Ursulines Alive Fall 2009

Ursulines Ursuline Sisters of Mount Saint Joseph

2008 Fall 2009

Freeing and Nurturing Women and Children

Volume 7, No. 1 Vol. 9,

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Contemporary Woman Donor Gratitude New Ministries

Ursuline Sisters Active in Illinois

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From our Congregational Leader Dear Friends, One of my favorite post-Hurricane Katrina stories involved a big “pay it forward” with “payback.” In response to a cry for help from one of our sisters in Shreveport, La., Ursulines and their friends from all over the United States responded with an outpouring of aid to the Shreveport Catholic schools, deluged with refugees from the New Orleans hurricane. Like the Bible story of the multiplication of the loaves and fishes, there were leftovers – $10,000 to be exact.

The principal of the Shreveport Catholic high school Sister Michele contacted all Ursuline community leaders and told us what he proposed to do with the extra money: he wanted to give it to the historic Ursuline Academy in New Orleans, which had been badly damaged by the storm. He said he thought it especially appropriate that a graduate of the Jesuit high school in New Orleans should do that, because when the Jesuits arrived in New Orleans they “came without their checkbook” and had to borrow money from the Ursulines, already established there since 1727. They borrowed the (then) princely sum of $10,000 and never paid it back. Now a product of Jesuit education was finally repaying that old debt to the Ursulines of New Orleans!

When we look at the history of the Ursulines in Illinois and Kansas, we can only imagine how many “pay it forward” stories there are, and how the ripples of those good works continue to go on and on through the lives of those touched by the Ursuline presence. We know that the effects of the Contemporary Woman Program at Brescia continue to be felt in the lives of the women and men who participated in those courses…because we hear it from them. And our donors honored in this issue who are casting their bread upon the waters in supporting our ministries and our retired sisters—what will be the payback for them? I can’t answer that one, but I know it will be good! You certainly are in our prayers.

God bless all of you as you “pay it forward” with your time, talent and treasure; may your “payback” be abundant, and may you not have to wait for it quite as long as the New Orleans Ursulines did!

Sister Michele Morek, OSU Cover: Founded in 1958 by Fr. Edwin J. Guild, OMI, the National Shrine of Our Lady of the Snows is one of the largest outdoor shrines in North America. It is located in Belleville, Ill., just 10 minutes from downtown St. Louis.

Above left: Sister Marilyn Mueth teaching at St. James Catholic School in Millstadt, Ill. Left: Sister Dorothy Helbling at Our Lady of the Snows, where she used to minister.

Above right: Sister Nancy Murphy, right, talks to Dodie Klingelhoefer with the Retired Senior Volunteer Program in Belleville. Right: Sister Mary Ellen Backes holds a quilt made for her by Sister Amelia Stenger in honor of the merger with the Belleville Ursulines. Sister Mary Ellen is a pastoral assistant in Springfield, Ill. Ursulines Alive is published by the Ursuline Sisters of Mount Saint Joseph, Maple Mount, Ky. Three issues are published each calendar year.

EDITORS: Director of Mission Advancement/Communications.........Dan Heckel, OSUA

Communications Specialist/Graphic Design.......................Jennifer Kaminski MISSION ADVANCEMENT STAFF:

Director of Development....................................................Debra Noble

Director of Mission Effectiveness.......................................Sister Rose Marita O’Bryan

Director of Spiritual Formation..........................................Sister Marietta Wethington

Director of Ursuline Partnerships.......................................Marian Bennett, OSUA

Administrative Specialist/Web Development....................Tiffany Orth

In this issue Ursuline Sisters in Illinois......................3 The Ursulines of Belleville merged with the Ursuline Sisters of Mount Saint Joseph in 2005. They both minister there today.

New Ministries.......................................5 Contemporary Woman Program..........6 Contemporary Woman Program begun by Ursulines at Brescia College still going strong Not Really Retired.................................9 Obituaries..............................................9 Donors and Benefactors............... 10-15 Soli Deo Gloria ...................................16 We rejoice in the gifts of our sisters, given for the kingdom of God

Our Mission We, the Ursuline Sisters of Mount Saint Joseph, sustained by prayer and vowed life in community, proclaim Jesus through education and Christian formation in the spirit of our founder, Saint Angela Merici.

Our PURPOSE Freeing and Nurturing Women and Children

OUR CORE VALUES • Prayer • Service • Empowerment • Justice • Contemplative Presence ...in the spirit of Saint Angela Merici

Contact Us Ursuline Sisters of Mount Saint Joseph 8001 Cummings Road Maple Mount, Kentucky 42356 270-229-4103 Fax: 270-229-4953 info.msj@maplemount.org www.ursulinesmsj.org

Maple Mount Sisters help maintain Ursuline presence in Belleville and Paola

By Dan Heckel, Mount Saint Joseph Staff

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y the time the 10 Ursuline Sisters of Belleville, Ill., signed the Book of the Company on Nov. 25, 2005 to become Ursuline Sisters of Mount Saint Joseph, there were already two sisters from Maple Mount ministering in Belleville.

Those two, Sisters Nancy Murphy and Nancy Liddy, are still serving the people of Belleville. Along with Sisters Dorothy Helbling, Mary Ellen Backes, and Marilyn Mueth, they make up the Illinois contingent of Ursuline Sisters, and they believe the Ursuline presence is essential to maintain in western Illinois.

“It’s important to keep a presence here,” said Sister Dorothy, who served two stints as superior in Belleville for a total of 24 years. “If I go to a funeral, I say, ‘I’m representing the Ursulines.’ That’s why I’m adamant about staying,” she said. “We’ve been friends with these people since 1945,” the year the motherhouse “The leadership of the Ursulines of Mount thought it would be Calvary moved from Kenmare, wonderful if some N.D., to Belleville. Helping sisters wanted to maintain Ursuline ministries in Belleville, and now Paola, move to Illinois to minister, to show that Kan., where a Maple Mount sister recently moved, was we are indeed one a hope of the Mount Saint community.”

Joseph leadership team.

“The leadership thought it would be wonderful if some sisters wanted to move to Illinois to minister, to show that we are indeed one community and that we valued the ministry of the sisters there,” said Sister Michele Morek, congregational leader.

Sister Mary Ellen, a former Belleville superior who ministers about two hours north at St. Joseph Parish in Springfield, said maintaining an Ursuline presence shows people the vitality of the sisters.

“They see that Ursulines are very much alive,” she said.

“It’s the unique presence of Saint Angela, the charism and hospitality.”

The merger occurred because the Belleville community was getting so small. Since the merger, two of the 10 remaining sisters have died, Sisters Eileen Mullen and Emily Zent. “We’re Sister Mary Ellen Backes, center, poses with Ursuline Associate Karen Siciliano and Larry Devocelle at the church where she ministers: St. Joseph Parish in Springfield, Ill.

Sister Nancy Murphy helps seniors in a program operated

by Southwestern Illinois College in Belleville, Ill. An Ursuline Sister of Mount Saint Joseph, she originally moved to Belleville to coordinate the sale of the four facilities of the Belleville Ursuline Motherhouse, which is still ongoing.

still facing the same issues, but there are more sisters to share it,” Sister Mary Ellen said. “I’m really glad to be a part of Maple Mount.”

Sister Nancy Murphy was associate community life coordinator at the Mount and director of novices when she was asked to go to Belleville to become the local coordinator.

Her first role was to get the property – four buildings in a wooded area in downtown Belleville – cleaned out and ready for sale.

Sister Nancy Liddy had been ministering to her father, and was looking for a job when she was selected to be a pastoral associate at St. George Parish in New Baden, Ill., not far from Belleville. In 2008 Sister Dorothy she became the Helbling at director of liturgy a merger and adult formation ceremony that at St. Teresa Parish in took place when Ursuline Sisters Belleville. of Mount Saint “Sister Nancy Joseph visited Liddy was a good Belleville in 2005. person to have there in the transition because she loved the sisters and brought energy and life to the local community there,” Sister Michele said. “We asked Sister Nancy Murphy if she would take over as ‘local coordinator’ and ‘property manager’ until we sold the property, because of her experience in administration, especially as (associate) local community life coordinator at the motherhouse,” Sister Michele said.

“She is extremely competent, has great organizational skills, and is a kind, patient person. And she’s certainly had Continued on page 4

Sister Marilyn Mueth teaches her second grade class how to count by fours one day in August at St. James School in Millstadt, Ill. RIGHT: A game of kickball.

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a chance to learn a lot more since she’s been there -- about running auctions, renting houses, and fixing roofs and leaky basements!”

Selling the property has proved troublesome, and the two Sister Nancys continue to live on the property while they await a buyer. It’s afforded them a chance to get to know the people of Belleville.

“This is a very Catholic area,” Sister Nancy Murphy said.

“I’ve found these people are so appreciative and respectful of sisters. I go to the Cathedral for Mass, and find the people very open. They knew Belleville Ursulines, they don’t really understand the merger.”

Sister Marilyn Mueth grew “This is a very Catholic up on a farm near Belleville area. I’ve found and now teaches second grade these people are so – among numerous other jobs – at St. James Catholic School appreciative and respectful of sisters.” in nearby Millstadt.

“I know the people of New Baden really like Sister Nancy Liddy,” Sister Marilyn said. “I truly appreciate Nancy Murphy for what she’s done.

She left her own mother to come here. She’s the type of person who sacrifices herself for others.”

Sister Marilyn believes even more than the current presence of sisters is needed in the Belleville area.

“My principal said, ‘I didn’t know every Catholic school didn’t have a sister.’ Everyone wants that sister in second grade teaching sacraments,” Sister Marilyn said. “I can give practical ideas because I’ve taught everything. Ursulines do a good job of living in the middle of people, like Angela intended us to be.”

In 2005, the remaining sisters in the Belleville motherhouse were Sister Dorothy and Sisters Frances and Mary Patrick McDonagh. Sister Dorothy lives in an apartment in Belleville, and still ministers to associates and the Ladies Auxiliary, takes a blind woman to church each week, and offers spiritual direction to those in need. Sisters Frances and Mary Patrick are retired to Maple Mount.

“Frances still has people from Mascoutah (Ill., where she taught for 33 years) come to visit her, and people still write to Mary Patrick,” Sister Nancy Murphy said. “When Nancy

and I came, these sisters really embraced us. A presence here is important. It’s a good feeling here among these people.”

Sister Frances thinks the two Sister Nancys add a lot to the Belleville community.

“You have to find people who are gifted in different areas.

Both the Nancys are perfect for what they’re doing now,” Sister Frances said.

Although she misses Belleville, Sister Frances is happy to be at Maple Mount. “You make your home wherever you go,” she said. “I’m grateful I’m here.”

Sister Nancy Liddy was not available for this article, but she wrote about her first impressions of Belleville in the Fall 2005 issue of Convergence, a publication for the communities represented in the Ursuline Society.

