Ursulines Alive Winter 2022

Ursuline Sisters at the heart of many parish ministries

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Ursuline Sisters of Mount Saint Joseph Proclaiming Jesus through Education and Christian Formation

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, OSU

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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EDITORS: Director of Mission Advancement/Communications Dan Heckel, OSUA Communications Specialist/Graphic Design ................... Jennifer Kaminski, OSUA

MISSION ADVANCEMENT STAFF:

Coordinator of Ursuline Partnerships

Director of Development

Development Assistant

Mission Advancement Assistant

Contributing Writer

Doreen Abbott, OSUA

Carol Braden-Clarke

Sister Amelia Stenger, OSU

Sister Mary McDermott, OSU

Sister Ruth Gehres, OSU

Alive is published by the Ursuline Sisters of Mount Saint Joseph, Maple Mount, Ky. Three issues are published each calendar year.

By Dan Heckel,

Staff

It 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

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.”

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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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.

Sister Joan Riedley is completing her 30th consecutive year in parish ministry, now at a Louisville parish that combined three churches. After a 25-year teaching career, she served as a parish minister at St. Matthias and then at her home parish of St. Denis. Both were closed and merged with the former St. Basil and St. Helen churches to form Mary Queen of Peace, where she curently 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 education program, as well as visiting the sick, even though she now fulfills some of that role as a volunteer.

“I especially enjoy assisting with the children who are in First Eucharist and Confirmation classes,

although I am not their specific catechist,” Sister Vivian said. Sister Alicia Coomes has served as a nurse at the Mount, along with other internal ministries, most recently as coordinator of pastoral care for the Sisters. But periodically she has stepped away to serve in parishes, and she took on a new role Oct. 31, 2022, as pastoral care associate at two Daviess County parishes, St. Peter of Alcantara and St. Augustine.

“I will be visiting the homebound, helping train ministers, working with a group called Martha’s Tears – walking with people who are grieving,” she said. “I’m excited about that.”

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

Several children in kindergarten and first grade greeted Sister Vivian Bowles in their religious education class on Oct. 5, 2022, at St. Alphonsus. Catechist Tina Gabbard is seated in the corner. The other catechist for the class is Breanna Dant. The Faith Formation classes are held on Wednesday evenings during the school year.

Sister Joan Riedley practices playing guitar in preparation for Mass at Mary Queen of Peace Parish in Louisville, Ky. The parish combined the former St. Helen, St. Denis and St. Basil parishes in Louisville. Saints Basil and Denis are depicted on the wall behind Sister Joan.

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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

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.

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.

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.

“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 for an early lunch, discuss the Scripture readings together,

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.”

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.

Sister Margaret Ann Aull, right, prepares to give Carolyn Mulligan Communion at her home in Owensboro, Ky. She has been visiting Carolyn for three years through her ministry at Immaculate Parish.

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

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,

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.

“In the late 1970s and into

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.”

the 1980s … church members were hungry learning the meaning of their faith, and to learn how to pass on their faith to children and grandchildren,” Sister Julia said. “I would not say that the hunger is absent, but in some ways, uncertainty and skepticism have wormed in on the strong belief that all that the Catholic Church teaches has been revealed by God. More listening time is spent calming the uncertainties that plague some parish members.”

For all the changes, the mission of the Church continues to be the mission of Jesus Christ, Sister Julia said.

“Programs change. Presentation technologies change. The need for the presence of Christ’s light in our world does not change,” she said.

Sister Margaret Ann also had her ministry to the parishes interrupted by a term in elected office from 1996-2000. She was teaching at Owensboro Catholic High School in 1986 when the principal, Father Ed Bradley, was named pastor of St. Stephen Cathedral. He asked Sister Margaret Ann to join him as director of religious education, to lead RCIA and to visit the sick. After her term in leadership ended, Father Bradley was at Holy Name of Jesus in Henderson, Ky., and asked her to lead the same ministry there. She served another 10 years, but at 75, she decided to slow down to part time. That’s when she became coordinator of pastoral care at Immaculate in 2010.

Among the people she brings Communion to is Carolyn Mulligan, who has not been able to attend Mass since she had a stroke four years ago. All four of Carolyn’s daughters attended Mount Saint Joseph Academy.

“Oh, I’m so happy Sister Margaret Ann visits me,” Mulligan said on Oct. 26. “She is the sweetest thing.”

“When you are no longer able to go to church, that’s when the Church comes to you,” Sister Margaret Ann said. “I always look forward to bringing her Communion.”

Out of need comes fulfillment

Sister Vivian had been caring for her mother after departing Brescia, and following her mother’s death, she spent a year in Paducah, Ky. She then took a part-time position at St. Alphonsus Parish, which allowed her to be close to the Motherhouse.

