Ursulines Alive Winter 2022

Ursuline Sisters of Mount Saint Joseph

Winter 2022

Proclaiming Jesus through Education and Christian Formation

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Issue No. 59

Ursuline Sisters at the heart of many parish ministries Also: Laudato Si´ • Hope & Firm Faith Book • Archives

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From our Congregational Leader Dear Friends, It is the height of Autumn as I write this. The trees are garbed in glowing colors as properly belong to their species – brilliant reds and oranges in maples, a hint of deep purple in the oaks, and shocking yellow ginkgos.

But I do not ask you to marvel at nature’s display of awesome pigments.

Instead, I simply ask this question:"Have you ever walked in the woods in winter?" The trees in the winter woods are bare and stark. The literature of “winter” is filled with words like diminishment, death, barrenness. But I would encourage you to add new words and a different tone to the winter woods. Think instead – revelation, unity, promise, legacy.

When walking in the woods in winter, I do not see separately “maple,” “oak,” “ash,” “hickory”; I simply see a single family of “trees.” I hear the whisper and click of tree speaking to tree. I see the hidden hearts of the tree and notice the grace and flow and richness that I miss when the trees are clothed in their foliage uniforms. Winter woods have an indescribably simple, yet complex, richness which is present at no other time of year.

Why do I ask you to imagine winter woods at a time like this? Because in this issue, you will read of the Ursuline Sisters who, even though “diminished” in numbers, are serving in parish ministry with a grace and richness that reflects their inner core. Like winter trees, as our Sisters have shared for many years their calling through service, the source of that calling becomes clearer. Those with whom and to whom our Sisters minister in parishes see and appreciate the ways they model the hospitality and love that embodies Saint Angela’s teaching and the Ursuline charism.

May your winter season this year not be a time of barrenness or diminishment, but a time replete with the promise of new birth and a freer sharing of hope and faith.

Blessings for the coming seasons of Advent and Nativity. In peace,

Sister Sharon Sullivan, OS U

COVER: (Top) Sister Vivian Bowles, right, visits with second-graders preparing for First Reconciliation and First Eucharist on Oct. 5 at St. Alphonsus Parish near Mount Saint Joseph. Their catechist is Imelda Cecil.

(Center) Sister Mary Ellen Backes visits with Father Manny Cuizon, pastor of St. Joseph Parish in Springfield, Ill., on Oct. 20.

(Bottom left) On Oct. 5, Sister Rosanne Spalding brought Communion to parishioner Libby Girten in her home near Precious Blood Parish, Owensboro, Ky. “She’s wonderful to do this,” Girten said.

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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: Coordinator of Ursuline Partnerships............................. Doreen Abbott, OSUA Director of Development................................................ Carol Braden-Clarke Development Assistant.................................................... Sister Amelia Stenger, OSU Mission Advancement Assistant..................................... Sister Mary McDermott, OSU Contributing Writer......................................................... Sister Ruth Gehres, OSU

INDEX Ursulines Serving in Parishes................... 3-9 Laudato Si’............................................... 9-11 Sisters in Archives...................................... 10 Powerhouse of Prayer............................... 11 Soli Deo Gloria........................................... 12 Sister Spotlight........................................... 13 Obituaries................................................... 13 Eucharistic Adoration................................ 13 Donor Spotlight......................................... 14 Thank you, Donors............................... 15-19 Hope & Firm Faith ..................................... 20 Christmas Blessing..................................... 20

OUR MISSION We, the Ursuline Sisters of Mount Saint Joseph, sustained by prayer and vowed life in community, proclaim Jesus through education and Christian formation in the spirit of our founder, Saint Angela Merici.

OUR CORE VALUES • • • • •

Prayer Service Empowerment Justice Contemplative Presence In the spirit of Saint Angela Merici

CONTACT US Ursuline Sisters of Mount Saint Joseph 8001 Cummings Road Maple Mount, Kentucky 42356 270-229-4103 Fax: 270-229-4953 info.msj@maplemount.org www.ursulinesmsj.org

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By Dan Heckel, Mount Saint Joseph Staff Sister Mary Ellen Backes stands by photos of the children at St. Joseph Parish in Springfield, Ill., who have received the sacraments the past two years.

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t has been 58 years since the Ursuline Sisters of Mount Saint Joseph – predominantly a group of school educators – first ventured into parish ministry. Today, there are more Sisters serving at churches than there are in the classroom.

“I just find energy doing it. I’ve never been bored,” said Sister Mary Ellen Backes. She was an Ursuline of Belleville, Ill., in 1995 when she began serving as pastoral assistant at St. Joseph Parish in Springfield, Ill. Following the merger with Mount Saint Joseph in 2005, Sister Mary Ellen has continued serving at St. Joseph, just a few blocks from where Abraham Lincoln is buried.

Her 27 years at the same church are the longest consecutive tenure of any Sister in parish ministry.

“I’ve always enjoyed the parishioners,” she said. “When I was working in the schools, I liked working with the kids. But I didn’t have much to do with the parents.

I thought I would be more useful connecting with the parents and the Sister Rosanne Spalding, right, shares a laugh with Ursuline Associate Susie Westerfield, as they divide up their Communion calls to the homebound on Oct. 5, 2022.

Westerfield is also a longtime member of the RCIA team.

kids.”

Sister Rosanne Spalding has spent 36 years serving at two parishes. For the past 24 years she has served at Precious Blood Church in Owensboro, Ky., as pastoral associate and director of religious education.

“I love the kids. I make it fun,” Sister Rosanne said. “Father Bob Willett once told me, ‘If the kids have fun and learn one new thing, you have been a success.’”

Among today’s Sisters, no one started earlier in parish ministry than Sister Julia Head, who in 1979 became coordinator of religious education at Our Lady of Lourdes Church in Owensboro. Sister Julia was a teacher at the school for a year, but with most Catholics abiding by a decree that required them to send their children to Catholic school, there weren’t many Catholic students in the public schools.

“A small group of parish members at Our Lady of Lourdes were attempting some religious education for a few families,” Sister Julia said. The pastor, Father Victor

Boarman, asked Sister Julia if she would lead instruction on the Confraternity of Christian Doctrine in the parish.

“With a ton of encouragement from P.J. Hayden, then principal at Our Lady of Lourdes, and with Father Boarman’s support, the first paid position of parish minister in the city of Owensboro began,” Sister Julia said. “The parents whose children were attending public schools were pleased; this parish ministry position somewhat ‘gave permission’ for them to continue in the public schools.”

Since then, Sister Julia has served three different times at Immaculate Parish in Owensboro, where she currently serves as the coordinator of the RCIA process and prepares families for the baptism of their child.

Immaculate is the only parish in which two Ursuline Sisters are serving. Sister Margaret Ann Aull has spent 34 years in parish ministry, the past 12 at Immaculate as coordinator of pastoral care, which involves visiting the homebound and those in nursing homes or the hospital. She retired in June, but continues to volunteer at the parish visiting the same people she did while on the staff, other than those at the hospital.

“I’ve always liked to visit the sick people,” she said. “It helps me to live a better life to help people who can no longer come to Mass.”

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although I am not their specific catechist,” Sister Vivian said.

Sister Alicia Coomes has served as a nurse at the Mount, along with other Several children in kindergarten and first grade greeted internal ministries, Sister Vivian Bowles in their religious education class on most recently as Oct. 5, 2022, at St. Alphonsus. Catechist Tina Gabbard is seated in the corner. The other catechist for the class is coordinator of Breanna Dant. The Faith Formation classes are held on pastoral care for Wednesday evenings during the school year. the Sisters. But periodically she has Parish Ministry From page 3 stepped away to serve in parishes, Sister Joan Riedley is completing and she took on a new role Oct. her 30th consecutive year in parish 31, 2022, as pastoral care associate ministry, now at a Louisville parish at two Daviess County parishes, that combined three churches. After St. Peter of Alcantara and St. a 25-year teaching career, she served Augustine. as a parish minister at St. Matthias “I will be visiting the and then at her home parish of St. homebound, helping train Denis. Both were closed and merged ministers, working with a group with the former St. Basil and St. called Martha’s Tears – walking with Helen churches to form Mary people who are grieving,” she said.

Queen of Peace, where she curently “I’m excited about that.” ministers. She serves as a music minister, visits the homebound and helps with the parish craft ministry.

“I find satisfaction in being a friend to and relating to those around me,” Sister Joan said. “There is joy in connecting with others and in sharing music.”

Most people know Sister Vivian Bowles from her 34 years at Brescia College/University in Owensboro, including 12 of those years as president. But she’s now served in parish ministry at St. Alphonsus Parish in western Daviess County for 10 years, preparing catechists and designing the religious Sister Joan Riedley practices playing education program, as well as guitar in preparation for Mass at visiting the sick, even though she Mary Queen of Peace Parish in now fulfills some of that role as a Louisville, Ky. The parish combined the former St. Helen, St. Denis and volunteer.

St. Basil parishes in Louisville. Saints “I especially enjoy assisting Basil and Denis are depicted on the with the children who are in First wall behind Sister Joan.

Eucharist and Confirmation classes,

The two Sisters most new to parish ministry are Sister Laurita Spalding and Sister Pat Lynch. Sister Laurita was a full-time teacher for 50 years and a part-time teacher since 2018 at Holy Name of Jesus School in Henderson, Ky. In May 2021, she began visiting the parishioners who are in the hospital and one who is homebound.

“I love older people. There is such a need for people to come visit them,” Sister Laurita said.

The woman she sees in her home is appreciative that someone brings her the Eucharist.

“They need someone to listen to them,” Sister Laurita said. “Her son died, I went to console her, that’s what she needs. It’s a privilege to take the Eucharist to people who can’t get out.”

Sister Pat has been a speech therapist and campus minister, and she served multiple terms in Ursuline leadership, both at Maple Mount and with the Ursulines of Paola, Kan. Following the end of her term in office this summer, she was contacted by Father Bill Porter, the pastor at St. Agnes Parish in Roeland Park, Kan. The two had served in campus ministry together 35 years earlier at the University of Kansas.

She agreed to become pastoral assistant at St. Agnes, helping train liturgical ministers, matching parishioners’ talents with appropriate groups, and visiting the sick, homebound and hospitalized.

She meets with families to plan funerals, helps with the sacristy and other duties for Masses and

Sister Julia Head, left, tells the Hamilton family about the baptismal font at Immaculate Parish in Owensboro.

From left are Paige, Reagan, Jason, Jennifer and Peyton Hamilton. The entire family is in the process of joining the Catholic Church.

is reorganizing groups for young singles, young marrieds and mothers of young children. St. Agnes is also celebrating its centennial in 2023, so she is helping with plans to celebrate.

“I really do like this ministry and enjoy meeting new people and seeing old friends,” Sister Pat said.

Three other Sisters serving in parish ministry came home to the Mount in the past year. Sister Suzanne Sims and Sister Martha Keller are serving in internal ministries, and Sister Karla Kaelin is retired.

An Ursuline parish?

With many Sisters serving in parish ministry, the question arose whether there were such a thing as an “Ursuline parish,” much the way there were Ursuline schools. Some of the Sisters thought their influence could help change the parishes in which they were serving.

Sister Mary Ellen said an Ursuline parish is one that is hospitable. Her soft heart for the stranger has earned her the name “Sister Mary Marshmallow” among parishioners.

“I think everyone is OK. Everyone is welcome, that’s what I strive for,” Sister Mary Ellen said.

St. Joseph is in the northern, older part of Springfield, where homeless people stop by for assistance. On one occasion, Sister Mary Ellen left a gathering that included the bishop so she could give a ride to a man who had just left the hospital.

“I know I need to be safe,” she said. “But how do you respond like Jesus would?”

Ursuline Associate Karen Siciliano, a member of St. Joseph Parish, said that Sister Mary Ellen lives the Ursuline charism of hospitality.

“She lives that in every dimension of her life. It draws people to us,” Siciliano said. “All are truly welcome in her reality.”

Sister Vivian said St. Alphonsus could be considered an Ursuline parish.