“One of the interesting things about living downtown (Belleville) versus the country (Maple Mount) is the number of diverse guests that frequent the motherhouse,” she wrote.

“Among the innumerable activities of the Belleville Ursulines are their promotion and support of the Daughters of Isabella, Ladies Auxiliary, and a well-attended Scripture class.

“The downtown location of the motherhouse allows for easy transporta­tion for many of the physically and mentally challenged group members,” she wrote. “Their prayer is gutsy and deep, and we plan to attend their meetings as often as possible.”

Sister Michele said it will be up to the sisters to determine how long their ministry continues in Illinois.

“We would like to keep an Ursuline presence there for as long as possible, in tribute to the wonderful work Ursulines have done there over the years, and in acknowledgement of the love that many people have for Ursulines there,” she said.

MSJ PRESENCE IN Paola In October 2008, the Ursuline Sisters of Paola, Kan., merged with Mount Saint Joseph, with 12 of their remaining 23 sisters moving to Maple Mount and the others remaining in ministry in the Paola area. In August 2009, Sister Betsy Moyer became the first Ursuline Sister from Maple Mount to move to Paola to begin a ministry, serving as a licensed practical nurse at Vintage Park, an assisted living facility.

“I believe it was my destiny to find a job here in Paola at this time,” Sister Betsy said. She is a native of Nebraska City, Neb., where her mother still lives, and had hoped for a few years to move to the Kansas/Missouri area with the Paola Sisters.

“The Ursulines are very accepted, admired, and loved.

My coming has given a little spark of hope to many of the people and associates I have met,” Sister Betsy said. “I think, perhaps, I have been the Ursuline bridge from Kentucky to Kansas just as the Ursulines (in Paola) were the bridges crossing over to Kentucky.”

She hopes her arrival will give hope to the people that the Ursulines will continue to be a part of the greater Kansas/ Missouri area.

Sister Sister Michele said Sister Betsy’s move is a sign of solidarity Marilyn – “that we are one community, one with them and that Mueth, we value the same things…we certainly value the Ursuline Sister Nancy presence and history in that area, and are proud to be a part of Liddy, and Sister Mary it now. Betsy is a very positive person and a hard worker, and Ellen Backes will bring a lot of ‘spirit’ to wherever she lives.” perform Sister Betsy said she has found the Kansas people and music at associates warm and faith-filled. “They carry the traditions a special merger and hopes of Angela in their everyday lives and to those they Mass in serve,” she said. “They have a strong sense of courage and are Belleville in filled with high hopes.”n 2005.

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Sister Nancy Murphy is the local coordinator of the Belleville motherhouse, and works 30 hours a week at Programs and Services for Older Persons, a program of Southwestern Illinois College, where she is the office clerk for the Retired Senior Volunteer Program.

Sister Nancy Liddy is the director of liturgy and adult formation at St. Teresa Parish in Belleville.

Sister Dorothy Helbling lives in Belleville, where she ministers to the members of the Ladies Auxiliary and Ursuline Associates, takes her vision impaired friend Roberta Noble to church each week, and offers spiritual direction.

Sister Marilyn Mueth teaches second grade at St. James School in Millstadt, and prepares children for the sacraments. She also leads both a children’s and an adult choir, and maintains the school’s Web site.

Sister Mary Ellen Backes is pastoral assistant at St. Joseph Parish in Springfield. She works with children on the sacraments, and adults on faith formation. She is involved with two parish ministries that feed the homeless.

Sisters serving in new ministries for 2009-10

 Sister Susanne Bauer, a former Ursuline Sister of Paola, Kan., is the Motherhouse Chapel sacristan. She replaces Sister Diane Marie Payne, who is now in the central office of Alcoholics Anonymous, Owensboro, Ky.  Sister Marie Goretti Browning is the director of pastoral care in Saint Joseph Villa, and Sister Marietta Wethington is the assistant director. The two replace Sister Mary Irene Cecil, who is now the seamstress for the Villa, and Sister Clarita Browning, who is now an information receptionist.  Sister Elaine Byrne is pastoral associate at St. Jerome Parish in Fancy Farm, Ky. She previously ministered at the Saint Thomas Aquinas Newman Center at Western Kentucky Sister Betsy Moyer University, Bowling Green. moved to Paola, Kan., Sister Kathleen Condry, former superior of the Ursulines of Paola, is a pastoral minister to serve as an LPN. at the Church of the Nativity in Leawood, Kan.  Sister Pat Lynch, a former Ursuline of Paola, is a campus minister at the Didde Catholic Campus Center, Emporia (Kan.) State University. Sister Alfreda Malone, who was in family ministry, is an information receptionist at the Motherhouse. Sister Betsy Moyer, who was serving in Jamaica, is a licensed practical nurse at Vintage Park in Paola, Kan. Sister Susan Mary Mudd, who was previously director of institutional research at Brescia University, Owensboro, Ky., is an assistant in the School of Business at Brescia. Sister Cecelia Joseph Olinger is serving in outreach in the Benton, Ky., area. She previously was a pastoral associate for the Tewa Missions, a ministry serving three Native American churches in Casa Ursulina in Chillan, Chile, has Espanola, N.M. been awarded a $12,000 grant from the Raskob Foundation that will allow Sister Jacinta Powers, who was ministering the building to be renovated and in Jamaica, is a registered nurse at the Church expanded. Enrollment at Casa Ursulina Health Center in Memphis, Tenn. has grown to almost 200 women in Sister Mary Matthias Ward is the classes and workshops that assist local community life coordinator at the in developing their talents in CASA URSULINA them Motherhouse. She previously operated order to help support their families.

IN CHILE the Sacred Heart Retreat and Conference Sisters Ruth Gehres and Mimi Ballard Center in Gallup, N.M., and served as minister at Casa Ursulina.

GETS GRANT Delegate to the Bishop for Women Religious.

Contemporary Woman Program

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Still Relevant After 46 Years

By Dan Heckel, Mount Saint Joseph Staff

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hen Sister Rose Marita O’Bryan taught a class on human trafficking as part of the Contemporary Woman Program, one class member said, “I had no idea this goes on right under our noses.”

A theology professor at Brescia University used some of her class instruction in his Christian feminism course, and word of it spread campus wide, Sister Rose Marita said. “I was just thrilled,” she said.

These are just two small examples of how the Contemporary Woman Program that began 46 years ago is still having an impact on the Owensboro, Ky., community.

“We never know where it’s going to take us,” said Molly Greenwell, who along with her husband Carl has been attending Wednesday evening classes with the Partnership Group for 21 years. “It helps expand the way we think.”

The Greenwells began with an invitation from Sister Marita Greenwell to join her newest class. “It’s about men and women in partnership. There’s always something spiritual about it,” Molly Greenwell said. “It’s very good, we pick out books that explore topics you wouldn’t talk about daily,” Greenwell said.

“Some people think it’s ‘new age-y’ but it’s not,” she said.

“It just goes deeper into what you already know and think. It’s for both men and women.”

Marianna Robinson has been a member of The Canticle Group for several years, meeting on Friday mornings for lively book discussions from such authors as John O’Donohue, Thomas Merton, or Joan Chittister, or a video series such as Brian Swimme’s “Powers of the Universe.”

“With today’s emphasis on continuing education and the importance of keeping our minds alert, it is clear that our ‘Canticle Group’ and all of Sister Rose Marita’s Contemporary

Sister Rose Marita O’Bryan, (second from left), director of the Contemporary Woman Program, listens during a session of The Partnership Group in the spring 2009 semester. To her left is Shari Hayden and to her right is Faye Wilkerson.

Woman Programs are pointed in the right direction,” Robinson said. “I’ve never left the class empty-handed.”

There are eight not-for-credit classes being led by Sister Rose Marita this semester at Brescia as part of the Contemporary Woman Program. Aside from the Partnership and Canticle groups, other courses include Women and the Bible, Women Doctors of the Church, and The Several Storied Merton. A few other courses will depend on the number of people who enroll, but participants can still sign up.

“All the programs I do have something to do with … justice and equality,” Sister Rose Marita said. “The status of women still needs to be worked at.

We still haven’t broken through the glass ceiling.”

The program began when there were few others like it in the country. Although the world has changed, the program is still relevant, and the Ursuline Sisters retain a unique perspective on how to shape contemporary women, Sister Rose Marita said. “Our world is big enough for all kinds of embodiments to be a contemporary woman,” she said.

When the Ursuline Sisters were selected in March 2009 for the coveted Athena Award, an honor that recognizes people who assist women in attaining their full potential, one of the reasons cited was the Contemporary Woman Program.

Sister Francesca Hazel began the program in 1963 along with Dr. Philip Law, a Chicago physician who noticed that many of his female patients lacked self-esteem that left them with few worthwhile goals in life.

Sister Francesca taught the first course on Christian Femininity at Maple Mount to 18 upper division women students at Brescia, and their reaction was so positive it was offered as a two-credit course the following semester. The name of the class was changed from “Christian Femininity” to “Contemporary Woman” so it was clear to be open to all women. Now the courses are open to men also.

Sister Marita began working with Sister Francesca in 1971, and became Sister Marita Greenwell, left, and Sister director in 1973, remaining with the Rebecca White previously ministered in the Contemporary Woman Program.

program until her retirement in 2005.

“I had some wonderful women I worked with,” Sister Marita said. “They enriched my life more than I enriched theirs. They shared a lot of their problems, their dealings with others. We learned so much from each other.”

In 1989, Sister Marita developed a Women’s Studies minor at Brescia, and the following year she received the Woman of Achievement Award presented by the Owensboro Business and Professional Woman’s Club.

“Self-esteem has always been relevant,” Sister Marita said.

“Some of the women grew so much, some of their husbands wanted to come to the class to see what it was about. We invited them, to ease their fears.”

Sister Rebecca White worked in the Contemporary Woman program from 1995-2001, and taught classes under the Women’s Studies minor.

“The Contemporary Woman Program had an impact on women like you wouldn’t believe,” Sister Rebecca said. “Sister Marita still has a following.”

Some people scoff at the importance of Contemporary Woman from its early days, because it involved such things as teaching women to decorate their homes to coincide with the church year, Sister Rebecca said. But the real intent was developing self-esteem in the women.

“There was no women’s self-improvement going on anywhere in the United States at the time,” Sister Rebecca said. “The importance was teaching women to develop a voice for themselves. These women were very active in the church and in the civic community. They credit (Sister) Marita with building them up to speak out on issues that were important To enroll in the Contemporary Woman Program, contact Sister Rose Marita O’Bryan (270) 686-4275 or by e-mail: rosemarita.obryan@brescia.edu

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Sister Rose Marita discusses Hinduism on Sept. 25 with Barbara Barr, left, and Lyn Burns, members of The Canticle Group. Barr has been coming to Contemporary Woman since the 1980s.

“The wisdom and the support keep bringing me back,” she said.

to them.”

