Editing Sisters of Mercy (section)

==Sisters of Mercy of the Americas==
[[Michael O'Connor (American bishop)|Michael O'Connor]] was born in [[Cobh]], Ireland. In June 1841, O'Connor was appointed Vicar General of Western Pennsylvania, and two years later, Bishop of the newly constituted [[Roman Catholic Diocese of Pittsburgh|Diocese of Pittsburgh]]. He traveled to Rome for his consecration and on his return, stopped in Ireland to recruit clergy for his new diocese, obtaining eight seminarians from St. Patrick's College, Maynooth, and seven Sisters of Mercy from Carlow, Ireland. The sisters arrived in Pittsburgh in December 1843, with Frances Warde as superior.<ref>[http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/12121a.htm Canevin, Regis. "Pittsburgh." The Catholic Encyclopedia] Vol. 12. New York: Robert Appleton Company, 1911. 26 July 2019{{PD-notice}}</ref> Mercy Hospital in [[Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania]] opened 1898.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.mercymidatlantic.org/PDF/Catholic_Light_1292014_Sisters_of_Mercy_01292015.pdf|title="The sisters of Mercy", ''The Catholic Light''|date=January 29, 2015|page=4|website=Mercymidatlantic.org|access-date=4 November 2021}}</ref>

In 1858, Mother Mary Teresa Maher led a group of ten Sisters of Mercy to Cincinnati from Kinsale, Ireland.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://digital.libraries.uc.edu/exhibits/arb/irish/sisters_of_mercy.php|title=Sisters of Mercy in Cincinnati|website=Digital.libraries.uc.edu|access-date=4 November 2021|archive-date=1 January 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240101153929/https://digital.libraries.uc.edu/exhibits/arb/irish/sisters_of_mercy.php|url-status=dead}}</ref> In 1892, the eleven Sisters of Mercy came to Cincinnati at the invitation of Archbishop [[John Baptist Purcell]]. They soon opened a Night School for Young Women. Mercy Hospital in [[Hamilton, Ohio]] was founded in 1892. [[Mother of Mercy High School (Cincinnati, Ohio)|Mother of Mercy High School]] was founded in 1915. They also direct Bethany House Services for homeless women and children.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.cincinnativocations.org/get-to-know-sisters-of-mercy-of-the-americas/|title=Brink, Carolyn. "Sisters of Mercy of the Americas", July 16, 2012|website=Cincinnativocations.org|access-date=4 November 2021}}</ref>

By the 1920s, there were 39 separate Sisters of Mercy congregations across the United States and Latin America. In 1929, the "Sisters of Mercy of the Union" was founded, merging many of the congregations into one single entity with nine provinces. Seventeen communities remained independent. A federation of all the Mercy congregations was formed and in the 1970s, and a common constitution was developed. Further work toward consolidation continued, and in July 1991, the "Sisters of Mercy of the Americas" was established. In December 2018, the sisters marked 175 years in the United States.<ref name=Stockman>{{Cite web|url=https://www.globalsistersreport.org/news/ministry/mcauleys-legacy-sisters-mercy-americas-celebrate-175-years-us-55722|title=McAuley's legacy: Sisters of Mercy of the Americas celebrate 175 years in US|date=20 December 2018|website=Globalsistersreport.org|access-date=4 November 2021}}</ref>

In July 2017 "Mercy Education System of the Americas" (MESA) was formally established to unite and serve the Mercy education ministries in Argentina, Belize, Guam, Honduras, Jamaica, the Philippines and the United States.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://mercyedu.org/about/history/|title=MESA|website=Mercyedu.org|access-date=4 November 2021}}</ref>

The [[Religious Sisters of Mercy of Alma]] are a separate congregation of women religious.  They developed from the Sisters of Mercy, and were established as an institute of pontifical right, in 1973.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.rsmofalma.org/our-history |title=Our History |author=<!--Not stated--> |date= |website= |publisher=Religious Sisters of Mercy of Alma, Michigan |access-date=June 4, 2023 |quote=}}</ref>