“Many of the women are graduates of Mount Saint Joseph Academy. Ursulines taught at St. Alphonsus and St. Elizabeth Elementary in our sister parish, and St. Alphonsus High School. People are always quoting Sisters who taught them here,” Sister Vivian said. “I observe and experience many Ursuline Core Values in the parishioners and I’m always glad to recognize them. Our Ursuline community is proud of our rural roots, as are our parishioners.”

Sister Julia believes the pastor brands the parish, not members of

Sister Mary Ellen gets ready to taste the chili prepared by John Chernis, right, and Terry Bernotas for the Helping Hands ministry on Oct. 19, 2022. Chernis prepares the food for the Wednesday night service at a homeless shelter.

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the staff or the Sisters. But Ursuline Sisters began a legacy serving at Immaculate in 1954 when they opened the school. Sister Julia learned that she is the 50th Ursuline Sister to serve at Immaculate.

“Ursuline Sisters have certainly placed a certain stamp of presence, caring and concern for all the parish members,” Sister Julia said.

Creating one set of sacraments

For veteran parish ministers, there were at times conflicts between sacraments for Catholic school children and public school children in the parish.

“When I became a Sister in 1965, no one had ever heard of CCD or religious education,” Sister Rosanne said. “The kids went to Catholic school.”

In her first experience as a director of religious education at Our Lady of Lourdes Parish in 1986, Sister Rosanne said she was told that the Catholic school children would line up first and then the rest of the children. Sister Rosanne put a stop to that.

“When we consolidated the schools (in 1988), Bishop (John) McRaith said we were to make the sacraments a parish celebration, not a school celebration,” Sister Rosanne said. “We get the kids together five times before the sacrament so they are all of one parish celebration.”

Sister Julia had a similar experience in the early 1980s, with a separate path for the sacraments for “CCD kids.”

“I am truly grateful for the current practice of a united parish celebration of sacraments,” she said.

Sister Mary Ellen has worked for five pastors, each of whom brought a different belief toward sacramental preparation. One former pastor wanted the children to earn service hours before they could be confirmed, she said.

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“I’ve always taught about how the sacraments are God’s gift to us, we don’t earn them,” Sister Mary Ellen said. “When I changed that perception, it became more manageable.”

Sister Rosanne, who taught religion as part of her elementary teaching days, said that the amount of time devoted is the biggest difference in parish-based religious education.

“You don’t have as much time in religious education as you did in a school classroom, where we had religion every day,” she said. “We try to have 31 one-hour classes a year. In school, you could do that in six weeks. I tell the catechists if they can’t get all the lessons in, send the information home for the parents, who are their children’s first teachers.”

Sister Vivian said that in all of her ministries, she has tried to integrate religion as the basis for all learning and action.

“There was much more routine in teaching elementary school, and not nearly as many surprises as I now encounter in parish ministry,” Sister Vivian said. “At my age I

welcome most of the surprises as a new challenge and with more leisure to devote to them.”

A Sister who gives life

Sister Mary Ellen became the director of religious education at St. Stephen Parish in Caseyville, Ill., in 1982. If she hadn’t been elected general superior of the Ursuline Sisters of Belleville from 1989-1995, she likely would be serving in her 40th year of parish ministry.

Once she left office, she joined St. Joseph in Springfield, and she’s never wanted to leave. The parish has long had a reputation for social justice, and Sister Mary Ellen is immersed in that. Once a month, Sister Mary Ellen oversees the food preparation for members of the parish who serve at the Helping Hands shelter.

“I don’t serve (the meals) anymore because we have so many volunteers who want to help,” she said. St. Joseph is also the only Catholic parish among seven or eight churches that bring food to a Methodist-run soup kitchen nearby.

She leads Catholic faith formation on Monday nights for children kindergarten through eighth grade. She shares baptismal preparation with a deacon and helps with funeral liturgies.

Since 2006, on Thursday mornings Sister Mary Ellen leads “Soup and Scripture,” where participants gather Sister Margaret Ann Aull, right, prepares to give for an early lunch, Carolyn Mulligan Communion at her home in discuss the Scripture Owensboro, Ky. She has been visiting Carolyn for three readings together, years through her ministry at Immaculate Parish.

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Sister Alicia Coomes and Father Will Thompson stand before the altar and the handcarved reredos in St. Peter of Alcantara Catholic Church in the Daviess County community of Stanley. The reredos displays the seven sacraments.

and then watch a DVD. On Oct. 20, 2022, she gathered with 10 other people for a spirited discussion about Chapter 6 of John’s Gospel.

“Consistency is important. I’m not worried about numbers,” Sister Mary Ellen said. “I do what I love. I think if I love it, others will too.”

She and her late friend, Associate Larry Devocelle, began People Enjoying People, providing the main entrée for a meal and asking participants to bring a side dish. About 20 people come on the fourth Wednesday of the month, just to enjoy each other’s company.

She and Karen Siciliano – whom she first met in 1998 – work together on RCIA and the liturgy committee.

The two were among the first graduates of the Spiritual Direction Training Program at Mount Saint Joseph, which was a bonding experience for them.

“We minister more effectively together now, we’re more of a team,” Siciliano said. “I jokingly call myself her sidekick.”

Parish ministry has grown more family oriented over time, and a bit less structured, Sister Mary Ellen said.

“I’m much more of a maverick again,” she said, meaning she is able to adapt quickly to unforeseen needs. “I’ve been doing it so long, it’s in my blood. I can see mistakes we’ll make before we make them.”

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Father Manny Cuizon, the pastor of St. Joseph, credits Sister Mary Ellen with overseeing all the charitable works.

“She is the one who gives life to the parish,” he said.

Pam Johnson, the business office manager, has known Sister Mary Ellen for 26 years.

“She brings joy. Everybody loves her,” Johnson said. “She’s been a sister for more than 50 years, but she still dives into the Gospel. She comes over here just radiant because she’s opened some knowledge. She learns more and more, which helps all of us around here.”

Sister Mary Ellen never hesitates to drop what she’s doing to help whoever approaches her with a need, Johnson said. “She has a big, generous heart.”

Sister Doing Really Everything

Sister Rosanne served 21 years as an educator, with her last year as principal at Christ the King School in Madisonville, Ky. When the pastor, Father Delma Clemons, was transferred to Our Lady of Lourdes in Owensboro, he invited her to come teach faith formation. She served 12 years there until Father Brad Whistle asked her to come to Precious Blood.

For much of her time at Precious Blood, she handled religious education (K-8), RCIA, sacramental preparation, youth ministry and taking Communion to the sick. She took the youths of the parish to the National Catholic Youth Conference.

“I’m willing to do whatever I need to do to make people good Catholic Christians, by my word and example,” Sister Rosanne said.

Now in her 61st year as an Ursuline, she has cut back to part time. She still handles sacramental preparation for K-8 on Wednesday nights and takes Communion to the sick or homebound. There are 21 stops for Communion, including three nursing homes. Those calls are split between the pastor and four helpers. One of those helpers is Ursuline Associate Susie Westerfield, who is also a longtime member of the RCIA team.

“We couldn’t manage without her,” Westerfield said. “She brings her smiling face and all of her knowledge.”

On Oct. 5, 2022, Sister Rosanne took Communion to parishioner Libby Girten in her home near the church.

“She’s wonderful to do this,” Girten said.

Michelle Clancy has been the office manager at Precious Blood for a year. She says DRE stands not only for “director of religious education” but for “doing really everything.”

“Sister Rosanne brings laughter and she brings Jesus to our kids,” Clancy said. “She brings dependability because she helps with everything. We couldn’t do this without her.”

The Immaculate Sisters

Sister Julia’s first tenure at Immaculate Parish was in 1986, when she ministered to those in the RCIA process and in catechesis for children not in the Catholic school.

After serving in another parish and with the diocese, she returned to Immaculate in 1999 to minister to the children, lead some adult Scripture study and coordinate RCIA. She left in 2010 when she

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was elected assistant congregational leader for the Ursuline Sisters, but when her term ended in 2016, she returned part-time to Immaculate in her current role as coordinator of RCIA and preparing parents seeking baptism for their children.

“If parish life could be compared to a prism, there are many facets of ministry that are open for service,” Sister Julia said. “Parish ministry is not limited to one title, but offers opportunity for sharing concerns with the elders, with parents of young children, with parents of adult children. Catechetical ministry offers opportunities for learning/teaching, for faith sharing, for spiritual direction kinds of conversations, for visioning with the pastor and the parish staff,

Michelle Clancy, left, who has been office manager at Precious Blood for a year, says Sister Rosanne’s DRE role stands for “Doing Really Everything.”

for listening to happy hearts, for listening to broken hearts,” she said. “Sickness and death are everpresent realities. Study regarding the vision of Vatican II and reading the plethora of writings from Pope Francis fill the in-between times.”

The changes in parish ministry during Sister Julia’s tenure include more participation by lay people and more certification requirements for the volunteers. Technology is opening more opportunities, especially during Covid, Sister Julia said.

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the 1980s … church members “Oh, I’m so happy were hungry learning the meaning Sister Margaret Ann of their faith, and to learn how visits me,” Mulligan said to pass on their faith to children on Oct. 26. “She is the and grandchildren,” Sister Julia sweetest thing.” said. “I would not say that the “When you are no hunger is absent, but in some ways, longer able to go to uncertainty and skepticism have church, that’s when wormed in on the strong belief the Church comes to that all that the Catholic Church you,” Sister Margaret teaches has been revealed by God. Ann said. “I always look More listening time is spent calming forward to bringing her Sister Pat Lynch goes over some paperwork with the uncertainties that plague some Communion.”

Father Bill Porter, pastor of St. Agnes Parish in Roeland Park, Kan. Sister Pat is pastoral assistant parish members.”

Out of need comes at the parish. Out her window she can see Bishop For all the changes, the mission Miege High School, which the Ursulines opened. fulfillment of the Church continues to be the Sister Vivian had mission of Jesus Christ, Sister Julia all of that for a few years and felt I been caring for her said. was right where I needed to be.” mother after departing Brescia, and “Programs change. Presentation The current pastor cut back her following her mother’s death, she technologies change. The need for hours of paid responsibilities, but spent a year in Paducah, Ky. She the presence of Christ’s light in our then took a part-time position at St. by that time Sister Vivian knew and world does not change,” she said. loved the parishioners as well as the Alphonsus Parish, which allowed Sister Margaret Ann also had her her to be close to the Motherhouse. children. ministry to the parishes interrupted “After talking with community “The pastor got ill, and I by a term in elected office from leadership and having my 78th experienced a ‘baptism by fire’ by 1996-2000. She was teaching at taking on more areas than directing/ birthday, I decided to stay and Owensboro Catholic High School volunteer what additional hours I teaching faith formation for the in 1986 when the principal, Father would need to fulfill my obligations parish children who attended Ed Bradley, was named pastor of to the program,” she said. public schools,” Sister Vivian St. Stephen Cathedral. He asked She recruits catechists for the said. “I found I enjoyed visiting Sister Margaret Ann to join him children, one of whom is Imelda the sick, taking Eucharist to shutas director of religious education, Cecil, who has volunteered to teach ins, visiting the hospital, assisting to lead RCIA and to visit the sick. the second-graders at the parish for families with funerals, volunteering After her term in leadership ended, three years. for fundraisers, and using my Father Bradley was at Holy Name “I know all the experience Sister counseling skills with families. I did of Jesus in Henderson, Ky., Vivian has in her life,” Cecil and asked her to lead the same said. “She’s very enlightening, ministry there. She served and she is instrumental in another 10 years, but at 75, she seeing that each class is given decided to slow down to part the proper instruction and that time. That’s when she became each catechist knows how they coordinator of pastoral care at should teach.”

Immaculate in 2010.

