September 15, 2016

enews
SEMIMONTHLY COMMUNICATION FROM SOUTH CENTRAL COMMUNITY LEADERSHIP
September 15, 2016
HIGHLIGHTS
In memoriam
Sister Maureen Ryan, 81,
dies in Kingston, Jamaica
Jubilarians celebrate
Ceremonies in Fremont,
Ohio, and St. Louis,
Missouri, honor sisters
Book review
Waking Up White
chronicles journey from
oblivion to advocacy
Celebrating Mercy Day
You can join Baggot
Street gathering online
Justice Update
U.S. elections shine
spotlight on issues related
to Critical Concerns
CALENDAR
September 24
Mercy Day
Sisters of Mercy –
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We go forward with hearts centered in God
Our Community Leadership Team (CLT) came together last week
to learn and build on dialogue skills, to consider the voice of the
Community spoken so clearly at Assembly, and to identify priorities
for the next 12 months. Although you weren’t physically there, your
spiritual presence lifted us up and sustained us through the work,
and we begin this term filled with hope and sure of the presence of
God and Mercy in our world.
This weekend we’re encouraged—and challenged—by readings for
the 25th Sunday of Ordinary time. The reading from Paul’s letter to
Timothy offers a wonderful blessing:
Beloved:
First of all, I ask that supplications, prayers,
petitions, and thanksgivings be offered for everyone,
for kings and for all in authority,
that we may lead a quiet and tranquil life
in all devotion and dignity.
1 TM 2:1–2
We offer this prayer for you and ask you to do the same for us as we
stand with a world in desperate need of tranquility. And we continue
to rejoice that our hearts are with yours, as Catherine McAuley said,
“centered in God, for whom alone we go forward or stay back.”
In memoriam
Sister Maureen Ryan
died peacefully after a
long illness Saturday,
September 3, 2016,
in Kingston, Jamaica.
A Sister of Mercy for
65 years, she was
81 years old.
Sister Maureen was
born in Ireland but
entered the Community
Sister Maureen Ryan
in Jamaica, where she
ministered for most of her life. She made her
perpetual vows in August 1957 in Cincinnati,
Ohio, where she also earned a Bachelor of Arts
degree in chemistry from Our Lady of Cincinnati
(Ohio) College.
Among her ministries, she served as principal of
Alpha Boys’ School (now Alpha Institute) and of
Mount St. Joseph Prep School, both in Kingston,
Jamaica. Sister Maureen had lived at The Claver
Home in Kingston since October 2008.
An extended obituary is included with today’s
attachments.
Church to honor sisters
St. Matthew Catholic
Church in Charlotte,
North Carolina, will
honor the Sisters of
Mercy and, in particular,
Sister Jeanne Marie
Kienast during its
30-year anniversary
celebration Wednesday,
September 21, 2016.
Sister Jeanne Marie Kienast
The church will pay
tribute to the Sisters of Mercy for their work in
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the parish and throughout the Diocese of Charlotte. After the 12:10 p.m. Mass, there will be a
reception in the New Life Center’s banquet room,
which will be dedicated in memory of Sister
Jeanne Marie, who was St. Matthew’s first pastoral associate and served there for many years
until her death in December 2015.
Speaker shares Islam faith
Rose Hamid, a writer for the Charlotte (North Carolina)
Observer, shares insights about her Islam faith with
sisters at Sacred Heart Convent in Belmont. About 25
sisters, Mercy Associates and guests attended her presentation Tuesday, September 6, 2016, including (from left)
Sister Mary Charles Cameron, Sister Mary-Andrew Ray,
Sister Monica Perez, Sister Antonette Schmidt, and Sister
Jerome Spradley. Click on the blue words for a website
Rose recommends: Salam, I Come in Peace
Celebrate Mercy Day
Visit Baggot Street online
Sisters, associates, companions, and friends of
Mercy are invited to celebrate Mercy Day with
Mercy International Centre on Baggot Street in
Dublin, Ireland.
For those unable to be at Baggot Street, you can
watch the celebratory Mass, which is being live-
streamed on Mercy International Association’s
website, by clicking on the blue words below.
Mercy Day Celebration
The live stream will begin at 11.30 a.m. Dublin
time (6:30 a.m. Eastern Daylight Time) on Saturday, September 24, 2016.
Also, the video of the Mercy Day Mass will be
archived on the same web page for later viewing.
