NAULC Convergence “To Move Toward the Same Purpose Together” Vol. 16, No. 2 Summer 2019

Celebrating Together

With great joy, the Company of St. Ursula of Toronto gathered on June 29, 2019 to celebrate the final consecration of Estela Verdadero and Josephte Harper. The Eucharistic celebration and the luncheon that followed were held at Loretto College in Toronto.

At the tenth triennial North American Ursuline Convocation, Angela’s family will converge, celebrate and expand in St. Louis July 25 - 28, 2019.

In the adventurous spirit of the Lewis and Eugenia Viernes (Directress), Josephte Harper, Clark expedition, our Convocation Planning Bishop Wayne Kirkpatrick, Estela Verdadero Committee has explored the conference site at the Drury Plaza Hotel high and low. Here they are in the lobby. More info: https:// northamericanursulineconvocation.weebly.com/

And there will be no other sign that you are in the grace of the Lord than that you love one another and are united together. St. Angela, Tenth Legacy

PB Convergence - A Newsletter of the NAULC Convergence - A Newsletter of the NAULC 1 of Cincinnati By Sr. Mary Jerome Buchert

Bloom Where You are Planted The Ursulines of Cincinnati have they invited him to live with them in a two-family house the never had a large membership. Our community owned on Mitchell Avenue. peek in the 1950’s/60’s was 103 Several years later, Monica Chen moved in with the members. During that time, Pope Sisters on Mitchell. Monica’s family in China was Catholic. John XXIII asked communities of Her father had been a college professor in China and was religious women to consider sending imprisoned during the Cultural Revolution. As punishment, 10 percent of their active sisters to the Communist government would not allow Monica and various Latin American countries. Responding to that call her brother to finish secondary school. She had no place to would have caused a staffing crisis for our various parochial live when she came to Cincinnati and a local parish asked if schools and two private schools. she could live with the Sisters. The Mitchell Avenue house Determined to respond to the needs of refugees and soon became known as the Ursuline United Nations Refuge. migrants, the Sisters got creative. If they could not go to The Sisters wanted to learn Spanish and Mandarin. Even the missions, the Sisters would offer a safe haven here with hundreds of name cards posted on every item in the in Cincinnati. After the Cuban Revolution in 1959, the house, neither Sister Elizabeth or Mary Jerome learned a community welcomed 20 members of two Cuban religious second language! Monica went on to become a medical congregations to Cincinnati, helping them learn English, technician. She is married and adopted a little girl from obtain college credits, and providing exposure to American China whose name is Angela! education. From 1962 to 1966, six Ursulines went to Florida All the persons mentioned above became American with the Cuban Sisters, helping them establish three parish citizens. David Abad was the final one to do so onJune schools for Cuban American refugees. In addition, three 6, 2019, at the Federal Courthouse here in Cincinnati. His exiled families and several Cuban teachers brought a rich 90-year-old mother traveled from her home in Mexico City cultural heritage to the St. Ursula family. They eventually to join in the celebration. David was one of 70 immigrants or became U.S. citizens. refugees from 36 countries who proudly swore allegiance to A brief uprising in India in 1967 and the War of 1971 the United States. Witnessing this moving event confirmed between India and Pakistan made many Indian families fear once again how important it is for our Nation to embrace a Communist takeover. The Rebello family wrote the Sisters the immigrant experience. One small Ursuline community asking if daughters, Monica and Yvonne, could come to knows how enriching it is to welcome strangers who return Cincinnati, live with the Sisters and complete their secondary that outreach with enduring and treasured friendships. May education at St. Ursula Academy. Years before the war, Mrs. more of our fellow Americans be blessed with such lasting Rebello taught sewing at SUA while her husband studied relationships. Just bloom where you are planted! at UC medical school. She knew the girls would be safe with the Ursulines. The girls lived with the junior professed Sisters at the House of Studies located at St. Ursula Villa. Monica and Yvonne remained in Cincinnati and raised their families here. In 1990, a group of young Mexicans were recruited by a Cincinnati amusement park to work during the summer for low wages and to live in barrack-like living quarters. The enticement was that they were promised a chance to learn English and “enjoy” an American cultural experience. The dream became a nightmare. One of the crew members broke his back in three places while operating one of the rides. David could not return home by order of his doctor because several operations on his spine were needed. Insurance would only pay for treatment in the United States. David ended up in a local nursing home at the age Sister Mary Jerome Buchert, David’s mother, of 20. When Sisters Mary Jerome Buchert and Elizabeth Ana Maria S. de Abad, Judge Susan Dlott, and David Abad Lang read a “Cincinnati Enquirer” article about his situation,

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For the first five months of 2019, to stand: Sisters, family of Sisters, much of our focus has been on our Alumnae of St. Angela's Academy, one hundredth anniversary, with men and women who had been large and small events planned for taught by Ursulines either in school every month of the year. We told you or in summer catechism. Many people stood or raised their hands impressing upon those present how many lives the Ursulines have touched. This was followed by a short Fr. Ephraim and Sister Anne Lewans PowerPoint presentation, narrated by Sr. Teresita Kambeitz and created introduced Sr. Anne Lewans, General by her, Sr. Magdalen Stengler and Superior of the Ursulines, who also Sr. Rosetta Reiniger. It was a snapshot welcomed and who thanked those of historic moments over 100 years attending for coming and for their and proved to be very interesting. continued support. Fr. David Tumback was the guest The diocesan choir and all speaker and touched all those present those serving in a ministry were with his reflections on the Ursulines. outstanding, making the liturgy He spoke with humor and great beautiful and memorable. The three feeling about how his seven cousins, readings were chosen to reflect call, all Ursulines of Prelate, touched his service and thanksgiving: Hos. 2:16- heart and prompted his vocation. 20; Phil. 1:3-1; John 15:9-17. Bishop As he said, the Ursuline DNA is in Mark spoke on all three as well as him irrevocably. The program ended quoting from the Vatican Document with Fr. Ephraim reading a letter of about the January kick-off in the last on Consecrated Life. He concentrated greeting and blessing from the Papal Convergence. Nameworthy this time on call and how the Ursulines had Nuncio and the Ursulines sang their is our official diocesan celebration, but followed a call for 100 years and signature song, "Hail, St. Angela!" It more of that a little later. On March continue to do so to this day. Mass was an afternoon to remember. 21st, St. Angela’s birthday, we had was followed by lunch and a program. birthday cake and an “expo” where As guests entered the hall, they were Sisters were invited to showcase their greeted by a display that honored the arts and crafts or pictures from their history and the work of the Ursulines. ministries. There is quite the talent present in this community. Of course, then came the BIG celebration. On June 1st, well over 300 people gathered at the Cathedral of the Holy Family in Saskatoon to celebrate the 100th anniversary of the Ursuline All Ursulines present singing “Hail, St. Angela!” Sisters of Prelate. It was a truly joyous occasion. Mass was celebrated by A big thank you is due to the Bishop Mark Hagemoen with several planning committee, comprised of bishops and priests concelebrating. Presentation of Gifts - Bishop Mark and Sisters and Associates. A special The entrance procession was led Sisters Bernadette, Theresa and Brigitta thank you to the Associates who not by six young people carrying ribbon only sponsored the lunch but also banners which lent a festive and Andy Praksas and Bill Shumai, provided much of the elbow grease in cheerful atmosphere. Fr. Ephraim both Ursuline Associates, were the kitchen and in many other ways. Mensah, rector of the Cathedral, the Emcees for the program. They Their generosity was and is always welcomed the guests and then started by asking various groups greatly appreciated.

