URSULINE
Continuing the Legacy of Spirituality and Service
A PUBLICATION OF THE URSULINE SISTERS OF LOUISVILLE • WINTER 2021
“Behold, the virgin shall be with child and bear a son and they shall name him Emmanuel,” which means “God is with us.”
—Matt. 1:23
Seeking Hope Year-Round THANKFUL FOR OUR DONORS
A PUBLICATION OF THE URSULINE SISTERS OF LOUISVILLE
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About this issue
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From the Leadership Circle
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Called to Be Prophetic Women of Hope, Part Four: 113 Years of Love at St. Joseph Children’s Home
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Donor Lists
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Alumnae Spotlight: SHA Alumnae Lucy Helm Lives Out Ursuline Core Values
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What Keeps Associates Hope-filled
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Planned Giving: From Lesson Planning to Planned Giving
Light of Christmas © Bro. Michael O’Neill McGrath, OSFS www.bromickeymcgrath.com Used with permission.
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In Memoriam: Sr. Dolorita Lutsie
About the Nativity
22-23 Annual Report Information
Nativity scenes, or crèches, are beloved around the world, in many variations. The very first nativity scene was created on Christmas eve of the year 1223 by Saint Francis of Assisi, who was devoted to the Child Jesus. It is believed that he was inspired to create one after visiting the birthplace of Christ on a pilgrimage to the Holy Land, where he saw a humble stable in a Bethlehem cave.
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In 1223, St. Francis held a special Mass inside of a cave in Greccio, Italy, where he created his living nativity scene, inviting both his fellow friars and the townspeople to join in the celebration, which included an ox and donkey.
Within a century, every Catholic church in Italy had a nativity scene, and over time, statues began to be used rather than living people, which led to the practice of nativity scenes in homes. The nativity set on our cover was a gift to Sister Thomasita Hayes from friends in Madison, Indiana, where she taught. It has long served as a Christmas decoration in the Motherhouse and is well-loved.
With this issue of the DOME devoted to the idea of seeking hope year-round, what better image than the nativity, which shows Christ among us, the hope of the world? —Kathy Williams, editor
20-21 In Memoriam: Sr. Mary Brendan Conlon Chapel Fund Final Update
MISSION ADVANCEMENT OFFICE
ELLEN McKNIGHT
Director, Mission Advancement and Planned Giving
KIM BRADLEY Coordinator, Database Management/ Donation Processing COMMUNICATIONS/PR OFFICE
KATHY WILLIAMS Director, Communications and Public Relations DOME Editor, Art Director and Graphic Designer DOME CONTRIBUTORS
SISTER RITA ANN WIGGINTON, OSU GINNY SCHAEFFER SISTER SUE SCHARFENBERGER, OSU ELLEN MCKNIGHT DONNA ISING KATHY WILLIAMS SISTER MARTHA JACOB, OSU Congregational Historian
KAREN HEILERS Proofreader
LAUREL WILSON Archivist
Cover photo: Pat Pfister ©2021
FROM THE LEADERSHIP CIRCLE
Seeking Hope Year-Round The theme for this issue of the DOME is “Seeking Hope YearRound.” Hope is something I have sought, and continue to seek, for a very long time now. I think one of the reasons Advent is my favorite liturgical season in our Church is because Advent is the season of Hope. Hope appeals to me in a very strong way. The alternative is despair, and this is unacceptable in my book. I choose to hope. And the Scriptures offer all of us so much hope, if only we look for it!
In the Hebrew Scriptures, hope for the coming of a Messiah permeates the writings of the prophet Isaiah, and in the New Testament, Simeon proclaims that what he has hoped for all his life has been accomplished when he sees the infant Jesus. With these words he declares: “My own eyes have seen the salvation which you have prepared in the sight of every people: a light to reveal you to the nations and the glory of your people Israel.” (Lk 2:30-32) When I was a child, I hoped Santa would leave me lots of gifts. I hoped I had been a good girl to warrant receiving gifts and feared
I hadn’t. As an adult, I hope for a better world, one where literally: “They will beat their swords into plowshares and their spears into pruning hooks. Nation will not take up sword against nation, nor will they train for war anymore.” (Is 2:4) I hope for a world where peace prevails, a world where wolves don’t devour sheep, figuratively, and where lions will lie down with the lambs. I hope for a country that can—and will—embrace what is and will be for the common good of all, instead of the selfish notion of what is good for me, and me alone, or what is good for the United States, not considering the devastation wrecked on the poor and marginalized who have no power in our own country, or in other countries. I hope we can repent as a nation and change our policies and systems that have wreaked havoc on people of color, and that have forced people from other countries to seek refuge in ours. The Commonwealth of Kentucky’s motto is “United we stand, divided we fall.” I sometimes get stuck in the quagmire of not only our state but a country so divided. The divide
in our country, as well as in our commonwealth, is great and costing us lives every day, literally. Can we stand united for what all people long for and what the angels proclaimed to the shepherds at the birth of Jesus? “Glory to God in the highest and on earth peace to those on whom (God’s) favor rests.” (Lk 2: 14) Advent and Christmas are filled with calls to hope for the people of God and peace on earth upon the people whose favor from God rests. Am I—are you—one of these people who is favored by God for our efforts to make a peaceful earth? United? I hope so!
Have a blessed, peace-filled and hope-filled Christmas and New Year, all year.
Sister Rita Ann Wigginton, OSU Councilor, Ursuline Sisters of Louisville DOME | WINTER 2021
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Called to Be Prophetic Women of Hope, Part Four: 113 Years of Love at St. Joseph Children’s Home BY KATHY WILLIAMS
This is the fourth in a series on the Ursuline Sisters of Louisville’s history of being pioneers on issues of social justice and outreach. They are women who follow Catholic social teaching in both words and action. This stems from their charism, which is “a contemplative love of God and a resulting openness and eagerness to serve the needs of others.”
the country,” and the site they found in 1883 was the Harrison estate of 26 acres on what is now Frankfort Avenue. The 90,000 square foot, two-story orphans’ home was built in 1886 at a cost of $50,000.
In July of 1849, the city of Louisville had been decimated by a cholera outbreak, leaving more orphans than the home run by Mother Catharine Spalding and the Sisters of Charity of Nazareth on Fifth Street could care for. That is when the men of the city’s two German Catholic parishes, St. Mary and St. Boniface, stepped up to found the St. Joseph Catholic Orphan Society. The Society funded and established the first St. Joseph Orphans Home (now St. Joseph Children’s Home), with Rev. Father Karl Joseph Boewald, pastor of St. Mary, and the Very Rev. Otto Jair, pastor of St. Boniface, listed as co-founders.
The first home located on Green (now Liberty Street), would soon move to larger quarters on Jackson. Sadly, the number of orphans in Louisville kept increasing due to illness and unsanitary conditions in the city. In the early 1880s, the now-five German parishes, each with its own chapter of the St. Joseph Catholic Orphan Society, began seeking a home “in
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The Milwaukee Sisters of Notre Dame ran the orphanage until 1897, when they relinquished their charge to the Ursuline Sisters of Louisville at the request of Rt. Rev. Bishop William George McCloskey. Sixteen Ursuline Sisters, with Mother Florence Meder in charge, took over the work of caring for over a hundred children at the home. Thirty to forty children were admitted each year during those early years, with
over 75,000 children cared for over the 172 years that St. Joseph Children’s Home has been in existence. Over 150 Ursuline Sisters of Louisville served at St. Joseph’s from 1897 to 2010—113 years. The Ursulines administered the Home until 1972, when individual Sisters were hired by the Board of Trustees.
The Sisters were so dedicated to their charges that even during the 1918 flu epidemic, as almost all of the two hundred children in the orphanage lay sick, the Sisters, “many of them seriously ill, continued
their kind ministrations to the children night and day.” [1944 Motherhouse Annals] Indeed, only three children out of two hundred died, which one could attribute to the dedication of the Sisters.
For many years, the children were taught at the Home—kindergarten through sixth grade. Daily chores and extracurriculars, such as crafts, rosary making, volleyball, tennis, basketball, baseball and daily Mass, kept them busy and happy, by all accounts. The St. Joseph Ladies Sewing Society worked diligently to keep the children clothed, meeting weekly to take care of necessary mending and sewing. According to an August 14, 1949, article in the Courier-Journal: “In one year, the women made 168 dresses for the girls, repaired 212 other pieces of clothing and made 50 fancy quilts for the picnic.” The St. Joseph Children’s Home picnic
has been an annual tradition in Louisville since the founding of St. Joseph’s and is a significant fundraiser for the Home, although the last two years have been online due to COVID concerns.
In a letter to The Record dated September 30, 1999, Dennis Davis, executive director of St. Joseph Children’s Home, wrote, “The Ursuline Sisters worked tirelessly to care for the children. They often toiled every waking hour to provide proper supervision and care. Their sleep, in small cells or rooms…was frequently interrupted by small cries at night. …It is impossible to overstate the importance of the Ursuline Sisters to the well-being of St. Joseph’s children. They received no special attention, recognition ribbons or glory. They did what they perceived to be their duty, service to others less fortunate.”
