page_title: Catherine McAuley
hierarchical_section_title: Catherine McAuley
caption_attribution_description: English: Daguerrotype with venerable Catherine McAuley
context_page_description: Catherine McAuley was an Irish religious sister who founded the Sisters of Mercy in 1831.
  The women's congregation has always been associated with teaching, especially in Ireland, where the sisters taught Catholics at a time when education was mainly reserved for members of the established Church of Ireland.
context_section_description: Catherine McAuley (29 September 1778 – 11 November 1841) was an Irish religious sister who founded the Sisters of Mercy in 1831.
  The women's congregation has always been associated with teaching, especially in Ireland, where the sisters taught Catholics (and at times Protestants) at a time when education was mainly reserved for members of the established Church of Ireland.
caption: Sister Mary Catherine McAuley
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