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The Order
The Order of the Blessed Virgin Mary of Mercy, founded in 1218, is an international community of priests and brothers, who live a life of prayer and communal fraternity based on the Rule of Saint Augustine and the Constitutions of the Order.
From this life flows the apostolic work of the Order that seeks to carry on the work of our founder, Saint Peter Nolasco, who in imitation of Jesus the Redeemer, offered even his life for those Christians in need of redemptive love.
Mercedarian religious strive to live the following spiritual values:
Example and model of Christ the Redeemer
A life centered on our Blessed Mother and the Eucharist
Daily Mass, Liturgy of the Hours, Meditation, and Rosary
Weekly Eucharistic Exposition and Benediction
Faithful to the Magisterium of the Church
Mercedarians work in the following ministries:
Parishes and Parochial Education
Hospital and Prison Chaplaincies
Foreign Missions
News...
Our Lady’s Coat of Arms
(Jan 23, 2012)Here is an article written about the Order by Barbara E. Stevens entitled "The swashbuckling history of the Order of the Blessed Virgin Mary for the Ransom of Captives". Despite - Read more
A Mercedarian Journel From Rome
(Jan 11, 2012)Deacon Scott Brentwood, O. de M. has been studying in Rome for the past two and a half years. Recently, he was ordained a deacon. As he has in the - Read more
News from Around the United States Vicariate
(Jan 04, 2012)The Vicariate in the United States is composed of six houses in the states of New York, Ohio, Pennsylvania, and Florida. Here is some news going on in several of these - Read more
Nineteen Mercedarian Friars Named Martyrs by Vatican
(Dec 23, 2011)Held up as heroic witnesses to the Catholic faith in a world that spurns belief in God, a Mercedarian priest and his 18 companions who were killed in the Spanish - Read more
The Amazing Story of Our Lady of Bonaria
(Dec 04, 2011)Hidden on the shore of an Island west of Italy is one of the Church’s secret gems, the Shrine of Our Lady of Bonaria. This Basilica has been staffed by - Read more
