Catherine McAuley [SEP] cause of death
Catherine McAuley in founding the Sisters of Mercy, and professed the first three members. He then appointed Catherine Mother Superior.
A cholera epidemic hit Dublin in 1832, and Catherine agreed to staff a cholera hospital on Townsend Street.
The rule of the Sisters of Mercy was formally confirmed by Pope Gregory XVI on 6 June 1841.
Catherine lived only ten years as a Sister of Mercy, Sister Mary Catherine.
Death.
Catherine McAuley died of tuberculosis on 11 November 1841 at Baggot Street, at the age
Award in 1993 and again in 1998.
History.
Mercyhurst Seminary/Preparatory School traces its heritage to the foundress of the Sister of Mercy, Catherine McAuley. Catherine was born in 1778 into a financially secure family. Her father James, a devout Catholic, taught the fundamentals of faith by his good example of reaching out to the poor. Catherine’s comfortable life changed drastically after the death of her parents. She was sent to live with a Protestant family where she experienced poverty firsthand. She was able to retain