VOLUME X, NUMBER 2
NOVEMBER 2005
Ursuline Society Associate Directors get together at Mount Saint Joseph By Marian Bennett, OSUA Co-director of Ursuline Partnerships
Associate directors of the Ursuline Society shook off the early fall chill to gather at Mount Saint Joseph for their second annual meeting October 24-26. Attending the meeting from Ohio were Sister Maureen Grady, Cleveland; Marion Jordan and Sally O’Connell, Toledo; Sister Therese Rich, Youngstown; Nancy Brockman and Sister Pat Brockman, Brown County. Other participants were Sister Dorothy Helbling, Belleville, Illinois; Carol O’Keefe and Sister Marie William Blyth, Paola, Kansas; Sister Sarah Stauble, Louisville, Kentucky; and Sister Margaret Ann Hagan of Louisville, coordinator of the Ursuline Society. Hosting the gathering were Mount Saint Joseph codirectors Sister Marietta Wethington and Marian Bennett. Building upon the enthusiasm of our first meeting in December 2004 at Paola, we spent our three days together swapping ideas, encouraging one another and sharing prayer. Sister Margaret Ann Hagan facilitated the meeting and guided us through a wide range of topics
Representing Ursuline Society communities on October 24-26 were, Row 1: Sister Maureen Grady, Sister Marietta Wethington, Sister Marie William Blyth; Row 2: Sister Therese Rich, Sister Sarah Stauble, Sister Pat Brockman, Carol O’Keefe; Row 3: Marian Bennett, Sally O’Connell, Sister Dorothy Helbling; Row 4: Marion Jordan, Nancy Brockman, Sister Margaret Ann Hagan.
supporting our efforts to enrich the spiritual life and formation of Ursuline associates. You will see some results of that idea sharing inside this issue of Update. Plans for our future work include continuing to design a brochure to be used as an educational tool for acquainting associates with the Ursuline Society. Picnic Veterans As Sister Marie William wrote, “Angela was certainly in Associate Marcella Wimsatt Critchelow (left) and her sister, our midst, steering us as she Margaret Wimsatt Corbett, both of always has, solidly united in Our Mother of Sorrows Parish in efforts that will overflow to all Louisville, pose for a picture at the our programs.” September 11 Mount Saint Joseph Picnic. Margaret has attended 33 Energized and enriched by of the last 35 picnics, and Marcella our time together and has attended 34. Marcella only acknowledging the benefits of missed the first one because she face-to-face collaboration, we didn’t know about it. agreed to meet again in fall More picnic photos inside. 2006 in Louisville. n