Misericordia Home
Misericordia Home is a not-for-profit developmental home for persons with mild to profound developmental disabilities in Chicago, Illinois. It is run by the Sisters of Mercy and operated under the auspices of the Archdiocese of Chicago.[1] It began as a maternity hospital for women of meager means in 1921, and expanded to serve young children with developmental disabilities by 1954.[2] It currently supports more than 600 children and adults with developmental disabilities.
| Formation | 1921 |
|---|---|
| Type | 501(c)(3) non-profit organization |
| Headquarters | Chicago, Illinois, U.S. |
| Website | misericordia |
Footnotes
gollark: Hmm, at 10W of power utilization and 70 megaprayers per second, it's only 140 nanojoules per prayer.
gollark: But I doubt people use the entire processing capacity of their brain for prayers, given that a lot does vision processing and muscle control and whatever.
gollark: How much energy do people usually pray with? IIRC human brains run on something like 20W.
gollark: Yes.
gollark: Since the prayer thing was occupying two CPU threads, a rough approximation says it's praying with about 10W (10 Joules per second).
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