Send messages for posting
Everyone in the Mercy family is invited to send
greetings for posting on the Mercy International
Association website for Mercy Day. The Association is posting messages online as they are
received. Click on the blue words below:
could begin to understand race and, eventually,
advocate for racial justice. This book chronicles
her often uncomfortable, sometimes painful
journey from lack of awareness that she was a
part of a race to advocacy. She needed to learn
from “people of white” who were further along
the journey and certainly from people of color.
Her book is divided into short chapters with
reflection/discussion questions after each chapter. Reading and reflecting on the questions gave
me a starting place to look at my beliefs, values
and expectations of myself and others. This
book gives me a path to grow into real multicultural sensibility.
Read a good book lately? If you’d like to write a short
review, contact Beth Rogers Thompson, enews editor, at bthompson@mercysc.org.
Mercy Day
Greetings should be sent in by Wednesday, September 21, 2016, to Anne Walsh, Mercy eNews
editor, at mercyenews@mercyinternational.ie.
Author tells of racial awakening
Book review by Sister
Barbara Grant
Waking Up White and
Finding Myself in the Story
of Race by Debby Irving
Elephant Room Press,
2014
Justice update
Critical Concerns and faithful citizenship
U.S. elections provide a special—if challenging—opportunity to work on Mercy’s Critical
Concerns. National security and immigration
policies address our concerns for nonviolence
and immigration; health care, tax policies and
economic issues affect women, care of Earth,
nonviolence, and anti-racism.
Having grown up in the
South during the years
of Jim Crow and then the
civil rights movement, it’s critical to me to be
an advocate for racial justice. In Debby Irving’s
book, I found myself in the “Story of Race.”
As Pope Francis has noted, good public policy
work is “charity writ big”: Good laws help a lot
of people, including those most in need. The
standard for weighing morality of public policy
includes principles of Catholic Social Teaching
with an overlay of the 10 Commandments. This
opportunity to do a lot of good at once is not
easy, but we’ve received many gifts, especially
those of us born into a representative democracy. It’s up to us to use and/or protect those
gifts for the benefit of all.
Irving had to understand the beliefs, values and
expectations of her own white culture before she
Surviving elections
Like it or not, the U.S. elections are less than
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two months away, on Tuesday, November 8,
2016. Here are some tips from Sister Mary
Schmuck, South Central’s associate director of
justice, for getting through it all:
• Hold on to the fact that we DO have moral
guidance for our lives together in society.
Remember Catholic Social Teaching principles and the 8th Commandment (“Thou
shalt not bear false witness against thy
neighbor”).
• Avoid using the word “you” in a tense conversation; it can feel like an attack and
evoke defensiveness and veer from discussion of the issue.
• Let others know they’re being heard, and
accept valid points; issues are many-sided.
• Claim one’s own experience: “However, I
still struggle with …”
• Acknowledge shared values, where common ground lives.
• Pray for people who are skilled in getting
on one’s nerves. We’re all made in God’s
image, and we’re all God’s (often very interesting) friends.
Jubilarians celebrate in
Fremont and St. Louis
Four sisters celebrated Jubilees on Saturday, August 27,
2016, at St. Bernardine Home in Fremont, Ohio, with a
liturgy and dinner attended by sisters, Mercy Associates,
family and friends. From left are Sister Rita Mary Wasserman, 70 years; Sister Paulette Wagner, 60 years; Sister
Madelyn Marie Gordon, 70 years; and Sister Carol Ann
Wenning, 50 years.
165 years in Arkansas honored
The Sisters of Mercy
received this statue,
denoting their induction into the Arkansas
Women’s Hall of
Fame, at a ceremony
Thursday, August 25,
2016, in Little Rock,
Arkansas. Today’s
attachments include
an article about the
sisters’ 165 years of
ministries in the state.
Photo and story are
used with permission
from the Arkansas
Catholic.
Four sisters celebrated Jubilees at Mercy Center in St.
Louis, Missouri, on Saturday, September 3, 2016. Observing their Golden Jubilees were (from left) Sister Teresa
Kelone (Hot Springs, Arkansas); Sister Victoria Incrivaglia
(St. Louis); and Sister Denise Sausville (St. Louis); with
Sister Dianne Ferguson of St. Louis, who celebrated 60
years in the Community.