“The pastor got ill, and I experienced a ‘baptism by fire’ by taking on more areas than directing/ teaching faith formation for the parish children who attended public schools,” Sister Vivian said. “I found I enjoyed visiting the sick, taking Eucharist to shutins, visiting the hospital, assisting families with funerals, volunteering for fundraisers, and using my counseling skills with families. I did

all of that for a few years and felt I was right where I needed to be.”

The current pastor cut back her hours of paid responsibilities, but by that time Sister Vivian knew and loved the parishioners as well as the children.

“After talking with community leadership and having my 78th birthday, I decided to stay and volunteer what additional hours I would need to fulfill my obligations to the program,” she said.

She recruits catechists for the children, one of whom is Imelda Cecil, who has volunteered to teach the second-graders at the parish for three years.

“I know all the experience Sister Vivian has in her life,” Cecil said. “She’s very enlightening, and she is instrumental in seeing that each class is given the proper instruction and that each catechist knows how they should teach.”

Hometown Sister

Sister Joan was teaching in Missouri in 1986 when she asked for a ministry in Louisville to be near her aging parents. She became the first Ursuline to teach at St. Matthias School, but after the school closed, the pastor of

Sister Pat Lynch goes over some paperwork with Father Bill Porter, pastor of St. Agnes Parish in Roeland Park, Kan. Sister Pat is pastoral assistant at the parish. Out her window she can see Bishop Miege High School, which the Ursulines opened.

Sister Vivian, right, checks in on the religion class for grades 5-6, which includes student Kailey Hinton, left, and instructors Toni Thompson and Pete Freels. They were meeting at St. Alphonsus, where Sister Vivian is director of faith formation.

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

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.

By Dan Heckel, Mount Saint Joseph Staff

When 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.”

Sister Mary Timothy also handles writing

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

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

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

Laudato Si’ From page 9

Sister Pat Rhoten continues learning how to pray Powerhouse of Prayer

Sister 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

By Dan Heckel, Mount Saint Joseph Staff

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.

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

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

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.

Soli Deo Gloria We rejoice in the gifts of our

Sister Amelia honored as Distinguished Alumna

Ursuline Sister Amelia Stenger thanked her many Ursuline teachers – from grade school through college – as she accepted her honor as a Distinguished Alumna of Brescia University on Oct. 22, 2022.

“It is difficult to put into words the gratitude I feel as I stand here this evening,” she said during the celebration held at the C.E. Field Center for Professional Studies on the Brescia campus in Owensboro, Ky. “My whole educational experience has been blessed by the Ursuline Sisters. They came to a small town called Glennonville, Mo., and taught at St. Teresa School. Sisters Jean Gertrude, Monica, Amanda Rose, Cecilia Mary and Elizabeth Ann gave me a wonderful foundation.”

She next attended Mount Saint Joseph Academy and then Brescia, graduating in 1974. She said she was privileged to have Ursuline teachers during all 16 years of her education.

“My four years at Brescia started during my novitiate years at the Mount with Sisters Mary Edgar, Aloise, Consolata and Joseph Marian. We didn’t get to come to the Brescia campus for classes until our third year of novitiate,” Sister Amelia said. “It was quite an experience. Sisters Michele, Clarita, Marita, Vivian, Ruth, and so many others were there to help me. The classes were rigorous. I was prepared well for the years that followed. “

“Brescia gave me the foundation I needed to continue my degrees in education and administration. For that I am very grateful,” Sister Amelia said. She thanked the Ursuline Sisters who continue to serve at Brescia – Sisters Helena Fischer, Pam Mueller, Barbara Jean Head, Betsy Moyer, Judith Nell Riney and Sharon Sullivan – for serving so well.

Sister Amelia is the 11th Ursuline Sister to receive the Distinguished Alumni honor, joining current Sisters Cheryl Clemons, Sharon Sullivan, Mary

sisters, given for the kingdom of God. Matthias Ward, Larraine Lauter, Vivian Bowles, Ruth Gehres and Michele Morek. Three Ursulines who are now deceased also received the award – Sisters Joseph Angela Boone, Rose Marita O’Bryan and Dianna Ortiz. Ursuline Associate Mary Danhauer also received the honor.

Sister Amelia served as a classroom teacher and principal before she was named the first woman to be Superintendent of Catholic Schools for the Diocese of Owensboro, Ky., in 1984. Seven years later she was named Superintendent of Catholic Schools for the Archdiocese of Louisville – also the first woman in that role –which she filled until 1997. In that year she returned to Maple Mount to lead the newly renovated Mount Saint Joseph Conference and Retreat Center.

