Catherine McAuley
Catherine McAuley
The Venerable Mother Catherine Elizabeth McAuleywas 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 Catholicsat a time when education was mainly reserved for members of the established Church of Ireland...
NationalityIrish
ProfessionReligious Leader
Date of Birth29 September 1778
CountryIreland
next-week needs today
The poor need help today, not next week.
design judgement want
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.
teach
Teach me to do your will, for you are my God.
numbers desire gone
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.
We belong to God. All in us is His.
heart
Our hearts can always be in the same place, centered on God.
action instruction shows
Show your instructions in actions as much as you can.
pain feelings wish
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.
children compassion adults
Compassion should be our animating principle when undertaking instruction with children and adults, since they are made in God's image.
heart reign god-love
If the love of God really reigns in your heart, it will show itself in the exterior.
importance
A good beginning is of great importance.
community charity reign
A community in which this universal charity reigns, is capable of surmounting all difficulties.
each-day lasts steps
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.
light giving shining
We should be shining lamps, giving light to all around us.