Associate Update August 2022

AUGUST 2022

VOL. XXVII, NO. 1

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Associates and Sisters Day centered on Theology of Caritas

By Suzanne Reiss, OSUA

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xcitement was evident as the Associates and Sisters gathered in the auditorium at Maple Mount for the 2022 Associates and Sisters Day. Even though this is our second gathering since the limitations imposed by Covid, the love and fellowship were front and center.

This year’s event was again offered on Zoom for those unable to travel to the Mount. Sister Amelia Stenger, congregational leader, welcomed the group. Associate Joanne Thompson led everyone in an opening prayer.

This year’s keynote speaker was Father Larry Hostetter, president of Brescia University in Owensboro the past 15 years, and an Ursuline Associate since 2014. The love shared by the group could not have been more appropriate as we focused on Father Larry’s message.

He shared with us the dream for the Caritas Center at Brescia.

Caritas is a Latin word meaning “love.” This concept grew out of the desire for the university to express its Catholic identity while recognizing its diversity. Father

LEFT: Memphis Associate George Horishny, as usual, is full of good stories as he talks with Sister Rebecca White on June 25. CENTER: From left, Western Kentucky Associate Lois Bell sits with guest Judy Bickett, Marion County Associate Phyllis Troutman and Western Kentucky Associates Betty Boren and Risë Karr. RIGHT: From left, Carolyn McCarty, Debbie Lanham, Susie Westerfield, Sister Rose Jean Powers, Karen Wells and Donna Favors, all from the Owensboro area, enjoy their time together.

Larry began his talk with a story about humanity. He said we should look for humanity in others and do it with “love.”

Father Larry likened the approach of this concept to a threelegged stool. It focuses on Identity, and asks, “Who am I as someone loved who is called to love?”

The second leg is Knowledge – “As a loved person, what should I know?” The final leg is Action – “As someone who is loved, what should I do?”

He would like the “call to love” to become the core value of Brescia. The goal of this concept is to ask the questions and instill the groundwork for the students as they embrace their education at Brescia.

The rewards of this program will be seen as the students graduate and take these concepts with them into the postgraduate world. Brescia will be the first university in the United

States to embrace this concept.

Father Larry also credited the Ursuline Sisters as the founders of Brescia and their commitment to education and Christian formation in the spirit of their founder, Saint Angela Merici, for laying the foundation for this concept. It was a natural progression from Saint Angela’s call to love one another.

Following Father Larry’s talk, Emily DeMoor, director of the Caritas Center, led a reflection with the group.

Sister Larraine Lauter took a few minutes to update the group on this year’s Ursuline Convocation scheduled to begin Sept. 16.

The organizers are utilizing an exciting new concept. This year’s convocation will be a “virtual pilgrimage.” There will be a session every Friday for six weeks. (#1 Angela’s Italy, #2 Ontario, Canada, #3 Youngstown, Ohio, Continued on page 3

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Associate Update

August 2022

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Wow! What A Day! I just have to say what a powerful and uplifting day we had on June 25 at Associates and Sisters Day. I was so excited to see all the Associates and Sisters gathering again for a day of joy and Doreen Abbott, left, prepares the celebration. Father Larry Zoom technology while talking to Sid Mason on Associates Day. Hostetter’s talk on the Theology of Caritas (Love) was so inspiring. It got me thinking of how being loved by God and feeling his love helps me to love myself as well as others in a whole different manner. With all that is taking place in the world today, loving and respecting each other is something that is missing and is much needed.

It has been so long since I was able to take a road trip and I am really looking forward to traveling to all the different groups again with Carol Braden-Clarke.

Our goal is to help each Associate group to look beyond their group and think about the bigger picture of their community. This is a process that guides us by taking an outward view to help us discover what we are called to do. See you all soon.

Doreen Abbott, OSUA

New Associates Carolyn McCarty, front left, and Therese Wilhite, front right, stand with those who helped them through formation. Back, from left: Sister Suzanne Sims, Associate Martha Little and Associate Marian Bennett.