Sister Annette Rutledge was one such Sister who worked tirelessly, from 1947-1989, at St. Joseph’s. There are many grown men in the Louisville area who call themselves Sister Annette’s “boys,” and they are so grateful for her love and concern when she took care of them as children at the Home. Richard Seales, who was at the Home in the early 1950s, said that “Sister knew how to draw out the better parts of you. She might not have reached me right away, but she reached me. As she was dying, I told her, ‘Sister, I am today who I am fully because of you.’ And she looked up at me and said, ‘Richard, you know, a lot of boys have told me that.’”1
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Many former residents remember the structure and discipline, but the majority are grateful for it. They also are thankful for the three square meals a day and a warm place to sleep, especially those who were at the
spent a long time looking all over the place for a jar of elbow grease.”2
Home during the Depression and war years. Frances Paalz, who was at the Home during the 1940s, recalls that they had to do chores, such as canning snap peas and pears from the home’s garden. She said that the girls scrubbed floors, darned socks and worked in the laundry. Frances remembered “the time a new girl came to work in the kitchen, and one of the nuns told her she needed to put a little elbow grease into her work. She
During the 1950s and 60s, a trend began across the country that would change the services the home provided. By 1959, 35 percent of the children needing care had one living parent, and welfare programs enabled single parents to care for their children at home. Foster care programs were beginning to emerge. St. Joseph Children’s Home now serves children and families across three core programs: Residential Treatment, typically a stay of a year or less for children who have been removed from their parents due to abuse and neglect; Therapeutic Foster Care and Adoption, training foster and adoptive parents, and The Child
Top: L to R: Sister Annette Rutledge, Sister Julia Davis, Sister Alodia Thomas and Sister Loretta Guenther at St. Joseph Children’s Home in 1984 Left: Albert Nanna of Legion Post 220 with St. Joseph children and Sister Alodia Thomas on an outing to Funland Amusement Park. The Shively Newsweek, July 31, 1969
Development Center, which has five-days-a-week daycare and preschool.
St. Joseph Children’s Home has recently launched a capital campaign to make building renovations and campus improvements. Suzy Hillebrand, chief advancement officer for St. Joseph Children’s Home, said that the Ursuline Sisters will be honored for their ministry at St. Joseph’s in the future Mission Center, which will be built as part of the renovation.
The last Ursuline Sister to serve at St. Joseph was Sister Loretta Guenther, who was a houseparent and worked in the daycare at St. Joseph Children’s Home for 36 years, from 1974 to 2010, when she retired. Sister Loretta loves remembering “her kids,” as she calls them. “Sometimes, we were the only consistent things in their lives,” she said. “I remember one boy asking me, ‘Are you going to be here tomorrow?’”
Another one of Sister Loretta’s kids, Larry Miller, who lived at St. Joseph from 1972-1980, calls her “Mom.” The two are very close—he has even visited her via her window at Nazareth Home-Clifton during the pandemic, and his family and friends all write to Sister Loretta. Prior to the pandemic, Larry would take Sister Loretta out for dinner, and to the St. Joseph picnic. Larry remembered one outing that was quite humorous. When they went to Check’s Cafe in Germantown, where Sister
grew up, when she walked in, everyone stopped, and you could hear a pin drop. Suddenly, everyone was on their best behavior! Larry says he hopes he has repaid Sister Loretta for all she has done for him. Sister Loretta says, “It’s the simplicity, the love that children have that makes them so special. I was so blessed to be at St. Joseph because I know children are so close to God.” Throughout their 113 years of ministry at St. Joseph Children’s Home, the Ursuline Sisters of Louisville faithfully followed the words of Jesus: “Whoever receives one child such as this in my name, receives me; and whoever receives me, receives not me but the One who sent me.” Mk 9:37 1, 2
L ove’s Home: The Works and Wonders of St. Joseph Children’s Home, Glenn Rutherford, 2002
OUR GIFTS FROM DONORS: July 1, 2020 to June 30, 2021 Frank and Jenny Aberger St. Alexander Catholic Church Martha and Detlef Alle Linda Allgeier Sybil Alt James and Susan Andriot Anonymous Deborah and Brad Armbruster Mikki Arnold Dr. Joe Franklin Arterberry Deborah Bagnato Michael Bajura J. Robert Baker Jean Baker Raymond Balint Cheryl Barnes Richard Barrett Linda Barry John and Yvonne Basil Carol Bauer
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ALUMNAE SPOTLIGHT: LUCY HELM
SHA Alumna Lucy Helm Lives Out Ursuline Core Values BY KATHY WILLIAMS
The alumni of the schools that the Ursuline Sisters of Louisville have founded are a very important part of their legacy. Lucy Helm, SHA ’75, is a Sacred Heart Academy alumna and Ursuline donor who truly aspires to live out the Ursuline core values of Community, Reverence, Service and Leadership. Lucy recently retired from Starbucks after a 21-year career which included serving as general counsel and executive vice president, and chief partner officer from 20172020. As chief partner officer, she was responsible for leading the areas of hiring, salary, recognition, diversity and inclusion, as well as leadership development for Starbucks partners (employees) across the globe. Prior to joining Starbucks, Lucy practiced trial law as an advocacy director at an independent living
center for persons with disabilities. She received a bachelor of arts in political science and law degree (cum laude) from the University of Louisville.
One of six children in a close-knit Louisville family, Lucy cites Sister Lynn Jarrell and Sister Sara Delaney as two of her favorite teachers at Sacred Heart Academy. Sister Lynn was her speech and debate coach. Lucy reflects that “Sister Lynn was as much of a life coach as a coach of the skills that we needed in competition for speech and debate. We had a spiritual connection to the group and she just was a great friend and mentor to so many. Sister Lynn was an influential and impactful leader and role model for all of us. She is an amazing woman.” Sister Sara Delaney was Lucy’s algebra and geometry teacher and
she says that “Sister Sara was a great teacher of the subjects of which I am not very proficient. She was very disciplined, but also with an ability to know each of her students. There’s something about her classes that we enjoyed—she treated us as young adults. She expected a lot of us. We had a relationship with her as someone we knew who cared about us, and I just thought she was a wonderful teacher. When I saw that she was having a recent celebration, I wrote her a note just to tell her what an influence she was on me.”
OUR GIFTS FROM DONORS: July 1, 2020 to June 30, 2021 Patricia Darif Mary Lou Dawson Elizabeth Day Mary Ann Dearing Paul and Patsy DeBorde Dennis and Pat DeCarlo Michele DeCarlo Mari DeCuir Jane Dentinger Bill and Kathryn Dermody Emily Elizabeth Devine Rosanne Dillon Janice Dimaria Charlene Distler Patricia Donahoe Martha Dooley Mary Sue Doran Kelsey Doren Michael Dorn Jacquelyn Dotson Cynthia Dougan Peggy and Frank Dougherty
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Erminelda Downs Claudia Dreisbach Daniel and Martha Dues Kevin and Mary Duffy Josephine Dumas Colette and Tom Dumstorf Sr. Carmelita Dunn, SCN Clarissa Duvall Rachel Dworaczyk Joan M. Echsner Rebecca L. Eggers Andrea Ehringer Charlotte and Robert Eigel G. Kenneth and Elise Eisenback Berta Ellison Jane Elpers Robert and Paula Englert Fr. Bryan D. Ernest Alice Ernst Viola R. Eve Doris Jeanne Faini
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Mary Kathleen Falk Janice Faller Paula Fangman Libby Farmer Jan Farrell Daniel Faulkner John Fehringer Paul Feldkamp Rev. William Fichteman Mary Louise Fischer Terese Fister Lana Kelly Fitzgerald Barbara, Mark and John Fitzmayer Martha Fluhr Teddy L. Flynt Catherine Ford Dennis and Beth Ford Katherine Ford Mary Ford Carol Foushee Suzanne F. Fox
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A longtime disability rights advocate and self-described “serial volunteer,” Lucy says that her parents’ example of volunteering, including being foster parents, definitely instilled in her the idea that one gives back. Lucy remembers, “Certainly, my Catholic education from grade school and Sacred Heart, and what the Ursulines taught me, that is what you did! We gave back.” She adds that she admires Catholic Sisters because of the community they build. Lucy says, “I was always fascinated by the breadth of the work that each individual does. What is most meaningful for them: Is it the children in the small towns of Eastern Kentucky? There are groups [of Sisters] that do that. Is it the service work in other countries? Is it the poor here? It’s just so many impacts that they have made, quietly, not from any point of getting attention, but doing the work. I hope to emulate that. This is not about recognition. It’s about, ‘What more can we do?’”
A big piece of Lucy’s heart is working as a board member with Mercy Corps, which is an organization that provides relief and development to 30-40 countries around the world that have real issues with poverty, food security, safety and refugee assistance. Lucy also volunteers on behalf of the Campaign for Fair Sentencing of Youth. Lucy states, “Mass incarceration is particularly a challenge, because the fact is it mostly impacts brown and black people. We, as a country, are the most heavily incarcerated of any country in the world, including countries that are dictatorships. It’s almost like a factory. And, again, to what effect? It
doesn’t help most people because they don’t have a system that can rehabilitate very well.”
For Lucy, “Volunteering is a joy. To see what you can contribute, who you meet, and what that gives back to you, is an incredible experience.” On retirement, which includes reading and travel in addition to her volunteer work, Lucy says, “Certainly, the best is yet to come.” Lucy’s words and activism echo those of Saint Angela Merici: “Build community wherever you go.”
