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Ursulines Ursuline Sisters of Mount Saint Joseph

Winter 2015 Vol. 14, No. 2

“Proclaiming Jesus through Education and Christian Formation”

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Inside: • Belleville Merger 10 years later • New Ministries • Bless You, Donors!

Sister Carol in Shreveport, La.

Sister Michele ministers at the United Nations in New York City.

Sisters already pursuing 2030 Sustainable Development Goals

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From our Congregational Leader Dear Friends, As I prepared this letter, I realized that my deadline was “election day.” As I prepared to cast my vote, I reflected on the whole notion of politics; at that time I found myself in agreement with those for whom the concept of politics often stirs negative feelings and responses. After all, politicians as a group appear to be held in low esteem; if a process appears to be convoluted or cloaked in secrecy or shadowy deals, we frequently label it “too political.”

But I challenged myself to think again. While one of Webster’s synonyms for “politic” is “shrewd,” “political” actually simply means “of or relating to government;” and “govern” implies “a smooth course for the good of the individual and the whole.” Certainly these latter interpretations pose a more hopeful image.

In Laudato Si, Pope Francis reminds us that “a healthy politics is sorely needed, capable of reforming and coordinating institutions, promoting best practices and overcoming undue pressure and bureaucratic inertia ... (181).” He also regretted that “... recent World Summits on the environment have not lived up to expectations because, due to lack of political will, they were unable to reach truly meaningful and effective global agreements on the environment (166).”

In this issue of Ursulines Alive you will discover the scope and content of the United Nations’ document, Transforming Our World: The 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development. You will also explore the many ways the Ursuline Sisters of Mount Saint Joseph already support many of these goals through their ministries and mission.

As you examine those efforts and reflect on the ways you yourself might be supporting the United Nations’ Sustainable Development Goals, I urge you to remember that, while individual and community efforts can and do make specific differences, we are each challenged to look wider and understand how political elements must be engaged and directed. In the words of Pope Francis, “... for all this (environmental reform, sustainable development goals, new global rapprochement), there is urgent need of a true world political authority ... (75).”

We are still called to lives of prayer and service, but we are also challenged to recognize that we must frame our prayer and service in the realities of the needs of the world in which we live – just as Saint Angela did as she ministered in Brescia to all those who sought her counsel – spiritual and political. Blessings for all our prayerful political endeavors.

In Angela, Sister Sharon Sullivan, OSU Cover: Top: Sister Carol Shively is the superintendent of Catholic Schools in Shreveport, La. Center: Sister Michele Morek is coalition coordinator for UNANIMA, an NGO involved with the United Nations in New York City. The Sustainable Development Goals for 2030 were adopted by world leaders at the UN on Sept. 25.

These environmental, social and economic goals will guide policy and funding.

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:

Director of Development................................................ Sister Amelia Stenger

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

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

Communications and Development Specialist............... Kris Mango

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

Contributing Writer......................................................... Sister Ruth Gehres 2 Contributing Writer......................................................... Sister Marietta Wethington

Ursuline Sisters already working to meet the United Nations’ new Sustainable Development Goals ...... 3-5 Belleville merger 10 years later........ 6-7 Sister Darlene Award............................7 Retreat Center News ........................ 8-9 Yarn Spinning Retreats.......................10 Not Really Retired...............................11 Obituary...............................................11 Soli Deo Gloria ....................................12 Bless You, Donors.......................... 13-19 Calendar of Events..............................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 PURPOSE Freeing and Nurturing Women and Children

OUR CORE VALUES • • • • •

Prayer Service Empowerment Justice Contemplative Presence

...in the spirit of Saint Angela Merici

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Ursuline Sisters already work to achieve global goals to help the poor

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By Dan Heckel, Mount Saint Joseph Staff

these goals were developed with contributions from rsuline Sister Michele Morek moved to New York representatives of the whole world, Sister Michele said.

City four years ago to minister, but one struggle (To see a complete listing and more detailed targets of she continues to have is how to respond to the each goal, visit sustainabledevelopment.un.org/topics) homeless on the street.

UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon said the “There are more homeless people in New York City agreement “seeks to ensure peace and prosperity and forge than the entire population of Owensboro,” Sister Michele partnerships with people and planet at the core.” said. “I have experimented with various systems – giving granola bars instead of money, or giving a few people 1. End poverty in all its forms something (by some mysterious ‘grading’ system I work everywhere. out in my subconscious) or keeping all my change in a Ursuline Sister Maureen O’Neill ministers as a pocket and giving everyone a few coins until I run out. caseworker at the Sister Visitor Center in Louisville, … None of my systems have worked perfectly, but I which helps to serve emergency needs of the poor, such as keep trying. Here’s where I am now: even when I run clothing, food and money for rent, utilities and medicine. out of coins, I stop and look at them, and speak briefly.

Ursuline Sister Michele Ann Intravia is When I give something, I ask them to the director of the center. pray for me so they will feel they are “Our mission statement says, ‘The earning their donation (I hope). Lack heart of the Sister Visitor Center lies of dignity and human rights are part of in the command of Christ to feed the their poverty. They are teaching me so hungry, clothe the naked and shelter much.” the homeless,’” Sister Maureen said.

In September 2015, the United “It’s easy to stereotype people when you Nations adopted 17 Sustainable don’t know the particular circumstance Development Goals to be completed that they are in. As Pope Francis said, by 2030. The top goal is to “end ‘We must see the face of Christ in the poverty in all its forms everywhere.” poor and respond joyfully.’ That’s why All the goals are ambitious, and our ministry is worthwhile. One day the first six in particular are already at a time, we can be the voice for those embraced by ministries of the Ursuline who are in need.”

Sisters of Mount Saint Joseph.

There is much the sisters learn from At the Sister Visitor Center in the people they serve, Sister Maureen Louisville, Ky., Sisters Michele Ann Sister Michele Ann Intravia, left, and said. “When they can help others, they Sister Maureen O’Neill gather near Intravia and Maureen O’Neill help try to advocate for them,” she said. the porch at the Sister Visitor Center to meet the daily needs of the poor. in Louisville, Ky. “There is usually a strong sense of At Centro Latino in Owensboro, Ky., family. Grandparents take in children Sisters Fran Wilhelm and Rosemary who have been abandoned by their parents even though Keough help Hispanic residents with access to health they are on a limited income themselves.” care and government services. In Memphis, Tenn., Sister Jane Falke is a receptionist for Catholic Charities Sister Jacinta Powers serves the poor as a nurse, while in Kansas City, Kan., and spends much of her day Sister Monica Seaton teaches students from low-income welcoming refugees who have come from such places as families. In Louisiana, Sister Carol Shively oversees Burma and Bhutan. The staff at Catholic Charities helps a Catholic school system that serves marginalized to set these immigrants up with housing and furnishings communities. In Kansas City, Kan., Sister Jane Falke after they’ve been registered with the United Nations welcomes immigrants at Catholic Charities. In Chile, High Commission for Refugees.

Sister Mimi Ballard is empowering women at Casa “We help them get medical care and Social Security Ursulina. cards,” Sister Jane said. “We teach them English and assist The United Nations Conference on Sustainable them in gaining employment. For five years we provide Development met in June 2012 in Brazil, and Sister the appropriate support they need to negotiate their way Michele was present in her role with UNANIMA, a in a new living situation.” nongovernmental organization of women religious who “Our best success story is about a single mother who work with the UN on issues dealing with poor women came five years ago with four children,” Sister Jane said. and children, as well as clean water. For the first time, 3 Continued on page 4

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“They lost their father and almost drowned themselves as they fled possible prison and death in an overloaded motorboat run by smugglers.

None of them spoke a word of English. Last May, the youngest son graduated from high school.

He had done so well he was awarded a full scholarship to Kansas University. He will study engineering and architecture because his dream is to create Sister Jane Falke good housing for the world.” holds one of the refugee children she Sister Jane said she believes she met while in her and her co-workers are doing as ministry at Catholic Pope Francis and Saint Angela Charities in Kansas would want. “Saint Angela City, Kan. looked for ways to stabilize families in her war-torn area,” Sister Jane said. “She found a way that was suitable for her time and place, but she told us to look for signs of the times. Our refugee program is one way to help families in our time and place.”

Refugees are people full of courage and hope who inspire Sister Jane. “They have taught me the power of a smile or a small gesture that is gratefully accepted and used to keep them going,” she said. “One day a young refugee man told me he knew why I was here. He said, ‘You are here to love us.’”

2. End hunger, achieve food security and improved nutrition and promote sustainable agriculture.

Bread for the World, a collective Christian organization that measures hunger with data from the U.S. Department of Agriculture, reported in September 2015 that one in seven households in the United States were “food insecure” in 2014, meaning that they were unsure at some point how they would provide their next meal.

Bread for the World ranked states by hunger and poverty. Among some of the states where the Ursuline Sisters minister, Kentucky is the fourth hungriest state and fifth poorest; Louisiana is the third hungriest and third poorest; and Tennessee is the 11th hungriest and seventh poorest.

Through her role with UNANIMA, Sister Michele has given several talks on the global realities of food and water. Some staggering facts include that one-third of all food produced is wasted every year, and that in developed countries, the waste is due to human behavior.

“If we could eliminate this waste there would be enough for the whole world,” Sister Michele said. “All of us can act locally on this – asking the grocer to package the produce in smaller units so it won’t be wasted, or to 4

sell it in bulk, or we can be content with the fruit with spots. We can take the so-called ‘expiration date’ with a grain of salt.”

The sisters at the Motherhouse are partnering with Owensboro Community and Technical College and Brescia University by leasing farmland for a sustainable agriculture course at OCTC. Community college students learn vegetable gardening and raising livestock while supporting the Ursuline mission of being good stewards of the land.

3. Ensure healthy lives and promote well-being for all at all ages.

Sister Jacinta Powers is a nurse at the Church Health Center in Memphis, which has a goal to bring healing to the whole person – body, mind and spirit, she said.

“Not only do we offer medical care to Sister Jacinta Powers checks our patients, but we also the blood pressure of Orlean have a health facility Murry, of Memphis, Tenn., where people can begin at the Church Health Center an exercise routine,” in 2010. she said. “Other aspects of the facility include healthy cooking classes, smoking cessation meetings and education on chronic conditions such as diabetes and hypertension. The population being served through the CHC is receiving quality care through their primary care provider, whereas previously they only had the choice of the emergency department in the local hospitals.

“My satisfaction comes from knowing that our patients leave us with a better understanding that we are their partners in health … instructing and empowering them to have the keys to a healthier lifestyle,” Sister Jacinta said. “Our clients want to be involved in the choices for the health of themselves and their families.

They are not sitting back saying ‘oh poor me,’ but instead are eager to learn ways to maintain health and a healthy lifestyle. Our clients are people just like everyone else.

Just because their circumstances in life may be a bit different, they are not a drain on society. Often they are the backbone of society.”

Sister Larraine Lauter is also ministering to ensure healthy lives with Water with Blessings, the organization headquartered in Louisville that raises money for filters and training so that people in impoverished nations can have clean drinking water.

4. Ensure inclusive and equitable quality education and promote lifelong learning opportunities for all.

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Sister Carol Shively is superintendent of Catholic Schools in the Diocese of Shreveport, La., in which 12.7 percent of the student population receives one of three types of scholarship grants due to economic need.

Sister Carol Shively, “The toughest factor Superintendent of Catholic I have heard teachers Schools for the Diocese of express is not that Shreveport, La., gives a children are any different medal to a student at St. John Berchmans Catholic School. in desires or dreams, but that those who have had an inferior academic foundation struggle greatly to catch up,” Sister Carol said. “They also mention the lack of higher level thinking skills and creativity … but not for long. Once these students have a shot of confidence instilled in them they blossom as any child does within our Catholic Schools.”

Sister Carol bristles at the opinion that some people still don’t relate poverty to a lack of quality education.

“We live in a capitalistic society, the only way possible is through education,” she said. “An educated person is able to maneuver the roadblocks in the system. They have the skills to find the information they need. The Bible tells us … that the poor will always be with us. However, I believe that in a country as great as ours we can lessen the socioeconomic injustices that currently plague our society, and it’s through quality Catholic education.”

The Shreveport Catholic Schools seek to serve the whole child, Sister Carol said. “We provide the formation of life, how to communicate with others, how to articulate their thoughts, building self-worth,” she said. “We tell whoever brings these children to school – parents, guardians, grandparents – that we partner with the whole family. It’s more than teaching religion. It’s a full-service education.”

Sister Monica Seaton teaches at St. Patrick Catholic Elementary, a Jubilee school in Memphis. After a long history of educating children in downtown Memphis, the school closed as more Catholics moved to the suburbs.

In 2003, thanks to an anonymous donor, St. Patrick reopened with a goal to bring Catholic education to inner-city children whose families would otherwise lack the resources to provide it.

5. Achieve gender equality and empower all women and girls.

Sister Mimi Ballard is serving in her 18th year as director of Casa Ursulina, in Chillán, Chile, where women learn skills that enable them to produce items they can sell.

“Selling their products enables them to supplement a meager income in order to support their family,” Sister

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Mimi said. “Many of our women earn money through cleaning houses, serving or working in the kitchen at catered events. The work is sporadic, and the pay often below minimum wage. Often their husbands don’t have steady work, doing odd jobs for minimum wage or below.

“At Casa Ursulina we are creating a space and atmosphere in which women feel supported and are inspired to help each other. No one is in it alone,” Sister Mimi said. “If they/we support and help each other, everyone is going to do better. Many women don’t come specifically for economic reasons, but because they are very alone in their lives – depressed, sick. They need support and they are supported by coming and receiving from other women – but also by offering what they know to other women. In a very individualistic world, it seems that solidarity blossoms when people come together and are encouraged to live in community.”

“Perhaps this example shows how this ministry mirrors the mission of Saint Angela: Casa Ursulina now has a volunteer group of women who go out to visit bedfast people and to help their caretakers, perhaps by giving them a day off. Our women have become very aware of the women in the area, especially the very sick and elderly,” Sister Mimi said.

Supporting and empowering women has long been a staple of the Ursuline Sisters.

The sisters continue to minister in the Contemporary Woman Program at Brescia University in Owensboro, which was created to help women develop their full potential. They support Impact 100 Owensboro, a coalition of women that joins together to raise money to issue grants for Sister Mimi Ballard, worthy causes. In 2009, the left, teaches Norma in Ursuline Sisters were selected for beginning spinning the Athena Award in Owensboro, aclass at Casa Ursulina an honor that recognizes people in Chillán, Chile. who assist women in attaining their full potential.