===Education in the Americas===
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* [[Christ the Teacher Catholic School]], [[Newark, Delaware]]
* [https://www.gmaelem.org/ Gwynedd-Mercy Academy Elementary], Spring House, PA
* [[Mount Saint Mary High School]], [[Oklahoma City, Oklahoma]]
* Mater Christi School, [[Burlington, Vermont]]
* Mercymount Country Day School, [[Cumberland, Rhode Island]]
* Our Lady of Mercy, [[Hicksville, New York]]
* Our Lady of Mount Carmel Regional School, [[Berlin, New Jersey]]
* Saint Helena School, pre-kindergarten to eight grade, [[Center Square, Pennsylvania]]
* Saint John the Baptist elementary school, kindergarten to eighth grade, [[New Bedford, Massachusetts]]
* Saint Johns Catholic School, kindergarten to eighth grade, [[Collingswood, NJ]]
* St. Vincent de Paul elementary school, kindergarten to eighth grade, [[San Diego, California]]
* Saint John The Apostle elementary school, kindergarten to eighth grade, [[Hialeah, Florida]]
* [[Mother McAuley Liberal Arts High School]], [[Chicago, Illinois]]
* [[Waldron Mercy Academy]] Merion Station, Pennsylvania
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====Secondary schools====<!-- A–Z Listing -->
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* [[Academy of Our Lady of Mercy, Lauralton Hall|Academy of Our Lady of Mercy:Lauralton Hall]], [[Milford, Connecticut]]
* [[Assumption High School (Louisville, Kentucky)|Assumption High School]], [[Louisville, Kentucky]]
* [[Bishop Feehan High School]], [[Attleboro, Massachusetts]]
* [[Bishop McGann-Mercy Diocesan High School]], [[Riverhead, New York]]
* Camden Catholic High School Cherry Hill NJ
*[[Catherine McAuley High School (Brooklyn)|Catherine McAuley High School]], [[Brooklyn, New York]]
* [[Cristo Rey High School (Sacramento)|Cristo Rey High School]], [[Sacramento, California]] (co-sponsored with the [[California Province of the Society of Jesus]])
* [[Gwynedd Mercy Academy High School]], [[Lower Gwynedd Township, Pennsylvania]]
* [[Marquette High School (Ottawa, Illinois)|Marquette High School]], [[Ottawa, Illinois]] (originally St. Xavier's Academy)
* McAuley Catholic High School, [[Joplin, Missouri]]
* [[Mercy Academy]], [[Louisville, Kentucky]]
* [[Mercy High School (Baltimore, Maryland)|Mercy High School]], [[Baltimore, Maryland]]
* [[Mercy High School (Burlingame, California)|Mercy High School]], [[Burlingame, California]]
* [[Mercy High School (Farmington Hills, Michigan)|Mercy High School]], [[Farmington Hills, Michigan]]
* [[Mercy High School (Connecticut)|Mercy High School]], [[Middletown, Connecticut]]
* [[Mercy High School (Omaha, Nebraska)|Mercy High School]], [[Omaha, Nebraska]]
* [[Mercy High School (Red Bluff, California)|Mercy High School]], [[Red Bluff, California]]
* [[Mercy High School (San Francisco)|Mercy High School]], [[San Francisco, California]]
* [[Mercy McAuley High School]], [[Cincinnati, Ohio]]
* [[Mercy Montessori Center]], [[Cincinnati, Ohio]]
* [[Mercyhurst Preparatory School]], [[Erie, Pennsylvania]]
* [[Mercymount Country Day School]], [[Cumberland, Rhode Island]]
* [[Merion Mercy Academy]], [[Merion Station, Pennsylvania]]
* [[Mother McAuley Liberal Arts High School]], [[Chicago, Illinois]]
* [[Mount de Sales Academy (Georgia)|Mount de Sales Academy]], [[Macon, Georgia]]
* [[Mount Mercy Academy (Buffalo, New York)|Mount Mercy Academy]], [[Buffalo, New York]]<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.mtmercy.org |title=Mount Mercy Academy |work=Mtmercy.org |access-date=23 April 2014}}</ref>
* [[Mount St. Mary Academy (Little Rock, Arkansas)|Mount St. Mary Academy]], [[Little Rock, Arkansas]]
* [[Mount St. Mary Academy|Mount Saint Mary Academy]], [[Watchung, New Jersey]]
* Mount St. Mary High School, [[Oklahoma]]
* [[Notre Dame High School (New Jersey)|Notre Dame High School]], [[Lawrenceville, New Jersey]]
* [[Our Lady of Mercy Academy (New York)|Our Lady of Mercy Academy]], [[Syosset, New York]]
* [[Our Lady of Mercy High School (Rochester, New York)|Our Lady of Mercy High School]], [[Rochester, New York]]
* [[Our Lady of Victory Academy]], [[Dobbs Ferry, New York]]
* Sacred Heart School, [[Jacksonville, Florida]]
* Sacred Heart School, [[Hattiesburg, Mississippi]]
* Saint Bernard Academy, [[Nashville, Tennessee]]
* [[St. Mary Academy - Bay View]], [[East Providence, Rhode Island]]
* [[Saint Raymond of Penafort]], [[Philadelphia, Pennsylvania]]
* [[St.Catharine Academy]], [[Bronx, New York]]
* Saint Stephen School, [[San Francisco, California]]
* [[St. Vincent's Academy]], [[Savannah, Georgia]]
* [[Sisters Academy]], [[Asbury Park, New Jersey]]
* [[Walsingham Academy]], [[Williamsburg, Virginia]]}}

