Our mission with The Face of Mercy is focused on helping people in the Church better reflect the mercy of God to those living with mental illness. This isn’t a mission tangential to the Faith or something extra. In the bull of indiction from the year of mercy it reads: “Mercy is the foundation of the Church’s life.” Mental illness is not something that has been as known and understood throughout the centuries, but the overall focus of extending the love and compassion of Christ to all, and most especially to those suffering is a constant in the Church. There are countless saints whose lives exemplify that mercy and I’d love to share more about seven that stand out to me as ‘Missionaries of Mercy.’