Mercy Day celebrated at Longford's Cnoc Mhuire Secondary School

Cnoc Mhuire Secondary School in Granard celebrated Mercy Day yesterday Thursday September 25 with a series of activities centred around faith, service and the Mercy tradition.

The special day remembers the founding of the Sisters of Mercy by Catherine McAuley and celebrates values including compassion, kindness, service and care for others.

To mark Mercy Day, Cnoc Mhuire’s sixth-year students became Eucharistic Ministers in the oratory, with staff expressing their pride as the students take on this new role of service within the school community.

As part of the celebration, first-year students also travelled to Knock for an Ethos Trip.

The Cnoc Mhuire school community will now come together today in St Mary’s Church in Granard for a Whole School Mass which, the school said, would be, “a wonderful opportunity for us all to gather in prayer and celebration.”