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Religious orders
SISTERS OF MERCY
Sisters of Mercy Nancy Hoff (from left), Laurie Orman and Anne Curtis participate in the 2011 liturgy of perpetual vows for Sister Madeline Rockwell.
Sister Catherine McCauley founded the Sisters of Mercy in her native Ireland in 1831, and the order arrived in the Diocese of Rochester in 1857. The local congregation founded hospitals and schools, including St. James Mercy Hospital in Hornell, Our Lady of Mercy High School in Brighton and Notre Dame High School in Elmira.
Serving the homeless and providing literacy and other services for English-as-a-second- language learners are among the objectives of
contemporary ministries operated or sponsored by the Sisters of Mercy. Sisters of Mercy from Rochester also carried out missionary work in Chile for many years.
The New York, Pennsylvania, Paci c West Community of the Sisters of Mercy, which includes Rochester, was created in 2008. It is headquartered in Buffalo and comprises Mercy communities in Rochester, Buffalo, Pittsburgh, the Philippines and Erie, Pa.
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