Sisters of Mercy Parramatta

  • New Ailsa Mackinnon Community Centre opens at OLMC Parramatta

    The new Ailsa Mackinnon Community Centre at Our Lady of Mercy College Parramatta was officially opened by Dr Anne Bunde-Birouste and blessed by Bishop Vincent Long  OFM Conv on 17 February 2017. The special afternoon event was attended by Sr Ailsa Mackinnon RSM, the Sisters of Mercy Parramatta, members of...
  • New Mercy-ing App to Continue Daily Inspiration and Reflection

    A new Mercy-ing App has been developed to enable people to continue with daily inspiration and reflection to support the movement of contemplation and action in the everyday. The original app, prepared for the Year of Mercy, is now an integral part of the lives of thousands of people...
  • Bishop Vincent Long’s Diary

    Saturday 26 November 2016 Celebrates Holy Mass of the 1st Sunday of Advent with the Rite of Ordination to the Diaconate, St Thomas the Apostle Parish, Blackburn, Victoria. Tuesday 29 November 2016 Celebrates Holy Mass on the occasion of the re-dedication of Parramatta Marist High at Westmead. Wednesday 30...
  • Bishop Vincent Long’s Diary

    Sunday 20 November 2016 Celebrates Holy Mass for the Solemnity of Christ the King at St Patrick’s Cathedral, Parramatta, at 11.00am. Monday 21 November to Friday 25 November 2016 November Plenary of the Australian Catholic Bishops Conference. Saturday 26 November 2016 Celebrates Holy Mass of the 1st Sunday of...
  • City of Parramatta becomes a Refugee Welcome Zone

    The Jesuit Refugee Service, the Sisters of Mercy Parramatta, and the Refugee Council of Australia, together approached the City of Parramatta recently to propose that the council become a Refugee Welcome Zone, a national initiative recognising local government areas that make a commitment in spirit to welcoming refugees into...
  • Partnership at heart of asylum seeker centre

    Posted on 22 March 2016 Arrupe Place in Parramatta opened its doors just over a year ago and already this drop-in centre for asylum seekers has been recognised for its innovative work. At the 2016 Zest Awards in Sydney on 24 February, Arrupe Place received the Exceptional Community Partnership...
  • New app assists daily reflection during the Year of Mercy

    A new app has been developed for the Extraordinary Jubilee Year to assist with daily reflection and prayer practice aimed at supporting attentiveness to the movement of Mercy and the many ways that we receive and respond to this movement in the everyday circumstances of our lives. The ‘Mercy-ing’...