Sister Rebecca taught mostly traditional students, but she said some of the nontraditional women students were the ones who “got” the class more. “They had experienced not getting paid as much as a man for doing the same work, and the problems of entering the job market later after raising a family,” Sister Rebecca said. “Younger students … didn’t think those issues would touch them.”

One of her students in 1997, Susan Martinez, wrote, “Sister Rebecca helped me learn to love and appreciate myself. …

She’s helped me to build my confidence, which has given me strength through some very rough times.”

Sister Rose Marita took over the Contemporary Woman Program in June 2005, and has offered not-for-credit courses each semester. She’s averaged 95 people a year.

“I wanted to start with a segment of not-for-credit programs, because that’s the sheer joy of learning,” she said. n The Mountinspired craft booth featured many handmade items. Below, Sister Marie Carol Cecil helps Randy Shelby.

39th Annual Mount Saint Joseph

PICNIC

Beautiful weather and one of the largest crowds ever made this year’s Sept. 13 picnic benefit for the retired sisters a big success. Above: Sister Francis Joseph Porter helps Sarah Dant in the plant booth.

Right: Sister Marcella Schrant Cooking helps sell homemade jellies. burgoo

Sister Jean Gertrude Mudd, her brother, Bernard, and her nephew, Joe Gene Carrico, (right), and Sister Mary Evelyn Duvall enjoy the new hospitality tent.

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GREENING W. KY EXPO

BLESSING THE FIELDS

Sister Amelia Stenger cuts the ribbon for the third annual GREENing Western Ky. Expo July 25 at Brescia University.

LEFT: Sister Michele Morek, congregational leader, blesses the farm fields May 15 while Sister Francis Louise Johnson, left, and other sisters participate.

Sister Mary Durr snaps green beans that were grown on the Mount farm.

URSULINE GIRLS

SOPHIA AWARD

Photo by Hubert Powers

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FINAL VOWS Girls from Ursuline Academies across the U.S. spent a day at Mount Saint Joseph Retreat Center in June Sister Monica Seaton signed her as part of a leadership conference. The “Live in the final vows as an Ursuline Sister at Piazza of St. Angela’s Spirit” conference was held a June 28 celebration Mass. at Brescia University.

RIGHT: Six kittens born in the Maple Mount Post Office Sept. 30 gave new meaning to “special delivery.”

DISCOVER CAMP FOR KIDS Sister Annalita Lancaster, right, looks at baby Harry as his mother, Misty Bley, holds him.

The Bley family stayed at Maple Mount during May because they needed to reside for a few days in Harry’s county of adoption.

LEFT: Sister Frances McDonagh, left, and Sister Rita Redmond visit with a camper participating in the Discover Music, Discover Nature, Discover Maple Mount camp for children ages 10-12 in June.

Sister Joseph Angela Boone was given the Sophia Award for the Diocese of Owensboro Sept. 27 from Bishop Emeritus John J. McRaith. This award is given to senior citizens who have shown themselves to be role models of faith in their parish and community.

ASSOCIATES DAY BABY HARRY

Stephanie Render receives her first commitment pin from her contact sister, Sister Clarence Marie Luckett, on Associates and Sisters Day. Nine individuals made their first commitments.

Alice Powell, left, and Martha House read their commitment statements to become Ursuline Associates on June 27 at Mount Saint Joseph.

Behind them are their contact sisters, Sister Rose Theresa Johnson, and Sister Suzanne Sims.

Not Really Retired...

A new feature that will be in every issue

Sister Rosalin’s fourth career

During her long hours in ministry, Sister Rosalin Thieneman thinks a particular quote may have helped her persevere through some heavy schedules: “That which is not in use ages twice as fast.” Perhaps that’s how Sister Rosalin has kept so active, still reporting for work each afternoon at the Maple Mount Business office to help as needed, and volunteering to answer the phone and greet guests at the information desk.

“Sister Rosalin is a joy to Sister Rosalin Thieneman work with as she has such a picks up monetary donations in her work for pleasant disposition; she is the Mount Saint Joseph always smiling and willing business office. to do whatever we ask her to do,” said Sandra Elder, director of finance. “She is dependable and takes pride in her work.”

Sister Rosalin, the oldest of nine children, is a native of Shively, near Louisville. She attended St. Denis Parish, where all her teachers were Ursuline Sisters. It wasn’t until age 28 that Sister Rosalin realized the path God meant her to take. She joined the Ursulines in 1949. Sister Rosalin has had four careers as an Ursuline Sister. From 1951-61 she was an elementary school teacher in the Kentucky cities of Vine Grove, Paducah, and Owensboro, and taught typing at Mount Saint Joseph Academy one year while serving as secretary to the principal.

Many people in Owensboro know her from her years at Brescia College, where from 1961-69 she was assistant registrar and director of admissions.

When the U.S. Office of Education required all federal student aid to be administered from one office, Sister Rosalin was asked to become student aid director.

After a year of working on her master’s in counseling and guidance, she became the Brescia dean of admissions from 1970-75, then director of financial aid from 1975-88.

In January 1989, she began her third career, and the one that proved most fulfilling, as a parish minister to the elderly at St. Edward Parish in Jeffersontown, Ky. “It reached out to people whom others overlooked,” she said. “They loved having someone to listen to their stories.” When she celebrated her 60th jubilee this year, Sister Rosalin got a card from a woman in her 90s thanking her for the weekly visits.

In her spare time she enjoys crossword puzzles, Scrabble, and visiting family in Louisville.

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In the Joy of Eternal Life Sister Theresa Marie Wilkerson, 89, died July 27 in her 69th year of religious life. A native of Owensboro, Ky., Sister Theresa Marie was an outgoing and caring person who loved to share her gift of singing.

An educator for 37 years, she taught in the Diocese of Owensboro, the Archdiocese of Louisville, and in Nebraska and Missouri. Her final teaching ministry was at Mount Saint Joseph Academy (1973-80). She served as Director of Refugees for the Diocese of Owensboro (1980-94) and as parish minister at St. Stephen Cathedral (1987-97). A hospital chaplain (1994-96), she served as a Eucharistic minister at Owensboro Medical Health System. Survivors include two brothers, Robert Louis, and John Owen Wilkerson, both of Owensboro.

Sister Mary deChantal Whelan, 94, died Sept. 3 in her 75th year of religious life. She was a native of St. Joseph, Ky. An educator for over 61 years, she was professor of English at Brescia College (now University) for 39 years (1958-97). “Sister DC” was known for inspiring her students with her love of books, music, and learning, and she began many programs at the college, including the Grants Office, Office of Student Support Services, and Weekend College. She blended her gift of hospitality with a fiery sense of justice, and always radiated joy in her vocation. She also taught in the Diocese of Owensboro, Archdiocese of Louisville, and in Missouri. Survivors include a brother, James Louis Whelan of Newburgh, Ind. Sister Mary Clement Greenwell, 101, died Sept. 23 in her 82nd year of religious life. She was a native of Curdsville, Ky. An educator for over 50 years, Sister Mary Clement believed that even the most unlikely learner could become a good student.

She taught until 1978, when she began a ministry of outreach and tutoring in Louisville, where she served until retiring in 1989. Sister Mary Clement taught in the Diocese of Owensboro, the Archdiocese of Louisville, in Missouri, and New Mexico. She loved playing cards.

Survivors include nieces and nephews.

Gifts in memory of our deceased sisters may take the form of donations to the Ursuline Sisters of Mount Saint Joseph, 8001 Cummings Road, Maple Mount, KY 42356.

Memories can be sent to info.msj@maplemount.org for posting on our Web site (Memories With Faithful Friends).

Ursuline Partners in Service to Free and Nurture Women and Children Each of you named here holds a special place in the hearts of the Ursuline Sisters of Mount Saint Joseph. Without your generosity, the sisters could not fulfill their mission of freeing and nurturing women and children through the many ministries in which they serve. The people whose lives they touch through these many ministries owe a debt of gratitude to you for your generosity. Thank you for joining us on our journey. The following names represent those who donated during the fiscal year July 1, 2008-June 30, 2009. If any of this information is incorrect, please contact Tiffany Orth, (270) 229-4103, ext. 278, or e-mail tiffany.orth@maplemount.org. To find out how you can help through wills or bequests, contact Development Director Debra Noble, (270) 229-2008 or debra.noble@maplemount.org.

Benefactors

($10,000 - 24,999)

Barbara and George Coleman

Patrons

($5,000 - 9,999)

Anonymous Peg Eileen Bourke C‘48 Mr. and Mrs. John Pat Clements Keres Consulting, Inc. Timothy J. Chavez Lola M. Miles Genevieve Stelmach

Julieanne M. Ray Susan Reiss Suzanne E. Reiss Reverend Phil Riney St. John Berchmans Cathedral School - Shreveport, La. Mr. and Mrs. William Ulrich Ken Williams

Supporters

($250 - 499)

Col. Robert L. and Margaret Mary Algermissen Barret-Fisher Co Inc Investors ($2,500 - 4,999) Jess and Mark Mattingly Ottie Ballard Imelda and Bob Beam Rev. Bernard Leo Craycroft Mr. and Mrs. William D. Beaven Mary Sue Ligon Charlotte and Donald L. Cecil J.C. Malone Mr. and Mrs. Edward Cecil Owensboro Grain Company Mr. and Mrs. Michael R. Corbett John Wright Mr. and Mrs. Joe Cruz Ursuline Sisters of Cleveland Diocese of Owensboro Sr. Virginia DeVinne, OSU and Most Reverend John J. McRaith Community E.M. Ford & Co. Rick and Steve Ford Providers ($1,000 - 2,499) Jayne and George Flynn Mark A. Benz Dr. Martha Bickett Frost A‘67 Beverley A’58 and Richard Boeckmann, Sr. Mr. and Mrs. Gerald L. Griffin Stephen and JoAnn Boone Philip and Kim Haire A’79 George and Faye Briel Mary Louise Hayden Marcy and Michael R. Bufalini Doug and Dorothy Hood Con and Diane Fecher Kathy and James Houlihan José Gomez Aurelia and William Inkret, Jr. Phyllis and Daryl Henry Jesus the Good Shepherd School Emil and Joan Hofman A’51 - Monroe, La. Molly Jacques Rev. John E. Magel Mr. and Mrs. Gregory T. Lang Dennis J. McFarland Carolyn Larocco Gary E. and Sera Mesnier Dr. Deane McLelland John P. and Cindy Mesnier Gene J. Meyer Thuy V. Pham Stella Montoya Maggie and Kenny Pierson Leroy and Ann Mudd Betty and Mike Pontarolo John and Sally Newcomb Nancy and Daniel J. Purdy Mary Jean Niklas Gary and Mary Helen Riney Mr. and Mrs. James C. Olsen Norma C. Robinette A‘54 Saint Joseph Parish - Bardstown, Ky. Dr. Naseeb L. and Mary Jo Shory St. Joseph School - Shreveport, La. Karen Siciliano Willa K. Stein Mr. and Mrs. William Spalding Bertrand and Barbara Trompeter St. Frederick High School - Monroe, La. Mr. and Mrs. Ben White Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Tucker Benjamin Willett Cyril Uhing Gene and Pauline Wink Sponsors ($500 - 999) Mary A. Baca Janet M. Baker Mr. and Mrs. Jerry F. Biscopink Mr. and Mrs. Al E. Bowling Philip and Karie Cecil Carolyn Marie Curran Robert R. Dockson Jack and LaVerne Genetti Karen and Tom Goebel Paul and Po Goebel S. Lewis Guthrie Martha House Emil A. Kaelin Kappa Delta Phi Mary Kay Bell Catherine Keene Rev. J. Ronald Knott Loyola College Prep - Shreveport, La. Jon A. Meyer Rosemary and Jeffrey D. Miano Rev. Joseph Mills