In 2010 she became Director of Development for the Ursuline Sisters. She served in that role until she was elected as Congregational Leader for her community in 2016. Sister Amelia completed her term in office in July 2022. She is now pursuing efforts for the future of the Mount Saint Joseph Archives and Museum, while assisting in the Development office and overseeing all quilting for the community.

Sister Elaine recognized by RiverPark

Sister Elaine Burke was honored on Sept. 16, 2022, by the RiverPark Center of Owensboro, Ky., for her 30 years of volunteer service to the performing arts center. The RiverPark Center is celebrating its 30th year this year, and Sister Elaine has been there since the beginning. She mentioned her first volunteer coordinator, Ruth Baird, and the current coordinator, Jaynan Day, as women who made a great impression on her.

“I think it’s important that we have ways to present a positive Ursuline image to the people we meet,” Sister Elaine said.

Sister Amelia Stenger receives her Distinguished Alumna Award from Brescia President Father Larry Hostetter on Oct. 22, 2022.

Sister Elaine Burke, center, poses with two more Ursulines who volunteer at the RiverPark Center – Sister Betsy Moyer, left, and Sister Barbara Jean Head – during the Sept. 16, 2022, volunteer program.

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.

Joan Horan gives back to community of Sisters who inspired her

JoanHoran 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 her from Boston College. Joan completed her master’s in counseling psychology, then returned to Ursuline Academy in Paola to begin a counseling program for young adults with special needs, and to teach adult education and psychology.

Like some other women religious in the 1960s, Joan found that 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.

Sister Martina Rockers, who inspired Joan Horan, stands next to a wooden statue of Saint Angela Merici in Bishop Miege High School in Shawnee Mission, Kan., where she taught and served for 60 years. Almost up until her death at age 92 in 2018, she was helping in their Spirit Shop.

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.

Joan Horan

Each 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 your story of “Serving with Joy” or your prayer requests on the reply 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.

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

Sister Vivian Marie Bowles, OSU, A‘57

Rose Marita Eckhart Trust/EstateV

Jacinta C. Garinger A’47V

Betty Lee Lupfer A‘61

Rosemary Smith Dawood

Mary Rose StephensonV

BENEFACTORS...$10,000-24,999

Rev. Bernard Leo Craycroft

Sister Barbara Jean Head, OSU

Michael Horn

James and Joan Meyer

Maxine Ann Staley FundV Kevin and Cassie Stelmach

PATRONS..............$5,000-9,999

Rev. J Raymond Goetz

Juan Gomez Jr.

Msgr. George HancockV Steven Heidenreich

Margie Hill

Joan Horan

William and Ida Willhaus

David and Marilyn Zamierowski

INVESTORS..........$2,500-4,999

David and Maggie Bollone

John and Helen Cornell

Betty C. CulverV

Rev. John D. Deatrick

Thomas and Jo Anne Fiorini

Steven and Rita Patti A‘82

Ron and Pam Ziegler

PROVIDERS..........$1,000-2,499

Donald and Janice Arth

Robert and Laurie Bauer

Sister Susanne Bauer, OSU

Robert and Marilyn Beam

Dr. George and Barbara Beard

Richard Blond

Richard and Beverly Greenwell Boeckmann A’58

Charles and Katherine Brown

Thomas and Denise Buckman

Thomas Cecil

Sister Marie Carol Cecil, OSU

Tony and Carolyn Clark

Lillian Cloughley

Charles and Kathleen Daugherty Kevin A. Dunn

Dr.

Rosemary Emmick

George and Jayne Flynn

William and Jocelyn Foushee

Martha Bickett Frost A’67

Dolores Furtado

Joyce Lee Godfrey A‘60

Gerald and Deborah Gonsoski

Bernice M. Gregorio

Jerry and Teresa Griffith

Harry Groth II

Victor and Barbara Hagman

Joseph and Marie Hancock Mary Catherine Hannah A‘79

Dr. Christopher and Mary Havelda Meichele Foster and Rose Hayden Bernard and Catherine Thompson Hayden A‘62

Patrick Hayden Sr.

Joyce Janssen

Ernest Johnson

Sarah Jane Kranz A‘72

John and Christine Kurtz Gregory and Colleen Lang Carolyn Larocco

Debbie Lonie Sarah Jane Lynch

Sylvia Goetz McCauley A‘66

Bishop William F. Medley

Suzy Meinzenbach

Rebecca Collins Morris A‘71

Mount Saint Joseph Alumnae Benjamin and Sharon L. Peine

Sam and Christa Pennington Yvonne Plier

Daniel and Nancy Purdy

Anonymous

Brad Rives and Mary Klarer Rives

Saint Joseph Parish - Bardstown, Ky.