6. Ensure availability and sustainable management of water and sanitation for all.

Aside from the work Sister Michele does concerning clean water policies with UNANIMA, Sisters Sharon Sullivan, Ann Patrice Cecil and Eva Boone at the Motherhouse are trained water testers with Kentucky’s Watershed Watch, a program supported by the Kentucky Division of Water. Volunteers collect water samples from creeks and submit them for testing to make sure there aren’t harmful chemicals polluting the streams.

The ministries described here are just some of the ways these goals are being pursued by the Ursuline Sisters.

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Ten years later, merger with Belleville Sisters still bears fruit

By Dan Heckel, Mount Saint Joseph Staff LEFT: Sister Mary Elizabeth Krampe is pinned by then Congregational Leader Sister Michele Morek as the Belleville Sisters officially merged with Mount Saint Joseph on Nov. 25, 2005.

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RIGHT: Sister Judith Osthoff, left, shares a laugh with former Belleville Sister Evelyn Latham.

“The former Belleville Sisters brought the gift of ollowing a retreat to Maple Mount in 2002, Sister themselves, their presence, to the ministries of Maple Mary Ellen Backes and Sister Frances McDonagh, Mount, sharing the tasks of building the kingdom of God both on the leadership Council for the Ursuline as each is able,” Sister Mary Ellen said. “We added our Sisters of Belleville, Ill., agreed that their community with voices and hearts to theirs, confident that ‘in time, in the its dwindling number of sisters should pursue merging light of God’s love, all life ripens.’” with the Ursuline Sisters of Mount Saint Joseph.

Saying goodbye to their home in Belleville was difficult The first step was writing a letter asking if their three for the sisters, but longtime Ursulines of elderly sisters could move to the new Saint Mount Saint Joseph say the sisters they Joseph Villa infirmary prior to the merger. gained from Belleville have greatly added to “With the help of the Council and Sister the community.

Jacinta Powers and Sister Alicia Coomes, “The Ursuline Sisters who came to us this became possible,” Sister Mary Ellen from Belleville brought a new flavor of said. “They led the caravan with our being Ursuline to our community,” Sister infirm sisters from Belleville to Maple Ruth Gehres said. “Like us, they have a Mount.

German heritage, but they’re closer to it “As we approached, we saw a huge, than we are. Even now, Sister Dorothy bright banner on the roof of Saint Joseph (Helbling) communicates with sisters Villa saying, ‘Welcome, Belleville Sisters!’

Sister Rose Marita O’Bryan, left, in Germany. Their original American The gathering of such a large number of hugs Sister Catherine Kaufman foundation was in North Dakota, so they after the Ursuline Sisters of sisters and employees to welcome our little Belleville merged with Mount brought an energetic pioneer spirit with band was almost overwhelming,” Sister Saint Joseph in 2005. them,” Sister Ruth said. “They like to Mary Ellen said. “One of the Maple Mount share their gifts. My friend, Sister Catherine Kaufman, infirm sisters came out to meet us in her wheelchair with keeps our dining room bright with her creative table arms extended and a tear coming down her cheek. This decorations, as well as nurturing plants year round for sale said more than any words ever could about what this at our big fundraising picnic in September. Our sisters merger meant for the whole – we are not alone, neither from Belleville share this spirit of generosity with all of Belleville nor Maple Mount.” us.”

The completed merger of the two communities Sister Luisa Bickett, who has been an Ursuline of occurred 10 years ago on Nov. 25, 2005, when 10 sisters Mount Saint Joseph for 67 years, often quilts in the craft signed the Book of the Company. Three of those sisters are now in heaven, and of the seven remaining, four live at room with Sister Catherine.

“They have meant the world to us,” she said. “They are Maple Mount, one ministers in Minnesota and two others all very hard workers, and take part in everything. They’ve serve in Illinois. added a great deal to our community.”

That includes Sister Catherine was a cook in Belleville, but now Sister Mary completes several quilts each year for the Quilt Club, Ellen, pastoral along with her plant and decorating skills. assistant at St. “Hopefully, my presence is my gift to the community,” Joseph Parish in she said. “We had been so small, I don’t think we could Springfield. have survived. Instead of dying out, we joined Sister Julia Head, left, enjoys this group with the same charism, who came talking to former Belleville from our mother Angela, our founder. It’s Sisters Mary Patrick McDonagh, been spiritually fulfilling for me.” center, and Dorothy Helbling.

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Sister Catherine said being at the Mount has been an opportunity for growth. “Just living with a larger number of people, you need to be open to their needs, to how other people feel,” she said. “I personally Former Belleville Sister Marilyn feel very much at home Mueth, left, and Sister Ruth Gehres here.” She is joined at the Mount by Sisters Dorothy Helbling, Mary Elizabeth Krampe and Mary Patrick Monaghan.

Sister Marilyn Mueth continues to live in Millstadt, Ill., where she left her education ministry in 2014 to care for her elderly mother. She said the merger was beneficial for the older sisters who needed more medical attention.

“Their physical care has been provided in an environment of spiritual respect,” Sister Marilyn said.

“Their contentment has been a great relief to me since this was a guideline given to us by (Saint) Angela.

“For the rest of us, their provided care has freed us to be in ministry for a longer period of time,” Sister Marilyn said. “All of the Belleville Sisters have benefited from the more diverse ideas, sharing and friendships provided by a larger number of community members. It has helped us grow and be able to be a part of a greater service to the Church and the world as a whole.”

Sister Evelyn Latham lives the farthest away, serving in her 10th year as a drug and alcohol counselor in Anoka, Minn.

“I can’t say it was easy for me. We were a small ‘family like’ community going to what seemed to me a huge new world,” Sister Evelyn said. “As I met the sisters they were all so open and greeting. I love the Eucharist, the morning and evening prayers, hearing the sisters pray and sing together.”

Being so far away makes it more of a challenge to be integrated in the community, Sister Evelyn said, but she feels supported in her ministry. “I do feel part of my new community. I am still learning,” she said. “The Maple Mount Ursulines have had a long tradition and I’ll keep learning and offering the gifts I have to the betterment of my ‘new’ community.”

To ease the merger transition, Sister Nancy Murphy

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moved from Maple Mount to Belleville in 2005 to serve as local coordinator, giving her a unique perspective on the sisters.

“I always was inspired by their commitment to prayer and their love of Scripture classes – gifts still held dear to them,” Sister Nancy said. “Their inclusivity and hospitality to the marginalized and less fortunate were gifts that I admired. I see all these as some of their outward gifts still being shared with our community.”

Sister Michele Morek spearheaded the merger effort in her role as congregational leader of the Ursuline Sisters of Mount Saint Joseph.

“When I look back on my time of leadership, one of my favorite parts was the merger process – working with each sister and getting to know her – this unique person who would change us forever,” she said. “I hoped that together we could be better than either of us were separately, that we could complement and enliven each other.

I hoped for happiness for each new sister in her new home. When I look at our sisters – who just happen to be from Belleville, as I Sister Martina Rockers, left, with former happen to be Belleville Sister Mary Ellen Backes, seated, from Aztec, and Sister Mary Angela Matthews N.M. – I wonder how we did without them?”

Now 13 years since her Maple Mount retreat with the late Sister Frances, Sister Mary Ellen calls the merger “a rebirth of opportunity to listen and respond to God’s voice in all of life. The same God that drew my heart when I left home for the Ursuline community in Belleville calls me to serve God’s people as an Ursuline Sister of Mount Saint Joseph,” she said. “The difference is that the signs of these times are different and require a different and fresh response.” n

Couple receive Sister Darlene Make a Difference Award Each September, the board of Shively Area Ministries in Louisville, Ky., selects a recipient of the Sister Darlene Make a Difference Award to honor the late Ursuline Sister Darlene Denton and the work she did for 10 years with the ministry serving the poor. Sister Darlene, who died Sept. 5, 2011, “took risks, made things happen and was instrumental to help the ministry move to the next level,” according to this year’s award presentation.

The 2015 award was given to Bill and Deanne Whitman. Roxanna Trivett, executive director of Shively Area Ministries, described the Whitmans as “a couple who have not only been generous faithful partners in ministry for many years, but also took risks by co-signing the loan when we bought the present location of the ministry.

They also were among the first who gave us an interest-free loan to build the food pantry addition.”

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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.

Abby Donahue of Brentwood, Tenn., checks her iPad for pictures while working on a shawl for her granddaughter at the first Chix With Stix knitters retreat Oct. 20-22.

The Chix With Stix knitters took their projects outside to enjoy the fall afternoon on Oct. 21.

Several of those signed up for the Sept. 1 Evening with an Ursuline enjoy the dinner in the Retreat Center dining room before their class begins.

“Southern belles” Sherry Lee, left, and Elaine Potts gave away bourbon balls before Sister George Mary Hagan’s Nov. 3 presentation on “Catholic Pioneers: Maryland to Kentucky.” At right is Ursuline Associate Ed Cecil, a board member of Maryland to Kentucky and Beyond, Inc.

Left to right, Marylyne Miller, Ann Renfrow, Tonya Logsdon and Frances Gaddis listen as Sister Ann McGrew talks about the Scripture readings at Mass on Sept. 10 for the continuing “Rediscover Catholicism” class.

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Sister Mary Matthias Ward, right, introduces Sister Marietta Wethington prior to the Sept.

1 Evening with an Ursuline presentation.

Sister Marietta discussed “Spiritual Reading,” and she brought some of her favorite books.

Faculty and staff of Holy Name Catholic School in Henderson, Ky., gathered in the gym at Mount Saint Joseph on Aug. 6 to listen to a speaker prior to their upcoming school year.

They also attended Mass and had an outdoor scavenger hunt.

Sixth-graders from St. John the Baptist School in Newburgh, Ind., admire the statue of Joseph that Father Paul Volk brought to Maple Mount.

The students visited Mount Saint Joseph on a sunny Oct. 15. Sister Ruth Gehres took them on a tour of campus landmarks. They also enjoyed a picnic lunch.

Victor Fromm is anointed

by Sister Elaine Burke at the closing ceremony for the 2013-15 Spiritual Direction Training Program.

Deacon Fromm has joined the coordinating team for the new 2015-17 class.

From the Director...

Learn the steps for the prayer method of Lectio Divina W i n t e r

Dear Friends of the Center, As the Catholic Church moves toward the season of Advent, I will introduce you to the prayer method of Lectio Divina. This is a way to pray with the Advent Scripture readings. Advent is a great time to take a day away from all the craziness of shopping, partying or all the things we get into at this Sister Ann time of year. Call the Center to make an appointment for some quiet time. I will be happy to assist you if you would like to learn more about this method of prayer.

This is a prayer form that is used by many people, but I always think of Benedictine spirituality when I think of this prayer. I was first introduced to it by a Benedictine Sister. It is a simple form of prayer with lots of silence as part of the prayer. There are four or five steps to this prayer depending on who is leading it.

1.) The first step is Lectio: Read. Choose a Scripture passage. You can really use any passage, the Gospel reading from the day, the Gospel reading from Sunday, or any Scripture reading you choose. Spend some time reading this over, read it more than once, read it aloud. As you read, listen “with the ear of your heart.” What word in that reading “stirs your heart” and invites you to pause to allow that word to take root in your life? Spend some time with that word. What is God saying to you through that word?

Ask God…

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2.) The second step is Meditatio: Prayerful Pondering. Ponder that word that “stirs your heart.” What does it mean to you? What memories surround that word for you? If images form in your mind, spend some time with those images.

What is God saying to you through those images? Give God time to work through those images.

3.) Step three is Oratio: Speaking to God. Talk to God about the Scripture reading, the word that “stirred your heart,” the images that spoke to you of God’s work in your life.

4.) Step four is Contemplatio: God speaks to you. Sit in silence and allow God to speak to you in that silence.

What would you like God to say to you? Do God’s words to you invite you to make changes in your life?

5.) Step five is Operatio: Prophetic witnessing. As your time of prayer comes to a close, how are you going to take this Word of God out into your world? Will you meet others with a smile today? Will you share your faith with someone today? Will you be willing to answer a God question for someone today?

May these days be filled with God’s love and care for you.

May you be willing to share God’s love and care with others. God bless you, Sister Ann McGrew Mount Saint Joseph Conference and Retreat Center

New Ministries...

Sister Michael Marie

Sister Betsy

Three Ursuline Sisters began new ministries this fall.

Sister Michael Marie Friedman is a pastoral outreach minister for Livingston County, Ky. She is visiting those who are homebound or in nursing homes, and leading faith formation for youth classes at St. Pius X Parish in Calvert City. Earlier this year she retired as principal of St. James Catholic Regional School in Elizabethtown, Ky., where she had served since 1990.

Sister Cecelia Sister Betsy Moyer is now serving as administrative Joseph (C.J.) coordinator and data manager for the School of Education at Brescia University, Owensboro, Ky. She provides support to the faculty, staff and students in the School of Education, especially in the areas of educational data, learning analytics and assessment. Her most recent ministry was as assistant registrar at Brescia from 2012-15.

Sister Cecelia Joseph Olinger is serving as director of religious education at St. Peter of Alcantara Parish in Daviess County, Ky. She is leading faith formation for elementary school children. She previously served as pastoral associate for three churches in southeastern Missouri from 2011-15.

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By Dan Heckel, Mount Saint Joseph Staff

Yarn Spinners find shear enjoyment at the Center

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o slightly alter a famous line from “Field of Dreams,” Debbie Webb can prove that, “If you shear it, they will come.”

In August 2007, Webb traveled to the Mount Saint Joseph Conference and Retreat Center from her home in Grayson County, Ky., with wool that was sheared from the sheep and llamas on her farm. It was part of an Arts at the Mount program called “Sheep to Shawl,” teaching participants how to spin and weave yarn that was freshly sheared.

A one-time workshop wasn’t enough for the participants, and they soon started meeting as a group at the Retreat Center on Saturdays to spin yarn and create beautiful craft pieces. The Yarn Spinners were born.

“Initially we would do four Saturdays a year,” Webb said. “Then I asked if we could come on a Friday night.

Then everyone wanted a retreat weekend,” she said.

“Then they wanted two retreat weekends. Then the group decided we wanted all weekends, although people can still come for just Saturdays.”

Retreat weekends average 20 to 25 people, although not everyone stays the night, Webb said.

“We have tables set up for projects,” she said.

“Sometimes there are classes being taught, but it’s not real structured. You bring your own projects to work on and learn from the other people. Some people are knitting, some are crocheting and usually someone has a loom. Rug hooking is big now,” Webb said. “It’s a fibercentered group. Everyone is perfectly willing to share with anyone.”

The Yarn Spinners always stress that beginners are welcome, Webb said. “I tell them to bring what you are working on, or an interest in the fiber arts,” Webb said.

“There are people who can help you. Come be ready to visit with people who share your interests.”

