FEBRUARY 2005
VOLUME IX, NUMBER 3
URSULINE ASSOCIATE DIRECTORS MEET IN PAOLA by Sister Marietta Wethington, OSU
In December 2004, the Co-directors of Ursuline Partnerships of the Ursuline Sisters of Mount Saint Joseph gathered in Paola, Kansas, with associate directors from four other communities for the first meeting of associate directors of the Ursuline Society. The Ursuline Society, made up of the nine autonomous Ursuline congregations in the United States, has been meeting regularly since spring 1992. In spring 2002 — ten years after their initial meeting — the leaders of the Ursuline Society came together in Frontenac, Minnesota, and approved a Statement of Purpose to move “beyond collaboration toward integration.” The members of those nine congregations have met in their own communities to talk about what that might mean as we continue to move forward. In their September 2004 meeting, the Ursuline Society leadership decided it was time to begin engaging associates in the conversation as well. Sister Kathleen Condry, president of the Paola, Kansas, community, offered to host and convene the first gathering of the associate directors. On December 1315 a group of seven directors together with Sister Kathleen and Sister Margaret Ann Hagan, coordinator of the Ursuline Society and facilitator of this meeting, met at the motherhouse in Paola. The directors attending were Sister Marie William Blyth, Paola; Chuck Murawa and Sally O’Connell, Toledo; Sister Dorothy Helbling, Belleville; Sister Maureen Grady, Cleveland; Marian Bennett and Sister Marietta Wethington, Maple Mount.
Gathered at the first meeting of associate directors of Ursuline Society communities are, from left, Sister Marietta Wethington, Sister Kathleen Condrey, Sister Maureen Grady, Sister Margaret Ann Hagan, Sister Marie William Blyth, Marian Bennett, Chuck Murawa, Sally O’Connell, Sister Dorothy Helbling.The meeting took place at the Ursuline Motherhouse, Paola, Kansas, December 13-15, 2004.
After Sister Margaret Ann Hagan gave us an overview of the Ursuline Society, we spent time sharing about our particular community’s associate program and reflecting on how associates might participate in this new frontier being forged by the Ursuline Society. We were invited to share our unique giftedness, our mutual values, and our Ursuline traditions. At the end of our time, we agreed to meet again in fall 2005. That meeting will be held at Maple Mount, October 24-26. We will finalize a brochure explaining the Ursuline Society, which will be used with all associate groups. As associate directors, we will contine the effort to include associates in the ongoing collaboration of the Ursuline Society. We left knowing that the long trip to Paola, Kansas, in midDecember was well worth our time and effort. It was a blessing for all of us.
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Ursulines Join Demonstrations for Justice, Life by Sister Suzanne Sims, OSU
Ursuline Sisters have attended the march for the closing of the School of the Americas (SOA), at Fort Benning, Georgia, for much of its 15-year history. The march was begun in 1990 by Fr. Roy Bourgeois, a Maryknoll priest, and about 15 other persons who were outraged by the brutal murder of six Jesuits and their housekeeper and her daughter at the University of San Salvador in November 1989. Several of the Latin American military ultimately arrested for the murders received their training in torture at SOA, now renamed the Western Hemisphere School for Security Cooperation (WHISC). After I returned to ministry at the congregational offices in 2000, I had the opportunity to attend the annual gathering of now about 15,000-20,000 people who come together to protest the SOA. The one 24-hour period we spend there is full of activities. The purpose of the march on Sunday (the weekend before Thanksgiving each year) is to remember in prayer and action those thousands of innocent people in Central and South America who have lost their lives in civil wars and massacres throughout the 1970s, 80s, and 90s. Names of individual victims ring out from the stage and the massive crowd prays together “Presente!” as they raise white crosses in unison. Some protesters plan an act of civil disobedience — the act of trespassing onto Sisters Pat Rhoten and Suzanne Sims of Mount Saint Joseph were the federal property at the base. among the more than 15,000 protesters, including many Ursulines of Cleveland Ursuline Sister Diane Therese Pinchot, other congregations, who demonstrated for justice at Fort Benning, Georgia, November 19-21, 2004. who has been to the march every year since its beginning, says that the growth in the work of closing the young people who participated in the march and other SOA amazes her. It is so good to have many more activities, including the liturgy at the basilica and the Ursulines, their associates and students coming for the Kentucky congressional breakfast. They were there in march. The involvement of youth, especially from the great numbers, for the long haul, and with great Jesuit universities and high schools around the country, enthusiasm. The second surprise was that in every talk, continues to increase. These young people come a day from Cardinal Keeler’s homily to the address given by the early to participate in a series of workshops on this issue youth leader of Kentucky Right to Life, every speaker of social justice. On