INSPIRED BY CATHERINE McAULEY

Daguerrotype of Mother Catherine McAuley, founder of the Sisters of Mercy, c. 1840 INSPIRED BY CATHERINE MCAULEY, ROOTED IN CATHOLIC FAITH A Mercy education is firmly grounded in the Catholic tradition and the legacy of the Sisters of Mercy and their founder, Catherine McAuley.

Catherine felt called to works of mercy. In order to provide education and health care to Dublin’s poor, especially women and children, she built a house on Baggot Street. The House of Mercy was officially opened on September 24, 1827, the feast of Our Lady of Mercy. Other women joined Catherine there, and on December 12, 1831 she and two other women professed religious vows, thus founding the Sisters of Mercy.

The Sisters of Mercy envision a just world for people who are poor, sick, and uneducated. In addition to the three vows (poverty, chastity, and obedience) all Catholic sisters take, Sisters of Mercy also take a fourth vow of service.

At Mercy High School, we are committed to service, along with hospitality, justice, excellence, and compassion. We are proud to carry forward the extraordinary legacy of Mercy education in Baltimore, which began at Mount Saint Agnes in 1867. Our Catholic Identity is found in curricular offerings, prayer and liturgical life, retreats, and service opportunities and is strengthened by our global connections to the Sisters of Mercy, to 196 secondary schools around the world, and to the Mercy Education System of the Americas, which unites and serves schools to nurture highly competent and deeply compassionate leaders ready to serve a vulnerable world.