The Dec. 4-6 weekend features a silent auction. “We bring our stuff and put it up for sale, and all the proceeds are donated to the sisters who live in (Saint Joseph Villa),” Webb said. “We’ve done that for four years and have raised more than $4,000. Everyone enjoys doing it.

Most of them are not Catholics, but everyone so enjoys the Mount. The way we’re treated by Kathy (McCarty) and Sister Ann (McGrew). It’s so comfortable. It’s a really good place for us to be.”

The participants love coming to the Mount, Webb said. One participant is Judy Mason, of Henderson, Ky.

Several attended a Working with Acid Dyes workshop and made dyed silk scarves in 2014.

Lower Left: Linda House and Jana Shultz weave shoe laces on Inkle looms during the May 2015 Yarn Spinners spring retreat.

Lower right: Ursuline Associate Brenda Semar prepares washed wool for batts to be spun on a wool carding machine during the May 2015 retreat weekend. Photos provided by Debbie Webb.

“The people and everything we do keeps me coming back,” Mason said. “We have broadened our horizons in so many directions since I began.

When I started I knitted and was a beginning spinner. Now we’ve gotten into dying wool, weaving and rug hooking.”

Mason has been coming for about six years, and is unhappy if she has to miss a Yarn Spinning weekend.

“It’s a joy to go there. It’s just a bunch of like-minded women who love doing anything fiber related,” Mason said. “You can come and do whatever you do, and be supported by your friends. And we do a great thing for the sisters.”

Mason is not Catholic and said she wasn’t very spiritual before joining the Yarn Spinners. “I’m still not Catholic, but I do go to church and consider myself a faithful Christian woman,” Mason said. “Part of that is the influence of Debbie and other Catholic women in the group, and how strong their faith is.”

The Retreat Center is a perfect place for the Yarn Spinners to gather, Webb said.

“The price is really reasonable, it’s a very good environment,” Webb said. “The conference rooms are perfect. They bring in the rocking chairs for us and we spread out all over the place. The food is good. Anything we need, they try to get it for us. People really care about you, they want to take care of you. It’s part of the welcoming spirituality.”

There are five Yarn Spinning weekends scheduled in 2016: Jan. 8-10, March 4-6, June 3-5, Aug. 26-28 and Nov. 4-6. The cost depends on how many nights and meals are included. Those interested can contact Kathy McCarty at kathy.mccarty@maplemount.org or (270) 229-0206.

Webb continues to have ready access to fresh wool at her home.

“I have nine sheep, an angora goat, a llama and an alpaca as my fiber animals,” she said. “We call them the Spinners Flock.” n 2016 Yarn Spinners Weekends: Jan. 8-10, March 4-6, June 3-5, Aug. 26-28, Nov. 4-6. Contact Kathy McCarty: 270-229-0206

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Not Really Retired...

Sister Joseph Angela “in the know” as daily annalist

By Dan Heckel, Mount Saint Joseph Staff Sister Joseph Angela As chancellor of the Diocese Boone stands in front of Owensboro, Ky., from 1989of the daily annals of 2011, Sister Joseph Angela the Ursuline Sisters Boone was recognized as being that are kept in the the best source for just about community archives. anything anyone wanted to Annals are available know. back to the early 20th century, before 1912 Even though she is now when the Ursuline retired at the Motherhouse in Sisters of Mount Maple Mount, she still gets calls Saint Joseph became from the diocesan staff, most of an independent which begin with, “Where do I community. go to find out … ?”

“I miss that role,” she said.

“You could go home at 5 o’clock and the rest of the day was different.” There’s no end of shift for sisters at the Motherhouse … and as Sister Joseph Angela has learned, no retirement either.

Since moving to the Mount from Owensboro in June 2014, Sister Joseph Angela – known as “J.A.” to her friends – has served as the daily annalist. It’s her job to document significant events that happen each day at the Mount, a role that has persisted since the early 1900s, even before the Ursuline Sisters of Mount Saint Joseph became an independent community.

“When we have visitors on campus, I write down who they are and where they are from,” to add to the annals, Sister Joseph Angela said.

After she’d been doing the job for a while, she received a call from Huong Tran, who was part of a Vietnamese family who was sponsored by the Mount from 1975-85.

“She, her husband and her 13-year-old son came from California to visit,” Sister Joseph Angela said. They wanted to see where Huong worked while going to school. Sister Joseph Angela had previously turned in pictures she had of the family from the 1970s to the community archives.

After the family’s visit, she went to the archives to see what information was available on the family, and found all that was present were her pictures.

“I went to the annals from 1975 and there was one

sentence on the Vietnamese family arriving. I wish the annalist had written more down,” she said. That was her first visit to the annals.

“When I was in the archives, I saw all these notebooks lined up from the 1900s,” she said. “I find the history of the community fascinating.”

Sister Joseph Angela is a native of New Haven, Ky., and was taught

by Ursuline Sisters in grade school and high school. Among her large family were two siblings who were Ursulines, Sisters Aloise and Mary Regina, now deceased. This is her 68th year as an Ursuline.

She may be most known among the public for her many years serving the diocese, and among her religious community for the 19 years (1970-89) that she spent as treasurer and business administrator for the Ursuline Sisters. But she said one of her favorite ministries was the eight years she taught math at Brescia College, now University (1963-70.)

“I had been teaching seventh and eighth graders, but I had finished my master’s degree at Catholic University of America,” to qualify her as a college math professor, she said. “In my first class at Brescia, the students didn’t seem the least bit interested in what I was saying. I had backto-back classes, and after the second class, the registrar said, ‘What are you doing to these kids? They all want to withdraw immediately.’” That’s when she decided to proceed more slowly.

Among her many honors, Sister Joseph Angela is a Distinguished Alumna of Brescia University. In 2014, a new lodge at Gasper River Catholic Youth Camp and Retreat Center was named “Boone Lodge” in her honor, recognizing her as a co-founder of this camp near Bowling Green, Ky. Those who want to write to Sister Joseph Angela can do so at 8001 Cummings Road, Maple Mount, KY 42356.

In the joy of eternal life Sister Mary Rita Lavigne, 93, died Sept. 17, 2015, in Owensboro, in her 62nd year of religious life. A native of Topeka, Kan., she enjoyed playing the piano by ear. Sister Rita was an Ursuline Sister of Paola, Kan., prior to that community’s 2008 merger with the Ursulines of Mount Saint Joseph. She was a teacher in Kansas, using her acumen for business to help her students. From 1969-87, Sister Rita was business administrator for the Lakemary Center in Paola, which serves adults and children with developmental disabilities. Sister Rita moved to Maple Mount on June 1, 2009, and served in the community archives until her death. Survivors include a brother, Harry Lavigne of Des Moines, Iowa, nieces and nephews, and the members of her religious community. The funeral Mass was Sept. 21, with burial in the convent cemetery. Donations in memory of Sister Rita can be made to the Ursuline Sisters, 8001 Cummings Road, Maple Mount, KY 42356.

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Soli Deo Gloria:

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

The Archivists of Congregations of Women Religious (ACWR), which commemorates its 25th anniversary this year, recognized Sister Emma Cecilia Busam as a founding member during its Triennial Meeting Aug. 29 in Pittsburgh.

Sister Emma Cecilia founded the modern archive for the Ursuline Sisters of Mount Sister Emma Cecilia Saint Joseph in 1983, following Busam working in a 38-year career as a teacher archives at the Diocese and principal. In 1991, she also of Owensboro in 2009 became the archivist for the Diocese of Owensboro, Ky., creating its first archive as well. She continued in the dual role until 2001, when she devoted her full attention to the diocesan archives.

In 1983 she began her affiliation with the Society of American Archivists. It was during an SAA meeting that the idea of forming an archives association for women religious began. Sister Emma Cecilia became one of five founding members of ACWR when it was established in 1990. She served as president of the group from 1995-98. Sister Emma Cecilia continues to volunteer with other sisters in the Mount archives.

Sister Larraine Lauter was honored by her alma mater, Brescia University in Owensboro, Ky., with the university’s top honor, the Distinguished Alumni Award, during a ceremony Sept. 19.

Sister Larraine graduated from Brescia in 1987 with a double major in fine arts and education. She serves as Sister Larraine accepts her Distinguished Alumni executive director of Water award from Brescia With Blessings, a nonprofit University President organization that trains Father Larry Hostetter. mothers in 30 impoverished countries to know how to filter drinking water for their small communities. Sister Larraine became the seventh Ursuline Sister of Mount Saint Joseph to receive the prestigious award, joining Sisters Vivian Bowles, Ruth Gehres, Michele Morek, Joseph Angela Boone, Rose Marita O’Bryan and Dianna Ortiz. “My studies at Brescia prepared me for whatever door God would open next. I learned the values and skills of persistent creativity, the critical perspective of others, historical context, a basic working knowledge of a wide variety of subjects ...

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and most importantly, a solid spiritual foundation for all,” Sister Larraine said in her acceptance speech.

Sister Annalita Lancaster, who died Dec. 9, 2014, was honored on Aug. 29 by her former students in the small central Kentucky town of Clementsville. Here Sister Sister Annalita’s pine Annalita served as teacher, grove in Clementsville, Ky. principal and organist from 1958-65 at St. Bernard High School. During those years, Kentucky increased its course requirements for a high school diploma, so St. Bernard suddenly needed more classes and more books. As principal, Sister Annalita knew that what the students really needed were marketable skills, such as typing and bookkeeping, but the equipment was expensive. To overcome this obstacle, she worked with the National Forestry Service to plant 500 pine trees, earning a dollar for each tree planted. The money from the trees, together with the proceeds from a few pigs and bales of hay, provided St. Bernard with its new courses and technology. And the baby pine forest still flourishes today. Her former students never forgot how her ingenuity helped further their careers. On Aug. 29, a plaque was unveiled on the former school building (now the parish hall). It reads: “We, the former students of St. Bernard School, honor Sr. Annalita Lancaster, OSU (1958-1965). To whom we owe our greatest achievements in life as a result of her teaching. She was the mastermind behind the planting of the beautiful pine forest on the hill above our school. She instilled in us faith in God and ourselves. Fondly remembered, with deep gratitude.”

Sister Pam Mueller, director of campus ministry at Brescia University since 2005, has been nationally certified by the Catholic Campus Ministry Association in the name of the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops Subcommittee on Certification for Ecclesial Ministry Sister Pam and Service. Prerequisites included an advanced degree beyond a bachelor’s; 18 graduate credit hours in theology, religious studies or pastoral ministry from an accredited college or university; ecclesial endorsement from her congregational leader; documentation of professional competency from supervised practicum, and from three people at Brescia; a self-reflection paper and an interview by three certified campus ministers. The process was finalized in October.

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If you could help support the Ursuline Sisters at no cost to you, wouldn’t you do it?

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The Amazon Smile Foundation will donate 0.5 percent of the purchase price from eligible purchases normally made on amazon.com to the Ursuline Sisters, at no cost to the shopper.

• Rather than logging into amazon.com, enter smile.amazon.com. After you sign into your Amazon account, it will ask you to select a charity to receive rewards. Go to the box below and type “Ursuline Sisters of Mount Saint Joseph” and click “select.” Now every purchase you make on Amazon will result in 0.5 percent of the proceeds being returned to support the Ursuline Sisters.

• After signing up, if you go to amazon.com in the future, it will remind you to go to smile.amazon.com to take part in the Amazon Smile program. You should see a notification at the top of the page that says “Supporting: Ursuline Sisters of Mount Saint Joseph.”

Thank you for taking this simple step to assist in supporting the ministries of the Ursuline Sisters.

Your Kroger shopping can benefit the Ursuline Sisters The Ursuline Sisters of Mount Saint Joseph have joined the Kroger COMMUNITY REWARDS PROGRAM. You can help us out financially by following these instructions: • Register online at krogercommunityrewards.com. Click on Sign In/Register. Most participants are new online customers, so they must click on SIGN UP TODAY in the ‘New Customer?’ box.

• Sign up for a Kroger Rewards Account by entering zip code, clicking on favorite store, entering your email address and creating a password and agreeing to the terms and conditions. You will then get a message to check your email inbox. Click on the link within the body of the email. Click on My Account and use your email address and password to proceed to the next step.

• Click on Edit Kroger Community Rewards information and input your Kroger Plus card number. Update or confirm your information. Enter NPO number or name of organization, select organization from list and click on confirm.

The NPO for the Ursuline Sisters of Mount Saint Joseph is 27203.

• Do you use your phone number at the register? Call 800-576-4377 and select option 4 to get your Kroger Plus card number. Members must swipe their registered Kroger Plus card or use the phone number that is related to their registered Kroger Plus card when shopping for each purchase to count. If you do not yet have a Kroger Plus card, they are available at the customer service desk at any Kroger. Note: Shopping at Kroger’s other stores listed on the back of the card also counts.

Dear Donors and Friends, Each year at this time we remember the wonderful people who have supported our mission during the past year. Each year we marvel at the tremendous blessings we receive from so many of you.

You share your time with us at the picnic, donate gifts for the sisters in the Villa, and support our ministry with your monetary gifts. We could not do what we do without your help.

The main story in this issue talks about the United Nations Sustainable Goals for the next 15 years. It gives you information about these goals. It tells you some of the places where we work and how we are trying to fulfill our mission. Many of our sisters work in areas where poverty and hunger are still prevalent. We believe our mission of education and Christian formation fits perfectly with these goals. It is through education that people become more able to take care of themselves and their families and it is through Christian formation that they learn about their Creator.

When Pope Francis was here in the United States in

September, he showed us many ways to recognize the worth and goodness of all of our brothers and sisters.

As we begin the Year of Mercy on Dec. 8, we want to continue to be doers of the call of Jesus to serve the poor and continue to empower women and men to become the best they can be.

I am not going to repeat all the information about the places we serve. I am simply going to say thank you for helping us as we continue to work in these places of need.

Your generosity has helped us in so many ways over the years. We pray for you every day and ask God to bless you and those you love.

We hope you have a blessed Advent and Christmas season.

Sister Amelia Stenger, OSU

Director of Development Urusline Sisters of Mount Saint Joseph P.S. Thank you for your gifts of the past year. The following pages of names represent those who donated during our last fiscal year (July 1, 2014 to June 30, 2015).

If any information is incorrect or your name is not listed we are truly sorry. Please call 270-229-2008 or email Sister Amelia at amelia.stenger@maplemount.org and we will correct it.

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Saint Angela Merici Heritage Society We are deeply grateful to these persons who, in life or in death, have named our community as the recipient of a planned gift. These generous benefactors of bequests, annuities or estate gifts are signs of faithful stewardship, providing for our mission into the future. Saint Angela Merici, bless them with prayers, as we pledge our own.

