Ursulines Alive Winter 2017

Missionary Disciples with Vietnamese Sisters New Ursuline Prayer Book Available Donor Appreciation

Spotlight on Those We Serve in Western Kentucky

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From our Congregational Leader Dear Friends, You will receive this Ursulines Alive during the Advent season. It is a time of waiting, a time of preparing, a time of giving. It is a time to think about all the wonderful things God has given us. We think about the people we love, our families and friends.

This year, after all the terrible things that have happened in Texas, Las Vegas, Puerto Rico, New York and other states, we come together in prayer asking Sister Amelia for calm in our country and in the world. We ask for a generous spirit to help those who have suffered through floods, hurricanes and earthquakes. There are so many opportunities for us to give and share. If each one of us can look for one way to do something for those around us who are in need, the real spirit of Christmas will be fulfilled.

Jesus is the greatest gift we have received, and Jesus is the greatest gift we can share. Here at the Mount, we will be praying for each of you in a special way during this Advent and Christmas season. You are remembered in prayer at each Mass we celebrate.

In this issue you will also see the names of many people who have generously shared with us. You are a blessing and gift to us. You make it possible for us to continue serving the Church and the people of God in so many ways. Our sisters are so blessed to have you standing beside them as they fulfill our mission of education and Christian formation. We are so grateful for all your love and support.

We are grateful for your help in taking care of the Earth by helping us plant over 400 trees last year. We hope to plant 1,000 this year. With your help, we can reach that goal. Thank you so much.

May you be blessed during these days before Christmas. May the Holy Family bless your family with love and peace.

INDEX Donor Spotlight....................................... 14 Donor Names...................................... 15-19 Pilgrims on the Journey.......................... 14 Powerhouse of Prayer............................. 13 Retreat Center.................................... 10-11 Soli Deo Gloria......................................... 12 Spiritual Direction................................... 10 Ursuline Prayer Book............................... 20 Vietnamese Sisters.................................. 6-9 Vocations................................................... 9 Western Kentucky.................................. 3-5 Women’s Retreat 2018............................ 20

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 CORE VALUES

Sister Amelia Stenger, OSU, Congregational Leader COVER: Top left: Sister Martha Keller, left, is joined by other members of the St. Jerome Catholic Church staff on Oct. 10 in Fancy Farm, Ky. From left of Sister Martha are Sherry Jones, Lacy Riddle, Marie Woodrum and Father Darrell Venters.

Top right: Sister Alicia Coomes, left, visits with Stephanie Landry following Mass on Oct. 11. The two minister together at St. William Catholic Church in Marion, Ky., where Landry compiles the weekly bulletin.

Bottom left: Sister Teresa Riley is joined by the pastor at St. Henry Parish in Aurora, Ky., Father Greg Trawick, on Oct. 10. Sister Teresa is “breaking down ignorance and misunderstanding about who the Church is, what we are,” he said.

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, OSUA MISSION ADVANCEMENT STAFF:

Communications and Development Specialist............... Maggie Matsko

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

Director of Development................................................ Betsy Jo Mullins

Mission Advancement Assistant..................................... Sister Mary McDermott

Mission Advancement Assistant..................................... Sister Marcella Schrant

Contributing Writer......................................................... Sister Ruth Gehres

Contributing Writer......................................................... Sister Marietta Wethington 2

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Those we serve...

By Dan Heckel, Mount Saint Joseph Staff

Ursulines in western Kentucky fill many roles Stephanie Dossett is a longtime member of St. Ambrose Catholic Church in tiny Henshaw, Ky., and knows the difference it makes when there is a woman religious in the parish.

“We’ve had sisters here and we’ve been without a sister.

Life is much better here if we have a sister,” Dossett said.

Since 2010, Ursuline Sister Alicia Coomes has served at St. Ambrose – as well as St. William Parish in Marion, and St. Francis Borgia in nearby Sturgis.

“Having a sister is very important, especially to the younger people,” Dossett said. “It gives them an opportunity to see another vocation for themselves.

People feel comfortable talking to Sister Alicia about their troubles.”

This is the fourth installment of “Whom They Serve,” featuring insights from people who serve with or who are served by the Ursuline Sisters. This focus is on the sisters fulfilling their missions in far western Kentucky – Sister Alicia, Sister Martha Keller and Sister Teresa Riley. Sister Michael Marie Friedman also serves as a minister of presence in Grand Rivers, Ky., but she was unavailable for this article.

Sister Alicia Coomes...“A Spiritual Leader” Stephanie Landry was at a crossroads in her life six years ago. She’d moved back to Marion from Florida, a bad marriage was ending and she struggled with a heart ailment. She’d just started going to church again at St. William Parish when she met Sister Alicia.

“She’s very compassionate,” Landry said. “She helped me to come back into the Church. She took me to doctor’s appointments. She gave me a whole new outlook on religious life and helped me to be a better me. It’s a friendship I’ve never had before.”

Landry works with Sister Alicia to compile the bulletin at St. William each week. Sister Alicia provides worship aids, visits the homebound and cantors at Mass. “She does a whole lot of everything,” Landry said.

“She showed me how to understand the Bible better.

She taught me how to pray,” Landry said. “She takes the time with you. She’s a good sounding board for a lot of people. She helps sometimes just by being calm.”

Sister Alicia logs 500 miles on her car every two weeks serving at the three small parishes.

“We’ve gone through the fear of losing her,” Landry said.

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Sister Alicia Coomes takes the cup of wine from Father Ryan Harpole during the Wednesday noon Mass on Oct. 11 at St. Ambrose Catholic Church in Henshaw, Ky. BELOW: Sister Alicia offers the cup to a parishioner during Mass.

“Our parishes bonded together to raise money needed for her salary. She’s that important to us. We call it the ‘SOS Fund’ – Save Our Sister.”

Michele “Miki” Wright and her husband Don Wright are parishioners at St. Francis Borgia in Sturgis.

“Having a sister here means everything,” Miki Wright said. “We’ve had sisters in the past, and when they leave, the void can’t be filled.”

In fall 2016, Miki Wright went on a mission trip to Honduras with Sister Alicia and Sister Larraine Lauter, which deepened her relationship with Sister Alicia even more.

“Sister Alicia is a wonderful confidante,” Miki Wright said. “She has so many hats she wears. She has tireless energy.”

Sister Alicia is trained as a nurse and does health screenings for members of the parish, Miki Wright said.

When Don Wright had heart surgery four years ago, Sister Alicia was a constant presence in the hospital, he said.

“Every time I opened my eyes, she was there,” he said.

“She did a lot of home visits for months.”

“She’s also our music minister, we never had one of those,” Miki Wright said. “Our Masses are so much better.

She’s trying to pull us out of the same old six hymns.”

Don Wright estimates St. Francis Borgia went from 75 people at Mass to 150 since Sister Alicia and Father Ryan Harpole came to the church.

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Sister Alicia, center, visits Michele “Miki” Wright, second from right, and Miki’s husband Don, along with their granddaughters Alex Wright, left, and Emma Wright. The Wrights, who belong to St. Francis Borgia Parish in Sturgis, Ky., are teaching Sister Alicia to ride a horse.

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Dossett said. “Sister Alicia and Father step up to serve a lot of grieving people. There is so much in life people need help with. She’s there to assist with that.”

The most important role Sister Alicia serves is spiritual leadership, Dossett said.

“You can’t have too many spiritual leaders. You see someone giving her life to God,” Dossett said. “It doesn’t matter how old you get, sometimes you just need a different perspective. When you have someone giving a good example, sometimes that’s all you need.”

Sister Martha Keller...“Bringing out the best” Kentucky State Trooper Joey Adams had a lot of questions when he decided to join the Catholic Church in 2016. He learned he could always find the answers by going to Ursuline Sister Martha Keller.

“She’s just genuine to me,” Adams said. “I had this stereotype about sisters, I assumed they all wore black.

I didn’t realize she would be down to earth. She seemed to laugh at my sense of humor a lot. It made it more comfortable, there was no pressure.”

Sister Martha is pastoral associate at St. Jerome Parish in Fancy Farm, where she has served since 2012.

“She pays attention to what people do well and pulls that out in you,” said Joyce Toon, a parish member who is on the RCIA team and the Social Concerns committee.

“She’s very spiritual. She starts all our meetings with a prayer, it always suits the occasion. She’s good with little children and older people. Social Concerns has taken off since Sister came. She gives us direction.”

Lori Wilson is head of the Social Concerns committee and went on a mission trip Sister Martha led to Mandeville, Jamaica, in 2015. “Sister Martha had already been there. She knew people from previous trips,” Wilson said. “Their faces would light up when they saw Sister.

She would keep us going when we were tired. She wanted our parish to experience what she experienced.

“She brings out the best in people,” Wilson said. “She wants to give and help the needy and sick. She started our Thanksgiving meal for the needy in our community. She makes you want to help.”

Sister Martha sets a good example

just love her.”

Father Harpole has been pastor at all three parishes for four years and said he and Sister Alicia strike a good balance.

“A parish without a nun is missing out on something,” he Stephanie Dossett shows Sister Alicia Coomes how to make a change in a said. “It’s invaluable certificate on Oct. 11. The two minister to the ministry. together at St. Ambrose Church in She makes a big Henshaw, Ky. difference. I have no idea what we’d do for music. In faith formation, we would need a lot more volunteers, and they are hard to find,” Father Harpole said. “Some people would be left out.”

Sister Alicia visits the sick and sees a lot of homebound women, Father Harpole said. “It’s nice to have someone with me, especially someone with a nursing background,” he said. “She can check on them. I wouldn’t know what to do.”

The two share faith formation duties to make sure there is always a religious presence. “It’s good for the kids to see the vocations available,” he said. Sister Alicia is the only woman religious in the county, he said. “It’s hard to get vocations without seeing an example.”

Ethan Martin has been playing music at the three parishes since he was 13 years old. He’s now 26 and is grateful for Sister Alicia’s presence.

“She has great ideas and tries to keep the congregation involved,” Martin said. “She began the youth Mass once a month at all three parishes, we use more praise and worship music. The kids do everything at the Mass. She helps coordinate that, and meets with the kids to practice.”

Martin plays piano at the 5:30 p.m. Saturday Mass at St. Ambrose, the 9 a.m. Mass at St. Francis Borgia and the 11 a.m. Mass at St. William.

“When I first started playing, it was just me, we had no lead singer,” he said. “It helped me tremendously when Sister Alicia arrived. All the liturgy worship aids, she got those for us. She has knowledge of songs I’ve never heard of. If we want to learn Sister Martha Keller, center, is joined by new songs, she leads that.” two parishioners of St. Jerome Parish Dossett, who volunteers doing in Fancy Farm, Ky., on Oct. 10. Lori administrative work at St. Ambrose, Wilson, left, leads the Social Concerns said with only 35 families in the committee, and Joyce Toon, right, is on church, everyone works together and the RCIA team.

RIGHT: Sister Martha stands with becomes very close.

Kentucky State Trooper Joey Adams on “When someone passes, it feels Oct. 10. She helped him join the Catholic like someone you’re related to,” Church in 2016-17 through RCIA.

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Sister Martha, right, prays with Laura Belle Toon after bringing her the Eucharist at her home on Oct. 10. “She brought me communion after I had back surgery in May,” Toon said. “She’s always a really nice person.”

for others in the parish by her work ethic, Wilson said.

“She goes lickety-split,” Wilson said. “No matter how busy she is, she always has a smile, is always jolly.”

Father Darrell Venters has been pastor at St. Jerome for eight years, and said parishioners like having a sister.

“She brings the Ursuline charism of education and social justice, as well as a pastoral sense of care for people,” he said. “This community has provided a lot of sisters over the years, Ursulines and Sisters of Charity. They are a witness to a way of life – their vows, simplicity of living.”

People are mystified by the priesthood and religious life, even though they make commitments in their marriages, Father Venters said. He enjoys having a sister on staff to share in explaining religious life.

“We live a way of life, we don’t have a career. From that, ministry flows,” he said. “We’re doing ministry in someone’s home, or playing with kids on a ballfield. We don’t live future-oriented lives. People think about their kids, retirement, career advancement, their mortgage payments. We’re free from a lot of that. We focus more on today. It gives a different view of life.”

“Providing direction” is a recurring comment from everyone who works closely with Sister Martha.

“Her influence has empowered people,” Father Venters said. “She’s an excellent teacher. I watch her with a group of kids, and I think, ‘I could never do that.’”

Sister Martha works closely with the staff at St. Jerome, which Father Venters appreciates. It’s important to him that everyone operates as a team.

“She’s good at making people believe they can do outreach,” said Lacy Riddle, director of music and liturgy.

“If she sees you having a bad day, she’ll sit down and listen to you. I have a son who is on the autism spectrum, she’s been wonderful to talk to. I think a lot of people feel that way, she’s someone you can confide in.”

Sherry Jones, the secretary at St. Jerome, went on the Mandeville trip in 2015. She works with Sister Martha in registering people for religious education.

“She’s very thorough, she does a lot of research,” Jones said. “I think a lot of people like having a sister.”

Marie Woodrum, the parish administrator, said Sister Martha is good at bringing more people into ministry.

“She brings the better out in you,” Woodrum said. “She probably doesn’t realize it, but she makes you want to be a better person.”

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Sister Teresa Riley...“Faithful presence” Father Greg Trawick wishes his parish, St. Henry in Aurora, didn’t have to share the services of Ursuline Sister Teresa Riley with St. Pius Parish in Calvert City.

