Quotes by Catherine McAuley

About Catherine McAuley:

The Venerable Mother Catherine Elizabeth McAuley was an Irish nun, who founded the Sisters of Mercy in 1831. The Order has always been associated with teaching, especially in Ireland, where the nuns taught Catholics (and at times Protestants) at a time when education was mainly reserved for members of the established Church of Ireland.
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There has been a most Providential Guidance which the want of prudence, vigilance, or judgement has not impeded, and it is here that we can most clearly see the designs of God.

Catherine McAuley

Each day is a step we make towards eternity and we shall continue thus to step from day to day until we take the last step, which will bring us into the presence of God.

Catherine McAuley

Oh may He look on us with love and pity and then we shall be able to do anything He wishes us to do, no matter how difficult to accomplish or painful to our feeling.

Catherine McAuley

If we don't take Tullamore, no other community will.

Catherine McAuley

We have now gone beyond 100 in number, and the desire to join seems rather to increase, though it was thought the foundations would retard it, it seems quite otherwise.

Catherine McAuley

This is the spirit of the Order, indeed the true spirit of Mercy flowing on us.

Catherine McAuley

Author Bio

  • NameCatherine McAuley
  • DescriptionIrish nun and saint
  • BornSeptember 29, 1778
  • DiedNovember 11, 1841
  • CountryIreland