Anonymous (8) Joe PaulU and Kay Buckman Rev. Bernard Leo Craycroft Rev. John Deatrick Velma and John Dees Catherine Barbara Edelen Louise Fowler Gaddie, A45 Jacinta Garinger, A47 Wayne and Suzanne Gibbons José Gomez Carl and Mollie Greenwell Msgr. George H. Hancock Don Harmon Ann Hayes Melba Hightower-Smith Barbara Houk Deborah Pitts Joyce Mary Ann Kallross Harry Lavigne Helen and FreddieU LeBlanc BennettU and Mary Sue Ligon Dr. Francis Lonsway Rev. Joseph A. Lyon Billy and Karla Mattingly Rev. Carl McCarthy

Founders...............$25,000+ Anonymous Sr. Vivian Marie Bowles, OSU, A57 Cyril L. Uhing Estate, Mr. Hubert C. Uhing

Benefactors...$10,000-24,999 Anonymous Genevieve Stelmach Mr. Mike Sullivan

Patrons..............$5,000-9,999 Anonymous Rev. John D. Deatrick Greater Kansas City Community Foundation, Dr. and Mrs. David S. Zamierowski Mr. Edward F. Hayden Jr. Mr. Michael E. Horn Mr. and Mrs. Gregory T. Lang

Investors...........$2,500-4,999 Anonymous (3) Rev. Bernard Leo Craycroft Don Moore Automotive Rev. Ray Goetz Michael E. Horn Family Foundation, Inc., Mrs. Kathryn W. Crowe Maxine Ann Staley Fund, Maxine Ann StaleyU

Providers...........$1,000-2,499 Mr. and Mrs. Donald L. Arth Mrs. Lena Aull The Basilica of St. Joseph Parish Mr. Richard G. Blond Mr. and Mrs. Richard Boeckmann Sr. Mr. and Mrs. George Briel Mr. Bernard E. Brown Catholic Diocese of Lexington Bev Clemens Ms. D. Susan DeHart Ms. Rebecca J. Donahue Mr. Kevin A. Dunn Mr. and Mrs. Jeffrey Ebelhar

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Robert Mace Romano Mazzoli Jeanne Meeks Ruth Metschuleit Rev. Joe Mills Cletus and Dee Oberst Rose Olinger Carol O’Keefe Hughleen A45 and Kelly Riney Susan J. Scott Karen Siciliano Mary Ann Smith Mary C. Thompson, A61 Barbara and Bertrand Trompeter Mary Ziegler

Bequests

Anonymous Estate of Jane Fulton, Ms. Jane FultonU Mrs. Adele Y. Lohman A42U HenryU and Dody PayneU JoeU and SueU Riney A42 Rev. C. Phillip RineyU Maxine Ann Staley Fund | Maxine Ann StaleyU Mary Fiorini Mr. and Mrs. Thomas B. Fiorini Jayne and George Flynn Mr. and Mrs. Vince Frey Ms. Jacinta C. Garinger, A47 Jack and LaVerne Genetti Mr. Bill R. Hampton Sr. M. Clarentia Hutchins, OSUU Mr. and Mrs. Bryce J. Jones Ms. Carolyn Larocco Ms. Jill Luckett Mr. Romano L. Mazzoli Mr. Gene J. Meyer Mr. David Mudd Leroy and Ann Mudd James Nalley, M.D. Mr. and Mrs. John Newcomb Sr. Rose Jean Powers, OSU, A61 Sr. Clara Reid, OSU Mr. and Mrs. Brad Rives Mr. Thomas Scofield Mr. and Mrs. Eric A. Shrader Mr. and Mrs. William Spalding Swift Family Trust, Mr. Thomas Swift Mr. and Mrs. William Swinford Mr. and Mrs. Bertrand Trompeter Mr. and Mrs. John Wimsatt Mr. and Mrs. John Wright Sr.

Sponsors...............$500-999 Barbara Jean Allen Alles Brothers Furniture Co., Inc., Mr. Herman Alles Mr. and Mrs. Jerry D. Altman Janet M. Baker and Robert Todd Barret-Fisher Co. Inc., Mr. Jess and Mark Mattingly Mr. and Mrs. Robert J. Beam Mr. and Mrs. Marvin L. Boling Mr. and Mrs. David P. Bollone Philip and Karie Cecil Mrs. Gayle Chin Mr. and Mrs. Richard Conn Mrs. Betty Constantine, A53 Dawson Springs Rotary Club, Mr. Paul Hooks Mr. and Mrs. William B. Dougherty Mr. and Mrs. James D. Egger Estate of Jane Fulton, Ms. Jane Fulton Karen and Tom Goebel Mr. and Mrs. Dan J. Haake Mr. and Mrs. Joe Allan Hancock

A bequest is the most traditional way to provide significant help to the Ursuline Sisters. With a gift through your will or living trust, you retain full use of the gift property during your lifetime.

Dr. and Mrs. Christopher Havelda Rose M. Hayden and Meichele A. Foster Mr. and Mrs. Hugh Higdon Ms. Cynthia M. Higgins Mr. and Mrs. George Horishny Ms. Eloise Hughes Mr. Peter W. Hyde Mrs. Aurelia Inkret Ms. Donna Jordan Ms. Mary Anne Kevil, A58 Ms. Dorothy Klarer Mr. and Mrs. Frank J. Koehler Legacy Contractors, LLC, Mr. Robert George Mr. Michael Lemm Ms. Nancy E. Mantovani Sylvia McCauley, A66 Mr. and Mrs. James Meyer Miami County Community Foundation, Sr. Sharon Miller, GHMS Mount Saint Joseph Alumnae Mr. Alan Mullins Mrs. Delia Jean Murphy, A48 Mr. and Mrs. Rick Osborne Mr. and Mrs. Benjamin L. Peine Mr. John M. Pfannes Mr. and Mrs. Ronald C. Platt Mr. and Mrs. Burnett W. Porter Jr. Mr. and Mrs. Merwin J. Ray Mrs. Susan Reiss Mrs. Suzanne E. Reiss Mr. and Mrs. Richard Salsman Dr. and Mrs. Mike Scherm Mr. Juergen Schindler Mr. Gregory A. Shondell Mr. and Mrs. Steven R. Sickinger Mr. and Mrs. Donald E. Skeeters Mr. and Mrs. Daniel W. Smith St. Jude’s Church State Farm Insurance | Ms. Paula Hayden, Agent Mrs. Susan Ann Struna, A66 Amy Tanner Ms. Mary C. Thompson Mr. and Mrs. William Ulrich

Supporters............$250-499 Mr. and Mrs. John Allen Monica Armstrong and Donald Kapa Mr. and Mrs. Michael G. Bansley Mr. and Mrs. Steve Bestgen Big Rivers Electric, Mr. Marty Littrel Mr. Donald Bittel Ms. Josephine Browning Mr. and Mrs. Paul M. Burger Kristy M. Calaway Mr. James J. Casaert Mr. and Mrs. Edward Cecil Mr. and Mrs. Mario D. Chavez Mr. Dwayne Clemons Lillian A. Cloughley Mrs. Winnie Cohron, A69 Mr. and Mrs. Larry G. Conrad Mr. and Mrs. Joe Cruz Mrs. Kathleen Daugherty Mrs. Judith Donley, A65 Mr. and Mrs. Larry Edelen Ms. Janet Sue Evans Mr. and Mrs. Gary Freeman Dolores Furtado Mr. John Gallo Mr. and Mrs. Mark Gast Mr. and Mrs. Larry Giesler Mr. and Mrs. Thomas H. Gipe Mr. Robert F. Gonsalves Mr. and Mrs. Lawrence J. Guenther Mrs. Linda Gustin Mr. and Mrs. Philip R. Haire Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Hancock Mr. and Mrs. Charles P. Hatton Mr. Don Hazlett Mr. William D. Heinzig Mr. and Mrs. Steve L. Hobbs Ms. Joan Horan

Mr. and Mrs. Mark Hubbard Mr. and Mrs. Dennis Johnson Mr. E. Louis Johnson Mr. and Mrs. Neil J. Kallman Kappa Delta Phi, Ms. Mary Kay Bell Mr. and Mrs. William H. Kastens Mr. and Mrs. Harry J. Lavigne Mr. Steve Lawhorn Mr. and Mrs. Raymond L. Lindle Dr. Ingryd Lorenzana, A85 Ms. Sarah Jane Lynch Mr. Timothy B. Mahoney Mr. Joseph C. Malone Ms. Anna C. Mattingly, A66 Bishop-Emeritus John J. McRaith Mr. and Mrs. John P. Mesnier Ms. Lola M. Miles Rob and April Mitchell Steve and Becky Morris, A71 Mr. and Mrs. Jack R. Neal Mrs. Carol A. O’Keefe Mr. and Mrs. Kenny Pierson Ms. M. Pauline Posey Mr. and Mrs. William A. Powell RBS Design Group Mr. and Mrs. Greg L. Reis Mr. and Mrs. Leo Rieke Mr. William B. Riney Marianna Robinson, A60 Rusher Construction Co., Inc., Mr. and Mrs. Danny Thomas Mr. and Mrs. John A. Semar Dr. and Mrs. Thomas P. Shortell D.D.S. Mr. and Mrs. Philip M. Skees Rev. J. Roy Stiles Mr. and Mrs. Stephen E. Summers Sr. Grace Swift, OSU Ms. Ann Teaff The Belles of Saint Rita Mr. and Mrs. James D. Weafer Mr. and Mrs. Charles K. Whelan Dennis W Whitaker Mr. and Mrs. Bob Whiting Mrs. Kay Whitt-Fecher Ms. Terri Wick Mr. and Mrs. William R. Willhaus Mr. and Mrs. Gene Wink Mr. and Mrs. (Kathy A70) Harold Young

Contributors.......$100-249 Anonymous Ms. Jennifer Alexander Jim and Peggy Alvey Robert and Mary Ann Alvey Mrs. Cornelia S. Anderson Ms. Cecilia Arbuckle Ms. Marlene G. Bachrach Mr. and Mrs. Richard Baldwin Nancy and Catherine Balint Mr. and Mrs. Charles W. Ballard Ms. Barbara Bath Mr. and Mrs. Stan Bechtold Mr. and Mrs. Nels Becker Mr. and Mrs. Randy Belcher Ms. Mary Rita Benson Mr. and Mrs. Stephen C. Berry Mr. and Mrs. Michael T. Beville Mr. and Mrs. Jerry F. (Alice A68) Biscopink Mrs. Rita Thompson Bland, A67 Mr. and Mrs. Doug L. Bone Betty A. Booker Mr. and Mrs. Stephen D. Boone Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Boone Mr. and Mrs. Michael E. Boone Ms. Sharon Boone Mr. and Mrs. Richard Booth Mr. and Mrs. Bryan Borders Mr. and Mrs. Doug Borders Mr. and Mrs. Al E. Bowling Mrs. Sarah M. Bowling Mr. and Mrs. Thomas P. Brady Mr. and Mrs. Edwin J. (Phyllis A66) Bresnik Brad and Jenny Buell Mr. James E. Burke

Mr. and Mrs. Michael W. Burke Mr. and Mrs. Tony Butel Mr. and Mrs. Leonard Byrne Mr. and Mrs. Bob Carper Carpet One Floor and Home, Mr. Mark Hayden Mr. and Mrs. Bob (Ann A62) Caspar Ms. Carolyn Sue Cecil, A73 Mr. and Mrs. Gene Cecil Mr. Thomas Cecil Jr. Patricia Centner, OSF Ms. Margaret Cimeley Mr. and Mrs. Don Cinnamond Mr. Don Clements Cliff Hagan Boys & Girls Club, Inc., Mr. and Mrs. Gary Clifton Mr. and Mrs. Michael J. Collins Commercial Service of Perry, Inc., Mr. Carl Stukenholtz Ms. Ellen Mary Condry Ms. Beth Corbett Mr. and Mrs. Michael R. Corbett Ms. Mary M. Costello, A65 Catherine A. Cox Ms. Carol A. Coyle Rev. J. Kenneth Criqui Ms. Betty C. Culver Patricia A. Cunningham Ms. Mary T. Danhauer, A71 Mrs. Anita M. Davis Mr. and Mrs. Larry C. Day Ms. Dorothy Denniston, A65 Candace Depp Mr. and Mrs. Donald R. Dickens Ms. Cathy Dirnbeck Mr. Richard L. Dixon Ms. Jeanne Dody Ms. Julia Barrett Duck Mr. and Mrs. Lawrence Durbin Mr. and Mrs. Rick Ebelhar Ebelhar Whitehead PLLC Ms. Bobbie Edds Mr. and Mrs. James J. Eddy Chester and Kay Edwards Ms. Diane M. Erickson Catherine J. Evans Clara Mae Evrard Dr. and Mrs. Con J. Fecher Jr. Mr. and Mrs. Kermit J. Fendler Mr. and Mrs. Bryan Ferguson Mark and Andrea Fitzmaurice Mr. Tom Folz Mr. and Mrs. Reyburn W. Ford Ms. Martha Ford Mr. Ronald E. Franzen Mary Catherine Fries Dr. Martha Bickett Frost, A67 Mrs. Louise Fowler Gaddie, A45 Mr. James V. Gahlinger Robert and Maria Galles Ann Gibbs Mr. and Mrs. Robert J. Gilles Ms. Betty Girten Mr. and Mrs. John J. Gladbach Glenmary Home Missions Fr. David J. Glockner Mr. and Mrs. Paul Goebel Mr. Leonard Golembiewski Mrs. Mary B. Gossett Mrs. Sue Gough Rev. Joseph T. Graffis Mr. Dale Gray Mr. and Mrs. Paul Gray Mr. and Mrs. Larry Gray Mr. and Mrs. Carl Greenwell Mr. and Mrs. Donald L. Greer Mr. and Mrs. Gerald L. Griffin Mrs. Mary C. Hale Troy and Carolyn Haleman Mr. Jack D. Hamilton Ms. Violet Hamilton, A54 Jean and Rodney Hannes Mr. and Mrs. Paul R. Hargrove Mr. and Mrs. Dennis J. Harris Ms. Karen Hayden, A69 Mrs. Mary Louise Hayden Mr. and Mrs. Patrick Hayden Mr. and Mrs. William Hayden Jr. Dan and Sherri Heckel Mrs. Mary E. Heininger

