Our Lady of Peace in front of All Hallows’ Convent
Projects
The Mercy Heritage Centre has been, and will continue to be, actively engaged in a number of
projects to facilitate and co-ordinate the preservation of Mercy heritage. These include:
Artefact Accessioning Project – to identify, catalogue, record, and research the details of significant objects within the Congregation
Exhibitions and heritage tours both at the Heritage Centre and other sites
Production of publications, heritage-related merchandise, interactive website, brochures, promotional material, and audio/visual displays
Oral History Project
Development of strategic partnerships
Programme of concerts
Utilisation of elements of the collection, and the Centre itself, as a resource centre for educational purposes and staff inductions
Collaboration with the various Archives within the Brisbane Mercy Congregation
Wooden masks from Papua New Guinea, displayed in our museum 2005
Audience and Format
The Mercy Heritage Centre is essentially a social history museum. A mixture of permanent,
temporary, and smaller scale room-based displays suit the format and content of the Centre best.
Through our displays and various programs, we hope that people from outside our sphere of
influence would be attracted to the Centre, and want to visit it and us. This means that
through innovative displays, unique functions, and informative guided tours we would expand
our audience beyond the Sisters of Mercy.
We have a unique product in the cultural heritage industry, and our history is
irrevocably linked to the development of Catholicism, education, social welfare, and
health in Queensland, as well as to the development of the State itself. Approaching
various historical groups in the past has been met with encouraging success, and we
hope to build on these successes and invite more visitors to our doors.
Bones, Brass and Beads Display 2004
We are committed to the ideals identified by previous planners, and work to ensure the
content of our displays reflects these main themes:
The full scale of social programs implemented by the Sisters of Mercy – health care, child care, social welfare, and education
Historically significant Sisters of Mercy both in Australia and overseas – Mother Vincent Whitty, Mother Catherine McAuley...
Recognise the contribution of important lay people – Florence O’Reilly, George Gray, Kevin O’Doherty...
The various locations and sites where the Sisters of Mercy have been active (international and local e.g. Papua New Guinea, Stanthorpe, Pakistan, Gympie, etc), and the stories both of and from these
These issues are integral to any interpretation of our history and heritage, and
central to any understanding of the work and spirit of the Sisters of Mercy.
About MHC
