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Books, Articles & Guides written or compiled by Mercys
Alphabetically listed by author's last name.
Abbott,
Sister Margie. Sparks of the Cosmos: Rituals for Seasonal Use.
Book of 80 rituals is divided into four parts representing the four pathways of
Creation Centered Spirituality. Each has its own introduction, theological
reflection and 20 rituals with original poetry. Price: US $6.
Contact: MediaCom, P.O. Box 610, Unley, South Australia 5061/Phone:
011.61.8.837.11399 or Fax: 011.61.8.829.78719
Sister of Mercy in Arkansas with Jane Ramos. Arkansas
Frontiers.Available at Mercy Center Gift Shop,
2039 N. Geyer Rd., St. Louis MO 63131. Phone 314 966 4686, 314 909 4631
(fax) or email: retreats@corp.mercy.net
att'n: Denise Murnin. Price: $10 does not include postage/handling.
Bourke, Sister Mary Carmel (Adelaide, Australia).
A Woman Sings of
Mercy: Reflections on the Life and Spirit of Mother Catherine McAuley, Foundress
of the Sisters of Mercy. Price: $8.95 Contact: 1-800-877-0012 to
order
Brau, S. Annrene. Mercy In the Heartland.
Available at Mercy Center Gift Shop, 2039 N. Geyer Rd., St. Louis MO
63131. Phone 314 966 4686, 314 909 4631 (fax) or email:
retreats@corp.mercy.net att'n:
Denise Murnin. Price: $10 does not include postage/handling.
Brennan, Sister Agnes Therese.
The
Guide For Morning & Evening Prayer of the Sisters of Mercy.
This 5 1/2" x 8 1/2" booklet gives the page numbers for Morning &
Evening Prayer for each day of the year from Jan. 1, 2006 through Dec. 31, 2006.
This guide will be available by Oct. 2005, so submit your order soon! Price: $5/each. Quantity discounts available and pricing includes shipping and
handling. Make checks payable to Sisters of Mercy Guide. Contact: Agnes Therese
Brennan, RSM, 204 Brookfield Apartments, Dallas, PA 18612. Phone:
570.675.2856, e-mail:
Guide
to Morning & Evening Prayer.
Burns, Sister Helen Marie & Carney, Sister
Sheila. St. Mary's Press, 1995.Praying with Catherine McAuleyOne of the "Companions
on the Journey" series, featuring a series of prayers and reflections based on
the teachings of Catherine McAuley. Contact: St. Mary's Press at
800-533-8095
Callahan, Sister Irene,
2006.Catherine's SistersA touching memoir of
the Baltimore Regional Community from 1935-2005. Copies are available at Mercy
Center, Baltimore, for $30, plus shipping/handling if ordering by mail. If
interested, please call or visit Mercy Center at 410.435.4400 or email Mary
Krastel at
mkrastel@mercybaltimore.com.
“…our story through our eyes and in our words”
Daigler, Sister Mary Jeremy.
Through
the Windows: A History of the Work of Higher Education Among the Sisters
of Mercy of The Americas.
The light of truth serves as the theme
of this history of the work of higher education among Sisters of Mercy.
Written in a clear and readable style, her book includes consideration of
Sisters' ministries on Mercy and non-Mercy campuses, and institutional
changes that resulted in mergers and closings. Most of the book is written
in the style of a history - that is, in reporting factual events. So, for
example, we learn that more than 190 colleges (30% of all established for
women in the U.S.) were founded by Catholic Sisters in response to women's
need for higher learning which would have been otherwise inaccessible to
them. Price: $27.95. Available online from Amazon at:
Through the Windows.Availability: This title usually ships within
1 to 2 months. Please note that special order titles occasionally go out
of print, or publishers run out of stock.
Fanning, Sister Regine. Illustrations by Dan Molidor.Kitty's
Tea Party.Price: $6/each. Shipping/handling additional. Contact: Marie
Schult, 407 Front St., Fairfax, IA 52228. (319) 846.8134/Fax: (319)
846.3317/e-mail:
kreaz@aol.com
Froehle, Sister Virginia Ann, 2001.'Tis Gift to be Free. Price: $9.95 Contact: Ave Maria Press, P.O. Box 428, Notre
Dame, Indiana 46556-0428/800.282.1865 ext. 1
Gaudry, Sister Marie.
With Catherine, my Spirit Mother.
Book provides a retreat with Catherine McAuley for Sisters of
Mercy and those inspired by Mercy. Price: $12 each for one-nine copies; $10 each
for orders of more than ten. Book is distributed in Australia by contacting:
Marymount Castle Hill, P.O. Box 307, Castle Hill, NSW, 1765 Australia. Mail
order form to Genemarie Beegan, RSM, 2300 Adeline Dr., Burlingame, CA 94010.
Make checks payable to: Sisters of Mercy, Burlingame. For order form, click
here.
Healy, Sister Kathleen. Sisters of
Mercy: Spirituality in America 1843-1900, edited by Sister Kathleen
Healy, RSM (1992); 392-page book in the "Sources of American Spirituality"
Series. Price: $24.95. Contact: Paulist Press, 997 Macarthur
Blvd., Mahwah, NJ 07430. Phone 1.800.218.1903/Fax 1.800.836.3161/online at:
www.paulistpress.com
Kelly, Sister Regina. Remember Me Affectionately to All.
