仁爱修女会
"Amidst this tripping about, our hearts can always be in the same place, centered in God."
凯瑟琳McAuley
格温内斯仁慈学院高中 is a sponsored ministry of the Institute of the 仁爱修女会 of the Americas and is a member of 仁慈的教育.
Please take a moment to read about the daily lives of the 仁爱修女会 and how they are carrying out 凯瑟琳McAuley's mission of service in the Catholic Church and throughout the world today. See how you can participate in a one year life changing experience through the 慈善义工团.
All 仁爱修女会 worldwide trace our roots to our founder, 凯瑟琳McAuley, 爱尔兰天主教徒.
Catherine recognized the many needs of people who were economically poor in early nineteenth century Ireland and determined that she and women like her could make a difference.
花掉她的遗产, she opened the first House of Mercy on Lower Baggot Street in Dublin, 9月24日爱尔兰, 1827, 一个为妇女和女孩提供庇护和教育的地方. Catherine's original intention was to assemble a lay corps of Catholic social workers. Impressed by her good works and the importance of continuity in the ministry, the Archbishop of Dublin advised her to establish a religious congregation. 三年后的12月12日, 1831, Catherine and two companions became the first 仁爱修女会.
从创立到她去世的十年间, she established 14 independent foundations in Ireland and England.
访问 国际慈善协会的网站 to read more about Catherine’s life and the Cause to Canonize her.
美国仁爱修女会
The first 仁爱修女会 arrived in the United States from Ireland in 1843 at the invitation of the Bishop of Pittsburgh, 宾西法尼亚. Their energy in ministering to the sick and economically poor attracted so many new members that by 1854, sisters had come from Ireland to settle in New York City; Chicago, Illinois; Little Rock, Arkansas; and San Francisco, 加州, spreading across the country and establishing schools and hospitals. 从那时起, the works of Mercy have expanded to embrace education, health care and pastoral and social services in hundreds of sites today.