Welcome, New Associates!

We welcomed two more associates on Associates and Sisters Day 2022 at Mount Saint Joseph: Carolyn Drury McCarty was born in Owensboro, Ky. She has been married to her husband, John, for 46 years, and they have three sons and one daughter, as well as four grandsons and two granddaughters. She attended Immaculate Grade School, staffed by the Ursuline Sisters, and then Mount Saint Joseph Academy her freshman and sophomore years of high school. She took piano lessons from Ursuline Sisters during grades 6-8, and while attending the Academy.

Coordinator of Ursuline Partnerships After their marriage, the couple moved to Lebanon, Ky., where Carolyn encountered Ursuline Tina Wolken, who has been an Sisters at Calvary Elementary School. The McCartys Owensboro Associate since 2017, is joining the Associate Advisory Board. later moved to Hawesville, Ky., where Carolyn She replaces Joanne Mason, whose met the Ursuline Sisters at Immaculate Conception term ended. Tina spent more than 26 grade school, where her two sons attended. After years teaching in Owensboro area that school closed, and the family began attending public schools, then 12 years in the Education Department at Brescia St. Pius Tenth School in Owensboro, she again University. Sister Sharon Sullivan encountered the Ursuline Sisters. When she began was her contact Sister. The Advisory teaching the Smart Moves Program for the Boys board meets quarterly. If you would Tina Wolken, left, talks to and Girls Club at the Owensboro K-3 campus, there like to serve, contact Doreen Abbott Mary Alice Wethington on were Ursulines teaching at that school. The Ursuline at doreen.abbott@maplemount.org.

Associates and Sisters Day. Sisters have been a thread woven throughout her ASSOCIATE UPDATE whole life, and for that she is so very grateful. is published four times a year for the Associates Therese Bernardine Wilhite is a native of of the Ursuline Sisters of Mount Saint Joseph Owensboro, a cradle Catholic who served her 8001 Cummings Road, Maple Mount, KY 42356-9998 country in the U.S. Navy for 20 years. She is retired Phone: 270-229-2006 • Fax: 270-229-4953 and vowed to serve God for the remainder of her ursulinesmsj.org • Email associates.msj@maplemount.org natural life. While in the military she saw much of Coordinator of Ursuline Partnerships: Doreen Abbott, OSUA Director of Mission Advancement/Communications: Dan Heckel, OSUA the world and recognized the absence of God in so Communications Specialist/Graphic Design: Jennifer Kaminski, OSUA many places and people.

Director of Development: Carol Braden-Clarke Her life has been blessed by the education Mission Advancement Assistant: Sister Mary McDermott, OSU Continued on page 3

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Time was provided during the day for visiting, picture taking and catching up with friends. Those gathered participated in the popular trivia, based on our 10 Sisters celebrating jubilees this year. Associates celebrating anniversaries were also recognized. This was followed by a video remembrance of those we lost over the past year. Then we enjoyed a video presentation of lots of smiles and happy moments that we shared during the past year.

Another happy time was sharing the commitments of our two new Ursuline Associates, Carolyn McCarty and Therese Wilhite. Welcome! Associate Joanne Thompson helped to wrap up the day by leading the group in a closing prayer.

The theme for this year’s four ongoing formation sessions will be inspired by Farther Larry’s talk: “The Theology of Caritas.”n

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provided by the Ursuline Sisters of Mount Saint Joseph, from the beginning through college. She was taught by Ursulines in the first grade at St. Anthony School in Browns Valley and during the eighth grade at St. Pius Tenth in Owensboro, with the Sisters of Charity teaching her second through seventh grades at Our Lady of Lourdes in Owensboro. She graduated from Owensboro Catholic High School. She earned a liberal arts degree from St. Leo University in St. Leo, Fla., a bachelor’s degree in theology from Brescia University in Owensboro.

The military taught her many things, namely core values – which Saint Angela Merici shares.

