MERCY and FAITH TRADITIONS Voices, Quotes and Images from Theme 1, Segment 2: Mercy © 2020 Mercy International Association

‘Each major faith tradition holds that mercy is essential to its life, requires many words to reflect its depth, is a name for God, is one of the qualities of God lived by people every day, and is integrally connected to creation and to Earth.’ -Elizabeth Davis rsm To be your Mercy, Cheryl Connelly rsm

‘Who are we if not kin? St. Saviour’s College, Toowoomba, ‘My mercy Queensland, Australia Where is the Table where we ‘St Saviour’s is a richly embraces could sit together? diverse community which all things.’ See us – the different – clearly has faith, traditions, (Quran 7:156) sitting as one, and mercy at the heart. The inclusive nature of the Halo-ed and held by our only ‘Indigenous people school ensures that a lived ‘From within our common identity: ‘HUMAN’, “house of faith,” we are tell us that we are faith experience is provided, encouraged to reach losing the sense of By our one shared place – this and each student is valued out to intentionally the sacredness of all green but groaning Earth...’ for the unique contribution and sympathetically life and that, from they make.’ -Maureen Murphy rsm interact with other the magnitude of the -Sharon Collins, St. Saviour’s College Table of Mercy, Anne Reddington rsm systems of theological desecration, damage and destruction belief. If we do so, we ‘This is Mercy, this is whakawhanaungatanga ‘We promote training and analysis of the reality on the issues of open up the possibility of our planet, we right relationship which we are all called to as anti-racism, non-violence, extractivism and human trafficking. of a richer appreciation have moved beyond We seek to maintain a fluid communication between us as a of our own house of climate change to the whole human family together.’ team, with the whole community and the Institute, in order to faith.’ fears for survival.’ -Bridget Crisp rsm influence personal, community and social transformation.’ -CCASA Prophetic Voice Commission -Peta Goldberg rsm -Mary Tee rsm MERCY AND FAITH TRADITIONS Voices, Quotes and Images from Theme 1, Segment 2: Mercy © 2020 Mercy International Association