Hometown Sister Among the people she Sister Joan was teaching brings Communion to is in Missouri in 1986 when Carolyn Mulligan, who has not she asked for a ministry in been able to attend Mass since Louisville to be near her Sister Vivian, right, checks in on the religion class she had a stroke four years ago. aging parents. She became the for grades 5-6, which includes student Kailey All four of Carolyn’s daughters Hinton, left, and instructors Toni Thompson and first Ursuline to teach at St. Pete Freels. They were meeting at St. Alphonsus, attended Mount Saint Joseph Matthias School, but after the where Sister Vivian is director of faith formation.

Academy. school closed, the pastor of

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the church asked her to stay on as music director and parish minister. The parish closed in 2008 and eventually Sister Joan began serving at the merged parish of Mary Queen of Peace.

Sister Joan visits the homebound and nursing homes, plays guitar at two weekend Masses and attends the parish craft club on Wednesdays. The members are making and donating baby blankets, caps and booties to a local hospital. She has a unique experience serving in a parish so close to where she was raised.

“Since I have grown up with the people I serve, it is like one big family,” Sister Joan said. “The closeness and the welcoming spirit we experience as ‘family’ and parishioners are beneficial to all.”

Sister with a presence

Sister Alicia missed parish ministry and she knew that Father Will Thompson – whom she had known since his seminary days – had responsibility for two parishes and a diocesan position on the Marriage Tribunal. When she called him one day, he responded, “I’ve been praying for a Sister.”

This is her fifth parish ministry position in her 43 years as an Ursuline, but this will not be an office job, she said.

“I get energy from being with people,” Sister Alicia said. “At my goodbye party at the Mount, the Sisters talked about how compassionate I am. I said, ‘There are people out there who need that very same thing.’ Just someone to be there at their time of grief and loss.”

Father Thompson has been responsible for the two parishes since June 2022. He referred to Saint Catherine of Siena as a guide for Sister Alicia.

“She said, ‘Be who God meant you to be, and you will set the world on fire.’ I want Sister to be herself,” Father Thompson said. “Sister brings a presence, an almost motherlike care for the people.”

Thompson is a self-professed extrovert, and expects to work well with Sister Alicia.

“She has the gift of being able to slow down and be with people,” he said. “We need people to love the faith and live it out. We need to see those people living their faith. Sister brings a great joy.”n

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Ursulines follow the pope’s call to put Laudato Si’ into action The Ursuline Sisters are joining with other religious communities and Catholics around the globe in developing a longterm action plan to be better stewards of the Earth.

On May 25, 2021, Pope Francis asked all Catholics to take part in an initiative called the Laudato Si' Action Platform. The pope called it “a seven-year journey that will see our communities committed in different ways to becoming totally sustainable, in the spirit of integral ecology.” The move is the next stop following the pope’s 2015 encyclical, “Laudato Si'", on Care for Our Common Home.”

Mount Saint Joseph leadership asked for volunteers who felt called to work with the Laudato Si' Action Platform, and five Sisters stepped forward – Sisters Angela Fitzpatrick, Michele Morek, Suzanne Sims, Amelia Stenger and Sharon Sullivan. They began meeting in November 2021.

The first part of the project is devoted to planning, and is ongoing until May 24, 2023, Sister Sharon said. Years two through six are designed for living out the plans and the seventh year is for assessing and celebrating the good work completed.

In the 1990s, the Ursuline Sisters began an environmental audit to develop a 10-year plan for sustainability. “We reviewed that plan, because why plow the same ground?” Sister Sharon said.

“We found that everything we sought had been implemented.”

The next step was to look at the seven Laudato Si' goals: • Responding to the cry of the Earth and environmental degradation.

• Responding to the cry of the poor and vulnerable.

• Creating an ecological-sustainable economy.

• Adopting simple lifestyles.

• Supporting ecological education.

• Promoting ecological spirituality.

• Building community awareness, participation and action.

The committee members first asked themselves, “What part of Laudato Si', or Scripture or Saint Angela speaks to you when you consider each goal?”

In early spring 2022, the committee asked each Ursuline Sister to ask herself, “What can I personally do to work against climate change?” and “What can the community do to work against climate change?” The results were shared during Community Days in July, showing that the Sisters recognized the use of energy, water and natural resources as important places to begin.

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hen Sister Mary Timothy Bland completed 52 years of teaching elementary school in 2019, she began looking for where she could serve next. Sister Judith Nell Riney told her the Maple Mount Archives needed help, and a week later, Sister Mary Timothy began her duties.

“I love it,” she said. “I’ve always been interested in archeology. Instead of artifacts, I’m digging up history.”

She serves in the Archives with Sister Rebecca White, who joined the staff in 2011, after a ministry history that included serving as a nurse and leading the Contemporary Woman Program at Brescia College/ University. While the two Sisters had never served together before, they had their own unique history – Sister Mary Timothy was Sister Rebecca’s fourth-grade teacher in Glennonville, Mo. “I love it since Sister Mary Timothy arrived, her staying focused keeps me focused,” Sister Rebecca said.

The 2022 publication of the book “Hope and Firm Faith: The Story of the Ursuline Sisters of Mount Saint Joseph,” has drawn new attention to the Archives.

Edward Wilson, director of the Archives, said it’s important to have Sisters working in the department.

“They’re hard working because they’re Sisters,” Wilson said. “They are connected to the history, which makes them more passionate. They find out something about a Sister that makes them more compelling. It ties them to their history.”

Sister Mary Timothy serves five days a week until early afternoon, and Sister Rebecca works in the mornings four days a week. These days, the Sisters are doing a mass inventory of all the contents of the Archives, which Sister Rebecca joked, “will be ongoing after we’re gone.”

It’s been at least eight to 10 years since the Archive’s finding aid has been updated, Wilson said. New boxes have been added to the collection that aren’t listed on the finding aid. The Sisters are also going through the folders in each box to make sure what is inside is properly listed.

Many of the files contain original newspaper clippings, which the Sisters are photocopying. “They are acidic and they weren’t meant to last,” Wilson said.

“The ink will bleed on everything around it.”

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Sister Rebecca White, left, and Sister Mary Timothy Bland in their office in the Archives, on the first floor of Lourdes Hall.

necrologies – a one-page synopsis of a Sister’s life in community, compiled after she dies.

“I learn things about them, that they were musicians or artists, which had never come up before,” she said.

Sister Rebecca keeps the photo files up to date for each Sister as well.

“Someone may turn in a photo of a Sister who died many years ago,” she said. “Several were Sisters I took care of in the infirmary.”

The Archives are important to chronicle the Sisters’ history, both Sisters said.

“More women are writing about religious communities for dissertations or books,” Sister Rebecca said. “If you want to work on a book, that information needs to be here. Relatives want to see pictures or what the Sister wrote.”

Sister Mary Timothy recalled that her first task in the Archives dealt with an abundance of postcards, which dated back to the beginning of the community.

“To be able to touch a postcard from Mother Aloysius or Mother Agnes (the first two mother superiors), I got cold chills. It was really special.”

The two Sisters have no intention of stopping any time soon. Sister Mary Timothy continues to live in Owensboro, with her current mission the first time she has served at the Mount.

“I look forward to coming out every day,” she said.

“It’s good to be here with the Sisters.”n Laudato Si’

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The most common suggestions for where the Sisters could personally impact climate change involved conserving energy (electricity, gasoline) and water, and reducing, reusing and recycling materials, especially plastic and paper. Sisters were given several suggestions of individual areas of concentration that each could choose during the coming year. The committee is

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Powerhouse of Prayer

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By Dan Heckel, Mount Saint Joseph Staff

Sister Pat Rhoten continues learning how to pray

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ister Pat Rhoten will celebrate 60 years as an Ursuline next year. So, it may sound surprising to hear her say she only recently learned how to pray.

“In my younger days, I became the mother of multitasking,” Sister Pat said. “The more I worked, the less time I had to pray. I’d tell myself that my work was my prayer.

But it wasn’t.”

Sister Pat is now retired at Maple Mount, where she is a member of the Powerhouse of Prayer. She prays for the Human Resources staff at the Mount and others who need her prayers.

A new spiritual director has helped her to “refocus my zeal,” she said. “Like Saint Paul, the Lord didn’t take his zeal, he refocused it on Jesus. My spiritual director helps me refocus on Jesus.”

“I have a master’s degree in religious studies with an emphasis on Scripture,” she said. ”My spiritual director cautions me not to approach prayer as a student. Just pray the Scriptures.”

The first Scripture passage the two discussed was the raising of Lazarus, from John 11:1-45.

When Sister Pat asked why, she was instructed to look at the characters – Mary and her sister Martha, and their brother Lazarus, all friends of Jesus. But Sister Pat looked beyond

those three and focused on the line “So the sisters sent word to (Jesus), saying ‘Master, the one you love is ill.’”

“I thought of the little messenger guy,” Sister Pat said.

“They probably gave a boy a few pennies to deliver the message to Jesus. The boy probably waited for a message to return with, or else waited for Jesus to leave, but Jesus didn’t leave immediately. I’m sure the boy returned to Mary and Martha and said, ‘I told him.’”

Sister Pat told her spiritual director that she had gone through severe pain recently, and had prayed for Jesus to rid her of the pain, but he didn’t come.

“My spiritual director urged me to pray to Martha and Mary, because Jesus didn’t come to them right away,” Sister Pat said. Just

Jesus calls Lazarus from the tomb in this fresco painting at a church in San Gimignano, Italy. The story of Mary, Martha and Lazarus inspires Sister Pat.

sending an Advent challenge to the Sisters to ask how they are doing with their commitment, and urging them to choose one more action, and to get someone else to choose another, Sister Sharon said.

One of the earliest visible projects is a water-wasting experiment led by Sister Suzanne Sims, who asked the food service workers at the Mount to collect the waste water from meal times in a bucket. Sister Suzanne was

as Jesus brought their brother Lazarus back from the dead, he also was able to make Sister Pat more comfortable, she said.

Sister Pat’s favorite place to pray is in the recliner in her room at Saint Joseph Villa, with a soft afghan to help her relax. She starts with small prayers.

“A retreat master we had many years ago told me, ‘Find something in your life that you see frequently that reminds you that Jesus loves you.’ I couldn’t think of anything, but then I looked at my house shoe and it had glitter on it,” Sister Pat said. “I decorate a lot, so there’s always glitter around. Glitter is my reminder that Jesus loves me.”

The formal prayers at Mass are some of Sister Pat’s favorites.

“To read the words that Father says by himself – ‘Pour out your mercy upon us, to pardon what our conscience dreads, and to give what prayer does not dare to ask’ – Wow!” Friends can write to Sister Pat at 8001 Cummings Road, Maple Mount, KY 42356. Cummings Road, Maple Mount, KY 42356.

impressed with the Sisters and staff for wasting very little water with each meal.

Another possible project involves providing cloth bags for shopping trips, thus reducing the use of plastic bags from stores, Sister Sharon said.

“We’re trying to articulate over the next five years how we can have a positive impact on reducing climate change,” Sister Sharon said. “Every little bit helps.”n

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Soli Deo Gloria

We rejoice in the gifts of our sisters, given for the kingdom of God. Matthias Ward, Larraine Lauter, Sister Amelia honored as Vivian Bowles, Ruth Gehres and Distinguished Alumna Michele Morek. Three Ursulines Ursuline Sister Amelia Stenger who are now deceased also received thanked her many Ursuline teachers the award – Sisters Joseph Angela – from grade school through college Boone, Rose Marita O’Bryan and – as she accepted her honor as a Dianna Ortiz. Ursuline Associate Distinguished Alumna of Brescia Mary Danhauer also received the University on Oct. 22, 2022. honor.

“It is difficult to put into words Sister Amelia served as a the gratitude I feel as I stand here classroom teacher and principal this evening,” she said during the before she was named the first celebration held at the C.E. Field woman to be Superintendent of Center for Professional Studies on the Sister Amelia Stenger receives Catholic Schools for the Diocese Brescia campus in Owensboro, Ky. her Distinguished Alumna Award of Owensboro, Ky., in 1984.

“My whole educational experience has from Brescia President Father Larry Seven years later she was named Hostetter on Oct. 22, 2022. been blessed by the Ursuline Sisters.

