To emphasize the importance of collaboration to maximize our capacity to be in mission and to have an impact in responding to the Cry of Earth, Cry of Humanity. All told, Sister Jamesetta had a 56-year career in education! Sister Sara says, I like being a caregiver and helping others. Catholic Church. John Abell stand with the students. To be present in the simple, everyday life. Sociology was a new field at the time and Creighton University was offering it. Within two weeks of their arrival, the sisters were teaching 50 students with plans for constructing a convent and boarding/day school on Chestnut Street near Shelby. I lived their life totally, even speaking German. In 1999, she left teaching behind and began work as pastoral minister at St. Luke Parish in Ogallala, Nebraska, serving the Catholic community there until 2005. . I think the idea of being a woman where prayer and community living were important was becoming important. I have learned much from my second family and country. But now, here we are tonight to witness and celebrate Sr. Carols decision to embrace the Charism of the Louisville Ursulines. Three of them, including Sr. Carol and Sr. Mary Teresa, settled into the Ursuline Motherhouse on Lexington Road. My sister and I slept in a broom closet.. Dawn Dones, pastoral associate at Saint William, says that, Sister Cabrini is kind. Superior at St. Boniface (Evansville, IN). The Charism of Angela Merici a contemplative love of God resulting in an eagerness to serve others has been a constant. These children, 55 in my class, did not have kindergarten or pre-school experience so everything I taught them they were so excited and happy to learn., She received support and advice after school hours from her religious sisters. I got immersed in that experience, especially the parish life and the local community, and I treasure that greatly. What I have learned in my spiritual life is to always smile. Meanwhile, she had been asked if she would be interested in becoming a speech clinician. Louisville, Kentucky 40206, Ursuline Sisters of Louisville|All Rights Reserved. Previous Ministries:Caregiver, prayer and presence at the Carmelite Monastery of Mary Immaculate and St. Joseph (Louisville, KY). Encouraged to write down her retreats, the book, Also in Your Midst, became a reality in 1991 and is now in five languages and its third printing. Diocesan Tribunal (Evansville, IN). She was never absent. Sister Martha Staarman has garnered the title of abuela (grandmother) for guiding immigrant mothers through pregnancies and births of over 500 children. St. Mary Catholic Church, in Maryville, Kentucky, where she and Sister Anne Mary Lochner served together for 11 years, was her favorite assignment. Yes, it is confining work with long hours of teaching and preparing. Some of Sister Lornas other passions include cookingshe is known for her German potato salad. After her final vows in 1962, she taught grade school for five years, while completing her undergraduate degree at Ursuline College, all the while longing to teach high school. St. Joseph Childrens Home Honors the Ursulines of Louisville and Sister Loretta Guenther, A Reflection on John:17 and Making Disciples, ursulinesisterslouisville.org/dome-magazine/. Director of Christian Help, Inc. (Morgantown, WV). Her father worked for the railroad and her mother managed the home front and three children. Saint Angela Merici never lived in a monastery or a convent. There is no calculating hours at the keyboard or how often she struck up the band, Sister Antonine Biven has spent her life making music. St. Joseph College near Cincinnati, OH, with 35 other women religious from across the United States, Canada, Ireland and Africa. She and her staff empowered parents to serve in the school, in womens family programs, and in youth/young adult groups. And during all of her ministries over the years, she helped others discern their own vocations and faith journeys. What were their names (3 of them)? Ursuline Academy 3.5. Sister Julienne says her call was more in bits and pieces, rather than a sudden revelation. Sister Mary Jo (Joseph Marian) Gramig, a Louisville native, is celebrating her 60th jubilee. Her car is a taxi, she said, transporting women and children to doctor appointments. We wrote our songs and made our own scenery. Teacher at St. George, Holy Spirit, St. Peter, St. Boniface, St. Raphael, St. Clement, Sacred Heart Model School (Louisville), St Patrick (North Platte, NE). She has been on staff at SHA for 52 years, most of those as a chemistry and physics teacher. Sister Josephine said, She should come to us! God was guiding me. I graduated cum laude from Bellarmine-Ursuline College. Sister Mary Denis West is celebrating her 70th jubilee as an Ursuline Sister of Louisville. Sister Bernadine continued her education with graduate courses and workshops on a wide range of topics, from psychology and pastoral ministry to social ethics and data processing. She shared a favorite saying of the saint: I will be with you more in heaven than while I was on earth. Sister Rose Ann confided that she would often challenge St. Angela in prayer when situations presented themselves by telling her, You promised. And she always had an answer for me., During her studies, Sister Rose Ann also learned the word piazza when one of the sisters autographed her book with the message: Be like a piazza. She has pondered and meditated on that word many times. 