PROVIDENCE - Join the Sisters of Mercy – Northeast Community for A Celebration of Mercy, the annual fundraiser, on October 19, as the Heart of Mercy Award is presented to those who embody the sisters’ mission of working for a just world, and who have had an enormous impact on the quality of life in Rhode Island and beyond.
Award recipients are Bob DiMuccio, CEO of Amica Insurance, and his wife, Rena DiMuccio, and Gilbane, a family of companies that builds and develops real estate worldwide. Accepting for Gilbane will be Paul Choquette, Jr., vice chairman, and his wife Libba Choquette.
Festivities will take place at the Veterans Auditorium, 1 Ave of the Arts, Providence, RI 02903, beginning at 5 p.m. The evening will start off with cocktails and hors d'oeuvres in the Skywalk Gallery, followed by a special performance of “Rhapsody in Blue” by the Rhode Island Philharmonic Orchestra, and the awards presentations.
Tickets are $125. To purchase tickets, contact Beth Watson, director of mission advancement, at 401.333.6333, ex. 138, or bwatson@mercyne.org.
About the Sisters of Mercy
In Rhode Island, the Sisters of Mercy sponsor McAuley Ministries, Mercymount Country Day School, St. Mary Academy – Bay View, Mercy Ecology andSalve Regina University.
The Sisters of Mercy—an international community of Roman Catholic women—dedicate their lives to God through vows of poverty, chastity, obedience and service. For more than 180 years, motivated by the Gospel of Jesus and inspired by the spirit of their founder, Catherine McAuley, the Sisters of Mercy have responded to the continually changing needs of the times.
Through prayer and service, the sisters address the causes and effects of violence, racism, degradation of Earth and injustice to women and immigrants. The sisters sponsor and serve in more than 200 organizations that work with those in need in the United States, Central and South America, Jamaica, Guam and the Philippines. Learn more about the Sisters of Mercy at sistersofmercy.org.