Superintendent of Catholic Schools They came to a small town called for the Archdiocese of Louisville Glennonville, Mo., and taught at St. – also the first woman in that role – Teresa School. Sisters Jean Gertrude, which she filled until 1997. In that Monica, Amanda Rose, Cecilia year she returned to Maple Mount Mary and Elizabeth Ann gave me a to lead the newly renovated Mount wonderful foundation.”

Saint Joseph Conference and Retreat She next attended Mount Saint Center.

Joseph Academy and then Brescia, In 2010 she became Director graduating in 1974. She said she was of Development for the Ursuline privileged to have Ursuline teachers Sisters. She served in that role until during all 16 years of her education. she was elected as Congregational “My four years at Brescia started Leader for her community in 2016. during my novitiate years at the Sister Amelia completed her term Mount with Sisters Mary Edgar, Sister Elaine Burke, center, poses with in office in July 2022. She is now Aloise, Consolata and Joseph Marian. two more Ursulines who volunteer pursuing efforts for the future of We didn’t get to come to the Brescia at the RiverPark Center – Sister Betsy Moyer, left, and Sister Barbara Jean the Mount Saint Joseph Archives campus for classes until our third year Head – during the Sept.

16, 2022, and Museum, while assisting in the of novitiate,” Sister Amelia said. “It was volunteer program.

Development office and overseeing quite an experience. Sisters Michele, all quilting for the community.

Clarita, Marita, Vivian, Ruth, and so many others were there to help me. The classes Sister Elaine recognized by RiverPark were rigorous. I was prepared well for the years that Sister Elaine Burke was honored on Sept. 16, 2022, followed. “ by the RiverPark Center of Owensboro, Ky., for her 30 “Brescia gave me the foundation I needed to years of volunteer service to the performing arts center. continue my degrees in education and administration.

The RiverPark Center is celebrating its 30th For that I am very grateful,” Sister Amelia said. She year this year, and Sister Elaine has been there since thanked the Ursuline Sisters who continue to serve at the beginning. She mentioned her first volunteer Brescia – Sisters Helena Fischer, Pam Mueller, Barbara coordinator, Ruth Baird, and the current coordinator, Jean Head, Betsy Moyer, Judith Nell Riney and Jaynan Day, as women who made a great impression Sharon Sullivan – for serving so well. on her.

Sister Amelia is the 11th Ursuline Sister to receive “I think it’s important that we have ways to present the Distinguished Alumni honor, joining current a positive Ursuline image to the people we meet,” Sisters Cheryl Clemons, Sharon Sullivan, Mary Sister Elaine said.

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Sister Spotlight: Sister Catherine Kaufman Meet Sister Catherine – An Illinois native who keeps God in mind Z Favorite thing about living at Mount Saint Joseph: (Sister Catherine was an Ursuline Sister of Belleville, Illinois, until the merger with Mount Saint Joseph in 2005).

“When I came here I was relieved of shopping. There was no need. It’s given me more time.” (She has spent some of that time quilting for the community and taking care of the dining room decor.)

Z Favorite place at Mount Saint Joseph: “The swing by the Guest House, weather permitting. It’s a quiet place to spend time with God’s nature.”

Z First job: “My first job was taking care of a toddler. When a Mom in the neighborhood (Piopolis, Illinois) would have a new baby and come home from the hospital, I would go and take care of the older child and do some light cooking. I was the oldest girl in my house – there were nine of us – and I was used to taking care of young ones.”

Z Morning person or night owl? “I used to be a morning person, but since I’ve gotten older, I can sleep until noon. I’ve switched to being a night owl. Staying on schedule for Mass and prayer gets me back on God’s time.”

Z Best gift she has received: “The realization that I am a daughter of God."

In the joy of eternal life SISTER MICHAEL MARIE FRIEDMAN, 75, died Sept. 12, at Mount Saint Joseph, in her 57th year of religious life. She was a native of Glennonville, Mo. Sister Michael Marie followed in the footsteps of her Ursuline teachers from elementary school, devoting 45 years as an educator before serving in outreach ministry, all in Kentucky. She was a 1964 graduate of Mount Saint Joseph Academy, and in 2013, the alumnae presented her with its highest honor, the Maple Leaf Award. She served as a teacher or principal in Daviess County, Paducah, Princeton and Hardinsburg, with 25 years of her ministry as principal of St. James Catholic Regional School, Elizabethtown (1990-2015). She served in pastoral outreach in Livingston County from 2015-21.

Survivors include the members of her religious community and nieces and nephews. She was preceded in death by her parents, Michael and Johanna Friedman, and her siblings Vincent Friedman, Patricia Howell and Richard Friedman. The funeral Mass was Sept. 16, with burial in the convent cemetery.

SISTER MARIE JULIE FECHER, 98, died Sept. 22 at Mount Saint Joseph, in her 80th year of religious life. She was a native of Hamilton, Ohio. Sister Marie Julie was a music instructor for 50 years in Kentucky – 32 years in elementary schools and 18 years at Brescia College in Owensboro – and loved to share her talents with others. Always with a smile on her face, Sister Marie Julie encouraged countless students to love music and use it as a tool to serve God. Survivors include the members of her religious community; siblings Roger Fecher of Indianapolis, Ind., and Julie Zink, of Kettering, Ohio; nieces and nephews. She was preceded in death by her parents, Constantine and Marie Fecher; and siblings Mark Patrick Fecher and Con J. Fecher Jr. The funeral Mass was Sept. 27, with burial in the convent cemetery.

Memorials may take the form of donations to the Ursuline Sisters of Mount Saint Joseph, 8001 Cummings Road, Maple Mount, KY 42356

The Ursuline Sisters of Mount Saint Joseph invite the public to join them for Eucharistic Adoration and evening prayer every Friday from 4 p.m. to 5 p.m. at the Motherhouse Chapel in Maple Mount, Ky. The second Friday of each month will be designated for praying for vocations.

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Joan Horan gives back to community of Sisters who inspired her

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oan Horan was in the initial first-grade class at St. Agnes Catholic Elementary School in the Kansas City, Kan., suburb of Roeland Park.

Later, she was a member of the first graduating class of nearby Bishop Miege High School. Both of these schools were led by the Ursuline Sisters of Paola, Kan. The influence the Sisters had on Joan led her to join the Ursuline Sisters in 1959.

As a member of the Ursulines, she earned a bachelor’s degree in English and taught two years at Holy Name Elementary in Kansas City. She then taught two years at Bishop Miege, at which time Sister Martina Rockers invited Joan to seek a master’s degree with Sister Martina Rockers, who inspired her from Boston College. Joan completed her master’s Joan Horan, stands next to a wooden in counseling psychology, then returned to Ursuline statue of Saint Angela Merici in Academy in Paola to begin a counseling program for Bishop Miege High School in Shawnee Joan Horan Mission, Kan., where she taught and young adults with special needs, and to teach adult served for 60 years. Almost up until education and psychology. her death at age 92 in 2018, she was Like some other women religious in the 1960s, Joan found that helping in their Spirit Shop. religious life was not where God was calling her. She left the Ursulines in 1970, but the Sisters were never far from her thoughts and her support.

In 1971, Joan became the first personnel director for DST Systems in Kansas City, a start-up company that was the first in the nation to serve as a mutual fund transfer agent. The company grew and Joan had the opportunity to grow with it, she said.

“When I started, there were 75 employees,” she said. “When I left in 2010, there were 14,000,” both in Kansas City and elsewhere. “I rose to become vice president of human resources for DST. It was quite an adventure.”

As the business began supporting more charities, Joan became the local contact in Kansas City among not-for-profit groups. She estimates that she has served on more than 20 not-for-profit boards. She is currently on the Lakemary Board, the center for people with developmental needs that was founded by the Ursulines of Paola. She is among the supporters of the Ursuline Legacy Park that is being created on the Lakemary property.

“The Ursuline Sisters had a long history of being great educators in the community, as well as with Lakemary,” Joan said. “They are certainly involved in their communities as great educators and volunteers.

They are a very caring group of people.”

Joan has continued to support the Ursuline Sisters since they merged with Mount Saint Joseph in 2008, because of the great influence they’ve had on her life.

“The Ursuline Sisters are a great group of people who have a wonderful mission,” Joan said. “I’m so glad to know that our Paola Sisters could join with Mount Saint Joseph and continue their mission.”

Joan stays in contact with other former Ursuline Sisters through Peggy Neal, who was Sister Helen Marie when she conducted the St. Agnes choir in grade school. Joan was happy to learn that Sister Pat Lynch has returned to Kansas to minister at St. Agnes.

“I still keep in touch with people at Bishop Miege, and I see Sister Angela Fitzpatrick volunteering at the symphony,” Joan said. “The Ursulines are always on my mind.”n Have the Ursuline Sisters influenced your life? If you would like to learn more about ways you can support the Ursuline Sisters of Mount Saint Joseph, contact Carol Braden-Clarke, director of Development, at 270-229-2008, or carol.braden-clarke@maplemount.org.

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ach year we recognize our donors in the Winter edition of Ursulines Alive. This is not just a list of names. Behind each name there is a story about how an Ursuline Sister touched someone’s life. As we compile this list, we are grateful for your generosity and that you chose to share so that others may experience the mission of the Ursuline Sisters.

My thanks to everyone who has supported us this year by making a gift, buying a Quilt Club or Raffle ticket or attending Quilt Bingo. The Annual Appeal this year is “Serve with Joy.” We are asking you to share Sister Pam Mueller, left, hands out bingo cards at Mount Saint Joseph on Sept. 11. your story of “Serving with Joy” or your prayer requests on the reply Many attendees enjoyed Quilt Bingo. card we sent you. We will display your card in the chapel entrance.

We are grateful for your support. I wish you peace and happiness in the New Year. Thank you.

Carol Braden-Clarke, Director of Development, Ursuline Sisters of Mount Saint Joseph

Here are the names of our generous donors who gave gifts over the past fiscal year from July 1, 2021–June 30, 2022.

We apologize in advance if our list is not complete. Please send corrections to carol.braden-clarke@maplemount.org or 270-229-2008.

William and Jocelyn Foushee Martha Bickett Frost A’67 Dr. Rosemary Emmick Dolores Furtado FOUNDERS...............$25,000+ George and Jayne A‘60 Flynn Sister Vivian Marie Bowles, OSU, A‘57 Joyce Lee Godfrey Williamand andDeborah Jocelyn Foushee Rose Marita Eckhart Trust/EstateV Gerald Gonsoski Sister Vivian Marie Bowles, Martha M. Bickett Frost A’67 Jacinta C. Garinger A’47V OSU, A‘57 Bernice Gregorio Rose Marita Eckhart Dolores Betty Lee Lupfer A‘61Trust/EstateV Jerry andFurtado Teresa Griffith Jacinta C. Garinger A’47V Joyce Groth Lee Godfrey A‘60 Rosemary Smith Dawood Harry II Betty Lee Lupfer A‘61 Gerald and Deborah Gonsoski Mary Rose StephensonV Victor and Barbara Hagman Rosemary Smith Dawood Berniceand M. Gregorio Joseph Marie Hancock Mary Rose StephensonV Jerry and TeresaHannah Griffith A‘79 Mary Catherine BENEFACTORS...$10,000-24,999 Harry Groth II and Mary Havelda Dr. Christopher Victor andFoster Barbara BENEFACTORS...$10,000-24,999 Rev. Bernard Leo Craycroft Meichele andHagman Rose Hayden Joseph and Marie Hancock Sister Barbara Jean Head, OSU Bernard and Catherine Thompson Mary Catherine Hannah A‘79 Rev. Bernard Michael Horn Leo Craycroft Hayden A‘62 Dr. Christopher and Mary Havelda Sister Barbara Head, OSU James and JoanJean Meyer Patrick Hayden Sr. Meichele Foster and Rose Hayden MichaelAnn HornStaley FundV Maxine Joyce Janssen Bernard and Catherine Thompson Jamesand andCassie Joan Meyer Kevin Stelmach Ernest Johnson Hayden A‘62 Maxine Ann Staley FundV Sarah Jane Kranz A‘72 Patrick Hayden Sr. Kevin and Cassie Stelmach John and Christine Kurtz PATRONS..............$5,000-9,999 Joyce Janssen Gregory and Colleen Lang Ernest Johnson Carolyn Larocco PATRONS..............$5,000-9,999 Rev. J Raymond Goetz Sarah Jane Kranz A‘72 Debbie Lonie Juan Gomez Jr. John and Christine Kurtz Sarah Jane Lynch Rev. J George Raymond Goetz Msgr.

