I recently interviewed Sister Eileen on the occasion of the 165th anniversary of the arrival of the first Sisters of Mercy in New Hampshire. A close associate of Catherine McCauley, who founded the ...

"Catherine's Caring Cause" is named in recognition of Catherine McAuley who founded the Sisters of Mercy in 1831. Sister Murphy will be 95 in April and Sister Persch will turn 90 in June.

In 1960, at the age of 35, she decided to join the Sisters of Mercy. "I was what they call a late arrival," she said. Joining the worldwide order of Catholic sisters was something of a calling.