Mercy in the news
ARISE cited as example
Voices in Urban Education (a publication of the Annen-
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berg Institute for School Reform) featured ARISE,
a Mercy ministry, in an article praising comunitario
projects in the Rio Grande Valley of Texas that model
intergenerational family leadership.
Sharing Critical Concerns
“Comunitarios, by definition, must be based in
an existing community organization both for
sustainability and for the trust and connection
to their communities,” the article says. “… Many
characteristics of the community-based organization ARISE made it perfectly aligned to launch
the comunitario model.” Click on the blue word
below to read more:
Comunitarios
Sisters protest voting-roll purge
Sister Carren Herring and Sister Sally Sherman
joined Nuns on the Bus Cincinnati to raise
awareness that millions of Ohio voters have
been purged from the rolls and that everyone
needs to verify his or her registration. The
purge affects mostly people in low- income
neighborhoods, people of color and older voters,
Sister Carren noted. To see a video about the
voter-purge protest, click on the blue word
below:
Protest
Columnist thanks sisters
Audrey Cimino paid tribute to the Sisters of
Mercy who taught her in a back-to-school column in the Baltimore (Maryland) Sun’s Carroll
County Times:
“I had Sisters of Mercy for all of my primary and
secondary education. They were highly educated
and completely dedicated to us students. … I
had the Sisters of Mercy to thank for my good
study habits, the ability to follow directions, to
get assignments handed in on time, a thirst for
knowledge and the capacity to gobble up any
piece of information anyone wanted to give me.”
Click on the blue words below to read more:
Back to school
Sister Mary Schmuck, South Central associate director of
justice, greets Father James Shea, pastor of St. Peter’s
Church in Charlotte, North Carolina, at the Eucharistic
Congress of the Diocese of Charlotte. Sister Mary shared
information on immigration and refugees at one of three
booths that Sister Rose Marie Tresp, South Central justice
director, coordinated for the Community at the event at
the Charlotte Convention Center September 9–10, 2016.
The other two booths were Earth care and nonviolence
and abolition of the death penalty.
And the gold medal goes to . . .
Mercy Health Center Convent in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, held its own 2016 summer Olympic games Thursday,
August 18, 2016. Here, Sister Cleo Heinrich takes aim
in the basketball competition as Sister Elena Gonzalez
watches and staff member Barbara May keeps score.
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Family Day at The Villa
Today’s attachments
•D
irectory changes for September 15, 2016
•E
xtended obituary for Sister Maureen Ryan
• “ Mercy order added to Arkansas Women’s
Hall of Fame,” reprint from Arkansas Catholic,
September 10, 2016
• Mercy Prayer Calendar for October 2016
Share your stories, photos
with the Community
The Villa in Baltimore, Maryland, hosted a Family Day
on Saturday, August 27, for staff members’ children and
grandchildren to enjoy food, games and visits with the sisters who live there. The children also received backpacks
filled with school supplies. Here, Sister Agnese Neumann
(standing, center) and Sister Susanne Ashton (right) judge
a hula-hoop contest as Sister Mary Sheridan and Sister
Maura Delaney (in wheelchairs at left) watch.
We look forward to receiving your stories and
photos for enews. Because of its format and
short preparation time, our word limit is about
150 words per story.
We encourage you to send action photos—not
posed ones—which help us all get to know one
another better and draw attention to your content.
Please send them to Beth Thompson, writer/
communications strategist, at bthompson@
mercysc.org by Friday, September 30, at noon
Eastern Daylight Time for the next issue of enews,
which comes out Thursday, October 6, 2016.
Don’t forget to include the “Five Ws”—who,
what, where, when and why— and identify
everyone in the photo from left to right. Thanks.
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Directory Changes – September 15, 2016
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Sr. Irene
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Bishop
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Assists the Community Life Coordinator and