Hancock Gregory and Colleen Lang Sylvia Goetz McCauley A‘66 Juan Gomez Jr. Steven Heidenreich Carolyn Larocco Bishop Msgr. George HancockV Margie Hill DebbieWilliam Lonie F. Medley Suzy Steven Heidenreich Joan Horan SarahMeinzenbach Jane Lynch Rebecca Collins Morris A‘71 Margie Hill William and Ida Willhaus Sylvia Goetz McCauley A‘66 Mount Joseph Alumnae Joan Horan David and Marilyn Zamierowski Bishop Saint William F. Medley Benjamin and Sharon L. Peine William and Ida Willhaus Suzy Meinzenbach Sam and Collins ChristaMorris Pennington David and Marilyn Zamierowski INVESTORS..........$2,500-4,999 Rebecca A‘71 Yvonne Plier Joseph Alumnae Mount Saint Daniel and Nancy Purdy David and Maggie Bollone INVESTORS..........$2,500-4,999 Benjamin and Sharon L. Peine Anonymous John and Helen Cornell Sam and Christa Pennington Brad Rives and Mary Klarer Rives DavidC. and Maggie Betty Culver V Bollone Yvonne Plier Saint ParishPurdy JohnJohn and Helen Cornell Rev. D. Deatrick DanielJoseph and Nancy Dr. Gregory and Linda Schnose Betty C. and Culver Thomas JoV Anne Fiorini Anonymous Eric Susan Shrader Rev. John Deatrick Steven andD.Rita Patti A‘82 Bradand Rives andA. Mary Klarer Rives Dr. Roberta Thomas Anne Fiorini Ron and and PamJo Ziegler Saint JosephSteinbacher Parish - Bardstown, Ky. Mary Teder and Linda Schnose Steven and Rita Patti A‘82 Dr. Gregory Mary Catherine Thompson Ron and Pam Ziegler Eric and Susan A. Shrader A‘61 PROVIDERS..........$1,000-2,499 Frances Kay Tichenor A‘62 Dr. Roberta Steinbacher Bertrand+ Mary Tederand Barbara Trompeter Donald and Janice Arth PROVIDERS..........$1,000-2,499 Florence and Carrie Wieder A‘61 Mary Catherine Thompson Robert and Laurie Bauer John andKay Kathy Wright Frances Tichenor A‘62 Donald and Janice Arth Sister Susanne Bauer, OSU Harold and Kathy Ford Young A‘70 Bertrand V and Barbara Trompeter Laurie Bauer Robert and Marilyn Beam David and Sue Zimmerman Florence and Carrie Wieder Sister Susanne OSU Dr. George andBauer, Barbara Beard John and Kathy Wright Robert and Marilyn Beam Richard Blond Harold and Kathy Ford Young A‘70 Dr. George Barbara Beard SPONSORS................$500-999 Richard andand Beverly Greenwell David and Sue Zimmerman Richard Blond Boeckmann A’58 Richard and and Katherine Beverly Greenwell Charles Brown John and Therese Allen James and Margaret Alvey Boeckmann A’58Buckman Thomas and Denise SPONSORS................$500-999 Col. (RET.) George and Sharon Barber Charles and Thomas CecilKatherine Brown Catherine Beam Thomas andCarol Denise Buckman Sister Marie Cecil, OSU JohnV andImelda Therese Allen James and Sheila Beaven Thomas Tony andCecil Carolyn Clark Margaret Alvey Donald Bittel Sister Marie Carol Cecil, OSU Lillian Cloughley Col. (RET.) George and Sharon Barber Ronald andImelda Mary Briney Tony and Carolyn Clark Charles and Kathleen Daugherty Catherine Beam Alan Brugman LillianA. Cloughley Kevin Dunn Jamesand andLinda Sheila Beaven Ed and Gloria Charles and Kathleen Dr. Rosemary Emmick Daugherty Donald Bittel Cecil Kevin A.and Dunn Ronaldand andKarie MaryD.Briney George Jane Flynn Philip Cecil

FOUNDERS...............$25,000+

Central Kentucky Audiology Winifred Riney Cohron A‘69 Alan and Brugman Marie AnnLinda Collins A‘75 Ed and Dalton Gloria Cecil Gerald PhilipDause and Karie D. Cecil Mary Central Kentucky Audiology John and Lyndia Dew Winifred Riney Cohron A‘69 Joseph and Linda Donahue Marie Ann William andCollins Joyce A‘75 Dougherty Gerald Dalton Mike and Sharon Dowdall Mary Dause James and Molly Egger John and Lyndia Janet Sue Evans Dew Joseph and Linda Jane Fulton Trust Donahue William and Michael and Joyce NancyDougherty Gavin Mike and Dowdall Robert andSharon Jennifer Grabill James and Molly Egger Dan and Pat Haake Janet Sue Evans Mary Jo Harmon Jane Fulton Trust Joseph and Pam Riney Higdon A‘77 Michael and Nancy Gavin Dr. Carroll and Margie Howard Robert and Jennifer Grabill Eloise Hughes Dan and Pat Haake Dennis and Regina Jacobs Mary Jo Harmon Kenneth and Michaelanne James Joseph and Pam Riney Higdon A‘77 Fred J. Klausing III Dr. Carroll and Margie Howard Frank and Jean Koehler Eloise Hughes Linda Kreher Dennis and Regina Jacobs Anna Catherine Mattingly A‘66 Kenneth and Michaelanne James Robert and Margy Fred J. Klausing III McGlynn Jeffrey andJean Madeline D. Meyer Frank and Koehler Alice LindaWondra Kreher and William Moyes Ann AnnaMudd Catherine Mattingly A‘66 Raymond and LauraMcGlynn Paul Robert and Margy Michael andMadeline Dorothy Riggs A‘72 Jeffrey and D. Meyer W. Riney Alice Wondra and William Moyes Dr. AnnMichael Mudd and Janice Scherm Juergen Schindler Joseph and Jeanne Passantino Robert L. Scully Raymond and Laura Paul Mick Seuferling Michael and Dorothy Riggs A‘72 Pam Payne Shephard W. Riney Marky Smithand Janice Scherm Dr. Michael Francis JuergenSteffen Schindler Annette Stoerman Robert L.K.Scully James Struna Mick Seuferling Ernest and Shirley Taliaferro Pam Payne Shephard Jason MarkyThein Smith William and Betty Ulrich Francis Steffen Jerry WeilK. Stoerman Annette James Struna Ernest and Shirley Taliaferro SUPPORTERS.............$250-499 Jason Thein Williamand andMartha Betty Ulrich Detlef Alle Jerry Weil Amazon Smile Anonymous Donald Kapa and Monica Armstrong SUPPORTERS.............$250-499 Cathy A. Audley Rachel Ballard Detlef and Martha Alle Michael AmazonBansley Smile Carolyn Graves Beam A’70 Anonymous Mary Kay Bell and Monica Armstrong Donald Kapa Liz Elizabeth Berger A‘55 Cathy A. Audley Alice Ann Biscopink A‘68 Rachel Ballard Michaeland Bansley Russell Connie Brooks

Faye Carol Bruce A‘77 Mrs. William Bryan Carolyn Buford Graves Beam A’70 Tommy Maryand KayMartha Bell Tom Bullock Liz Elizabeth Berger A‘55 Mildred Ann Carrico A‘61 Alice Ann Biscopink A‘68 James J. Casaert Russell Connie Brooks Tim andand Melody Cecil Faye Carol Bruce A‘77 Theresa Louise Mattingly Clark A‘72 Mrs. William Bryan Connelly Donald and Roscella Tommy Buford Michael and Doretha Corbett Tom andand Martha Michael MaryBullock Dearing Mildred Ann Carrico Mary Margaret DruryA‘61 A‘66 James J. Casaert Jeffrey and Margaret Ebelhar Tim and Melody Cecil Richard and Isabelle Ebelhar Theresa Louise Compliance Mattingly Clark A‘72 Environmental Source Donald and Quentin andRoscella Patricia Connelly Fannin Michael House and Doretha Corbett Farmers Real Estate Michael and and Sally MaryFloberg Dearing Frederic Mary and Margaret Drury Ricky Patricia Fox A‘66 Jeffrey and Margaret Gary and Just FreemanEbelhar Richard and Isabelle Ebelhar Barry and Stephanie Frey Environmental Compliance Source Tom and Mary Garbach Quentin Patricia Fannin Paul and and Wilma Goebel Farmers Estate Ross andHouse DianneReal Gomez Frederic andT.Sally Floberg Rev. Joseph Graffis Ricky and Fox Philip and Patricia Kimberly Ann Haire A‘79 GaryD. and Judy Freeman Jack Hamilton Barry and Frey Joseph andStephanie Kim Hartlauf Tom and Garbach Donald A.Mary Hayden Paul and and Sherri WilmaHeckel Goebel Dan Ross andD.Dianne Gomez William Heinzig Rev. Joseph Graffis George and T. Lorna Horishny Philipand andMarie Kimberly Ann Haire A‘79 Paul Joseph Jack D. Hamilton Chris and Jennifer Kaminski Joseph Kim Hartlauf Carol E.and Kane Donald Hayden Paul W. A. Keene Dan and Sherri Heckel David Lechner William D. Kay Heinzig David and McCall George Lorna Horishny John andand Mary Medley Paul and Marie Chuck Medlock Joseph Chris and Sue Jennifer Kaminski Larry Menke CarolJoseph E. Kane Rev. T. Merkt Paul W.and Keene Willard Patty Miller David Lechner Michael and Mary Monaghan David and McCall Arnold andKay Bettye Moody John and Clara Nall Mary Medley ChuckA. Medlock Carol O’Keefe LarryClive and Otieno Sue Menke Rev. Rev. Joseph T. Merkt Thuy V. Pham Willard and Miller Kenneth andPatty Maria Pierson MichaelJ.and Mary Monaghan Richard Piezuch Arnold Plappert and Bettye Moody Gerald Clara Nall Michael and Elizabeth L. Pontarolo Carol A. O’Keefe A‘66 Rev. Clive Otieno William and Joanne Powell Thuy V. Pham Merwin and Julieanne Ray Kenneth Pierson Joe Roop and and Maria Anne Federlein Richardand J. Piezuch Robert Rosemary Runnebaum Gerald Plappert Richard and Michelle Salazar L. Pontarolo A‘66 Michael and Elizabeth Mary Sallee William and Connie Joanne Schickel Powell Edward

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Merwin and Julieanne Ray Joe Roop and Anne Federlein Robert and Rosemary Runnebaum Richard and Michelle Salazar Michael and Mary Sallee Edward and Connie Schickel Stephen and Susan Schlicher Edward Schnur Debra Schultz Thomas and Vicki Smith Carolyn Suzanne Stumpf Michael J. Sullivan Ronald SullivanV Stephen and Nancy Summers Ellen Sweet Robert and Peggy Tarver LarryV and Carolyn Taylor Thomas Taylor Joan Teder Gary and Joanne Thompson Melanie Walsh Rev. Gerald Waris Theresa J. Warner Tina Marie Weber Smith A‘74 Richard A. Wethington Thomas and Karen Wheatley Joseph and Mary Ann Payne Willett A‘72 John and Jackie Wilson John and Alma Wimsatt Gene and Pauline Wink Lester and Barbara Wuertz Mary E. Ziegler

