The Sisters of Mercy, Grafton Congregation, a Catholic religious order of women from England and Ireland, was established in 1884. The sisters were responsible for the administration of St Joseph’s Cowper Incorporated, Grafton formerly known as Cowper Orphanage and St Joseph’s Cowper Children’s Home. In 2011, the Sisters of Mercy, Grafton Congregation was dissolved and merged with 15 former Australian congregations to become the Institute of Sisters of Mercy Australia and Papua New Guinea.
From
1884
To
2011
Alternative Names
Grafton Sisters of Mercy