By Mary Ann Steutermann, Executive Director of Mission Effectiveness at Assumption High School (Louisville, Kentucky) A few years ago, I taught a confirmation prep class for eighth-graders at my parish. Naturally, I spent a good deal of time on the…
By Father Christopher Calderón, S.J., President, Cristo Rey High School Sacramento At Cristo Rey High School Sacramento, our identity as a member of Mercy Education runs deeper than signage or tradition. It is the very heartbeat of our mission. Every…
By Kali McMorris, Principal, Convent of Mercy Academy “Alpha” When God, through the Holy Spirit, calls us to Mercy, the gift is the Spirit, the Charism, the Union. As I approach 10 years of serving as a Mercy leader, my…
By Michelle Kovach, Director of Campus Ministry, Mount Saint Mary Academy (Watchung, New Jersey) “It takes a village” is a sentiment we’ve all heard, but perhaps rarely feel like it’s something we can call upon. So often it feels like…
Hope and Mercy are intertwined gifts of the Spirit, both inviting us to trust, to smile, and to act with compassion. Drawing inspiration from Pope Francis and Catherine McAuley, Sister Nancy Houlihan, RSM, reminds us that the Mercy charism calls…
By Mary Kate Becker, Associate Director, Mercy Education “Nothing is more productive of good to society than the careful instruction of women.” - Catherine McAuley My spiritual director once told me, “We all stand on the shoulders of someone who…
Throughout 2023 we’ve been exploring the concept of Mercy charism through many lenses. It is a gift of the Holy Spirit. We can sense it in a loving, welcoming, joyful environment. We can encourage it by nurturing communities of belonging…
As a mathematics teacher, I liked to include an essay question on tests asking students to describe how to solve a problem, rather than just solving it in mathematical form. If a student could verbalize the process, I knew she…
At recent gatherings of Sisters of Mercy, our conversations got me thinking about the dynamic nature of charism that calls us to form and reform our response to a vulnerable world. For our Mercy charism, this reshaping comes in a…
In our last Charism Corner, I indicated that the Sisters of Mercy’s Seventh Institute Chapter (April 2023) called us to “renew our understanding of our Mercy charism to foster growth of communities of belonging.” I believe this is a call to…