Phyllis and Daryl Henry Mr. and Mrs. Dale Hermreck Mr. and Mrs. Anthony E. Higdon Mrs. Carol Hill Mr. and Mrs. Martin A. Hill Mrs. Leona Himmelspach Mr. and Mrs. John Hobbs Mr. and Mrs. James Hobbs Mr. Alfred R. Hoedl Mr. and Mrs. Daniel P. Hogan Mrs. Emily H. Holloway Doug and Dorothy Hood Ms. Martha House Mr. Jim Howard Mr. and Mrs. Robert C. Howard Ms. Margaret B. Huston Immaculate Conception Cathedral School Mr. and Mrs. John R. Johannes Mr. and Mrs. H. Dean Jones Mr. and Mrs. Hal Marshall Jones Mr. and Mrs. Anthony Kaelin Carol E. Kane Mrs. Catherine Keene Ms. Mary C. Keith Mr. Raymond Keller Mr. and Mrs. Mark A. Kemper Kristen Kienzle Mrs. Carol J. Kirby Carroll J. Kirwin Mr. William J. Klarer Mr. and Mrs. Michael A. Kleinman Knights of Columbus Council #4270 Mr. Martin E. Knott Mr. and Mrs. Robert Kobler Mr. and Mrs. Joseph J. Kolich Sr. Bernice and Mary Ann Kollros Ms. Mari Lynn Korte Mrs. Rosemary Kranz, A50 Ms. Sarah Kranz, A72 Mr. and Mrs. Clifford Kreifels Mr. Raymond Kress Lori Lampe Mr. John E. Latenser Mr. and Mrs. Timothy J. Lavigne Margaret B. Leibson Mr. and Mrs. Richard Lewis Mary Sue Ligon Mrs. Dotty Liles Rev. Daniel L. Lincoln Ms. Eileen Locke Mr. and Mrs. Joseph B. Loeffler Mr. Larry Lynch Jr. Mr. Robert J. Mace Jr. Mr. and Mrs. William E. Mann Ms. Ellen M. Marquart Mr. and Mrs. James W. Marshall Mr. and Mrs. Donald L. Marx Mrs. Sylvia Mattingly Ms. Joyce Mayeresky Mr. and Mrs. Wayne McAllister Mr. David L. and Mary Kay McCall Francis McCormick Ms. Teresa Anne McCowen Mr. and Mrs. Mike McCoy Mr. Joseph A. McLiney Mr. Steve McNamara McRaith Catholic Center Mr. and Mrs. John Medley Jr. Rev. Joseph T. Merkt Mr. and Mrs. Charles Metzmeier Ms. Helen Miles Rev. Joseph Mills Mr. and Mrs. Michael L. Mize Mr. and Mrs. Victor Monaco Mrs. Bernadette Ebelhar Monday, A77 Mr. and Mrs. Arnold Moody Mr. and Mrs. Ervin J. Moore Ms. Margaret Moorman Mr. Philip Morris Mr. Larry V. Muehlebach Marie C. Mueth Mr. Blake B. Mulvany Mr. and Mrs. Jeff Murphey Ms. Joy Navan Dan Naylor

Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Neal Mr. and Mrs. William F. Noel Jane and Ray Nugent William and Phyllis O’Dea Mr. and Mrs. Gerald M. Oakes Rev. Melanie M. Odom-Groh Mr. and Mrs. David Osborne Beverly Owen Mr. and Mrs. Lee A. Palmer Mr. and Mrs. Raymond E. Paul Mrs. Dorothy Payne, A51 Mr. Henry David Payne III Mr. and Mrs. James F. Peak Mr. and Mrs. David F. Peake Mr. and Mrs. Stephen G. Pello Mrs. Linda Pennington Thuy V. Pham Yvonne Plier Mr. and Mrs. Mike Pontarolo Walter Pudlo Ms. Madelyn Raska Ms. Shirley Raymond Mrs. Cathy Reese Mr. and Mrs. John Reiss Mr. and Mrs. T. Edward (Mary A66)Riney Rev. W. Jerry Riney Mrs. Alice Roberts, A65 Mrs. Jerryon Roberts, A65 Mrs. Mary Ann Rockers Keith O. Rodolph Mr. Bob Rogers Mr. Joe F. Roop Mr. and Mrs. Brian E. Rosendale Mr. and Mrs. William A. Russell Jr. Ms. Barbara Jane Ryan Mrs. Susan F. Ryan Saint Mary Parish, Rev. Robert Drury Saint Stephen Parish, Rev. Babu Kulathumkal Joseph, HGN Mr. and Mrs. H. Gary Satterwhite Rev. Paul A. Scaglione Leo Schammel Ms. Mary Ann Schilling Mr. and Mrs. Stephen R. Schlicher Bonnie R. Segers Helen D. Senn Mr. and Mrs. Mike Shay Shoe Stop Rev. Martin Siebenaler Mr. and Mrs. John A. Silady Mr. and Mrs. Joseph A. Sipes Sisters of Charity of Leavenworth, Sr. Maureen Hall Mrs. Betty Skimehorn Mr. and Mrs. John J. Slattery Mr. and Mrs. Thomas M. Smith Mr. and Mrs. John T. Spies Mr. and Mrs. Richard A. Spraley St. Joseph Church, Rev. Mark Franklin St. Patrick Altar & Rosary Society Mr. and Mrs. Robert J. Steiert Vicki and Jack Stogsdill William B. Sturgis Mr. and Mrs. Ron Sullivan Carolyn and Paul Tapp Mr. and Mrs. Waitman Taylor Jr. Ms. Joan Teder Rev. Theodore G. Tempel Mr. and Mrs. Louis R. Thomas Ms. Lisa Thompson Ms. Mary Ann Thompson Mrs. Monica L. Thompson, A71 Mrs. Teresa B. Thompson Mr. and Mrs. Francis H. (Dolores C50) Thomson Ms. Sharon E. Tiahrt U.S. Bankruptcy Court, Mr. Dustin Albright Mr. and Mrs. Richard F. Ubert Ms. Katherine P. Van Hooser Mr. and Mrs. Otis Vance Rev. Dennis Voss Mr. and Mrs. Steve Walker Ms. Rita Mae Ward Mr. and Mrs. Gerald R. Waris Mr. and Mrs. Thomas L. Waris

Please note that this list of names includes those who donated to Mount Saint Joseph Conference and Retreat Center, the Guest House, the retired sisters and Casa Ursulina in Chile.

Ms. Stephanie Warren, A73, and Sue Batman Mary Jo Wathen Wea Altar Society - Holy Rosary Church J. Michael Weaver Mr. and Mrs. Vince Weiss Mr. and Mrs. Thomas E. Wheatley Mr. and Mrs. Donald Whelan Ms. Mary White Mr. and Mrs. Tom Whitsett Ms. Carrie Wieder John A. and Patricia C. Williams Mr. and Mrs. Peter J. Wilson Rita Winkelmann Alice Wondra Mr. and Mrs. John M. Wood Kathleen M. Wood Mr. and Mrs. Bill Wright Mr. and Mrs. Lester P. Wuertz Mary Yaeger Mr. and Mrs. Robert M. Yoksh Mr. Joseph R. Young Ms. Mary E. Ziegler

Friends........................$1-99 Mr. and Mrs. Anthony Abang Mr. and Mrs. James H. Abell Mrs. Joan Abell Acme Plumbing, Heating & Cooling Co., Inc., Mr. and Mrs. Al Mattingly George and Betty Allard Ms. Martha Alle Mr. and Mrs. George P. Alleven Mr. Leon Alvey Mr. and Mrs. Perry Alvey Mr. Sam S. Alvey Mr. and Mrs. Charles J. Amback Ms. Alice Gray Amick Mr. and Mrs. Frank Anasti Mr. Jeffrey L. Antle Mr. and Mrs. Peter X. Armendarez Gail Ashlock Mr. and Mrs. Chad R. Aull Mr. and Mrs. Ruben Avila Mr. and Mrs. Kenneth E. Aylor Mr. Paul R. Bachi Mrs. Ada Bader Retha M. Baize Sr. Sharen Baldy Mr. and Mrs. James R. Ballard Mrs. Marianna B. Barber Mr. Philip W. Barber DMD Mr. and Mrs. Gary Bartley Carol and Dave Bauer Mr. and Mrs. Harry E. Baumgarten Jr. Mrs. Martha Blakeney Baumgarten, C49 Mr. and Mrs. Thomas E. Bax Mrs. Carolyn Graves Beam, A70 Doug and Tammie Beasley Frances Beaudry Mrs. Mary Becker Mr. Joseph E. Belden Mr. and Mrs. David F. Bell Mr. Ronald Benich and Ms. Suzanne Rossi Mr. and Mrs. Benny E. Bennett Mr. and Mrs. Michael Bennett Mrs. Marian Bennett Mr. and Mrs. Mark A. Benton Ms. Barbara Berger Mrs. Mary Berger, A55 Mr. and Mrs. A. Joseph Besendorf Mrs. Alvin Bickett Mr. and Mrs. E. M. Bidwell Sr. Mr. Robert K. Bland Mrs. Monica Murphy Blandford, A61 Ms. Carolyn Blanford Mr. and Mrs. James L. Blundell Ms. Ginger D. Boehm Col. and Mrs. Michael Boldrick Mr. and Mrs. John W. Bonella Mr. and Mrs. Pete Bono Claudette E. Borchers and Geoffry W. Hetley Ms. Christel G. Bouldin Lisa and Dale Boulier Mr. and Mrs. Joe Fred Bowling Mr. Edward M. Boyle

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Mr. and Mrs. Nick Brake Mr. James M. Brennan Mr. and Mrs. James R. Brey Col. Garnett C. Brown Jr. Mr. and Mrs. John R. Brown Mr. and Mrs. Joseph S. Brown Mr. Gerald Browning Ms. Kathy Browning Ms. Gertrude Brumleve, A54 Ms. Janice L. Brungardt Mr. and Mrs. Lawrence F. Buccero Mrs. Janiece S. Buchanan Mr. and Mrs. William (Sally A64) Buford Mr. and Mrs. Anthony C. Bullock Mrs. Rita E. Burges Sr. Elaine Burke, OSU, A49 Mr. and Mrs. Jesse C. Busick Mr. and Mrs. Francis J. Butel Mr. and Mrs. Tony Byrne Mr. and Mrs. J. L. Byrne Mr. and Mrs. Michael P. Byrne Mrs. Carole M. Cada Mr. and Mrs. William Cahoe Laurie Calaway Ms. Mary Ann Calhoun Mr. and Mrs. Benson W. Campbell Lillian Carney Mr. and Mrs. Robert L. Carroll Mr. and Mrs. James R. Cash Ms. Violet L. Cassidy Mr. and Mrs. Joseph L. Castanos Sr. Lucia Castellini Mr. and Mrs. Joseph W. Castlen Mr. and Mrs. Eugene H. Caylor Mr. Dale Cecil Mr. and Mrs. Donald L. Cecil Mr. John Cecil Mary Ruth Cecil, A51 Mrs. Rose Therese Cecil, A44 Mr. and Mrs. Stephen R. Cecil Dr. and Mrs. Herbert Chaney Ms. Dora Rose Chavez Christ the King, Rev. John R. Vaughan Mr. and Mrs. Bobby J. Christian City of Overland Park, Kansas, David L. Goetsch, Supervisor, Parks Maintenance Ms. Margaret Clabaugh Cindy Clark Mrs. Kay Drury Clark, A75 Ms. Modesta Clark, A61 Mr. and Mrs. George Clary III Ms. Margaret R. Cochran Edna Mae Cogswell and Michael J. Carsten Jr. Ms. Kathy Cola Mr. and Mrs. George C. Cole Mr. and Mrs. Guy F. Connor Jr. Mr. and Mrs. Paul Coomes Mr. and Mrs. Paul Coomes Mr. and Mrs. George Cooper Mr. and Mrs. Anthony Cox Ms. Sue H. Crabtree Ms. Isabel Crenshaw Mrs. Marcella Critchelow Mr. and Mrs. Paul Cunningham Mrs. Carolyn Marie Curran Mr. and Mrs. Barry D. Curry DMD Mr. and Mrs. Stephen E. Daming Mr. and Mrs. John L. Davenport Margaret E. Davis Delores E. Day Mr. and Mrs. Michael Dearing Mr. and Mrs. Robert H. Deibel Mr. and Mrs. Richard C. Deitchman Mr. and Mrs. Clemens L. Deken Mr. and Mrs. Paul Dentiste Jane and Larry Denton John and Lyndia Dew Virginia R. Dickerson Mr. and Mrs. Bruce Dickhaut Mr. Craig A. Digmann Mr. and Mrs. David Diver Mr. and Mrs. Warren R. Dougherty Judy Douglass Mrs. Youko Dowling Ms. Roberta J. Dreyer Ms. Mary Margaret Drury, A66 Mr. and Mrs. Ron Dugan Ms. Joni Dugan and Ms. JoAnne Somerville Mr. and Mrs. Robert B. Dugan

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Ms. Marcia S. Duke Mr. and Mrs. Wesley S. Duke Mr. and Mrs. Joe Dunbar Mr. and Mrs. Steven E. Duncan Sr. Catherine Durr Mr. Joseph Bueford Dyer Mr. Charles P. Easley Mr. and Mrs. Anthony Ebelhar Mr. and Mrs. Charles L. Ebelhar Mr. and Mrs. Michael J. Egan Mr. and Mrs. Edmund R. Eglinski Mr. and Mrs. Clarence E. Elder Mrs. Mary C. Elder Ms. Suzanne Elder Kelli Krill Elliott Ms. Betty Ellis Mrs. Lupe Ellis, A70 Mr. and Mrs. Jesse R. Emerson III Mr. and Mrs. Paul Enderle Deidre A. Engler, A81 Mr. and Mrs. Gary M. Estes Ms. Leslie M. Fansler Mr. and Mrs. John Feuerborn Mr. and Mrs. James R. Fiete Mrs. Betty Jean Filburn Mr. and Mrs. John W. Filburn Mr. and Mrs. Walter B. Finch Mrs. Ruth A. Finder Joe and Kathy Fink Mr. and Mrs. Sylvester Fischer Ms. Margaret Fitzgerald Sr. Angela Fitzpatrick, OSU Mr. and Mrs. Robert J. Flanagan Very Rev. Robert B. Flannery Mr. and Mrs. Ronald J. Flynn Charlotte and Rodney Ford Mr. and Mrs. William S. Foushee Mr. and Mrs. Louis J. Franke Elsie and William French Mr. and Mrs. John E. French Sr. Ms. Gertie Frey Mr. and Mrs. David Frickey Mr. and Mrs. Victor A. Fromm Hal F. Frum Mrs. Lee Furst Anna Gabriel Mr. and Mrs. David Gaddis Mr. Pat Gallagher Mary Garbach Eleanor Garcia Mary Garcia Ms. Georgia Gaskill Mrs. Marilyn A. Gault Mr. and Mrs. R. L. George Jr. Mrs. Jane Gerbitz Ms. Judith K. Gerling Mr. and Mrs. Robert Gibbons Mr. David A. Gibson Mrs. Vickie Bickett Gibson, A74 Mr. and Mrs. Robert Gilworth Mr. Frank Glazer Mr. and Mrs. Gene (Elaine A66) Glenn Mr. and Mrs. John Glenski Mr. James T. Glynn Ms. Suzanne Gochenouer Mrs. Mary Eulalia Goetz, A37 Msgr. Leo Gomez Ms. Sue Ann Goode Mr. and Mrs. Patrick T. Gorman Mr. and Mrs. Robert H. Graham Mr. and Mrs. H. Steve L. Gray Mr. and Mrs. Kevin L. Gray Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Green Mr. and Mrs. Jeff Greenstreet Joyce and Billy Greenwell Mr. and Mrs. Mark Greer Bernice M. Gregorio Ms. Sue Ann Grey Mr. and Mrs. Bill Griffith Mr. Harold Grimes Vincent and Deborah Grisanti Mr. and Mrs. Eugene J. Gruenenfelder Mr. and Mrs. Ronald Grundman Mr. and Mrs. John R. Guffey Mr. and Mrs. Anthony T. Guilfoyle Ms. Ellen C. Hagan Mr. and Mrs. George Hagan Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Leman Hagan Mr. and Mrs. Leo F. Halloran Mr. and Mrs. William D. Hamilton Ms. Betty Lou Hammargren