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* [[Carlow University]], [[Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania]]
* [[College of St. Mary]], [[Omaha, Nebraska]]
* [[Georgian Court University]], [[Lakewood, New Jersey]]
* [[Gwynedd Mercy University]], [[Lower Gwynedd Township, Pennsylvania|Gwynedd Valley, Pennsylvania]]
* [[Maria College]], [[Albany, New York|Albany]], [[New York (state)|New York]]
* [[Marian Court College]], [[Swampscott, Massachusetts]]
* [[Mercy University]], [[Dobbs Ferry, New York]]
* [[Mercy College of Ohio]], [[Toledo, Ohio]]
* [[Mercy School of Health Sciences]], [[Des Moines, Iowa]]
* [[Mercyhurst University]], [[Erie, Pennsylvania]]
* [[Misericordia University]], [[Dallas, Pennsylvania]]
* [[Mount Aloysius College]], [[Cresson, Pennsylvania]]
* [[Mount Mercy University]], [[Cedar Rapids, Iowa]]
* [[Saint Joseph's College of Maine]], [[Standish, Maine]]
* [[Saint Xavier University]], [[Chicago, Illinois]]
* [[Salve Regina University]], [[Newport, Rhode Island]]
* [[Trocaire College]], [[Buffalo, New York]]
* [[University of Detroit Mercy]], [[Detroit|Detroit, Michigan]] (previously Mercy College of Detroit; University co-sponsored with [[Society of Jesus]])
* [[University of Saint Joseph (Connecticut)|University of Saint Joseph]], [[West Hartford, Connecticut]]
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====Defunct====
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* [[Catherine McAuley High School]], [[Portland, Maine]]
* [[Mercy High School, St. Louis, Missouri]]
* [[Mother of Mercy High School (Cincinnati, Ohio)|Mother of Mercy High School]], [[Cincinnati, Ohio]]
*[[Mount Saint Agnes College]] (merged with [[Loyola University Maryland]])
*Mount Saint Mary's Seminary High School (merged with Bishop Guertin High School), Nashua NH
* St. Francis Xavier Academy (1851–1977); [[Providence, Rhode Island]] 
*[[Trinity College of Vermont|Trinity College]] (merged with University of Vermont), Burlington, VT
*[[McAuley High School, Toledo, Ohio]]
*[[Precious Blood Grade School, Chicago, Illinois]]
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====Belize====<!-- A–Z Listing -->
* St. Catherine Academy, [[Belize City]]
* Muffles College (Secondary School in Orange Walk Town)
* Muffles Junior College (Associate degree-offering institution)

====Honduras====
*Instituto María Regina (La Ceiba, Honduras)

===Healthcare in the Americas===
The Sisters founded dozens of hospitals in the United States,<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.sistersofmercy.org/files/images/west-midwest/history/WMW-timeline-web.pdf|title=XXX|website=Sistersofmercy.org|access-date=4 November 2021|archive-date=7 August 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200807140123/https://www.sistersofmercy.org/files/images/west-midwest/history/WMW-timeline-web.pdf|url-status=dead}}</ref> and sponsors, or co-sponsors, six health systems. The organization also operates health care ministries in Belize, Guam, Guyana, Peru and the Philippines.<ref name=Stockman/>

