Our History

Mercy Kenya was approved as a province at Chapter 2000. The Vice-Province had been formed in 1994 at the First Congregational Chapter of the Sisters of Mercy of Ireland and South Africa. It was attached to the South-Central Province (Ireland) by the Central Leadership Team. The first leadership team for Kenya was elected at the Vice-Provincial Chapter in 1995.

First Leadership Team of the Vice-Province, 1995
From left: Srs. Waithera Njonge, Hilary Finnegan (leader), Marian Dolan, Marie Evans and Patricia Moran

Six former independent Mercy congregations from Irish Dioceses had by 1984 made foundations in Kenya:
Dublin (1956), Elphin (1962), Cork and Ross (1964), Killaloe (1980), Kerry (1983) and Cloyne (1984).

The first two Kenyan sisters made perpetual profession in 1986.

 

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