CONTRIBUTORS........$100-249 Sam and Doreen Abbott Richard and Rita Abernethy Beth Akins Betty B. Allard A’44 Berdette Anderson Dan and Claudia Anderson Anonymous (6) Cecilia Arbuckle Patricia Arnett A’72 Robert and Ann Ballard Ursula Barber Dr. Joseph and Dorothy Barnthouse Thomas Barrett William and Judy Beaven Stan and Mary Bechtold Stephen and Jean Berry Betty Joyce Bickett A’49 Ronald and Beverly Bisig A’62 Mary Rita and Lawrence Bland A’67 Blessed Mother Church - Owensboro Michael and Gayle Bogard Sharon Boone Jan Booth John and Mary Bouvier William Collins and Sarah Bowling Rev. Edward Bradley Rose Brandenburg A’64 John and Janet Brandon Rev. Albert Bremer James and Mary Brey George and Faye Briel Alexandrina Brockwell Joseph and Marilyn Brookman James Brooks Robert and Rebecca Brown Margaret Knott Brown A’59 Sister Clarita Browning, OSU, A’47 Leda Brundage Phil and Sarah Bryan Bill and Sally Ann Buford A’64 Juanita Ann Burke A’50V Diane Steffan and Pam Burris Pete and Kaye Buser Robert Gress and Mary Butel Carole M. Cada Gregory and Vicki Cash Robert J. Caspar Brenda Castiglione Donald and Charlotte Cecil Ramey Cecil Mario and Emily Chavez Jessica Cheatham Robert and Sue Christian

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Chaplain Linda Cirillo David and Jane Clark John and Beth Clements Mark and Mary Clements Dwayne Clemons Matteo Coco Lowell and Karen Collard Michael and Nancy Collins Ellen Mary CondryV Monica Thomas Connelly A’69 Ray and Theresa Coomes Council of Religious Carol A. Coyle Janet Cress Rev. Joseph Kenneth Criqui Anna Flynn and Ava Crow Cecilia Curtis Anne and Regis Dansdill Sandra Davis Elizabeth Dawley Melanie and James Deaderick Jim Sullivan and Emily DeMoor Wanda Despain Frank and Molly Devocelle Diane DiTucci Donald and Judith Dobernic Siebrand and Wanda Dooper Rev. Robert Drury Joan M. Dugan William H. Dunn Sr. Keith R. Durbin Allison Eardley Dr. James David Earnest Bobbie Edds Roger and Michelle Edelbrock Shirley L. Egan Maureen Elbert Betty Ellis Catherine J. Evans Clara Mae Evrard John and Lana T. Falke John and Agnes Filburn Barbara Fischer John and Linda Fitzpatrick Billy and Patty Folk Rodney and Charlotte Ford Ronald E. Franzen Margaret Frey Vince and Joan Frey Mary Fries John and Liz Froehlich Melissa Fry Mary Jane Fulkerson Anne Gall Robert and Maria Galles Jerome and Maureen Gaughan Clara A. George Robert George Karen O’Daniel Gerstle A’69 Ann Elizabeth Gibbs A’55 Shirley Hayden Gililland A’55 Kathleen Gillen Robert and Mildred Gilles John and Margaret Gladbach Bobby Glenn Gene and Elaine McCarty Glenn A’66 Suzanne Gochenouer Greg Goebel Mary Wethington Gordon A’69 Dale and Susie Gray Paula Chandler Gray A’73 Joyce Greenwell Roger and Mary Jane Greenwell Celeste Gros Andrew And Kathleen Grosmaire Thomas and Jane Hancock Brigid Haragan Hadley and Larry Harrington Kimberly and Joseph Harris Robert and Debra Harris Arieyani Hartono Marlene Hatfield Karen Hayden Martin and Joan Hayden PJ and Sarah Hayden William Hayden Charlotte Hedges Mary Heininger Mark and Rita Heinz

Irene and Thomas Hemerling Jerome and Marie Bernadette Henning A’62 Carl and Carleen Herde Dale and Linda Hermreck Raymond E. Hiersche Sr. Mona Higdon Wendell and Shirley Hill Judith M. Hinchey Diane and Michael Hite Joan Sherron Hofman A’51 Martha House Michael and Vicki Howard Frank and Carolyn Howe Gerald and Mary Hubbs John and Sally Hudnall Jane Hummel James Hundley Philip and Mary Hurley Janet Hyde Agnes Intravia Jerry L. Jackson Paul and Monica Jarboe Laurie and Anthony A. Jennewein Charlotte Jones Donna M. Jordan Catherine Keene Matthew Keiser Herschel and Margaret Keitel Mary Cecelia Keith Amy Keller Thomas and Donna Kellerman Mark and Diane Kemper Victor and Virginia Kerperien Paul and Beverly Keyser Fred and Frances Kirchhoff Joe and Beth Kirsch John C. Klein Robert and Jeanne Kobler Judith Ann Kranz-Donley A’65 Clifford and Jean Kreifels John and Rebecca Kresovsky Dr. Susan Effertz and Charles J. Kuether Mary Ann Kurz Bonnie Landry Kenneth G. Lanter Harry J. LavigneV Therese Martin Lawson Barbara Lechner Mary Wempe Ligon Rev. Daniel L. Lincoln Raymond and Shirley Lindle Mark and Tonya Logsdon Larry and Gene Lyon Richard and Mary Lyon Jeanean Malubay Pedro and Martha Marin Scott and Charlotte Marksberry Sally Martin Donald and Barbara Marx Sid Mason Dennis and Nora Massoth Joseph Trapani and Paula Matrullo Allen and Sylvia Mattingly Alvin and Marcy Mauler Joyce Mayeresky Honorable Romano L. MazzoliV David and Cecilia McCarty Karen Jean McCarty A’74 John and Carolyn Drury McCarty A’71 Rosalee McEntyre Eddy and Lorraine McFarland Virginia R. McKeel Daniel and Susan McQuillan Kathryn McSorley John McWilliams Lynn Meeker John and Cynthia Mesnier Mark and Cheryl Mesnier Rita A. Metzger Charles and Mary Jane Metzmeier Tammy Milbourn Nora Jean Miles Joseph Allen Millay Lizzy Millay Mary Joan Miller Rosemary Milton-Miano Michael and Jacqueline Mize

Ervin and Mildred Coreen Moore Iris Moreno-Brown Betty Morgan Martha Morris Philip and Carol Morris Ronald and Jo Mueller Jeanette Muldowney Mildred Mullican A’79 Jeffery and Edna Murphey Alan and Linda Murphy Larry and Deborah Murphy Donna Jean Murphy A’79 Thomas and Lucy Neal Joan Ruesewald Nelson A’85 Victor and Joyce Nettle James T. Nixon Donald and Joanna Norrenberns Ray and Jane Nugent Mary Lou O’Brien Larry and Connie O’Bryan Paul and Marianne O’Connell Edward O’Daniel James and Linda O’Daniel Doris Boone O’Daniel A’49 William and Phyllis O’Dea Christopher and Della Oberst Larry and Melanie Odom-Groh Rev. Anthoni Ottagan Mary Palmer A’64 Joseph H. Papst Joseph and Rosemary Park Joan Zink and Jim Parker Caroline C. Parys Stephen and Beverly Payne Mary Lou Payne A’66 Greg and Glenda Peters Margaret Posey Precious Blood Conference/ St. Vincent DePaul Troy Quinn Maria Ransdell A’71 Rev. Robert E. Ray Shirley Raymond A’65 Fred and Kaye Reichenbach Lydia A. Reid Greg and Lisa L. Reis Rita and Gerald Reis John and Debbie Reiss Craig and Sandra Reynolds Mike Reynolds Jeff and Tammy Rice Lynn Radovich and Richard Chenard Elaine Richards A’70 Fred and Mary Ridgley Thomas and Mary Riney Keith O. Rodolph Rachel Roth A’68 Janice Russell Joe and Celeste Russell Edward Peter Rutledge Barbara Jane Ryan Steve and Susan Ryan Susan F. Ryan James and Elaine Sanders Mary Jane Sattazahn Gary and Patricia Satterwhite Don and Elizabeth Scharfenberger Joseph and Sandra Schmitt Rev. John Schwartzlose Bonnie R. Segers Bryan and Katy Sei Michael Sgro Mark E. Shircliff Rev. Anthony Shonis Steve and Pam Shoulta James and Camilla Shumaker Rev. Martin J. Siebenaler James and Sheila Sills Lela Simpson Paul and Julia Sims Joseph and Ann Sipes Sisters of Saint Benedict Donald and Dianna Skeeters Thomas and Linda Skeeters Mary Paula Skrivan John and Linda Slattery Daniel and Debbie Smith Mary Smith Mary F. Smith

Sharon Snyder Richard E. Soenen Southern Tire Service John and Mary Spies Loyd and Barbara St. John Robert and Lyda Steiert John Steinmetz Andrew and Megan Stelmach Mike and Charlotte Stelmach Todd and Patricia Stelmach Clara Beth Steward Marcia Stoller Lynn Stone Laura Strange Rose Sherron Strickland A’45 James P. Sullivan Anne and William Swinford Richard and Elizabeth Szucs Rev. Thomas G. Tank Paul and Carolyn Tapp William and Marilyn Terry Larry and Jorene Thoeming Dan and Jane Thomas Louis and Shirley Thomas Danny J. Thompson Mike and Cloa Thompson Tom and Debbie Tinker Michael and Andrea Townsend Megan Trilk Stephen J. Troutman Phyllis Thomas Troutman A’63 Richard and Susan Ubert Leslie and Patsy Van Meter Sean and Amy Vaughn James and Karen Verney Owen and Veronica Vessels William Vogrin Donald and Laura Vohs Robert and Judy Vohs Karen Vossler Mary Ford Vuncannon A’55 Gary and Linda Wahl Elizabeth Walker Darryl Wallace Rose Mary Walsh Dr. W. Dean and Nina Walton Mark and Amanda Walz Drew and Jeannette Ward Thomas and Sharon Waris Stephanie J. Warren A’73 Sister Marie Bosco Wathen, OSU John Weaver Mark Weidenbenner Krisie Drury Weise A’84 Cynthia Welch Frank and Sandra Wethington Mary Alice Wethington Sandra and Phillip Wiese Sharon and Donald Will James and Doris Wilson Joseph and Diane Wilson Rita Winkelmann Lt. Col. Lyle and Rita Wobker Martha T. Wolfe John and Elaine Wood Clarence A. Woodall III Sarah A. Ye Dr. Mary Rose J. Zink Magdalene M. Zybko

FRIENDS.........................$1-99 Luat and Lan Nguyen 529 Investment Partners Emily Adler Maureen T. Alexander Jackie Allen Jean Claire Allen A’55 George and Della Alleven Thomas Allsopp Anonymous (29) Robert and Jennifer Atwell Kenneth and Joan Aylor Louis and Betty S Barber Phyllis Barker Bill Bassler Craig and Carol Bauer Keith and Martha Baughman

Harry and Charlene Baumgarten Nels and Grace Becker Thomas and Valerie Neel Beckert June Bell Mary M. BenkeserV Marian Bennett Barbara Bickerstaff Robert and Diane Black Judy Bland Joseph and Claudine Blandford Monica Murphy Blandford A’61 David and Ann Blanford Michael and Cynthia Bohaty Mary Bonn Claudette E. Borchers John and Ann Bossing Christel G. Bouldin Diane Bowers A’79 Eileen M. Bowling Mary Ann Bowling Russell and Denise Bradford James M. Brennan Edwin and Phyllis Ann Bresnik A’66 Beverly and Thomas Brown Keri Brusven Lawrence and Joan Buccero Jerome L. Buckley Douglas E. Buell Ronald L. Bugg Danny Bullock Joan and Mark Burke Lawrence Burns Jesse and Brenda Busick Helen Butler Alice Cano Mary Ann Clements Carr A’72 Christopher and Carol Cecil Dale and Lisa Cecil Ernest Cerino Jr. David and Michaeline Chandler Dolores G. Chavez Martha H. Clark Ruth Clark Carol and Aubrey Clarke Catherine T. Clements Louis and Charlotte Clements Mike Coakley Daniel E. Coleman Anna Conn Ruth Connor Mary M. Costello A’65 Catherine A. Cox Mary Ann Cox Kevin Cummins Emmeline Dahlem Mary T. Danhauer A’71 Jill Darcy Clay and Nicole Daugherty Joe and Kathleen Davis Marsha Davis Delores E. Day Marilyn Day Gerald and Mary Dickerson Brother Craig A. Digmann David and Charlene Diver Lisa Marie Downs Eddie J. Dugas Jr. Jeanette Ebelhar Rose Mary Edlin Michael and Patricia Egan Carol Egger Scofield Pamela Eglinski Judy Parker and Elaine Skoch Alan and Becky Englehart Helen Enright Mary Frances Erdley Alice Faulkner Charles and Katherine Ferrara Robert and Mary Flanagan Rev. Robert B. Flannery Bill and Norma Folz John and Mary Fortino Theodore V. Freese David and Anita Frickey Donald and Jane Gerbitz Shirley A. Gibbons Clara Gilles Gerald and Margarita Gladbach Jacqueline Addington Glover