OUR GIFTS FROM DONORS: Michael Hendricks Mary Ann Henry Jacqueline Herde Constance Herth Mary Anne Hess Louis Hettinger Jean Hinkebein Suzanne Hodes Burns Sharon Holliday Anne House Joseph and Cheri Hovekamp Charlene Hoyer Mary Ann Huddleston James Hughes Mary Jo Hughes Nancy Hughes Patricia Hughes Jeffrey Hull Carl and Donna Hulsewede III Jane Hummel Brother Larry Humphrey, FSC
Maria Huson Mary Kay Hyland Stephen Janda Karen Jarboe Lynn Jeffreys Sharon Jewell Katharine Johnson Lawrence Jones Jo Ann Kalb Imelda Kargl Ron Kaufman Kathleen Kelley Ruth D. Kelly Dr. Paul Kelty Bob Kern John Kessler Bobbie Mae Kessler Janet and Ron Ketterer Frank and Donna Kiley Roger, Katharine and Anthony Killen Louis and Mildred Killmeier
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Mary Lou Lally William A. Leasure Jr. James and Regina Leitner Linda S. Lenahan Rev. Daniel Lincoln Margaret G. Liter Glenn and Vivian Lochner Brother Dominic Lococo Dave and Diane Lohr Mary Ernestine Lohr John Lorenz Cheryl Love Robert and Andra Lubbers Roger Lucheta Carol J. Lyle Sally and Chuck Lynch Cesar and Nene Macatangay Barbara MacDonald Mary Pat Mackin Barry and Adrienne Madden Kenneth and Mary Maginot Ronald E. Maginot
Steve Magre Beth Maier Martha Manger Rose Marie Mangino Mary Lou Mangold Laura Maraldo Mary Elizabeth Marcellino Andrea Marion Patricia and Robert Markert Joseph D. Maroon John Marquette Mary Jo Martin Martha Matthews Bettye Carta Mattingly Kathryn Mattingly Suzanne Mattingly Thomas A. Mattingly Barbara Mayer Mary Lou Mayhall Lelia, Tim and Dan McArdle Susan McBrien Kate McCormick DOME | WINTER 2021
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ASSOCIATES
What Keeps Associates Hope-filled BY DONNA ISING, ASSOCIATE
When I agreed to write an article exploring what keeps Associates involved with the Associate Community, I immediately compiled a list of fellow Associates to contact. I have been an Associate for more than 40 years, and I have stayed involved all that time because I love our charism and I have found a home among my fellow Associates. In talking to other Associates, here is some of what I discovered:
A grace-filled encounter
The first Ursuline I met was Sister Isabel Lehmenkuler. In one of our conversations, when I told her that I had wanted to be a Sister in the past, she encouraged me to join the Associates. The first day that I stepped into the Motherhouse, I thanked God for bringing me here. What keeps me involved in the Associate Community is the deep, prayerful community support that is filled with such peace and joyful hope. —Rory Polio, Associate
Inspired by the charism My mother and I were Ursuline educated, and I first became acquainted with the Associates from an article in The Record. I became an Associate some years ago, and in 1994 I celebrated my lifetime covenant. What keeps me involved is our charism and the community of Associates who strive to live a prayerful life every day. — Anne McCollom, Associate
OUR GIFTS FROM DONORS: July 1, 2020 to June 30, 2021 Maureen and James McGann and Sue Shrout Betty McGuigan John and Lorraine McIntyre Lucille C. McIntyre Kelly and Ellen McKnight Eithne McMullen Nancy McWhorter Geneva Meehan Patrick Meehan Randall Mehl Fred and Carol Meirose Paul and Hilde Meisner Jesse Mendez Barbara Mercer Gail Meyer Anna Marie Michael Judith A. Michels David and Michele Micke Louise Miller Patricia Bernardi Miller Bobbi and Lee Miller
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Ruth Ann Miller Shirley L. Miller Terry and Greg Miller Lois Miltenberger Jeanne and Joesph Mitcho Susan Molony Stephanie Molter Yvonne Mongan Shirley Monge Sharron E. Monroe William Monteith Elizabeth and Guy Montgomery Elizabeth Moody Betty and Daniel Moore Clarence and Lila Moore Mary Ann Moran Susan Moriarty Joyce Mudd Bernie Mudd-White Gretchen Mueller Irene Mueller
John and Jane Mueller III John and Eleanor Mueller Ruth Mueller Mary Gayle Myers Ann M. Nauert Kathy Nault Agnes Nelson Radetta Nemcosky Larry and Mary Belle Newby Diana and Kenneth Newman Julia Ng Mary Nichter Melvin and Jeannine Nix Normal History Club Vonda Norris Mary Ann O’Brien Bob and Pat O’Bryan Mary Lizanne O’Bryan Mary Rose O’Bryan Norma Oeswein Gerry and Carol O’Farrell Alice Ohlmann
Naomi and Jim Olges William Olges Arthur O’Meara Judy O’Neil Lisa Orr The Mary Carol Osborn Family Rev. Robert E. Osborne Roserita Ott Sheila Otte Barbara Page Lisa and Michael Palmisano Gwendolyn Parkins Charmaine Paslick Kathy Passafiume James Patterson Barry and Anna Jo Paul David W. L. Paulin Betty Pavach Wanda Peace Lillian Peak M. Antoinetta Peretti
Patricia Peters Bob and Joyce Pfaadt Marsha Pierce Mary Ellen Pike Sue Pile Mary Jean Pirouznia John Potter Kathleen Powers Doris Ann Price Gina Priddy Debbie Lynn Pustolski Carolyn Quick Susan and John Rahiya Ann Ransdell Carol Ann Rappa Pam and Lucian Raque Richard and Barbara Rasche James and Jane Redmon Suzanna Reker Mark Rice Paula and Jim Rice Mary Lee Richardson
ASSOCIATES Staying connected My daughters attended Sacred Heart Academy, and they received an awesome education immersed in the Ursuline Sisters’ core values. The Ursulines are women of such strong faith. I wanted to stay involved and connected with them, so I became an Associate. What keeps me involved is the small reflection group that we formed by Zoom when the pandemic occurred last year. I had been invited several times to join a reflection group, but the one-hour drive from Elizabethtown, where I live, to Louisville made it difficult for me to commit. With Zoom, I can participate more fully with my reflection group. — Coty Bella-Oropilla, Associate
I shall always be in your midst, lending aid to your prayers. —Saint Angela Merici
THE CHARISM of Saint Angela Merici and the Ursuline Sisters of Louisville is a contemplative love of God and a resulting openness and eagerness to serve the needs of others.
Deepening our faith
We both became Associates in 2014, and we did so to deepen our faith. Being with other Associates has definitely enhanced our lives. It is such an honor to be part of this amazing group of people that have such great faith. We leave every get-together feeling rejuvenated and wanting to share our faith with others. We love witnessing the positive interaction between the Sisters, students and adults. These are the things that keep us involved with the Associate Community. —Kevin Wadle and Amy Olson, Associates
OUR GIFTS FROM DONORS: Diane Riggs Maryanne Riggs Kelly Wilson Riordan Carolyn Ritsert Malcolm and Karleen Robertson Jr. Mary Jane and Bill Roby Marianne Roncoli Jerrold and Carla Rosen Sarah Rothenburger Harry Rothgerber Valentine Rudakas Marilyn Rueff Peter Rutledge Dianne Ryan Joan Sabel Michele Sacksteder Delia Schadt Marie Schaefer Rex J. and Mary Lu Schardein David and Judith Scharfenberger
Gemma Scharfenberger Angela T. Schell Harold and Roseanne Schlegel Regina H. Schmidt James Schmitt Robert Schmuckie Rosemary Schmuckie Bonnie Schnarre Teri D. Schneider Anne Schoenbachler Betty S. Schulte Clare Ann Schultheis Janet Schulz Joan and Stephen Schuster Mary Virginia Scott Susan Sears Stanley and Nancy Sedlacek Barbara Seifert Flo Selby Michael Sermersheim Patricia Sexton Mary Jane Shannon
Barbara Sharpensteen Rita H. Shaughnessy Barbara Shaw Paul and Susan Sherman Nora Shih Anna Shrader Margie Shuman Mary Christina Shurina Barbara and Bud Simmons Anthony Simpson Paula Skelley Mary Katherine Sladky Alice Smith Carol Smith Joan Marie Smith Mary Jane Smith Patty Ann Smith Sally Smoes Katherine Sniegon Sandra Snodgrass Darlene Sommers Mary Sox
Dale and Phyllis Spangenthal Peter Sparano Diane Spicer William and Margaret Staarman Regina C. Staiger Anne Stakem Jerry R. Stanley Cathy Staples Nancy Staresinic Joe and Mary Steinbock Susanne Steinbock Dr. Peter and Mrs. Lisa Steiner Laurie J. Stemler Barbara Jean Stenger Martha Stephenson Morgan, Pottinger, McGarvey Law Firm John and Mary Stocker Karen Stocker Darlene Stoddard Rita Stone
William Stone Rita L. Stosberg A. Louise Strehle Pamela R. Strothman Maria Stuckenborg Jo Ann Sturgeon Mary Jane Suhre Michael and Mary Tangney Margaret Tassi Betty Tatro Jeanette Saddler Taylor Sally Taylor Faith Thomas Deborah Thompson and Jo Ann Kalb Bertha Mae Timmel Marie Tolly Frances Ann Tompkins Patricia Tonini Charles and Martha Torline Loc Tran Debra and John Treadwell Stephen and Tish Treinen DOME | WINTER 2021
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Seeking Hope Year-Round BY GINNY SCHAEFFER
or much of anything human. Sooner or later, we will be disappointed and our hopes smashed into a million little pieces.
I believe in the sun even when it is not shining. I believe in love even when I cannot feel it. I believe in God even when God is silent.
—Written on a cellar wall during the Holocaust It was a gut punch. For weeks I watched the numbers of new coronavirus cases drop from a high of 96 per 100,000 to 3. It looked like the vaccines were doing their job. For the first time in fifteen months, I ate in a restaurant and walked into a grocery store unmasked. I invited friends over for dinner—sitting at my dining room table and relishing each other’s smiles. At work, we walked the halls and entered one other’s offices with fullfacial nudity. I even flew to California with my mother to meet her new great-grandchildren. Like many of us, I felt hopeful—for the first time in too long—that the pandemic might be over. I thought I could see light at the end of the tunnel, but that light turned out to be a freight train fueled by the Delta variant and vaccine hesitancy. The hope that had been building within me was dashed against the force of another surge. I should have known better. Throughout the Bible, our spiritual ancestors and God warn us against grounding our hope in the powers-that-be or technology
Instead, we are invited, encouraged and instructed to place our hope in the One who desires fullness of life and what is good for each one of us. ( Jer 29:11) How do we hold onto a hope that outlasts the hardships, that staves off despair, and even empowers us to live through the unimaginable? I think the Hebrew word for hope, Tikvah, might give us a hint. One of its meanings is “the act of combining a multiple of strands and coiling those into a single, much stronger cable.”
