricia Hook
Rededication of Motherhouse after destruction by fire - Albany
Foundation to Clevedon from Westbury-on-Trym (Bristol, UK) by Mother Anthony Daly
First public clothing ceremony in Bermondsey - Lady Barbara Eyre one of the entrants.
Establishment and first day of the Institute of Sisters of Mercy of Australia and Papua New Guinea
Aotearoa New Zealand's first Mater Misericordiae Hospital is opened in Epsom, Auckland - M Ignatius Prendergast.
The four Congregations of Aotearoa New Zealand unite to become a single Congregation – Nga Whaea Atawhai o Aotearoa Sisters of Mercy New Zealand.
Opening of Novitiate in Americas from Brooklyn, New York
Foundation to Kingston, West Indies from Bermondsey, England - M Winifred Furlong
Foundation Day; Profession of Catherine McAuley, Mary Ann Doyle and Elizabeth Harley
Foundation to Trim from Tullamore - M Alphonsus Kavanagh
Reception of first Honduran Sisters, San Pedro - Sula, Honduras