In the military, the U.S. Navy’s core values were honor, courage and commitment. With Saint Angela they are prayer, service, empowerment, justice and contemplative presence. As a woman of faith, she can and does identify with these core values as well as the mission of the Ursuline Sisters of Mount Saint Joseph, “prayer and vowed life in community, and to proclaim Jesus through education and Christian formation in the spirit in the spirit of Saint Angela Merici.”

Therese has served as adjutant and State Service Officer for the Disabled American Veterans (DAV) chapter in Owensboro, and as a Kentucky Colonel.

She served in various ministries for Immaculate Parish with its RCIA program as a catechist and bible study substitute leader. At Blessed Mother Parish, she participated in the crafters ministry making rosaries and prayer blankets, with music as a choir member and instrumentalist by playing her flute at the services.n

Congregational Leader’s Note...

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Dear Friends, I hope you have been enjoying your summer. For me, summer conjures images of the many years I enjoyed camping trips and opportunities to trek with friends – sometimes sleeping under the stars and walking where it seemed as though ours might have been the first human steps in ages.

My favorite visits were to the mountains. Yes, I enjoyed the grandeur and majesty of the mountains in the West; but my spirit belongs to the green mountains of the East – the Appalachians, the Smokies, Shenandoah, and the Alleghenies – and I believe Saint Angela must have loved her mountains similarly.

Why? Let your mind wander with me a moment.

Imagine . . .

You have just awakened refreshed on a cool, misty morning; the sound of the stream – softened by the cedar boughs surrounding you – adds harmony to the melody of the early morning birds. After a campfire breakfast of “Sturdi-Wheat” and coffee, you plan to walk a bit of the trail. After two hours or so, you reach what the sign says is “the summit.” You have arrived.

But wait a moment. Look around. What do you see? Acres and miles and leagues of green, shading to blues and browns and purples; valleys and meadows; and mountains and mountains and more mountains wherever you look. That is what I like the most about the eastern mountains – you are ALWAYS on a journey while you are in the mountains. You NEVER “arrive” – there is always more. You can never discover where the mountains begin and where they end. Just like with God’s love; you are always enfolded.

Now come back. During these years when we Ursuline friends, Associates, and Sisters find ourselves facing days of transition and uncertainty, I invite you to pitch your tents with Saint Angela in the green mountains of God’s love. Whether we are on mountain tops, in flower-strewn valleys, in stygian woods, or tiptoeing through chilly mountain springs, we are on the same journey of service with God’s people.

I am so glad we will serve together as Saint Angela has called us, and give thanks both for these opportunities to serve together and for the spirit-filled love we can give to each other.

Blessings for our shared journeys, Sister Sharon Sister Sharon Sullivan, Congregational Leader

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Ursuline Sisters and Associates visited the former Motherhouse of the Ursulines of Paola, Kan., on June 4 for a prayer service in the cemetery. The Ursulines of Paola merged with Mount Saint Joseph in 2008. The former convent is now home to Arista Recovery, a substance abuse treatment facility. Pictured, right to left, Associate Janice Arth, Associate Carol O’Keefe, Sister Angela Fitzpatrick and Associate Nanette Foley. LEFT: The group took a tour of Arista.

Coreen Moore has helped all over the world

By Suzanne Gochenouer, OSUA

As “number three” of Arthur and Elsie Clemons’ 11 children, Coreen Moore experienced early faith guided by Ursuline grade school teachers – Sister Robert Ann Wheatley at St. Benedict in Wax, Ky., and Sister Alfreda Malone at St. Anthony in Peonia, Ky. Her round-the-world adventures began upon marrying Erv Moore in October 1964. They and their children, Tami and Misti, moved 11 times during Erv’s 33 years in the U.S. Air Force. Coreen and Tami lived in Kentucky while Erv served in Vietnam. Uncle Sam sent Erv to Minnesota, Maine, Arkansas (twice), Virginia (twice), Ohio, Hawaii, the United Kingdom (twice), and Germany. When he retired, Peonia, Ky., became their final stop.

At every base, they enjoyed finding their church family. As often happens in military life, they ran into some friends and chaplains at multiple assignments. Over 20 years, Coreen served as Religious Education Director in Hawaii, Germany, England, and Peonia.