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Merici Crossings has been a hub of activity since its opening February 19. Cleveland Bishop Nelson Perez joined sisters and co-workers April 1 for a blessing prayer service. At the conclusion of the ceremony, congregational President Susan Durkin presented Bishop Perez with the episcopal ring of Bishop Amadeus Rappe, first bishop of Cleveland, who had given the ring and other items to the congregation. Bishop Perez was visibly touched by the gesture. Later that day, friends, family members, co-workers and personnel joined us for our first open house, during which they toured the building, including the chapel and dining room, ministry rooms, and sisters’ suites. Project Manager Tom Chema, Ursuline Advisory Board Chair M. Excitement filled the air as guests toured the sisters’ new Patricia Oliver, Sue Durkin, Pepper Pike Vice-Mayor Bob Freed, home and visited with friends old and new. and Campaign Chairs Dorothy and Bob Valerian cut the ribbon Most recently, on June 13, we welcomed civic leaders, for the official opening of Merici Crossings. key project personnel and major donors to the official Ribbon-Cutting Ceremony, planned and executed by Capital Campaign Coordinator Ritamary Welsh, with the assistance of development staff members and sisters. Sue Durkin extended welcome and thanks on behalf of the congregation to our benefactors and all who helped bring the project to completion. First-time guests enjoyed the speeches and tours of the facility. Many commented on the uniqueness and beauty of the building and congratulated us on building for the present and for the future. To all our Ursuline friends: Please know you are always welcome to stop by and visit. We would love to welcome you to Merici Crossings, a place where “people meet and lives intersect.”

Chapter 2020 Sue Durkin addresses a portion of the guests assembled in the As we look ahead to 2020, the Ursulines of Cleveland chapel. More than 300 guests and sisters joined in the festivities. are planning for our next General Chapter in March. We have two committees engaged in the preparation of the sisters. A Chapter Planning group is handling issues of governance and resources while they also outline the procedures that will enable a fruitful and prayerful process of communal contemplative discernment. A second group, the Threads Steering Committee, is working with various themes (threads) that we are weaving together into our future: Angela’s vision as it relates to a contemporary understanding of the vows and vibrant community living, and an exploration of membership for the future. Our hope is to integrate the work of these committees to give shape to Chapter, set a clear direction for the Anne Cecile Muldoon and Kathleen Foster following four years and also set the stage for our election stand ready to welcome guests to their suite. of a new leadership team. We are grateful for the sisters who have volunteered to lead this work and for Kate DuVal, SSND, who is facilitating the entire Chapter process.

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At the Annual Meeting In early June we will say good of Members of the Leviticus bye to Sr. Marie Anna Linhartova 25:23 Alternative Fund, from Czech Moravia and Sr. Maria Sr. Geraldine Kennedy Rita Ziakova from Slovakia who was recognized for her will complete their language study service on the Board as at Kaplan Institute. We are happy secretary for 13 years. to have had them with us. Thank Attending the meeting you to the St. Teresa’s Community were Sr. Jane Finnerty, for their hospitality and to Sr. Pat Russell and Sr. Mary Alice Duggan and Sr. Maureen Welch. The Sr. Sheila Campbell who Leviticus Fund is motivated coordinated their program. by faith and calls for justice in the stewardship of economic resources. Started by 27 religious congregations pooling $360,000 to form a loan fund, it was inspired by the belief that the economically poor should have opportunities to live with dignity and self-determination. Today this vision is still a driving force. The Ursulines of the Eastern Province were among the founding members and continue to support this organization. Sister Raphael Grueter (Brown County) LIFEWAY Network held its annual event Towards New Sister Mary Lawrence Hartmann (Cincinnati) Life on May 9. LifeWay Network envisions a world in which Sister Rose Marita O’Bryan (Maple Mount) human trafficking is abolished and every survivor is strong, Sister Marie William Blyth (Maple Mount) connected and free. Sr. Maureen McCarthy is a member of the safe house community and Sr. Mary Alice Duggan, Sister Celine Leeker (Maple Mount) Sr. Eileen Finnerty, Sr. Alrie Giordano, and Sr. Mary Virginia Sister Mildred Katzer (Maple Mount) Orna are volunteers. We all enjoyed the evening with the Sister Barbara Becnel (Central Province) theme: The Power of Community. Sister Mary Margaret Prenger (Central Province) Sister Wilma Wittman (Central Province) Sister Monica Kevin (Tildonk) Sister Cecilia Moloughney (Tildonk) Sister Germaine Campbell (Tildonk) Sister Mary Irene Kane (Cleveland) Sister Joann Kessler (Cleveland) Sister M. Eugene Gear (Cleveland) Pray for our Sisters who have entered into Eternal Life

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The Ursuline Sisters of Louisville Receive Awards National Catholic Sisters Week Events from Bellarmine University Painting, Pizza & Parcheesi Monsignor Horrigan Distinguished Service Award Part service project, part fellowship, “Painting, Pizza & As part of the year-long celebration of the 50th Parcheesi” was an event held on March 13 during National anniversary of the 1968 merger between Bellarmine Catholic Sisters Week (NCSW). The Ursuline Sisters gathered and Ursuline College, Bellarmine University honored the with Bellarmine University students to paint rocks with Ursuline Sisters of Louisville with the Monsignor Horrigan positive messages of hope and encouragement. The rocks Distinguished Service Award at their Alumni Association were placed around campus for fellow students to see, Awards Dinner on Friday, February 15, 2019. hopefully making their day a little brighter. This award celebrates the rich history of the Ursuline We served pizza, and board games (hence the Sisters and the many benefits Bellarmine University gained Parcheesi in the name) were available, although most of the from the merger. The current president of the Ursuline participants simply visited with each other. Sisters, Sr. Janet Marie Peterworth, OSU ’61 UC, accepted We received a mini-grant from NCSW to assist us in on behalf of the organization. promoting the event and purchasing supplies for it. NCSW is an annual celebration created to honor women religious, and is a series of events that instruct, enlighten and bring greater focus to the lives of these women. The gathering was held on Bellarmine University’s campus. We believe the event will impact the entire student population at Bellarmine as the painted rocks were spread throughout campus. The event was very well attended, and both groups agreed that we should continue these gatherings in the future!

