Mary Grace Dempsey, a senior at Merion Mercy Academy, collected feminine hygiene products for Catholic Social Services to help counter the all-too-real problem of
I was fascinated by the report by Joe DiProsperos about the special mentoring program for girls organized by former school paraprofessional Edwena Lanier ("Program aiming to provide guidance for young girls," Jan. 19).
A junior at Sacred Heart Academy, Emily Schlegel is a National Honor Society member, and is a leader in the schoolâs SpeakUp! Program. She belongs to the schoolsâ Girls in Medicine club; is a member of the planning committee for No Place for Hate, a program which advocates for a safe environment for kids, and works to fight against bullying, discrimination, and harm to others; and plays field hockey for Sacred Heart. Schlegel dedicates much service time to children with special needs, and finds opportunities for ways to give back to the community, such as Project Ensonga. This summer, she will be volunteering at a summer program for children with speech and language impairments at the Phoebe Anna Thorne School in Bryn Mawr.
Merion Mercy Academy is thrilled to announce the appointment of Rebekah Adens as the schoolâs first Director of Diversity, Equity and Inclusion effective July 1, 2021. Rebekah s appointment is the culmination of an invigorating and inclusive search process which involved participation from parents, students, alumnae, faculty and staff, said Laura Farrell, Head of School. Her background and passion for education and advocacy closely reflect our school s Mercy core values. Rebekah will continue implementation of Merion s Diversity, Equity and Inclusion Plan for Action and help develop and set in motion policies, procedures and programs that sustain an antiracist, diverse, equitable and inclusive school community.
Catherine Mcauley s House Of Mercy
Catherine Mcauley s House Of Mercy
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Good morning Sister Barbara, Miss Danovich, faculty, families, and my Merion sisters. We are gathered here today to celebrate the class of 2016, the last class to ever graduate in this gym. On the precipice of such great change, I thought that nothing could be more appropriate than to look backwards. When Catherine McAuley established her House of Mercy in 1827, the streets of Dublin were stricken with illness and poverty. But I have always found it striking that there in the city, where merely feeding the poor posed enough of a challenge, Catherine felt so strongly compelled to establish a place of learning. Catherine once wrote: âNo work of charity can be more productive of good to society than the careful instruction of women, because whatever