Welcome to the website of the Institute of Our Lady of Mercy
We are now in the season of Easter – which lasts for forty days and not just the Easter weekend! We rejoice in Our Risen Lord and His power over death and evil. We continue our prayers for the people in the Ukraine – so many displaced people and innocent people who have died through this humanitarian crisis. May the Risen Lord give them strength.
Sr Colette Cronin, Institute Leader
What we do
The first Chapter of our original rule written in Catherine’s own handwriting states the original purpose for our existence as Sisters of Mercy.
The Sisters admitted to this Religious Congregation besides attending to their own perfection which is the principal end of all Religious Institutes should also have in view what is the peculiar characteristic of this