Gallery of Distinguished Graduates Mary Jo Payne OSU-A, ’72 and Sister Regina Bevelacqua, OSU, ‘64, UC Co-Founders of St. Mary’s Center in Louisville, were inducted into the Gallery of Distinguished Graduates by Bellarmine University at their Alumni Association Awards Dinner. St. Mary’s Center is a Louisville nonprofit that has served intellectually challenged members of the community since 1993. St. Mary’s Center enhances the lives of its clients through its adult day training, teen after-school program and athletic activities for all ages.

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Paula’s Pantry You can listen to the podcast here: Sister Paula Kleine-Kracht, who co-founded Nativity Academy in Louisville with the late Father Tim Hogan in https://anunslife.org/motherhouse-road-trip/ursuline- 2003, was recently honored with a Little Free Pantry named sisters-of-louisville in her honor. Amy Olson, Ursuline Associate and Director of Mission Effectiveness for Sacred Heart Schools, received a mini-grant from National Catholic Sisters Week to fund the We have a new website! construction of the pantry. On March 11, students from www.ursulinesisterslouisville.org Sacred Heart Model School and Nativity Academy built the We are pleased to announce our newly re-designed pantry together, which will be placed in a public area outside website: www.ursulinesisterslouisville.org Nativity to help those who need food and household goods. The website contains updated photos, videos, stories, online giving, a social media newsfeed, and much more. Please drop by for a visit soon!

Motherhouse Road Trip Podcast The Motherhouse Road Trip from A Nun’s Life Ministry was a great success! Sister Maxine (Max) Kollasch, IHM, Sister Julie Myers, OSF, and Kelly Zlatic of A Nun’s Life Ministry/Motherhouse Road Trip, visited our Motherhouse to do a special school edition of the “Motherhouse Road Trip” live video podcast from Sacred Heart School’s library on March 21. Sisters Jean Anne Zappa and Janet Marie Peterworth were interviewed by Sister Max. Staff members, Associates, friends and students from Sacred Heart Academy were in the live and online audience for the podcast and asked some great questions of the Sisters on topics such as: finding God, advice from foundress Angela Merici, what everyone should know about nuns, joy and vocation.

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50 years ago when I was too young to realize how many surprises God would have in store for me. Each ministry has been a preparation for the next, starting with teaching home ec at Ursuline Academy in Cincinnati. After 6 years at UA I moved to Brown County where my role as head of housekeeping had several evolutions. When the community decided to raze the motherhouse building, I assumed the role of liquidator, all the while being a nursing assistant to Sr. Raphael Grueter, caring for our elderly sisters. When the liquidation was completed, I was able to follow my dream of becoming a nurse. My goal was to work in community health. At the time, hospital experience was a pre-requisite, so I worked as a medical-surgical nurse at Mercy Hospital Clermont before transferring to Mercy Sr. Patricia Homan, incoming Congregational Minister, is Home Care. It was during that ministry that I became blessed by Sr. Phyllis Kemper, outgoing Congregational Minister. acutely aware of the folks who were falling between the cracks – they no longer met Medicare criteria for home care The Ursulines of Brown County celebrated Pentecost but they needed help managing their health care, no matter with the installation of Sr. Patricia Homan as Congregational how well the nurses tried to teach them to be independent. Minister for the next four years. She follows Sr. Phyllis I was introduced to a model of parish nursing at TriHealth Kemper who just completed four years in leadership. The in which the nurses worked out of inner-city parishes but liturgy was held at the Mt. Notre Dame Center and included served the entire neighborhood; my neighborhoods were all 20 members of the community, Companions, friends Over-the-Rhine and North Fairmount. Our clients were and Sr. Patricia’s family members. Before the final blessing, among the underserved people who were falling between Srs. Phyllis and Patricia were called before the community the cracks of our health care system. I had the opportunity for blessing. Sr. Agatha Fitzgerald, the member who to teach individuals and groups about managing their has been an Ursuline the longest, read the blessing for health care as well as mentor student nurses during the community, while Phyllis blessed Patricia. In return, their community health practicum. However, the most Phyllis blessed Patricia with a blessing in the name of the rewarding part of this parish nurse ministry was being part community. The water for blessing contained waters from of the health care journey of people not wealthy materially the River Jordan, Lake Garda in Italy and Solomon Run on but ever so gifted in wisdom and spirituality. What I learned the former Ursuline Motherhouse property. The celebration from my clients far outweighed the care I gave them. was followed by dinner. Fifty years ago, I never thought I would be in leadership Both Phyllis and Patricia have held leadership positions in the community, much less negotiating the sale of our in many ministries over their years in Community. Following property at Brown County and closing our home there after is just a glimpse of how they have shared their gifts with 173 years. More importantly, when I entered, I had no idea many blessed to receive from them. that I would be accompanying as they prepared to meet our loving God. What a privilege that was! Sr. Phyllis Kemper Another gift of leadership was working with sisters in I have been blessed to be other congregations who shared the same ministry, whether part of a very close and loving they were part of the North American Ursuline Leadership family with nine siblings. Early Conference, archdiocesan committees, or the regional and on I learned what it was like national groups in the Leadership Conference of Women to “live in community.” The Religious. There was a strong bond that developed because Ursulines of Brown County we all faced similar challenges. We supported each other were my teachers in grade as each of us experience various degrees of diminishment and high school so when I of our congregations. heard God’s call to religious Now as I complete my term in congregational life, it just seemed natural leadership, God has surprised me again in the opportunity to join the women I knew Sr. Phyllis Kemper to be a co-moderator at Mt. Notre Dame Health Center. The and loved. That was over