“We’d like to keep her for ourselves,” he said with a smile.

Sister Teresa is a minister of presence in these two tiny parishes in the far western corner of the state. In the 1980s, the late Bishop John J. McRaith began asking for sisters to serve the small Catholic populations in western Kentucky, and the Ursulines have responded ever since.

“I’m very familiar with this ministry and how powerful it is,” Father Trawick said, recounting his own experience with Sister Walter Louise Lush in the early 1990s. “Sister Teresa has been a great blessing, following the tradition of the sisters who preceded her.”

Sister Teresa’s kindness, wisdom and her presence in the larger community is a benefit in the mostly Protestant area, Father Trawick said.

“She’s breaking down ignorance and misunderstanding about who the Church is, what we are,” he said.

“People have preconceived notions about our faith. Sister is here to show people in a very real way that we believe in Jesus, and we’re not into idol worship.”

Sister Teresa’s presence Sister Teresa Riley, center, is joined by Carol is a blessing in Sauer, left, and Loretta Vargocko on Oct. at St. Henry Catholic Church in Aurora, so many ways, 10 Ky. The three are members of Martha’s Father Trawick Circle, who clean the church following the said.

Tuesday morning Mass.

“She shares the word of God and lives it by example,” he said. “She offers kindness, prayers, supports parishioners and visits the sick. I know many of the sick and shut-ins appreciate her coming by and brightening their day.”

On Tuesdays, Sister Teresa joins the other members of Martha’s Circle after 8 a.m. Mass at St. Henry to clean the church. She has been coming to St. Henry for six years.

“She’s one of our vacuumers,” Loretta Vargocko said.

“She’s a big presence in the community. I go with her to take communion to the nursing home. Sister has a problem saying ‘no.’ Whatever you ask Sister, she’ll do it.”

“She’s a great eucharistic minister and lector for us,” Carol Sauer said. “She’s an inspiration to me, all she’s able to do. She’s a dear, sweet, kind lady.”

“We know the (women religious) population is dwindling,” Vargocko said. “But we’ve got ours and she’s a keeper.”n 5

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Vietnamese Sisters help Ursulines become ‘Missionary Disciples’

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n August 2017, Ursuline Sister Monica Seaton drove to The five Vietnamese sisters living at Maple Mount gather the airport to pick up Sister Phuong Nguyen and Sister with the Most Rev. William Medley, bishop of the Diocese of Thanh Nguyen, members of the Mary Queen of the Owensboro, and Sister Amelia Stenger, congregational leader World community in Vietnam. They were coming to live of the Ursuline Sisters, at the Sept. 22 VOCARE vocation event at Maple Mount and attend classes at Brescia University. in Owensboro, Ky. The Vietnamese sisters, from left: Dominican Sister Mai Pham, Dominican Sister Thoa Phan, Dominican Sister “Phuong kept trying to tell me how to pronounce her Lanh Hoang, Mary Queen of the World Sister Phuong Nguyen name,” Sister Monica said. “Finally, she said, ‘You can and Mary Queen of the World Sister Thanh Nguyen. just call me Little Angel,’ and she laughed. I said, ‘They call me that, so I don’t know what we’ll do.’ We both Mary Pellegrino, CSJ, emphasized the growing vitality laughed,” Sister Monica said. “That universal laughter of consecrated life in countries beyond the European/ and joy crosses the language barrier.”

Western world of religious. More than 4,000 Sisters Phuong and Thanh are the sixth and seventh international sisters, she pointed out, Vietnamese sisters to live at the Mount while studying “are currently in this country for study, at Brescia. For an Ursuline community that has only one formation or ministry.” foreign mission, the Vietnamese sisters help the Ursulines “In welcoming these young to become “missionary disciples.” sisters, the Ursuline Sisters of Mount “I think Pope Francis coined the phrase ‘missionary Saint Joseph are entering into what disciples,’” said Ursuline Sister Pam Mueller, director of Sister Mary describes as the ‘reality of Mission Effectiveness for the Ursuline Sisters. “To me, cultural and ethnic diversity,’” Sister Ruth it means going outside your comfort zone. The apostles said. “And we are privileged to respond to went to different lands. It can mean going to a foreign God’s invitation to help nurture the burgeoning country, but with the Vietnamese sisters, their culture of religious life, and the Church, in Vietnam.” comes to us.”

Vietnamese sisters are staying at convents across “All our charisms are rooted in God,” Sister Pam America while seeking college degrees. Examples include said. “We’re experiencing some of their charisms as well. the Sisters of Saint Catherine of Siena, who stay with a When I think of Saint Angela, I think Passionist community in North Easton, of hospitality, the ability to be inviting.” It doesn’t matter where Mass., while attending Stonehill College.

Saint Angela Merici, the Ursuline Franciscan Sisters of Allegany, N.Y., one is from – the founder, urged her sisters to “be like a began hosting two Vietnamese sisters in journey to and piazza,” open to all.

2017, and Franciscans in Dubuque, Iowa, “They’re in our piazza as long as they from God is the same. received their first Vietnamese sisters need to be, and then they go,” Sister in 2014. Dominican Sisters in Seattle Pam said. said goodbye to a Dominican Sister from Vietnam this Ursuline Sister Ruth Gehres has worked with all the summer after 2 ½ years together.

Vietnamese sisters to improve their English language skills From 2007-13, Sister Ruth served at Casa Ursulina in and help them in their studies.

Chillán, Chile, the Ursulines’ only foreign mission.

“I love our Vietnamese sisters,” she said. “I’m inspired “Only a few of us are called to be missionaries outside by their youth, energy and generosity, and by their intense of our own environment,” Sister Ruth said. “But living determination to do well in their studies in a language with sisters from a different culture offers us a small they are still struggling to learn. Even more than that, I’m experience of missionary life, with new things to touched by their prayerfulness and their faithfulness to learn, new opportunities and new challenges. I their religious vocation.” believe that our life together is a blessing both for the In her August 2017 presidential address to the Vietnamese sisters and their communities – and for Leadership Conference of Women Religious, Sister us.”

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Sister Phuong, center, waves goodbye as she and Sisters Lanh, left, and Thoa get ready to leave Mount Saint Joseph for their first day of classes at Brescia University on Aug. 16, 2017.

How the sisters came to Maple Mount

Ursuline Sister Sharon Sullivan was congregational leader in 2013 when she received a call from Brescia University in Owensboro, Ky., asking whether the sisters could take care of a couple of Vietnamese sisters. Father Bao Nguyen, a Jesuit priest who has sought American education for religious sisters in Vietnam, contacted Brescia for assistance.

“It’s hard to say no to him,” Sister Sharon said.

Brescia agreed to grant scholarships to two sisters with the Lovers of the Holy Cross community.

With very little information other than that, the Ursuline Sisters gave a tentative ‘yes,’ Sister Sharon said. “We did some homework to make sure the Lovers of the Holy Cross were a genuine religious community,” she said. (The community traces its roots in Vietnam to 1670, when it was founded by a French bishop.) “We talked with the sisters at the Motherhouse about how we could provide transportation to Brescia. Once they got here, there appeared a number of sisters who acted as mothers.”

Sister Huyen Vu and Sister Anh Tran were the first two sisters to arrive. Sister Sharon always assumed more sisters would come, despite some early struggles with providing transportation.

“I never stopped to think that anyone would think it wasn’t right for them to come,” Sister Sharon said. “That’s what we’ve always done, in one way or another.

This is simply a sign of the times, a need that exists.”

“When they got here, I had fun watching,” Sister Sharon said. “These were women in their 30s. Initially it was as if we’d gotten new novices and the older sisters were going to take care of them. It was fun to watch the sisters realize that these were women, vowed religious, not girls.”

Sister Huyen and Sister Anh set the precedent for the Vietnamese sisters who followed them – joyfulness and a zeal for hard work. Sister Anh completed her degree in theology at Brescia in December 2016 and is now working on a master’s degree at the Aquinas Institute of Theology in St. Louis. Sister Huyen completed her degree in psychology from Brescia in May 2017, and is now pursuing a master’s degree in theology from St. Meinrad School of Theology in Indiana.

“I recognized the environment, the convent, as a good place to live,” Sister Huyen said. “I received a lot of support and help. Many sisters helped me with my mission at Brescia.”

Sister Huyen said she admires the Ursuline Sisters and wants to follow their example.

“They work so hard, even when they are elderly,” she said. “They still find something to work on in their life.

They serve the Church, serve Jesus. They never tire. They are very faithful. They encourage me a lot.

“I will tell the sisters in Vietnam that, even when we get old, we still serve the Church,” Sister Huyen said. “Be faithful to our mission and serve the Church.”

All the Vietnamese sisters have helped Ursuline Sister Grace Swift with her ministry of tending the grapevines on campus and making jams and jellies. Sister Huyen was the most active helper.

“Huyen helped me with weeding around the grapevines,” Sister Grace said. “When I made jam, she would wash the dishes. She’d help me peel apples when I made apple butter. One year she practically picked all the blackberries by herself.”

“In their culture, people are expected to work fast and hard,” Sister Grace said. “They crack nuts better and faster than other people do. The whole group shucked corn – they got down on the floor.”

Sister Grace appreciates the spirit of the Vietnamese sisters.

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The Vietnamese sisters gather in the Paul Volk Hall garage in October 2017 to crack walnuts grown at the Mount.

From right to left are Sisters Mai, Thoa, Phuong, Lanh and Thanh.

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Sister Huyen, left, talks with Ursuline Sister Ruth Gehres, right, as Ursuline Sister Susanne Bauer, second from left and Ursuline Sister Celine Leeker slice peaches in the small dining room at Maple Mount in July 2014.

“They bring a lot of life,” she said. “What amazes me is how many vocations they have, even though the Church is so persecuted in Vietnam.”

New arrivals

In August 2015, Sisters Anh and Huyen were joined

by Sister Mai Pham, a Dominican Sister of Saint Rose of Lima. Two Dominican Sisters of Saint Catherine of Siena – Sisters Thoa Phan and Lanh Hoang – came in January 2017. When Sisters Phuong and Thanh arrived in August, the Vietnamese Sisters joined Ursuline Sisters Monica, Sharon, and Jacinta Powers to form a small prayer group at the Mount.

“Sister Jacinta and I wanted to share community with them and learn about their culture,” Sister Monica said.

“Their expression of gratitude is wonderful. We meet on Thursdays and read the Sunday Gospel. Not one time have they failed to offer thanks that they live here and have the opportunity to go to school.”

Sister Sharon said the Vietnamese sisters bring a universality of the faith journey, sharing with the small prayer group that it doesn’t matter where one is from – the journey to and from God is the same.

“These sisters come from a Communist country, where they can’t teach children beyond a certain age, and they can’t do faith expressions in public,” Sister Sharon said.

“They don’t care how it affects their mission, they just go do their mission. There have always been obstacles in their way. They don’t focus on the obstacles, they focus on the mission.”

Sister Amelia Stenger, congregational leader since 2016, said the Vietnamese sisters are committed to their education at Brescia University.

“They will take what they learn back to their religious communities in Vietnam and teach their sisters there,” Sister Amelia said. “In turn, those sisters will teach the children in their kindergarten programs. They are helping us continue our Ursuline mission of education and Christian formation.”

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Sisters Anh, left, and Huyen helped celebrate the feast of the Assumption in 2014 by making 150 egg rolls for the Ursuline Sisters.

Sisters Anh, left, and Huyen put on a Vietnamese New Year presentation with singing and an umbrella dance for the Ursuline Sisters in 2015.

“These sisters bring joy and laughter to our community,” Sister Amelia said. “They are hard workers and willing to help in any way they can. We are so glad they are here with us.”

Learning from the Ursulines

Sister Huyen said she learned many lessons from the Ursuline Sisters in her four years at the Mount, with the three greatest being generosity, acceptance and love.

“I feel more adapted, more confident, very comfortable,” Sister Huyen said.

“I could speak very little English when I came, now I understand more.

Sister Ruth (Gehres) Sister Mai, center, sits wtih Ursuline is an excellent tutor, Sisters Sara Marie Gomez, left, she has many good Helen Smith (in back) and Luisa suggestions. She is like Bickett as they listen to Father John a mom, with love and Mark Ettensohn during the July 2017 Summer Retreat for Women guidance. I admire her Religious at Mount Saint Joseph very much.”

Conference and Retreat Center.

Sister Huyen’s community is allowed to teach only kindergarten students, but they can instruct teenagers through their churches. She hopes to utilize her psychology and theology degrees to work with orphaned children in Vietnam.

“It’s a big problem, how to educate children without parents,” Sister Huyen said. “They receive a lot of love from us. How can we let them know they are a blessed gift from God? It’s very difficult, but I am willing to work with them. I want to further my education with theology to counsel them like a spiritual director.”

Sister Mai spent 15 months in Houston living Continued on page 9

The lotus is the national flower of Vietnam.

with Sisters of Charity before coming to the Mount in 2015.

“For six months, I could not eat American food,” Sister Mai said. “Now I cannot give up anything. A Dominican Sister told me, ‘If you Sister Anh, left, and Sister Huyen cut the want to learn corn for shucking in the Mount’s small English, eat a dining room on Aug. 19, 2014. hamburger.’”

Sister Mai quickly came to love Maple Mount and the Ursuline Sisters.

“They welcome everyone,” she said. “We had Vietnamese visitors from Evansville (Ind.) come to see us. The Ursuline Sisters welcomed them and gave them a meal. It was really sweet.”