Saturday evening, all are invited to talked about Pope John Paul’s The Gospel of Life participate in a tent Mass with all these students. For the encyclical. All these speakers were very conscious of overflow crowd, the enthusiasm during this liturgy is the many stages of life needing protection and the many electrifying, even on a rainy evening. vulnerable persons needing quality care in our society in March for Life On January 22-24 this year, I found myself at the March for Life in Washington, D.C. I had never been to this and didn’t really plan to go this time. Then, a benefactor asked me if I would take his place so that I and another sister could experience this movement. Sister Marie Joseph Coomes agreed to be my companion. After a long, snowy bus ride to Washington, we witnessed the commitment of some 100,000 people who have been marching for life from the White House ellipse to the Supreme Court building since 1973 when Roe v. Wade granted legal abortions in the United States. Two surprises summarize my experience of this march: first, the great percentage (I guessed 65-70%) of
order for life to be respected. Both of these awakenings gave me a new appreciation for the tremendous focus the Right to Life movement has maintained as its mission over the past years. It is admirable, to say the least. Perhaps their focused mission of overturning Roe v. Wade has served the movement well. Neither of these marches in themselves will bring the desired goal and systemic changes that they plead for. It will take all of us in our own sphere of influence and doing what we are called to do to effect these changes in our society. The Gospel of Life could become a text for all Christian believers to use in defense of all life. Perhaps it can be the key to motivate each of us to “act, move, believe...and you will see marvelous things” as Saint Angela directs us.
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Wanda L. Rickard, a member of Saint Joseph Parish, Central City, retired in 2002 after 30 years in the banking industry. As a young woman, she was in the novitiate of the Sisters of Charity of Nazareth in Bardstown for a short but happy time. The mother of two children, she is now caring for her elderly mother-in-law and aunt. We are told, “She is very devoted to her faith…and is quite active in the parish.” Wanda’s contact sisters are Sisters Rose Karen and Rose Theresa Johnson. Lela M. Buettman, a member of St. Francis de Sales Parish, Lebanon, Missouri, is a widow and mother of six daughters. “Lee is a very responsible person,” writes one of her references, “involved in parish life and a member of the Parish Council of Catholic Women.” Another writes: “Lela is eager to help her friends and neighbors and will go to extraordinary lengths to do so.” Her contact sister is Sister Mary Renée Monaghan, who has been pastoral minister at St. Francis de Sales for nine years.
SISTER AGNES IJOKO MAKES LIFETIME COMMITMENT by Sister Marietta Weithington, OSU
How appropriate that the first lifetime member we received since becoming co-directors of the associate program was Sister Agnes Ijoko, HHCJ. Sister Agnes has been an “adopted Ursuline” since February 1, 2001, when she arrived from Nigeria to live with the sisters at 514 St Ann Street and attend Brescia University. Although she had a very short time to prepare to come to the United States, Sister Agnes quickly adjusted and made her way into our hearts as well as our community life. She shared life and prayer with our local community and absorbed the spirit and charism of Angela. Her frequent visits to the motherhouse resulted in a mutual love and admiration with the sisters there, as well as a deepening of the Ursuline spirit. She truly became a daughter of Angela. As is typical of our relationship with all our associates, our lives were enriched by Sister Agnes’ presence. She generously shared her Nigerian foods, her Handmaids of the Holy Child Jesus’ spirit, history, and customs, her own spirituality and deep prayer life. It was not unusual for Agnes to gift one of us celebrating a birthday or feast day with a prayer expressed through dance. She was patient with us as she taught us to pray the Sign of the Cross and Doxology in her native dialect. Becoming an associate was a natural next step and it was with great delight Sister Agnes makes her lifetime commitment as an Ursuline Associate that we welcomed sister Agnes Ijoko as a lifetime associate during Evening on December 2. Prayer in the motherhouse chapel on the evening of December 2, 2004. Sister Agnes no longer resides in Owensboro. She completed her master’s degree in education in December and is now living with her sisters in the HHCJ community in Fort Smith, Arkansas. She will return to Nigeria in the near future to become director of a new school, where she UPD ATE is published four times a year PDA will continue to live and share the spirit of Angela for the Associates of the Merici. She left behind a generous portion of her joyful Ursuline Sisters of Mount Saint Joseph spirit that will continue to be gift to us for years to come. 8001 Cummings Road, Maple Mount, KY 42356-9999 God bless you, Agnes, and may your “new mother,” C O-DIRECTORS OF URSULINE PARTNERSHIPS: Marian Bennett, Sister Marietta Wethington Angela, continue to inspire you to take refuge at the feet EDITOR: Sister Ruth Gehres, OSU of Jesus and to instruct others unto justice.
