Writing Your Life – Mercy Online Writing 2025-2026

With Liz Dossa and Linda Bradford, RSM

September 9, 2025 - May 12, 2026

Online Program Online

10:00 am Sep 09, 2025 - 12:00 pm May 12, 2026 PDT

Date and Time Details: Second Tuesdays of each month from 10am to noon on Zoom starting September 9, 2025 to May 12, 2026

Location: Online via Zoom

Contact: Mercy Center Burlingame
mcweb@sistersofmercy.org
(650) 340-7474

  • $180.00 – Writing Your Life 2025-2026 General Admission Fee (Course registration for 1 person includes the Zoom course (9 monthly sessions) and online access to writing prompts.)
  • $144.00 – Writing Your Life 2025-2026 Sisters of Mercy ONLY (Course registration for 1 Sister of Mercy includes the Zoom course (9 monthly sessions) and online access to writing prompts.)

“Planning to write is not writing. Writing is writing.”

– E. L. Doctorow

If writing is important to you, you are invited to Mercy Online Writing sessions on Zoom from September 9, 2025 to May 12, 2026.

You will

  • receive prompts to stimulate your writing
  • be invited to enjoy poetry, prayers and reflections on the month’s theme
  • share in a supportive writing community
  • explore writing skills offered through the class
  • discover more about your life by writing about it

You are most welcome to join us! The class is held the second Tuesdays of each month from 10 a.m. to 12 p.m. noon on Zoom from September 9, 2025 to May 12, 2026. You will have the opportunity to share two pages of your writing with a small group during each of the monthly meetings. Keep in mind that some members will be new to the group and others have participated last year. All are welcome wherever you are in your writing journey.

Materials will be posted each month on the Sharepoint website, usually two weeks before the class. You will be able to access the site at any time during the month.

Led by Liz Dossa, a Certified Guided Autobiography instructor, and Sister Linda Bradford, an artist, writer and experienced group leader.

If you have questions about the course format, content, or schedule please contact Liz Dossa at edossa@sistersofmercy.org. Class size is limited. Fee is $180 for 9 sessions.

About the Leaders

Liz Dossa

Liz Dossa is a Certified Guided Autobiography Instructor. She has led classes at the Foster City Library, with the Sisters of Mercy and at Mercy Center. She was Communications Manager with the Sisters of Mercy in Burlingame for 20 years. She has written two books, Notable Excitement and, with Sister Suzanne Toolan, I Am The […]

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Linda Bradford, RSM

Sister Linda Bradford, a native of New Orleans, Louisiana, is a Sister of Mercy who resides at Mercy Convent in Burlingame, California. She is a retired teacher, principal and art therapist, with experiences in education in both high schools and elementary schools in Texas, Louisiana, Nicaragua and the Bay Area. She holds a certificate in […]

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