Sisters
St. Bernardine Home
Same as Residence
Sr. Judith Ann
Mouch
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Hesburgh Sabbatical Program
Catholic Theological Union
5416 S Cornell Ave
Chicago, IL 60615-5604
773.371.5400
Sr. Maureen
Ryan
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BRINLY, SHIRLEY
8019 Harrod Wood Ct.
Louisville, KY 40291-2572
502.239.7422
502.974.5425 (mobile)
sabrinly@aol.com
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DABDOUB, ANGELA
4 Waterworks Close
Kingston, Jamaica
876.977.0144
jped08@gmail.com
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EAVENSON, PAM
12805 Winding Ridge Rd
Huntersville, NC 28078-7109
704.948.0594
704.617.4706 (mobile)
pameavnc@gmail.com
Shirley
Angela
Pam
Brinly
Dabdoub
Eavenson
New associate
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Maureen
Foley
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FOLEY, MAUREEN
713 Summerlake Drive, SW
Concord, NC 28025-5771
908.285.1739
Patty
Frala
New associate
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FRALA, PATTY
3201 S. 65th Circle
Ft. Smith, Arkansas 72903-4920
479.461.2288
pfrala@icschoolfs.org
Flora
Higgins
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higginsfd@gmail.com
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HOLT, LOLA
1101 Willington Hills Circle
Salisbury, NC 28147-7966
704.637.7504
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HUNN, LOIS
518 Webster Blvd
Jeffersonville, IN 47130-6508
812.282.0358
502.810.8270 (mobile)
websterbill@yahoo.com
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KING, KATHLEEN
3892 Sage Court
Denver, NC 28037-6230
704.489.2632 (mobile)
kathyking@yahoo.com
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MARSTERS, DENISE
208 Baytowne Row
Madison, MS 39110-9190
601.940.3411 (mobile)
dsolon@luckymail.com
Lola
Lois
Kathleen
Denise
Holt
Hunn
King
Marsters
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Sharon
Kathy
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Beth
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Polacik
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Russell
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MCSWIGAN, MARIAN
542 McAlpin Ave
Cincinnati, OH 45220-1534
513.961.7094
513.608.1073 (mobile)
513-681-2100 (work)
mgmi@fuse.net
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NEUMEISTER, SHARON
6026 Westminster Pl
St. Louis, MO 63112-1412
314.791.6509 (mobile)
314-364.2822 (work)
314.364.2811 (work fax)
sharon.neumeister@mercy.net
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PIKUL, KATHY
120 Olde Trace Drive
Vicksburg, MS 39180-7156
601.529.5560 (mobile)
kpikul2005@gmail.com
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POLACIK, KATHY
5912 Pecan Valley Ct
Harrisburg, NC 28075-3912
704.460.7043
kpolacik1@gmail.com
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PRYMOCK, BETH
11134 Highway 601
Midland, NC 28107-7746
704.743.8735
bethprymock@gmail.com
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RUSSELL, MAE
375 Mt. Pleasant Road North
Mount Pleasant, NC 28124-0532
704.436.9490
704.796.0243 (mobile)
jimaeruss@mail.com
Connie
Mary
Ann
Cathy
Smith
Sneeden
Varner
Wilson
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SMITH, CONNIE
26860 Firtree Ct
Cincinnati, OH 45223-1517
513.541.4416
513.382.9461 (mobile)
513.681.2100 (work)
csmith_6234@zoomtown.com
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SNEEDEN, MARY
3925 Jasmine Lane
Denver, NC 28037-6224
910.820.6224
mfsneeden@gmail.com
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VARNER, ANN
527 Ironwood Dr.
O'Fallon, MO 63368-6333
314.315.2152 (mobile)
314.729.3513 (work)
ann-varner@att.net
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WILSON, CATHY
3030 Kickapoo Rd
Jackson, MS 39209-9737
601.940.7675 (mobile)
601.366.1157 (work)
catwilson68@hotmail.com
Will we all meet in heaven?
Oh what joy even to think of it.
Catherine McAuley
Sister Maureen Ryan
Religious Sister of Mercy
December 17, 1934-September 3, 2016
S
ister Maureen Ryan (formerly Sister Marie Patricia) was born in
Chair, County Tipperary, Ireland—the fifth of Patrick and Alice
Ryan’s nine children—but entered the Community in Jamaica, where
she ministered for most of her life.
Her younger brother, Martin, wrote in a family history: “Our parents
were religious and caring, and taught all 9 children to be the same.
Maureen’s first experience of showing mercy was when she was 9 years
old. Dad had given all the children money to spend for the Christmas.
A poor, old woman made her way along the garden path towards the
house at 60, Griffith Place and Maureen placed all her money in the
woman’s hands. From that early age, God, she felt, had implanted
within her a genuine desire to become a Religious; to save her soul
and the souls of others by caring for the needy.”
Sister Maureen made her perpetual vows in August 1957 in
Cincinnati, Ohio, where she also received a Bachelor of Arts degree
in chemistry from Our Lady of Cincinnati College. She also studied
at St. Joseph Teachers College in Kingston, Jamaica.