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The West Kentucky associates gathered together for a delightful evening on December 12. We all enjoyed our evening in Sid and Jerry Mason’s home, which was gaily decorated for Christmas. Our group was a nice mix of sisters and associates, and we were honored to have co-directors Marian Bennett and Sister Marietta joining us. After a tasty potluck dinner, we entered into a prayer/meditation/discussion led by Sister Marietta. She followed the guidelines of Saint Angela, and the focus was on the deepest desire of our hearts. The sharing of our thoughts was diversified and meaningful. One of the areas we shared was our desire for peace, both peace in the world and the inward peace which comes from walking in God’s way, as exhibited by Angela. We were blessed, as usual, by the sharing and insight of the sisters and of Marian, and all left for home with warm hearts, as we always do after our gatherings. We want to thank Sister Marietta and Marian for joining us, and hope they will come again, and we The West Kentucky gathering included, front row from left, Sister Mary Jude Cecil, Sid Mason, Sister Marietta Wethington, also thank Sid and Jerry for their continuing Marian Bennett; back row, Sister Mary Celine Weidenbenner, hospitality for our meetings. Sister Teresa Riley, Pat Sullivan, Mike Sullivan, Linda Lattus, Pat Wilson.
— Pat Wilson
A Christmas dinner party including Mass for the Ursuline Sisters of Mount Saint Joseph and the Ursuline Associates of Grayson County was held on December 17, 2004, at the home of Coreen Celebrating in Grayson County were, from left, Jody Ziegler, Sister Annalita Lancaster, Marian Bennett, Teen Robinette, Sister Clarence Marie Luckett, Stella McClure, Mary Jo Dodson, Joyce Carter, and Erv Moore. Sister Jean Richard Stukenholtz, Judy Warren, Carol Hill, Father Brian Johnson, Sister Audrey Rektenwald, MSBT, Sister Ruth Mattingly, Catherine Gawarecki, Sister Marietta Wethington, Chris Father Brian Geary, Coreen Moore. Johnson of Peonia, an associate, celebrated the Mass. Everyone had a wonderful time of worship and fellowship. — Coreen Moore
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The Hancock County associates got together for a social gathering on January 28 at Isabel Crenshaw’s home, followed by a delicious meal at The Patio restaurant in Cannelton, Indiana. Sister Marietta Wethington led the group in a short prayer and the group pondered the dilemma of peace in our lives and our times. In the photo at right are, front row: Sister Marietta, Shirlene Quinn, Shirley Hagman. Back row: Isabel Crenshaw, Maxine Beavin, Mary Ann Schilling. — Marian Bennett
On Thursday, November 18, 32 associates and sisters met at the Briarpatch Restaurant in Owensboro to enjoy an Advent get-together. After Father Joe Mills said a blessing prayer, we enjoyed our evening meal. Coordinator Bernadette Howard then led the group in a prayer service in preparation for Advent. Sister Marietta Wethington read the Scripture, and Marian Bennett read reflection questions for us to share. The group also spent time planning programs for the coming months. Father Leonard Alvey offered a prayer to close the meeting. Our next gathering will be Thursday, March 17, at 5:30 p.m., in the small dining room at Brescia University. The program, centering on “The Year of the Eucharist,” will include a video presentation and reflection led by Sister Marietta. A month before the meeting, all Owensboro-area associates will receive either an e-mail (for those of you who have e-mail) or a letter. Our telephone committee will call to remind everyone a week or so before the gathering. — Bernadette Howard
Twelve Radcliff and Elizabethtown associates met at St. Christopher Church in Radcliff on Saturday, November 13. After a delicious meal and prayer service, Sister George Mary Hagan gave a presentation on “God’s Gifts in Later Life.”
