Day of Mercy

Yet another reason to have a party at the casa, today was "Day of Mercy" the anniversary of the day the Sisters of Mercy was founded in Dublin in the 1800's. They had a little service followed by a video about the history of the Sisters of Mercy, founded by Catherine McCauley as a group to help out poor children and battered women in Ireland initially. They were initially just women volunteers funded with private money but they went to the Catholic church for support and that required them to take vows as nuns because they were deemed to be a convent. Eventually they spread all around the world with their primary mission still being to help out poor children and women in need. The service at the casa was of course followed by a piñata, cake and soda for the kids to get crazy having fun.