What are some of the strands that can be bound together and anchor us to the true Source of our hope?
Perhaps the upcoming holidays give us a clue:
Thanksgiving—Gratitude—a practice of gratitude helps us to look contemplatively at our day and to notice the big and little things for which we can be grateful.
OUR GIFTS FROM DONORS: July 1, 2020 to June 30, 2021 Bertrand and Barbara Trompeter Johanna Troy Mary Ellen Tucker Eugene and Rosemary Turano Mary Louise Turner Patricia Turner Patrick A. Turner Michael Uberta St. Vincent DePaul Society R. Dolores Vogel Mary Kathryn Vowels Barbara Wade James Wagner Kathleen Wagner Betty Waldon Linda Walker Sandra Wallace Thomas J. Walsh Anna L. Waskevich Mary Watts Angela Weaver
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Mary Jean Weckman Linda M. Wentzel J. David and Inez White Phyllis White Renee and Tinze White Jim Wilberding Mary Margaret Wilhelm Patricia Wilkison R. Gordon Williams Rita Williams Jamie Winner Jay and Alice Wissing Mary Marlene Wolf Katherine Yao Wong Janice Wooldridge Charlotte Young William Zapp Eugene and Rita Zappa Jo Ann Zeller Jo Ann Zimlich Zeefam Trust
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What’s in Your Will? If you have included the Ursuline Sisters, or are considering will inclusion in your planned giving, please make sure this information is on your legal documents: Corporate Name: Ursuline Society and Academy of Education Mailing Address: 3115 Lexington Road Louisville, KY 40206 Questions? Contact: Ellen McKnight (502) 515-7526 emcknight@ursulineslou.org
Year-End Giving is a Great Gift
As we approach this holy season, please consider a tax deductible donation in this calendar year to the Ursuline Sisters of Louisville. Gifts of stock, mutual funds or cash make a significant impact to the congregation, with a tax advantage to you. If you are approaching 70 years old, consider contributing or rolling over some of your IRA distributions tax-free. Please contact your financial advisor about the age and birth year for a required minimum distribution (RMD). Donations must be dated by December 31, 2021 to ensure a 2021 gift. Thank You!
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Over time, it can change our perception of reality and our mindset. It can remind us of the ways in which we have experienced God and the goodness of the Creator. Advent—Anticipation and Preparation—the four weeks between Thanksgiving and Christmas call us to prepare ourselves to celebrate the birth of Jesus and to anticipate the coming of Christ. We wait in joyful hope and prepare our hearts to receive Christ in whatever guise Emmanuel comes to us. We watch. We let go of what might hinder our ability to recognize the Holy One. We prepare ourselves to receive. Christmas—God became flesh—as astounding as it may sound, the Creator of the universe, out of an unfathomable love, became human.
Jesus of Nazareth revealed the true nature of God: love, compassion, mercy, inclusivity, freedom, peace, joy
and so much more. All of this so we may come to know who we really are and all that we can be.
New Year—New Beginnings—on the first of January we let go of what was and look forward to what may be. We shoot off fireworks and make toasts and resolutions, hoping that this year will somehow be better. What we soon lose is the reality that every day, every minute, is a new beginning and that it is the deep desires of our hearts we need to be listening to and seeking to fulfill. As we enter into this holiday season, let us take time to ponder its deeper meanings. May we give thanks for all good things, wait patiently and prepare our hearts to receive Emmanuel, give birth to God in our time and rejoice that every minute is a new beginning. As we coil these strands together in our lives, seeds of hope will be sowed where despair once ruled. www.abarim-publications.com/Meaning/Tikvah.html.
OUR GIFTS IN HONOR OF: July 1, 2020 to June 30, 2021 2020 JUBILARIANS Patricia Turner Mary Marlene Wolf 2021 JUBILARIANS Paula Fangman Mary Marlene Wolf ALL THE GOOD SISTERS Constance Herth SISTER ANTONINE BIVEN, OSU Darlene and George Haarman Jerry and Nancy Kleier ELSIE BOYD Andrea Marion Renee and Tinze White JORDAN MARIE BURNS Suzanne Hodes Burns SISTER MARTHA BUSER, OSU Betty Tatro
SISTER MARTHA BUSER’S 90TH BIRTHDAY Karen Jarboe CHRISTIAN HELP Barbara and Bud Simmons SISTER MARY BRENDAN CONLON, OSU John and Jeanette Buege James Corrado Patrick and Jane Cyphert Lois Miltenberger Maryanne Riggs Delia Schadt Barbara and Bud Simmons Margaret Tassi SISTER BRENDAN CONLON’S 75 YEARS OF DEDICATED SERVICE Thomas A. Mattingly SISTER BRENDAN CONLON’S JUBILEE Betty and Perry Carney Mary Gayle Myers
ETHEL CRAVEN Angela Weaver SISTER RITA DRESSMAN, OSU Mary Lou Lally Kathryn Mattingly SISTER CLARA FEHRINGER, OSU Dennis and Eileen King Stephen and Tish Treinen SISTER CATHERINE FRANZE, OSU Pam and Lucian Raque SISTER MARY JO GRAMIG, OSU Carol J. Lyle SISTER LORETTA GUENTHER, OSU Marilyn and Bob Beam AL GUENTHNER JR. Jeanette Saddler Taylor
SISTER JULIENNE GUY, OSU Barbara Hager SISTER MARY CABRINI HATLEY, OSU Karen Harris SISTER DOLORES HUDSON, OSU Mary Margaret Wilhelm SISTER MARTHA JACOB, OSU Carol Bauer Mary Jane Shannon SISTER JO ANN JANSING, OSU Anonymous Marilyn and Bob Beam Martha H. Clark SISTER RITA JOSEPH JARRELL, OSU Marilyn and Bob Beam
MARIE KEARNS Terese Fister SISTER MARY DONATA KOKOT, OSU Barbara Hager Rosemary M. Harkins Flo Selby SISTER LORETTA KRAJEWSKI, OSU Gerald P. Campbell Fr. Bryan D. Ernest SISTER GEORGIA JEAN KRUML, OSU Marilyn and Bob Beam LEADERSHIP TEAM 2014–2020 Kelly and Ellen McKnight Barbara and Bud Simmons SISTER ANNE MARY LOCHNER, OSU Gina Cammarano Darlene and George Haarman DOME | WINTER 2021
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Hopeful for the Future in Peru and the U.S. BY SISTER SUE SCHARFENBERGER
“Hope” is the thing with feathers that perches in the soul and sings the tune without the words and never stops at all. —Emily Dickinson
A friend introduced me to this quote several years ago when we were then, as a congregation, focusing on being/becoming women of hope. “A thing with feathers” is light, susceptible to the imaginings of the wind, and free to keep moving.
Hope. You can feel it, sometimes, in the smiles behind the face masks, or the greeting that comes more through the eyes than the words. The recurrent message, however, is: Will there ever be a time without face masks, when we can meet close-up and not at a twoyard distance? Two recent experiences helped me, and the community at Saint Angela Merici School, to feel that “thing with feathers.” The first experience: As part of our anniversary celebration, the students were invited over the past several weeks to think about their personal talent or
gift. Then they were invited to share that in the “Night of Talents” which was celebrated in a weeklong presentation. Each night there were three or four sections of students that shared their talents via Zoom. Some were filmed ahead of time, others were in-person.
It was impossible to watch and not be awed by the sincerity and generosity in the sharing of gifts. While many say the students are not learning anything in virtual classes, we, teachers and parents, became convinced that the truth is that students are learning the more important of life’s values: giving and sharing who we are to create a more loving and caring world.
Two themes ran through the talent-sharing in poetry, drawing, singing, “little chefs”: Care for the earth, and Angela’s care for others. The second experience is related to the ongoing project “sumak kawsay” which translates loosely as
OUR GIFTS IN HONOR OF: July 1, 2020 to June 30, 2021 SISTER ANNE MARY LOCHNER’S JUBILEE Betty and Perry Carney SISTER MARIA GORETTI LOVETT, OSU Joseph D. Maroon Paul and Hilde Meisner Katherine Sniegon GENEVA MEEHAN Patrick Meehan SISTER MARILYN MUELLER, OSU Irene Mueller SISTER ROSE ANN MULLER, OSU Rosemary M. Harkins SISTER KATHLEEN NEELY, OSU Kathryn Mattingly Barbara Mercer
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SISTER HELEN O’BRIEN, OSU Marilyn and Bob Beam SISTER RAYMUNDA ORTH, OSU Martha and Detlef Alle SISTERS OF ST. PATRICK’S, NORTH PLATTE, NE John Marquette SISTER JANET MARIE PETERWORTH FOR HER LEADERSHIP Karen Cassidy SISTER JANET MARIE PETERWORTH, OSU John and Jeanette Buege Betty and Perry Carney Patrick and Jane Cyphert Melvin and Jeannine Nix Barbara and Bud Simmons Patrick A. Turner
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JO ANNE PETERWORTH Kathy Passafiume KATHLEEN POWERS’ 82ND BIRTHDAY Rachel Dworaczyk SISTER MARY SUE SCHARFENBERGER, OSU Barbara Mercer David and Judith Scharfenberger Gemma Scharfenberger MARY VIRGINIA SCOTT Kathy Passafiume SISTER SHIRLEY ANN SIMMONS, OSU Fr. Bryan D. Ernest THE SISTERS WHO TAUGHT AT ANGELA MERICI HIGH SCHOOL Rita Williams
SISTERS WHO TAUGHT AT ST. PATRICK, NORTH PLATTE, NE John Marquette THE SISTERS WHO TAUGHT ME ABOUT THE PRECIOUS LOVE OF GOD Janice Wooldridge MARY JANE SMITH Andrea Marion Renee and Tinze White ST. MARY’S, CUMBERLAND, MD Yvonne Mongan SISTER MARY MARTHA STAARMAN, OSU Mary Anne Hess William and Margaret Staarman MARY DEAN STONE William Stone
URSULINE ACADEMY CLASS OF 1955 Patricia Peters URSULINE ACADEMY CLASS OF 1960 The Estate of Connie Drautz URSULINE COLLEGE CLASS OF 1959 Anne House THE URSULINE SISTERS Libby Farmer Ellen and Thomas Giesler Jane Hummel Lillian Peak URSULINE SISTERS WHO TAUGHT IN PITTSBURGH, PA Johanna Troy
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“living well so that all will be well.” The project has an ecological focus: “Eko” and “oikos,” caring for our common home. Throughout the year the students, along with their families, save bottle caps, plastic bottles, paper and cardboard. Some of the bottles are stuffed with wrappers or plastic bags, paper, etc. They are filled to the point of becoming “bricks” that can later be used for building. This week the materials that were saved at home are being brought to school. The students know that their recycling has multiple benefits: saving the planet, caring for children with a particular skin disease, and helping to build homes with ecobricks. For the kindergarteners and first graders, bringing their recycled materials to the school yard was the first time they were inside the school the whole year. That was an emotional “feather moment.” Pope Francis speaks often of a “culture of encounter,” developing a way of living so that meeting with the “other” becomes an intersection of life. The other is not stranger, foreigner, migrant. Rather, the other is an experience of interconnection in this one world that we share, this one life that we create, and is for all.
