Best known as the founder of the Sisters of Mercy, Catherine McAuley's original intention was simply "to make some lasting efforts for the relief of the sufferi

"The Correspondence of Catherine McAuley, 1818-1841 is a new, fully documented edition of more than 320 surviving letters written by, to, or about McAuley durin

The excellent compendium of spirituality and prayer brings us closer to Catherine's oft-repeated ideal of being centered in God, for whom alone we go for-ward o

Catherine McAuley (1778-1841), the founder of the Sisters of Mercy in 1831, frequently gave oral instructions to the first Mercy community. Though she sometimes

Mary C. Sullivan, R.S.M., is Professor Emerita of Language and Literature, and Dean Emerita of the College of Liberal Arts, at the Rochester Institute of Techno