From the Editor | May 15, 2025
Welcome to the first issue of The MAST Journal to be published online! After thirty years of publishing in the traditional format of a printed
Eloise Rosenblatt, RSM
May 15, 2025
Welcome to the first issue of The MAST Journal to be published online! After thirty years of publishing in the traditional format of a printed
Sisters of Mercy and their colleagues and friends around the world owe an enormous debt of gratitude to Sister Mary C. Sullivan, RSM. Our gratitude
In this essay I wish to explore Catherine McAuley’s concepts of comforting and animating, by which I believe she defined both her own unique contribution
Somehow we know, beyond all doubt, that the eager enkindler of our personal and corporate vocation as Sisters of Mercy is, even now, steadily at
The “visitation” of the sick poor was one of the three central elements in Catherine McAuley’s vision of the merciful work to which she and,
The theme for our reflections is “Sowing Hope: Embracing Cultural Diversity,” and I have been asked to focus on Catherine McAuley’s legacy as it relates
The word “prophetic” is often used in relation to religious life: as an exhortation, a complaint, a compliment, an assurance, a definition, a description. In
If we wish to enter deeply into the prayer of Catherine McAuley, as a place where she and Christ may teach us, we may enter
The history of the Sisters of Mercy is a history of radiant public symbols: living persons, objects, events, and actions that by their symbolic character
Spiritual leadership involves at least three efforts on the part of a religious or ecclesial leader.
Mary C. Sullivan, RSM, was a prolific writer about the life and mission of Catherine McAuley, the founder of the Sisters of Mercy. These writings
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