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
laugh leaves reserve soul stiff
All laugh and play together, not one cold, stiff soul appears. From the day they enter, reserve of any ungracious kind leaves them.
amongst blessing dwells good oh pass unity
All are good and happy. The blessing of unity still dwells amongst us and oh what a blessing, it should make all else pass into nothing.
alone comfort forward hearts solid stay whom
We have one solid comfort our hearts can always be in the same place, centred in God, for whom alone we go forward or stay back.
hands one-day today
Let us take one day only in hands at a time. Resolve to do good today and better tomorrow.
ordinary-things ordinary strive
We must strive to do ordinary things extraordinarily well.
lessons today tomorrow
The simplest and most practical lesson I know is to resolve to be good today, but better tomorrow.
charity instruction careful
No work of charity can be more productive of good to society than the careful instruction of women.
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.
community charity reign
A community in which this universal charity reigns, is capable of surmounting all difficulties.
next-week needs today
The poor need help today, not next week.
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.
heart reign god-love
If the love of God really reigns in your heart, it will show itself in the exterior.
mercy-of-god mercy given
The tender Mercy of God has given us one another.