This
small book with large readership is now in its sixth printing. A short, highly
readable account of the life and works of Catherine McAuley.
Price: $2.00. Contact: Marina Culp, RSM, Sisters of Mercy, P.O. Box 369, Dallas,
PA 18612-0369. FAX: (717) 675-9051.
Martin, Sister Estelle. Meet Sister Catherine McAuley,
written
and illustrated by Sister Estelle Martin, RSM. It is the story of Kitty McAuley
who grew up to become the first Sister of Mercy. Can be enjoyed by children of
all ages. Reading level K thru 2. 24 pages. Price: $5.00 per copy for 1-10
copies; $4.50 per copy for 11-20 copies; $4.00 per copy for 21 or more copies. Contact: Development Office, Sisters of Mercy of Rochester, 1437
Blossom Road, Rochester, NY 14610.
Mauldrey, S. M. Hermenia. Abounding in Mercy — Mother
Austin Carroll.Available at Mercy Center Gift Shop, 2039 N. Geyer
Rd., St. Louis MO 63131. Phone 314 966 4686, 314 909 4631 (fax) or email:
retreats@corp.mercy.net att'n:
Denise Murnin. Price: $10 does not include postage/handling.
McGuire, S. Richarda. This Long Short While.
Available at Mercy Center Gift Shop, 2039 N. Geyer Rd., St. Louis MO
63131. Phone 314 966 4686, 314 909 4631 (fax) or email:
retreats@corp.mercy.net att'n:
Denise Murnin. Price: $9 does not include postage/handling.
Mercy Global Concern & Mercy International Association
are distributing The Little Book of Catherine of Dublin,
one of a series of little books. The books cost $3.50 each, which includes
postage and packing. The recommended retail price is $5 but Sisters and
Associates are able to get the specially discounted price. A version in Spanish
will be available before Christmas. Checks should be made payable to Sisters of
Mercy and mailed to: Deirdre Mullan, RSM, 777 United Nations Plaza 6th Floor,
New York, NY 10017 or email Sister Deirdre at
Director, Mercy Global Concern. For
more information or to download order information, see the website,
Mercy International
Association.
Oakes, Sister Mary Paulinus. Angels of Mercy, An
Eyewitness Account of Civil War and Yellow Fever.
Paperback provides factual documentation and eyewitness accounts about the
Sisters of Mercy during the Civil War. Learn about the battles fought for life,
not only on the battlefields, but in hospitals, homes and hearts.
Price: $16. Contact: Cathedral Foundation Press, P.O. Box 777, Baltimore MD
21203. Phone: 410.547.5324; Fax: 410.332.1069. Also available at Mercy
Center Gift Shop, 2039 N. Geyer Rd., St. Louis MO 63131. Phone 314 966
4686, 314 909 4631 (fax) or email:
retreats@corp.mercy.net att'n: Denise Murnin. Price: $16 does not include
postage/handling.
Roche, Sister Jean (2006). What Color is
the Other Side of Darkness?
A collection of sacred stories with
accompanying spiritual exercises for the reader, this unique contemplative book,
born of an active hospice ministry, is already internationally acclaimed. Based
on the experiences of those facing life-threatening illnesses, the book contains
a variety of psycho-spiritual interventions conducive to healing and wholeness,
including guided meditations, myriad modes of prayer, expressive arts and
creative ritual.
In praise of What Color is the Other Side of Darkness?,
Diarmuid O’Murchu, author of
Reclaiming Spirituality and Religion in Exile, writes: “This book is
imbued with a deep and liberating wisdom for our time. An inspiring read!”
Reviewer Stanley Hadsell states, What Color
is the Other Side of Darkness? is “the prophetic voice that
encourages us to become engaged in life, instead of simply waiting for it to be
over.”
Price: $12.95 plus shipping $2.00, book
rate; $4.05 priority mail. Contact: Sisters of Mercy, Albany Office of
Northeast Community, 310 S. Manning Blvd., Albany, NY 12208. Phone 518-437-3000
and FAX 518-437-3030.
Sanders, Sister Susan M. (2003). Teen Dating Violence: The Invisible
Peril. This book details the incidence of teen dating violence among
teenage females through survey and interview data
collected from approximately five hundred female high school juniors. The
research shows that many have been or are currently involved in abusive
relationships. Contains check lists of abuser characteristics.
Price: $30/each. Contact: Susan Sanders, 8718 South Paulina St., Chicago, IL
60620 or order directly from Peter Lang Publishing at
www.peterlangusa.com
Smith,
Sister Paula M. (2003). Mapping the Whirled:Syncopations in the life of a woman religious with
an invitation by Bronwyn Davies,
245mm x 170mm 216pp Paperback. ISBN: 0 86786 331 5.
RRP $39.95 April 2003. Paula M.