Coreen feels blessed to have met people from many different countries and backgrounds.

She noted her rich collection of recipes from Vietnamese, German, Mexican, French, and British friends.

Once settled in Kentucky, Coreen worked at the Leitchfield Walmart, retiring after 22 years.

Coreen takes her faith to the streets where she lives. She and Erv devote four hours on Tuesdays as greeters and advisors at the Grayson County Alliance Food Pantry in Leitchfield. On Wednesdays, they spend four hours as lifetime

volunteers at Owensboro Twin Lakes Medical Center in Leitchfield, staffing the Information areas. Working with needy children and adults at both places is her most joyful and passionate expression of faith.

“My family has been Coreen Moore blessed,” Coreen said. “It’s a small way to give back to our community.”

Stella McClure, Coreen’s sister, introduced her to the Ursuline Associates around 1996. She felt drawn to the like-minded individuals, the Ursuline Sisters, and the opportunity to work on community activities.

Coreen lived her faith including serving as Eucharistic minister, lector, religious education teacher and director, Bible study, gardening on the church grounds, and working the annual parish picnic. Coreen and Erv worked the Mount Saint Joseph Picnic until its end. She worked food prep, set-ups, and various booths, while Erv designed and worked the parking sites.

At home, Coreen’s flower garden receives her enthusiastic attention. In her scant spare time, she enjoys reading history and true stories.

If she had the power to make one change in the world, it would be the way our country addresses birth control. Her simpler wish is that people remember her as a loving person who enjoyed working with young people. Coreen’s faith journey already establishes that beyond doubt.

As we transition to a new voice for our Reflective Moments, this 2017 reflection from the late Sister Marietta Wethington offers good advice.

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Engrave everyone on your heart

ather Thomas Keating wrote that the importance of forgiveness can never be exaggerated. He says another way of putting it is to be at peace with everyone and prepared to bring everyone into your heart.

Saint Angela wrote something very similar when she told us to love each sister equally and have her name engraved in our heart. Sometimes as a prayer exercise I go through our Ursuline directory, reading each Sister’s name and pray that she be engraved in my heart.

For us as Ursuline Associates and Sisters together, I suggest that we might do the same. If you have an Associate directory, go through those names, especially those in your group, praying that each one be engraved in your heart. You will find that it is easier to pray with some names than with others. I surely find that as I pray with our Ursuline directory. That’s OK. That’s natural.

When you come to the name of someone who has hurt you, pause. Ask yourself: Have I forgiven him/her? If not, why? Would I like to be able to forgive the person? Then pray for the ability to forgive.

Is there anyone you need to ask to forgive you? Are you able to do so? Why or why not? Would you like to be able to ask forgiveness? Again, pray for the ability.

I have often found that when I don’t forgive I am giving that person control over me. I want only God to have control over me.

Yes, as Father Keating says, the importance of forgiveness can never be exaggerated.

REFLECTION: Pray reflectively the Our Father, especially the line that says, “forgive us our trespasses as we forgive those who trespass against us.”

Note: If you would like a copy of the Associates & Sisters Directory, contact Doreen Abbott: (270)229-2006.

Conversations with Associates explore community concerns Carol Braden-Clarke, left, director of Development for the Ursuline Sisters, leads discussion among Owensboro Associates on June 14 at Our Lady of Lourdes. Seated from left: Sam Abbott, Joy Keller, Martha Little, Mary Danhauer, Mary Alice Wethington, Marian Bennett, Susie Westerfield, Martha House and Becky Pedley.

Maryann Joyce joined later.

“What kind of community do you want?” It’s a question we all have an answer to, even though our answers may be different. It was also the first question that was asked to a group of Owensboro Associates during a gathering on June 14. The Ursuline Partnerships office is planning similar conversations with Associate groups or individual Associates in the coming months to instill some new life into our Associate program. Covid has been difficult on all of us, and finding a common purpose with our fellow Associates has never been more important.