We in Peru, in Carmen de la Legua, have enjoyed these moments of experiencing hope as we encounter one another in the sharing of gifts and in the caring for our common home.
OUR GIFTS IN HONOR OF: SISTER LORNA WEILER, OSU Patricia A. Casillo Dr. John Spalding Gatton Meredith and Glenn Gogan KATHY WILLIAMS Kenneth Crawford SISTER JEAN ANNE ZAPPA, OSU Deborah Bagnato Ruth D. Kelly
OUR GIFTS IN MEMORY OF: July 1, 2020 to June 30, 2021 DR. AND MRS. FRANCIS AARON Patricia Donahoe SISTER GONZAGA ADAMS, OSU Martha Dooley SISTER MARY JUDE ADAMS, OSU Brother Dominic Lococo BRUNO W. ALBERTS Sarah Rothenburger ALL SISTERS WHO HAVE PASSED AWAY Ellen and Thomas Giesler SISTER FRANCES MARIE ANDRIOT, OSU James and Susan Andriot Arthur Beaulieu DOROTHY AUBREY Mary Carman
FRANK BALINT, JR. Raymond Balint HELEN BALINT Raymond Balint JERRY BEACHMAN Joseph D. Maroon LILLIE V. BEACHMAN Joseph D. Maroon RICHARD BEACHMAN Joseph D. Maroon SISTER REGINA MARIE BEVELACQUA, OSU Anonymous Michele DeCarlo Andrea Ehringer Jan Farrell Martha Fluhr Edwina Goodman Patricia Hughes Lawrence Jones
Steve Magre Ruth Mueller Gwendolyn Parkins Joe and Mary Steinbock Mary Marlene Wolf MARY LOUISE “BEASIE” BIR Terie Louise Harper SISTER MARY URBAN BOCH, OSU Mikki Arnold BARBARA M. BOGOVICH Paul P. Bogovich SISTER MARY JOACHIM BOGOVICH, OSU Paul P. Bogovich MARIE BOONE Marilyn and Bob Beam GILES BORDERS Karen Borders
BETTY BORN Frank and Jenny Aberger Anonymous Thomas and Catherine Born Sheila Bunting Dennis and Charlotte Cake Clarence Gildemeister Beth Maier John and Lorraine McIntyre Clarence and Lila Moore Normal History Club Richard and Barbara Rasche Susan Sears Margie Shuman Carol Smith Sally Smoes Darlene Sommers
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From Lesson Planning to Planned Giving BY ELLEN MCKNIGHT
schools, and were influenced and mentored by several religious.
Bob was born and raised in Louisville. His parents did not own a house until late in life, however, each place they lived had to be within sight of a church. Divine providence paved the way for his greatest religious influences in school. At Holy Cross grade school, “Fr. Richard (Dick) Fowler and Sr. Mary Bede, RSM, taught me to look beyond the ‘rules of the church’ and look for the spiritual influences I received by practicing my faith daily.”
The story of Bob and Mary Sue Stratton Becker (Angela Merici HS ’63/Ursuline College ’68) is a tale of similarities, diversity and destiny. Both were reared in Catholic families, educated in Catholic schools, taught in Catholic high
Sue grew up in her grandparents’ home in a small Wisconsin town on Lake Michigan after her mother moved back in with her two daughters following the death of her husband. Remembering those formative years, Sue said, “The ‘big house’ was populated by adoring relatives. My grandfather was a huge influence at St. Joseph Church, where
he directed the choir, my aunt played the organ, and all the siblings sang. The church was a mini cathedral, oozing faith as did the immigrant population who built it. Then when I was nine, my mom remarried, and we moved to Louisville.” A nomadic elementary school experience thwarted close teacher relationships until Sue enrolled at Angela Merici High School. There she met teacher and Ursuline Sister of Louisville Brigid Kirn. The acquaintance with this joyous religious inspired Sue and influenced her decision to join the Ursuline congregation after graduation.
Both Bob and Sue experienced civic and religious turmoil, unrest and change in the 1960s. Bob was an eyewitness to protests solidifying his belief in racial justice. His perspective on religion and its influences grew from there. Still in the convent, Sue recalls, “Vatican II was a turning
OUR GIFTS IN MEMORY OF: July 1, 2020 to June 30, 2021 SISTER BERNITA BOSSE, Mary Jane Smith OSU SISTER MARJORIE Dennis and Rebecca Bosse BURGE, OSU SISTER MARY ALBAN Dr. John Spalding Gatton BOSSE, OSU SISTER MARY LAURANA Dennis and Rebecca Bosse BURKE, OSU CATHERINE O. BOWRON Michael Dorn Patricia Bowron RICHARD CABELA SISTER MARY MICHAEL Mary Cabela BOYLE, OSU SISTER ANDREA Carol Chester CALLAHAN, OSU SISTER MARIANNA Mary Anne Hess BRADY, OSU Patrick A. Turner The Estate of Barbara SISTER ETHELREDA Miranda CARR, OSU SISTER MARY CONSOLATA Gerald P. Campbell BRAMER, OSU ANTHONY CARTA Marilyn and Bob Beam Delores Carta JANE BROWN EUGENE CARTA Nancy McWhorter Delores Carta SISTER LILLIAN ANN JOSEPH C. CARTA BROWN, OSU Delores Carta Andrea Marion 1616 WINTER 2021 | DOME WINTER 2021 | DOME
SAMUEL CARTER, JR. Jerry and Katherine Bean SISTER MARY SAMUEL CARTER, OSU Jerry and Katherine Bean SISTER RAYMOND CARTER, OSU Charlotte Young HARRIET CONELY Mary Lou Mayhall SISTER ERNESTINE DAVIS, OSU Dave and Diane Lohr Mary Ernestine Lohr JIM DAY Elizabeth Day DECEASED URSULINE SISTERS Robert and Cynthia Heleringer Anne Klapheke
SISTER MARY DE CHANTAL MULLIGAN, OSU Suzanne F. Fox CATHERINE DEFELICE Karen Borders SHIRLEY DEFELICE Karen Borders Cathy Staples SISTER JAMESETTA DEFELICE, OSU Karen Borders Mary Lee Borders Barbara Hager Charlene Head James Hughes Susan and Dave Kinny Bettye Carta Mattingly Judith A. Michels Susan Moriarty Sue Pile Cathy Staples
SISTER VERA DEL GRANDE, OSU Colleen Freeman Thomas and Marcia Heil SISTER ASSUMPTA DEVINE, OSU Jerrold and Carla Rosen JOSEPH DOOLEY Ruth Mueller DREISBACH SACRED HEART GRADUATES Suzanne Hodes Burns SISTER VIVIAN DREISBACH, OSU Claudia Dreisbach SISTER JEANNE DRESSMAN, OSU Lucille C. McIntyre PAULA DUANE Elizabeth Bonifer
point. It upended long practiced traditions which, in many people’s minds, were cemented beliefs. The strife [within the Catholic Church] was unbearable and did not reflect the unity of the Ursuline congregation.”
She made the difficult decision to leave the convent, but did not cut ties with the Sisters, who remain dear friends. Their ministry of education was a major influence, and Sue embarked on a teaching career at Sacred Heart Academy (SHA), Louisville where she met her future husband and faculty member, Bob Becker. A common bond formed between them while teaching religion classes, curriculum planning and leaning on each other for advice. They married in 1975. In 1976, Sue transferred to Angela Merici High School, her alma mater, to teach Spanish classes, for which teachers were in demand. Bob soon followed, after being asked by Angela Merici’s principal, Sister Louise
Marie Willenbrink, to be the “Clovers” basketball coach and teach sociology and religion classes. The Beckers were together again, both personally and professionally.
The Ursulines have been a positive influence in Sue and Bob’s lives over the years with guidance, career opportunities and friendship. Bob explained their decision to include the Sisters in their planned gift, “After teaching, I had a successful career in the insurance industry and mentored clients in planning their estates. After guiding clients through the process, it was the natural decision for us to follow suit and include the Ursulines in our own estate plans. If others reflect on the influences that religious orders have had on their lives, they may be inspired to donate and keep these institutions viable.