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contributors

($100 - 249)

Abbey of Gethsemani Mr. and Mrs. John Allen Alles Brothers Furniture Co., Inc. Herman Alles Robert and Mary Ann Alvey Paul R. Bachi Larry and Midge Ballard, III Mr. and Mrs. Eddie Ballard Bert Barker Ronda and Daniel Beck Mary Rita Benson Lia Biehl Roxanne Bollin Jill Bowerman Sarah M. Bowling Mr. and Mrs. Harry F. Boyle Ann O. Bresler Phyllis A’66 and Edwin J. Bresnik Joel and Faye Morris Bruce A’77

Phyllis E. Burgan Mr. and Mrs. Michael W. Burke James E. Burke Mary Huberta Cecil Easie C’50 and Thomas Cecil, Jr. Sandra and Michael Clark Charlotte Clements Dwayne and Marilyn Clemons Mr. and Mrs. Bill Collins Nancy and Michael J. Collins Betty Abell Constantine A‘53 Mr. and Mrs. Phillip N. Dant Mrs. Kathleen Daugherty Mrs. Anita M. Davis Ralph and Diane DiTucci Msgr. Maurice F. Driscoll Ann M. Duran Charles P. Easley Mary Ruth and Donald Elder Joyce Firenza Cheryl J. Fischer Mary L. Fontana Rose and Bill Foushee Chuck and Alberta Fox Carol A. Frerman Mr. and Mrs. Michael J. Gallagher John Gallo Janice L. Gaylord Stephanie George Mr. and Mrs. Albert Gibbs GL Lentini Enterprises Mr. and Mrs. Sonny Lentini Keith Gottlieb Joyce A’56 and Bernard Grady Rev. Joseph T. Graffis Phil and Anne Gramelspacher Dale Gray Norman Greenberg Sally B. Greene Greenwell-Chisholm Printing Co. Aline and Donald L. Greer Josephine A. Guerrant Ruth C. Gunsolley Mr. and Mrs. Victor Hagman Judith and Roscoe M. Hamilton Violet Hamilton A‘54 Donald A. Hayden Dan and Sherri Heckel Susan Hines Mr. and Mrs. James Hite George and Lorna Horishny Lorene Hughes Mr. and Mrs. Norbert D. Hummel Jr. Dr. Philip and Mary Beth Hurley Thomas and Sharon Jablonski Dr. Angela L. Jarvis Tony and Laurie Jennewein Benita Payne Jolly A‘52 Donna Jordan Mr. and Mrs. Mark A. Kemper Thomas and Patti Keough William and Carol Kirby Knights of Columbus #1315 Gertrude Kurz C‘50U Mr. and Mrs. J. Van Lancker Sandy and Anthony Lanham Kenneth G. Lanter Kathy Laqua Mr. and Mrs. Charles C. Lary Raymond and Shirley Lindle Judith A. Lish Bob and Lorraine Luken

Larry Lynch, Jr. Dr. Zenaida A. Maddela Mr. and Mrs. Neil Manias Charles Mann, Jr. Irene Marich Marcella Martinez Lawrence D. Mattingly Anna C. Mattingly A‘66 Gertrude Hall Mayhew A‘49 Romano and Helen Mazzoli Mr. and Mrs. Greg McCarty Stella and Roger McClure Mr. and Mrs. Robert A. McGrew Mother of Good Counsel Rev. William Medley Mary Emma Mellen Ruth Metschuleit Mr. and Mrs. James A. Michael Bob and April Mitchell Bettye and Arnold Moody Erv and Coreen Moore Dave and Kimberly Munsterman Mr. and Mrs. Michael M. Munsterman Jeff and Edna Murphey Murphy Excavating, LLC Gary and Angie Murphy Mary E. Murray John L. Newcomb, Jr. Ann and Theodore W. Nichting O.D. Jane and Ray Nugent Mr. and Mrs. Paul O’Bryan Orthopaedic Surgical Specialists PSC Drs. Joseph and Felicity Polio Our Lady of Fatima School Monroe, La. Paul and Jolyn Owens Henry David Payne III Teresa Perkins Mr. and Mrs. William B. Phelan Ella Bert Reams Gennie Richardson Marianna Robinson Rusher Construction Co., Inc. Katherine Rutherman Christopher Ryan Sacred Heart Catholic Church Saint Bernard Church Saint James Church Saint John Church Douglas M. Sandefur Leo Schammel Mr. and Mrs. Richard Scherping Mr. and Mrs. Ed Schickel Mr. and Mrs. Arthur J. Schissel Mark and Eileen Schmelzel Mr. and Mrs. John A. Semar Sr. Sandy Sherman Rev. Martin Siebenaler Clifford and Mercedes Simmons Mr. and Mrs. Mark Sims Sisters of the Blessed Sacrament Mr. and Mrs. Donald E. Skeeters Mr. and Mrs. T. Milton Skeeters Mr. and Mrs. Rondle L. Skimehorn Mr. and Mrs. Stephen Skrivan Elaine Spalding Ralph and Ernie Stanley Jennie Staugas Mr. and Mrs. Frank Steffen Susan Ann Struna A‘66 William B. Sturgis Cissy and Ron Sullivan UDeceased

Mr. and Mrs. Larry Taylor Ann Teaff Texas Gas Transmission, LLC Dan and Sandra Thomas Monica L. Thompson A’71 Mary C. Thompson James A.Trapp Sharon Tuck Ursulines of Brown County Sr. Patricia Homan, OSU Ursuline Sisters of the Roman Union Sr. Barbara Glendon Sr. Peggy Moore, OSU Ursulines of Toledo Sr. Donna Frey, OSU and Community Velma Warren Mary Jo Wathen and Rita Hanewinkel Mr. and Mrs. Cletus Weidenbenner Wellpoint Associate Giving Campaign Cecilia Wheatley Irene Whelan Charles and Barbara Whelan Mary White Mr. and Mrs. Bob Whiting Terri Wick Carrie Wieder Larry and Mary Jo Wilcher John A. and Patricia C. Williams Mr. and Mrs. Roger Willoughby Mr. and Mrs. Wayne Wilson Mr. and Mrs. Peter J. Wilson Rita Winkelmann Mr. and Mrs. Charles A. Wirth Mr. and Mrs. Charles Wise John and Elaine Wood Mr. and Mrs. H. Travis Woodward Yager Materials, LLC Mary Yaeger

friends

($1 - 99)

Florence E. Abel Leroy and Valerie Able Renea Akin Joan E. Allen Joseph L. Allen Norma Amann Mel and Jean Anson Marge Ashworth Betty Sue Aubin A’44 Anne Autry Ada Bader Fred and Joan Ballard James and Louis Ballard Mr. and Mrs. Paul Barry Shirley J. Basham Carol and Dave Bauer Charlotte Baumgarten C’46 Imelda and Bob Beam Mr. and Mrs. Steve Beavers Mary and Gabe Becker Janet Belew Malcolm H. Bell Joanne M. Benim Marian Bennett Robert and Roberta Berry Mr. and Mrs. Robert A. Biel Ruth Ann Bittel-Nunez A‘69 Curt and Pat Bogan Stella Boire Catherine Booker Marian E. Boone Mary and Luke Borger Art and Patricia Bowker Thomas Bowling Nick and Candance Brake Pat Bray Shirley A. Brian Marie S. Brossart Brenda K. Brown Bob and Rebecca Brown Josephine Browning Carolyn Brumfield David and Sally Bunch Pat Burckhardt Joseph and Emilia Burns

Denny and Joann Burton Mr. and Mrs. Jerry Burton Leonard and Rosie Byrne Mary Ann Calhoun Dr. and Mrs. James Callis, M.D. Glenn and Carolyn Canaday Ann Canary Mr. and Mrs. Joseph R. Carrico Mr. and Mrs. Patrick Cason Norvin L. Casper, Jr. Bob and Mary Caster Jacqueline Cecil Mr. and Mrs. Gene Cecil Carolyn Sue Cecil A‘73 Jack Cecil Flavio Chavez Harold and Anne Clark Cindy Clark Clements Jewelers, Inc. Mr. and Mrs. Steve Clements Mr. and Mrs. James N. Clemons Doris Ann Colgate Mr. and Mrs. James Constant Lindell and Mary Cornelison Isabel Crenshaw Jim and Martha Crisp Betty C. Culver Tom and Rose Curtsinger Mr. and Mrs. Richard A. Davenport Richard Davis Mr. and Mrs. Robert H. Deibel Mary Joan Delcher Dorothy Denniston A‘65 Ruth I. Descher-Nugent John and Lyndia Dew Mary and Gerald T. Dickerson Therese Dickert Helen V. Dink David and Charlene Diver Mr. and Mrs. Bill E. Dixon Mr. and Mrs. John Dolan Lance and Monica Donald Lisa Marie Downs Patrick and Ann Doyle Mr. and Mrs. Ron Dugan Mr. and Mrs. Robert B. Dugan Otho and Mary Durbin Frankie Durbin Sandy Duvall Mr. and Mrs. Kenneth Ebelhar Nora Marie Ebelhar John and Shirley Egan George Elder M. Bonnie Elder Dr. Rosemary Emmick Becky and Alan Englehart Jane H. Englert Mr. and Mrs. Thomas D. Englert Dora and Joseph Fidel Tony and Vickie Fiorella James Fitzpatrick Rev. Robert B. Flannery Marie S. Fowler Theresa Fraize and Ken Hurm Dorothy M. Frantz Earl C. Frazure Gertie Frey Mr. and Mrs. John Froehlich Anna Gabriel Anita H. Garrison Jean S. Gastenveld Concetta George Rev. John B. Gephart Mable P. Miller June Lee Giesler Mr. and Mrs. Al Giordano Mr. and Mrs. Thomas H. Gipe Elizabeth L. Glascock Mr. and Mrs. Gene Glenn Suzanne Gochenouer Marjorie Godecker Karen Goldner Sue Gough Mr. and Mrs. Larry Gray Molly and Carl Greenwell Kristen and Richard A. Greenwell Bernice M. Gregorio

