Community Roundtables

Listening is a tradition in Mercy. The Sisters of Mercy had done for hundreds of years before us. Their ministry has always started at the point of listening to the
community’s needs and then taking action. From that input, the Sisters cared for people, created schools and empowered those who were marginalized. They often found resourceful and unconventional means to accomplish their work. And they realized the importance of making hard changes so they could continue their mission.

Today our partnership with communities in a master planning process represents a the same kind of community effort. Our round table sessions with communities began a process of listening and challenging ourselves to dream big but focus on the need, thinking locally and globally at the same time. The discipline of planning together would also drive our accountability in executing the plan.

Mercy continues to meet with communities today, to not only only share plans for the future, but to continue collaborating in ways that keep the best care close to home.