43 jobs. 228 talking about this. During her formation and teaching years, she acquired degrees and certificates from Ursuline College (Louisville, KY), Catholic University (Washington, DC), West Virginia and Pennsylvania departments of Education, Commonwealth of Kentucky and Spalding University (Louisville, KY). Is this what God really wants?, I entered the Ursuline novitiate in 1956.. She also served her community on three different Leadership Teams. She remembers her neighbors coming together to help, and her mothers strength in keeping the family together. In addition to teaching, Sister Colette served as Office of Ursuline Life Director (1988-87), on Leadership Team (1988-96), as co-director of the Associate Call (1988-92) and as director of Mission Effectiveness for the Ursuline Campus Schools between 1997 and 2007. Centro Latino is a non-profit organization that serves Latinos in five counties with legal assistance, donations of food, clothing and educational services. a chemistry and physics teacher. She introduced herself to the two nuns, Sisters Alodia Thomas and Nunilo Thomas (both blood sisters), and thus began a wonderful friendship. Sister Dorothy became director of the Speech Clinic in 1981 until 1995. As a high school freshman she became involved in the Sodality of Our Lady. I really think it is where I learned to pray. Her whole four years of high school were war years, and she believes that influenced her thinking about life and her future. Sister Lee entered the Ursuline Community joyously after high school graduation from Ursuline Academy (UA) in Louisville and received the name Sister Mary Placidus on July 4, 1948. In reflecting on her many ministries over the years, Sister Anne Mary Lochner, a Louisville native, says, I am formed by my ministries and those who shared them with me, and also my family. Sister Janes ministry field was about to change dramatically. Sister Julienne says of her many roles, I loved everything I did, especially teaching. One can be certain that all of the students and parishioners that she ministered to felt that love. She and her staff empowered parents to serve in the school, in womens family programs, and in youth/young adult groups. |. But it worked out, she smiled. Sister Loretta said that at first she was nervous about taking care of boys, but after just a little time, they were my joy.. That same year, she completed her masters degree in speech pathology. Their work provided emergency assistance for those in crisis and also organized very real ways for area residents to carve out better, fuller lives. When asked about being an Ursuline for 75 years, she paused. She even says that during her senior year, as she enjoyed being with her friends in the CYO Club, attending school dances, especially her last formal dance with orchestral music, she would occasionally think, Do I really want to give this up? She loved dancing! COVID-19 has, of course, created many obstacles in Sisters current ministries, one of which is visiting the homebound elderly and those in nursing homes. She is involved with RCIA and a parish discussion group. When things get tough, I can do it. Sister Isabel expressed that it was great to see people that wanted to follow the way of Saint Angela. She then held various leadership and staff roles, and participated in numerous volunteer activities. Sister Rita returned to her beloved mountains in 1973 to teach at Saints Peter and Paul School and Saint John Neumann School in Cumberland. Director of Sponsorship Development FSA Group Jan 1998 - Nov 2008 10 years . Louisville, Kentucky 40206, 3105 Lexington Road
Its not going to be perfect, but thats anybody. My first grade teacher shamed me in front of the class, she said. Sister Isabel shared that riding along with the officers, got me to see another side of the community that I hardly knew existed, but I loved that part of it, too.. Sister graduated from Ursuline College and earned masters degrees from both Duquesne University in Pittsburgh and Saint Michaels College in Winooski, Vermont. Lay Associates are closely connected with the Ursuline community; but they do not make religious vows. From an early age, one wish was clear to Sister Evelina: All my life, I wanted to be holy like my Mother, (Ursuline) Sister Helene Jones and Mary Breighner (the housekeeper for the St. Marys parish priests)., Her mother often talked to her about God, and exemplified the holiness Sister Evelina sought. Initially, she taught younger grades in Callao and then pursued community work, relying on skills she learned at the Latin-American Pastoral Institute in