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moderators’ role is to foster community life for the sisters, the Ursuline charism of leadership, service and spirituality. who include not only the Sisters of Notre Dame de Namur, These connections were foundational in the years that but the Ursulines of Brown County (and soon a Poor Clare followed. sister) who are also residents. I am honored to be the first Being intrigued with the Ursuline charism initiated my non-SNDdeN in this position taking the opportunity to be a part of Beaumont School and very happy to be part of in Cleveland Heights, which became my home away from the health center community. home for four years. The Cleveland Ursulines took me in as one of their own and the years spent ministering with them Sr. Patricia Homan were a rich blessing for me personally and spiritually. The Ursulines of Brown Returning to Ursuline Academy in 1994 in an County were important administrative capacity continued to nurture my Ursuline figures in my life from the heart and soul. These years were filled with young women beginning of my formal who established their values, learned to use their voice and education. Various Ursuline lives to follow the vision of St. Angela and to emulate the Sisters would travel from courage of Julia Chatfield. St. Martin to Owensville The election process for the Community in 2003 and on Saturday mornings to Sr. Patricia Homan again in 2007 called me as Congregational Minister for teach Religion classes in the Ursulines of Brown County for eight years. In 2007 I the old public school building. St. Louis School was built was privileged to serve as the Co-Director of the Ursuline and opened as I entered the fourth grade where other Education Network, initiating interconnectedness among Ursulines taught and nurtured my siblings and me. Being the Ursuline schools and sharing the depth of St. Angela’s one of nine children, the Ursulines were part of our family wisdom and vision. conversations, cherished memories and certainly enlivened For the past eight years Chatfield College has been the the religious foundation established by my parents. focus of my ministry, serving as Site Director and Associate So it really wasn’t a big surprise when, following high Dean at both campuses along with sharing the Ursuline school, I entered the Ursulines in September of 1966. mission and identity with faculty, staff, students and board Following the years of formation and college education members. my first assignment was at Brown County. Teaching Home God’s generous blessings and gifts have been abundant Economics for the High School and serving as residence during my 53 years with the Ursulines of Brown County. moderator for the various groups of boarding students Having the opportunity to again serve the Community as kept me busy. After the intensity of teaching and living Congregational Minister is a privilege. Undoubtedly, this with students for six years, Springfield Catholic Central High chapter of my life will hold surprises and grace, support School was a totally new adventure. Catholic Central is a and encouragement, disappointment and challenges. co-educational school and provided my only experience of Unwavering is my appreciation for all who have touched teaching young men. my life – from my Ursuline Sisters to students and co- In 1980 the Home Economics position opened at Ursuline workers, family, friends and colleagues and yes, to those Academy and my belief in and support of education for with differing views and beliefs. Each person has enriched women blossomed. At the same time Ursuline Congregations and strengthened my joy, my faith in God’s love and life became more involved in researching St. Angela Merici and within all of us. It is with deep gratitude that I continue to the foundation of her Company and making connections be sustained by St. Angela’s words: “Have hope and firm with Ursuline Schools around the country. Not only were faith in God, who will help you in everything.” we educating young women, we were instilling in them

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The Ursulines of Louisville have announced the She is tasked with organizing, preserving, and addition of two new staff members. cataloging our archival collection to ensure the findability and longevity of our records.

Lisa Steiner, Social Concerns Coordinator Lisa Steiner, who is also an Ursuline Associate, came on board in January 2019 as Social Concerns Coordinator, a newly created staff position. Last year, the Social Concerns Committee wanted to hire a staff person who could support their work and increase its positive impact locally, nationally and beyond North America. The Social Concerns Committee has a long-standing tradition of education, advocacy, service and prayer. The Sisters and Associates who have led this work until now have built a strong foundation for the committee and Laurel Wilson, Archivist Lisa Steiner, established fruitful partnerships. Now, with a dedicated Social Concerns Coordinator staff person, the hope is to sustain that work and address changing needs. Laurel Wilson, Archivist The committee is involved in raising awareness of Laurel Wilson joined us in December, 2018 as our human trafficking, racial inequality and the environment; archivist. She comes to Louisville fresh from a year of plus serving refugees, immigrants and the poor and working in the archives for the Sisters of Loretto. A native homeless. They also advocate with legislators on these and of Lexington, Laurel has a bachelor’s degree in journalism other critical issues. from Western Kentucky University and a master’s degree in Library & Information Science from in Boston, Massachusetts.

Ursulines of the Canadian Union

A New Page of History Is Being Written by the Ursulines of Trois-Rivières, Quebec, Canada

Our 56 Sisters of the Monastery of Trois-Rivières will be moving into their new residence this coming July 2019, following the example of their Sisters of Quebec who made the same move in 2018. The Quebec monastery was founded in 1639; the Trois-Rivières monastery, in 1697. “Attentive to the signs of the times,” the Sisters fully understand that this solution became inevitable due to dwindling numbers, age increase and the impossibility to convert our huge old buildings to meet modern legal standards and then maintain them. Throughout the necessary process of trimming down, weeding out, deciding on what to keep and what to let go, the Sisters’ faith and courage became manifest in their serenity, peace, hope and good humour. “I’m sure God will be there waiting for us in our new home,” as one Sister put it, “what more do we need?” Ursulines, Filles de Jésus, and Carmelites will be sharing the premises with lay people, all of us “together” forming God’s people and pursuing His mission, wherever!

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Mount Saint Joseph Retreat Center to feature Father John Dear and Diane Millis

The Mount Saint Joseph Conference and Retreat Center is offering retreats by two nationally known presenters this fall, as well as Ursuline Sister Cheryl Clemons.

On Nov. 1-2, Father John Dear, longtime nonviolence activist, author and Nobel Peace Prize nominee, is leading “Jesus the Peacemaker: Following Jesus on the Path of Peace and Nonviolence.” Father Dear will reflect on the life of Jesus from the perspective of nonviolence practiced by Mahatma Gandhi and Martin Luther King and invite participants to ponder how they can become more nonviolent. He will lead participants to study Jesus’ basic teachings of nonviolence in the Sermon on the Mount and conclude with stories about how the nonviolent Jesus sent people out into the culture of violence to be peacemakers, and how he is doing that with us. There will be time for quiet prayer, input from Father Dear, small group and large Father John Dear group discussion, and coffee and lunch. This program will begin at 6:30 p.m. Friday and go until 4:30 p.m. Saturday. The cost is $130 for single occupancy guests which includes lodging, meals and program.

