no-nonsense nun with a big heart

By Gordon Cotton
Reprinted by permission of the Vicksburg Post

She was christened Mildred, but for over 60 years she’s been known as Sister Paulinus.

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What do Clara Barton, Ted Kennedy and Sister Mary Roch Rocklage have in common?

Unwavering commitment to health care—and a spot in Modern Healthcare’s Healthcare Hall of Fame.

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Behind the 160th celebration of Mount St. Mary Academy and its upcoming Mercy and Me Luncheon is the calm, cool and collected leader Sister Deborah Troillett.

Posted by permission of Inviting Arkansas.

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When controversial issues divide McAllen, citizens must learn to respectfully disagree, Mayor Richard Cortez said Wednesday at the 40th annual Mayor’s Prayer Luncheon.

Since the beginnings of St. Joseph’s as a sanitarium in 1900, the Sisters of Mercy have been present at St. Joseph’s and later Mission Hospital, providing bedside care and comfort.

Reprinted by permission of Scope, a newsletter of Mission Hospital in Asheville, North Carolina.

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A day of solitude soothes the soul

I like to greet a new year with a positive outlook and some personal goals jotted down in my journal. Until recently, I didn't have either. Last year was riddled with challenges, and I was feeling a bit disconnected from "me."

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Two of Sister Susan Harm's biggest joys in life are her first graders at St. Peter the Apostle School on Wilmington Island, and her commitment to God with the Sisters of Mercy. For fifty years she's heeded the call, and never looked back.

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Sisters Ministry in Oklahoma To Be Recognized September 24

Tucked away in a small room of Mercy’s convent, inconspicuously hanging on framed displays, are the names of the Sisters of Mercy who have served and died in Oklahoma. The names are a roll call of the faithful: Sister Mary Joseph Shields … Sister Mary Catherine Troy … Sister Mary Genevieve Halpin …

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For more than 13 years, Mercy Housing and Human Development has been provining housing for low income families.

Now, MHHD staffer finally have a home of their own.

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