Quito, Ecuador. Sister Antonine Biven, known to her family as Mildred Louise, was born and raised in the west end of Louisville. She considered joining the Maryknoll Sisters but decided on the Ursulines. Not until she started school did the second-born recognize her name in writing. Sister Donata, one of five children, said, I had never seen nuns before. A first class stamp cost three cents. I could not explain that to others because they didnt have my vocation., For 24 years, she lived a cloistered life on Newburg Road in Louisville. Martha then returned to Louisville where she applied for the position of public relations director of Ursuline College, and also taught English and journalism at the college. That has been the process through my lifethinking of souls and asking God to bless them., In reflecting on her decades of being an Ursuline, the thing that is so important to her is living her four vows and being part of a family, with all the individual personalities and members on the same journey. Sharing the love of Jesus is what it is all about.. Thank you for setting such a progressive and loving pace in my childs school environment. Sister Lorna also crochets and makes a baby blanket for faculty members when thye have a new baby. Sister Zappa also taught for twenty years, starting in 1972 at the former Angela Merici High School and then at Sacred heart Academy. That was a very happy, grace-filled day. Sister Raymunda remembers fondly growing up in Evansville, Indiana, where she attended Catholic school. I wanted to be that kind of person., She went on to Kearney State College in Kearney, NE, and was active in the Newman Center. To become an Associate, the candidate must be willing to participate in a yearlong formation process which involves monthly gatherings. Seventy-five years later, Sister Shirley Ann says she doesnt recall seeing Casablanca, but she sure knows White Christmas, and she still loves listening to music. Her reverent outlook and happy disposition seem innate. For several years, the Ursulines had sent out a questionnaire to the members asking if they would be interested in missionary work. Of the different ministries Sister Martha was involved in, she says, I didnt have a master plan for my life, it was more of seeing opportunities and being invited to be involved. Her next opportunity was being executive director of the Neylan Conference from 1979-81, which was a special project of the Association of Catholic Colleges and Universities. Evidence of this came when her parents traveled from Maryland for her investment ceremony in Louisville, KY. They eat whatever you make.. My goal was to educate the parents and get a Catholic education for the children because the culture (there) was drop out of school, girls get pregnant, boys join a gang. After Lourdes, Sister Rita helped start the Montessori school on the Ursuline campus with Sister Marlene Oetken, who was the director. In 2012, Sister Shirley Ann returned to Louisville, where she volunteered in the Ursuline archives and at United Crescent Hill Ministries. She left Jackson in 1995 to be pastoral minister at St. Simon Church in Washington, IN, allowing her to make the hour-long trip to Evansville to be closer to her 90-year-old father. My prayers are mostly for the poor souls because thats my birthday. Ursuline Sisters of Mount St. Joseph (4) Ursuline Academy of New Orleans (2) Ursuline College (1) URSULINE HIGH SCHOOL (1) . Previous Ministries:Teacher at St. Joseph, St. Rita, Our Lady of Lourdes, Sacred Heart Model School, St. Clement, Most Blessed Sacrament (all of Louisville, KY), St. Patrick (Sydney, NE), St. Mary (Cumberland, MD), Sacred Heart (Camden, MS), St. Agatha (Columbus, OH). Through her many and varied ministries over the years, Sister Jean Anne has definitely done just that. I learned a lot from him, she said. Living in New York City made me look upon people differently. Speech therapist/pathologist/director at Ursuline Speech and Hearing Clinic (Louisville, KY). Sister Lee says, Jesus isnt finished with me yet. [The Ursulines had arrived in Peru in 1964. The final step is the Covenant signing ceremony with the Associate Community and the Ursuline Sisters. She also served as a trustee and secretary of the board of Sacred Heart Schools (2010-12). I thought God was calling me, so here I am., Sister Dolores majored in elementary education at Ursuline College. Like all of us, Sister Saras life has not been without loss or difficulties. According to an article in The Record dated October 18, 1979, Sister Jane Stuckenborg went to the mission in 1968, wearing a full habit, and returned at the end of 1970 to find that all had changed. Its home.. St. Joseph Childrens Home Honors the Ursulines of Louisville and Sister Loretta Guenther, A Reflection on John:17 and Making Disciples, ursulinesisterslouisville.org/dome-magazine/. Sister Janet shared that, Mother John was a bit of a night owl, and I would find her in the library reading with one lone light onreading, studying or praying. Every three