Serous pericardium. The serous pericardium, in turn, is divided into two layers, the parietal pericardium, which is fused to and inseparable from the fibrous pericardium, and the visceral pericardium, which is part of the epicardium. Both of these layers function in lubricating the heart to prevent friction during heart activity.
LaRene Porter Gaunt, Welcome to Relief Society, Ensign, Aug. 2004, 15. Sister Bonnie D. Parkin, Relief Society general president, and Sister Susan W. Tanner, Young Women general president, readily agree they are a team. We have both worked in Relief Society and in Young Women, says Sister Parkin. We're united because we've seen both sides of the spectrum.
They were professed on December 12, 1831 and the Institute of the Sisters of Mercy was established. Catherine's dream was now reality. She encouraged her Sisters to educate poor girls, to lodge and maintain poor young women who are in danger and to visit the sick poor. Within 10 years Catherine founded nine Convents of Mercy in Ireland and England . Each new foundation was independent of the mother-house in Baggot Street but they were all linked to Catherine and each other by her frequent visits and letters. Catherine died on November 11, 1841 after a short illness.