Sister Mai said the tasks the Vietnamese sisters do at the Mount are not work – they are happy to give back to the Ursuline Sisters.

“We just enjoy cutting corn and making blueberry jam,” she said. “The Ursuline Sisters give their time for us, they care about us very much. It’s like home. We are all in religious life. God loves each of us. We live the same vocation, so we know each other.”

Sister Lanh and Sister Thoa have only lived at the Mount since January, but they quickly became impressed with the leadership of Sister Amelia.

“Sister Amelia works in the office. She also works with quilting, and she cares for the older sisters in the (Saint Joseph) Villa,” Sister Lanh said. “She is an example to follow.” Sister Amelia’s example had an impact on Sister Thoa.

“When I went home over the summer, I visited the older sisters,” Sister Thoa said.

Still in their first months at the Mount, Sister Thanh and Sister Phuong continue learning about life at the Mount, but they both marvel at how welcome the Ursulines make them feel.

“They opened their house and their hearts to us, even though they didn’t know us,” Sister Thanh said.

“We will take their welcome and hospitality back to Vietnam,” Sister Phuong said.n

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We are excited to announce that in October 2017, we officially rolled out our Ursuline Sisters of Mount Saint Joseph Vocations Facebook page. If you are a Facebook user, we invite you to like the page and share the page with others. The address is: www.facebook.com/UrsulineSistersMSJVocations Some future dates to keep in mind to celebrate and promote religious vocations: • Feb. 2, 2018–World Day for Consecrated Life • March 8-14, 2018–National Catholic Sisters Week According to a report from the National Religious Vocation Conference (NRVC), statistics show that, of the recent vocations to religious life and priesthood, “Although Catholics do not typically see it as their role to encourage vocations, women and men are nearly twice as likely to consider a vocation when encouraged by another person. People who are encouraged by three persons are five times more likely to consider a vocation than someone who was not encouraged by anyone.”

If you know a person who has the gifts needed to live religious life, tell them. Help us to spread the word that vocations to consecrated religious life are valid, valued and vibrant!

A few Brescia University students joined 20 Ursuline Sisters of Mount Saint Joseph for Evening Prayer in the Brescia Chapel on Nov. 7, then listened to Sister Monica Seaton (left) share her vocation story, during National Vocation Awareness Week.

ABOVE: Brescia student Danielle Cecil follows along with Sister Jacinta Powers’ Ursuline Book of Prayer. LEFT: Sister Pat Lynch helps Brescia student Alex Wink follow along during Evening Prayer.

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A Ministry of the Ursuline Sisters of Mount Saint Joseph

Give Peace, Quiet and Prayer a Chance

MISSION: Mount Saint Joseph Conference and Retreat Center offers and hosts programs in a rural environment of tranquility for people of all ages and faiths to nurture spiritual and personal growth, advance the arts and promote lifelong learning.

Center offers its first unstructured retreat weekend to check in with the Retreat February 9-11, 2018 Center staff and check out

Mention the beautiful grounds and the when they leave. The cost for peaceful surroundings at Maple Mount, and the weekend is $180, with a eventually someone will ask, “Could I just 10 percent discount if they come out there sometime and walk around?” register a month in advance.

The Mount Saint Joseph Conference and While this weekend retreat Retreat Center offers a variety of structured is new, individuals have made retreats throughout the year, trying to private retreats at the Center anticipate the spiritual needs of a larger for years.

The Center and grounds in October group.

“People who come for But on Feb. 9-11, 2018, the Retreat private retreats sometimes come to meet someone for Center will offer something it’s not done before – a spiritual direction, or other times, they have no plan at Contemplation Weekend. all,” Sister Mary Matthias said. “They want to sleep late, “People can come and do whatever they want to do,” walk a lot, pray a lot. I think they are looking for ‘me said Sister Mary Matthias Ward, Center director. “We will time.’” offer spiritual direction if anyone wants it.”

Aside from private retreats, the Center has plans for These days, people are often stressed as they juggle one-day programs serving gardeners, caregivers and work and multiple activities. They are often unable to administrative assistants. devote multiple days to a retreat weekend.

Sister Mary Matthias also wrote 36 letters to business “I thought there should be a time when people are people in Owensboro inviting them to come out to see if able to come here and not be bogged down by a program, they can utilize the Center. not have to be somewhere at a certain time,” Sister Mary “When you try to have a meeting in your own place, Matthias said. “They don’t have to be in discussion with you’re surprised how many times the phone rings, or anybody.” people come bother you,” she said. The Retreat Center The time is right to offer this Contemplation prides itself as a place to “give peace, quiet and prayer a Weekend, Sister Mary Matthias said. A weeklong version chance.” will be offered in June.

While the Center will maintain its mission of offering “I believe people are suddenly knowing they need to structured retreats to meet the spiritual needs of the be nurtured,” she said. “They need to be filled back up. public, Sister Mary Matthias wants people to know that People are taking 24 hours off just to build themselves even if the scheduled retreats do not suit them, the Center back up. If you’re all ‘peopled out’ you might want a quiet remains a place where everyone is welcome. retreat.”

To sign up or to learn more, contact Kathy McCarty at Participants in the Contemplation Weekend just need kathy.mccarty@maplemount.org, or 270-229-0206.

Opportunity still exists to sign up for Spiritual Direction Training If you were considering joining the next Spiritual Direction Training Program, but this year was bad timing, you’re in luck. The class has been delayed to begin the week of Oct. 15, 2018, and run to July 2020.

The program, offered at the Mount Saint Joseph Conference and Retreat Center, graduated its sixth class in August 2017 (see photo at right). The program prepares its graduates to be spiritual directors and walk with people on their journey with God. The program will continue to accept participants in its next class throughout the coming year. Contact Sister Mary Matthias Ward at 270-229-0200, or mary.ward@ maplemount.org to learn more, or visit ursulinesmsj.org.

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From the Director...

Check out new audio recordings when visiting us Dear Friends of the Retreat Center, We ushered fall in while summer hovered nearby. And now winter seems to be side-stepping on our fall days and evenings. Nuts are falling, squirrels are scrounging at finding homes for their storage. And we wait for that first frost which will once again help to paint the area with yellow, orange, rust and golden Sister Mary leaves.

Matthias Overall, 2017 moves right along into 2018. The Conference and Retreat Center moves daily with people calling to reserve its use. People are being invited to stop by for a tour. I look at all of this and praise God for all the blessings.

We have audio recorded a trip to the shrines on our grounds. Also, the rosary and the Way of the Cross are audio recorded. You may come by the front desk of the Retreat Center, check out a CD and a player and walk the shrines, or you may sit in one spot and listen to the journey. When you finish, please check the player and CD back in at the front desk. This is a little added feature to the quiet of the Retreat Center.

We are in the midst of Thanksgiving time. For what and for whom are we thankful? Hopefully we are filled with gratitude from the moment we awaken until we fall asleep at the end of each day. Let us be aware of those who have less than we, who may be lonely, and may we reach out to them now. May our prayer at Mass include all those many who were harmed by hurricanes, floods, fires and senseless shootings.

Then we move into Advent season, a time of preparing for the coming of Christmas. How will we do it? Extra prayer, more silence and reflection? Maybe between Thanksgiving and Christmas you just wish to spend a day here at the Retreat Center. That would be great … just call us to let us know that you wish to come for a day. The Center belongs to all of us. Come on home!

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Janie Blalock, left, of Barwick, Ga., and Christa Campbell, of Ninety Six, S.C., work on spools – fabric squares that are donated for a drawing – in the Mount gymnasium on Sept.

19 during the 31st annual Runaway Quilters retreat. “This is our one time of year to see each other,” Blalock said. The group has been coming to the Retreat Center since 1991.

A shopper looks at jams and jellies made by the Ursuline Sisters as Barbara Miles and Associate Phyllis Troutman of Raywick, Ky., tell her what is available at the Mount Crafts and Raffle in the gym on Sunday, Sept. 10. In place of their usual picnic, the Ursuline Sisters set up booths for quilts, crafts and jellies and had bingo and their annual grand raffle drawing. Old Hickory Bar-B-Q sold barbecue on site.

Sister Mary Matthias Ward OSU, Director Mount Saint Joseph Conference and Retreat Center Shopping for the holidays? Visit the Mount Saint Joseph Gift Shop for a variety of unique gifts and religious items.

Open Wednesdays & Thursdays 10 a.m.-2 p.m. or by appointment. Contact Cyndi Madi: 270-229-4103 ext. 818 giftshop@maplemount.org

Bring in this ad and get a free cross lapel pin!

Members of the Institute of Christ the King Sovereign Priest Choir Camp, from the St. Francis DeSales Oratory in St. Louis, returned to the Conference and Retreat Center from Aug. 7-11 for their eighth year of music camp. Here, the group sang and talked to the Ursuline Sisters in Saint Joseph Villa, including Sister Dorothy Helbling (right).

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Soli Deo Gloria:

We rejoice in the gifts of our sisters, given for the kingdom of God

Sister Sharon Sullivan became the ninth Ursuline Sister of Mount Saint Joseph to be honored as a Distinguished Alumna of Brescia University during a ceremony Oct. 27 in Owensboro, Ky. “I was quite surprised,” Sister Sharon said. “I didn’t think I’d done anything to deserve it.”

The award was created to honor graduates who exemplify the elements that encompass The Brescia Difference: Respect for the Sacred, Devotion to Learning, Commitment to Growth in Virtue, and Promotion of Servant Leadership.

Leaving behind a career in the private sector and with the Girls Scouts of America, Sister Sharon earned her teacher certification from Brescia in 1975, and worked in public schools as a special education teacher. She eventually joined the Ursuline Sisters in 1982, and began ministering at Brescia in 1984 as director of residential life. Through the years she served as a special education professor, chairwoman of the School of Education and academic dean and vice president for Academic Affairs.

She held that position until 2010, when she began a sixyear term as congregational leader for the Ursuline Sisters.

Sister Sharon returned to Brescia in January 2017. She is now an associate professor, coordinator of the special education program and a consultant with the School of Education on a variety of accreditation elements.

Sister Sharon joins Ursuline Sisters Mary Matthias Ward, Larraine Lauter, Vivian Bowles, Ruth Gehres, Michele Morek, Joseph Angela Boone, Rose Marita O’Bryan and Dianna Ortiz as recipients of the honor.

Ursuline Associate Mary Danhauer also received the award.

Every year since 2000, at least two graduates of the former Mount Saint Joseph Academy or Junior College have been awarded the Maple Leaf Award, given to those who “personify the values of their Mount Saint Joseph education in contributions to their local faith communities, civic communities, and/or Mount Saint Joseph.” Sister Mary Irene Cecil, a 1945 graduate of the Academy, was one of the 2017 winners honored on May 21. She taught early grades, was reading supervisor in the Archdiocese of Louisville, and coordinated the staff for the Diocese of Owensboro. She taught religious education classes throughout the diocese, visited the sick in a parish, and along with Sister Clarita Browning, developed a pastoral care program for the elderly sisters at Maple Mount. Sister Mary Irene served the Ursuline

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Sister Mary Irene Cecil, A45, center, holds her Maple Leaf Award. At left is her classmate, Louise Fowler Gaddie, and at right is Stephanie Warren, A73, vice president of the Alumnae Association. Gaddie read Sister Mary Irene’s nomination (written by Sister Mary Jude Cecil).

community in leadership as a counselor and as congregational leader from 1980-88. Now in her 71st year as a sister, she still serves the sisters in Saint Joseph Villa with her gift of sewing.

Her nominator, Sister Mary Jude Cecil, called her a model of Saint Angela Merici. “She is an example of a dedicated, prayerful, contemplative, gracious and helpful Ursuline to all of us.”

The RiverPark Center, the performing arts center in Owensboro, Ky., honored Sister Elaine Burke for 25 years of volunteering. Sister Elaine was on hand for the opening gala at RiverPark on Sept. 12, 1992, and she is one of six people who has been a consistent volunteer ever since. Sister Elaine returned to Maple Mount in 1991 after ministering in New Mexico for eight years, and began volunteering at the RiverPark the following year. Volunteer duties include handing out programs at the entrance to Cannon Hall, helping patrons find seats, ushering students during school programs, making popcorn for Friday After 5 and performing other duties as assigned.

The Diocese of Owensboro’s Jubilee Celebration for Religious was held at Saint Martin’s Parish in Rome, Ky., on Oct. 21. The jubilarians were recognized for their many years of dedication.

Seated, left to right: Sister Catherine Kaufman, Sister Rosemary Keough, and Sister Emerentia Wiesner. Standing, left to right: Sister Pat Lynch, Sister Lois Lindle, Bishop William Medley, Sister Judith Nell Riney, Glenmary Sister Sharon Miller, Sister Fran Wilhelm, and Sister Suzanne Sims. (All are Ursuline Sisters except Sister Sharon.)

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Powerhouse of Prayer

Sister Marie William asks God to lead, then follows

By Dan Heckel, Mount Saint Joseph Staff

Sister Marie William Blyth was working in a Kansas parish when one day she prepared a reflection on the daily readings.

“Someone came up to me afterward and said, ‘You really said what I needed to hear.’ I said, ‘I did?’” Sister Marie William said. “Because what I planned to say is not what came out. When you ask God to lead you, God will lead.”

The power of prayer is prevalent in Sister Marie William’s life. She now lives at the Motherhouse in Maple Mount and is active in the Powerhouse of Prayer.

“We all know that we have the best example of the power of prayer with Jesus himself,” she said. “Before he did anything, Jesus prayed. He encourages us to do the same.”

