Mission and Core Values
Mission Statement
Merion Mercy Academy, an independent, Catholic, college preparatory school sponsored by the Sisters of Mercy, offers a holistic education which encourages academic and personal excellence. Its curriculum stresses mercy spirituality, global awareness, and social responsibility. Within a nurturing community, Merion Mercy Academy educates leaders: young women who live mercy and seek justice.
Institute of the Sisters of Mercy of the Americas Statements
Animated by the Gospel and Catherine McAuley's passion for the poor, we, the Sisters of Mercy of the Americas, are impelled to commit our lives and resources to act in solidarity with the economically poor of the world, especially women and children; women seeking fullness of life and equality in church and society; one another as we embrace our multicultural and international reality. This commitment will impel us to:
- develop and act from a multicultural, international perspective;
- speak with a corporate voice;
- work for systemic change;
- act in harmony and interdependence with all creation; and
- call ourselves to continual conversion in our lifestyle and ministries
Following a collaborative dialogue begun in 1989, at MSEA Conference XIX, 1990, Mercy educators affirmed "values that educators in the Mercy tradition held in common." Mercy educators reaffirmed:
- compassion and service
- educational excellence
- concern for women and women's issues
- global vision and responsibility
- spiritual growth and development
- collaboration with others.