Mercy Echoes Episode Ten

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 Ten

Our guest for Episode Ten is Caroline Thompson, Head of Heritage and Spirituality with MIA. Caroline has had an extensive and successful career inCatholic education including senior leadership positions – principal, assistant principal and APRE. Her doctoral studies focused on Catholic educational leadership, Catholic identity and contemporary governance challenges.

Caroline has worked extensively in the PJP space, providing leadership for the highly regarded formation program for Mercy Partners and serving on a variety of formation teams including the National Catholic Education Conference Faith Formation and RE Committee, the Good Samaritan Education Council, the Edmund Rice Community Services Mission Committee, the Mercy Mission Formation Network and the AMPJP Mission Committee.

Caroline spoke to us about some of her plans in the Heritage and Spirituality Space with MIA as well as what inspires here about the life of Catherine McAuley.

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If you have any queries about the podcast please drop us an email: ⁠brendadrumm@mercyinternational.ie

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