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Caribbean, Central America, South America

More than 60 sisters serving in eight countries. Administrative center in Silver Spring, Maryland.

Mid-Atlantic

Nearly 700 sisters serving in twenty states and two countries. Administrative center in Merion, Pennsylvania.

New York, Pennsylvania West

More than 250 sisters serving in two states and the Philippines. Administrative center in Buffalo, New York.

Northeast

Más de 500 hermanas sirven en: Nueva York (Albany y áreas alrededor), Connecticut, Maine, New Hampshire, Rhode Island y Vermont.

South Central

More than 400 sisters serving in 18 states and Jamaica. Administrative center in Belmont, North Carolina.

West Midwest

Roughly 500 sisters serving in 16 states and one country. Administrative center in Omaha, Nebraska.

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History

Sisters in parade

In 1843 Frances Warde, one of the first Sisters of Mercy professed by Catherine McAuley, established in Pittsburgh, Pa., the first of many foundations in the United States. From Pittsburgh, she arrived in Providence, R.I., in 1851 with four sisters, establishing the first permanent convent in New England. From this foundation in Providence, Frances then established foundations in Connecticut (1852), New Hampshire (1858), Maine (1865), and Vermont (1874). The Albany, NY foundation was established in 1863 by Sister Mary Vincent Sweetman and three other sisters from St Catherine’s Convent in New York City.

View a complete history of the Northeast Community's in our Resources section.