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If you did not receive an annual appeal letter in the mail, contact Sister Amelia Stenger at 270-229-2008 or amelia.stenger@ maplemount.org or go to this link: www.ursulinesmsj.org/news/annual-fund Barbara Handelman Rita Hanewinkel Mr. and Mrs. Daniel W. Haney Mr. and Mrs. John D. Hannah Ms. Ann Hardesty Arthur D. Hardin Mr. and Mrs. William Hardin Ms. Ann K. Hardman, A52 Mr. and Mrs. William C. Harlan Ms. Mary Jo Harmon Lois Jeanne Harris Mr. and Mrs. William C. Harrison Mr. and Mrs. John Hartlage Mr. Paul AS Harvey Mr. Frank C. Hauber Mr. and Mrs. Bob G. Hawley Mr. and Mrs. Thomas S. Haxton Mr. and Mrs. Henry E. Hayden Mr. and Mrs. David Lee Hayden George Hayden Mr. and Mrs. Matthew D. Hayden Mr. Robert L. Hayes Ms. Mary E. Hazzard Diane Head Ms. Mary Heberlie Mr. and Mrs. Jeffrey A. Hedges Ms. Marilyn Heffernan Mrs. Nancy Hendricks Mr. and Mrs. Ed Hendrickson Ms. Ruth S. Hendrickson Mr. Mike Henshaw Mrs. Delores A. Herrs Mr. and Mrs. Tom R. Herynk Mr. and Mrs. Thomas D. Hewlett H. F. Heying Jr. and Denise Heying Sandra R. Hick Ms. Laurie A. Hicks Mr. Raymond E. Hiersche Sr. Mr. and Mrs. Gerald M. Higdon Ola M. Higdon Ms. Christine Hilbush Mr. and Mrs. Marvin E. Hildebrand Mr. and Mrs. Stephen Hildenbrand Mr. and Mrs. Stephen P. Hines Elaine and Louis Hinton Mr. and Mrs. Joe Hobbs Beverly Hodge Mr.U and Mrs. Emil T. (Joan A54) Hofman Mr. Bill Holtz Mr. Paul Hooks Ms. Lucretia Hopkins Mr. and Mrs. William H. Hopkins Jr. Thomas Hosty Kathy and James Houlihan Mr. and Mrs. Ray Howa Mr. and Mrs. Charles F. Howard Mr. and Mrs. Anthony B. Howard Mr. Barry P. Howard Mr. Dan Howard Mr. and Mrs. Doug Howard Mrs. Mary C. Howe Mr. and Mrs. David Huber Henry Huckeby Ms. Phyllis C. Huggins Gerry Hulbert Mr. and Mrs. Tom Hunter Mary Kathryn Hutchison Ms. Susie L. Imel J & S Livestock, Mr. and Mrs. Thomas E. Wimsatt Mr. and Mrs. James Jackson Mr. and Mrs. Bryan Jacobs Mr. and Mrs. Louis H. James Ms. Esther P. Jansing Mr. and Mrs. Thomas R. Janssen Mr. and Mrs. Kelvin Jeffords Mr. and Mrs. John L. Jenkins Ms. Mary Ann Jobe Ms. Joan Jockell Minnie L. Johnson

Mr. and Mrs. Lawrence S. Johnston Mr. and Mrs. Pat D. Jones Mr. and Mrs. Bogdan J. Kaczmarek Mrs. Margaret Kaiser Chris and Jennifer Kaminski Mr. and Mrs. Ronnie Kamuf Mrs. Catherine E. Kane Terry Karnaze Mr. and Mrs. Damian J. Katzer Mr. and Mrs. Jimmy Keenan Kim Keenan Mr. William Leslie Keene Jr. Ms. Eileen Keitel Mr. and Mrs. Scott Keith Sr. Martha Keller, OSU Mrs. Mary C. Kelly Mr. and Mrs. Victor Kerperien Mr. and Mrs. Vincent Kieta Mr. Thurman R. King Loreen and Mike Kiskila Mr. and Mrs. Leonard J. Kladuson Mr. and Mrs. Edward F. Klein Mr. John C. Klein Mr. William R. Klump Mr. and Mrs. Paul W. Koehler Mr. and Mrs. Norm Koester Mr. and Mrs. Tom Kopper Mr. and Mrs. Kenneth S. Koscielny Mr. Nicholas S. Kramerich Helen Krivan Mr. and Mrs. Earl Kropp Mr.U and Mrs. G. (Dorothy A46) Krumpelman Mr. and Mrs. John J. Krzysztow Ms. Eileen Kuchar Mr. and Mrs. James L. Kuebler Mrs. Carol A. Kunkel Kuntry Kutter & Gift Shop, Carl and Brenda Millay Mr. and Mrs. Gilbert E. Kuntz Kurtz Auction & Realty Co., Mr. Bill Kurtz Mr. and Mrs. John M. Kurtz Mr. Paul Kurz Ms. Karen Lain Mr. and Mrs. Steven Lamble Ms. Ann Landini Ms. Frances S. Langley Mr. and Mrs. Carl A. LaSala Carole Lattus Ms. Mary Jo Lattus Mr. Fred Lauterwasser Mr. Joseph E. Lawler Mr. and Mrs. Terry Lawson Ms. Janelle Lazzo Ms. Lois T. Leake Ms. Barbara Lechner Ms. Jacqueline Evans Lee Sherry Lee Mr. and Mrs. Glenn A. Leintz Rev. John Lesousky Mr. and Mrs. Matthew A. Lester Ms. Patricia A. Lewis Mr. and Mrs. Stanley Lewis Mr. and Mrs. Lawrence S. Libbert Ms. Judith A. Lish Ms. Darlene Livers Mr. and Mrs. Donald E. Lloyd Mrs. Mary Loehr Mr. and Mrs. George M. Long Mr. and Mrs. Frank Longmore Dr. Francis A. (Pauline A42U) Lonsway Mr. and Mrs. Alfred W. Love Dr. Michael B. Lubbers Rev. James Ludwikoski Mr. Donald E. Lueke Ms. Maria K. Lui Ms. Shannon Luttrell Mr. Jason Lyddane Mr. and Mrs. Michael J. Madrigal Mr. and Mrs. Gerald R. Magliano Mary Magner

Dr. Michael J. Maher Jr. Ms. Pam Malast Ms. Mary Malecki Mr. Luke R. Marden Mr. and Mrs. Pedro A. Marin Mr. and Mrs. Houston Marks Mrs. Ellen Marquart Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Marren Mr. and Mrs. Michael Marsili Mr. James L. Mason Ms. Judy Mason Mr. and Mrs. Joseph L. Masterson Mrs. Carolyn Mattingly Mrs. Cindy Mattingly Ruth Mattingly Sam Mauro Mr. and Mrs. John C. McAnany Mr. and Mrs. John J. McCarthy Mrs. Peggy Murphy McCarthy, A56 Ms. Evelyn L. McCarty Mr. and Mrs. Mark McCarty Mr. Will McClurken Mr. and Mrs. Harry L. McCrary Mr. and Mrs. David L. McDaniel Mr. and Mrs. Robert P. McGeary Ms. Shirley A. McGuffey Ms. Marge McLaughlin Mr. and Mrs. Robert B. McMillen Jr. Mr. and Mrs. Timothy McNeary Mr. and Mrs. James Albert Medley Ms. Martha Medley Mr. Peter P. Meier Lisa Melody Ms. Hita Merchant Mr. and Mrs. Gary E. Mesnier Mrs. Ruth Metschuleit Mr. and Mrs. Frank J. Metzger Starranne Meyers and Cindy Keller Mr. and Mrs. James Middelton Mr. and Mrs. Robert Miley Mr. Joseph Allen Millay Ms. Betty Miller Mary Ellen Miller Ms. Mary E. Miller Mr. and Mrs. Norbert F. Miller Mr. and Mrs. William Molnar Mr. and Mrs. Thomas O. Moloney III Mr. and Mrs. James Dennis Moore Ms. Betty Moorman, A58 Mr. and Mrs. Patrick E. Moran Mr. and Mrs. Roy Moriconi Mr. and Mrs. Stanley L. Morris Mr. and Mrs. Stephen R. Morris Patricia Mountain Mr. and Mrs. Robert Moyer Frank and Jeannette Muldowney Mr. and Mrs. John F. Mulligan Mr. and Mrs. Patrick J. Mulligan Mrs. Joyce Blandford Mullins, A55 Mr. and Mrs. R. L. Mullins Jr., Ph.D. Ms. Barbara Muncy Ms. Kathleen J. Munson Kevin and Donna Murphy Estelle Murphy Mr. and Mrs. James Murphy Mr. and Mrs. Thomas P. Murray Mr. and Mrs. Sheridan Nally Mr. Winfred L. Nass NCO, Inc., Mr. James Nixon Mr. Ernest Nelson Mrs. Anna Nemec Mr. and Mrs. Chris Nicely Mr. and Mrs. Clifford O’Bryan Mrs. Margaret O’Bryan Mr. and Mrs. Michael O’Bryan Mr. and Mrs. Paul J. O’Connell III Ms. Mary O’Connor Pat O’Connor Mr. and Mrs. Joe O’Donoghue Ms. Laurine O’Neal Mrs. Rita O’Reilly Mr. and Mrs. Thomas F. O’Reilly Mr. and Mrs. Don Oberhausen Mrs. Barbara Higdon Obermeier, A65 Ms. Deborah Oelze Mr. Jim Oestreicher Jr. Ms. Rose Olinger Mr. and Mrs. Leon J. Olinger Rev. Robert E. Osborne Mr. and Mrs. Donald D. Oswald Ms. Mary E. Overright

Mr. and Mrs. Louis Palmer Ricky Paradise Joe and Rosemary Park Mrs. Rita Patti Mr. and Mrs. John Payne Mr. and Mrs. John Perri Mr. and Mrs. Robert G. Perry Mr. and Mrs. G. Alvin Peters Mr. and Mrs. William B. Peterson Mr. and Mrs. Charles W. Pfeifer Mr. and Mrs. William B. Phelan Ms. Connie S. Phillips Mr. Vernon G. Pickert Mr. and Mrs. Gary Pierce Mr. and Mrs. Leon Pike Mr. and Mrs. Henry F. Pilsl Mr. and Mrs. Raymond G. Plucknett Mr. Eugene G. Podrebarac Ms. Rosemary Podrebarac Rose Marie Porsborg Mr. and Mrs. Steve Posey James Potts and Family Msgr. Bernard Powers Mr. and Mrs. D. Wayne Powers Ms. Theresa Ann Powers, A79 Mr. and Mrs. William H. Powers Ms. Lisa Prendergast Ms. Leone Prewitt Ms. Mary E. Pritchett RET SGM Charles A. Puckett Mr. and Mrs. Benjamin A. Pullan Irene L. Quigley Shirlene Quinn Ms. Rose Ann Radzelovage Ms. Ida M. Raley Joan D. Rasmussen

Mr. and Mrs. William H. Sanders Ms. Sara Sapp Ms. Mary Jane Sattazahn Mr. and Mrs. Charles B. Saunders Mr. and Mrs. Lester Schaick Mr. and Mrs. William E. Schecher Mrs. Mary E. Scherer Mrs. Angela C. Scherman Mr. and Mrs. Ed Schickel Donald J. Schieman Jr. Bishop Stan Schlarman Mrs. Lavona Schlicher Mrs. Elaine P. Schmidtberger Ms. Karen Schneller Mr. and Mrs. Keith W. Schottman Mr. Gerard Schulte Mrs. Susan Gray Schwerdtfeger, A62 Margaret Scott Mr. and Mrs. Robert L. Scrivo Jr. Fr. Michael Scully, OFM, Cap Mr. Robert L. Scully Mrs. Yvonne Seaton Mr. and Mrs. Gus J. Seely Dr. Bryan Sei Ms. Rose Sena Mrs. Joan E. Sermersheim Fr. George A. Seuferling Ms. Martha Severs Sr. Mary Angela Shaughnessy, SCN Mr. and Mrs. Charles H. Sheehan Pam Shelton Mr. J. Robert Shine Ms. Marian P. Shircliffe Mr. and Mrs. Paul Shively Mr. and Mrs. Jack E. Shook Ms. Betty Shrader