With financial support, our hope is that all religious congregations continue their work of service worldwide well into the future.” Sue sums it up, “As the saying goes, they’ve [the Ursulines] got my back, and through our planned gift, Bob and I have theirs.”
In retirement, Sue and Bob continue serving others through volunteer activities—Bob with Habitat for Humanity and Sue with JustFaith Ministries and liturgical music.
OUR GIFTS IN MEMORY OF: SISTER LAURA DUERR, OSU Mary Louise Fischer SISTER AMELIA DUES, OSU Daniel and Martha Dues SISTER GEORGELINE DUES, OSU Daniel and Martha Dues SISTER ELAINE ECKERT, OSU Karen Jarboe SISTER GEORGIANNA EISENBACK, OSU Eileen Hardesty SISTER REBECCA EISENBACK, OSU Eileen Hardesty NORMAN EVE Viola R. Eve JOSEPH FARRELL Lelia, Tim and Dan McArdle
SISTER CLARITA FELHOELTER, OSU Laura Maraldo MARY LOU FITZMAYER Karen Dant Deborah Thompson and Jo Ann Kalb Barbara, Mark and John Fitzmayer Jo Ann Kalb Mary Jane Smith SISTER CLARISSA FITZMAYER, OSU Karen Dant Barbara Mark and John Fitzmayer Jo Ann Kalb VIRGINIA AND EARL FORBECK Yvonne Mongan
SISTER DOROTHY FRANKRONE, OSU Harry Rothgerber DR. WILLIAM FREEMAN Colleen Freeman JOELLA FRENTZ Mr. and Mrs. Jim Frentz LOUISE F. GADDIE Richard Bowles Kelsey Doren SR. CARMELITA DUNN, SCN Katherine Ford Kathy Nault Lisa and Michael Palmisano John Potter Joan and Stephen Schuster Patricia Sexton Sally Taylor SISTER ODILIA GADLAGE, OSU Harry Rothgerber
SISTER ATHANASIA GAST, OSU Joan Marie Smith SISTER ESTELLE GATHOF, OSU Richard Barrett Barbara Seifert SISTER MARY JOYCE GEORGEL, OSU Malcolm and Karleen Robertson, Jr. SISTER BRENDA GONZALES, SCN Nora Shih SISTER GEORGINE GRABENSTEIN, OSU Rita Crabtree Regina and Anthony Laing J.C. GRAMIG Carol J. Lyle MARIAN GRAMIG Carol J. Lyle
SISTER MARY CARMELITA GRANTZ, OSU Mary Lou Mangold AL GUENTHNER, JR. Jeanette Saddler Taylor SISTER ALFREDA GURTIS, OSU Sarah Gurtis SISTER ALMARITA GURTIS, OSU Sarah Gurtis JOSEPH RONNIE HAGAN Barbara and Bud Simmons SISTER MARGARET ANN HAGAN, OSU Marilyn and Bob Beam John and Peggy Helm WILLIAM HANS Joan G. Hans JEFF HARPER Terie Louise Harper DOME | WINTER 2021
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Sister Dolorita Lutsie In 2002, Cynthia Schultz, a reporter for the Indiana edition of Louisville’s Courier-Journal, wrote after interviewing Sister Dolorita, “Actually, she seems to be running all over creation, helping wherever she’s needed!” Sister jokingly replied, “We always call it recycling.” For her Ursuline Sisters, Sister Dolorita’s pizzelles were almost as necessary for a meeting as were the agenda and the microphones! They were made from Sister’s grandmother’s recipe. For the Sisters who lived with Sister Dolorita at Twinbrook, she was the “house treasurer,” the person who answered your need for cash each month. She retained this duty until her sudden death on July 13, 2021 at age 89.
“Love bears all things, believes all things, hopes all things, endures all things.” —1 Corinthians 13:7
Monthly she sent out information on ways to recycle, reuse or reduce waste. A seamstress, for years she made dresses for little girls which were donated to Centro Latino in Shelbyville, Kentucky. Sister made nearly one-hundred baby quilts which were donated to Christian Help, a non-profit founded by Sister Mary Brendan Conlon, in Kermit, West Virginia. Her “official jobs” varied from teacher to school librarian, to bookkeeper, to media director, to financial manager of high school drama productions. Her teaching career began at Holy Trinity School, and over the years included St. Ann and Most Blessed Sacrament schools, and Sacred Heart Academy in Louisville. In addition, Sister taught at Sacred Heart School, Camden, Mississippi; SS. Peter and Paul School, Cumberland, Maryland; Ursuline Academy in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. In the 1960s, she
OUR GIFTS IN MEMORY OF: July 1, 2020 to June 30, 2021 THE EUNICE HATEM FAMILY Joseph D. Maroon THE FUDUAH HATEM FAMILY Joseph D. Maroon FREDERICKA HATEM Joseph D. Maroon MARY HATEM Joseph D. Maroon MICHAEL HATEM Joseph D. Maroon PAUL HATEM Joseph D. Maroon PETER HATEM Joseph D. Maroon SISTER CECILIA HATEM, OSU Joseph D. Maroon
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SISTER GEMMA HATEM, OSU Joseph D. Maroon SISTER JOVITA HATEM, OSU Joseph D. Maroon Harry Rothgerber SISTER MARY DAVID HAWKINS, OSU Lawrence Hanagan SISTER THOMASITA HAYES, OSU Lynn and Chris Hall CAROL HECKMAN Donna J. Burton SISTER ANDREW HEESACKER, OSU William Zapp LOUISE HELLMANN Frances G. Coady
ANTHONY HILDENBRAND, JR. Linda Walker SISTER JOSEPHINE HILDENBRAND, OSU Linda Walker SISTER MARY HILDENBRAND, OSU Linda Walker HODES SACRED HEART GRADUATES Suzanne Hodes Burns EMILY ZEHNDER HODES Suzanne Hodes Burns MARGARET “MARGIE” HODES Suzanne Hodes Burns JACK HORAN James Hughes
MARY RITA HORN Jan Farrell CAROLINE HOYER Charlene Hoyer SISTER EVARISTA HUBER, OSU Betty Pavach SISTER HILDEGARD HUBER, OSU Betty Pavach SISTER DOLORES HUDSON, OSU Mary Lou Dawson Peggy and Frank Dougherty Jan Farrell Mary Louise Fischer Ellen and Thomas Giesler Karen Harris Sharon Holliday Patricia Hughes Maureen and James McGann
Eithne McMullen Barbara Mercer Anna Marie Michael Judith A. Michels Elizabeth Moody Betty and Daniel Moore Debbie Lynn Pustolski Sue Shrout Mary Margaret Wilhelm Mary Marlene Wolf MARIE HULL Jeffrey Hull JOSEPHINE HUMPHREY Brother Larry Humphrey, FSC GREGORY WALTER INGOLD Jacquelyn Dotson BETTY JANSING Charlene Distler
IN MEMORIAM taught in Nebraska at St. Patrick parish schools in North Platte and in Sidney, and at Blessed Sacrament School in Omaha. She then served as teacher and librarian at Madonna High School in Weirton, West Virginia, and at Cardinal Newman High School, Columbia, South Carolina.
15, 1951. [She had been baptized as an infant at The Church of Our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ in Allentown.] When her parents learned of her becoming a Catholic, they insisted she return home.
Sister Dolorita’s (born Louise) childhood began in 1932 in Allentown, Pennsylvania, as the youngest of six—one sister and four brothers. Later, the family moved to Masontown, West Virginia. During her teen years she attended the Methodist Church and sang in the choir “in order to be with my friends.”
Sister earned a bachelor’s degree from the former Ursuline College, Louisville, and a master’s degree from Creighton University, Omaha. She also did graduate work in library science at West Virginia University.
She served in all these roles before she accepted the position of librarian at Our Lady of Providence High School in Clarksville, Indiana, in 1983. Sister Dolorita retired in 2004, and began a volunteer ministry at St. Anthony of Padua School, also in Clarksville, where she continued to serve until 2017. She then could be found in Louisville volunteering at Nazareth Home-Clifton, Nativity Academy and St. Vincent de Paul’s Open Hand Kitchen.
After graduation from high school, Louise moved to Lancaster, Pennsylvania, and worked as a secretary for an architect. She began asking questions about life, which led to taking instructions at St. Anne Catholic Church, where she was baptized on September
While visiting a friend in Morgantown, West Virginia, Louise met Ursuline Sisters of Louisville Carmel Price and Edith Ruppenkamp, teachers at St. Francis de Sales School. On another visit, Louise met then Mother Superior, Sister Columba Ishanski from the Louisville Motherhouse. Four years later, Louise arrived in Louisville to enter the Ursuline Sisters. When Anthony Lutsie, Louise’s father, visited Sister Dolorita and saw how happy she was, he concluded, “The choice was a good one. None of the negative tales we had heard back home about Catholicism were true.”
Sister Dolorita is survived by her sister, Helen Lutsie Reynolds of Asheboro, North Carolina; her brothers, John A. “Jack” Lutsie of Asheboro, Michael Lutsie of Anaheim, California and Larry Lutsie of Morgantown, West Virginia; many nieces and nephews; as well as her community of Ursuline Sisters and Associates.
