OLMC Parramatta

  • Women share pathway to success

    On August 29, Our Lady of Mercy College Parramatta hosted its annual Women in Leadership Forum. A panel of inspiring women shared their experiences of the challenges they faced along their pathway to success. Mercy Girls and their families, Sisters of Mercy Parramatta, students from other schools and OLMC...
  • Celebrating St Patrick, who inspired a global missionary effort

    By Ben Smith, Catholic Outlook, March 2017 On 17 March we celebrate St Patrick’s Day. It is celebrated in more countries than any other national festival. In Ireland, 17 March is a public holiday. Celebrations also occur in Great Britain, the US, Canada, New Zealand, Argentina, Russia, the Caribbean, and...
  • 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...
  • Bishop Vincent Long’s Diary

    Sunday 5 February 2017 Celebrates Pontifical Mass of the 5th Sunday in Ordinary Time at St Thomas Aquinas Parish, Springwood, at 9.45am. Tuesday 7 February 2017 Attends an Ecumenical Service for the commencement of the Law Term at Leigh Memorial Church, Parramatta, at 9am. Tuesday 7 February 2017 Convenes...
  • Bishop Vincent Long’s Diary

    Sunday 29 January 2017 Celebrates Pontifical Mass of the 4th Sunday in Ordinary Time on the occasion of Chinese New Year at St Monica’s Parish, North Parramatta, at 11.30am. Thursday 2 February 2017 Convenes a meeting of the Deans of the Diocese. Thursday 2 February 2017 Convenes a meeting of...
  • Bishop Vincent Long visits OLMC Parramatta

    Members of the school community at Our Lady of Mercy College Parramatta welcomed Bishop Vincent Long OFM Conv on 2 November 2016. Bishop Vincent joined staff for morning tea in the convent garden then toured the college with the Principal, Stephen Walsh. In May this year, Pope Francis appointed...
  • Pope Francis: ‘be at the side of the person who suffers’.

    Posted on 16 February 2016 By Michelle Davis On the feast of Our Lady of Lourdes on 11 February, more than 450 people gathered in St Patrick’s Church at Blacktown for the 2nd annual diocesan Mass for World Day of the Sick. For this year’s World Day of the...