Ms. Robertine Sweny Mr. and Mrs. John Swinkowski Mr. and Mrs. Terri Sykes Joe Tamme Mr. and Mrs. Phillip R. Tatum Mrs. Helen F. Taylor Ms. Jean M. Taylor Mr. and Mrs. George R. Taylor Taylor County Bank, Mr. Terry M. Dabney Mrs. Mary Teder Bill and Marilyn Terry Ms. Sue ThayerU Mr. John E. Thimesch Mr. and Mrs. Bernard Thomas Mr. and Mrs. Dan Thomas Mr. and Mrs. Robert Thomas Ms. Josephine M. Thomas Mrs. Cecilia Thompson Mr. Jim Thompson Mr. and Mrs. Maurice Thompson Mr. and Mrs. Rick D. Thompson Mr. and Mrs. Mark A.Thomson Ms. Barbara Tipmore Ms. Dorothy E. Tipmore Mr. and Mrs. Jotham Trafton Mr. James A. Trapp Mr. and Mrs. Henry Triplett Ms. Melissa Tuley Ms. Mary Kay Turner Pam and John Tyndall Mr. John E. Underwood Ms. Marie T. Underwood Mr. and Mrs. Gilbert A. Urban Fr. Darrell Venters Ms. Betty E. Verhaeghe Col. Jon D. and Angie Verlinde Sr. Mary Agnes VonderHaar, OSU, A52 The gift of stock is a wonderful way to support an Mai P. Vuha organization. The year-end is a great time for making donations Mrs. Victoria S. Vukcevich Mrs. Mary E. Vuncannon, A55 of investments. Most investment gifts occur during the last Mr. and Mrs. Gary J. Wahl portion of the year. Giving appreciated stock to the Ursuline Ms. Doris Waldeck Sisters of Mount Saint Joseph benefits you by avoiding the tax on Mrs. Angela B. Waldrop Judith Wallace the appreciation. If you wish to consider this before the end of Mr. and Mrs. John H. Walsh Jr. the year, please call Sister Amelia Stenger at 270-229-2008 Mr. and Mrs. Richard D. Walsh or email to amelia.stenger@maplemount.org Ms. Rosemary Walter Dr. and Mrs. W. Dean Walton Ms. Philma Siciliano Rev. Robert E. Ray Mr. and Mrs. George Walz Mr. and Mrs. Jim Siegel Mr. William E. Rayne Mr. and Mrs. Thomas A. Wannemuehler Dr. and Mrs. Kenneth L. Silk M.D. Christine A. Redford Mr. and Mrs. Tom Wargel Valentino S. Simpao Mrs. Irene I. Reece Ms. Judy Waters Mr. and Mrs. Eddie Sipes Mr. and Mrs. Christopher C. Reid Mr. and Mrs. John B. Wathen Mrs. Mary Paula Skrivan Mr. and Mrs. Larry A. Reinhart Mr. and Mrs. Michael Wathen Madge Reising Mr. and Mrs. Robert (Margie A53U) Slack Ms. Patricia Wathen Mr. and Mrs. David Renshaw Mr. and Mrs. Rodney Watson Louis and Peggy Slapshak Mr. and Mrs. Craig Reynolds Mr. and Mrs. Merle E. Watson Mr. and Mrs. Chris Smiley Ms. Mary Patricia Reynolds Mr. and Mrs. Dennis E. Weafer Mr. and Mrs. John Paul Smith Mr. Joseph U. Ricci Mr. and Mrs. George Webster Mr. and Mrs. Donald Smith Mr. and Mrs. David R. Richardson Mr. and Mrs. James D. Smith Mr. and Mrs. Raymond X. Weidenbenner Imelda Richardson Mrs. Mary Smith Mr. and Mrs. Larry W. Weidmann Mr. and Mrs. Fred Ridgley Mr. and Mrs. Douglas E. Smith Mr. and Mrs. John R. Weist Mr. Frank A. Rieger Ms. Maryann Smith Mrs. Catherine Welle, C49 Susan K. Rinella Mrs. Tina Marie Smith, A74 Ms. Bonnie L. Welsh Mrs. Patricia Ringswald, A44 Mr. and Mrs. Clifford G. Snyder Mr. and Mrs. Albert J. Werne Ms. Phyllis Ann Ritchie Ms. Susan Sommerfeldt Mr. Richard A. Wethington Mr. and Mrs. Robert Ernest Rivers III Mr. David Spalding Mrs. Clara J. Wheatley Mr. and Mrs. Gregory R. Robards Mr. and Mrs. James Speak Mr. Charles F. Whelan Rose Marie Robbins Sr. Mary Lois Speaks, A62 and Ms. Mary Jo Whitefield Mr. and Mrs. Bryce Roberts Phyllis Troutman, A63 Mr. and Mrs. George Wiggins Mr. James Robinson Ms. Rosie Sprawls Mr. Jim Williams Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Rocha St. Anthony of Padua Ms. Nancy Williams Mr. and Mrs. Lawrence A. Rockers Barbara C. St. John Mr. and Mrs. Roger Willoughby Sr. Martina Rockers, OSU St. Rose Calendars Ms. Mary Wimsatt Ms. Aggie Roehrig Ms. Betty Stallings Ms. Mary Dell Wimsatt Ms. Mary W. Roscoe Mrs. Jennie Staugas Mr. and Mrs. Richard L. Wiseman Mr. and Mrs. Donald G. Rose Dr. Roberta Steinbacher Mr. and Mrs. John B. Wissman Mr. and Mrs. Brian Rouse Mrs. Donna Stengel Mr. Edwin J. Wittman Mr. and Mrs. Jerry Rowley Sr. Amelia Stenger, OSU, A67 Lt. Col. James Lyle Wobker Mr. and Mrs. Chip Royer Mr. and Mrs. John A. Stoerman Ms. Martha Wolfe Mr. and Mrs. E. Newton Royster Ms. Annette Stokes Mr. and Mrs. Arthur A. Wondra Mr. Christopher Ryan Mr. Alec G. Stone Mrs. Samantha L. Wood Sabetha High School Mr. and Mrs. Kenneth L. Strausbaugh Mr. Clarence A. Woodall III Saint Henry Parish, Rev. Babu Mr. and Mrs. George E. Strickland Patricia Wooldridge, A70 Kulathumkal Joseph Ms. Maria Stuckenborg Mrs. Doris Wright Saint Leonard, Rev. Bernard J. Breen Mr. Jim Sullivan Mr. and Mrs. Michael Wright Saints Joseph & Paul Parish, Mr. and Mrs. Ted Sullivan Wright Implement, Mr. Ben Wright Rev. Carl McCarthy Mr. and Mrs. Jimmy Surface Mrs. Patricia S. Wuertz Ms. Frances Saladino Ms. Diane Sutton Mrs. Candy Yates Ms. Mary Salmon Mr. and Mrs. Lon K. Swanson Mr. Jack P. Yates

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Mr. and Mrs. Michael Wright Sr. Mary Bertrand Hochstatter, OSUU Mr. and Mrs. Benjamin L. Peine Mr. and Mrs. Charles B. Saunders Mr. and Mrs. Anthony SaundersU Mr. and Mrs. Charles B. Saunders Sr. Rose Ann BooneU Margaret B. Leibson Tammy Hayden BorjessonU Mr. and Mrs. Michael G. Clark Mr. and Mrs. Robert H. Yates Sr. Diane Marie Payne Fran Scott Mrs. Sarah A. Ye St. Jude’s Church Ms. Delores Turnage Mr. and Mrs. Larry E. Yoksh Sr. Jean Madeline PeakeU Sr. Marie Therese BrumlowU Mr. and Mrs. Stephen A. Ziller Jr. Mrs. Suzanne E. Reiss Rev. John D. Deatrick Mrs. Joan Zink Olive and Isaac Reitz Sr. Elaine ByrneU Meg Zybko Mr. and Mrs. Peter J. Wilson Mr. and Mrs. Jimmy Keenan Sr. Joan Riedley Kim Keenan Mr. and Mrs. David Huber Mary Louise (Easie) CecilU Sr. Marcella Schrant Sr. Mary Ellen Backes Mr. and Mrs. Peter X. Armendarez

Mr. and Mrs. Steven R. Sickinger Rita Winkelmann Mrs. Alvin Bickett John Shively Sr. Mimi Ballard Mr. and Mrs. Stephen R. Cecil

Mr. Mark Middlebrooks Mr. William Leslie Keene Jr. Mr. and Mrs. Guy F. Connor Jr.

Mr. and Mrs. Stephen R. (Rebecca

Sr. Catherine Therese Barber Ms. Sue H. Crabtree

A71) Morris Amy Tanner Mr. Joseph Bueford Dyer

Ms. Connie S. Phillips Ursulines from Belleville Mr. and Mrs. Anthony Ebelhar

Mr. and Mrs. Paul Shively Jack and LaVerne Genetti Mr. and Mrs. William C. Harrison

St. Joseph Church Alfred BowlingU Mr. and Mrs. Ronnie Kamuf

Taylor County Bank Donald J. Schieman Jr. Ms. Karen Lain

Mr. and Mrs. Thomas A. Wannemuehler Aaron Burke Mr. and Mrs. Thomas P. Murray Sr. Grace Simpson Mr. James E. Burke Mr. and Mrs. Larry A. Reinhart Sr. Mary Angela Shaughnessy, SCN Sr. Mary Jude Cecil Mr. and Mrs. E. Newton Royster Margaret Turcham Ms. Betty C. Culver Ms. Sara Sapp Ursuline Sisters Mary Ruth Elder Margaret Scott Dick Vowels Anonymous Friend Ms. Susan Sommerfeldt Patricia A. Cunningham Mr. and Mrs. James R. Cash Ms. Mary Kay Turner Mr. and Mrs. John Hartlage George Hayden U.S. Bankruptcy Court Francis McCormick Sr. Martha Keller, OSU Mrs. Doris Wright Mr. and Mrs. Eddie Sipes James Potts and Family Sr. George Ann CecilU

Mr. Alec G. Stone Mr. and Mrs. Jotham Trafton Mary Ruth Cecil, A51

Mr. and Mrs. Charles K. Whelan Sr. Marie Julie Fecher Marian Charlene Davis, A56U Sr. Marie Brenda Vowels Mrs. Kay Whitt-Fecher Ms. Mary Anne Kevil, A58

Janet M. Baker and Robert Todd Sr. Mary Cabrini Foushee Bonnie DeimekeU Sr. Mary Matthias Ward Ms. Martha Ford Mr. and Mrs. Francis J. Butel

Mr. and Mrs. Robert J. Beam Sr. Michael Marie Friedman Catherine EdelenU

Sr. Elaine Burke, OSU, A49 Gail Ashlock Mr. and Mrs. John Allen

William and Phyllis O’Dea Lisa and Dale Boulier Sr. Mary FidesU Sr. Marietta Wethington Kristen Kienzle Mrs. Clara J. Wheatley

Mrs. Linda Pennington Ms. Anna C. Mattingly, A66 Sr. Anita Flaugher, OSUU Patrick, Amy, Lylah, Graeme and Mr. and Mrs. Felix Golembiewski Mr. and Mrs. Don Oberhausen Adilyn Wilson Mr. Leonard Golembiewski Judith Kay Marsee GlynnU

Mr. and Mrs. Peter J. Wilson Sr. Jane Irvin Hancock Susan K. Rinella Megan Wilson-Reitz Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Neal Judy GlynnU Mr. and Mrs. Peter J. Wilson Sr. Jane Miriam Hancock Ms. Alice Gray Amick Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Neal Anonymous Friend Sr. Barbara Jean Head 50th Jubilee Mr. and Mrs. Thomas E. Bax Joe Tamme Clarence, Carrie and Wendell AlveyU Betty A. Booker Sr. Dorothy Helbling Ms. Marcia S. Duke Mr. Leon Alvey Brad and Jenny Buell Mr. and Mrs. Wesley S. Duke Jennifer Kay Luckett AngeliniU Sr. M. Clarentia HutchinsU Mr. and Mrs. Kermit J. Fendler Ms. Jill Luckett Mrs. Suzanne E. Reiss Mr. Ronald E. Franzen June Yates AnthonyU Sr. Michele Ann Intravia Mr. and Mrs. R. L. George Jr. Mr. and Mrs. Robert H. Yates Mr. and Mrs. John P. Mesnier Mr. James T. Glynn Joe AullU Pauline Jacobi (Lonsway), A42 Mr. and Mrs. Leo F. Halloran Mr. and Mrs. Perry Alvey Mrs. Gayle Chin Ms. Joan Horan Mr. and Mrs. Chad R. Aull Sr. Elaine Burke, OSU, A49 Terry Karnaze Mrs. Lena Aull Anonymous Mr. and Mrs. Carl A. LaSala Mr. and Mrs. Gary Bartley Sr. Annalita LancasterU Mr. John E. Latenser Mr. and Mrs. Joseph W. Castlen Ms. Mary Anne Kevil, A58 Ms. Janelle Lazzo Ms. Sue H. Crabtree Sr. Celine Leeker Mr. and Mrs. Matthew A. Lester Ebelhar Whitehead PLLC Mr. and Mrs. Edward L. McGrath Mr. Donald E. Lueke Ms. Suzanne Elder Anna Carolyn Lyddane Mr. and Mrs. Michael J. Madrigal Hal F. Frum Mr. Jason Lyddane Mr. and Mrs. Stanley L. Morris Mr. Harold Grimes Sr. Amanda Rose Mahoney Mr. Winfred L. Nass Mr. and Mrs. Donald E. Lloyd Mr. and Mrs. Philip M. Skees Mr. and Mrs. Chris Nicely Mr. and Mrs. Mark McCarty Martha, Loy, Gil, Bob and Bentley Ms. Mary O’Connor Mr. and Mrs. Michael L. Mize Rose M. Hayden and Meichele A. Foster Mr. and Mrs. John Payne Mr. and Mrs. Henry F. Pilsl Sr. Ruth Mattingly Sabetha High School Mr. and Mrs. Jimmy Surface Mr. and Mrs. Robert J. Beam Mr. and Mrs. Ted Sullivan Mr. Jim Thompson Bill R. McClanahan Ursuline Sisters Mr. and Mrs. Dennis E. Weafer City of Overland Park, Kansas Mr. and Mrs. William R. Willhaus Mr. and Mrs. Albert J. Werne Sr. Susan Mary Mudd Mr. and Mrs. Larry E. Yoksh Ms. Terri Wick Sr. Elaine Burke, OSU, A49 Mary and Bernard GoetzU Ms. Nancy Williams Sr. Rose Marita O’Bryan Saint Alphonsus Parish Sr. Margaret Joseph AullU St. Jude’s Church Irene GonsalvesU Mr. and Mrs. Daniel W. Smith Sr. Cecelia Joseph Olinger Mr. Robert F. Gonsalves Charles Edward Beeny Jr.U St. Jude’s Church Sr. Lucita GreenwellU Dr. and Mrs. Herbert Chaney Sisters from Paola, Kansas Mr. and Mrs. James R. Ballard Dawson Springs Rotary Club Mr. and Mrs. Gary Freeman Mr. and Mrs. Joe Dunbar Ursuline Sisters of Paola, Kansas Mr. Paul Hooks Memorial gift cards are Mr. and Mrs. Paul J. O’Connell III Mr. and Mrs. Chris Smiley

If you would like to know how you could assist in the mission of the community by naming the Ursuline Sisters IN YOUR WILL, or if you have already remembered the sisters in your will, please call Sister Amelia Stenger at (270) 229-2008 or (270) 929-5101.

Your legacy will extend the Ursuline mission of education and Christian formation into the future.

Honors

MEMORIALS

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A-year or C-year = Mount Saint Joseph Academy/College graduate

available in our office.

