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ContinuingContinuing thethe LegacyLegacy ofof SSpiritualitypirituality aandnd SServiceervice A PUBLICATIONPUP PUBLICATUBLBLICATA ION OFOF T THEHEHE UURSULINERSRSUULININE SISSISTERSSTERRS OFOF L LOUISVILOUISVILLEOUO ISI VIV LLE • WIWWINTERNTN ERR 20162016 BLESSED WITH BENEFACTORS • WINTER 2016 • FROM THE LEADERSHIP CIRCLE MISSION ADVANCEMENT OFFICE ELLEN MCKNIGHT Director Alumnae Relations/Planned Giving KIM BRADLEY You will be fi ne, the fortune teller says, ereTh may be decisions to make and surprises in store. Coordinator Life takes us to unexpected places sometime. Th e future is never set in stone. Database Management/Donation Processing JENNIFER MCGEE Th ese lines from Erin Morgenstern’s book, “Th e Night Circus,” echo in some ways the Publications & Media Design Specialist words of Angela Merici, our foundress, “Act, be confi dent, risk new things, get on DOME STAFF your knees, then be ready for big surprises.” Such words give me hope. Th ey help me A PUBLICATION OF THE URSULINE SISTERS OF LOUISVILLE Contributors to know that the future of neither individuals nor communities is set in stone. Th ey BAY BALTES also help me to know that if we are able to make decisions, be ready for surprises, and KIM BRADLEY allow ourselves to be taken to unexpected places all, of course, with serious prayer and SUZANNE HAUGH SISTER MARTHA JACOB discernment (that is what the fortune teller leaves out), we will be fi ne. JENNIFER MCGEE CONTENTS ELLEN MCKNIGHT In this issue of THE DOME, you are invited to look to the future with us. So oft en SISTER MARILYN MUELLER we hear about “the good old days.” But what about the days to come? What about the SISTER KATHY NEELY 3 From the Leadership Circle days that are still ahead of us? Th ey can be good, too. SISTER YULI ONCIHUAY GINNY SCHAEFFER 4 Sister News We Ursulines, however, are realists. While we recognize that the future is never set in SISTER SUE SCHARFENBERGER stone, that we may be fewer in number, we know that our legacy of infl uence extends SISTER JANET MARIE PETERWORTH to people who have been and still are Ursuline inspired. You will still fi nd us in various SISTER LOUISE MARIE WILLENBRINK 5 2016 Angeline Award Winner ministries, either directly involved or giving advice and support. CCONTACTONTACT UUSS 6-7 Nebraska Alumni So we ask ourselves, how will we continue to meet the needs of an evolving world? Send corrections, changes of address Our charism is about loving God in a contemplative way and then going out to meet and story ideas to: 8 Motherhouse Chapel History Mission Advancement Offi ce needs with openness and eagerness. How do we keep this charism alive? How do 3105 Lexington Road • Louisville, KY 40206 we keep the vision of Salesia Reitmeier and her companions alive—that vision that (502) 896-3938 • fax (502) 896-3913 9 2017 Chapel Centennial [email protected] brought them across the Atlantic to Louisville, Kentucky, those many years ago? Well, we believe that God can now be doing something new. We believe that God has a new Web address: 10-11 Angela Merici Center for Spirituality www.ursulinesisterslouisville.org way for us to be in our future. Are we ready for big surprises? Are we ready for life to 12-13 Annual Report take us to unexpected places? Th e answer is a resounding, “Yes!” Like us on Facebook! facebook.com/UrsulinesLouisville 14-21 2015-2016 Benefactor Listing Abraham Lincoln once said, “Th e best way to predict your future is to create it.” And The printing of The Dome is a partial, in-kind donation. so, we Ursulines, who name ourselves Gospel women disciples, dare to create our All content and design by the Ursuline Sisters staff. Associate Community and Peruvian Journal future—listening to the prompting of the Spirit, of course. We also dare to invite you, 22 our friends, benefactors, and associates to enter into this co-creation with us. Are we Our Mission 23 Ursuline Inspired and In Memoriam all ready to take on this challenge? Teaching Christian living is the You have been with us in the past. You have supported us in so many ways with your corporate ministry of the Back Page Stay in Touch and Vespers Invitation time, talent, and treasure. You have been in the background (and sometime shoulder Ursuline Sisters. This ministry, to shoulder with us) cheering us on and urging us forward. Th ere is no doubt in my cutting across socio-economic, mind that as we walk into the future, whatever that is going to look like, you will accept racial and national boundaries, that invitation to create with us. We are very grateful! assists women, men and children to live more fully and to develop a DDONATIONONATION IINFORMATIONNFORMATION personal relationship with God. The Ursuline Sisters of Louisville appreciate the support of those who share their fi nancial ON THE COVER: resources with