A Message of Hope

Clockwise from top left: Sister Anne Mary Lochner with a Project Women participant; Sister Yuli Oncihuay with her class at Santa Angela Merici school in Callao, Peru; Sister Cabrini Hatley as librarian; Sister Mary Brendan Conlon at a protest in Louisville, 1983; and Sisters Maria Goretti Lovett and Theresa Kruml in the Motherhouse Chapel.

About this issue

For this Spring 2021 issue of the DOME, our editorial board came up with several ideas for a theme. Ultimately, we landed on “Loving Our Neighbor.” During these times of uncertainty with the COVID-19 pandemic and social, political and economic division in the world, this commandment of Jesus, “Love Your Neighbor as Yourself,” is a message worth repeating.

In researching and writing the stories of the Jubilarians (see our cover collage and their stories on pages 8–13), I could see the love of neighbor woven throughout their ministries. From teaching hundreds of schoolchildren during sixty years in the classroom, as Sister Maria Goretti Lovetti did; to serving in Louisville’s west end as Sister Mary Cabrini Hatley did; to being in solidarity with her fellow Peruvians who are struggling, as Sister Yuli Oncihuay is; to being present with families during sickness as a hospital chaplain as Sister Theresa Kruml has done, Ursulines have shown love of their neighbor since their founding as the Company of Saint Ursula by Saint Angela Merici in 1535.

Two of our Jubilarians are also featured in part two of our series on social justice and outreach (pages 4-7). Sister Mary Brendan Conlon served as director of Christian Help in both Morgantown and in Mingo County, West Virginia, for over 25 years, and found creative ways to love her neighbors, including a van service to get them to much-needed medical appointments. Sister Anne Mary Lochner founded Project Women with six other religious communities and served as its executive director. They saw a way for homeless women with children in Louisville to rise up out of poverty, and did so by helping them obtain college degrees and employment.

Our letter from leadership and our other stories continue the theme of “Love Our Neighbor,” as well as Easter, which celebrates Jesus’ love for us all in His sacrifice on the cross and His Resurrection. May we all strive to love our neighbor and serve them in Jesus’ name. —Kathy Williams, editor

A PUBLICATION OF THE URSULINE SISTERS OF LOUISVILLE

SPRING 2021 CONTENTS

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A Message of Hope From the Leadership Circle 4–7 Called to Be Prophetic Women of Hope, Part Two: Loving Our Neighbor

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Jubilarian Sister Mary Brendan Conlon Jubilarian Sister Theresa Kruml

10 Jubilarian Sister Maria Goretti Lovett

11 Jubilarian Sister Mary Cabrini Hatley 12 Jubilarian Sister Anne Mary Lochner 13 Jubilarian Sister Yuli Oncihuay 14-15 Planned Giving: Ursuline Related and Educated—A winning Combo For This Planned Gift

16-17 Associates Reflect on Meeting in Small Groups via Zoom, Associate Jubilarians 18-19 AMC Spirituality: From Annus Horribilis to Easter

20-21 Social Concerns: The Dignity of Work and Catholic Social Teaching 22-23 Peruvian Journal: So Much In Common

24 Chapel Fund Update

MISSION ADVANCEMENT OFFICE

ELLEN McKNIGHT

Director of Development and Planned Giving

KIM BRADLEY

Coordinator, Database Management/ Donation Processing

COMMUNICATIONS/PR OFFICE

KATHY WILLIAMS Director, Communications/Public Relations DOME Editor, Art Direction and Design

DOME CONTRIBUTORS

SISTER ANNE MARY LOCHNER GINNY SCHAEFFER ELLEN MCKNIGHT LISA STEINER KATHY WILLIAMS SISTER SUE SCHARFENBERGER SISTER MARTHA JACOB Congregational Historian KAREN HEILERS Proofreader