Company Profile
Misericordia University
Company Overview
Misericordia University is a Catholic university in northeast Pennsylvania, founded by the Sisters of Mercy, that provides caring, motivated students with a challenging education.
We believe in providing personal attention, support, and opportunities that enable our students to experience success. Service to others is woven throughout all that we do and is a passion for everyone associated with our university.
Misericordia University provides a quality education through the core values of mercy, service, justice and hospitality—charisms set forth by the school's founders. The university has been guided by these principles for more than 95 years. Learn more at www.misericordia.edu
Company History
The Religious Sisters of Mercy were of the order of Mercy founded in Dublin, Ireland, in 1831. The Sisters vowed to be of service to the impoverished, sick, and uneducated. The first Sisters arrived in the United States in 1843. Led by Mother Frances Warde, the Sisters established a convent in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. Sisters of Mercy came to the Wyoming Valley area of Pennsylvania in 1875, continuing their mission of praying, teaching and caring for the sick. The Sisters opened a school for children and soon after, a night school for adults in the established coal mining region. Having built a strong foundation of Catholic education, the Order recognized that a great need was still waiting to be met.
On August 15, 1924, the Sisters of Mercy established Luzerne County’s first four-year institution of higher learning, College Misericordia, on nearly 100 acres of land in Dallas, Pennsylvania, purchased by the Sisters in 1914.
More than 2,500 people witnessed the dedication of College Misericordia (whose name means “heart of mercy”). That September, 37 students began their studies sharing the Sisters’ motto, Mulier Fortis, "valiant women" trained in scholarship and spirituality