Catherine McAuley

 .Catherine McAuley.

Catherine McAuley

Family

Catherine McAuley was born in Ireland in 1778. She had two siblings, one sister and one brother. They were protestants. When she was only 5 years old her father died. When Catherine McAuley was in her teens her mother died of fever. After that she lived with her family and friends the Callaghans, but still she followed her fatherś faith. 

 

The house and the Callaghans

When Mr. Callaghan died, shortly after his wife, he left his entire fortune to Catherine and not his daughter,  because he had heard his daughter say bad things about Catherine McAuley. The value in today’s money was probably around €5 million. We are told in the London Manuscript that having received this inheritance. many of the residents of the very fashionable Baggot Street area of Dublin , she choose to build a House of Mercy to further her work with the poor 

 

The Sisters of Mercy

 

On September 8 1830 Anna Maria Doyle, Mary Elizabeth Harley joined the sisters of mercy  then some other people joined, and now the sisters of mercy center is an international center.