Among her ministries, Sister Maureen served as principal of Alpha
Boys’ School (now Alpha Institute) and of Mount St. Joseph Prep
School, both in Kingston. She also ministered at Morant Bay Primary
School and St. John Bosco Boys’ Home and volunteered at the Daily
Bread Soup Kitchen.
Sister Maureen loved to sing and dance, and she gave much of her
spare time to economically poor people who lived in her area and to
the children she taught. She is remembered especially for her bright
smile, enthusiasm and positive view of life, as well as her love for those
in need.
Sister Maureen had lived at the Claver Home in Kingston since
October 2008.
Funeral Mass: S
eptember 10, 2016, Christ the King Chapel, Alpha,
Kingston, Jamaica
Interment: September 13, 2016, Dovecot Memorial Cemetery, Spanish
Town, Jamaica
Mercy order added to Arkansas Women’s Hall of Fame
Sisters recognized for founding
and operating Arkansas schools
and hospitals for 165 years
By Aprille Hanson
Associate Editor
For the Sisters of Mercy of the Americas in Arkansas, mercy is not just a word, a
pleasant way to describe an attitude. It has
and always will be an action.
“As a religious community mercy means
we’re merciful, compassionate and reach
out to others in need,” Sister Judith Marie
Keith of Fort Smith told Arkansas Catholic.
The Sisters of Mercy were honored for
that mercy Aug. 25 as inductees into the
Arkansas Women’s Hall of Fame for their
165 years of serving the state.
“For 165 years, hundreds of sisters have
ministered all over the state of Arkansas to
try to improve the quality of life of our citizens through education, through healthcare and through direct services to the
poor and vulnerable,” Sister Judith Marie
said while accepting the award. “There is
one thing though that we all agree. That no
matter how committed we were, no matter
how hard we worked, that without the support of the people, without the advice of
the people, without the love of the people
of Arkansas, our efforts would have been
null and void.”
Short video presentations were shown
for each honoree, detailing their legacy.
While the Hall of Fame does not now have
a physical location, a display and the videos can soon be seen at the Old State
House Museum in Little Rock where they
will remain until Oct. 2.
“You will see the video and can’t help
but be impressed,” Nan Snow, Arkansas
Women’s Hall of Fame board chairman,
told Arkansas Catholic. “In a very quiet,
unassuming way, they integrated in the
state and local communities.”
Inspiring women
The Hall of Fame, formed by the North
Little Rock Chamber of Commerce and
Arkansas Business Publishing Group, allows the public to submit nominations of
women who have changed history in Arkansas. Selection is based on several factors
including if the woman or group of women
have opened new frontiers for women
in society. Its first induction class in 2015
included Hillary Rodham Clinton, Daisy
Gatson Bates and the Women’s Emergency
Aprille Hanson
Sisters of Mercy attending the Arkansas Women’s Hall of Fame induction ceremony Aug. 25
in Little Rock include Sister Noelene Banks (back row, left), Sister Cheryl Quave, Sister Deborah Troillett, Sister Mary Ann Hardcastle, Sister Carol Anne Corley, Sister Judith Marie Keith,
Sister Jolitta Konecny, Sister Richard Mary Burke, Sister Lisa Atkins, Sister Anita Marie DeSalvo,
Sister Rebecca Ann Hendricks and Sister Mary Dorothy Calhoun; Sister Chabanel Finnegan
(front row, left), Sister Elizabeth Koehler, Sister Rita May Killian, Sister Elisa Bauman, Sister
Teresa Kelone and Sister Lucille Sluyter.
Committee to Open Our Schools. In addition to the sisters, this year’s inductees
were:
n Kay Kelley Arnold
n Dr. Bettye Caldwell
n Cathy Cunningham
n Dr. M. Joycelyn Elders
n Dr. Betty Ann Lowe
n Lottie Hold Shackelford
n Pattie Upton
n Pat Walker
Snow said because there are so many
potential honorees, the religious community being chosen the second year of
awards is special.
Since arriving in Arkansas in 1851, the
Sisters of Mercy have established schools,
hospitals and direct services to the poor
in cities including Little Rock, Fort Smith,
Helena, Rogers and Hot Springs. Their legacy includes:
n Founding Mount St. Mary Academy
for girls in 1851, the oldest continuous high
school in the state; the sisters also helped
found or guide several other parochial
schools throughout the years.
n Opening seven hospitals and a nursing home facility
n Establishing direct services to the
homeless, Hispanics and others.