Engaged Leadership Retreat On Sept. 13-14, author, spiritual director and renowned retreat leader Diane Millis is leading the “Engaged Leadership Retreat.” Regardless of who we are or what we do for a living, each of us has opportunities to listen, to care and to lead. Our capacity to lead does not depend on whether or not we occupy a formal position of leadership. Leading a deeply engaged life stems from the habits, dispositions, attitudes, and skills we bring to our everyday relationships and responsibilities. During the retreat, participants will explore the foundational qualities found among engaged leaders, those who: • engage the deepest part their being - their inner compass, core, or true self Diane Millis • engage others through their curiosity, concern and generous presence • build communities of deep engagement that cultivate, support and encourage the practice of love, care and compassion.

This retreat will begin at 5:30 p.m. Friday and end at 4 p.m. Saturday. The cost for the retreat is $130, which includes lodging, meals and program.

Following Jesus Ursuline Sister Cheryl Clemons leads a popular women’s retreat every spring, but on Oct. 18-20, she will offer a co-ed retreat on “Following Jesus.” The stories of Gospel men and women offer a promise: just as the weaknesses, failures, illnesses, and faults of his first disciples did not block his love, so today Jesus continues to call and love imperfect people. Just as he entrusted his church to these flawed but graced human beings in the first century, so today he entrusts his church to us as flawed but graced Christians in the 21st century. The cost for a resident is $180 which includes retreat, meals and lodging. You can register for these retreats online at ursulinesmsj.org/retreat-center; by calling (270) 229-0206 or emailing [email protected].

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Ursuline art camp a summer favorite in New Orleans In early June Sister Regina Marie Fronmüller again offered her popular Hands on Summer Art Camp in New Orleans. Now in its eighth year, the day camp is offered free of charge and includes lunch and snacks. Many of this year’s 18 campers—ages five through 11—came from the Upper 9th Ward and mid-city areas. Held at Our Lady of Guadalupe Parish Hall, the camp offers an opportunity for children to create art with paint, plaster, prints, clay, crayons, rubbings, sketch books and photos. A highlight each year is a field trip to the New Orleans Museum of Art. For Sister Regina, formerly an art teacher at Ursuline academies and Springfield College, offering art camp is a way to continue sharing her gift and passion for art with young people, many of whom otherwise A field trip to the New Orleans Museum of Art may not have an opportunity to enjoy the enriching experiences. included visits to galleries of landscapes, waterscapes, Many people help make this free camp possible by donating art portraits, and still lifes as well as some modern pieces supplies and money and by volunteering during camp week. In the and the outdoor sculpture garden. past, other Ursuline Sisters and Ursuline Academy students have been camp volunteers. This year Sister Regina was joined by two Ursuline alumnae from Springfield, Ill., including one whom Sister Regina taught at Springfield College and later hired to take over the art department when she moved on to her next ministry. Sketching outdoors is a regular camp activity. Sister Regina is always available to give one- on-one instruction to budding artists.

Sixth-graders Prayer Day

Sixth-graders from the Owensboro (Ky.) Catholic Schools 4-6 Campus came to Mount Saint Joseph on May 7 for their annual day of prayer. Ursuline Associate Bonnie Marks - a sixth-grade teacher at the school - makes sure to bring the students each May before they head to middle school in the fall. The students break into four groups and rotate among stations. They each go on a scavenger hunt to learn about some saints, travel the Rosary Walk with an Ursuline Sister, do an arts and craft project, and listen to a priest talk about vocations. Students take notes at the Saint Theresa of Lisieux statue on the They also attend Mass in the Mount Saint Joseph campus as Ursuline Sister of Mount Saint Joseph Elaine Motherhouse Chapel. part of their scavenger hunt. Burke leads the students along the Rosary Saint Theresa is known as “the Walk at Maple Mount, where they stopped little flower.” on several beads to say the rosary.

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Roman Union Ursulines make inter-province visits Spring has been a busy time for inter-province visits for the Ursulines of the Roman Union as delegates prepare for the General Chapter this fall in Rome. Each delegate spends time visiting with communities of Ursuline Sisters in another province, learning about the province and its ministries, before participating in the General Chapter Sept. 8 through Oct. 11. In April the Central Province hosted Sister Mateja Korsic from the Province of Chile and sent Sister Susan Kienzler to the Province of Taiwan. In May Sister Mariana Ita of the Province of Indonesia visited, and Sister Jean Hopman spent three weeks in the France-Belgium-Spain province. The third Central Province delegate, Sister Rita Ann Bregenhorn, will make her inter-province visit in August. The sharing of experiences with sisters in different cultures is designed to help bring all sisters together as one for the General Chapter themed “A Global Community Moving into New Life.” Sister Jean Hopman with Ursulines in Quimperlé, France

Sister Mateja Korsic with Ursulines in Sister Susan Kienzler in Taiwan New Orleans Sister Mariana Ita with Ursuline Academy students in St. Louis

Retreat for Women Religious

A group of Ursuline Sisters of Mount Saint Joseph living at the Motherhouse and some on mission gathered the week of March 10-15 for a retreat on “Living the Consecrated Life.” Sister Lynn Jarrell, a canon lawyer and the former president of the Ursuline Sisters of Louisville (2008-2014) led the retreat, which focused on the four vows that Ursuline Sisters make – poverty, chastity, obedience and instruction. Since 1984, Sister Lynn has worked with the leadership of religious institutes and their national organizations in the United States, Canada and Africa. This same retreat is being offered from July 14-19 at Sister Francis Louise Johnson, second Mount Saint Joseph Conference and Retreat Center. Call from left, laughs after a comment she 270-229-0206 for more information or to register. made during the March retreat for women religious. Also enjoying her quip are, from left, Sister Marie Joseph Coomes, Sister Michele Morek and Louisville Ursuline Sister Lynn Jarrell Sister Alfreda Malone.