months a group of 15 sisters had to be re-located. Sister Theresa Kruml says, A listening heart, joyful spirit and trust in Gods divine mercy have helped me to accept lifes daily crosses as I have attempted to grow in Gods love. The new school for girls offered classes from elementary through the twelfth grade. I like to pray and I like to play! One look at the thick binder of organ music atop her desk and you take note. Neither Sister knew Spanish or the culture. That was a real gift. He left a big poster about becoming a professed religious. They did not, recalled Sister Antonine. Substitute Teacher at UCDC/Montessori, Administrative Assistant at Angela Merici Center for Spirituality, Ursuline Campus Mail Room. We were just young kids and couldnt resist those cookies! Just like they do in the army! I said, Well, I guess an army for Christ. He asked, You cant use guns, so whats your ammunition? I said, Prayers. He paused, then said, Hmm. In her free time she likes puzzles and reading novels. Peter and Paul Grade School (Cumberland, MD), Russell Junior High School (Louisville). Education was important in their household, so the oldest daughter was sent to board with a Catholic family in North Platte in order to attend a Catholic high school. Sister Martha Jacob, OSU, poses with her membership certificate from RCC's predecessor, the Religious Public Relations Council, while Kathy Williams shows the current version, displaying her five-year RCC member certificate. Sister Millie Mae helped to found the Leprechauns, a ministry for senior citizens that continues to offer spiritual and social events, trips and provides emotional support for members. My aunts were happy that I came! She was given the name, Sr. Juanita when she entered the Novitiate, then returned to her baptismal name in the 1960s. Eventually she left the principals office but she never retired. It is apparent that she has not allowed She also served at St. Boniface School in Evansville, Indiana. I made many visits to the Blessed Sacrament on my lunch hour. I cant tell you how many heart-to-heart conversations we shared in my office. I liked to have hands-on experiments with the kids at least once a week, but the computer replaced those with graphing and simulated experiments. Sister Lorna now serves as a substitute teacher and lunchroom monitor and is quite beloved on campus. As soon as she was baptized, her purple lips and toes turned a healthy pink and she began breathing normally. For more information on the Ursuline Sisters of Louisville Associate Community, please contact: Patricia Hagan Im not closing it, I said, I kept it open and, little by little, it grew. Sister Martha was greatly influenced by the Ursulines who taught her, one of whom was Sister George Marie Long, her principal at the model school and a great mentor to Sister Martha. I remember looking at that poster and thinking, Maybe its not a bad idea. I try to serve someones needs, but also their wants, because that makes them happy.. She spent one year at Mount St. Agnes College in Baltimore before moving to a rather new Indiana University Southeast campus just across the river from Louisville. Sister Helen O'Brien 1953 - 70 years For Sister Helen O'Brien, it only took one year at Ursuline High School (UHS) in Columbia, South Carolina, for her to decide on becoming an Ursuline Sister. She accepted a position at St. Marys School in Jackson, MS. Assistant to Formation Mentoring Community. Previous Ministries: Teacher at St. George (Louisville, KY), St. Joseph (Columbia, SC), St. Angela Merici (Callao, Peru), St. Mary (Cumberland, MD). Coordinator at Ursuline Motherhouse, Volunteer ministry at Jewish Hospital, Marian Home, Suburban Medical Center, Red Cross, Pine Tree Villa, Elderserve (Louisville). Are you really a nun? She laughed. Upon hearing her story, Mother Columba Ishanski said, Just come and see. Sister Jamesetta grew up in Louisville, attending St. Martin grade school and Ursuline Academy for high school. They had another grand adventure and took a bus ride to California! After 20 years in Mingo, the two returned to the Ursuline Motherhouse in 2014. I have friends in different parts of the world.. I really enjoyed going to Open Hand Kitchen (in Louisville) because thats a meditation in itself, the homeless people coming in to eat. Ursuline Sisters of Louisville Leadership The current Ursuline Leadership Council took office in July 2020 and will serve until 2026. At the age of 21, I stepped out in faith and embraced the life of an Ursuline Sister of Louisville., Sister Donata moved closer to Morgantown, met Sister Jeanette Hellmann, and then traveled to Louisville for formation. I listened with an understanding heart, smiled Sister Antonine. It required legal negotiationsboth civil and canonical. I had this rapport with the kids and I learned a lot about myself., Before she felt ready, she was named principal at Our Mother of Sorrows in Louisville and was told to close the school.
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