Saint Angela Merici Heritage Society We are deeply grateful to these persons who, in life or in death, have named our community as the recipient of a planned gift. These generous benefactors of bequests, annuities, or estate gifts are signs of faithful stewardship, providing for our mission into the future. Saint Angela Merici, bless them with prayers, as we pledge our own: Anonymous (4) Joe PaulU and Kay Buckman Rev. Bernard Leo Craycroft Rev. George P. CraycroftU Jane FultonU Paul P. GannonU José Gomez Msgr. George H. Hancock Dorothy Hughes Margie Ann Hardesty Helen and FreddieU LeBlanc BennettU and Mary Sue Ligon George and Michelle Griffith Carole Guess Mr. and Mrs. Pat Guinn Dr. Gilbert and Margaret Gutierrez Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Leman Hagan Jeanee Hagan Carolyn Haleman Clara C. Hall Mr. and Mrs. Bobby Hamilton Margaret Hancock Jean and Rodney Hannes Cecilia W. Hansell Bob and Vickie Hansing Margie Anne Hardesty Jean Harrison Leon Hatcher Mary Lou and David Haycraft Joe and Rosie Hayden Sandra J. Hays Mary E. Hazzard Henry E. Head Betty Helbling Rev. Joseph Hemmerle Joe and Nancy Hendricks Larry Henning Sandra Henry Thomas D. Hewlett Ursula Hicks Mary T. Higdon Robin L. Hildesheim Andrew and Brenda Hinton Michael and Beverly Hirsch Mr. and Mrs. Jim Hodgkins Myra Hoecker Lorraine Holton Mr. and Mrs. John J. Hopf Marylou Hoskins Evola B. House Doris and Robert C. Howard Mr. and Mrs. John Howard Ita Belle Howard Earl and Carolyn Howard Patricia Howell Mary Jean Hulse John Hurm Florence Itschner Henry and Therese Jablonski Mr. and Mrs. Dennis Jacobs Marge Jaquez Lillian Jarboe Mr. and Mrs. Bill Jesse Patricia Jobe Joan M. Johnson Kathleen Johnson Mr. and Mrs. Bill Johnson Paula C. Jolly Mr. and Mrs. John F. Jones Wilbur Jones Dr. and Mrs. Roger Jones Mr. and Mrs. Edward Kaelin Nadine and Sylvester Kaelin, Jr. Mary and Leonard Kaiser

Rev. Joseph A. Lyon Rev. Carl McCarthy Roger and Stella McClure Cletus and Dee Oberst Msgr. Joseph A. O’BryanU HenryU and Dody Payne Hughleen A’45 and Kelly Riney Rev. C. Phillip Riney Joe and Sue Riney A’42 Susan J. Scott Mary C. Thompson A’61 Barbara and Bertrand Trompeter Cartmell WheelerU Margaret and Neil J. Kallman Chris and Jennifer Kaminski Kappa Delta Phi- PSI Gamma Chapter Phyllis Lambert Mary H. Kautzman William Leslie Keene, Jr. Margaret Kelly Imelda and Jay Kelly Mary C. Kelly A’54 Mary Kennedy A’49 Mr. and Mrs. Victor Kerperien Thurman R. King Judy Kirkman Nola Kisters Bonnie Knight Margaret Knott Charles and Patricia Knott Ingrid E. Kokinda Joyce M. Koozer Mari Lynn Korte Mildred Krapf Marian L. Krausz Jean and Clifford Kreifels Raymond and Kitty Kress Charles and Terri LaHugh John and Bobbie Laker Betty Lawrence Rev. John B. Lenahan Marilyn Lewis Dotty Liles Darlene Livers Victor and Donna Lobato Maria Lovato Lou Lovell Mr. and Mrs. Larry Lyon Sophie Maes Frances M. Martion Brian Kelly Mattingly Janet and Kenneth G. Matyk Clarice M. McKenna Agnes McArdle A‘46 Beverly and Jerry McCandless Edie McKay Evelyn Marie McKune Marge McLaughlin Mr. and Mrs. Paul Medcalf Cecilia Medley Geneva G. Meehan Mr. and Mrs. Mark Mesnier Mr. and Mrs. Frank J Michalski Merici Millay Joseph Allen Millay Mr. and Mrs. Robert Miller Mr. and Mrs. Bernard Mintert Mr. and Mrs. Donald P. Monaghan Emilio and Emma Montoya Betty Moorman A‘58 Steve and Becky Morris A’71 Billy and Mary Carolyn Morton Pat Mouser Frances Mouser Gloria Murphy 11 UDeceased

Kevin and Donna Murphy Mike and Connie Nalley Benita M. Nally Mr. and Mrs. R. Hite Nally Edmund G. Nasief Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Neal Claire Neal John and Cathie Necaise Rose Mary Neff Charlotte Nellis Christopher and Della Oberst Mr. and Mrs. H. Joseph O’Bryan Rose Olinger Sharon and Leon J. Olinger Rebecca Rodgers Oliver Herbert M. O’Reilly Katherine Osowicz Rev. Carol Owen Paducah Area Chamber of Commerce Joe and Rosemary Park Mr. and Mrs. Billy Steve Peak Dorothy M. Peak Arloa Pearcey Jacqueline Phillips Edward and Grace Pickett Eugene Pike Frances E. Pionke Rev. Louis Piskula Nora J. Powers Pamela Pressgrove Mary E. Pritchett Bill and Jenny Pyland Claudia Ramisch Eleanor T. Rapier Gerald Ray Joseph and Virginia Ray Rev. Robert E. Ray Christine A. Redford Stephanie Render Mr. and Mrs. Francis C. Renn Margaret Richmond

In-Kind Gifts Anonymous Baker’s Rack.............Mary Dixon Baker Mr. and Mrs. Joe Beard Bent Creek LLC .... Mr. and Mrs. Dan Klaffer Mr. and Mrs. Doug Borders Nada Bradshaw Cheddar’s Casual Cafe Colby’s Fine Food & Spirits Crosley Radio Corp....... Jim LeMastus Mr. and Mrs. Stanley Duvall Excursions..................... Jaye Moseley Face Forward................ Carey Fulton Glenn Funeral Home.... Glenn Taylor Great Harvest Bread .... Mr. & Mrs. Greg Garrard Janice Graham Donnie Jackson Kentucky’s Best . .......... Rhonda Payne Limos By Knight............ B.J. Burton Mr. and Mrs. Houston Marks Nancy Mills A ‘72 Montana Mikes of Owensboro, LLC Moonlite Bar B Q.......... Ken Bosley NTA Custom Jewelers... Candy Oakes O’Bryans Bar & Grill...... Jamie Murphy Paul’s Fruit Market....Philip Thieneman Peak Bros. Bar-B-Q Pier 1 Imports Ms. Terry Russelburg Simon’s Shoes............... Bruce Simon John and Elaine Sullivan Thriftway Inc................. Ken Lawson Trisons........................... Jennie Clemens US Bank......................... Fred May Tony Wink Wright Implement........ Ben Wright

Matching Companies Texas Gas Transmission, LLC Wellpoint Associate Giving Campaign

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Jane Riggs Joseph and Mary Riggs Phil and Jennifer Riney Joe and Sue Riney A’42 Annalou Ritchie Eldred and Eulaine Robertson Mr. and Mrs. Charles Roby Christine Rodgers Aggie Roehrig Pauline Roesch Mike and Elizabeth Rogers Tim Rohleder Mary W. Roscoe Eugene and Mary Russell Brian T. Russell Mr. and Mrs. Charles Ruter Saint Bernard’s Lourdes Alumni Saint Joseph Parish Saint Rose of Lima Parish Fr. Gregory G. Trawick Saint Stephen Cathedral Rev. John R. Vaughan Geraldine Saiz LTC Jose Flavio Santillanes Patricia and Gary Satterwhite Rose S. Sauer George and Mary Sawyer Rev. Paul A. Scaglione Mary Ann Schilling Donna and Robert L. Schmidt Rita O’Bryan Schrecker C’41 Mr. and Mrs. Mike Schuette Doris M. Schutz Susan Gray Schwerdtfeger A‘62 Robert L. Scully Bonnie R. Segers Mr. and Mrs. Tom Shannon Kathleen Sheeran Philma Siciliano Kate Siemers Dr. James and Sheila Sills Mary D. Simi Mr. and Mrs. David Simmons Hamilton B. Simms Nicholas X. Simon Steve Sims Mr. and Mrs. Joseph A. Sipes Sisters of Charity of Nazareth William and Mary Skees Betty L. Smith Linda and Jack Smith Laura A’50 and Bill T. Smith Floyd Sorquist Laverne and Charles E. Speaks Leta Speaks A’39 Donna Stengel Deborah Stevens Mary Catherine Stovall Maria Stuckenborg Betty Stumpf Mr. and Mrs. Mike Sullivan Swan Cleaners & Shirt Laundry Danny Payne Carolyn and Paul Tapp Lois A. Tashjian Nancy and Phillip R. Tatum John Teets Bill and Marilyn Terry J.B. Thomas Mr. and Mrs. Charles Thompson Mr. and Mrs. Rick D. Thompson Jim Thompson Dorothy E. Tipmore Larry Toenjes Towne & Country Pharmacy, Inc. Laura Willoughby Frances F.P. Tretton Pam and John Tyndall Ursuline Sisters of Louisville Sr. Jean Anne Zappa, OSU Ursuline Sisters of Prelate Sr. Teresita Kambeitz, OSU Ursuline Sisters of the Roman Union West Sr. Pat Funderhide

Mr. and Mrs. Otis Vance Jerome C. Vandeven Jon and Angie Verlinde George and Nancy Walz A’55 Cheryl Wanya Dorothy B. Ward Jeannine Warford Mr. and Mrs. Arthur J. Warnecke Mr. and Mrs. Jerry E. Warren John and Doreen Wathen Mr. and Mrs. Michael Wathen Patricia Wathen Mary G. Watson Betty Anne Watt Agnes Marie Watts A‘53 Michael and Michelle Webb Koren Welsh Rosemarie Wethington Frank and Sandy Wethington Mary Alice Wethington Drew Wheeler William and Patricia Whelan Francis White Mila S. Whitler Florence Wieder Louis and Barbara Wilbert Laura M. Wilkerson Janice and Donald L. Wilkinson Mr. and Mrs. Steven Wills Blaise Wilson Vance and Pam Wilson Mary Dell Wimsatt Catherine J. Wright James and Gloria Wurzbach Martha J. Young Martin J. Zinser