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Sister Larraine Lauter was awarded an honorary doctorate in Divinity from Providence (R.I.) College on May 19, 2019, for her work in bringing clean water to impoverished nations with her ministry Water With Blessings. Ursuline Sister of Mount “I used to dream of a Master’s in Divinity, but Saint Joseph Michele Morek never imagined a doctorate. I’m truly just riding on the talks to the audience during dedication of 96,000 mothers and the entire community of Women’s History Month about #WaterWithBlessings,” Sister Larraine said. the role women are playing in the world. “I see a global Sister Larraine serves in Louisville, Ky., where Water sisterhood of women all over With Blessings is headquartered. The ministry connects the world working together,” water filters with Water Women across the globe who sign she said. The event was a covenant and commit to God that they will provide clean sponsored by the Owensboro, water for their families and their communities. Now in its Ky., chapter of the American th Association of University 10 year, Water With Blessings has grown to 72,000 Water Women. Women in 45 countries. Sister Larraine is celebrating 40 years as an Ursuline Government Education Center in Owensboro, Ky. The event Sister of Mount Saint Joseph. was sponsored by the Owensboro chapter of the American Association of University Women. Sister Michele was a biology professor and academic dean at Brescia College/University in Owensboro from 1971-2004, then served as congregational leader of the Ursuline Sisters of Mount Saint Joseph from 2004-2010. She then ministered for five years as coalition coordinator for UNANIMA International, a nongovernmental organization of the United Nations that focuses on women’s issues and clean water. Since January 2017 she’s served as the North American Sister Liaison for the Global Sisters Report, an international organization headquartered in Kansas City that reports on news of Catholic sisters and the people they serve. She shared what she’s learned about women around the world in her ministries. “Women and children do most of the work in the Ursuline Sister of Mount Saint Joseph Larraine Lauter world, and are the most mistreated and least regarded,” receives her honorary doctorate in divinity from the Rev. Sister Michele said. “Girl children are the most at risk for Brian J. Shanley, O.P., president of Providence College, on infanticide and neglect. If you give a poor village toilets, May 19. At left is the Very Reverend Kenneth R. Letoile, O.P, girls will keep going to school after they get their periods. Prior Provincial of the Province of St. Joseph. (Photo credit: Providence College) Otherwise they have no place sanitary.” She talked about the work of Global Sisters Report and her experience last year with “Nuns on the Bus,” which Sister Michele Morek shares her ministry during traveled to 21 states with a goal to “educate, listen and Women’s History Month learn.” Ursuline Sister Michele Morek credits her mother for a lifetime of strongly supporting women. Blanket-making helps Burmese and shelter “I was a little girl sitting on Santa’s lap and I told him I’d A crowd that included 13 Ursuline Sisters of Mount like an electric train for Christmas,” Sister Michele said. “He Saint Joseph, some Brescia University staff and more than said, ‘Girls don’t play with trains. I’ll bring you a nice dolly.’ 50 Brescia students made short work of a service project on I looked at my mother and fire was coming from her eyes. I the evening of March 17, 2019. The group was tasked with knew I would get my train. And I did.” cutting and knotting fringe on 10 no-sew fleece blankets Sister Michele told that story to a Women’s History that were being donated to local Burmese families and Month audience on March 10, 2019, at the Wendell H. Ford

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Crossroads of Hope, an emergency shelter for women and to be planted at Maple Mount. The event brought out Girl children in Owensboro, Ky. They met in O’Bryan’s dining Scout troops, city officials, members of Girls Incorporated, hall at Brescia to make the blankets, which was followed and Ursuline donors to get the trees planted. The trees will by prayer and pizza. The service project was done to help help reduce erosion near a creek running through the park. celebrate National Catholic Sisters Week (March 8-14). “We had an amazing turnout,” event organizer Sister Betsy Moyer said. “It was wonderful to see everyone working, sharing, laughing and communicating. It was truly a blessing and loads of fun!” Sister Betsy ministers in the Curriculum Resource Center and as Field Experience Coordinator and Office Manager at Brescia.

Ursuline Sister of Mount Saint Joseph Amelia Stenger passes out a tree for this young man to plant. She instructed him that the “root goes in the ground.” In the back is Owensboro City Commissioner Pam Smith-Wright. The group planted 400 trees in the park. From right to left, Sister Jacinta Powers, Sister Betsy Moyer and Sister Monica Seaton join Brescia University students to Kindness Campaign make fleece blankets in the Brescia dining hall on March 17. When Carol Braden-Clarke, director of Development, began meeting with Ursuline Sisters about their views of the community’s mission, one message kept coming up – the world needs more kindness. That motivation launched the Kindness Campaign, which serves both as an effort to spread more kindness and empathy to those in need and as a fundraiser for the Ursuline Sisters. Beginning in June 2019, the Ursuline Sisters began sending a card every month for a year to someone who was identified as in need of kindness. For a contribution of $50, supporters can choose someone to receive a card – either someone they know, or perhaps someone they just want Sister Sharon Sullivan, left, Sister Mary Timothy Bland, to thank. A different card is selected each month, featuring third from left, and Sister Judith Nell Riney, center, proudly scenes from the beautiful Maple Mount campus. hold up a completed fleece blanket along with Brescia To learn more about the Kindness Campaign, visit www. University student volunteers. ursulinesmsj.org and click “Get Involved.”

Community Arbor Day honors supporters New website Supporters of the Ursuline Sisters of Mount Saint Joseph Visit www.ursulinesmsj.org to see the redesigned web- who donated $100 or more during the latest “Be a New site of the Ursuline Sisters of Mount Saint Joseph. Creation” annual appeal had a tree planted in their honor on April 13, 2019, during the Community Arbor Day Event. The Ursuline Sisters purchased 400 trees that were planted by volunteers in just 31 minutes at Thompson-Berry Park in Owensboro, Ky. Another 100 trees were purchased

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“Angela’s Vision for Women, Then and Now” St. Charles Borromeo, and her Company of Ursulines to the Associate Sarah Abts and her husband, Howard recently many Beguinages. We now take for granted opportunities to returned from a four-month pilgrimage through Europe and live independently that were often denied deeply religious Great Britain. She shared her exceptional experiences with women of previous years. Our current challenge is building the Ursuline Sisters and Associates during a presentation on a meaningful community out of women and men whose March 31st. Below is a brief reflection of that presentation: lives are filled with a wide variety of worship and service commitments. We trust Angela’s prayers are still with us as we follow her desire to reconcile, nurture, and offer hospitality as Jesus would.” - Sarah Abts

