Pathways of Mercy: History of the Sisters of Mercy in Newfoundland 1842-1984

G.A. Rawlyk is a history professor at Queen’s University and the
author of Champions of the Truth: Fundamentalism, Modernism, and the
Maritime Baptists.

This is a very, very detailed study of the Sisters of Mercy living in Newfoundland during the 1842 to 1984 period. Hogan mentions virtually every Sister of Mercy in Newfoundland history and describes all their many concrete contributions to Newfound-land religious, education, and medical life.

Pathway of Mercy is not a scholarly work. Rather it is a labour of love aimed at those Newfoundlanders and others who might be interested in a certain Sister of Mercy or a specific community in which the Sisters labored. There is no critical analysis in the volume and little attempt has been made to locate the Sisters of Mercy in Newfoundland life and society.

There is no map; there should have been at least one if not more. The index is a good one but the illustrations leave a great deal to be desired.