Sister Marie William has a gift for prayer. Her life experiences have taught her that people can approach God in different ways.

“When people ask you to pray with them, that can be hard,” she said. “I had a spiritual director who told me, ‘When you’re by yourself, pray out loud or choose a prayer hymn.’ I started doing that and hoped no one thought I was crazy,” she said with her signature grin.

“The next time someone asked me to pray, it came much easier. The Holy Spirit just comes.”

In her days of leading discussion on scripture passages, she asked the participants to put themselves in the scripture story.

“How would you react in each situation?” she asked them. “Use your response as your prayer for the rest of the day. When you do that kind of prayer, something else comes out. It’s amazing.”

“Some people have said they have trouble praying, they don’t know how to say what they should say,” Sister Marie William said. “I tell them to pull up a chair and assume Jesus is there. Just talk to him naturally, he’s the greatest friend you’ll ever have. Deeply listen to what he’s trying to

You can read many prayers written by Sister Marie William on our website: ursulinesmsj.org/about-us/saint-angelamerici/reflective-moments-archive say to you.”

Prayer opportunities can be found in unusual places, Sister Marie William said.

“I find watching the news is another form of prayer,” she said. “I talk to the Lord and say, ‘You know what’s going on, we need to get over all this.’”

Even getting distracted while praying is an opportunity, she said. “Praying the rosary, I get distracted.

It’s a prayer to try to get back where you were,” Sister Marie William said. “Give the distraction up in prayer.”

Among her favorite items to pray with is the picture “Christ at Heart’s Door” by Warner Sallman, which pictures Jesus knocking on a door that has no outside handle. “I always have to be sure I’m opening the door, and make sure he’s not knocking in vain,” she said.

The rosary, statues in the chapel, stained glass windows and art are other items that elicit prayer in her. A native of Colorado, Sister Marie William said nature also helps with her prayer life. “Our campus is an inspirational spot,” she said.

The sisters in the Powerhouse of Prayer pray for employees and other groups. Sister Marie William is the prayer sister for the five sisters from Vietnam who are staying at the Mount.

“It’s another way that God shows us we are all the same, we are all his children,” she said.

Sister Marie William enjoys having the chance to pray with the other Ursuline Sisters, especially when she sees a sister in need.

“Praying with the sisters is very uplifting,” she said.

“Jesus said, ‘For where two or three are gathered together in my name, there am I in the midst of them.’”

Friends can write to Sister Marie William at 8001 Cummings Road, Maple Mount, KY 42356.n

Several Ursuline Sisters were present when Brescia University in Owensboro, Ky., dedicated its renovated Moore Center for students on Sept. 8. Sister Ruth Gehres was recognized for getting the student center built when she was Brescia’s president in 1988. Sister Sharon Sullivan was recognized for her help with the building’s master plan. Congregational Leader Sister Amelia Stenger held the ribbon with President Father Larry Hostetter.

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Pilgrims on the Journey...

This feature offers a sister the opportunity to share the inspiration in her ministry as she helps others encounter Christ’s presence.Featured is Sister Mary Ellen Backes, who serves as pastoral associate at St. Joseph Church in Springfield, Ill. One of the things I do that helps bring Jesus to life at St. Joseph Church is to facilitate the study and reflection of scripture.

Over the years I have used adult lifelong learning tools, such as Luke Timothy Johnson’s series on “Jesus and the Gospels” and Amy-Jill Levine’s study on “The Old Testament” and “Little Rock Scripture Studies.” Within each synoptic Gospel we view how Jesus is uniquely alive, and then invite ourselves to connect the Jesus alive in the context of our daily lives.

In Mark, the drama of discipleship unfolds, and Jesus is a Mystery to behold rather than a teacher. “How do I see the Mystery of Jesus present in the drama of my life?” Matthew’s Jesus connects with what is foretold Sister Mary Ellen Backes, left, leads a in Jewish tradition. “How do I connect my faith as passed on and rooted?” scripture discussion with Kathy and Jim Jesus, in Luke’s Gospel, is prophet. “How do I speak the truth of my faith?”

Joyce at St. Joseph Catholic Church in John’s Jesus is Risen, the Logos, or Word, that feeds and transforms us into Springfield, Ill. the living body of Christ.

With each Mass we are sent as intentional disciples carrying within ourselves Jesus, to be of service to a world hungry for identity and meaning. I keep this awareness alive every day through prayer and service!

Associate creates planned gift to partner with Sisters

Karen Siciliano, left, Sister Mary Ellen Backes, and the late Larry Devocelle

Karen Siciliano arrived at Mount Saint Joseph for the first time on a Sunday night in August 2004. She, Ursuline Sister Mary Ellen Backes and Larry Devocelle came together from Springfield, Ill., for their interviews to join the first class of the Spiritual Direction Training Program.

“We were scared to death,” she said, but that was outweighed by the positive feelings of Maple Mount.

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often, the Mount is true north for me. It’s my eternal home. I’m my best self, my truest self, when I’m there.”

Even the street signs in front of the Mount Saint Joseph Conference and Retreat Center spoke to Karen.

“The streets are called St. Michael Avenue and St. Joseph Avenue,” she said. “My father’s name was Michael Joseph.” Her father died six months before her trip to Maple Mount.

Karen and Sister Mary Ellen are friends who minister together at St. Joseph Parish in Springfield. It was Sister Mary Ellen who suggested Karen come to Mount Saint Joseph.

“I think initially, I fell in love with the community,” Karen said.

“Spiritual direction training was a life-changing moment for me. It was helpful in my ministry in the church, but also in my everyday work experience. I’m a human resources manager. When people come to me, I think of what I learned in spiritual direction training – ‘Lean into God. Take a long, loving look at the real.’”

She uses the lessons she learned from the Ursuline Sisters daily in working with people in Springfield, she said.

“People here are receiving the

blessing of the Ursuline Sisters. That’s kind of cool.”

Karen, 65, considered becoming an Ursuline Sister, then decided to make a commitment as an Ursuline Associate in 2008. But she also decided to make a tangible investment with the sisters, creating a planned gift that leaves a percentage of her estate to the sisters.

“It’s more than just caring for the sisters,” she said. “I’m 280 miles away. I can’t be a part of the everyday workings of the community. But I can companion them in the mission in dedicating part of my estate to perhaps help them carry on.

“I think the Ursuline Sisters of Mount Saint Joseph are a prophetic voice in our Church and our world,” she said. “I see the Holy Spirit pulling more from the Ursuline Sisters. There’s an evolution in process, and I want to be a part of that. I want to assure that the sisters who have given their lives for us are taken care of.”

Karen is attempting to establish a personal foundation to help some local charities.

“When you don’t have kids, you want to leave a legacy,” she said.

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SAVE THE DATE. April 28, 2018.

We want to thank you for all your wonderful support during the past year. With your help, 400 beautiful trees were planted in your honor. Not only did you help our planet, but your support of the Ursuline Sisters made a tremendous difference for all we serve. Thank you for helping to support our mission of education and Christian formation. What a glorious year we had because of you! Again this year, you have the opportunity to support the sisters and give back to the Earth. When you give $100 or more by Jan. 19, 2018, a tree will be planted in your honor at our Owensboro Community Arbor Day event. Join us at 9 a.m. on April 28, 2018, at Yellow Creek Park.

Donor Recognition. The Ursuline Sisters’ mission and their

Mission Advancement staff, left to right: Maggie Matsko, Marian Bennett, Betsy Mullins and Jennifer Kaminski (staff member Dan Heckel took the photo).

very presence help us become rooted in our faith and lead us to serve one another. Your support and generosity are instrumental in the sisters’ mission. You are a partner. You make a difference. You become a part of the foundation of goodness on this EARTH! Below are the names of those who have given gifts over the past fiscal year (July 1, 2016 to June 30, 2017). THANK YOU!!

We are very sorry if we have not included everyone in this list. If any information is incorrect, please God bless each of you, call 270-229-2008 or email betsy.mullins@maplemount.org. We also apologize if you have received any unintended mailings. We have been working on switching our database to a new system.

Betsy Jo Mullins, Director of Development FOUNDERS...............$25,000+ Anonymous Ms. Evelyn V. Bowles Sr. Vivian Marie Bowles, OSU, A’57 Mr. and Mrs. Edward F. Hayden Jr.

BENEFACTORS...$10,000-24,999 Anonymous Ms. Josephine Browning Mr. and Mrs. Dan and Sherri Heckel Mrs. Genevieve Stelmach Mr. Michael E. Horn

PATRONS..............$5,000-9,999 Anonymous Greater Kansas City Community Foundation, Dr. and Mrs. David S. Zamierowski Michael E. Horn Family Foundation, Inc., Mrs. Kathryn W. Crowe Rev. Ray Goetz Mrs. Dolores Stallings

INVESTORS..........$2,500-4,999 Anonymous The Basilica of St. Joseph Parish Mr. and Mrs. David P. Bollone Sr. Marie Carol Cecil, OSU Rev. Bernard Leo Craycroft Rev. John D. Deatrick Mr. and Mrs. Thomas B. Fiorini Mr. and Mrs. Gregory T. Lang

PROVIDERS..........$1,000-2,499 Anonymous Mr. and Mrs. John Allen Mr. and Mrs. Donald L. Arth Mr. Richard G. Blond Mrs. Gayle Bogard Mr. and Mrs. Michael E. Boone Brescia University, Rev. Larry Hostetter Mr. and Mrs. George Briel Mr. Bernard E. Brown Mr. Charles C. Brown Mr. and Mrs. Ramey and Laura Cecil Mrs. Bev Clemens CRS One Source, Steve Frey Ms. Rebecca J. Donahue Mr. Kevin A. Dunn Mr. and Mrs. Jeffrey Ebelhar Mr. and Mrs. James D. Egger Dr. and Mrs. Con J. Fecher Jr. Ms. Mary Fiorini Mr. and Mrs. George Flynn

Mr. and Mrs. Vince Frey Mr. and Mrs. Steven Frey Mr. and Mrs. Victor A. Fromm Ms. Jacinta C. Garinger, A‘47 Glenn Funeral Home, Mr. Glenn Taylor Mr. Leonard Golembiewski Mr. Bill R. Hampton Mr. and Mrs. Joe Allan Hancock Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Hancock Dr. and Mrs. Bernard Hayden Ms. Rose M. Hayden and Ms. Meichele A. Foster Ms. Sarah Kranz, A’72 Ms. Carolyn LaRocco Maxine Ann Staley Fund, Mrs. Maxine Ann StaleyU Mr. Romano L. Mazzoli Ms. Sylvia McCauley, A’66 Mr. and Mrs. Gene J. Meyer Mr. David Mudd Mr. and Mrs. Leroy and Ann Mudd James Nalley, M.D. Ms. M. Pauline Posey Independence Bank, Mr. Chris Reid Mr. and Mrs. Brad Rives Mr. and Mrs. Richard Salsman Serra Club of Kansas City, Mo., Mr. Thomas E. Bax Mr. Mike Sullivan Ms. Mary C. Thompson Mr. and Mrs. Bertrand Trompeter Mr. and Mrs. Ron Ziegler

SPONSORS...............$500-999 Acme Plumbing, Heating & Cooling Co., Inc., Mr. and Mrs. Al Mattingly Ms. Barbara Jean Allen Mr. and Mrs. Jerry D. Altman Mr. and Mrs. Michael G. Bansley Barret-Fisher Co. Inc, Mr. and Mrs. Jess and Mark Mattingly Mr. and Mrs. Robert J. Beam Mr. and Mrs. George S. Beard Mr. and Mrs. Marvin L. Boling Mr. and Mrs. Bernard and Elaine Boone Mr. and Mrs. Carl J. Buchman Mr. Thomas E. Buckman Mr. and Mrs. Michael P. Byrne Mr. and Mrs. James R. Carrico Mr. and Mrs. Edward Cecil Mr. and Mrs. Philip and Karie Cecil Church of the Nativity Ms. Marie Ann Collins, A‘75 Mrs. Betty Constantine, A‘53U Mr. and Mrs. Joe Cruz Mr. and Mrs. William B. Dougherty Estate of Jane Fulton, Ms. Jane FultonU Mr. and Mrs. Gary Freeman Jack and LaVerne Genetti Mr. and Mrs. Robert J. Gilles

Mr. and Mrs. Tom and Karen Goebel Mr. and Mrs. Dan J. Haake Mr. and Mrs. Gerald Harris Dr. and Mrs. Christopher Havelda Mr. Raymond E. Hiersche Sr. Mr. and Mrs. Kenneth L. James Ms. Donna Jordan Mr. and Mrs. Byron LaMastus Bishop William F. Medley Mr. and Mrs. James Meyer Mr. and Mrs. Rob Mitchell Mr. and Mrs. Michael Monaghan Mr. and Mrs. Steve and Becky Morris, A’71 Dr. Alan Mullins Mr. and Mrs. Raymond E. Paul Mr. and Mrs. Benjamin L. Peine Mrs. Linda Pennington Ms. Regina Pund Mr. and Mrs. Merwin J. Ray Ms. Mary Jo Reiss Mrs. Suzanne E. Reiss Rev. W. Jerry Riney Mr. Martin Rockers Mr. and Mrs. John Russo Dr. and Mrs. Mike Scherm Mr. and Mrs. Mick Seuferling Mr. Gregory A. Shondell Mrs. Susan Ann Struna, A’66 Mr. and Mrs. Ernie Taliaferro Ms. Amy Tanner Ms. Joan Teder Mrs. Mary Teder Mr. and Mrs. William Ulrich Mr. and Mrs. Bill Wright Mr. and Mrs. Harold Young

