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7 of Mother Catherine McAuley permeates the lives of girls instructed by the Religi- ous Sisters of Mercy The education of youth, especially girls, was a work very dear to the heart of Mother McAuley. This love for youth,she bequeathed to her daughters in Christ - the community she founded. Born September 29, 1787, on her family's comfortable Dublin estate, Stormonstown House, Catherine McAuley had before her a life of ease, pleasure, and gentility-if she chose. How this little Irish girl used her inherited fortune and all her natural and supernatural abilities and virtues is the spirit- ually romantic story of the founding of the Religious Sisters of Mercy. On December 12, 1831 Mother Catherine McAuley made her solemn profession of vows, and on the following day the Archbishop appointed her Mother Superior of the new convent. Despite the severe illness that was to limit her life as a religious to ten years, Mother McAuley's zeal, personal sanc- tity, and prodigious effort inspired others to join in her work, and now after a little more than a century, thousands of Sisters of Mercy carry on their many works of Charity throughout the world. As one surveys the range of twentieth century education, one stands amazed at the work started by Mother McAuley. Personality, purpose, scholarship, specialization, preparation, progressiveness-these were the aims of the revered Found- ress and today still form the nucleus of the educational phil- osophy of her followers. All the things that Mercy High stands for are embodied in the life of the Foundress of the Sisters of Mercy. The spirit of Mother McAu1ey fills the lives of the Sisters here, and they, in turn, share that spirit with the girls. All acts of Mercy and Charity being motivated by ..... Af! Mapam .Za Qlowm 'l' 'I' 'I'
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