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Walking with Saints at the Border

byRoz Parr

June 25, 2022

By Joanne Castner, Mercy Associate — On May 8, 2022, 13 of us from across the United States gathered in the living room of the Columban Mission House in El Paso, Texas, the beginning of an immersion trip to meet with people who find ways to organize their communities and improve living conditions for those in need, and to discover why so many people from other countries are seeking to cross our nation’s borders.

Mercy joins Poor People’s Campaign’s Moral March on Washington

byMike Poulin

June 23, 2022

The Work of Brave Women at the El Paso-Juarez Border

byRoz Parr

June 23, 2022

By Gail Presbey, faculty member, University of Detroit Mercy — I was grateful for the opportunity to travel to the U.S.-Mexico border and see for myself the struggles that immigrants have, and to meet the people who are ministering to their needs and organizing for change. I was glad to do so in the company of Sisters of Mercy, Mercy associates and educators at Mercy institutions. I’d like to focus on the women I met there and the important work they do.

Mercy Engages the Poor People’s Campaign for the Moral March on Washington

byMike Poulin

June 18, 2022

Ready to Ride the Poor People’s Campaign Bus!

byRoz Parr

June 15, 2022

By Karel Lucander, Features Writer
— Sister Joan Serda and Sister Marilyn Graf have that feeling you get right before you embark on a big adventure. At 6 a.m. on June 17, they will board the Poor People’s Campaign Bus in Mobile, Alabama, bound for Washington, D.C.—leaving the comfort of the Convent of Mercy far behind.

Current news from the Border

byRoz Parr

May 21, 2022

By Sister Theresa Saetta — As Sister Pat Mulderick and I woke up to a bright and shiny day, we learned that the tent city camp in Reynosa, Mexico, that housed over 2,000 immigrants awaiting asylum in the USA was bulldozed. The families had to scramble to collect their important documents while the authorities screamed at them to get out…now!

Preventing a Repeat of Del Rio, Texas 2021

byMike Poulin

May 6, 2022

Each year, Mercy students are invited to enter the Social Justice Video Contest and put their creative ideas and skills to work by sharing stories of the Sisters of Mercy’s Critical Concerns. The Grand Prize Winner receives $500.

2024

First Place Winner

Jaylyn Remolona and Mayra Alvarez
“Sacrifice for Family”
Mercy High School, Burlingame, California

Second Place

Third Place

Carli Amos, Aiden Arrington and Luciana Elliott
“Use Your Voice!”
Gwynedd Mercy Academy High School, Lower Gwynedd, Pennsylvania

Riley Wichman and Angela Thiel
“Vote with Faith and Mercy”
Mercy High School, Middletown, Connecticut

Honorable Mention

Leilani Duong-Vasquez, Sophia Hiebert, Taylor Rovetti and Caroline Phillips
“Our Journey’s Began with Them”
Mercy High School, Middletown, Connecticut

Calliope Beatty, Malley Connor, Addison Foster and Grace Tronoski
“Be a Hero and VOTE with faith!”
Gwynedd Mercy Academy High School, Lower Gwynedd, Pennsylvania

2023’s First Place Winners

Emma Lemieux, Maggie Misbach, Abigail Gomes, Katherine Grelotti and Georgia Baldini
“Are you with us?”
Mercy High School, Middletown, Connecticut

Amer Hasan Macarambon, Allyza Jane Dangga, Rianna Ysabella Dollete, Krizyl Baguhin, Susan Gayle Andales, Sittie Nihaya Umba, Fatima Rose Rivera, Atheel Villaganas, Abby Kim Suan
“Racism”
Holy Cross High School, Mindanao, Philippines

2023’s Honorable Mention

Rineyri Cáceres, Isaac Blanco, Liam Schultz
“Bandera del amor”
Instituto María Regina, La Ceiba,
Honduras

Ava Kolp, Katelyn McGuire, Jamie O’Donnell
“Together We Can End Gun Violence”
Gwynedd Mercy Academy High School, Gwynedd Valley, Pennsylvania

Grace de Klerk
“What is Justice?”
Mercy High School Farmington Hills

Shannon Talley, Maggie Baker, Alivia Chieffo
“Stop the Violence“
Gwynedd Mercy Academy High School, Gwynedd Valley, Pennsylvania

Gracie Gavin, Maxine Schaffner
“Welcome to the Gun Zone”
Mercy High School Burlingame
California

Ana Sophia Butkus
“Life Is Not A Game”
Mercy High School, Middletown, Connecticut

Previous Winners

2022

Meena Balaratna, Elizabeth Romano and Kristen Yezzi
“Protect our Earth”
Gwynedd Mercy Academy High School
Gwynedd Valley, Pennsylvania

2021

Tristen Hasson, Melanie McGill, & Sydney Pasceri
“Women Make Mercy Real”
Gwynedd Mercy Academy High School
Gwynedd Valley, Pennsylvania

2020

The 2020 contest was cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic

2019

Grace Wettengel, Morgan Lee, Michelle Delgado & Nina Bennett
Injustices in India’s Villages
College of St. Mary
Omaha, Nebraska

2018

Alyssa Dela Cruz
Make Mercy Real
Academy of Our Lady of Guam
Hagatna, Guam

2017

Kenzie Uhr
Change the Narrative
Mount St. Mary Catholic High School
Oklahoma City, Oklahoma USA

“O Come, O Come…” “Do not come. Do not come.”

byRoz Parr

December 2, 2021

By Sister Deb Troillett — “O Come, O Come Emmanuel”. As we wait and pray in joyful hope, Pope Francis tells us that hope is a gift particularly of the marginalized and the suffering, and an expectation that entails solidarity and accompaniment.

Justice Legislative Actions

byRoz Parr

October 26, 2021

Here’s an overview of the legislation the Mercy Justice Team is currently watching and encouraging action on, particularly around the Critical Concerns.

Sisters of Mercy call for humane treatment of Haitian migrants

byadmin

September 22, 2021

Saying Farewell from, but not to, the Border

byRoz Parr

August 18, 2021

I will be unpacking their stories for months to come and mentoring with those who have already discovered how and where to meet the migrants.

Social Justice Tag: Immigration

2024

First Place Winner

Second Place

Third Place

Honorable Mention

2023’s First Place Winners

2023’s Honorable Mention

Previous Winners

2022

2021

2020

2019

2018

2017