• We have one solid comfort amidst this little tripping about, our hearts can always be in the same place, centered in God, for whom alone we go forward or stay back.

    - Catherine McAuley

 
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Social Service Ministries

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Sisters of Mercy and Mercy associates minister in many ways outside Mercy-sponsored institutions. They strive to be the presence of Christ in the world. For example, Sister Libby Fernandez is executive director of Loaves and Fishes in Sacramento, Calif., which feeds and counsels the homeless.

Loaves & Fishes was recently mentioned on the Oprah Winfrey Show. Read more at: http://www.oprah.com/article/oprahshow/20090218_tows_lisa-ling-recession/2

 
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  • Mercy candidate finds answer on Internet

    StarkTarynSisters of Mercy candidate Taryn Stark has had a worldly life. That is, she's lived and traveled all over the world from California to Peru, to Africa, and to Fiji, but the Internet eventually brought Taryn back home. Her mother, Ruth, traveled in her job for the World Health Organization, taking her young family with her. The Sisters of Mercy in Burlingame, Calif., always provided a respite for Ruth who is a Mercy Associate and a close friend of the sisters, so Taryn spent many happy days on the convent grounds as a child.

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