144 Years of Mercy: The Arrival and Expansion of the Sisters of Mercy in South Australia
144 Years of Mercy: The Arrival and Expansion of the Sisters of Mercy in South Australia
On Friday 3 May, we celebrated 144 years since 24 Sisters of Mercy arrived at Port Adelaide from Argentina to establish a Mercy foundation in Adelaide and in other parts of South Australia as the need and opportunity arose. These Sisters founded St Aloysius College, the community that has nurtured thousands of girls ever since. Of the 24 who arrived in Port Adelaide, 12 Sisters would stay in Adelaide and 12 would move to Mt Gambier. Six of those returned to Argentina in 1890. SAC students and staff participated in several missions to Buenos Aires over the years, paying their respects to these Sisters in their final resting place at Colegio Santa Ethnea, SAC’s sister school. We are forever grateful for the sacrifices these brave Sisters made to bring Mercy to our shores.
