"Stewardship of Earth"
May 30, 2008

“Women of Mercy think globally and act locally – Stewardship of Earth”
Mount Mercy Academy Students Roll Out Recycling Program
Buffalo, New York: January 18, 2008 — Paper has been stacking up around Mount Mercy Academy (MMA) lately all for a great cause as students and faculty have enthusiastically embraced a new recycling program. The theme of the program, Women of Mercy think globally and act locally—Stewardship of Earth, grew out of Mount Mercy Academy’s Spirit of Mercy Committee of the Board of Trustees.

The Spirit of Mercy Committee, composed of Board members, faculty, staff, parents, alumnae and students, having reflected on various expressions of the charism of Mercy through Catherine McAuley’s (the Foundress of the Sisters of Mercy) life, the Direction Statement of the Sisters of Mercy and the contemporary needs of our society, have forged a new way of life for the school and the surrounding “Mercy Neighborhood”, i.e. Mercy Center, Trocaire College and Mercy Hospital, all in South Buffalo, through new strategies for recycling...

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