Serve with Joy! How do you “Serve with Joy?” If you did not receive a 2022 annual appeal letter and response card where you can answer this question, contact Carol at 270-229-2008 or carol.braden-clarke@maplemount.org Donna Marie Goetz H. and Sherleye Goff Sue Ann Goode Patrick and Barbara Gorman David and Nora Grant Fran Grauer Jeff and Karen Greenstreet Carl and Maureen Greenwell Connie and Frank P. Greenwell George and Barbara Greenwell Joan Greenwell Polly Gregory Elizabeth Griner Patrick and Oyamel Gronstal Sister George Mary Hagan, OSU Daniel and Sally Halbig Joyce Halderman Teresa Hancock-Haff William and Jean Hardesty Joan Hardin Kingston and Doreen Harney Barbara Harper Arnie and Carol Hart Gerry and Barbara Hasenstab Bob and Fran Hawley David and Emmalene Hayden Lisa Haydon Mary E. Hazzard Diane Head John and Joyce Heichelbech David and Sara Hemingway Nancy D. Hendricks Denise Heying Mary Louise Higdon A’55 Thomas and Millie Hines Andrew and Brenda Hinton Robert and Patricia Hinton Richard Hite Clora Hixon Jane Hobbs William W. Holtz Holy Cross Church - Loretto, Ky. Marva Homrighausen Peggy Honadle Marilyn Horlander Robert and Marylou Hoskins Barbara House A’53 Kay Howa Earl and Carolyn Howard Janie Howard Robert and Doris Howard Henry and Jane Hurst Joan Hutchins Dee Dee Jackson Steven Jackson Ann Jacobs Rebecca Jacobs Pollez Raymond and Virginia Jarsulic Lois Jirgal Mary Ann Jobe Mark and Joanne Johnson Todd and Mary Johnson

John Johnston Joey and Susan Jones Rose Joyce Barbara Kacer Peter Kaminski Bill and Nancy Keel Mary Carmelita Kelly A’54 Eddie and Wendy Kenny Edward and Virginia Klein Michele Klein William and Barbara Klump Marianne Knott Ellen Koester Joy Kopcha Chris and Joyce Kormelink Jodi Krahwinkel Earl and Linda Kropp Jim and Mary Kueny Lorinda K. Lampe Wanda Lanham WaNell Stallings Lanham A’71 Hilda Lankard William and Julie Lankford Joseph and Bernadine Lawler Maria Lee Patricia Lewis Darlene Livers Patsy Logsdon Charles Easley and Louise Clarke John and Barbara Lynch Elden and Florence Lyon Cyndy Madi Nace and Mary Magner Michael J. Maher Jr. Ann Maney Joan Martin M. Katherine Martinovich Mary James Masden Joseph and Kathy Mattingly Mack and Dolores Mattingly Mildred Mattingly Joseph Hamilton Mattingly Jr. Sam Mauro Alma W. McBride Peggy McCarthy A’56 Mary Fatima McDonough A’70 Cecilia Robinette McEldowney A’66 Rachael McFadden Ken and Edie McKay Constance McVoy Loretta K. Meisenbacher Fred and Lois Mersmann Beverly Merz Anna Louise Miley Ashley Miller Mary Ellen Miller Maureen Miller Scott and Jennifer Miller Beth and Mark Minotti Marie Celine Miranda, OSU Thomas and Susan Moloney William and Donna Montgomery

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By joining the Ursuline Sisters’ annual Quilt Club, you can be part of our mission AND get 12 chances to win a beautiful handmade quilt!

Drawings take place on the first Friday of each month. Tickets are $25. The first drawing for the 2023-24 Quilt Club will be April 7, 2023.

Watch for a letter in the mail or get details online: www.ursulinesmsj.org/quilt-club Douglas and Kathleen Moorman Margaret Moorman Betty Moorman A’58 Patrick and Nancy Moran Dorothy Weaver Morrison A’55 Patricia Mountain Leon J. Mueller John and Barbara Muncy Preston and Alma Nanninga Lloyd and Mary Nash John and Helen Necaise Ernest Nelson Shelby Newton Sherry Newton James and Frances Nichols Joe and Maggie O’Bryan Clarice O’Bryan A’52 Theresa O’Bryan A’63 Edward and Pat O’Connor Raymond and Ann O’Daniel Aloysius F. O’Dell Gerald and Betty Oakes Donna Oberhausen Roger and Kathryn Ordal Gail Otte Linda Payne Melody Payne David and Connie Peake Phil and Tama Pecoraro Becky Pedley George and Helen Peters Virginia Peters Larry and Linda Phillips Mary Pikell Issa and Mary Jean Pirouznia James and Linda Pollock Dorothy Powers Keith and Genon Putnam Irene L. Quigley Sister Eileen Quinlan, SND Shirlene Quinn Rose Ann Radzelovage Joseph and Patricia Raphael Natalie and Brian Reagan Helman and Darlene Reid Joseph and Colleen Ressler Joseph P. Rhinerson Paul Rhinerson Byron and Lucy Rhoades David and Mary Lou Richardson Mary Lynn Hoffman Ridgeway A’68 Chris Riedel Robert and Michelle Rivers John B. Roark Sr. Bryce and Sue Roberts Lawrence A. Rockers Mike and Elizabeth M. Rogers A’70 Josephine Romang Thomas and Terrence Rosner Stephanie Ruanto Vicky and Neil Rudy Christopher and Barbara Ryan Charles and Gail Saunders Randall L. Sayre James Schartung Mary Hagman Schelling A’52 Paul and Mari Schieber Elaine P. Schmidtberger Ralph Schneider Elizabeth A. Schoeberle Susan J. Scott

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Mary Ann Seeley A’63 Teva Shirley Mary Kelly Sils A’69 Phyllis Simmons Anthony and Lora Simning Philip and Annette Skees James and Louanne Smith Ruth Smith Rhonda Smith-Bentley Donald R. Speaks William and Margaret Stadtlander Steve and Sandy Stahl Ronald and Barbara Stallings Pat Schmidt and Robert Steinberg Bernard StengerV Sister Amelia Stenger, OSU, A’67 Joseph and Joan Stith Mary Stoltz Robert and Mary Lou Storm A’77 Shirley McIntyre Story A’68 Gary and Elaine Strain Jean A. Stump Sullivan Mountjoy PSC Marilyn Swanson Joe Tamme Rita Tanner A’72 Texas Gas Transmission, LLC Daniel and Sandra Thomas Jack and Michele Thomas Joanne Marie Thomas A’69 Rebecca Thomason Cassidy Thompson John and Joyce Thompson Rick and Lizann Thompson Steven G. Thompson Thomas and Carolyn Thorpe Thrivent Foundation Rosemary Cecil Tills A’62 Michael and Joann Toler Mary Truitt A’48 Mary Tungate Delores Turnage John E. Underwood Marie T. Underwood Ursuline Sisters of Mount Saint Joseph Rev. Darrell Venters Gayle Vermillion Tammy Vernon Sylvia Viglietti James and Michele Vincent Robert Vose Mai P. Vu-Ha Mary Wade John Wagner Terry and Jeanie Wahl George and Nancy Clark Walz A’55 Michael and Martha Wathen Mary Weathers Hans and Mary Ann Weding Vince and Janet Weiss John and Zena Weist John Russell Weitzel Jeffrey Wernert John and Kathy Wethington Sister Marietta Wethington, OSU, A’55V Marijo White William and Margaret White JamesV and Rita Wilkus Helen Willett John and Judy Willett Mandy H. Willis

Mary Wimpsett Richard and Ruth Wiseman Christine Wolken Timothy and Dawn Wollesen W. Michael Word Michael and Susan Wright Agnes M. Yates Stephen and Mary Ziller Debra L. Zuber

HONORS In honor of All Sisters William and Judy Beaven Msgr. Bernard Powers Gerald and Deborah Gonsoski Diane Russellburg John and Judy Willett Jerry Birge Ruth Smith Joe Hendricks Nancy D. Hendricks In honor of Raymond and Laura Paul’s 50th Anniversary Raymond and Laura Paul Sister Barbara Jean Head, OSU Joe Tamme Sister Catherine Therese Barber, OSU Fred and Frances Kirchhoff Sister Clarita Browning, OSU, and Sister Marie Goretti Browning, OSU John and Janet Brandon Thomas and Karen Wheatley Sister Elaine Burke, OSU Catherine Imelda Beam Sister Emma Anne Munsterman, OSU Philip and Annette Skees Sister George Mary Hagan, OSU Margaret Posey Sister Helena Fischer, OSU Barbara Fischer Sister Judith Nell Riney, OSU Philip and Carol Morris Sister Julia Head, OSU, A‘60 Alan and Linda Murphy Larry and Melanie Odom-Groh Dorothy Powers Sister Kathleen Kaelin, OSU Joe and Beth Kirsch Sister Marie Carol Cecil, OSU Michael and Patricia Egan Sister Marie Julie Fecher, OSUV Joyce Lee Godfrey A’60 Sister Marietta Wethington, OSU, A’55V Paul and Wilma Goebel Sister Marilyn Mueth, OSU Randall L. Sear Sister Margaret Ann Aull, OSU Daniel and Debbie Smith Sister Margaret Lillian Davenport Rev. John Schwartz Sister Martha Angela Magdalene M. Zybko Sister Mary Agnes Vonderhaar, OSU Environmental Compliance Source Sister Mary Agnes Vonderhaar, OSU, and In memory of Sister Joan Walz, OSUV Mildred Mattingly Sister Maureen O’Neill, OSU, A’66 Marie T. Underwood Sister Michael Marie Friedman, OSU, A’64V Anna Catherine Mattingly A’66 Sister Pat Lynch, OSU Dr. Joseph and Dorothy Barnthouse Sister Rose Jean Powers, OSU, and In memory of Sister Marian Powers, OSUV Gregory and Vicki Cash Sister Rose Karen Johnson, OSU James and Michele Vincent Sister Ruth Gehres, OSU, A’51 John and Lyndia Dew Juergen Schindler Sister Susanne Bauer, OSU M. Katherine Martinovich Mick Seuferling

Sister Vivian Marie Bowles, OSU, A’57 Joseph and Marilyn Brookman Joe F. Roop and Anne Federlein In honor of Ursuline Sisters Richard and Elizabeth Szucs Sister Mary Mathias Ward, Sister Emma Ann Munsterman, Sister Amelia Stenger, Sister George Mary Hagan, Sister Eva Boone and In memory of Sister Marie Bernadette Blanford,V Sister Joseph Angela Boone,V Sister Margaret Joseph Aull,V Sister Ruth MattinglyV Robert and Marilyn Beam

