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Title: Celebrating 125 years of Mercy education on the Main Line
Author: O’Loughlin, Kathy
Source: Main Line Times
Date: 12/10/2009
Folder/Item #: Schools-Private-Merion Mercy Academy (1); 21
Notes: Pictures
Abstract: Saturday will mark the 178th anniversary of the December 12, 1831 ceremony when the Irish heiress Catherine McAuley pronounced her vows as the first Sister of Mercy. School is celebrating its 125th anniversary with special events and memories of the alu