— Sister George Mary Hagan
PRAYER REQUESTS SUBMITTED TO THE OFFICE OF URSULINE PARTNERSHIPS OUR SICK: Brother Bill Moore, OSUA Carlene Braun, OSUA Jeanne Lamastus, OSUA Florence Thompson, OSUA Terry Dant, brother of Sheila Blandford, OSUA Joe Lawrence, brother of Therese Martin Lawson, OSUA Kathy Clemons, sister-in-law of Stella McClure, OSUA Bill Goodwill, brother of Pat Wilson, OSUA Jonathan Achilles, nephew of Pat Wilson, OSUA Mike Troutman, husband of Phyllis Troutman, OSUA Christine, age 12, niece of Bonnie Marks, OSUA Gertrude Ischer, mother of Marian Bennett, OSUA
Elizabeth Rickard, mother-in-law of Wanda Rickard, OSUA Brother of Larry Lynch, OSUA
THOSE WHO HAVE DIED: Daniel Lattus, husband of Linda Lattus, OSUA, November 20 Leo O’Reilly, brother of Martha Ann O’Reilly Matthews, OSUA Father of Sister Ann Middlebrooks, SEC, OSUA, November 23 Please pray for these families.
NOTICES OF ASSOCIATES WHO HAVE DIED ARE FOUND ON PAGE 7.
TO JOIN OUR E-MAIL PRAYER CHAIN, CONTACT THE OFFICE OF URSULINE PARTNERSHIPS: mwethington@maplemount.org, mbennett@maplemount.org,
270-229-4103, ext. 305 or 260, or 8001 Cummings Road, Maple Mount, KY 42356.
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REMEMBERING SPECIAL D AYS DA YS... ... MARCH ANNIVERSARIES OF ACCEPTANCE: MAY ANNIVERSARIES OF ACCEPTANCE (CONT.): 20 YYears ears Nettie Castle, Shirlene Quinn 18 YYears ears Ann Collins 17 YYears ears David and Gloria Henderson, Don and Maxine Hobbs, Catherine Bockhold, Diane Wilson, Beatrice Barnes, Rebecca Leonard, Mike and Pat Sullivan, Larry and Jane Denton 16 YYears ears Kevin Karl 14 YYears ears Carolyn Miller 11 YYears ears Fr. Conran Runnebaum 10 YYears ears Anna Lesousky 6 YYears ears Audrey Durbin 4 YYears ears Patricia Jamett, Jolanda Moraga, Evelina Salas, Inez Galvez, Sonia Pradenas, Carola Pulgar, Raquel Sepulveda 3 YYears ears Fr. Tony Shonis
13 YYears ears Shirley Eckert, Helen Pfeiffer, Sandra Jull, Rita Summers, Philomena Bollinger, Francis and Jean Steffen, Therese Lawson, Wilma Howard, Dorothy Clark, Camilla Frey ears Clarence and Anna Mae Kaiser, 11 YYears Sr. Jeannette Touchet, SEC, Sr. Ann Middlebrooks, SEC, Georgann Stuck 8 YYears ears Mary Jo Johnson, Mike and Meg Synk, George Horishny, Michael Lemm, Larry Lynch, Jr. 7 YYears ears Judy Embry 6 YYears ears June Fowler 3 YYears ears Darlene Sapp, Thurman Mullen, Bobby Smyth, Suzanne Gochenouer
APRIL ANNIVERSARIES OF ACCEPTANCE: 21 YYears ears Winnie Cohron, Ione Deken, Florence Growman 20 YYears ears Gertrude Tyrala, Therese Allen, Laura Smith 18 YYears ears Fr. Ed Bradley, Fr. John Vaughan, Bonnie Marks, Anna Dye, Adrian Bumpus 17 YYears ears John and Ann Hancock, Gail Funk, Bobby Joe and Betty Christian, Brenda Sauer, Claudette Ford, Bob and Marty Darst, Ada Bader, Irvin Hancock, Cecilia Curtis, Nancy Richards, June Townsend 11 YYears ears Ann Hayden 8 YYears ears Lorna Horishny, Isabelle King, Phil and Velma Dees, Lena Dees 6 YYears ears Larry and Jean Dowdy 5 YYears ears Rev. Bill Moore 4 YYears ears Dolores Polson, Arleen Naglich, Dorothy Hughes 3 YYears ears Ruth Metschuleit
MAY ANNIVERSARIES OF ACCEPTANCE: 21 YYears ears Therese Fraize ears Barry and Maureen Earl, 20 YYears Connie Del Muro 19 YYears ears Midge Palm, Joan McKinnon, Dr. Bob Pfeiler 18 YYears ears Mary Ann Childs 17 YYears ears Margaret Stenger 16 YYears ears Paul Kordenbrock, Christopher Walls 15 YYears ears Jeanne Lamastus