Sr. Charles Irene HaydenU Mrs. Carole M. Cada Sr. Helen HermreckU Mrs. Youko Dowling Mr. Luke R. Marden Starranne Meyers and Cindy Keller Mary Thomasine “Tommie” HigdonU Mr. and Mrs. Perry Alvey Mrs. Lena Aull Mr. and Mrs. Anthony E. Higdon Mr. and Mrs. Gerald M. Higdon Ms. Susie L. Imel Mr. and Mrs. Steven Lamble Mr. Jason Lyddane Pam Shelton Sr. Theresa Margaret HiteU Mr. and Mrs. Leonard Byrne Sr. Mary Eileen Howard, C47U Anonymous Friend Candace Depp Mrs. Mary B. Gossett Mr. and Mrs. Anthony B. Howard Mr. Dan Howard Mr. Jim Howard Mr. and Mrs. Robert C. Howard Mr. and Mrs. Anthony Kaelin Ms. Sarah Kranz, A72 Mrs. Cindy Mattingly Mr. and Mrs. Kenny Pierson Mr. and Mrs. Bryce Roberts Ms. Doris Waldeck Ken HurmU Judy Douglass Mr. and Mrs. Paul R. Hargrove Mr. and Mrs. John L. Jenkins Ms. Rose Ann Radzelovage Mr. and Mrs. Robert (Margie A53U) Slack Mrs. Candy Yates Sr. M. Clarentia HutchinsU Ms. D. Susan DeHart Helen D. Senn Ms. Lisa Thompson Mr. and Mrs. George Wiggins Sr. Clara (Joseph Clara) JohnsonU Mr. Jeffrey L. Antle Mr. and Mrs. E. M. Bidwell Sr. Mr. and Mrs. Eugene P. Bohn Mr. and Mrs. William H. Hopkins Jr. Dr. and Mrs. Kenneth L. Silk M.D. Sr. Mary Rudina (Rita) KlarerU Mr. and Mrs. Donald L. Arth Mr. and Mrs. Robert Gilworth Lois Jeanne Harris Mr. and Mrs. Anthony Kaelin Ms. Dorothy Klarer Mr. and Mrs. Wayne McAllister Mr. and Mrs. Benjamin A. Pullan Mr. Frank A. Rieger Mr. and Mrs. Brad Rives Mr. and Mrs. Robert J. Steiert Ms. Jean M. Taylor Mr. John E. Underwood Ms. Marie T. Underwood Mr. and Mrs. Gerald R. Waris Sr. Mary Louise KnottU Mr. and Mrs. Leonard Byrne Mr. and Mrs. Anthony Kaelin Mother M. Cecilia KoehlerU Mr. and Mrs. Frank J. Koehler Sr. Annalita LancasterU Mr. and Mrs. Kenneth E. Aylor Katherine French Mr. and Mrs. Doug Howard Ms. Mary Anne Kevil, A58 Mr. William R. Klump Ms. Barbara Lechner Mr. and Mrs. James D. McCoy Mr. and Mrs. Raymond G. Plucknett Mr. and Mrs. Joseph A. Sipes St. Jude’s Church Mr. and Mrs. Larry W. Weidmann James LoehrU Mrs. Mary Loehr William Bernard Bernie MaddenU Sr. Angela Fitzpatrick, OSU Frances MardenU Mr. Luke R. Marden Sr. Martin Gertrude MattinglyU Mr. Robert L. Scully

Lic’s Deli & Ice Cream | Ms. Combs Domtar Paper Company, LLC | Stella MaupinU Logan’s Roadhouse | Mr. Parish Mr. Mike Arblaster Ms. Jill Luckett Rev. Joseph A. Lyon Don Moore Automotive Gertrude Hall Mayhew, A49U 54 Pizza Express Malco Theatre Inc. | Ms. Camilla The Earle | Mr. David R. Epling Rev. Daniel L. Lincoln Mrs. Joan Abell Lighton Ms. Judy Eaves Sr. Mary Celeste McCueU Alles Brothers Furniture Co., Inc. | Mr. and Mrs. Houston Marks E.M. Ford & Company Ms. Robertine Sweny Mr. Herman Alles Ms. Ellen Marquart Mrs. Mary Englert Sr. Juliana MickU Atmos Energy Ms. Pat McMahon Field Packing Co., Inc. | Debbie Walker Mr. John C. Klein B & J Sanitation | Jeff Wilson Ms. Lisa Melody Tom and Joann Fiorini Sr. Mary Philomena MickU Baker’s Rack | Mrs. Mary Dixon Baker Moonlite Bar B Q | Mr. Ken Bosley Sally and Margaret Fitzgerald Mr. John C. Klein Barret-Fisher Co. Inc. | Mr. Jess and Mr. and Mrs. George O’Bryan Mr. and Mrs. Melvin Fleischmann, A47 Sr. Joseph Emma MorrisU

Mark Mattingly Olive Garden Mary Garcia Shoe Stop Beckman Tire & Auto Center | Owensboro Dermatology | Kathy Roby Gene’s Health Food, Inc. | Gene and Alma MullicanU

Mr. David A. Beckman Owensboro Health | Felicia Wimsatt Nancy Clark Mr. and Mrs. Nick Brake Bella Ragazza Boutique Owensboro HealthPark | Brad Smith Glenn Funeral Home | Mr. Glenn Taylor Ms. Mary Jo Harmon Ben Hawes Pro Shop | Mr. Chris Carry Owensboro Symphony Orchestra | Fr. Ray Goetz Mr. and Mrs. John M. Kurtz Big Dipper | Karen Osborne Ms. Gwyn Payne, A81 Ms. Elaine A. Gokey Ms. Shannon Luttrell Blueberries of Daviess County | Party Paper Place | Mr. Schley Cox Great Harvest Bread Mr. and Mrs. Terri Sykes

Ms. Nancy McCormick Ms. Virginia Peters Greenwell-Chisholm Printing Co. | Ms. Barbara Tipmore Bob Evans Restaurant | Ms. Linda

Ms. Cathy Phillips Mr. Carl Greenwell Ms. Dorothy E. Tipmore Thompson RBS Design Group Hagan’s Outdoor Equipment | Robert PanchyshynU Ms. Tammie Borjesson Ms. Teresa Reale Mr. Frank Hagan Mr. and Mrs. Rick Osborne Ms. Evelyn Bowles Mr. and Mrs. Bill Reid Ms. Violet Hamilton Mr. and Mrs. Evo PayneU BR Associates, Inc. / Sidal, Inc. | Madge Reising Hayden’s Furniture | Mr. Larry Hayden Mr. and Mrs. Marvin L. Boling Ms. Megan Hasenour Mr. and Mrs. John Reiss Mrs. Carol Hill Sr. Jean Madeline PeakeU Brescia University Mrs. Suzanne E. Reiss Ms. Eloise Hughes Mr. and Mrs. Charles W. Ballard Michele, Helen, Abigail and Megan Saint Vincent De Paul Society Ms. Janet Hyde Mr. and Mrs. Anthony E. Higdon Brown Sam’s Club IGA on Scherm Road, Owensboro Mr. and Mrs. Anthony Kaelin Carpet One Floor and Home | Mr. and Mrs. John A. Semar IGA on 25th Street, Owensboro Mr. David Mudd Mr. Mark Hayden Mrs. Genevieve Siebert Ms. Amanda Jacobs Mr. and Mrs. Donald G. Rose Cecil Farms Ms. Peggy Simpson Ms. Ann Jacobs Mr. and Mrs. Philip M. Skees Cheddar’s Casual Cafe Sparkle Brite Car Wash Ms. Jean Kabella Mr. and Mrs. Bernard Thomas Ms. Audrey Clements Ms. Margaret P. Speaks Ms. Ann Kamper Ms. Rita Mae Ward Mr. Mike Coomes Ms. Rita Stapleton Mr. Rick Kamuf Delphine “Dot” PetryU Crafts Unlimited | Ms. Olive Buehler Swan Cleaners & Shirt Laundry | Ms. Millie Killian Ms. Cynthia M. Higgins Courtyard Marriott Mr. Danny Payne Kimberly Clark Sr. Helen Marie PfohlU CRS One Source | Mr. Steve Frey Ms. Joan Teder Ms. Nita Kincaid Carolyn and Paul Tapp Danhauer Garden Center and Florist |

Ms. Mary Teder Ms. Mari Lynn Korte Alice A. PfostU

Ms. Rose Danhauer Wal-Mart #0701 | Mr. Neil Rumohr Mr. and Mrs. Robert Leach Mr. and Mrs. Robert H. Yates Daviess County Bicentennial Committee John and Elaine Wood Sr. Francis Joseph PorterU Mr. and Mrs. Burnett W. Porter Jr. Hubert PowersU Sr. Martha Keller, OSU Mae Jean RayneU Mr. William E. Rayne For tickets, contact Visit with the Sisters Father Phil RineyU Sister Amelia Stenger Mr. Mike Sullivan from Kansas and Dinner • Silent and Live Auctions Kathy RiversU 270-229-2008 Kentucky!

Mr. and Mrs. Robert Ernest Rivers III Bishop Miege High School, Shawnee Mission Bernice RockersU Dengel & Son Mortuary Mr. and Mrs. Ned L. Kelsey Mr. and Mrs. A.D. Morgison Ms. Catherine Ann Schaukowitch Mr. and Mrs. Peter RomaniwU Mr. Leonard Golembiewski During the month of October, we received on the farm with his family. As Sr. Joseph Adrian RussellU Mr. and Mrs. Daniel W. Smith farm manager for many years, letters telling us that two wonderful people Sr. Mary Henry RussellU he helped the sisters take had named us in their wills.

Mr. and Mrs. Daniel W. Smith care of the farm and animals.

The first of these donors was Martha Ann Mr. and Mrs. Anthony SaundersU Mr. and Mrs. Charles B. Saunders After he retired and moved to Maloney. The Ursuline Sisters taught her and Sr. Magdalen Schammel, OSUU Owensboro, he still came to her brothers and sisters in Louisville. Her Leo Schammel Col. Jon D. and Angie Verlinde visit us and share his love for brother, Auxiliary Bishop of Louisville Charles Thomas W. and Connie ScofieldU the farm and our community.

G. Maloney, preceded her in death.

Sr. Angela Fitzpatrick, OSU Joe Riney A number of years ago, he Martha served in social Sr. Frances Miriam SpaldingU Mr. and Mrs. William Spalding made the decision to set up an annuity with work all her adult life. She Robert SpeichingerU the Ursuline Sisters as the beneficiary. Each graduated from Presentation Marie C. Mueth Fred StengerU year he received a portion of the annuity and Academy, Nazareth College Barbara C. St. John when he died the remainder of the annuity and the Fordham University Rev. William (Bill) SwiftU was transferred to the Ursuline Sisters. We School of Social Work. She Sr. Angela Fitzpatrick, OSU Sr. Rose Marie ThompsonU are blessed to have known this good man was a member of St. Martin Mrs. Clara J. Wheatley and his family. of Tours Catholic Church, the Janet TitzerU Martha Ann Sr. Martha Keller, OSU These gifts assist us in our work in so Heart of Jesus Prayer Group, Maloney William J. Ulrich IIIU many ways. We are grateful for them and Thursday morning Bible Study Elaine Ulrich the many others who have named us as (which met at Little Sisters of the Poor) and Richard WhelanU Mr. and Mrs. Gene Cecil beneficiaries in a planned gift. the Little Sisters Auxiliary. Martha formerly Mr. and Mrs. Donald Whelan was a member of the Missionary Servants of Sr. Dorothy Ann WhelanU Mr. and Mrs. George Briel If you would like more information about the Most Blessed Trinity. We pray for her and Sr. Mary Emily WhelanU thank God for her generosity. this way to help support our ministry, please Mr. and Mrs. George Briel

IN-KIND GIFTS

Kentucky Derby Party in Kansas Saturday, May 7, 2016

The Blessing of a Planned Gift...

Thank you!

May God bless you.

The second gift was from our longtime friend, Joseph Riney. Joe lived and worked

call Sister Amelia Stenger at 270-229-2008 or email amelia.stenger@maplemount.org.

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8001 Cummings Road Maple Mount, KY 42356-9999 270-229-4103 www.ursulinesmsj.org info.msj@maplemount.org If you have a smartphone, this QR code goes to our website.

Please Join Us for These Upcoming Events Evening with an Ursuline Dinner/Presentation First Tuesday of each month – 5 p.m. – 6:30 p.m.

Mount Saint Joseph Conference and Retreat Center The $20 fee includes dinner.

Jan. 5......Sister Rose Marita O’Bryan, OSU Change and Transition: A Reflection Feb. 2......Sister Amelia Stenger, OSU Why Do I Feel Guilty When it’s Time to Relax? Dealing with Everyday Stress March 1..Sister Marietta Wethington, OSU Angela, A Woman for All Time April 5....Sister Ruth Gehres, OSU Chile: An Ursuline Adventure May 3.....Sister Vivian Bowles, OSU Mind Management June 7.....Sister Ann McGrew, OSU The Choice to Say “Yes;” The Choice to Say “No” July 5......Sister Mary Matthias Ward, OSU Blueprint for Life: Beatitudes Aug. 2.....Sister Ruth Gehres, OSU The Gift of Forgiveness

Spring Women’s Retreat with Sister Cheryl Clemons

Weekend of March 11-13, 2016 Mount Saint Joseph Conference and Retreat Center Fee: $180 (Commuters $130) Take 10 percent off if paid in full by Feb. 11.

“The Tender Mercy of Our God: Jesus and Gospel Women” is the theme of the 2016 spring women’s retreat. During this retreat weekend, participants will be invited to reflect on the tender mercy of God as embodied in Jesus’ treatment of a number of women in the gospels. This theme reflects on Pope Francis’ Year of Mercy.

Ursuline Associate Marian Bennett holds up a horse statue dubbed “American Pharoah” after this year’s Triple Crown winner. Sister George Mary Hagan displayed several items that Kentucky is known for, including tobacco and Maker’s Mark bourbon, for her Evening with an Ursuline “Catholic Pioneers” presentation on Nov. 3.

Eucharistic Adoration

Second Sunday of each month Dec. 13, Jan. 10, Feb. 14, March 13, April 10, May 8, June 12, July 10, Aug. 14, Oct. 9, Nov. 13 Mount Saint Joseph Motherhouse Chapel NEW TIME: 3 p.m.-5 p.m.

(The time has been extended during the Year of Mercy.)

Adoration will conclude with evening prayer.

Adoration also takes place every Friday from 3 p.m.-5 p.m.

Mark Your Calendars!

Mount Saint Joseph Alumnae Weekend: May 14-15, 2016 Associates and Sisters Day: Saturday, June 11, 2016 46th Annual Mount Saint Joseph BBQ Picnic: Sunday, Sept. 11, 2016