The Ursuline Sisters and Associates welcome three new Associates Leonard and Judy Polcyn made their new Associate commitments on April 28, 2019 at the Ursuline Center. Married for 43 years, Leonard and Judy have St. Jakob Kirche, Augsburg, Germany three children and two grandsons. They belong to Little Flower Parish and have been members Leonard and Judy Polcyn there for more than 35 years. Judy taught at St. Patrick of Heatherdowns for many years where she met, taught with and became friends with a great number of Sisters, including Sisters Bernarda Breidenbach, Claudia Holtz and Margaret Manion. Leonard Sarah and her husband, Howard, resting in is a veteran of the Marine Corps, as well as a retired Toledo Redondela, Spain Police Officer. After retiring, the couple started attending Mass at the Ursuline Center. That’s when they began to observe how caring, compassionate and friendly the “When people ask about my husband and my four- Ursulines are to everyone – residents and strangers alike. month visit to Europe and Great Britain, they usually are After the invitation from Sister Bernarda and much thought, hoping for a few sentences. I have a hard time condensing prayer and consideration, the couple decided to say YES. our varied experiences over that much water, turf, and time continued on next page into a few words or sentences, other than just saying, “It was good!” When the Toledo Ursulines kindly hosted a two- hour presentation on March 31st, I still had to work hard at editing. I settled on focusing on how Angela’s attachment to being a pilgrim related to our journey from Scotland to Portugal, our walk along the Camino de Santiago, and our continued encounters with markers for pilgrims and medieval communities of lay Catholic women as we traveled through France, Italy, Germany, and the Netherlands. “Angela was not the only woman to hunger for a respectable life dedicated to Jesus, but not tied to a husband or convent. Thus, my husband and I got many history lessons as we traveled, and I learned even more preparing the Power Associates Sarah Abts, Barb Torio, Joan Cousino, Point as I compared St. Angela Merici to Martin Luther and Sister Carol Reamer, and Nanci Riddle

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The Ursulines of Youngstown had a Pre-Chapter Assembly in June. At the end of the Assembly, we celebrated our annual missioning. Our facilitator for pre-chapter was Sister Pat Kozak, CSJ, who guided us in preparing for Chapter in Spring 2020. During that Chapter we’ll set a direction for the next six years and elect our leadership team for 2020-2026. Recently, one of our Ursuline Associates who’s also the president of our Ursuline Ministries nonprofit, Brigid Kennedy, was nominated for a prestigious award by the directors of our major ministries. Brigid was selected as one of the 2019 ATHENA Award nominees in honor Above, sisters, ministry leaders and some of the 22 participants of her many good works with our ministries and within are photographed at the orientation for the Summer Service Learning Program. the greater Mahoning Valley community. Bestowed by the Youngstown-Warren Regional Chamber, it honors accomplished women who’ve “devoted time and energy This summer marks the eighth year for our Summer to their community in a meaningful way and also open Service Learning Program and the most ever participants doors so that others may follow in their path.” – 22. The program offers volunteer opportunities While she didn’t win the ultimate prize, we’re very within our ministries that allow high school and college proud of her tireless efforts on behalf of the disadvantaged students to not only serve others but build their and grateful for her presence with us. experience toward desired career goals. Many times Our Sister Patricia McNicholas, co-director of our participants continue to volunteer throughout the year. Beatitude House ministry and a member of our leadership team, received the ATHENA Award in 2005.

From the Toledo Ursulines, continued

Joan Cousino became an Ursuline Associate at the New St. Joseph Schools, and gave private piano lessons for Associate Commitment Ceremony on May 10, 2019. 46 years. She was an organist at St. Joseph’s in Erie and Joan Pauline LaVoy Cousino saw the light of day on St. Michael’s in Toledo, and spent 16 years as organist for August 30, 1925. She attended St. Joseph’s Elementary the former St. Agnes Parish in Toledo. School, graduated from Central Catholic High School in A lifelong parishioner of St. Joseph’s, Joan was secretary 1943, and graduated magna cum laude from Mary Manse for many years of the Altar Society, a lector, Adoration Team College in 1963. Leader, and Religious Ed teacher. Joan married Wesley O. Cousino on November 9, 1946 in St. Joseph’s Catholic Church in Erie. They would have had Daughter Project Facebook Video their 66th wedding anniversary. Their family consisted of A new video telling the story of the Daughter Project Marilee Joan, Matthew James, Maria Josette, Marcia Jane, and Rahab’s Heart, and featuring Sister Sandy Sherman and guardianship of Calvin Roger Lane. Their family enjoyed and LeeAnn, is now posted on the Daughter Project’s camping, especially at Interlochen, and enjoyed traveling in Facebook page. Go to: https://www.facebook.com/ general. thedaughterproject/ to learn how these two organizations Joan was employed by the former Toledo Trust Co. for are blending together to love and serve victims of sex six years as a stenographer. After college, she subbed in trafficking. the Toledo Public Schools, taught music at St. Anthony’s and

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Blazing a New Trail…

On May 27th the Ursuline Sisters of Chatham, Ontario reached a milestone in a journey of several years when we signed the Purchase Agreement with Jarlette Health Services. Over the past few years we have been addressing the reality of our community composition, now 64 sisters. We have done so in a spirit of mutual support and through many community gatherings, attentive to the collective spirit among us. We are convinced that the Spirit continues to invite us daily to live joyfully and faithfully as witnesses of the Gospel. Following a decision which we made at our 2017 General Chapter to eventually sell our Motherhouse, Villa Angela, and rent back space, we established a working group to bring this decision to fruition.

It did not take long for the God of Surprises to bring Jarlette Health Services into our lives. We soon recognized in this organization a similar commitment to compassionate care and a deep respect for the dignity of persons. Over a number of years of community gatherings and meetings with the Jarlette Team, we reached an arrangement which allows us to sell our property and rent back space.

The signing of the Purchase Agreement allows us to remain together and to continue to serve and support the people of the Chatham area where our founder, Mother Xavier LeBihan and her companions first settled in May of 1860. While there are still details to be worked out and tasks to be completed, we are filled with hope. We are in a new moment of freedom, a graced moment in which the Spirit invites us to dream a new future.

The actual signing ritual took place on May 27th at a Community Gathering which included the members of the Jarlette Health Team. In reflection, in song and in actions, we celebrated God’s faithful love and God’s call to something new, something creative and life-giving. Together we prayed a blessing for our future together:

May our roots and foundation be in love. May we drink from living waters and remain green and supple always. May we never fail to bear fruit for the healing and strengthening of our world. May we remain connected to what brings joy, abundance and fresh life.

Like those courageous women who have gone before us, may we be spiritual trailblazers, ever attentive to the Spirit who speaks ceaselessly in our hearts.