Dr. Gregory and Linda Schnose Eric and Susan A. Shrader Dr. Roberta Steinbacher

Mary Teder Mary Catherine Thompson A‘61

Frances Kay Tichenor A‘62

BertrandV and Barbara Trompeter

Florence and Carrie Wieder

John and Kathy Wright

Harold and Kathy Ford Young A‘70

David and Sue Zimmerman

SPONSORS................$500-999

JohnV and Therese Allen

James and Margaret Alvey

Col. (RET.) George and Sharon Barber

Catherine Imelda Beam James and Sheila Beaven

Donald Bittel

Ronald and Mary Briney

Alan and Linda Brugman

Ed and Gloria Cecil

Philip and Karie D. Cecil Central Kentucky Audiology

Winifred Riney Cohron A‘69

Marie Ann Collins A‘75

Gerald Dalton

Mary Dause

John and Lyndia Dew Joseph and Linda Donahue William and Joyce Dougherty Mike and Sharon Dowdall

James and Molly Egger

Janet Sue Evans

Jane Fulton Trust

Michael and Nancy Gavin Robert and Jennifer Grabill Dan and Pat Haake

Mary Jo Harmon

Joseph and Pam Riney Higdon A‘77

Dr. Carroll and Margie Howard Eloise Hughes Dennis and Regina Jacobs Kenneth and Michaelanne James Fred J. Klausing III

Frank and Jean Koehler

Linda Kreher

Anna Catherine Mattingly A‘66 Robert and Margy McGlynn Jeffrey and Madeline D. Meyer Alice Wondra and William Moyes Ann Mudd

Joseph and Jeanne Passantino Raymond and Laura Paul Michael and Dorothy Riggs A‘72 W. Riney

Dr. Michael and Janice Scherm Juergen Schindler

Robert L. Scully

Mick Seuferling

Pam Payne Shephard Marky Smith

Francis Steffen Annette K. Stoerman James Struna

Ernest and Shirley Taliaferro

Jason Thein

William and Betty Ulrich Jerry Weil

SUPPORTERS.............

Detlef and Martha Alle

Amazon Smile

Anonymous

Donald Kapa and Monica Armstrong

Cathy A. Audley

Rachel Ballard

Michael Bansley

Carolyn Graves Beam A’70

Mary Kay Bell

Liz Elizabeth Berger A‘55

Alice Ann Biscopink A‘68

Russell and Connie Brooks

Faye Carol Bruce A‘77

Mrs. William Bryan

Tommy Buford

Tom and Martha Bullock

Mildred Ann Carrico A‘61

James J. Casaert

Tim and Melody Cecil

Theresa Louise Mattingly Clark A‘72

Donald and Roscella Connelly

Michael and Doretha Corbett

Michael and Mary Dearing

Mary Margaret Drury A‘66

Jeffrey and Margaret Ebelhar

Richard and Isabelle Ebelhar

Environmental Compliance Source

Quentin and Patricia Fannin

Farmers House Real Estate

Frederic and Sally Floberg

Ricky and Patricia Fox

Gary and Judy Freeman

Barry and Stephanie Frey

Tom and Mary Garbach

Paul and Wilma Goebel

Ross and Dianne Gomez

Rev. Joseph T. Graffis

Philip and Kimberly Ann Haire A‘79

Jack D. Hamilton

Joseph and Kim Hartlauf

Donald A. Hayden

Dan and Sherri Heckel

William D. Heinzig

George and Lorna Horishny

Paul and Marie Joseph

Chris and Jennifer Kaminski

Carol E. Kane

Paul W. Keene

David Lechner

David and Kay McCall

John and Mary Medley

Chuck Medlock

Larry and Sue Menke

Rev. Joseph T. Merkt

Willard and Patty Miller

Michael and Mary Monaghan

Arnold and Bettye Moody

Clara Nall

Carol A. O’Keefe

Rev. Clive Otieno

Thuy V. Pham

Kenneth and Maria Pierson

Richard J. Piezuch

Gerald Plappert

Michael and Elizabeth L. Pontarolo A‘66 William and Joanne Powell

Sister Pam Mueller, left, hands out bingo cards at Mount Saint Joseph on Sept. 11. Many attendees enjoyed Quilt Bingo.

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

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

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

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

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

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

Luat

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

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

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

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

Sharon Snyder

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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

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

Richard

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

Mary Wimpsett

and Ruth Wiseman

Jackie

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!

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

John AllenV

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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 Ursuline Sisters at the Conference on 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.

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

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Sister George Mary Hagan

Sister Nancy Murphy

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