SUPPORTERS............$250-499 Mrs. Martha Alle Mr. and Mrs. Frank Anasti Ms. Virginia Barnes Mr. and Mrs. James Beaven Mr. and Mrs. Stephen C. Berry Black Dog Fiber Studio, Ms. Maria Lee Mr. and Mrs. Robert and Joyce Boone Ms. Betty Boren Mr. and Mrs. A. Daniel Borton Mr. and Mrs. Edwin J. and Phyllis (A’66) Bresnik Mr. James E. Burke Mr. James J. Casaert Ms. Carolyn Sue Cecil, A‘73 Mr. Dwayne Clemons Mr. and Mrs. Larry G. Conrad Ms. Louise Coshan Ms. Betty C. Culver Mr. and Mrs. Michael Dearing Mrs. Judith Donley, A‘65 Mr. Eddie J. Dugas Jr. The Farley Foundation First Security Bank

Mr. and Mrs. John R. Fitzpatrick Ms. Martha Ford Ms. Dolores Furtado Rev. Joseph T. Graffis Greenwell-Chisholm Printing Co., Mr. Carl Greenwell Mr. and Mrs. Philip R. Haire Mrs. Mary C. Hale Mr. David Hancock Mr. and Mrs. Robert Hancock Ms. Karen Hayes Mr. Don Hazlett Mr. William D. Heinzig Mr. and Mrs. George Horishny Houston Flying Service Dr. and Mrs. Philip B. Hurley Mrs. Aurelia Inkret Ms. Jennifer James Fr. Steven Janoski Mr. Gregory D. Johnston Jones, Nale, & Mattingly, PLC Mr. and Mrs. Neil J. Kallman Ms. Risë Danielle Karr Mr. Harry J. Lavigne Ms. Sarah Jane Lynch Mr. James D. Martin Mr. and Mrs. James P. Maxwell Mr. and Mrs. Charles Metzmeier Mr. and Mrs. Michael L. Mize Mr. and Mrs. Gerald M. Oakes Mr. Samuel P. Oliner Mr. John Owdziej Mr. and Mrs. Stephen G. Pello Ms. Joan M. Perry Mr. and Mrs. Mike Pontarolo Mrs. Susan Reiss Ms. Marianna Robinson, A’60 Mr. Leo Schammel Mrs. Mary Schueler Mr. and Mrs. Richard Shea Mr. Bernard Stenger Mr. and Mrs. Stephen E. Summers Ms. Ann Teaff Ms. Michele Walsh Ms. Stephanie Warren and Ms. Sue Batman Mr. and Mrs. Charles K. Whelan Mrs. Kay Whitt-Fecher Mr. and Mrs. Peter J. Wilson Ms. Mary E. Ziegler

CONTRIBUTORS.......$100-249 Mr. and Mrs. George P. Alleven Mr. Sam S. Alvey Mr. and Mrs. Dan W. and Claudia W. Anderson Ms. Cecilia Arbuckle Monica Armstrong and Donald Kapa Mr. and Mrs. John D. Arnett Ms. Cathy A. Audley

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Saint Angela Merici Heritage Society

Mr. and Mrs. William Hayden Jr. Mr. Robert L. Hayes Mrs. Charlotte Hedges We are deeply grateful to these persons who, in life or in death, Mrs. Mary E. Heininger have named our community as the recipient of a planned Mr. and Mrs. Donald F. Heinzman gift. These generous benefactors of bequests, annuities or Mrs. Mary M. Heng-Braun estate gifts are signs of faithful stewardship, providing for our Ms. Mary K. Hengen mission into the future. Saint Angela Merici, bless them with Mr. and Mrs. Dale Hermreck prayers, as we pledge our own.

Mr. and Mrs. David Hiestand Rev. Carl McCarthy Anonymous (8) Mr. and Mrs. Joe Higdon Mr. Robert Mace Joe PaulU and Kay Buckman Mrs. Leona Himmelspach Ms. Romano Mazzoli Rev. Bernard Leo Craycroft Mr. and Mrs. John Hines Ms. Jeanne Meeks Rev. John Deatrick Mr. Robert Hirschfeld Ms. Ruth Metschuleit Velma and John Dees Mr. Barry P. Howard Rev. Joe Mills Ms. Catherine Barbara Edelen Dr. Carroll Howard CletusU and Dee Oberst Ms. Louise Fowler Gaddie, A’45 Earl and Carolyn Howard Ms. Rose Olinger Ms. Jacinta Garinger, A’47 Mr. and Mrs. David Huber Ms. Carol O’Keefe Wayne and Suzanne Gibbons Mr. Henry Huckeby Ms. Susan J. Scott Mr. José Gomez Ms. Eloise Hughes Ms. Karen Siciliano Carl and Mollie Greenwell David and Barbara Hutchins Ms. Mary Ann Smith Msgr. George H. Hancock Mr. and Mrs. S.D. Allen Iske Jr. Ms. Mary C. Thompson, A’61 Mr. Don Harmon Mr. and Mrs. Bryan Jacobs Barbara and Bertrand Trompeter Ms. Ann Hayes Ms. Esther P. Jansing Ms. Mary Ziegler Ms. Melba Hightower-Smith Ms. Diann Jenkins BEQUESTS Ms. Barbara Houk Mr. and Mrs. Bill Johnson Anonymous Ms. Deborah Pitts Joyce Ms. Charlotte K. Jones, DMD Ms. Josephine BrowningU Ms. Mary Ann Kallross Mr. and Mrs. John C. Jongenelen Sr. Mary Cabrini Foushee, OSUU Mr. Harry Lavigne Mr. and Mrs. Anthony Kaelin Mr. Michael FraculU Helen and FreddieU LeBlanc Mr. and Mrs. James Edwin Kee Hughleen A’47U and Kelly A'45U Riney BennettU and Mary Sue Ligon Mr. and Mrs. Thomas M. Kellerman Maxine Ann Staley Fund | Maxine Ann Dr. Francis Lonsway Mr. and Mrs. Mark A. Kemper StaleyU Rev. Joseph A. Lyon Mr. and Mrs. Paul J. Keyser Mrs. Dolores StallingsU Billy and Karla Mattingly Mr. Fred J. Klausing III Mr. John C. Klein Mr. and Mrs. Michael A. Kleinman Mr. and Mrs. Donald Dobernic Mr. and Mrs. Drew A. Augenstein Mr. and Mrs. Charles W. Knight Mrs. Mary M. Dougherty Mr. Paul R. Bachi Mr. and Mrs. John Knowlton Ms. Mary Margaret Drury, A‘66 Dr. and Mrs. Joseph R. Barnthouse Mr. and Mrs. Frank J. Koehler Mr. Keith R. Durbin Mr. Bill Bassler Mr. Joseph Koenig Mr. and Mrs. Lawrence Durbin Ms. Lois Bell Bernice and Mary Ann Kollros Ms. Catherine Duvall Mrs. Mary Berger, A‘55 Ms. Mari Lynn Korte Mr. and Mrs. Charles L. Ebelhar Mrs. Alvin (Betty A’49) Bickett Mr. and Mrs. Clifford Kreifels Mr. Robert L. Eberenz Mr. Francis H. Bland Mr. Raymond Kress Ms. Bobbie Edds Mrs. Rita Thompson Bland, A‘67 Mr. and Mrs. Earl Kropp Ms. Kathryn Elson Mr. and Mrs. Stephen D. Boone Mrs. Margaret Lambert Mrs. Catherine J. Evans Ms. Sharon Boone Mr. and Mrs. Paul Lancaster Ms. Clara Mae Evrard Mr. and Mrs. Bryan Borders Mrs. Mary Lynn Legel Mr. and Mrs. Ron and Cindy Mrs. Agnes Nan Filburn Ms. Margaret B. Leibson Mr. and Mrs. Sylvester Fischer Bornander Mr. and Mrs. George W. Lents Ms. Margaret Fitzgerald Mrs. Sarah M. Bowling Ms. Mary Limardo Sr. Angela Fitzpatrick, OSU Mr. and Mrs. James R. Brey Mr. and Mrs. Alfred W. Love Ms. Patty Folk Ms. Patricia P. Brockenborough Mrs. Lorraine LukenU Mr. David Foushee Mr. and Mrs. Gerald F. Brown Mr. Timothy B. Mahoney Ms. Hope Freund Bob and Rebecca Brown Malone Staffing, Mr. Joe Malone Energy Insurance Agency of Lebanon Inc. Mrs. Mary Catherine Fries Mr. and Mrs. John Mancinelli Dr. Martha Bickett Frost, A‘67 David and Sally Bunch Mrs. Kris Mango Mrs. Louise Fowler Gaddie, A‘45 Ms. Phyllis E. Burgan Mr. and Mrs. Neil Manias Ms. Kristen Gagnon Sr. Elaine Burke, OSU, A‘49 Mr. and Mrs. Clark Martin Mr. James V. Gahlinger Mr. and Mrs. Michael W. Burke Ms. Kay Martinovich Mr. and Mrs. Joseph R. Gahlinger Mr. and Mrs. James H. Buzzell Mr. and Mrs. Donald L. Marx Mr. and Mrs. Robert and Maria Galles Mrs. Carole M. Cada Mr. and Mrs. Joseph L. Masterson Mr. John Gallo Fr. Gerald Calhoun Ms. Anna C. Mattingly, A‘66 Ms. Mary Garcia Mr. and Mrs. Benson W. Campbell Mrs. Sylvia Mattingly Mr. Larry G. Gepfrey Mr. and Mrs. Curtis T. Carlson Ms. Joyce Mayeresky Ms. Judith K. Gerling Mr. and Mrs. Robert W. Carlton Mrs. Patricia Mays Mr. and Mrs. Robert Gibbons Mildred W. Carrico Mrs. Becky Henderson McCarty, A‘70 Mr. and Mrs. Gene Glenn Mr. Tom Cecil Ms. Patricia McGannon Mr. and Mrs. William Godfrey Mr. and Mrs. Mario D. Chavez Mr. Joseph A. McLiney Ms. Elaine A. Gokey Christ the King, Rev. John R. Vaughan Mr. and Mrs. Gerald Gonsoski Mr. and Mrs. John Medley Jr. Mr. Anthony F. Cindrich Ms. Loretta K. Meisenbacher Mrs. Sue Gough Ms. Susan Clark Mr. and Mrs. John P. Mesnier Mr. and Mrs. Robert R. Grabill Mr. and Mrs. Tony Clark Mr. and Mrs. Mark Mesnier Mr. and Mrs. Philip J. Gramelspacher Mr. Don Clements Mr. Billy Joe Miles Ms. Mary Elaine Grant Mr. and Mrs. Mark Clements Ms. Lola M. Miles Mr. Dale Gray Marsha A. Coffey Mr. and Mrs. Larry and Paula (A’73) Gray Ms. Carla Bass Miller Mr. Lowell Collard Mr. and Mrs. Dennis Miller Mr. and Mrs. Carl Greenwell Mr. Michael Collins Mr. and Mrs. Fletcher Eric Miller Joyce Greenwell Commercial Service of Perry, Inc., Mrs. Bernadette Ebelhar Monday, A‘77 Mr. and Mrs. Gerald L. Griffin Mr. Carl Stukenholtz Mr. and Mrs. Vincent and Deborah Mr. and Mrs. Arnold Moody Paul and Liz Coomes Ms. Margaret Moorman Grisanti Mr. Dennis J. Craig Mrs. Iris Moreno-Brown Ms. Josephine A. Guerrant Rev. J. Kenneth Criqui Mrs. Ann Mudd Mr. and Mrs. George B. Haarman Mrs. Caroline Cummings Mr. and Mrs. Jeff Murphey Mr. Raymond D. Hagan Mrs. Carolyn Marie Curran Mr. and Mrs. Jim Nall Patrice Schmitz Hall Ph.D. Ms. Mary T. Danhauer, A’71 Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Neal Mr. and Mrs. Stephen Hamilton Mrs. Kathleen Daugherty New Haven Foodland, Mr. Chester Simms Ms. Violet Hamilton, A‘54 Mr. and Mrs. John L. Davenport Family Mr. and Mrs. Dale Hancock Mrs. Barbara Deckard Mr. and Mrs. William F. Noel Mr. and Mrs. Paul R. Hargrove Ms. Dorothy Denniston, A‘65 Mr. and Mrs. Ray and Jane Nugent Mr. and Mrs. Dennis J. Harris Mr. and Mrs. Frank H. Devocelle Mr. and Mrs. Clifford O’Bryan Mrs. Mary Louise Hayden Mrs. Carol A. O’Keefe Ms. Diane DiTucci Mr. and Mrs. Matthew D. Hayden