While some communities may not
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agree with the Church as a whole, often the
kindness of the sisters is the driving force
of bridging that gap. Sister Judith Marie
shared during her acceptance speech the
story of a man in El Dorado who had once
said, “I won’t give those damn Catholics a
dime. But you see this shirt? I’d give this
shirt off my back for those sisters.”
“Mercy to them means we reach out
where there’s need regardless of age or religion,” she said.
Gov. Asa Hutchinson spoke shortly
about each of the inductees, saying “we appreciate the Sisters of Mercy and how they
have demonstrated faith and charitable
activities and have had such an incredible
impact on my family and the community
and the state of Arkansas.”
His wife Susan added, “I must comment
on how the Sisters of Mercy has touched
our life and that our youngest was born at
St. Edward’s Mercy Medical Hospital with
Sister Judith Marie in charge, so thank you
sister.”
Building a legacy
In 1831, Catherine McAuley, a wealthy
heiress, officially founded the Sisters of
Mercy in Ireland to aid the poor. According
See Hall of Fame, next page
arkansas-catholic.org / 501-664-0125
Hall of Fame
has always been “a school that prepares
women” to find their place in a working
society.
Continued from previous page
to sistersofmercy.org, Sister Catherine spent
her inheritance to open the first House of
Mercy, a place of education and shelter for
women in Dublin in 1827. The religious order
grew throughout Ireland and England.
“There’s an analogy between what she
did and what we’re trying to do — a response to need,” Sister Judith Marie said.
She said the sisters were the first women
religious to venture into what was then a
frontier state in 1851. But their commitments have never wavered. During the
Civil War, the women treated both Union
and Confederate soldiers.
At Mercy Hospitals, the focus is not only
on mercy, but excellence, Sister Judith Marie said. Those same values have also lasted
at Mount St. Mary Academy.
Sister Deborah Troillett, who serves as a
councilor of a five-member Institute Leadership Team for the Sisters of Mercy of the
Americas in Silver Spring, Md., returned to
Little Rock for the induction. Sister Deborah is a former principal and president of
Mount St. Mary Academy.
“It’s such an opportunity to reflect on
the legacy and courage” of the original sisters, she said. “We stand on their shoulders
… We’re so blessed to be able to continue”
the work at the Mount.
“In the Year of Mercy to have the Sisters
Aprille Hanson
The Sisters of Mercy received a statue
denoting their induction into the Arkansas
Women’s Hall of Fame.
of Mercy receive this honor, it gives me
chills,” Sister Deborah added.
Sister Jolitta Konecny, a graduate and
former assistant principal, said MSM
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A ‘vibrant’ order
In recent years, the Sisters of Mercy have
taken their calling even deeper into pastoral care, including outreach to the parishes,
housing ministry and outreach to the Hispanic community, teaching children how
to read English, Sister Judith Marie said.
Sister Lisa Atkins, of Rogers, who along
with others in the community helped
found the 8th Street Motel Ministry in
Rogers which aids the homeless, said the
spirit of the ministry is building off of the
foundation that founder Venerable Mother
Catherine McAuley wanted for the Sisters
of Mercy — to help the poor.
“We’re building relationships one meal
at a time, one family at a time,” Sister Lisa
said. “… It opens up a trusting relationship.
Right away, they know I’m not going to
judge them.”
The induction not only celebrates the
legacy of the Sisters of Mercy, but the
work they continue to do today which
will hopefully inspire other women to
consider vocations, Sister Rebecca Hendricks said.
“They see we’re vibrant. We’re not just
in the chapel praying all the time but that’s
important,” Sister Rebecca said, adding
that the sister’s main priority is to address
“the needs of those in the state.”
arkansas-catholic.org / 501-664-0125
October 2016
Mercy Prayer Calendar
Sun
Mon
Tue
Wed
Thu
Fri
Sat
1
St Thérèse of
the Child Jesus
We need to find God, and he cannot be found in noise and restlessness.
God is the friend of silence. See how nature – trees, flowers, grass- grows
in silence; see the stars, the moon and the sun, how they move in silence…
We need silence to be able to touch souls.