Carol Braden-Clarke, director of Development for the Ursuline Sisters, has experience in leading Community Conversations meetings. She facilitated the June 14 gathering at Our Lady of Lourdes Church in Owensboro with 10 Associates, while Doreen Abbott and Dan Heckel took notes. These conversations will be ongoing as we look toward making a difference in our communities.

Doreen and Carol will be reaching out to Associates soon to schedule a time to talk with you. It’s an effort to share stories and interests about your community, and eventually discover ways we can all help to make our communities better. Please make time to share your thoughts and let your voices be heard. We look forward to visiting with many Associates.

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We want to have a conversation...

The 2021 Associates and Sisters Day was like a family reunion – reconnecting people after the isolation of the pandemic. We were inspired by a comment made

by Owensboro Associate Martha Little, who said it was time to ACT as Saint Angela called us to do and not let the pandemic stop the Associates from doing something.

We took that comment to heart and decided to build on the energy we experienced on Associates and Sisters Day by meeting with as many Associate groups as we can this year to have conversations.

Our purpose is to listen to you, understand what you care about and together support you in what you feel called to do.

We will be contacting you to schedule a conversation. The conversations are not designed to tell you or your Associate group what to do. They are a guide to frame the conversation in a way that helps your group look beyond your Associate group and to take a larger view of your community and discover what you might be called to do.

At the Mount this year, Escape to the Mount Quilt Bingo is back!

Gather a group of Associates and your friends and come to the Mount on Sunday, Sept. 11 for Quilt Bingo. There is an entry fee of $25 which includes lunch. Doors open at 12:30 p.m. and bingo is from 1-4.

Games are $1 for small to medium quilt prizes and $2 for large quilt prizes. Seating is limited so please register in advance by going to our website at www.ursulinesmsj.org/ escape-to-the-mount-weekend/ The 52nd Mount Raffle drawing will be at the conclusion of

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Quilt Bingo. You can purchase tickets online. Tickets are $5 and the grand prize is $10,000. It is a fun way to spend a Sunday afternoon. We hope to see you there.

– Carol Braden-Clarke , Director of Development

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In Loving Memory...

SISTER MARIETTA WETHINGTON, 83, a welcoming presence for so many Ursuline Associates through the years, died May 26 at Mount Saint Joseph, in her 67th year of religious life. A native of Clementsville, Ky., Sister Marietta was gifted with a deep prayerfulness and hospitality that she shared easily with others. She loved teaching children to read, and in later years, helping adults to deepen their faith, especially Associates. She shared her spirituality in each issue of Update and each month on the Ursuline website with readers of “Reflective Moments with Saint Angela Merici.”

She was co-director of Ursuline Partnerships from 200407, then director of formation from 2007-11, and again from 2013-14. She was the contact Sister for Associates Jennifer Kaminski, Gloria Adams, Winnie Cohron and the late Karen DeSosa. She was a teacher in Kentucky and one year in Missouri, and served as a pastoral associate at Holy Spirit Church in Jamestown, Ky. She was elected three times as a councilor on the Ursuline Leadership Council (198492, 2000-2004), and served in numerous Motherhouse ministries, especially dealing with spiritual formation.

She was a spiritual director and founding member of the Spiritual Direction Training Program at the Retreat Center, serving as a team member from 2004-14. Survivors include the members of her religious community; siblings Pauline Goebel, Frank Wethington and Richard Wethington, all of Louisville; and nieces and nephews. Gifts in memory of Sister Marietta may take the form of donations to the Ursuline Sisters of Mount Saint Joseph, 8001 Cummings Road, Maple Mount, KY 42356.

MARGARET TRUJILLO CHAVEZ, 94, of Albuquerque, N.M., died May 8. Born in Colorado, she graduated from Mount Saint Joseph Junior College in Maple Mount.

She worked for Holloman Air Force Base, Hughson Ford in San Francisco, the Atomic Energy Commission, Sandia National Labs, and the city of Albuquerque. She was a dedicated volunteer, including for St. Vincent de Paul Society and Habitat for Humanity.