APRIL BIRTHDAYS: 1 2 3 4 6 8 9 14 15 16 17 21 22 24 25 27 28
Frances Elder Dr. Larry Minks Jeanne Miller Joyce Firenza, Evelina Salas Mary Trittschuh, Marian Bennett, Mary Jo Dodson, Violet Hamilton Sue Donahue, Wanda Gibson Fr. Brian Johnson, Doris KolbHopkins Lucille Weidenbenner Fr. Richard White, CFC, Laura Smith Claudette Ford Terry Barnes Jerry Frey Mildred McDowell Fr. Ed Bradley, Carolyn Head Fr. Brian Roby, Rev. Patricia Dawkins Edna Marnell Dr. Bob Pfeiler, Michael Lemm
MAY BIRTHDAYS:
MARCH BIRTHDAYS: 2 5 7 10 12 14 15 16 18 19 20 21 23 24 25
Shearon Harris, Diane Wilson Stella McClure, Kay Buckman George Horishny Rose Archuleta Velma Dees Mary Costello, Darlene Sapp Diane Hayden Joan McKinnon Mike Sullivan, Camilla Frey Carolyn Butler Angelina Glomb Fr. Leonard Alvey, Marcy Bufalini Carlene Braun Catherine Roddy Jodie Fulkerson, June Townsend, Marcella Critchelow 26 Bea Porter
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Karen Beavers Marie Ritz Lil Wilson, Murilla Giittinger Madeleine Bianco John Allen Ruth Wright-Welzen Clarence Kaiser Sonia Pradenas Willa Bloemer Loni Daniels Mike Synk Cecilia McEldowney Loretta Oliver Maxine Hobbs Sandra Jull, Ola Higdon, Henry Whitechurch Kevin Karl, Rose Mary Egli Sr. Agnes Ijoko, HHCJ Sharon Rose Jean Bertram
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URSULINE CONFERENCE IN MEXICO:A BEAUTIFUL EXPERIENCE by Sister Pam Mueller, OSU
Ursuline Sisters in Mexico hosted the North American Ursuline Formation/Vocation Conference in Guadalajara, November 11-15, 2004. This gathering was more than a professional conference focusing on formation and vocation ministries. It also gave participants varied experiences of Mexico’s people and culture. The opening ritual was beautiful and inspiring. The sisters, in native dress, recognizing the sacredness in each person, placed a handmade string of flowers, like a lei, around the neck of each of the visiting Ursulines. This expressed welcome, with the hope of building bonds leading us to greater intimacy and unity as Ursuline Sisters. Flowers represented joy and celebration. The ritual also incorporated prayer used by the indigenous people. We blessed the four corners of the earth and placed one of the four elements (air, water, fire, and earth) in each corner to form a cross. The crucifix in the center signified that Christ is the center of our lives and the fulfillment of the universe. Christ would guide us during the conference, and Saint Angela would give us light and unite us as sisters. We prayed in recognition of the harmony in others, God, all creation, and ourselves. Over all, I am so grateful for this experience. It touched me in many ways. The rituals were moving, the experiences challenged me, and the sisters were beautiful religious women. Before we left, we spoke of the need to continue such experiences and invited our Ursuline Sisters of Mexico to come and be with us. Mexican Provincial Sister Adriana is interested in having her young
Enjoying a break in Guadalajara are a group of Ursulines from Mexico and the United States during the North American Ursuline Formation/Vocation Conference. Sister Pam Mueller is fourth from left.