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Sr. Catherine Talia honored by local community Founders’ Day Celebration outreach center The Ursuline Sisters On June 5, 2019, Sr. Catherine Talia received the and Associates of Tildonk Foundational Pioneer Award from Pronto of Long Island gathered to celebrate at its 50th Anniversary celebration. Pronto is a community Founders’ Day on Saturday, outreach center whose mission is to feed the hungry, clothe May 4, 2019. We gathered the needy, welcome the stranger and provide healing at Maria Regina Residence, and hope to everyone who walks through their door. a skilled nursing facility Sr. Catherine received the award along with Sr. Jane Reilly, in Brentwood, NY where CSJ for the work they did with Pronto during its early years. three of our Sisters Sr. Catherine was Coordinator of Services for Pronto from live. The Residence, 1983 to 1991. The Ursuline Sisters and Associates of Tildonk sponsored by the Sisters of congratulate Sr. Catherine on this special honor. St. Joseph, has kindly offered us a space to hold our community events Painting Father John Lambertz by since we sold St. Ursula Gerda Smets, 2017 Center earlier this year. To commemorate the 150th anniversary of the death of our Founder John Lambertz the theme of the day was “Rekindle the Fire of Love.” The day began with contemplative prayer and flowed into the simple ritual of lighting a candle when a special quality or characteristic of our founder was voiced. The room became ablaze with light symbolic of the light John Lambertz reflected to the people of his day. Following the prayer ritual was a time to socialize, affording us the opportunity to address our 2016 Direction Statement which says, “We want to companion each other with care and reverence and find new ways of being connected.” The afternoon session highlighted St. Angela with a presentation by Sr. Catherine Talia. After the talk we were grouped into pairs and had the opportunity to reflect and share on the question “How do the visions of John and Angela manifest themselves in your life today?” The session concluded with the whole group sharing their responses which were deeply meaningful. The day was enjoyed by all and was a great way to celebrate our founders.

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The full house audience in the Ursuline Sisters’ Motherhouse Chapel was unanimous in its praise for “In the Footsteps of Paul Volk: A Musical Travelogue of His Writings” concert on March 19, 2019. The concert honored Father Volk, the missionary priest who brought the Ursuline Sisters to Maple Mount in 1874. He died 100 years ago this year. Musicians and singers from Holy Spirit Church in Bowling Green, Ky., performed hymns, including a new piece about Father Volk that was commissioned for the concert. The lyrics were written by Father Harry Hagan, OSB, with the melody written by Cory Burns, a seminarian with the Diocese of Owensboro. His tune was selected Sister Cecelia Joseph Olinger, left, a church musician anonymously after a competition that included 11 participants. herself, congratulates the musicians at the concert, along Between the hymns, some of Father Volk’s letters were read, with Mike Bogdan, director of music for the Diocese of giving a personal account of his various missions, which included Owensboro, Ky central Kentucky and South America. Several of Father Volk’s artifacts were on display in the chapel. The audience, made up of Ursuline Sisters, priests, representatives of the Diocese of Owensboro and music lovers, gave a standing ovation at the conclusion of the concert, and were effusive in their praise afterward. The effort was a labor of love led by Heidi Taylor-Caudill, archivist for the diocese and the Ursuline Sisters of Mount Saint Joseph, and Mike Bogdan, director of music Ursuline Sister of Mount Saint Joseph Father Harry Hagan, OSB, who for the diocese. Alicia Coomes reads a Father Volk wrote the lyrics to the Paul Volk The culmination of this year of honor occurs letter from Ottenheim, Ky., to Mother hymn, visits with his cousin, Ursuline Nov. 2, 2019, with a Mass celebrated in the Augustine Bloemer and her sisters, Sister of Mount Saint Joseph George Motherhouse Chapel by the Most Rev. William November 1886, during the special Mary Hagan, during the reception Medley, bishop of the Diocese of Owensboro. The musical event. after the concert. Father Harry is th on the faculty of Saint Meinrad date is the 100 anniversary of Father Volk’s death. Archabbey in St. Meinrad, Ind.

Mount Saint Joseph Academy alumnae reunion More than 100 women who attended the former Mount Saint Joseph Academy in Maple Mount, Ky., returned for the annual Alumnae Weekend on May 18-19. The alums shared plenty of smiles and stories, and elected a new vice president in Tina Weber Smith, A74. In the 20th anniversary year of the Maple Leaf Award, Judith Calhoun Ward, A60, and Betty Drury Byrne, A69, became the latest recipients. Among the alumnae were several Ursuline Those present from the Class of 1957 Sisters of Mount Saint Joseph. gathered for one of the class photos taken at the reunion. Pictured from left are Ursuline Sister Vivian Bowles, Ursuline Ursuline Sister of Mount Saint Joseph Mary Sister Ann Patrice Cecil and Virginia Ford Henning, Academy class of 1964, plays the Green. piano as Jennifer Speaks McGee, A70, leads the congregation in “Sing a New Song” at the Alumnae Weekend Mass.

20 Convergence - A Newsletter of the NAULC Convergence - A Newsletter of the NAULC 21 Celebrating with our Jubilarians July 14 -19, 2019 70 Years Retreat Leader Sister Patricia Brockman (Brown County) Sister Lynn Jarrell, OSU, MA, JCD Sister Mary Doeker (Brown County) Sister Lynn, an Ursuline Sister of Louisville, has worked with the leadership of Sister Agatha Fitzgerald (Brown County) religious institutes and their national organizations in the U.S. and beyond, Sister Jamesetta DeFelice (Louisville) most recently in Canada and Africa. She is a consultant, facilitator and Sister Julienne Guy (Louisville) presenter on a range of canonical and religious topics. Sister Donata (Mary Catherine) Kokot (Louisville) This conference retreat will focus on the impact and Sister Jane (Hilary) Stuckenborg (Louisville) importance of the vows of a woman religious: poverty, Sister M. Aileen Murphy (Cleveland) chastity, obedience, and instruction. Sister Marie Cecile Bauers (Cleveland) Fee is $450 or Sister Julian Eymard Swartzmiller (Cleveland) $275 for commuters. Call 270-229-0206 [email protected] 60 Years Find a brochure online: Sister Joan Roach (Brown County) https://ursulinesmsj.org/conference-retreat-center/retreats-and-programs Sister Roseanne White (Brown County) Sister Catherine Franze (Louisville) Sister Lorna Weiler (Louisville) Sister Susan Mary Rathbun (Cleveland) Sister Martha Mooney (Cleveland) Sister Geraldine Conklin (Tildonk)

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25 Years Vol. 16, No. 2 Sister Pamela Fowle (Cleveland) Deadline for the Fall 2019 issue of NAULC Convergence is September 17, 2019. Please send stories and photos to Michelle x Scazzero at [email protected].

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