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Mr. Joseph Offerman Orthopaedic Surgical Specialists PSC, Drs. Joseph and Felicity Polio Rev. Robert E. Osborne Our Lady’s Guild of St. William Church Mr. and Mrs. Lee A. Palmer Mr. and Mrs. Joe and Rosemary Park Dr. and Mrs. Joseph L. Passantino Mr. and Mrs. Kent E. Pech Ms. Debra Petree Thuy V. Pham Ms. Connie S. Phillips Mrs. Jacqueline Phillips Mr. Aaron Pierce Mrs. Margaret Ann Posey Rev. Paul P. Powell Mr. and Mrs. William A. Powell Rev. Richard Powers Ms. Madelyn Raska Mr. and Mrs. Robert L. Rebori Mrs. Cathy Reese Ms. Mary Regan Mrs. Kathy Reid Mr. and Mrs. Greg L. Reis Mr. and Mrs. John Reiss Ms. Rebecca Renk Mr. and Mrs. Joseph K. Reynolds Jr. Jeff and Tammy Rice Mrs. Kathleen Keel Riester A’71 Mr. and Mrs. T. Edward and Mary (A’66) Riney Keith O. Rodolph Mr. and Mrs. Garrick A. Rollert Rev. Frank Roof Mr. and Mrs. Brian E. Rosendale Mr. David Rowell Sr. Mr. and Mrs. Robert Runnebaum Mr. and Mrs. Jack Ruopp Rusher Construction Co., Inc., Mr. and Mrs. Danny Thomas Mrs. Susan F. Ryan Mr. and Mrs. Dan and Donna Sahr Mr. and Mrs. H. Gary Satterwhite Mr. and Mrs. Lester Schaick Mr. and Mrs. Ed Schickel Bishop Stan Schlarman Ms. Karen S. Schlicher Mr. Bob Schornak Mr. and Mrs. Joseph V. Schwan Ms. Bonnie R. Segers Fr. Tony Shonis Dr. and Mrs. Thomas P. Shortell D.D.S. Mr. and Mrs. John A. Silady Dr. Valentino S. Simpao Mr. and Mrs. Mark Sims Mr. and Mrs. Donald E. Skeeters Mrs. Betty Skimehorn Mrs. Mary Paula Skrivan Mr. and Mrs. Daniel W. Smith Ms. Mary Ann Smith Mr. and Mrs. John T. Spies St. Thomas Aquinas High School Band Program Mr. and Mrs. Robert J. Steiert Dr. Roberta Steinbacher Ms. Clara Beth Steward Rev. J. Roy Stiles Ms. Betty J. Stone Mr. and Mrs. Robert and Mary Lou Storm Mr. and Mrs. Clarence Stuber Mr. Jim Sullivan Dr. and Mrs. Kenneth R. Swickard Mr. and Mrs. William Swinford Mr. and Mrs. Jeff Taffe Carolyn and Paul Tapp Ms. Lois A. Tashjian Mr. and Mrs. C. Waitman Taylor Jr. Mr. and Mrs. Roy Taylor The Belles of Saint Rita Mr. and Mrs. Dan Thomas Mr. and Mrs. J. Grover Thomas Jr. Mrs. Monica L. Thompson, A’71 Mr. and Mrs. Randy F. Thompson Mr. and Mrs. Francis H. and Delores (C’50) Thomson Thrivent Ms. Frances Kay Tichenor, A‘62 Mr. and Mrs. Michael Townsend Mr. Ray Tretter Mr. and Mrs. Richard F. Ubert Ms. Elaine Ulrich Mrs. Evelyn Van Goethem

Ms. Diane Verity Ms. Sylvia Viglietti Ms. Patricia Vowels Mr. and Mrs. Gary J. Wahl Ms. Debbie Walker Mr. and Mrs. Darryl L. Wallace Dr. and Mrs. W. Dean Walton Mrs. Dorothy B. Ward Mr. and Mrs. Gene Weikel Ms. Bonnie L. Welsh Western KY-TN Stitchers EGA, Ms. Marcia Horcher Mr. and Mrs. Tom Whitsett Ms. Carrie Wieder Mr. and Mrs. William R. Willhaus Mr. and Mrs. Dale Willingham Ms. Rita Winkelmann Ms. Martha Wolfe Mr. John M. and Elaine Wood Wright Implement, Mr. Ben Wright Ms. Mary Yaeger Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Young Mrs. Joan Zink Ms. Mary Rose Zink Ms. Meg Zybko

FRIENDS........................$1-99 Ms. Susan Albertson Ms. Maureen T. Alexander Mr. and Mrs. George and Betty (A’44 and C’46) Allard Mr. Gary W. Allen AmazonSmile Foundation Mr. and Mrs. Ruben Avila Mr. and Mrs. Kenneth E. Aylor B.F. Evans Ford Mr. and Mrs. Peter Babiak Mrs. Betty A. Baer Mr. and Mrs. James R. Ballard Mrs. Marianna B. Barber Mr. and Mrs. Paul M. Bastasch Dr. and Mrs. Keith L. Baughman Mr. and Mrs. Harry E. Baumgarten Jr. Ms. Charlotte Baumgarten, C’46 Mrs. Carol Ann Bell, A‘60 Ms. Deborah S. Bell Ms. June D. Bell Mary M. Benkeser Mrs. Marian Bennett Ms. Barbara Berger Mrs. Elizabeth A. Berton Mr. and Mrs. Ray A. Best Mrs. Judy Bickett Mr. Kenny Bickett Mr. and Mrs. Robert F. Black Jr. Ms. Elizabeth S. Blackthorn Mrs. Monica Murphy Blandford, A‘61 Mr. and Mrs. Robert Blandford Mr. and Mrs. Donald Blanford Mr. and Mrs. Lawrence A. Bloemer Mr. and Mrs. James L. Blundell Mr. and Mrs. Susana Bonilla-Estrada Ms. Betty A. Booker Mr. and Mrs. Richard Booth Claudette E. Borchers and Geoffry W. Hetley Mr. and Mrs. Richard Borts Ms. Christel G. Bouldin Mr. Al Bowling Mr. Edward M. Boyle Mr. and Mrs. R. J. Breidenthal Mr. and Mrs. Edward G. Breitholle Mr. James M. Brennan Mr. and Mrs. John R. Brown Mr. and Mrs. P. B. Brown Ms. Kathy Browning Mr. Jerome L. Buckley Ms. Wanda Buckman Mr. and Mrs. Thomas and Martha Bullock Burke Family Mr. and Mrs. Francis J. Butel Mr. Keith Cain Ms. Imogene Caldwell Mr. and Mrs. Tom Carpenter Mr. and Mrs. Joseph L. Castanos Mr. Mark Castlen Mr. and Mrs. Caulfield Bobby Joe and Sue Christian Mrs. Cindy Clark Mr. Joseph A. Clark Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Clark

Ms. Lillian A. Cloughley Mr. Mike Coakley Mr. and Mrs. Daniel E. Coleman Mr. and Mrs. George H. Collignon Ms. Ellen Mary Condry Mr. and Mrs. Joseph M. Coomes Mr. and Mrs. Paul Coomes Mr. William W. Cooper Mr. and Mrs. Paul Cunningham Ms. Elaine M. Currier Mr. and Mrs. Clifton Daugherty Mr. and Mrs. Richard A. Davenport Mr. and Mrs. Robert H. and Brenda (A’59) Deibel Ms. Mary Joan Delcher Mr. and Mrs. Larry Denton Mr. and Mrs. Gerald T. Dickerson Mr. and Mrs. David Didde Br. Craig A. Digmann Mr. and Mrs. Stephen P. Stamnes Mr. Richard L. Dixon Ms. Jeanne Dody Mrs. Youko Dowling Mr. and Mrs. Doyle Downs Ms. Roberta J. Dreyer Mr. and Mrs. Arthur and Louella Duffel Mr. James David Earnest Mr. Jerry Ebelhar Mr. and Mrs. Michael J. Egan Mr. and Mrs. Edmund R. Eglinski Mrs. Mary C. Elder Mr. and Mrs. Jesse R. Emerson III Mr. and Mrs. William Emmick Ms. Barbara Ervin Mr. and Mrs. Jerry T. Erwin Ms. Patricia Farrington Mr. and Mrs. Charles A. Ferrara Jr. Mrs. Ruth A. Finder Very Rev. Robert B. Flannery Mr. and Mrs. Ronald J. Flynn Mr. Bill Folz Mr. and Mrs. Robert Foote Sr. Mary Cabrini Foushee, OSUU Mr. and Mrs. William S. Foushee Mr. Michael Fracul Mr. and Mrs. William and Elsie French Mr. and Mrs. George Frey Ms. Anna Gabriel Mr. Pat Gallagher Ms. Grace Gannon Mrs. Anita H. Garrison Mr. and Mrs. James J. Garrone Ms. Georgia Gaskill Mr. and Mrs. Mark Gast Mrs. Susan Cagle Gentry, A’71 George Family Mrs. Eva George Mr. Joseph B. George & Co. Mr. and Mrs. Charles S. George Mr. and Mrs. R. L. George Jr. Mrs. Ann Gibbs, A’55 Mrs. Shirley Hayden Gililland, A‘55 Mrs. May B. Gipe Mr. and Mrs. Charles R. Girten Mr. and Mrs. John J. Gladbach Mr. and Mrs. Daniel and Rebecca Glasser Fr. David J. Glockner Mr. and Mrs. Paul Goebel Mr. and Mrs. Tony Goetz Mr. and Mrs. Dale and Debbie Goins Mrs. Louise Golemo Ms. Anita Gossett Mrs. Mary B. Gossett MS. Ruth Gough Rev. James W. Graf Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Granite Mr. and Mrs. Kevin L. Gray Ms. Jeanne Greene Mr. and Mrs. Jeff Greenstreet Mr. and Mrs. George Leo Greenwell Ms. Joyce H. Greenwell Mrs. Sandra Greenwell Mr. and Mrs. Andrew Grosmaire Mr. and Mrs. Eugene J. Gruenenfelder Mr. and Mrs. Ronald Grundman Ms. Margaret A. Guilford Mr. and Mrs. Anthony T. Guilfoyle Mr. and Mrs. Thomas E. Guilfoyle Mr. and Mrs. Sam Haik Mr. and Mrs. William D. Hamilton Mr. and Mrs. John D. Hannah

Mrs. Marilee Hanshew Ms. Ann Hardesty Ms. Elizabeth Harned Mr. and Mrs. Robert G. Harris Jr. Ms. Virginia Hawkins Ms. Karen Hayden, A‘69 Mrs. Emmalene Hayden Mr. and Mrs. George Hayden Ms. Rebecca A. Hayes Ms. Mary Heberlie Mr. and Mrs. Thomas D. Hewlett Mr. and Mrs. Anthony E. Higdon Mr. William Higdon Ms. Patty Higgs Mrs. Susan Hightower Mr. and Mrs. Stephen P. Hines Rev. Richard Hite Mr. and Mrs. Emil T.U and Joan (A’51) Hofman Leadership Council: Seated, Sister Mr. Bill Holtz Holy Name School, Pat Lynch, assistant congregational Mr. Daryl Hagan leader, and Sister Amelia Stenger, Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Horcher congregational leader. Standing, left to Ms. Marilyn Horlander Mr. and Mrs. Ray Howa right: Sister Pam Mueller, Sister Helen Mr. and Mrs. Michael S. Smith, Sister Judith Nell Riney.

Howard Ms. Mary Jo Hruska Mr. John J. Martin Jr. Mr. Robert J. Hublar Ms. Joanne Mason Mr. Bobby Hughes Mr. Ernest Matousek Ms. Barbara Imel Mrs. Opal Mattingly Mr. and Mrs. Vern C. James Mr. Sam Mauro Tony and Laurie Jennewein The Honorable and Mrs. John and Ms. Kathleen Johnson Carolyn (A’71) McCarthy Mr. Mark A. Johnson Mrs. Peggy Murphy McCarthy, A’56 Mr. and Mrs. Todd L. Johnson Mr. and Mrs. Frank X. McCarty Mr. and Mrs. Hal Marshall Jones Mr. and Mrs. John G. McClellan Mr. and Mrs. Bogdan J. Kaczmarek Mr. and Mrs. Harry L. McCrary Mr. and Mrs. Sylvester Kaelin Jr. Ms. Shirley McGavin Ms. Kathleen Kaiman Ms. Cheryl D. McGee Chris and Jennifer Kaminski Ms. Suzanne McGurk Mr. and Mrs. Jim Kamuf Ms. Marge McLaughlin Mr. Rick KamufU Mr. and Mrs. Robert B. McMillen Jr. Mr. and Mrs. Ronnie Kamuf Mr. and Mrs. Timothy McNeary Mr. and Mrs. Thomas P. Kane Mr. and Mrs. Roy R. McWilliams Ms. Rita McAnarney Keating Mr. and Mrs. Joseph W. Meiners Ms. Kim Keenan Mrs. Ruth Metschuleit Mr. William Leslie Keene Jr. Ms. Rita A. Metzger Ms. Eileen Keitel Mr. and Mrs. James Middelton Mrs. Joy Keller, A’60 Mr. Joseph Allen Millay Mr. and Mrs. Steve Kellerman Rev. Joseph Mills Mr. and Mrs. Eddie King Mr. and Mrs. Beth and Mark Minotti Mr. and Mrs. Donald G. and Mary Jo Mr. and Mrs. William Molnar (A’63) Kirby Mr. and Mrs. Victor Monaco Mr. and Mrs. Edward F. Klein Ms. Donna Moore Mr. and Mrs. Charles Knoth Ms. Betty Moorman, A’58 Ms. Dorothy Koelbl Mr. and Mrs. Patrick E. Moran Mrs. Marian L. Krausz Ms. Joan P. Morse Mr. and Mrs. John S. Kresovsky Ms. Patricia Mountain Mr. and Mrs. James L. Kuebler Mr. and Mrs. Robert Moyer Ms. Mary Kueny Mr. Charles Mullican Mr. and Mrs. Tony Kuppe Mr. and Mrs. Patrick J. Mulligan Mr. Joseph Kurre Mrs. Betsy Jo Farley Mullins Mrs. Mary Ann Kurz Mr. and Mrs. Kevin and Donna Murphy Ms. Marian J. Lanham, A’73 Ms. Estelle J. Murphy Ms. Mary Jo Lattus Mr. and Mrs. R. Hite Nally Mr. Joseph E. Lawler NCO, Inc., Mr. James Nixon Mrs. Wilma Libs Ms. Elizabeth A. Nick Mr. and Mrs. Raymond L. Lindle Mr. and Mrs. Larry Nolan Mr. Stephen Lindsey Ms. Cathy O’Bryan Ms. Darlene Livers Mrs. Margaret O’Bryan Locust Street Company Mr. and Mrs. Paul J. O’Connell III Mr. and Mrs. George M. Long Mr. Al O’Dell Ms. Eunice Luckett Ms. Laurine O’Neal Mr. and Mrs. Larry Lyon Mr. and Mrs. Thomas F. O’Reilly Mr. and Mrs. Gerald R. Magliano Mr. and Mrs. Don Oberhausen Ms. Mary Magner Mr. and Mrs. Leon J. Olinger Dr. Michael J. Maher Jr. Mrs. Carin Goerke Oliver Ms. Patricia Oltman Mr. and Mrs. Pedro A. Marin