Honors Sr. Margaret Ann Aull Francis and Mary Mellen Sr. Margaret Joseph Aull Phyllis and Daryl Henry Sr. Mimi Ballard William Keene Sr. Catherine Therese Barber Alfred and Mary Bowling Mrs. Frances H. Bickett Martha Frost Brandon Boone JoAnn and Stephen Boone Sr. Joseph Angela Boone Marian and Joe Boone Catherine Keene Sr. Mary Regina Boone Marian and Joe Boone Catherine Keene Sr. Vivian Bowles Robert and April Mitchell Sr. Charlesine BowlingU Doris Colgate Sr. Elaine Burke Imelda and Bob Beam Mike and Paula Burke Catherine and Russell Wright Sr. Mary Irene Cecil Margie and Michael Hardesty Nancy and Michael Collins Zita Miles Cissell Mary and Joseph Nugent Sr. Philomena Cox Margie and Michael Hardesty Sr. Vickie Cravens Margie and Michael Hardesty Sr. Mary Durr Carolyn Cecil Doris Colgate Aurelia and William Inkret Sr. Marie Julie Fecher Margie and Michael Hardesty Sr. Anita Flaugher Richard and Kristin Greenwell Sr. Michael Marie Friedman Anonymous Anna Mattingly

Sr. Ruth Gehres Robert and April Mitchell Martin Siebenaler Sr. Sara Marie Gomez Timothy Chavez Jose and Clara Gomez Sr. Marita Greenwell Margie and Michael Hardesty Tony & Kristin Greenwell Richard and Kristine Greenwell Sr. Maureen Griner Lawrence Lynch Sr. Jane Irvin Hancock Rebecca and Stephen Morris Sr. Jane Miriam Hancock Rebecca and Stephen Morris Frances and J. Mouser Sr. Marie Michael Hayden Jean and Frederick Harrison Sr. Dorothy Helbling Mark and Eileen Schmelzel Sr. Mary Sheila Higdon Anonymous Sr. Theresa Margaret HiteU Rosemary and Leonard Byrne Sr. Michele Ann Intravia Thomas and Sharon Jablonski John and Cynthia Mesnier Gary and Serafina Mesnier Dorothy Tipmore Sr. Rose Karen Johnson Anonymous Betty and Rondle Skimehorn Sr. Rose Theresa Johnson Anonymous Betty and Rondle Skimehorn Elmer and Alma Kaelin Emil and Flora Kaelin Margaret Ann Kaiser Leonard and Mary Kaiser Sr. Rosemary Keough Carolyn Cecil Sr. Serifica Kern John and Oralia Hurm Fr. Tom Kirkendoll Myra Hoecker Sr. Rita Klarer Margie and Michael Hardesty Mary and Arthur Schissel Florence Lindle Raymond and Shirley Lindle Sr. Lois Lindle Paul Scaglione Marion Mulligan Mattingly Jess Mattingly and Mark Mattingly Sr. Ruth Mattingly Ann and Albert Gibbs Sr. Miriam Medley Kathleen and Charles Daugherty Dorothy Denniston Mark and Diane Kemper Rosa Lee Fogle McCarty Gregory and Leah McCarty Sr. Michael Ann Monaghan Timothy Chavez Sr. Renee Monaghan Jean and Frederick Harrison Sr. Marie Montgomery Stella Montoya Sr. Marilyn Mueth Larry Toenjes Sr. Cecelia Joseph Olinger Rosalyn Olinger Sr. Jean Madeline Peake Anonymous Mary and Joseph Riggs Sr. Helen Marie Pfohl Joe and Sue Riney A’42 Sr. Elizabeth Ann RayU Robert Ray Sr. Patricia Rhoten Vance and Pamela Wilson Sr. Teresa Riley Elaine and John Wood UDeceased

Sr. Joseph Adrian RussellU Phyllis and Daryl Henry Raymond and Shirley Lindle Doris and C. Schutz Louis and Barbara Wilbert Sr. Rita Scott John and Cynthia Mesnier Sr. Monica Seaton John and Cynthia Mesnier Sr. Suzanne Sims Gertrude Frey Heather Singer JoAnn and Stephen Boone Sisters from Paola, Kansas Clarice and Rosemarie McKenna Sr. Jean Richard Stukenholtz Anonymous Sr. Mary Diane Taylor Carolyn Cecil Sr. Rosalin Thieneman Margie and Michael Hardesty Ursulines from Belleville Rev. Robert Flannery Ursuline Sisters, St. Joseph in Mayfield, Ky. Donald and Mary Elder Ursuline Sisters of Mount Saint Joseph Marianna Robinson Ursuline Teachers at Sts. Joseph & Paul John and Oralia Hurm Sr. Mary Agnes VonderHaar Alice and Jerry Biscopink Sr. Marie Brenda Vowels Janet and Robert Baker Timothy Chavez Sr. Ann Victoria Wasylina Velma Warren Sr. Marietta Wethington Phyllis Burgan Paul and Wilma Goebel Sr. Mary Bertha Wethington Robert Scully Sr. de Chantal WhelanU George and Jayne Flynn Margie and Michael Hardesty Robert Scully Ben W. White Francis White Helen and Amos Whittaker Jim and Martha Crisp Sr. Dorothy Marie WillettU Edward and Connie Schickel Sr. Margaret Ann Zinselmeyer Lawrence Lynch

MEMORIALS Sr. Frances Marie Abell Anonymous Mr. and Mrs. Richard Greenwell Marge McLaughlin Sr. M. Lawrence Abell Laura and Bill Smith Sr. Mary Damien Abell Raymond and Catherine Kress Marge McLaughlin Fr. William Medley Sr. Mary Otho Abell Laura and Bill Smith Charles Algermissen Col. Robert L. and Margaret Mary Algermissen All Innocent Victims of Violence Jess and Mark Mattingly All Ursuline Teachers Margie Anne Hardesty JoAnna M. McDaniel Allen Joseph Allen Samuel H. Ammons George and Lorna Horishny Anthony Bachi Paul Bachi

Note: A’year or C’year represents a Mount Saint Joseph Academy/College graduate

Lena Bachi Paul Bachi Sr. Mildred Barr Joe and Sue Riney A’42 Mary Orline Ballard Anonymous (2) James and Lois Ballard John and Sally Newcomb Ernestine Barr Marge Ashworth Monica Basse Mary Kelly Ms. Alyce Benz Sr. Mary Jude Cecil Nancy Berter Elaine Murray Mr. Lawrence B. Bickett Martha Frost Mark Biehl Lia Biehl Sr. Marie Bernadette Blandford Doretha and Michael R. Corbett Robert L. Blandford Jim and Martha Crisp Sr. Aloise Boone Catherine Keene Catherine Borders Boone Mr. and Mrs. Paul Barry Steve and Debbie Beavers Marian Boone Shirley Brian Mildred and Joseph Carrico Jane Englert Mr. and Mrs. Earl Frazure Elizabeth Glascock Jeanee Hagan Margaret Hancock Evola House Mr. and Mrs. Dennis Jacobs Mary Kautzman Catherine Keene Edmund Nasief Charlotte Nellis John and Sally Newcomb Mr. John Newcomb Jane Riggs Mr. and Mrs. Charles Ruter Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Shannon Frances and Charles Wirth Martha Young Fred Boone Catherine Keene Jessie Boone Joseph and Gloria Cecil Joseph Bill Boone Marian E. Boone Catherine Keene John and Sally Newcomb Eleanor Rapier Otis Boswell Family Frances and Paul O’Bryan Sr. Charlesine Bowling Doretha and Michael R. Corbett Joe and Sue Riney A’42 Irene Bowling Frances Mouser Sr. Janette Bowling Alfred and Mary Ann Bowling Sarah Bowling Catherine Keene Irene Marich Msgr. Robert Bowling Irene Marich Aileen Bradley Stella and Roger McClure Sr. Mary Denise Brown Robert and Rebecca Brown Joe and Sue Riney A’42 Sr. Leander Burch Anonymous (2) Louise Scott Burge Anonymous Bill Burke Paula and Mike Burke Paul and Wilma Goebel Frank Wethington

Mary Ann Burke James Burke Joe Caldwell Beverly and Richard Boeckmann Maura Buckler Cambron Fr. William Medley Martha F. Campbell Anonymous Mr. and Mrs. Bobby Hamilton Evelyn McKune Sr. Martha Ann Cargile Doris Colgate Jim and Martha Crisp Joyce and Bernard Grady Mary Sue Ligon Rosemary and Joe Park Joe and Sue Riney A’42 Rita Schrecker Sr. Carmencita Carrico Anonymous M. Elder Sr. Mary Corda Carrico Anonymous M. Elder George and Jayne Flynn Carl and Molly Greenwell Lillian Jarboe Gertrude Kurz Mr. and Mrs. Billy Morton Joe and Sue Riney A’42 Mary Ann Schilling Stephen and Paula Skrivan Jack Cartwright Ruth Metschuleit Delfinita Chavez Flavio Chavez Zita Miles Cissell Mary and Joseph Nugent Sr. Jean Claire Ballard Anonymous (2) Ms. Kristine Conn Elaine Murray Patricia Bray Cordon Sr. Mary Jude Cecil Sr. Charles Marie Coyle Anonymous Carolyn Sue Cecil Catherine Keene Donna and Victor Lobato Geraldine Saiz Betty and Rondle Skimehorn Laura and Bill Smith Charles and Barbara Whelan Mary Grace Crisp Jim and Martha Crisp Ada Corinne Culver Betty Culver Anna Marie Oberst Davis Richard Davis Susanna Gough Theresa and John Jones James and Connie Nalley Christopher and Della Oberst Herman and Maggie O’Bryan Brian Russell Michael and Michelle Webb Blaise Wilson George Davis Jim and Martha Crisp Sr. Marie Claire Davis Anonymous Suzanne Onley Davis Elizabeth and Michael Pontarolo Bitly Dawson Jeanee Hagan Sr. Charles Ann DeNardi Joe and Sue Riney A’42 Scott E. Dean, Jr. Sr. Mary Jude Cecil Sr. Adela Diller, OSF Sr. Mary Jude Cecil Betty Dillon Ronald and Cissy Sullivan Sr. Jane Frances Donahue Mary Cecil Ann Duran

