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Mercy Echoes Episode One
Mercy Echoes is the official podcast of Mercy International Association (MIA), presented by Brenda Drumm, MIA Head of Communications.
MIA is an organisation of the leaders of Mercy Congregations, Institutes and Federations throughout the world, founded to serve the Sisters of Mercy, their associates and partners in ministry.
The purpose of this Association is to inspire Sisters of Mercy and their Associates to incarnate the spirit o Catherine McAuley in ways which are creative and appropriate to the needs of our time and to foster unity of mind and heart among Sisters of Mercy worldwide.
Episode One
Our first guest on Mercy Echoes is Sr Elizabeth Davis, a member of the Congregation of the Sisters of Mercy of Newfoundland and Labrador. She has been engaged in ministry in education, healthcare administration, public policy, facilitation, governance, and leadership in religious life.
She has a doctorate in theology (biblical studies) from the University of Toronto and Masters’ degrees from the University of Notre Dame and the University of Toronto. Shehas received the Order of Canada, the Order of Newfoundland and Labrador, and four honorary doctorates.
She presently teaches Scripture at Queen’s College (Memorial University) and is chair of the Board of The Gathering Place. She was one of the 54 women delegates at the recent Synod on Synodality (2023-2024).
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Elizabeth spoke to Brenda about transformation and synodality. She spoke about the processes of the Synod, Synodal Prophets and Missionaries, how we keep the Spirit of the Synod alive and stitch it into the Jubilee Year and how we have enough now to transform our Church and our World.