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Sister Larraine Lauter, third from left, and staff members at Water With Blessings, based in Louisville, Ky. Mrs. Kathryn K. Ordal Ms. Kathy Osborne Rev. Carol Owen Ms. Monica S. Pack Mr. Elfren Padilla Mr. and Mrs. Louis Palmer Mr. and Mrs. Ron Payne Mr. and Mrs. Charles W. Pfeifer Mr. and Mrs. James A. Phfistner Mr. and Mrs. Gary Pierce Mr. Tim Plank Mr. Eugene G. Podrebarac Ms. Rosemary Podrebarac Mr. Robert D. Purdy Ms. Shirlene Quinn Ms. Rose Ann Radzelovage Mrs. Eleanor T. Rapier Joseph and Virginia Ray Rev. Robert E. Ray Mr. William E. Rayne Mr. and Mrs. Christopher C. Reid Ms. Eileen Reising Mr. and Mrs. Alexander Renk Mr. and Mrs. Mary Beth Rettke Mr. and Mrs. Robert A. Reynolds Mrs. Shirley Reynolds Mr. and Mrs. Paul and Elizabeth Rhinerson Mr. and Mrs. David R. Richardson Sr. Joan Riedley, OSU, A’63 Mr. Guy E. Riney Mr. and Mrs. Robert Ernest Rivers III Mr. Lawrence A. Rockers Sr. Martina Rockers, OSU Mr. and Mrs. Mike Rogers Mr. Christopher Ryan Mr. and Mrs. W. Stephen Ryan Saint Bernard’s Lourdes Alumni Mr. and Mrs. William H. Sanders Mr. and Mrs. Daniel L. Sanning Mrs. Brenda Sauer Mr. and Mrs. Charles B. Saunders Mari Schieber Mrs. Elaine P. Schmidtberger Mr. and Mrs. Ralph A. Schneider Mr. and Mrs. Stan Schnell Ms. Marilyn Schneller Mrs. Shirley A. Schneringer Dr. and Mrs. Gregory Schnose Mr. and Mrs. George J. Schrecker Mrs. Yvonne Seaton Sr. Mary Angela Shaughnessy, SCN Mr. Mark E. Shircliff Mr. and Mrs. Eric A. Shrader Mrs. Genevieve Siebert Mr. Robert Slack Mr. and Mrs. James D. Smith Mr. and Mrs. Douglas E. Smith Ms. Sarah Smith Mr. and Mrs. Robert H. Sparks Mr. and Mrs. Donald R. and SharonU Speaks Sam and Julia Speaks Bro. James Spooner Mr. and Mrs. William H. Stadtlander Jr. Ms. Sandy Stahl Mr. and Mrs. Brett Stallings Sr. Amelia Stenger, OSU, A’67 Mr. and Mrs. James Stenger Mr. and Mrs. Thomas and Cindy Stenger Mrs. John L. Stevenson Mr. and Mrs. Joseph H. Stith Mr. and Mrs. John A. Stoerman

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Mr. and Mrs. Kenneth L. Strausbaugh Mr. and Mrs. Phillip R. Tatum Mrs. Helen F. Taylor Mr. and Mrs. Terry Taylor Bill and Marilyn Terry Mr. and Mrs. J.B. Thomas Stuart and Lori Thomas Mr. and Mrs. A. Mike Thompson Alex and Sherry Thompson Mr. and Mrs. Gary Thompson Mr. and Mrs. John F. Thompson Mr. and Mrs. Rick D. Thompson Ms. Carolyn Thorpe Ms. Dorothy E. Tipmore Ms. Betty Titzer Ms. Delores Turnage Ms. Marie T. Underwood Mr. and Mrs. Otis Vance Mr. and Mrs. Sean and Amy Vaughn Col. Jon D. and Angie Verlinde Mr. and Mrs. Donald F. Vohs Mrs. Victoria S. Vukcevich Mrs. Beverly M. Vyhanek Ms. Jeanie Wahl Mr. and Mrs. George Walz Mr. and Mrs. Tom Wargel Mr. and Mrs. John B. Wathen Mr. and Mrs. Michael Wathen Ms. Juana Watson Mr. and Mrs. Vance Webb Ms. Bridget A. Weeks Mr. and Mrs. Larry W. Weidmann Mr. and Mrs. Vince Weiss Mr. Jeffrey Wernert Mrs. Clara J. Wheatley Mr. Alex Wheeler Dr. and Mrs. Fred Whelan Mr. and Mrs. William H. Whelan Ms. Peg White Ms. Florence Wieder Ms. Veronica M. Wilhelm Mr. and Mrs. Raymond Willett Mr. Jim Williams Ms. Sandra J. Williamson Mr. and Mrs. Mark Wilson Ms. Mary Dell Wimsatt Ms. Pam Wimsatt Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Wimsett Fr. Gregory Wingenbach Mr. and Mrs. John B. Wissman Mr. and Mrs. Arthur A. Wondra Mr. W. Michael Word

HONORS 2017 Jubilarians Mr. Romano L. Mazzoli Mr. and Mrs. Kent E. Pech Sr. Margaret Ann Aull Ms. Clara Mae Evrard Sr. Mimi Ballard Mr. William Leslie Keene Jr. Sr. Mary Timothy Bland Mrs. Rita Thompson Bland, A‘67 Sr. Vivian Bowles Ms. Patricia P. Brockenborough Sr. Clarita Browning Ms. Clara Mae Evrard Sr. Marie Goretti Browning Ms. Clara Mae Evrard Sr. Marie Carol Cecil Mr. and Mrs. Michael J. Egan Sr. Philomena CoxU Mr. and Mrs. Donald G. and Mary Jo (A’63) Kirby Sr. Raymond DieckmanU Mr. and Mrs. Frank H. Devocelle Jacob Elder Mr. and Mrs. Sean and Amy Vaughn Mary Ruth Elder Mr. and Mrs. Sean and Amy Vaughn Sr. Marie Julie Fecher Bernice and Mary Ann Kollros Sr. Angela Fitzpatrick Ms. Michele Walsh Ann Golembiewski Mr. Leonard Golembiewski Sr. George Mary Hagan Mrs. Margaret Ann Posey Mr. and Mrs. John Russo Sr. Julia Head Ms. Clara Mae Evrard

Sr. Dorothy Helbling Ms. Rita Winkelmann Helen Hagan Ms. Lois A. Tashjian Sr. Mary Sheila Higdon Ms. Marie T. Underwood Jim and Dorthy Carter Mr. and Mrs. Thomas P. Kane Sr. Mary Elizabeth Krampe Mr. and Mrs. Stan Schnell Sr. Celine Leeker Mr. and Mrs. Dennis Miller Sr. Lois Lindle Mrs. Shirley A. Schneringer Sr. Ruth Mattingly Mr. and Mrs. Robert J. Beam Sr. Marilyn Mueth Mr. and Mrs. David P. Bollone Sr. Cecelia Joseph Olinger Mr. and Mrs. Tony Kuppe Sr. Maureen O’Neill Ms. Marie T. Underwood Sisters from Paola, Kansas Mr. and Mrs. Gary Freeman Paola Sisters who ministered at Bishop Miege High School Mr. and Mrs. James Edwin Kee Emily Redden Mr. and Mrs. Sean and Amy Vaughn Matthew Reitz Mr. and Mrs. Peter J. Wilson Olive and Isaac Reitz Mr. and Mrs. Peter J. Wilson Sr. Martina Rockers Ms. Michele Walsh Sr. Marcella Schrant Mr. and Mrs. John J. Gladbach Sr. Grace Simpson Sr. Mary Angela Shaughnessy, SCN Ms. Martha Wolfe Sr. Suzanne Sims Mrs. Shirley A. Schneringer Sr. Amelia Stenger Mr. and Mrs. Robert J. Beam Mr. and Mrs. John Knowlton Ms. Sarah Jane Lynch Bro. James Spooner Sr. Mary Agnes VonderHaar Mr. Bill Bassler Mr. Joseph Koenig Mr. and Mrs. Tony Kuppe Sr. Marie Brenda Vowels Ms. Patricia Vowels Sr. Joan WalzU Mr. Joseph Koenig Mr. and Mrs. Tony Kuppe Sr. Mary Matthias Ward Mr. and Mrs. Robert J. Beam Sr. Marietta Wethington Mrs. Linda Pennington Adam and Mary Wilson Mr. and Mrs. Sean and Amy Vaughn Deacon Wilson Mr. and Mrs. Peter J. Wilson Patrick, Amy, Lylah, Graeme, and Adilyn Wilson Mr. and Mrs. Peter J. Wilson Megan Wilson-Reitz Mr. and Mrs. Peter J. Wilson Sr. Christina Wolken Mr. and Mrs. Dennis Miller

MEMORIALS Sr. Margaret Joseph AullU Mr. and Mrs. Robert J. Beam Mr. and Mrs. Charles K. Whelan Sr. BerthrandU Mr. and Mrs. Benjamin L. Peine Mary BertrandU Mr. and Mrs. Charles B. Saunders James C. BickettU Mr. Gerald Calhoun James Celestine BickettU B.F. Evans Ford Mrs. Carol Ann Bell, A‘60 Mrs. Alvin (Betty A’49) Bickett Mr. Kenny Bickett First Security Bank Mr. and Mrs. Gene and Elaine (A’66) Glenn Houston Flying Service Mr. and Mrs. Ronnie Kamuf

Mr. Joseph Kurre Locust Street Company Mr. and Mrs. Clark Martin Mr. and Mrs. Fletcher Eric Miller Mr. Charles Mullican Mr. Guy E. Riney Mr. and Mrs. Thomas and Cindy Stenger Sr. Agnes Irene Bickett, OSUU Mr. Thomas E. Buckman Eva M. BirkheadU Mr. and Mrs. Byron LaMastus George I. BirkheadU Mr. and Mrs. Byron LaMastus James B. BirkheadU Mr. and Mrs. Byron LaMastus Sr. Marie Bernadette BlanfordU Mr. and Mrs. Robert J. Beam Marian BollingerU Ms. Rebecca Wissehr Sr. Mary Regina Boone, OSUU Mr. and Mrs. Charles Metzmeier Sr. Rose Ann BooneU Ms. Margaret B. Leibson Sr. Charlesine BowlingU Mr. and Mrs. Brian E. Rosendale Sr. Victoria BrohmU Mrs. Mary M. Heng-Braun Sr. Mary Denise BrownU Bob and Rebecca Brown Rev. Robert E. Osborne Josephine BrowningU Mr. and Mrs. Robert and Joyce Boone Sr. Marie Therese BrumlowU Rev. John D. Deatrick Sr. Jean Mark BucklerU Ms. Mary Jo Reiss Mary Ann BurkeU Mr. James E. Burke Sr. Elaine ByrneU Ms. Kim Keenan Karen Barrett CaylorU Sr. Angela Fitzpatrick, OSU Malinda Meek Leachman CoakleyU Mr. Mike Coakley Sr. Kathleen CondryU Mr. and Mrs. Michael G. Bansley Mr. Richard G. Blond Ms. Betty A. Booker Mr. and Mrs. Caulfield Church of the Nativity Mr. and Mrs. David Didde Mr. and Mrs. Arthur and Louella Duffel Ms. Kathryn Elson Ms. Patricia Farrington Mr. and Mrs. Robert Foote Mr. and Mrs. Mark Gast Mr. and Mrs. R. L. George Jr. Greater Kansas City Community Foundation Mr. and Mrs. George W. Lents Ms. Debra Petree Ms. Madelyn Raska St. Thomas Aquinas High Scool Betty ConstantineU Mr. Ray Francis Ms. Carolyn M. Mergel Sr. Philomena CoxU Mr. and Mrs. Thomas and Martha Bullock Dr. and Mrs. Con J. Fecher Jr. Mr. and Mrs. Jim Kamuf Bernice and Mary Ann Kollros Mrs. Wilma Libs Mr. and Mrs. John Medley Jr. Dr. Iris Moreno-Brown Mr. and Mrs. Larry Nolan Mr. and Mrs. Ron Payne Mr. and Mrs. Charles K. Whelan Sr. Mary Raymond DieckmanU Mr. and Mrs. Michael G. Bansley Mr. and Mrs. R. J. Breidenthal Ms. Madelyn Raska Ms. Karen S. Schlicher Sr. Mary DurrU Ms. Carolyn Sue Cecil, A‘73 Ms. Marian J. Lanham, A’73 Saint Bernard’s Lourdes Alumni Ms. Sarah Smith Sr. Ruth Ann EssexU Mrs. Sandra Greenwell Sr. Anita Flaugher, OSUU Mr. and Mrs. Don Oberhausen