Sr. Mary Beatrice Donahue Mary Cecil Joe and Sue Riney A’42 Mary Jo and Rita Wathen Sr. Rose Catherine Donahue Mary Cecil Durr family members Leonard and Mary Kaiser Mrs. Helen Russell Ebelhar Catherine Booker Ann Bresler Thomas and May Gipe William and Patricia Johnson Maurice Ebelhar Frances and Paul O’Bryan Sue, Mildred and Harold Ebelhar Frances and Paul O’Bryan Sr. Mary Constance Eberle Bernice Gregorio Mary Helen Edelen Anonymous (2) Mr. and Mrs. Bobby Hamilton Virginia Egart Anonymous Christine Elder Donald and Mary Ruth Elder Barry Embry Betty Smith Mrs. Frances Etherton Rose Sauer Mr. Houston Etherton Rose Sauer John Wesley Faulkner William and Patricia Whelan Ms. Marie Firenza Joyce Firenza Sr. Robert Angela Fleischmann Alice and Jerry Biscopink Sr. Mary Clara Floyd Anonymous Kristin Foulke Edward Pickett Gene Frey, Jr. Gertrude Frey Mary Margaret Gaddis Anonymous Michael Gast, Sr. Sr. Mary Jude Cecil William F. George Gary and Sera Mesnier Gilbert J. Goebel Paul and Wilma Goebel Martha Goebel Paul and Wilma Goebel Delores Goins Jim and Martha Crisp Celso and Juan Gomez Molly Jacques Mrs. Clara Gomez José Gomez Cristobal and Agapita Gomez Molly Jacques Gomez family members Molly Jacques Cecelia J. Gray Susan Schwerdtfeger Mary Rose Greenberg Norman Greenberg Donna Hagan Frances Mouser Mary Ann (Hagan) Hall Alfred and Mary Ann Bowling Joseph K. Hamilton Emil Kaelin Larry Hammet Sr. Mary Jude Cecil Mary Carol Hanekamp Jim and Martha Crisp Mr. & Mrs. Charles Hayden, Jr. Donald Hayden Charles Hayden III Donald Hayden Sr. Charles Irene Hayden Anonymous (9) Doris Colgate

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Donald Hayden Mr. and Mrs. Jay Kelly Joe and Sue Riney A’42 Mary Jo Wathen and Rita Hanewinkel Sr. Ethelreda Hayden Anonymous Joe and Sue Riney A’42 Sr. Joseph Mark Hayden Joe and Sue Riney A’42 Sr. Mary Mercy Hayden Anonymous Sr. Mary Wilfrid Hayden Donald Hayden Mrs. Pauline Hayden Dr. and Mrs. James Callis William and Patricia Johnson Mary Wethington Rosemarie Wethington Sr. Raphael Hayden Mary Lou Hayden Fr. Wilfred Hayden Donald Hayden Jack Helbling Betty Helbling Mr. Mark Henry Sr. Mary Jude Cecil Maureen Herr Sarah Bowling Sr. Georgetta Higdon Norman Greenberg Joe and Sue Riney A’42 Juanita Hinton Betty Abell Constantine A’53 Sr. Theresa Margaret Hite Anonymous Sandy Duvall Mr. and Mrs. James Hite Alicia Mahoney Hoerter Beverly and Richard Boeckmann Charles Easley Sr. Bridget Holzer Kenneth Lanter Harold Howard Earl and Carolyn Howard Nancy Clements Howard Mr. and Mrs. Phillip Tatum Alex M. Howell Florence Abel Frances Martion Faye Huber Paul and Wilma Goebel Regina and Terry Hulse Mary Jean Hulse Herman Humphrey Mary and Gabe Becker Gertrude Klopka Ischer Marian Bennett John Janiak Joseph and Gloria Cecil Wanda Janiak Joseph and Gloria Cecil Mary Ellen Jarboe Anonymous Raymond Jarboe Lillian Jarboe Robert D. Jobe Patricia Jobe Sr. Agnes Mary Johnson Anonymous Doris Colgate Errol Johnson Sarah Bowling Jim Jones Jim and Martha Crisp Alma Buechler Kaelin Emil Kaelin Elmer Kaelin Emil Kaelin Flora Ann Kaelin Emil Kaelin Sr. Mary Kaelin Emil Kaelin Margaret Kaiser Leonard and Mary Kaiser Kaiser family members Leonard and Mary Kaiser

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Tilghman Keeling Sr. Mary Jude Cecil Ellen Lancaster Kellenaers Mr. and Mrs. George Sawyer Avarene Kirkendoll Jim and Martha Crisp Cecilia Bowling Kirkpatrick Frances Mouser Jim Kirkpatrick Frances Mouser James Knott Charles and Patricia Ann Knott Virgil Knott Charles and Patricia Ann Knott Sr. Mary Ann Krampe MaryLou Hoskins Joe and Sue Riney A’42 Kress Family Raymond and Catherine Kress Kurz Family Gertrude Kurz Mr. Joseph E. Lancaster Anonymous Bobby Lang Jim and Martha Crisp Maria Lang Colleen and Gregory Lang Tony and Inez Lanham Chris and Jennifer Kaminski Joe and Patty Kaminski Steve and Diana Kaminski Sr. Theresa Ann Legeay Anonymous (3) George V. Liddy Elizabeth and Mike Rogers Bennett Ligon, Jr. Mel Anson Curt Bogan Bob and Vickie Hansing Mr. and Mrs. Paul Medcalf Mr. and Mrs. Billy Peak Dorothy Peak Kate Siemers Sr. Walter Louise Lush Anonymous (2) Mr. and Mrs. Edward Kaelin Joe and Sue Riney A’42 Joseph Wheeler Eligio Madrid Molly Jacques Isabella Bosler Mammen Mildred Krapf Judy Cecil Martin Alice and Jerry Biscopink James and Kathy Houlihan Dorothy Willett Massey James and Gary Trapp Sr. Carmelita Mattingly Imelda and Bob Beam Charles Mattingly Anna Mattingly Lucille Mattingly Anna Mattingly Sr. Martin Gertrude Mattingly Robert Scully Sr. Mary Anna Mattingly Marianna Robinson Sr. Mary Lucy Mattingly Rosemary and David Emmick Sr. Therese Martin Mattingly Anonymous Mary and Gabe Becker Leo Marshall Anonymous Donald Maupin Anita Davis Cecilia Whelan May William and Patricia Whelan McGovern Family Raymond and Catherine Kress Roberta Mudd Carrico McIntyre James Williams Sr. Charles Catherine Medley Anonymous (2) Kathleen Daugherty Mark and Diane Kemper

Germaine P. Black Metzger Sr. Mary Jude Cecil Dennis Millay Joseph Millay Hugh Mills Jim and Martha Crisp May and Irenneus Mills Earl and Carolyn Howard Tom and Marion Milton Jeffrey and Rosemary Miano Sr. Wendelyn Milton Jeffrey and Rosemary Miano Billy Minardi Ronald and Cissy Sullivan Sr. Rose Emma Monaghan Anonymous Mark Benz Joann and Denny Burton Mr. and Mrs. Gerald Burton Mr. and Mrs. Dennis Burton Sandra Hays Clifford and Mercedes Simmons Mary White Sr. Joseph Emma Morris Mary Catherine Thompson Sr. Eudocia Mudd Anonymous (2) Margie Hardesty Patricia Mudd Anonymous Alfred and Mary Ann Bowling Margaret Kelly Sr. Eileen Mullen Diane and Ralph DiTucci Ruth Gunsolley Sr. Joseph Cecelia Muller Beverly and Richard Boeckmann Catherine Keene Betty Moorman Joe and Sue Riney A’42 Erle and Carin Mulligan Frances and Paul O’Bryan J. R. Murphy Gertrude Kurz Ted Munsterman Marjorie Godecker Sr. Rose Beatrice Murphy Gertrude Kurz Alice Murray Elaine Murray Daniel Murray Elaine Murray Mr. Thomas Murray Elaine Murray Sr. Bertha Marie Nally Anonymous R. and Shelley Nally Edna Newcomb Catherine Keene Sr. Agnes Leo Newton Doris Colgate Donald and Mary Ruth Elder Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Hagan Joe and Sue Riney A’42 Mary Dell Wimsatt Natalie Hope Nugent Mary and Joseph Nugent Lucy O’Daniel Anonymous Jack O’Hara Jim and Martha Crisp Sr. Carolyn Marie O’Harrow Bill and Marilyn Terry Gerald Oberst Herman and Maggie O’Bryan Mamadean Oberst Jim and Martha Crisp Francine L. Onley Elizabeth and Michael Pontarolo Mr. Joe Paulin Elaine Murray Sr. Mary Angelina Payne Lillian Jarboe Sr. Mary Cecilia Payne Stephen and Paula Skrivan Sr. Mary Jane Payne Anonymous (2)

Mary Sherron Payne Therese Dickert Richard Payne Nora Ebelhar Payne Family Lillian Jarboe Bill Pennington Frank and Sandra Wethington Sr. Helen Marie Pfohl Sarah Bowling Joe and Sue Riney A’42 Carolyn and Paul Tapp David Henry Pickett Edward and Grace Pickett Edward Francis Pickett, Jr. Edward and Grace Pickett Sr. Basil Pike Betty Sue Aubin A’44 Sr. Teresita Pionke, GHMS Elaine Murray Frances Pionke Sr. Dolores Purdy Daniel and Nancy Purdy Sr. Ephrem Purdy Daniel and Nancy Purdy Sr. Jean Catherine Purdy Daniel and Nancy Purdy Joe and Sue Riney A’42 Sr. Mary John Purdy Daniel and Nancy Purdy Marie Dilger Quilty Arlene and Francis Renn Sr. Elizabeth Ann Ray Glenn and Carolyn Canaday Mr. and Mrs. James Guinn Mr. and Mrs. Bill Jesse Emma and Emilio Montoya Fr. Robert Ray Joseph and Virginia Ray Gary and Mary Helen Riney Irene Whelan Ray Family Gerald Ray James Anthony Rearden Jim and Martha Crisp Rebhan family members Leonard and Mary Kaiser Margaret Reddicks Mary Catherine Thompson Sr. Joseph Carmel Redmon Anonymous Louis V. Reiss Susan Reiss Suzanne Reiss Darrell Rhoten Joan Allen William and Patricia Johnson Mary Lucille Riley Sr. Mary Jude Cecil John and Elaine Wood Charles “Charlie” Riney Thomas and Rose Curtsinger Frances and Paul O’Bryan Gary and Mary Helen Riney Joe and Sue Riney A’42 Mr. and Mrs. Leon Riney Fr. C. Phillip Riney Sr. Mary Leon Riney Anne and Ron Dugan Fonciene and Al Giordano Joe and Rosalyn Hayden Jean and Clifford Kreifels Thomas and Lucy Neal Frances and Paul O’Bryan Joe and Sue Riney A’42 Laura and Bill Smith LaVerne and Charles Speaks Frances and Charles Wirth Veva Rivera Molly Jacques Sr. Mary Victor Rogers Juanita Lentini Gary and Mary Helen Riney Joe and Sue Riney A’42 Delbert R. Roscoe Mary Roscoe

