<P> The rapid expansion of the Sisters of Mercy in the six years 1835 - 1841 flowed from Catherine McAuley's ever generous response to human need . She founded nine additional autonomous Convents of Mercy in Tullamore (1836), Charleville (1836), Carlow (1837), Cork (1837), Limerick (1838), Bermondsey, London (1839), Galway (1840), Birr (1840), and Birmingham (1841), and branch houses of the Dublin community in Kingstown (1835) and Booterstown (1838). </P> <P> Catherine McAuley died on 11 November 1841 . </P> <P> In May 1842, at the request of Bishop Fleming, a small colony of Sisters of Mercy crossed the Atlantic to found the congregation at St. John's, Newfoundland . In December 1843 Sr Frances Warde led the first group of Sisters to The United States, beginning in Pittsburgh . The sisters arrived in Perth, Australia in 1846, and in 18t0, a band from Carlow arrived in New Zealand . Sisters from Limerick opened a house in Glasgow in 1849, and in 1868 the English community established a house in Guernsey . </P> <P> In 1992 the leaders of the various congregations created the Mercy International Association to foster collaboration and cooperation . The purpose of the association is to provide support and foster collaboration, organisation and inspiration for the ministries of the Sisters of Mercy and their associates . </P>

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