Smith is a member of the Sisters of Mercy of the
Bathurst Congregation and is presently Vice President of the Institute of the
Sisters of Mercy of Australia. She writes of fragments of her own and others’
lives, the choices, the interruptions, the resistances, the story lines, the
wonders of newness and the anguish of loss, within a framework of feminist
poststructuralist approaches to meaning making and subjectivity. Contact: Spectrum Publications,
PO Box 75, Richmond, Victoria 3121, Australia. Tel (03) 9429
1404 Fax (03) 9428 9407.
Distributed nationally (except NSW & ACT) through Rainbow Book Agencies. Tel
(03) 9481 6611 Fax (03 9428 2371; NSW & ACT distribution through R & A Book
Agencies. Tel (02) 9552 2899 Fax (02) 9660 0737.
Stefanko, Mercy Associate
Gertrude. Mercy Journal. Features quotes from letters of Catherine
McAuley, her bio and a list of resources designed by Mercy Associate Gertrude
Stefanko. Mercy Journal has 59 quotes and 120 pages on which to
write. Price: $10 plus $2 shipping, quantity pricing available. Contact: Mercy Association, 2335
Grandview Ave., Cincinnati, OH 45206,
,srcarren@mercycincinnati.org; Fax: 513-221-0207
Sullivan, Sister Mary C. Catherine McAuley and the Tradition of Mercy, (1995). A
420-page collection of some of the most important writings by and about
Catherine McAuley, including letters, memoirs, and annals by many of the first
Sisters of Mercy and Catherine's original manuscript of the Rule and
Constitutions of the order. Contact: University of Notre Dame
Press, Notre Dame, Indiana or Randy Long at
randy@sistersofmercy.org.
Catherine McAuley's Theological and Literary Debt to Alonso
Rodriguez: The 'Spirit of the Institute' Parallels.Article by Mary C.
Sullivan, RSM in Recusant History, Vol. 20, May 1990. Price:
$1.50 (includes postage). Contact: Mary C. Sullivan, RSM, 1437 Blossom Road,
Rochester, NY 14610.
Catherine McAuley's Spiritual Reading and Prayers.Article by
Mary C. Sullivan, RSM, originally published in Irish Theological Quarterly
57.2 (1991). Price: $1.50 (includes postage). Contact: Mary C. Sullivan, RSM,
1437 Blossom Road, Rochester, NY 14610.
Thompson, Magdala, June 2003.
Full of Hope: Critical Social
Perspectives on Theology.
Paperback: 160 pages; ISBN: 0809141213.
Magdala Thompson (BRC) has gathered into one volume a series of
lectures presented by some of the best-known feminist theologians in the United
States. Using scripture, church history, papal letters and modern research, the
contributors express their hope for a future of equality for women and men
relating to home, school, church and society. The contributors include: Lisa S.
Cahill, Mary Aquin O'Neill, Margaret Farley, Shawn Copeland, Christine Gudorf,
and Rosemary Haughton. The essays demonstrate that there is no theological basis
for inequality, and show that inequality affects all areas of life: racism,
poverty, schools, marriage, and the destruction of the environment. An excellent
book for use with adult education groups, RCIA participants, college students
and persons of a Christian faith. Contact: Paulist Press, 997 Macarthur Blvd.,
Mahwah NJ 07430, or go to their website at:
Paulist Press. Price: $16.95
Tobin, Sisters Mary Jean and Mary Eloise: A Reflection on the
Spirituality of Venerable Catherine McAuley as Rooted in the Beatitudes.
Price: $5.00.
Contact: Anne Rendine, Sisters of Mercy, Highland View Road,
Cumberland, RI 02864.
Toolan, Sister Suzanne, November 2007.
I Am The Bread of Life,
Price: $16.95. Crossroad Publishing
In 1966 Sister Suzanne Toolan, RSM, one
of the first composers to write music for the Catholic Church in English after
Vatican II, wrote the popular Catholic hymn ³I Am the Bread of Life.² With the
collaboration of Elizabeth Dossa, Director of Communications for the Sisters of
Mercy Burlingame Region, Sister Suzanne tells the story of her remarkable
ministry of music and prayer in the new book I AM THE BREAD OF LIFE. The
publication of this commemorative book coincides with the celebration of Sister
Suzanne¹s 80th birthday.
Wade, Kathleen, Mercy Associate: "Ordinary People,
Extraordinary Lives: the Associate Movement in Religious Communities"
Thirteen heartwarming stories of people from all walks of life who have found
new purpose and deeper faith through Association. Available from
srcarren@mercycincinnati.org;
$15 US plus shipping
Wheeler,
Sister Carol Estelle: Catherine: A Reflection on Values from the Mercy
Tradition. Monograph published in 1991 with three
subsequent printings in 1992, 1995 and 2002. Currently used in Mercy sponsored
institutions in the U.S., New Zealand & Australia. Price: $3/each, which
includes postage. Contact: Carol Rego, Administrative Secretary, Mercy High
School, 1300 East Northern Parkway, Baltimore, MD 21239.
Phone: 410.433.8880; fax: 410.323.8816. E-mail: crego@mercyhighschool.com
Tender Courage, a Reflection on the Life and Spirit of
Catherine McAuleyyy,
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