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
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.
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.
We belong to God. All in us is His.
heart
Our hearts can always be in the same place, centered on God.
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.
next-week needs today
The poor need help today, not next week.
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.
thinking opinion states
I have great confidence in you to do what you think best. State your opinion and always act with courage.
charity instruction careful
No work of charity can be more productive of good to society than the careful instruction of women.
ordinary-things ordinary strive
We must strive to do ordinary things extraordinarily well.