She became an Ursuline Associate in 1987, with Sister Michael Ann Monaghan as her contact Sister. In 1998, she was recruited to work with Casa de Esperanza de Joaquin in Guanajuato, Mexico. For over five years, she dedicated herself to helping the farming community of 98 families near the city of Dolores Hidalgo. Projects initiated with her help included constructing clean water wells, sanitary latrines, refurbishing residents’ homes, increased crop production methods, and an income-producing lavender project that proved successful in improving the overall

We Extend Deepest Sympathy To: • Sister Claudia Hayden, whose uncle Bernard Clark died April 9.

• Sister Vivian Bowles, whose aunt Evelyn Bowles died April 28.

• Jean Vanderheiden, whose sister Elaine died May 9.

• Peggy Clark, whose grandson died May 18.

• Sister Amelia Stenger, whose brother Ben Stenger died May 23.

• Sister Francis Louise Johnson, whose brother Tom Johnson died May 20.

• Sister Laurita and Sister Rosanne Spalding, whose nephew Steven Miller died June 27.

• Pauline Goebel, whose sister, Sister Marietta Wethington, died May 26.

• Doreen Abbott, whose cousin Leona Marriot died July 12. farm economy. Her command of Spanish and construction experience made it possible for her to supervise the building of a large community center. This building still provides a hub for projects and events benefitting the entire village. She is survived by seven children, Patricio M. Chavez, Anita Hackett (Steve), Veronica Chavez-Neuman (Alan), Cecilia Jean Chavez, Joseph Mark (MaryJane) Chavez, Theresa (Peter) Lovato, and Lorraine Chavez; 13 beloved grandchildren and 13 great-grandchildren.

MARY MARTHA BENKESER, 89, of Olathe, Kan., died May 29. Mary was a gentle soul, who served at the University of Kansas Medical Center, where she worked closely with Father Jerry Spencer, also an Ursuline Associate. She became an Associate in 1986.

Her sister Theresa, who preceded her in death, was also an Associate. She was loved and cherished by many people.

JUANITA ANN BURKE, 89, of Louisville, died June 8. Juanita graduated in 1950 from Mount Saint Joseph Academy in Maple Mount. She became an Ursuline Associate in 1985, with her sister, Sister Elaine Burke, as her contact. She was a lifetime member of St. Rita Catholic Parish. She was retired from Liberty Mutual Insurance Co. Juanita had a generous spirit and was devoted to family, faith and friends. Her survivors include her siblings, Tom (Shirley), Sister Elaine, and Jerry (Mary Ann), and a host of nieces, nephews and other family members.

’ "See, a great reward will be prepared for you." – Last Legacy

Saint Angela Merici

There are several ways to purchase the new “Hope and Firm Faith” history book One disappointment for Associates and Sisters Day was that “Hope and Firm Faith: The Story of the Ursuline Sisters of Mount Saint Joseph” had not arrived so people could take home a copy. We are hopeful that by the time this issue of Update reaches you, the books will be available. The publisher has promised that the books will ship between July 22 and Aug. 12.

The author, Associate Dan Heckel, expects to make himself available for some book signing events at selected locations. If you think your area would make a worthwhile place to host such an event, please let Dan know. He can tailor his talk about the book to include selected areas that are mentioned in “Hope and Firm Faith.” Dan can be reached at dan.heckel@maplemount.org, or at 270-229-2007.

If you don’t think you’ll be coming to Maple Mount soon and aren’t in an area where the book will come to you, you can order a copy online at ursulinesmsj.org/hope-and-firm-faith-book. The cost is $37.10 (which includes sales tax), plus $10 for shipping. For two books, the shipping is $14. If you would rather pay by check, make your check out to “Ursuline Sisters” and mail to:

Book order, 8001 Cummings Road, Maple Mount, KY 42356

With your check, please include your name, address, phone number and email. And let us know if you want a copy signed by the author (at no extra charge).

Pictured: Sister Rose Marita O’Bryan, Sister Angela Boone, Sister Annalita Lancaster