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Ursuline Newsletter 4045 Indian Road, Toledo, OH • Vol Ursuline Newsletter 4045 Indian Road, Toledo, OH • Vol. 40 No. 3 • March 2016 “Living in holy relationship, a contemplative presence in an ever changing world.” Reflections from Sr. Sandy If you have had the opportunity to sit for any time with deepest sorrows with her. I think Dad’s compassion came Pope Francis’ The Name of God is Mercy, you may have read from the memory of his mother. When he was a baby with his story of Father Jose Ramon Aristi. Father Aristi had the rheumatic fever, his mother continued to do her housework practice of absolving penitents with the cross of his rosary and farm work with him at her breast to keep him alive. and inviting them to kiss it. He died on Holy Saturday when Mom’s compassion was nurtured as she grew up inside Francis, then Jorge Mario Bergoglio, was Auxiliary Bishop in of family and neighborhood dynamics that called for that Buenos Aires. Francis remembers entering the crypt early place where persons could go to share their truth. Easter Sunday Morning, when no one was around, to bring As a family we used to visit cemeteries on Sundays; flowers and noticing the rosary wrapped around Fr. Aristi’s sometimes people my parents knew were buried there hands. He took the cross from the rosary and prayed, “Give and sometimes not. It is a habit I have inherited, a way of me half of your mercy!” To this day, Francis wears the touching base with the communion of saints. For Mom and cross on his chest and when he has a bad thought about Dad it was a gesture of encounter more than any single someone, he touches it. thing that gave them that connection. Reading that story resonated with me. I was very close When I was born, Mom could no longer wear her to Sister Ann Therese. I grew to know her when I was on the wedding ring. Having it enlarged was not important to her. Pastoral Team at the Center. She could barely hear, hardly Needing no symbol of her vows to Dad, she put it in a box see, and never moved without intense pain, her arthritic on the closet shelf. Several years, later, Dad’s ring, grown fingers curled around each other in knots. She spent her thin through hard work, broke in half. He put it in the box days in prayer within her room, fingering her rosary as best next to hers. Their rings remained there until August 15, as she could and listening to tapes that I brought her until 1984, when at my final vows, I began to wear the “wedding she could no longer operate the recorder and hear them. into one ring” of their two rings on my left hand. I read to her, shared what was going on, and attended the Upon entering Church on the First Sunday in Lent, I annual retreat so that I could share the conferences with encountered an older friend whom I have not seen for a her. She, in turn, listened to me, prayed for me, and now while. She caught me off guard by asking if I had a ring. that I think about it, probably heard my confession more “What?” I asked. “A ring,” she repeated. I held up my hand than once. She was a contemplative presence in a world continued on next page that changed about her. When she died, I went to her coffin and exchanged my emblem for hers. When I needed her example of holy acceptance, it was there to remind me. For me, and I suspect for Francis, these small, personal rituals and “sacramentals” keep us in touch with those in our own circle of saints. We all have our models of mercy. Some of them may be among those living on Earth and some among those who are living in Eternity. Two of these persons are my parents. Dad used to go across the street in the morning to carry the woman who lived there downstairs and at night he would return to carry her upstairs. Mom was a great listener; many family members and friends shared their greatest joys and Reflections from Sr. Sandy, continued Ursuline Sisters which she took and kissed and said, “Big Boss.” Extremely Community Input embarrassed, I shook my head in the negative. I know she and Update Gathering was in part, teasing, and in part just saying she supported me, but of all persons to do that, she surprised me. I 2:00 p.m. Saturday, March 5, 2016 started to move on and then turned back and briefly told Ursuline Center Chapel her the story of the ring. I probably needed to tell the story more than she needed to hear it. I proceeded to the front where I usually sit with some • Update