Sr. Mary Cabrini FousheeU Mr. and Mrs. Eddie King Mr. and Mrs. Earl Kropp Mr. and Mrs. George J. Schrecker Ms. Mary E. (Blandford) GoetzU Mr. and Mrs. Tony Goetz Golembiewski and Romanin familiesU Mr. Leonard Golembiewski Sr. Jane Miriam HancockU Mr. and Mrs. John Allen Mr. and Mrs. Frank Anasti Mr. Francis H. Bland Mildred W. Carrico Mrs. Cindy Clark Ms. Marie Ann Collins, A’75 Ms. Louise Coshan Mrs. May B. Gipe Mr. and Mrs. Dale Hancock Mr. David Hancock Mr. and Mrs. Joe Allan Hancock Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Hancock Ms. Hadley Harrington Mr. and Mrs. Steve and Becky (A’71) Morris Mrs. Ann Mudd Mr. Jonathan Ray Spalding Billy Dean and Doris Stanley Mr. and Mrs. Phillip R. Tatum Mr. and Mrs. Bertrand Trompeter Mr. and Mrs. Dale Willingham Sr. Jane Irvin HancockU Anonymous Friend Mr. and Mrs. John Allen Mr. and Mrs. Frank Anasti Ms. Marie Ann Collins, A‘75 Ms. Louise Coshan Mr. and Mrs. Dale Hancock Mr. David Hancock Mr. and Mrs. Joe Allan Hancock Mr. and Mrs. Robert Hancock Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Hancock Ms. Geraldine Klapheke Mr. Stephen Lindsey Mr. and Mrs. Steve and Becky (A’71) Morris Billy Dean and Doris Stanley Mr. and Mrs. Bertrand Trompeter Ms. Delores Turnage Mr. and Mrs. Dale Willingham Charles Hayden IIIU Ms. Karen Hayden, A‘69 Mrs. Pauline HaydenU Ms. Karen Hayden, A‘69 Sr. Charles Irene HaydenU Mrs. Carole M. Cada Herman HeadU Ms. June D. Bell Mr. Mark Castlen Mr. Jerry Ebelhar Dorothy HeckelU Mrs. Betsy Jo Farley Mullins Ms. Helen Hagan Sr. Bridget HolzerU Mr. and Mrs. Joseph V. Schwan Johanna HuettenmuellerU Mr. and Mrs. Dennis Miller Basil HumphreyU Mr. Mike Sullivan Sr. M. Clarentia HutchinsU Mr. and Mrs. David Huber Steve JonesU Ms. Carrie Wieder Ms. Florence Wieder Mary Jane KahlerU Ms. Rebecca Wissehr Betty KarlU Mr. and Mrs. Dale and Debbie Goins Fern KellyU Sr. Martina Rockers, OSU Sr. Mary Rudina (Rita) KlarerU Mr. and Mrs. Victor Monaco Mr. and Mrs. Brad Rives The Belles of Saint Rita Ms. Marie T. Underwood Kress FamilyU Mr. Raymond Kress Kitty KressU Mr. Raymond Kress Bob LambertU Mrs. Margaret Lambert

Sr. Rita LavigneU Mr. Harry J. Lavigne Louise Speaks LeaserU Mr. Mike Sullivan Mary Ann LindemannU Ms. Charlotte Baumgarten, C’46 Rev. Lawrence H. LindleU Ms. Elizabeth S. Blackthorn Mr. and Mrs. Lawrence A. Bloemer Mr. and Mrs. P. B. Brown Ms. Grace Gannon Mr. Joseph B. George & Co. Mr. and Mrs. Daniel and Rebecca Glasser Mr. and Mrs. George B. Haarman Mr. and Mrs. Joseph W. Meiners Jerry Thomas MasonU Mr. Mike Sullivan McGovern FamilyU Mr. Raymond Kress Bishop John McRaithU Ms. Marilyn Horlander Mr. and Mrs. John Mancinelli Sr. Juliana MickU Mr. John C. Klein Sr. Mary Philomena MickU Mr. John C. Klein Merici Benita MillayU Mr. and Mrs. George S. Beard Sr. Jean Madeline PeakeU Bobby Hughes Sr. Helen Marie PfohlU Carolyn and Paul Tapp Mae Jean RayneU Mr. William E. Rayne Lelia “Madge” ReisingU Patricia and Joseph Bajuszik Mr. and Mrs. Richard Borts Mr. Andrew Cullen Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Granite Gayla and Dave Haas Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Horcher Mr. and Mrs. Vern C. James Mr. and Mrs. Charles Knoth Mr. and Mrs. James A. Phfistner Ms. Eileen Reising Mr. and Mrs. Alexander Renk Ms. Rebecca Renk Mr. and Mrs. Robert A. Reynolds Mrs. Shirley Reynolds Mr. and Mrs. Jeff Taffe Western KY-TN Stitchers EGA John RiedelU Holy Name School Catherine Peterson RogersU Energy Insurance Agency of Lebanon Inc. Mr. and Mrs. Charles S. George Ms. Elizabeth Harned Ms. Karen Hayes Ms. Kathleen Kaiman Sr. Dominica RuesU Mr. and Mrs. Dennis Miller Sr. Joseph Adrian RussellU Mr. and Mrs. Charles K. Whelan Frank SchadlerU Mr. Jeffrey Wernert Kenneth SchmidtU Sr. Angela Fitzpatrick, OSU Martha A. ShircliffeU Ms. Monica S. Pack All deceased and former Ursuline Sisters of Paola, Kansas Mr. and Mrs. Gary Freeman Marjorie Weaver Slack, A'33U Mr. Robert Slack Sr. Mary Lois SpeaksU Anonymous Friend Rita Beaven Ms. Lois Bell Ms. Coletta Bickett Mrs. Judy Bickett Mrs. Rita Thompson Bland, A‘67 Shirley and Frank Bland Ms. Barbara Blandford Mr. and Mrs. Donald Blanford Mr. and Mrs. A. Daniel Borton Mr. and Mrs. Norris Brady Ms. Kathy Browning Ms. Suzanne Buckman Ms. Wanda Buckman Ms. Imogene Caldwell

Ms. Mary Cambron Mr. Mickey Carrio Ms. Lois Clark Ms. Betty C. Culver Ms. Elizabeth Culver Mr. and Mrs. Clifton Daugherty Mr. and Mrs. Stephen P. Stamnes Mr. and Mrs. Doyle Downs Ms. Beverly Fields Mrs. Eva George Mr. and Mrs. Gene and Elaine (A’66) Glenn Rev. James W. Graf Christina and David Hamilton Mr. Robert Johnson Ms. Eunice Luckett Mr. Kenny Mattingly LuAnn and Joe Paul Mattingly Mrs. Opal Mattingly Mr. Richard Mattingly Ms. Barbara Miles Ms. Lola M. Miles Rose and Michael Mills Dickie and Barbara Nally Mr. and Mrs. Ray and Jane Nugent Mr. Samuel P. Oliner Ms. Kathy Osborne Ms. Connie S. Phillips Ms. Libby Raley Ms. Mary Regan Frances and John Reisinger Ms. Rose Shewmaker Sam and Julia Speaks Mr. Mike Sullivan Mr. and Mrs. Phillip R. Tatum Mr. and Mrs. J.B. Thomas Stuart and Lori Thomas Alex and Sherry Thompson Ms. Betty Titzer Mr. and Mrs. Harold Young Sr. Mary Boniface SpeaksU Mr. and Mrs. A. Daniel Borton David Allen StewartU Mr. and Mrs. Gary Thompson Sr. Jean Richard StukenholtzU Commercial Service of Perry, Inc. Sr. Rosalin ThienemanU Mr. and Mrs. Peter Babiak David and Sally Bunch Paul and Liz Coomes Mr. and Mrs. Vincent and Deborah Grisanti Ms. Sharon Kuhl Mrs. Mary Lynn Legel Mr. and Mrs. Neil Manias Mr. and Mrs. Don Oberhausen Ms. Mary Jean Pirouznia Mr. and Mrs. Clarence Stuber John and Sue Thieneman William J. Ulrich IIIU Ms. Elaine Ulrich Sr. Mary Bertha WethingtonU Mr. and Mrs. Charles Metzmeier Sr. de Chantal WhelanU Mr. and Mrs. Charles Metzmeier Sr. Agnes Catherine WilliamsU Mr. and Mrs. Charles Metzmeier

Mary Ann WingenbachU Fr. Gregory Wingenbach

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IN-KIND GIFTS Ms. Joan Abell Ms. Lisa Alls BGB Trucking Lou Boyd Brescia University Ms. Carolyn Sue Cecil, A’73 Gary Cecil and Cecil Farms Ms. Mary Ruth Clark Ms. Angela Crowe Richard and Sabrina Farley Ms. Margaret Fitzgerald Ms. Sally Fitzgerald Ms. Mary Garcia Ms. Sheila Hopkins Gravely Ms. Donna Hager Ms. Karen Hayes Mrs. Carol Hill Ms. Eloise Hughes Ms. Amanda Jacobs Ms. Ann Jacobs Chet and Deanna Kaminski Chris and Jennifer Kaminski Kimberly Clark, Ms. Merry Peak Ms. Faye Kirtley Ms. Mari Lynn Korte Ms. Betty Krapf Ms. Merline Long Ms. Becky Henderson McCarty, A’70 Ms. Sylvia McCauley Ms. Joann Mason Ms. Laura Merz Ms. Joann Naigerbauer Mrs. Carin Goerke Oliver Ms. Catherine Payne Ms. Jean Person Ms. Teresa Reale Ms. Madge ReisingU Billy and Kathy Reid Mrs. Suzanne Reiss Mr. Eldred W. RobertsonU Tony Russell and Karen Huseman St. Albert the Great Parish, Mary Lynn Thieneman-Legel Ms. Caroline Salsman Ms. Mary Ann Schilling Ms. Brenda Schinzel Ms. Genevieve Siebert Springs Creative Products I Kathy Georges Mr. Bernard Stenger Ms. Joan Teder Mrs. Mary Teder Ms. Cindy Wilson

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She was inspired by a quote from Saint Basil of Caesarea, which says: “Fling wide your doors; give your wealth free passage everywhere! As a great river flows by a thousand channels through fertile country, so let your wealth run through many conduits to the homes of the poor. Wells that are drawn from flow the better; left unused, they go foul.… Money kept standing idle is worthless; but moving and changing hands it benefits the community and brings increase.”

If you want to consider creating a legacy by making a planned gift to the Ursuline Sisters of Mount Saint Joseph, contact Betsy Jo Mullins, director of Development, at betsy.mullins@maplemount.org, or (270) 229-2008.

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Martha and Mary are the topic of Women’s Retreat

Ursuline Book of Prayer, Volume II, now available

Sister Cheryl Clemons brings her always popular women’s retreat to the Mount Saint Joseph Conference and Retreat Center on March 1618, 2018, discussing “Essential Questions: What Martha and Mary Can Teach Us.” Stories about Mary and Martha of Bethany are found in both Luke’s and John’s Gospels.

Most discussions of these two Gospel women focus on the frazzled worker Martha compared to her quiet, prayerful sister Mary. During this retreat weekend, women participants will be invited to consider these stories from a different approach: What life questions still relevant to us today do these two women evoke, and what answers might they suggest?

The retreatants will be invited to reflect on the following: • How do we center our lives on Jesus?

• How do we care healthily for family?

• What is the role of friendship in our lives?

• How do we prepare for and face loss and/or death?

During brief presentations that peel back the layers of the Gospel stories, times of quiet reflection, group sharing and the celebration of the sacraments of Reconciliation and Eucharist, retreatants will explore the links between Mary and Martha and their own lives.

For more information and to register, contact Kathy McCarty, 270-229-0206 or kathy.mccarty@ maplemount.org. A flyer can be found at ursulinesmsj. org under Conference & Retreat Center.

The Ursuline Book of Prayer, Volume II, for Ordinary Time, is available. Now you can pray daily with this one-of-a-kind book that the Ursuline Sisters of Mount Saint Joseph use for Morning and Evening Prayer.

Ursuline Prayer As the introduction explains, Book for Ordinary Time “The Ursuline Sisters of Mount Saint Joseph have chosen to adopt a format for communal and personal prayer that seeks both to respect the ancient Christian tradition and adapt to contemporary needs and insights.” The result is a greater selection of scriptural texts for daily prayer.

There is information about the lives of saints on their feast days, memorials, and commemorations.

There are more than 300 hymns included in the prayer book as well. Including its index, the prayer book is 1,774 pages.

Each Ursuline Book of Prayer Ordinary Time is $60. Copies are available in the Gift Shop in Maple Mount. If you would like a book mailed to you, the cost is $70 to cover postage.

Ursuline Prayer Book for Advent and To add Volume I of the Christmas Ursuline Book of Prayer, which encompasses Advent and Christmas, the cost is $80 for the two, or $100 if they need to be mailed. Send your checks payable to the Ursuline Sisters, 8001 Cummings Road, Maple Mount, KY 42356. Please specify “prayer book.”

Merry Christmas and a Blessed New Year from the Ursuline Sisters