In March 2006, the Port Authority issued $5.78 million in economic development revenue bonds for use by the Cincinnati Regional Community of the Sisters of Mercy of the Americas, an Ohio non-profit organization. The Sisters of Mercy are an international community of women religious vowed to serve people who suffer from poverty, sickness and lack of education, with a special concern for women and children. The bonds will be used to further the purposes of the Sisters of Mercy, including long-term residential care of the sisters and secondary education of young women at McAuley and Mother of Mercy high schools in Cincinnati’s College Hill and Westwood neighborhoods, respectively.