• Before you speak, it is necessary for you to listen, for God speaks in the silence of the heart.

    - Mother Teresa

 
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Mercy Volunteer Corps

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Mercy Volunteer Corps is a program of the Sisters of Mercy of the Americas that invites lay women and men to enter into a relationship with people who are economically poor or marginalized. Volunteers commit to compassionate service, a simple lifestyle in community, social justice and spiritual growth.

 
 

Mercy Story

  • The eighth grade students at St. Teresa of Avila School in Albany, New York, have done it again.
    The Science Club at St. Teresa’s is one of six first-place winners for the middle school portion of the Lexus Eco Challenge Finale.
    In the fall of 2008, the St. Teresa’s Science Club was recognized for its recycling campaign (land), which had far-reaching