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Above: Sr Margaret and her Mercy Triptych
A
triptych celebrating the contribution to education by the Sisters of Mercy has been unveiled at the Australian Catholic University’s Fitzroy campus by the vice-chancellor, Prof Peter Sheehan.
The Mercy
Triptych, by Sr Margaret Broadbent, was commissioned by the ACU and unveiled almost to the day that the Sisters were told they could open a college to train primary and secondary teachers 92 years ago.
“The
university is indebted to the Sisters of Mercy for their pioneering work in Catholic tertiary education,” Prof Sheehan said.
The Sisters of Mercy began training teachers in Ascot Vale, Melbourne, in 1909, and
had housed an ACU campus at the site until the opening of the St Patrick’s campus last year.
The triptych depicts “the Mercy cross, a symbol of every Christian’s call to bring God’s mercy and justice to
others”, said Sr Margaret.
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