Job 42:1-3,5-6,
12-17
Luke 10:17-24
MP and EP 820
Antiphon and
Prayer 792
― Mother Teresa
2
27th Sunday in
Ordinary Time
Hab 1:2-3;2: 2-4
2 Tm 1:6-8, 13-14
Luke 17:5-10
3
4
Galatians 1:6-12
Luke 10:25-37
Galatians1:13-24
Luke 10:38-42
MP 645
EP II 648
9 28th Sunday
in Ordinary Time
2 Kings 5:14-17
2 Timothy 2:8-13
Luke 17:11-19
MP 652
EP 655
10
Gal 4:22-24,26-27,31
-5:1
Luke 11:29-32
MP 694
EP II 697
29th Sunday
in Ordinary Time
17
Exodus 17:8-13
2 Timothy 3:14-4:2
Luke 18:1-8
Ephesians 2:1-10
Luke 12:13-21
Antioch
Ignatius of
MP 549
EP 552
MP 541
EP II 544
23 30th Sunday
in Ordinary Time
24 Anthony Mary
Sir 35:112-14,16-18
2 Tm 4:6-8,16-18
Luke 18:9-14
Ephesians 4:32 -5:8
Luke 13:10-17
Claret
MP 600
EP 604
MP 591
EP II 596
31
Ordinary Time
Wisdom 11:22-12:2
2 Thess 1:11—2:2
MP 645
EP II 648
Philippians 2:1-4
Luke 14: 12-14
MP 652
EP 655
5
6
Bruno/Blessed
Rose Durocher
7 Our Lady of the
8
Galatians 2:1-2,7-14
Luke 11:1-4
Galatians 3:1-5
Luke 11:5-13
Galatians 3:7-14
Luke 11:15-26
Galatians 3:22-29
Luke 11:27-28
MP 666
EP 669
MP and EP 824
Prayer & Ant 793
MP 673
EP 676
Rosary
MP & EP 808
or 814
Prayer & Ant 793
11 John XXIII
12
13
14
Galatians 5:1-6
Luke 11: 37-41
Galatians 5:18-25
Luke 11:42-46
Ephesians 1:1-10
Luke 11:47-54
Ephesians 1:11-14
Luke 12:1-7
MP 701
EP 705
16
30 31st Sunday in
Francis of Assisi
MP 710
EP 713
18
Luke
2 Timothy 4:10-17b
Luke 10: 1-9
MP 717
EP 720
MP 725
EP 729
19 John de Brèbeuf,
20
Ephesians 3:2-12
Luke 12:39-48
Ephesians 3:14-21
Luke 12:49-53
Isaac Jogues et al.
MP & EP 824
Prayer & Ant 795
Cross
MP 564
EP 567
Paul of the
MP 571
EP 573
Callistus I
MP 732
EP 735
MP 687
EP I 691
15 Teresa of Jesus
Ephesians 1:15-23
Luke 12:8-12
MP & EP 820
Prayer & Ant 794
21
22
Ephesians 4:1-6
Luke 12:54-59
Ephesians 4:7-16
Luke 13:1-9
MP 577
EP 581
MP 585
EP I 588
25
26
27
28 Simon and Jude 29
Ephesians 5:21-33
Luke 13:18-21
Ephesians 6:1-9
Luke 13:22-30
Ephesians 6:10-20
Luke 13:31-35
Ephesians 2:19-22
Luke 6:12-16
MP 608
EP 611
MP 615
EP 669
MP 623
EP 626
MP & EP 824
Prayer and Ant 795
John Paul II
Philippians 1:18b26
Luke 14:1,7-11
MP 638
EP I 642
October 2016 Feastdays and Birthdays
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Mary Angelica Perez
Miriam Terese Alvarado
Mary Ellen Brodie
21
Susan Frazer
Mary Ellen Greeley
Martha Milner
22
Patricia Durbin
23
Mary Clyde Stiers
Kelly Williams
25
Maria Rosario Gaite
28
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Doris Gottemoeller
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9
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2
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11
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3
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4
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13
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15
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5
Deanna L. Dutro
16
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7
Carole Corcoran
8
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17
19
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9
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10
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11
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12
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13
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14
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15
Rosaria Sortino
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16
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17
Cheryl A. Mohn
18
Pamela Jones
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19
Joyce Zagrobelny
20
Jackie (Emily C.) Serfling
21
Joseph V. Bennett, Sr.
Michael Burch
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22
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23
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Susan Suchower
Kathleen Wade
24
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25
Katherine Schroeder
26
Barbara Warner
27
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28
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29
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30
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31
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