This article is from page 12 of the 2014-09-23 edition of The Clare People. OCR mistakes are to be expected so download the original SWF or the rendered page 12 JPG
“They are signs that the charisms, vision and ethos of the sisters are alive and well in our community. May our worship, praise and thanksgiving give fresh heart to us all in bearing witness to Jesus and in playing our own part in building up his kingdom of mercy and redeeming love.” The Sisters of Mercy founded Mary Immaculate Secondary School in Lisdoonvarna in 1947, responding to the very serious need for education in the area. Over more than 60 years, the local convent of sisters in the parish worked to develop the school and the local area by serving as teachers, catechists, and chaplains. Mary Immaculate College is now a thriving centre of educational excellence, and has been entrusted by the Sisters of Mercy to the patronage of CEIST – Catholic Education, an Irish Schools Trust. Tributes to the decades of service undertaken by the sisters were also paid by school principal John O’Loughlin and Sister Caitlin Con neely, provincial of the western province of the Sisters of Mercy.