Mercy Ministry Companions (MMC) is a ministerial public juridic person (MPJP), established on 3 December 2021 at the instigation of the Institute of Sisters of Mercy of Australia and Papua New Guinea (ISMAPNG).
MMC’s journey, however, commenced four years earlier at the ISMAPNG’s 2017 Chapter, which envisaged a new era of stewardship for the Institute’s incorporated ministries across community services, health and aged care, and education to ensure that they “could flourish into the future”.
Mercy Ministry Companions is now responsible for the community service, health and aged care, and education ministries within Mercy Community Services Australia Ltd (which encompasses Mackillop Family Services, McAuley Community Services for Women, Mercy Connect and Mercy Services), Mercy Education Ltd and Mercy Health Australia Ltd, respectively. The ministries are across all Australian States and Territories except Tasmania. Through their 13,000 staff, they provide care to 150,000 patients each year, educate over 14,000 students, provide in- and out-of-home care to nearly 15,000 elderly persons, assist over 6,000 families, women and children and deliver services to around 700 disability clients. MMC has a commitment to collaborations for the sake of the mission, and to communio within, across and beyond the ministries.