
From the Editor | September 15, 2026
This issue’s theme, The Work and Works of Mercy, comes from the title of an article written by Ade Bethune written in 1940. Although Ade

This issue’s theme, The Work and Works of Mercy, comes from the title of an article written by Ade Bethune written in 1940. Although Ade

I think that right now in the United States, our biggest problem is we keep asking ourselves the same question. What should I do? What

Elaine Mary Wainwright, Sister of Mercy and eco-feminist biblical scholar, died on July 5, 2024. She was a woman of valor whose spoken words of

But, no matter, relationship is what makes us truly human, and to be truly human we need to be present to one another. We are

We are still so locked away. / The words get locked away too. / And this is what poetry can do. / It can give

Today we are linking with the ministries of our sisters, with universities and La Red Clamor, a church network from Latin America and the Caribbean

From the beginning, Catherine McAuley recognized the call to respond to those in need as rooted not in stages of life or formal roles, but

We know, however, that the purpose of our vows is not an end in and of themselves. Rather the vows we profess serve to herald

In the pages of It takes More Than a Roof and on the Mercy Housing website (https://mercyhousing.org) you can read and learn about the amazing