OUR GIFTS IN MEMORY OF: CHARLES JANSING Charlene Distler SISTER MARY GEORGETTA JANSING, OSU Martha H. Clark MARY MARGARET JONES Mary Lee Richardson SISTER IDA JONES, OSU The Estate of Barbara Miranda SISTER MARIE JONES, OSU The Estate of Barbara Miranda THOMAS JOSEPH KEENAN, III Anne Stakem SISTER MARY RUTH KELLY, OSU Antionette Corey EDITH KEMPER Karen Borders
NORBERT KEMPER Karen Borders SISTER DELORES KEMPER, OSU Jan Farrell STEVE KEMPER Karen Borders CAROLYN KERN Bob Kern GEMMA KESSEL Joseph D. Maroon BOBBIE MAE KESSLER Mary Kathleen Bischoff The Rose Mary Bischoff Family SISTER MARY ROSINE KIEFER, OSU Arthur Beaulieu FRANK KIST Ann Kist
BARBARA KLEIN Renee Klein SISTER MARY WILLIAM KLIPSCH, OSU Pam Klipsch ANN AND FRANK KOHUT Mark Kohut SISTER HERMAN JOSEPH KORESSEL, OSU Arthur Beaulieu SISTER COLETTE KRAEMER, OSU Mary Ann Dearing Mary Sue Doran Mary Kathleen Falk Mary Louise Fischer Mary Ford Patricia Hughes Mary Kay Hyland Ron Kaufman Ruth D. Kelly
Vonda Norris Alice Ohlmann Marsha Pierce Clare Ann Schultheis Barbara and Bud Simmons Marie Tolly Patricia Turner Mary Marlene Wolf FRANCIS KRUML Dale and Phyllis Spangenthal SISTER GEORGIA JEAN KRUML, OSU Mary Louise Fischer Barbara Mercer Judith A. Michels Dale and Phyllis Spangenthal AMANDA KRUSE Frances Ann Tompkins SISTER MARY ISABEL LEHMENKULER, OSU Anne Klapheke
Judith A. Michels Irene Mueller Sue Pile COLLEEN LEWIS Pat Colgate Carol Foushee Mary Jo Hughes Nancy Kotarski David and Michele Micke Joyce Mudd Bob and Pat O’Bryan Mary Rose O’Bryan Michele Sacksteder Patty Ann Smith MARGARET M. LINCOLN Rev. Daniel Lincoln BETTY LINK Irene Mueller JACOB LINK JR. Irene Mueller DOME | WINTER 2021
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Sister Mary Brendan Conlon Sister Mary Brendan Conlon, 93, died on Friday, July 16, 2021, at Nazareth Home-Clifton in Louisville. Born in Cumberland, Maryland, and named Mary Catherine, Sister Brendan celebrated 75 years as an Ursuline Sister this year, 2021.
Many knew her as teacher, scholar, writer, social activist, administrator, friend. Her friends were numerous and included many who knew Sister as their teacher during one or more of her 30 years in the classroom. All but one of those years were spent in Catholic schools. That one year, 1970-71, she joined the teachers at Russell Junior High School, a Jefferson County inner-city school.
“As the deer longs for streams of water, so my soul thirsts for you, O God.” —Psalm 42
Sister Brendan’s teaching ministry began in Louisville in 1948 at Sacred Heart Model School and continued at St. Elizabeth School and Ursuline Academy, and from 1956 to 1967 at Sacred Heart Academy. Sister also was on the faculties of schools in Omaha, Nebraska, Morgantown, West Virginia and Cumberland, Maryland. In addition, while in Morgantown, she was a campus minister at West Virginia University’s St. John Parish. Her deep concern for social justice led her to become a Witness of Peace delegate in Managua, Nicaragua, Central America, for eight months in the late 1980s. She participated in protests for justice and peace, including civil disobedience in Washington, D.C., for which she spent some time in jail cells. Her view of this experience was: “I protested because there was a lot of injustice going on, and still is.”
OUR GIFTS IN MEMORY OF: July 1, 2020 to June 30, 2021 SISTER PATRICIA LOWMAN, OSU Gail Meyer Bob and Joyce Pfaadt Katherine Sniegon Jim Wilberding SISTER MARY PATRICK MAGINNIS, OSU Pat Hahn SISTER LORRAINE MAGINOT, OSU Mary Beth Bowling Kenneth and Mary Maginot Ronald E. Maginot Barbara Page Sue Pile Valentine Rudakas Janet Schulz Linda Walker PATRICIA A. MAGUIRE A. Louise Strehle
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GIL C. MANGOLD Mary Lou Mangold ABRAHAM MAROON Joseph D. Maroon ROSE M. MAROON Joseph D. Maroon MSR. WILLIAM MAROON Joseph D. Maroon EDWARD MATTINGLY Kathryn Mattingly MARY THERESE MATTINGLY Kathryn Mattingly HELEN MAZZOLI Rosanne Dillon Imelda Kargl Mary Elizabeth Marcellino Frances Ann Tompkins Barbara Wade Anna L. Waskevich Jo Ann Zeller
SISTER MARY PATRICK MACGINNIS, OSU Pat Hahn SISTER ANTON MEICK, OSU Harry Rothgerber MARCUS AND BERTHA MILLER Ruth Ann Miller SISTER HERMINA MILTENBERGER, OSU Charlie and Jane Beard SISTER ROSAIRE MILTENBERGER, OSU Charlie and Jane Beard ROSE MIRANDA The Estate of Barbara Miranda VAUGHN MONGAN Yvonne Mongan
INGEBORG BEHRINGER MONTEITH William Monteith IRENE MUELLER Patricia Bernardi Miller John and Jane Mueller III JOHN MUELLER Irene Mueller SISTER ANNUNCIATA MUTH, OSU Lisa Orr James and Jane Redmon SISTER BERNADINE NASH, OSU Judith A. Michels Sue Pile SISTER MARY PERPETUA NAUERT, OSU Cheryl Love Ann M. Nauert JOAN NICHOLAS Mary Lou Mayhall
SISTER EVANGELISTA O’BRIEN, OSU Patrick and Jane Cyphert SISTER FRANCETTA OLGES, OSU Naomi and Jim Olges SISTER RITA OLGES, OSU Naomi and Jim Olges SISTER RAYMUNDA ORTH, OSU Martha and Detlef Alle Martha Benningfield Catherine and John Bloodworth Jan Farrell Mary Ernestine Lohr Barbara Mercer Agnes Nelson The Mary Carol Osborn Family Carolyn Quick Suzanna Reker
IN MEMORIAM In 1994 Sister Brendan founded Christian Help, Inc. in Kermit, West Virginia, “where she served the hungry, the poor, the mourning, the simply pure of heart.” (Quote from homily at the funeral Mass at the Ursuline Motherhouse Chapel on July 26, 2021.) She was director of that agency until she retired in 2009.
communication from 1969 to 1971. In retirement she volunteered in Louisville at St. John Center for Homeless Men, Doors to Hope and with ESL Catholic Charities at the Women’s Prison in Pewee Valley.
Sister Brendan was the 1993 recipient of the Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Achievement Award from the West Virginia University Center for Black Culture and Research, the first non-Black person so named. In 2006 she received the Community Leader Initiative Award from the Jenco Foundation of Athens, Ohio, for her “visionary leadership in Appalachia,” and in 2009 was the recipient of the Dr. William and Budd Bell Award from the Community Transportation Association of America for establishing accessible transportation “to seniors and low-income residents of Mingo County.” [Mingo County, West Virginia had no public transportation.]
At the Louisville Ursuline Motherhouse the community of Sisters, Associates, and Sister Brendan’s relatives and friends celebrated her life at a wake service on July 25 and a funeral Mass the next day, followed by burial in Saint Michael Cemetery, Louisville. A memorial service to show gratitude for Sister Brendan’s years of service to the people of the Mingo County, West Virginia area took place in Kermit on Saturday, September 25. A memorial Mass at SS. Peter and Paul Church in Cumberland, Maryland, her home parish, and a private Mass in Wheeling, West Virginia were celebrated on October 26, 2021, Sister’s birthday.
In summarizing her blessed life during an interview for the DOME’s spring 2021 issue, Sister Brendan also expressed her thanks for the many fourlegged friends—cats and dogs—that God sent her to be her “friends and companions.”
Sister Brendan earned her bachelor’s and master’s degrees in English from Creighton University, Omaha, Nebraska; a master’s degree in theology from Jesuit Wheeling (WV) University; and studied at Marquette University, Milwaukee; Duquesne University, Pittsburgh; the University of Iowa and Gonzaga University in Spokane, Washington.
Sister Brendan served her Ursuline Sisters in leadership from 1968 to 1970 and as director of
Sister Brendan is survived by several nieces and nephews, as well as her community of Ursuline Sisters and Associates.
