We have now gone beyond 100 in number, and the desire to join seems rather to increase, though it was thought the foundations would retard it, it seems quite otherwise.
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| Birth: | 29th September, 1778 |
| Death: | 11th November, 1841 |
| Nationality: | Irish |
| Profession: | Nun |
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Catherine McAuley was born in Dublin, Ireland. She was an Irish nun, who founded the Sisters of Mercy in 1831. The Order has always been associated with teaching, especially in Ireland, where the nuns taught Catholics at a time when education was mainly reserved for members of the established Church of Ireland.
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