Loretta Rueth Anonymous Bert Russell Anonymous Robert and Mary Caster Marjorie Godecker Doris Schutz Louis and Barbara Wilbert Sr. Joseph Adrian Russell Janet Belew Robert and Mary Caster Michael and Sandra Clark Mr. George Coleman Karen Goldner Keith Gottlieb Sophie Maes Marcella Martinez James and Deborah Michael Emma and Emilio Montoya Claudia Ramisch Suzanne Reiss Joe and Sue Riney A’42 Doris Schutz Mary Jo Wathen and Rita Hanewinkel Charles and Barbara Whelan Louis and Barbara Wilbert Mr. and Mrs. Charles Wise Sr. Mary Henry Russell Robert and Mary Caster Marjorie Godecker Phyllis and Daryl Henry Emma and Emilio Montoya Eugene and Mary Russell Doris Schutz Laura and Bill Smith Charles and Barbara Whelan Louis and Barbara Wilbert Russell Family Louis and Barbara Wilbert Chris Rutledge Anonymous (16) Othelia Sauer Rose Sauer Grace Scaglione Fr. Paul Scaglione Sr. Magdalen Schammel, OSU Leo Schammel Jon and Angela Verlinde Steve Schellenberg Sr. Mary Jude Cecil Herman E. Schrecker Rita Schrecker Mary Ursula Schutz Marjorie Godecker Doris Schutz Louis and Barbara Wilbert Paul Schwab Sr. Mary Jude Cecil Roland A. Sensmeyer Sharon and Leon Olinger Mary Leona Settles Ann and Albert Gibbs Sr. Mary Oderic Settles Ann and Albert Gibbs Fred and Margaret Shaw Jean Harrison Felix Signorelli Edna and Jeffery Murphey Sr. Mary Ethel Sims Col. Robert L. and Margaret Mary Algermissen Mary Richard Sims Mr. and Mrs. James Constant Mary T. Sims Gertrude Frey Carl and Molly Greenwell William and Patricia Johnson Mary Kelly Gertrude Kurz Joe and Sue Riney A’42 Mark and Martha Sims Ronald and Cissy Sullivan Florence Wieder Sr. Bernadita Sipes Rose Sauer

Joe and Sue Riney A’42 Mr. John Sipes Rose Sauer Sr. Margaret Sipes Rose Sauer Ray Skinner Anonymous Charles Benedict Smith Mary Dell Wimsatt Jennifer Lea Smith Joseph and Dora Fidel Sr. Jamesina Spain Anonymous Joe and Sue Riney A’42 Laura and Bill Smith William and Betty Ulrich James Williams Sr. Cordelia Spalding Anonymous Mr. and Mrs. William Beaven Catherine Keene Judy Kirkman Yvonne Knight Patricia and Chuck Lary L. Richardson Joe and Sue Riney A’42 Sharon Tuck Jack Spalding Mr. and Mrs. Martin Spalding Sr. Praxede Spalding Anonymous Sr. Mary Boniface Speaks Jean Gastenveld Mary Ruth Stamper Ruth Metschuleit Charles Steele Jim and Martha Crisp James Stephens William Sturgis Robert L. Stewart Jim and Martha Crisp John and Orilla Stone Paula and Mike Burke Mo Taylor Frances Pionke Ray Taylor Bill and Marilyn Terry Joseph and Corinne Sphire Teaff Ann Teaff Agapits Terrazas Molly Jacques Anita Terrell Sr. Mary Jude Cecil Eunice Theobold Anita Davis L. Ann Thomas Fred and Joan Ballard Lawrence Mattingly Julieanne Ray Mary Jo Wathen and Rita Hanewinkel Catherine B. Thompson Edward and Connie Schickel Sr. Joseph Therese Thompson Janet and Jerry Griffin Edward and Connie Schickel Mary Ellen Thompson Gary and Mary Helen Riney Joe and Sue Riney A’42 Susan E. Thompson Anonymous Sr. Mary DeSales Thomas Emil Kaelin Georgia Tipmore Joe and Sue Riney A’42 Sr. Melissa Tipmore Bernadette Willett Trapp James and Gary Trapp Mike Troutman Sr. Mary Jude Cecil Ray Tyson Rose Sauer Sr. Mary Bernice Uhing Cyril Uhing Ursuline Sisters Educators Mary and Otis Vance

Ursuline Sisters, St. Columba School Mary Ann and Arthur Schissel Ursuline Sisters, St. Edward School Mr. and Mrs. Richard Greenwell Ursuline Sisters, St. Joseph in Mayfield, Ky. Donald and Mary Ruth Elder Mildred Van Winkle Leroy Able George and Michelle Griffith Volkmer family members Leonard and Mary Kaiser Dr. William P. VonderHaar Sr. Mary Jude Cecil Mary Delcher Martin David Warren, Sr. Anonymous Thomas and Rose Curtsinger Stansell and Kenneth Ebelhar Gertrude Kurz Charles Mann Joe and Sue Riney A’42 Sr. Ancilla Marie Warren Anonymous Joyce Koozer Stella Montoya Joe and Sue Riney A’42 Mr. and Mrs. Jerry Warren Velma Warren Sr. Bartholene Warren Elaine and Gene Glenn Raymond and Catherine Kress Stella Montoya Susan Reiss Suzanne Reiss Helen Warren Anonymous (3) Sr. Mary Edgar Warren Anonymous (2) Joyce Koozer Mr. and Mrs. Jerry Warren Velma Warren Cecelia Wathen William and Patricia Johnson Sr. George Marie Wathen Norvin and Germaine Casper Doris Colgate Suzanne Gochenouer Romano and Helen Mazzoli Joe and Sue Riney A’42 Richard Weafer Lillian Jarboe Weafer Family Lillian Jarboe Ms. Nudie Weber Jim and Martha Crisp Sr. Barbara Westrick, OSF Sr. Mary Jude Cecil Frank Wethington, Sr. Anonymous Paul and Wilma Goebel Jim Wethington family Rosemarie Wethington Odelia Wethington Paul and Wilma Goebel Patrick Anthony Wethington Christine Redford Robert Wethington Paul and Wilma Goebel Cecilia Wheatley Shirley Basham Carolyn Brumfield Isabel Crenshaw Herbert O’reilly Kathleen Sheeran Nancy and George Walz Mila Whitler Laura Willoughby Sr. Dorothy Ann Whelan George and Faye Briel Jessie Whelan William and Patricia Whelan Joseph Michael Whelan William and Patricia Whelan

Bequests These individuals have been faithful stewards of God’s gifts. They have shared God’s abundance with us. Now they share God fully. May they “shine like bright stars for all eternity.” (Daniel 12:3) Mary Elizabeth MilesU Rev. Julian PankU Mr. and Mrs. Joseph KristofU Loretta ThienU Sr. Mary Emily Whelan George and Faye Briel Carl and Molly Greenwell Joe and Sue Riney A’42 Whelan Family Gerald Ray Scott Whitler Mila Whitler Wilbert Family Louis and Barbara Wilbert Sr. Dorothy Marie Willett Anonymous Mr. and Mrs. Jerry McCandless Joe and Sue Riney A’42 Edward and Connie Schickel James and Gary Trapp Sr. Rosita Willett Mr. and Mrs. Jerry McCandless Joe and Sue Riney A’42 Edward and Connie Schickel James and Gary Trapp Sr. Agnes Catherine Williams Mildred Krapf Evelyn McKune Frances and Paul O’Bryan Joe and Sue Riney A’42 Francis and Jean Steffen Sr. Charles Asa Williams Alice and Jerry Biscopink Mildred Krapf Frances and Paul O’Bryan Joe and Sue Riney A’42 Lee and Nancy Williams James Williams Ray Wilson Jim and Martha Crisp Ms. Angela Wimsatt Therese and John Allen Alfred and Mary Ann Bowling Oldham Wimsatt Ronald and Cissy Sullivan Wimsatt Family Mary Dell Wimsatt Charles Yarber William and Patricia Whelan Sr. Margaret Louise Yates Raymond and Catherine Kress Sr. Carolita Young Darlene Livers Rosalyn Olinger Gary and Mary Helen Riney Joe and Sue Riney A’42 Mr. and Mrs. J.B. Thomas Sr. Emily Zent Diane and Ralph DiTucci Anna Gabriel Kenneth Lanter

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We rejoice in the gifts of our sisters, given for the kingdom of God Two Ursulines were honored by the Diocese of Owensboro, Ky., for teaching in diocesan schools. Sister Anne Michelle Mudd (top left) was honored for 40 years of service and Sister Mary Timothy Bland was honored for 30 years at the Catholic School Educators Professional Development Day July 24 at St. Mary of the Woods Parish, Whitesville. Sister Anne Michelle has been principal/teacher at St. Paul School in Leitchfield, since 1997. She taught in other Kentucky schools and in Nebraska.

Sister Mary Timothy has taught in the Owensboro Catholic Schools since 1986. She also taught in Bowling Green, Radcliff, and in Missouri.

Sister Kathleen Condry, former superior of the Ursuline Sisters of Paola, Kan., prior to their 2008 merger with the Ursulines of Mount Saint Joseph, was commissioned a Kentucky Colonel by Gov. Steve Beshear. This is an honorary title bestowed by the governor, and includes an invitation to join the Honorable Order of Kentucky Colonels, which raises money to support charities and education.

One of Sister Kathleen’s former students asked State Rep. Arnold Simpson to petition Gov. Beshear on her behalf.

The former Ursuline Sisters of Paola will be honored on Nov. 22 with the 2009 Duchesne Award by Sacred Heart Church/Saint Rose Philippine Duchesne Shrine of Mound City, Kan. Fr. Reginald Saldanha, pastor at Sacred Heart, wrote that the Ursulines were selected for their “efforts to promote the devotion to Saint Rose Philippine, your contributions in the field of education in our Archdiocese for over 100 years, and your efforts in promoting vocations to priesthood and religious life.” The Most Reverend Archbishop Joseph Naumann will preside over the Mass and present the award at Sacred Heart.

Archivists for Congregations of Women Religious honored Sister Emma Cecilia Busam as one of its founding members during the 6th Triennial Conference Sept.

17-20 at the Clarion Hotel in Milwaukee.

Sister Emma Cecilia was one of five members of the Society of American Archivists in 1989 who was asked to help congregations of women religious who did not have archives. They gathered information from religious orders across the U.S., and founded ACWR in 1990. Sister Emma Cecilia and Sister Mary Serbacki, OSF, of New York were the only two founders who could attend. Sister Emma Cecilia was the third president of ACWR (1995-96). She has been an archivist for 26 years, first at Mount Saint Joseph, and now for the Diocese of Owensboro, Ky. The Society of American Archivists honored her in 1994 with the Sister M. Claude Lane Award, for her significant contribution to the field of religious archives.

Sister George Mary Hagan spent more than two weeks in Italy in July on a retreat study program, and was able to visit the birthplace of Saint Angela Merici.

Her first week in Rome focused on the U.S. Bishops’ document on lay ministry, and featured daily speakers at the Lay Centre at Foyer Unitas. The three leaders of the trip were Louisville priests who concelebrated Mass at the Sanctuary of Saint Angela in Brescia. Sister George Mary also visited Assisi, Milan, Florence, and Venice, where she said the highlight was seeing a gallery on Saint Ursula at the Accademia Galleries. In Brescia, she was most touched by viewing the body of Saint Angela, and seeing the statue of Angela the Pilgrim, looking heavenward with staff in hand, in the central piazza in Desenzano. “It became more real to me, more alive, after hearing it all these years, seeing where she worshipped and ministered,” she said. Sister George Mary is retired and helps sisters at the Motherhouse.