from the Council of our Sisters and now and then, some other parishioners. • Discussion follow-up to speakers Shortly later another older woman, whom I have never at the February meetings seen, came in with her son who was assisting her in the absence of his brother who had recently died. One of my Sisters, who had befriended them, got up to say hello and then counted the seats to make sure there were enough. I knew that if in the case there were not, she would have moved to another row. Had I not already been startled into humility, her gesture of welcome to the newcomers would have quickly put me “in my place.” Then came the gospel and I realized that although it was no intention of my older friend in the back of the church and my Sister in the front, I had just been tempted. On my way home, I looked at my ring on my hand, The Francis Factor wrapped around the steering wheel and thanked my Submitted by Sister Mary Alice communion of saints, both living on Earth and living “The Name of God is Mercy.” in Eternity for keeping me in my place. May we take advantage of the official and personal sacramentals and This book-long interview with Pope Francis is, the models of mercy with which we have been graced. according to the New York Times, the fourth highest choice in non-fiction books. Corpus Christi Student Dinner Sunday, April 3, 2016 Contact Sr. Sandy at 419-536-9587 ext. 321 March 8 - 14, 2016 or [email protected] to learn how you can help. Thank you. Sisters, thank you for the vital contributions, both past and present, you make in our communities. Sisters, join us for a dessert social on Tuesday, March 8, at 2 p.m., and a sit-down meal at noon on Thursday, March 10. See flyer to RSVP. Sisters and Associates... Year of Mercy Vespers to celebrate the “24 Hours for the Lord” is a one-time event inaugurated Feast of by Pope Francis and is held St. Marie of the Incarnation during the third week of Lent. In the Diocese of Toledo, it will be held on Friday, March 4, from 5:00 p.m. – midnight and Saturday, March 5, from 10:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. This time centers upon the reception of the Sacrament of Reconciliation and prayer in the presence of the exposed Blessed Sacrament. Blessed Teresa of Calcutta Deanery Friday March 4: Our Lady, Queen of the Most Holy Thursday, April 28, 2016 Rosary Cathedral 4:15 p.m. Supper to follow. Saint Agnes Deanery Friday March 4 & Saturday, March 5: Christ the Please RSVP to Val at 419-536-9587 King, Toledo or [email protected] Saint Katharine Drexel Deanery by Friday, April 15. Friday March 4 & Saturday March 5: St. Joan of Arc, Toledo Saint Luke Deanery On the Bookshelf! Saturday March 5: St. Joseph, Sylvania In light of the Lenten Season and the Year of Mercy we have: “The Light is On” is an initiative started by the Archdiocese of Washington, DC, and is also A. These small booklets in the Library centered upon the Sacrament of Reconciliation • 10 copies of Doorway to Mercy: and is making confession more readily available Daily Reflections for Lent 2016 in this Jubilee Year. • 10 copies of Pope Francis’ Station of Mercy In the Diocese of Toledo, to the extent possible, • 10 copies of What Pope Francis the Sacrament of Reconciliation will be Says About Mercy available in every parish on the Wednesdays of • 10 copies of Be Merciful: Lent following the 24 Hours for the Lord (March Reflections on the Spiritual & 4 & 5). Corporal Works of Mercy B. Five copies of Pope Francis’ full-sized The Light is On will take place on Wednesday, recently released book: March 9, 16, 23, 2016 during the following • The Name of God is Mercy hours: 11:00 a.m. – 1:00 p.m. & 6:00 p.m. – 8:00 This book may be signed out by p.m. (For parishes with multiple sites, pastoral contacting Val in the Convent procedure will dictate when the sacrament will Offices. be offered.) U.N. International Days of Awareness International Women’s Day - March 8 International Day for the Elimination of Racial International Women’s Day is a chance to reflect Discrimination - March 21 on progress made, to call for change, and to celebrate The International Day for the Elimination of acts of courage and determination by ordinary women Racial Discrimination is an opportunity to renew the who have played an extraordinary role in the history of commitment to building a world of justice and equality their countries and communities.
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