us. Poinsettias adorn We make every effort to ensure that you receive the maximum tax credit allowed by law. When making a donation, please be certain to address the envelope containing your check to the following: Sister Janet M. Peterworth, OSU the sanctuary of the Mission Advancement Offi ce, Ursuline Sisters of Louisville, 3105 Lexington Road, Louisville, KY 40206. President, Ursuline Sisters of Louisville Motherhouse chapel The check must be processed through the Mission Advancement Offi ce for the Ursuline Sisters to at Christmastime. generate the proper documentation you will need for your tax-deductible donation. Ursuline Society and Academy of Education (USAE) is the corporate title under which the Ursuline Sisters of Louisville do business. USAE does not include gifts received for the other corporation, Sacred Heart Schools (SHS), Inc. Gifts for Sacred Heart Academy and other campus schools are received by the SHS Offi ce of Development and used exclusively for the schools andMission their programs. Driven ~ Need Inspired ~ Donor Supported Ursuline DOME: Continuing the Legacy of Spirituality and Service | WINTER 2016 3 SISTER NEWS ANGELINE AWARD Student Recital Honors 2016 Legacy of Sr. Ida Jones (1898 – 1991) Angeline AwardHonoree Sister Ida was a teacher, author of prize-winning choral Th e Angeline Award recognizes a woman who refl ects compositions, director of college and high school the charism of the Ursuline Sisters: “a contemplative love choruses, organist, harpist and lover of classical music. of God resulting in an openness and eagerness to serve She arrived on the Ursuline Campus in 1911 and the needs of others.” Th is year’s recipient is Cory Lock- graduated from Sacred Heart Academy (SHA) in 1915. hart, who was presented the award on Saturday, October Th ose who knew her say her gift s were synonymous with 22, in the Motherhouse Chapel in Louisville, KY. music on the Ursuline Campus from 1911 to 1986! Cory Lockhart, born in Louisville, is a 1991 graduate of Identifi ed as a child prodigy, her teachers at SHA Sacred Heart Academy. Joining a delegation from Epiph- marveled at her talent, especially on the piano and harp. any Parish to El Salvador in 1992 moved her to make a She received early musical training from the Ursuline life commitment for social justice, which later became a Sisters, and then studied at the prestigious Cincinnati more focused commitment to nonviolent peace activ- Conservatory of Music, where she earned her BA and ism! She spent three months MA degrees. in El Salvador and later joined Past Recipients of the Angeline Award a Witness for Peace delegation As a composer, she wrote Masses and other liturgical 1991: Donna McKinney Hansen, Spokane, WA† hymns, as well as other music. Sister won the 1961 to Nicaragua; and another to Guatemala. Th is led her to spend 1992: Juanna Gil Sanchez, Callao, Peru† and adults. She participated in Composers Press Publication Award contest for “Sherzo: 1994: Barbara Emrich Cassidy, Louisville† a year in Guatemala, where she the meeting sponsored by the a trio for fl ute, Bb Clarinet and Bassoon.” Her musical 1996: Margo Th ompson Borders, Louisville worked as an administrator for a Pontifi cal Council for Justice career was witness to her magnifi cent scholarship and 1998: Maria Scharfenberger, Louisville intense interest in her art. language school for non-native 2000: Jane Th ibault, Louisville and Peace and Pax Christi In- speakers studying Spanish. For 2002: Mary Kwan, Houston, TX ternational, Nonviolence and Just For 70 years she was credited with teaching music 3 months in 2011, she taught 2004: Shannon Lockhart, Guatemala City Peace: Contributing to a Catholic to hundreds of students, with many going on to English with the Sisters of Char- 2006: Mary Louise “Peasie” Fischer, Louisville Understanding of and Commit- professional careers in chamber groups and orchestras. ity of Nazareth in India. In 2013, 2008: Mary Ann Kopp Hubbs, Louisville ment to Nonviolence, in Rome, Her musical network of “Sister Ida-ites” stretched to all she joined Christian Peacemaker 2010: Paula Fangman, Shelbyville, KY Italy, in April 2016. corners of the country. Teams (CPT). As a human 2012: Patricia Ann Geier, Louisville Before taking her present rights defender, she lives with 2014: Carolyn Elizabeth Neely, Cumberland, MD A tribute was created in 1986 to complete renovation of position, Cory was a teacher, other CPTers for several weeks deceased Ursula Auditorium (now Ursuline Arts Center/Th eater), † fi rst at Walden School, and or months in places where the de- where Sister Ida spent endless hours perfecting the then at Trinity High School performance skills of her students. Today her legacy is humanization of people by other people is evident. Avis Jones (Sister Ida) with her harp in 1916. and St. Xavier High School in Louisville.