Thursday 22 August 1872
Yorkshire Street Convent, Burnley founded from Commercial Rd, London - Sr Angela Gilsenan.
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October 01, 1924Opening of Georgian Court College, Lakewood, New Jersey
Foundation to Stamford, Lincolnshire from Bermondsey - Sr Xavier Mullins
October 02, 1968Mission to Andros Island, Bahamas - first from Portland, Maine
October 02, 1844Foundation to Killarney from Limerick - M Elizabeth Moore
October 04, 1883Foundation to Joplin, Missouri from Kentucky - M Ignatius Walker
Foundation to Newcastle-under-Lyme, Staffordshire from Elgin, Scotland - Sr Bernard Garden.
October 05, 1917Fire partially destroyed St Joseph's Hospital, Phoenix, Arizona (it was rebuilt within three months)
October 06, 1963St Mary's Mercy Hospital opens in Onerahi, Whangarei. It would later become Mercy Hospital Northland.
October 07, 1989Mercy Union Foundation - Stechford, Birmingham
October 06, 1844M Anastasia Beckett professed, Birr
October 07, 1864Foundation to Tipperary from Limerick - M Catherine McNamara
October 08, 1869Foundation to Louisville, Kentucky
October 09, 1893Death of M Xavier Wood, Birmingham
October 09, 1961Death of M Imelda Collins, four times Superior at Baggot St
October 09, 1884Death of M Catherine Ryan, the first sister to be buried in Golden Bridge
October 10, 1852Foundation to Athy from Baggot St - M Vincent Whitty/M Teresa Maher
October 11, 1962Argentina became part of Detroit province
October 12, 1992Memorandum and Articles of Association of Mercy International Association were signed
Read MoreFoundation to Alnwick, Northumberland from Cordier Hill, Channel Islands - Sr Evangelist Costello.
October 12, 1888Mother Mary Clare Dunphy led eight other sisters to Australia from Callan County, Kilkenny in 1888 arriving 12 October. The foundation to Parramatta was the final group of sisters to come to New South Wales from Ireland.
October 13, 1845Foundation to Mallow, Co Cork from Limerick - M Baptist Purcell

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