Grounded in Gospel values and inspired by Catherine McAuley ISMAPNG seeks to bring about a more just and compassionate world. Sisters and lay colleagues are found in significant or leadership positions as members of a variety of advocacy groups (such as Australian Catholic Religious Against Trafficking in Humans – ACRATH), and serving on both government and non-government agencies working in this area.
“Catherine loved the poor and while she saw the need for individual charity and almsgiving for the poor she also knew that this alone would not change the unjust structures in the wider society which locked them into a vicious cycle of grinding poverty. She saw the need to address the injustices that excluded the poor from accessing the services which would empower them to liberate themselves from this life of poverty. She developed a vision for the poor of Dublin which would empower them to take charge of their own lives”
– Caitlin Conneely rsm. Challenges from our Tradition, Mercy World Reflections, 2013
