Nga mihi atawhai—greetings to all in mercy! ‘How are we to be in mission?’ the Sisters of Mercy asked themselves at their 2009 Chapter. ‘In energising, collaborative leadership’ was part of the answer they gave. A glimpse of what such leadership may look like came last month as more than 100 of our own sisters, gathered for a three-day hui, invited some of their lay leaders to join them for a day.

Among the 30 or so who attended were CEOs from Mercy healthcare facilities, principals from Mercy colleges, managers of Mercy community development initiatives, directors of Mercy boards and mission personnel. Keynote speaker for the day was US Sister of Mercy Mary Sullivan, author of several books on Catherine McAuley and whose latest work is her biography of the founder, The Path of Mercy, published last year.

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