Sisters learn English after their final vows. Sister Michele, our congregational leader, is very open to the idea. How blessed we would be to welcome an Ursuline Sister from Mexico into our hearts and homes. The acceptance I felt from all the sisters really helped me feel welcome and accepted. Their hospitality and encouragement freed me to try to speak the language. It must be similar for others who are in the United States and struggle with English. After this experience I am a different person — maybe nothing anyone can see immediately, but deep down I am changed. This experience has challenged me to do more. I have recently begun volunteering at La Plaza helping adults “fine-tune” their English. The truth is, they are teaching me Spanish. I love it! He terminado! (I am finished!)
MAY THEY REST IN PEA CE . . . PEACE T J. RIORD AN, 76, of Affton (St. Louis), Missouri, died December 8, 2004, from Associate ROBER OBERT IORDAN complications following hip surgery. A lifetime associate since 1990, Bob was a graduate of Seven Holy Founders Grade School and Affton High School. He and his wife, Pat (also an Ursuline associate), were great friends of the Ursuline Sisters, especially Sisters Charles Asa and Agnes Catherine Williams. Bob always enjoyed visiting the Mount, where he entertained everyone with great enthusiasm. In his retirement, operated a printing business — Riordan Printing — from the basement of his home. Expressions of sympathy may be sent to Pat at 6758 Aliceton Ave., St. Louis, MO 63123. T SCHUMA CHER, 80, died January 16, 2005, in Cape Girardeau, Missouri. He Associate F ATHER ROBER OBERT CHUMACHER had been a priest of the Springfield-Cape Girardeau Diocese for 55 years. He spent 12 years as a high school teacher, after which he began parish ministry. He especially enjoyed leading retreats and conducted several of the Ursulines at Mount Saint Joseph. His obituary describes him as an outspoken pacifist and civil rights advocate who supported justice for children and women victims of domestic violence. He also enjoyed golf, canoeing, and hiking until Parkinson’s disease restricted his activities. His good friend, Sister Elaine Byrne, was among those with him at his death. Father Bob is survived by a sister, Mary Alsip, of San Mateo, California, and a brother, Leonard, of Cape Girardeau.
Associate F LORENCE LANHAM GROWMAN, 81, who died recently, lived in King of Prussia, Pennsylvania. A native of Owensboro, Florence attended Mount Saint Joseph Junior College in the early 1940s and was a postulant and novice at Mount Saint Joseph from 1948-50. Her religious name was Sister Miriam Theresa. While living in the Washington, D.C., area, she earned a doctorate from The Catholic University of America. She became an Ursuline associate in 1984 and made her lifetime commitment in 1987.
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C A L E N DA R UPCOMING ASSOCIATE MEETINGS March (date to be announced) Bowling Green March 5 Memphis March 17 Owensboro — Brescia University Dining Hall, 5:15 p.m. May 16-23 New Mexico visits by Sister Marietta and Marian: Gallup, Albuquerque, Farmington, and who knows where else??? Stay tuned for more information!
EVENTS AT MOUNT SAINT JOSEPH CONFERENCE AND RETREAT CENTER
New Mexico, here we come!
March 15-16: March 18-19: April 22-24:
The Spirituality of Being a Catechist, directed by Bill Huebsch Changing My Life from the Inside Out (Losing Weight—Gaining Life) Come to the Water: Learning from the Samaritan Woman, A Women’s Retreat with Sister Cheryl Clemons, OSU April 27-May 1: Awash in the Light of Tabor, directed by Sister Lucy Zientek, CDP July 17-24: Centering Prayer Retreat with Father Carl Arico and Jean Johnson
SPECIAL EVENTS April 23
July 9 September 11
Shining Like Stars: Eco-Spirituality and Eco-Justice, with Sisters Joanne Buckman and Anne Marie Diederich, Ursuline Sisters of Cleveland. We invite our associates to join us in this day of ongoing formation for the sisters. (More information to come!) Associates/Sisters Day at Mount Saint Joseph. Featured speaker: Sister Margaret Ann Hagan, OSU, “Saint Angela and the Eucharist” MOUNT SAINT JOSEPH PICNIC — mark your calendars now. Come and join our picnic volunteers!