In 1883, they founded [[The Retreat, A Home for Friendless Girls]] for unwed expecting mothers in [[Toledo, Ohio]]. The hospital changed names and locations several times over the years before closing as Riverside Mercy Hospital in 2002.<ref>{{Cite web |date=30 Sep 2018 |title=Abandoned Riverside Hospital of Toledo, Ohio |url=https://www.placesthatwere.com/2018/09/abandoned-riverside-hospital-toledo-ohio.html |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181003174756/https://www.placesthatwere.com/2018/09/abandoned-riverside-hospital-toledo-ohio.html |archive-date=3 Oct 2018 |access-date=7 Oct 2024 |website=Places That Were}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=3 Jan 2015 |title=The Old Riverside Hospital |url=https://architecturalafterlife.com/2015/01/the-old-riverside-hospital/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230513202010/https://architecturalafterlife.com/2015/01/the-old-riverside-hospital/ |archive-date=13 May 2023 |access-date=7 Oct 2024 |website=Architectural Afterlife}}</ref>

In 1892, they founded [[Mercy Health (Ohio & Kentucky)|Mercy Hospital]] in [[Hamilton, Ohio]]. "With lots of heavy industry in Hamilton at the time, there was a lot of need for emergency care for accident victims."<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.journal-news.com/news/local/mercy-won-erect-sculpture-hamilton-historic-marker-instead/4qBrLJGRHPzpZXL3wXQGsI/|title=Mercy won't erect sculpture in Hamilton; historic marker instead|first=Mike|last=Rutledge|website=Journal-news|access-date=4 November 2021}}</ref>

In 1893, they founded [[MercyOne Des Moines Medical Center|Mercy Hospital]] in [[Des Moines, Iowa]]<ref>{{cite web|url=http://files.usgwarchives.net/ia/state/history/orphanages.txt|format=TXT|title=MISC: ORPHANAGES OF IOWA : Historical Directory|website=Files.usgwarchives.net|access-date=4 November 2021}}</ref>

In 1916, the Sisters of Mercy established Sisters of Mercy's St. Joseph's Sanitarium, in [[Asheville, North Carolina]], to treat [[tuberculosis]] patients, which later became St. Joseph's Hospital. In 1998, St. Joseph's Hospital was sold to [[Mission Health System#Becoming Mission Heath|Memorial Mission Hospital]]. The Sisters continue to operate urgent care centers in the Asheville area, under the name Sisters of Mercy Urgent Care.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.asheville.com/news/som0911.html|title=Asheville, Sisters of Mercy Uncover Pieces of Their History, Celebrate Mercy Week|website=Asheville.com|access-date=2020-03-22}}</ref>

[[Mercy (healthcare organization)|Mercy Health]] is an [[Nonprofit organization|nonprofit]] Catholic [[healthcare]] organization in the Midwestern United States, and is headquartered in the suburban western St. Louis County suburb of [[Chesterfield, Missouri]].

===Healthcare systems===
Healthcare systems sponsored by, co-sponsored by, or with historical ties to the Sisters of Mercy of the Americas include:<ref>{{Cite web| title = Catholic Healthcare: Mercy Hospitals & Other Ministries| work = Sisters of Mercy| access-date = 2021-10-16| url = https://nebo.sistersofmercy.org/what-we-do/healthcare/}}</ref>
*[[AMITA Health]]
*Mercy, St. Louis, Missouri
*[[Mercy Medical Center (Cedar Rapids, Iowa)|Mercy Cedar Rapids]], [[Cedar Rapids, Iowa]]
*Mercy Iowa City, [[Iowa City, Iowa]]
*[[Mercy Medical Center (Baltimore, Maryland)|Mercy Medical Center]] Baltimore, Maryland
*Mercy Hospital, [[Oklahoma City, Oklahoma]]
*Mercy Urgent Care, [[Asheville, North Carolina]]
*[[Northern Light Mercy Hospital]], Portland, Maine
*[[Scripps Mercy Hospital]], San Diego
*St. Joseph's/[[Candler Hospital (Savannah)|Candler]] Health System, Savannah
*[[Trinity Health (Livonia, Michigan)|Trinity Health]] 
**[[Catholic Health]], Buffalo
**[[Holy Cross Hospital (Fort Lauderdale)|Holy Cross Hospital]], Fort Lauderdale
*[[UPMC Mercy]], Pittsburgh