MEMORIALS Alice PiezuchV Richard J. Piezuch Allyson Kirby and Margaret KochV Ellen Mary CondryV Anita FayeV William D. Heinzig Ann Collins, Sister Jane Irvin Hancock, OSU, and Sister Jane Miriam Hancock, OSUV Rebecca Collins Morris A’71 Ben StengerV Florence and Carrie Wieder Bertrand TrompeterV Beverly and Thomas Brown Carl and Carleen Herde Michele Klein Jeanean Malubay Gerald Plappert Edward Peter Rutledge Southern Tire Service Cathy Riney McClishV Alice Ann Biscopink A’68 Christine BrooksV Russell and Connie Brooks Cindy Warren BickettV Stephanie J. Warren A’73 Deceased Members of Coyle and Reischman FamiliesV Carol A. Coyle Deceased Peake Family MembersV David and Connie Peake Denise Ann ThomasV Carol Egger Scofield Eddie BallardV Rachel Ballard Eileen LockeV Gary and Joanne Thompson Ellen DahlkampV Lois Jirgal Evelyn BowlesV Liz Elizabeth Berger A’55 Joseph and Marilyn Brookman Donald and Jane Gerbitz Robert and Mildred Gilles Jacqueline Addington Glover Janie Howard Arnold and Bettye Moody Larry and Connie O’Bryan Ronald and Barbara Stallings Frances Lee StrangeV Mary T. Danhauer A’71 and NonViolent Owensboro Frank SchadlerV Jeffrey Wernert George FreyV Margaret Frey Gerald Leon ClarkV Betty Joyce Bickett A‘49 Jodi Krahwinkel Vicky and Neil Rudy Troy Quinn Sullivan Mountjoy PSC Gerelyn WeilV Jerry Weil Helen MilesV Margie Hill Janet MoormanV Douglas and Kathleen Moorman Jean Catherine SteffenV Francis Steffen

John AllenV Jackie Allen Therese Allen Louis and Betty S. Barber Mary Bonn Jan Booth Joan Greenwell Joan Hardin Lisa Haydon Henry and Jane Hurst Issa and Mary Jean Pirouznia Stephanie Ruanto Joy C. Schmitt and Joseph Schmitt Jr.V Joseph and Sandra Schmitt The Kansas GroupV William H. Dunn Sr. Kathleen KeiserV Matthew Keiser Kyra Sue SmithV Gerald Dalton Linda BrewerV Agnes M. Yates Linda PenningtonV Lois Hoffman Frank and Carolyn Howe John Johnston Edward and Pat O’Connor Loretta O’Connor Sam and Christa Pennington Rachel Roth A‘68 Richard A. Wethington Sandra and Phillip Wiese Mariita RodriguezV Anonymous Leda Brundage Keri Brusven Anne And Regis Dansdill Sandra Davis Allison Eardley Maureen Elbert Anne Gall Jerome and Maureen Gaughan John and Margaret Gladbach Barbara Harper Irene and Thomas Hemerling Karen Vossler Daniel and Susan McQuillan Debra Schultz Mary Smith Jason Thein Gary and Joanne Thompson Megan Trilk Timothy and Dawn Wollesen Mary GarciaV Natalie and Brian Reagan Marilyn Swanson Mary Ingram and Clare KaelinV Robert L. Scully Mary Jo WathenV Joan Zink and Jim Parker Mary Lillian WethingtonV Kevin Cummins Mary McGee MonaghanV Frederic and Sally Floberg Mary Rose Habenstein StephensonV Sharon Snyder Mary Ruth and Donald ElderV Sean and Amy Vaughn Mary Scully IngramV Robert L. Scully Mary ToonV Mother Cecelia Jerry and Teresa Griffith Frank and Jean Koehler Morris O’Daniel James and Linda O’Daniel Mr. and Mrs. Charles Hayden Jr., Rev. Wilfrid Hayden, Sister Charles Irene, Sister Mary Wilfred, and Charles Hayden IIIV Donald A. Hayden In memory of Paola (Kansas) SistersV Gary and Judy Freeman Sister Aloise Boone, Sister Regina Boone, Sister Joseph Angela Boone, OSUV

Catherine Keene Paul W. Keene Sister Ancilla Marie, Sister Frances Mary, and Sister Mary EdgarV John and Helen Necaise Sister Anita Flaugher, OSUV Donna Oberhausen Sister Carolyn Marie O’Harrow, OSUV William and Marilyn Terry Sister Charles Catherine Medley and Sister Miriam Medley, OSUV Charles and Kathleen Daugherty Sister Charles Irene Hayden, OSUV Carol M. Cada Wanda DeSpain Sister Christina EckmanV Helen Willett Sister Clara Joseph Johnson, OSUV Helman and Darlene Reid Sister Darlene Denton, OSUV Robert and Debra Harris Christopher and Barbara Ryan Sister Diane Marie Payne, OSUV Elizabeth Griner Sister Dianna Ortiz, OSUV James Brooks Lawrence Burns Ernest Cerino Jr. Sister Dorothy Helbling, OSUV Dan and Claudia Anderson Donald and Roscella Connelly Larry and Sue Menke Sister Eileen Howard, OSU, and Ann WardV Thomas and Millie Hines Sister Fran and Sister RosemaryV Joan E. Martin Sister Francis and Sister Mary Patrick McDonagh, OSUV Rev. Robert B. Flanner Sister Helen Marie Pfohl, OSUV Paul and Carolyn Tapp Sister Helen WuckowitschV Carl Mulligan Sister Jane Donahue, Sister Rose Catherine, Sister Mary Beatrice, Anna DonahueV Glenda Poe Sister Jane Miriam and Sister Jane Irvin Hancock, OSUV Thomas and Jane Hancock Sister Jane Miriam Hancock, OSUV Harry Groth II Thomas and Linda Skeeters Sister Jean Madeline Peake, OSUV John and Beth Clements Sister Joan of Arc Walz, OSUV Mark and Amanda Walz Sister Joseph Mark Hayden, OSUV Mildred Ann Carrico A’61 Sister Juliana and Sister PhilomenaV John C. Klein Sister Kathleen Condry, OSUV Claudette E. Borchers Robert and Rosemary Runnebaum David and Marilyn Zamierowski Sister Kathleen Condry and Sister Helen Smith, OSUV Tom and Mary Garbach Suzy Meinzenbach Sister Lennora, Sister Mary Leon, Sister Philomena and Sister Mary RegisV Ed and Gloria Cecil Sister Teresita PionkeV Joyce Mayeresky Sister Magdalene SchammelV Mary Ann Cox Sister Marcella Schrant, OSUV Marian Bennett Emmeline Dahlem Elizabeth Dawley Clara A. George Gerald and Margarita Gladbach Joyce Halderman Teresa Hancock-Haff Arnie and Carol Hart Arieyani Hartono

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Joan Horan John and Sally Hudnall Bill and Nancy Keel Joy Kopcha John and Barbara Lynch Elden and Florence Lyon Fred and Lois Mersmann Mary Joan Miller Richard J. Piezuch Mary Pikell Irene L. Quigley James and Elaine Sanders Dr. Gregory and Linda Schnose Judy Parker and Elaine Skoch Rev. Thomas G. Tank Gary and Joanne Thompson Michael and Andrea Townsend Sharon and Donald Will Sister Margaret Joseph Aull, Sister Mary Henry Russell, Sister Joseph Adrian Russell, OSUV Daniel and Debbie Smith Sister Marietta Wethington, OSUV Chaplain Linda Cirillo Greg Goebel Paul and Wilma Goebel Brigid Haragan Rev. Daniel Lincoln Scott and Charlotte Marksberry William and Donna Montgomery Maria Ransdell A‘71 Fred and Kaye Reichenbach Delores Turnage Frank and Sandra Wethington John and Kathy Wethington Richard A. Wethington Sister Mary BertrandV Charles and Gail Saunders Sister Mary Cecilia Payne, OSUV Mary Paula Skrivan Sister Mary Diane Taylor, OSUV Therese Allen Robert and Diane Black Mary Ann Bowling Catherine T. Clements Mark and Mary Clements Daniel and Sally Halbig Ann Mudd Ernest and Shirley Taliaferro Thomas Taylor Christine Wolken Sister Mary Emily and Sister Dorothy AnnV George and Faye Briel Sister Mary Esther Yates, OSUV Fred and Mary Ridgley Sister Mary Ethel, Sister Bartholene, Sister Dorothy Marie Willett, and Saint Thomas MorePaducah KYV W. Michael Word Sister Mary Evelyn Duvall, OSUV James and Frances Nichols Sister Mary Jude Cecil, OSU, A’50V Sylvia Viglietti Sister Mary LucilleV Rosalee McEntyre Sister Mary Rudina (Rita) Klarer, OSUV Tammy Milbourn Brad Rives and Mary Klarer Rives Rev. Gerald Waris Sister Mary Therese Brumlow, OSUV Rev. John Deatrick Sister Mercedes Vohs, OSUV Robert and Judy Vohs Sister Merici Mattingly and Sister Gertrude Mattingly, OSUV Joseph Allen Millay

Sister Mildred BerdelleV Joseph and Patricia Raphael Sister Raymond Dieckman, OSUV Frank and Molly Devocelle Stephen and Susan R. Schlicher Sister Rita Lavigne, OSUV Harry J. Lavigne Sister Marcella Schrant, OSUV Mick Seuferling Sister Vickie Cravens and Sister Renee Monaghan, OSUV Jim and Mary Kueny Sister Wendelin MiltonV Rosemary Milton-Miano Sisters Johanna and Joan Marie Lechner, OSUV David Lechner Steve EvansV Ruth Clark Sisters of Paola, KansasV John C. Klein Theresa Wedding and Dorothy MurphyV Ursuline Sisters of Mount Saint Joseph Therese CaffeyV Patrick and Oyamel Gronstal

IN KIND GIFTS Gary and Imelda Warren Cecil Donatos Elizabeth and Sally Fitzgerald Wayne and Betty Hamilton Drew Hawley Ann Jacobs John and Mari Lynn Korte Betty Krapf Mark and Tonya Logsdon Martha Maloney Bill and Kathy Reid Mary Teder Frank and Terrie Underwood

God Bless All of You!

Would you like to leave a legacy and support the Ursuline Sisters?

There are many ways to make a planned gift to ensure your resources can help the Ursuline Sisters continue their mission of serving God’s people.

Contact Carol Braden-Clarke at 270-229-2008 to discuss this today.

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8001 Cummings Road Maple Mount, KY 42356-9998 270-229-4103 www.ursulinesmsj.org info.msj@maplemount.org

Everyone is enjoying reading Hope & Firm Faith!

Sales are going briskly for “Hope and Firm Faith: The Story of the Ursuline Sisters of Mount Saint Joseph.”

It will make a wonderful Christmas gift for anyone who loves the Sisters or the history of the many places the Sisters have served.

In June, the author, Dan Heckel, gave a presentation on the book and the Sister Francis Louise Sister Nancy Murphy Sister George Mary Ursuline Sisters at the Conference on Johnson Hagan the History of Women Religious at the University of Notre Dame. In early November, he and Sister Ruth Gehres, who edited the book, were featured on Two Main Street, the public radio/television station in Evansville, Ind. The audio recording will eventually be on the website www.news.wnin.org/two-main-street, with a television version scheduled for February.

Two upcoming talks and book signings are scheduled.

• For people in the central Kentucky area, a program will be offered from 2-4 p.m., Dec. 17, 2022, at City Hall in Raywick, Ky., 200 Main St. The Ursuline Sisters played a prominent role in educating thousands of students in Marion County for 100 years.

• People in the Owensboro area can join in a conversation on the history of the Ursuline Sisters at the Daviess County Public Library from 2-3 p.m. on Jan. 21, 2023.

If you belong to a group or parish which would like to schedule a presentation, contact Dan Heckel at dan.heckel@maplemount.org, or 270-229-2007.

To order a copy of “Hope and Firm Faith,” visit the Ursuline Sisters website at www.ursulinesmsj. org/hope-and-firm-faith-book.

Let the angels sing! Christ is our King!

Merry Christmas from the Ursuline Sisters of Mount Saint Joseph (Motherhouse Chapel Choir Loft)

Need a meeting space?

The Mount Saint Joseph Auditorium is available to rent for a half or a full day. It has a kitchen and is perfect for parties, reunions, etc. Email ap@maplemount.org or call 270-229-4103. Find out more at www.ursulinesmsj.org/ renting-the-auditorium