OUR GIFTS IN MEMORY OF: DOROTHY V. OSBORNE Barry and Adrienne Madden SUZANNE PALUMBO Theresa Butler LENNA PARKER Mary Sox PAUL PASLICK Charmaine Paslick SISTER BERNARDA PASLICK, OSU Charmaine Paslick SISTER MILDRED PASLICK, OSU Charmaine Paslick CHARLOTTE PASSAFIUME Kathy Passafiume SISTER MARY SEBASTIAN PASSAFIUME, OSU Mary Lee Broyles VAUGHN JOSEPH PASSAFIUME Phyllis White
SISTERS OF ST. PATRICK’S, NORTH PLATTE, NE John Marquette SISTER STELLA MARIE PAYNE, OSU Marian Gosling CHARLOTTE PETERWORTH Mary Virginia Scott DORIS PETERWORTH Mary Virginia Scott SISTER CLETA PFAADT, OSU Bob and Joyce Pfaadt SISTER EVELINA PISANESCHI, OSU Roger, Katharine and Anthony Killen SISTER CONSUELO PRICE, OSU Doris Ann Price MARY ELAINE BROWN PURDUM Nancy McWhorter
CHARLES RAPPA Carol Ann Rappa RECENTLY DECEASED SISTERS Patricia Turner MARY CATHERINE REDMON Cheryl Love FRANCIS AND ARMELLA ROACH Paula Skelley SISTER MARY DENISE ROBERTS, OSU Martha Fluhr SISTER MILDRED MAE RUEFF, OSU John and Yvonne Held, Jr. SISTER ANNETTE RUTLEDGE, OSU Peter Rutledge HILDA RALEY SADDLER Jeanette Saddler Taylor
HILDA RALEY SADLER Jeanette Saddler Taylor SISTER FRANCES SCHAF, OSU Betsy Covell THELMA SCHARFENBERGER David and Judith Scharfenberger TOM SCHELL Angela T. Schell SYLVESTER AND ELLA SCHLACHTER Carol S. Kopp SISTER SYLVIA SCHLEGEL, OSU Harold and Roseanne Schlegel MR. AND MRS. PAUL SCHMIDT Regina H. Schmidt
SISTER MARY TERENCE SCHMITT, OSU Gail Meyer SISTER MARY MARGARET SCHMOLL, OSU Mary Louise Fischer Rose Marie Grenewald Mary Ann Huddleston GRETCHEN SCHMUCKIE Rosemary Schmuckie JAMES MAURICE SCHMUCKIE, SR. Rosemary Schmuckie FORREST SCHOENBACHLER, SR Anne Schoenbachler SISTER GERTRUNELLA SCHUTTE, OSU Marilyn and Bob Beam CLARENCE AND DOROTHY SCHWEINHART Clarissa Duvall
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ANNUAL REPORT INFORMATION
Our Benefactors’ Gifts Support Our Ministries Thank you to Our Benefactors The legacy of the Ursuline Sisters of Louisville as educators, innovators and influencers goes back 163 years, when the first three Sisters arrived in Louisville from Straubing, Bavaria to teach German immigrant children. From then, the congregation grew, as did their community outreach. They have inspired thousands of men, women and children in their ministry and service to others far beyond their founding city of Louisville, Kentucky. The relationship between the Sisters and you remains sacred, sincere and supportive. Thank you for your continued prayers and generosity to the congregation. — Ellen McKnight, Director of Development and Planned GIving For the 2020-2021 Fiscal Year, our fundraising goal was set at $700,000.00. Final income total was $448,735.07 (64.11% of our goal). Total Number of Benefactors: Total Number of Financial Gifts: Total Number of In-Kind Gifts: Most Common Monetary Gift: Calculated Average Gift Amount: Number of New Benefactors: Number of Estates Received:
589* 1,064 4 $50 $421.74** 90 9
* Includes benefactors of in-kind donations, estates and monies ** Includes all financial donations, estates and effective value of in-kind donations
All statistics shown are from July 1, 2020—June 30, 2021.
Sisters served on these committees: Carmelite Sisters of Louisville, Assistant to the Prioress Chapter Planning Committee, Ursuline Sisters of Louisville Charism and Spirituality Team, Ursuline Sisters of Louisville Charism Committee, Ursuline Sisters of Louisville Development Consultant, Shively Area Ministries Development Consultant, St. John Paul II Academy Development Consultant, St. Meinrad Capital Campaign Curriculum Committee, Holy Cross High School, Louisville Education Committee, Nativity Academy at St. Boniface Encore, Leadership Louisville Enrollment Committee, Holy Cross High School, Louisville External Affairs Committee, Sacred Heart Schools Fortunate Families Committee, Lexington, Kentucky Governance Guidance Team, Ursuline Sisters of Louisville Green Ribbon Committee, Sacred Heart Schools Heritage Room Committee, Sacred Heart Schools Interdenominational Justice Committee, BUILD (Building a United Interfaith Lexington through Direct Action) Internal Affairs Committee, Sacred Heart Schools Ministry Fund Committee, Ursuline Sisters of Louisville Natural Resources, League of Women Voters, Louisville Needy Committee, Our Lady of Lourdes Parish, Louisville St. William Parish, Louisville Spirituality Committee, Ursuline Sisters of Louisville Strategic Planning Committee, Sacred Heart Schools UNITED in Faith Leadership for Lexington
OUR GIFTS IN MEMORY OF: July 1, 2020 to June 30, 2021 SISTER ANGELICE SEIBERT, OSU Rev. Daniel Lincoln THOMAS SHANNON Mary Jane Shannon SISTER THECLA SHIEL, OSU John and Betty Bentz GREGORY JOSEPH SHURINA Mary Christina Shurina SISTER TERRACINA Yvonne Mongan SISTERS FROM ST. FRANCIS, MORGANTOWN, WV Mary Katherine Sladky SISTERS WHO TAUGHT AT SAINTS PETER AND PAUL IN CUMBERLAND William A. Leasure, Jr. MERRY M. SPARANO Peter Sparano
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DOROTHY SPEED Betty Waldon SISTER ADELAIDE SQUIRES Michael Uberta THE SISTERS WHO TAUGHT US AT ST. VINCENT DE PAUL Harry Rothgerber DONALD STAUBLE Deborah Armbruster GERRY STAUBLE Deborah Armbruster SISTER SARAH STAUBLE, OSU Deborah Armbruster Margaret Ann Bergamini Mary Ann Dearing Jan Farrell Karen Harris Mary Ann Henry Karen Jarboe Anne Klapheke
Linda S. Lenahan Mary Ernestine Lohr Kelly and Ellen McKnight Vonda Norris Alice Ohlmann Clare Ann Schultheis Barbara and Bud Simmons Sandra Wallace KENNETH STEPHENSON Martha Stephenson SISTER MARY ALOYSE STOCKER, OSU John and Mary Stocker GEORGE STODDARD Darlene Stoddard BERNARD STREHLE A. Louise Strehle SISTER JANE STUCKENBORG, OSU Mary Louise Fischer Barbara Hager Sue Pile
R. Dolores Vogel FRANCES ELIZABETH BERRY THACKER Mary Ellen Tucker SISTER PATRICIA ANN THOMPSON, OSU Marilyn and Bob Beam THOSE WHO HAVE GONE BEFORE US Geneva Meehan ROSEMARY TOEBBE Mary Ellen Pike SISTER BERNADETTE TRANCE, OSU Marianne Roncoli DORIS TRIMBLE Martha Blair JOHN TRIMBLE Martha Blair MATILDA TSAO Nora Shih
LILLIAN TURNER Mary Louise Turner CLAUDE AND MARY TWIGG Lucille C. McIntyre URSULINE ACADEMY Sybil Alt URSULINE COLLEGE Sybil Alt GERALD VOWELS Mary Kathryn Vowels MILDRED M. VOWELS Darlene Stoddard SISTER MARY CATHERINE VUKMANIC, OSU Teddy L. Flynt Faith Thomas HARRY WALKER Linda Walker SISTER CONCETTA WALLER, OSU Marilyn and Bob Beam
ANNUAL REPORT INFORMATION
Sisters in Mission Boards AWARE (Agricultural Workers Are Respected Equals), Louisville Catholic Education Foundation, Archdiocese of Louisville Bellarmine University Board of Trustees Charitable Trust, Ursuline Sisters of Louisville Community Catholic Center, Louisville Friends of Esquipulas, St. William Parish, Louisville Hildegard House • Holy Cross High School, Louisville Nativity Academy at St. Boniface, Louisville PATH Coalition of Kentucky • Pitt Academy, Louisville Plowshares Farm Center for Education and Spirituality Sacred Heart Schools • Saint Benedict Center for Early Childhood Education, Louisville Saint Peter and Paul School, Lexington Associate Community
With the help of God, you will do much good for others.
Ministry and Presence
Education • Spirituality Latino Outreach • Parish Ministry Prayer and Presence • Pastoral Care Spiritual Direction • Outreach Hospital/Clinic Ministry • Ecospirituality Canon Law • Administration/Leadership Prison Ministry • Food Pantries Education • Historian Associates
—Saint Angela Merici OUR GIFTS IN MEMORY OF: SISTER VICTOR WALLER, OSU Marilyn and Bob Beam SISTER ANTHONY WARGEL, OSU Paul and Patsy DeBorde Jerry and Nancy Kleier Cesar and Nene Macatangay Larry and Mary Belle Newby Gerry and Carol O’Farrell ALFORD R. WATTS Mary Watts NANCY WEICKEL Martha Stephenson PATTY WEITER Mary Nichter SISTER MARY FRANCES WERNER, OSU Carol Chester
ANN C. WILLIAMS Mary Lou Mangold RICHARD L WILSON Kelly Wilson Riordan SISTER MARY JEANINE WOLFF, OSU Ann Kupper SISTER ROSALITA WUERSCH, OSU Kathleen J. Gunderson SISTER VINCENTIA YARNELL, OSU Eugene and Rosemary Turano
All statistics shown are from July 1, 2020—June 30, 2021.
ESTATE GIFTS RECEIVED: July 1, 2020 to June 30, 2021 Irene Mueller Mary Frances Olberz Judy Eastland Connie Drautz Ruth Ann Bradshaw Joseph Foy Barbara Miranda
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Our Mission Teaching Christian living is the corporate mission of the Ursuline Sisters. This ministry, cutting across socio-economic, racial and national boundaries, assists women, men and children to live more fully and to develop a personal relationship with God.
Sacredly Centered – Now and Forever
The Sisters’ five-year fundraising campaign for the Motherhouse Chapel renovation and restoration project ends on December 31, 2021. Fundraising to keep the Chapel in top-notch condition for years to come will transition to the Sacred Heart Schools (SHS) on January 1, 2022, to oversee future upkeep and repairs.
In this issue, the final special remittance envelope to the Ursuline Sisters of Louisville is enclosed for your designated gift to their Chapel Preservation Fund. All donations to the fund are board and donor restricted and used as intended.
Dedicated in December 1917, the 104year-old Chapel has stood the test of time as the epicenter of spiritual life for the Ursuline Sisters of Louisville, the Ursuline Associates, and the Sacred Heart Schools’ students, faculty, administrators, and alumni. Thank you for your donation to maintain this Ursuline legacy.
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