Ursulines Alive Winter 2013

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

Winter 2013 Vol. 12, No. 2

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News from Casa Ursulina Diaconate Program Bless You, Donors!

Sisters Helping to Take Care of the Environment

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From our Congregational Leader Dear Friends, I’ll admit it. I’m a baby boomer, and when I speak of my grade school days down in Texas, you’ll know I mean the 1950s. So think back to those days with me (perhaps fast forward or rewind a bit). We did not use words like “environmental degradation” or “ecological awareness” in those days, but many of us experienced a basic grounding in the values that would later become core to the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops’ social teaching on the environment. That document, Renewing the Earth, calls “us to examine how we use and share the goods of Earth, what we pass on to future generations, and how we live in harmony with God’s creation.”

Raise your hand if, like me, you remember a childhood with: • Newspaper drives at school (yes, recycling even back then!)

• Scrap metal drives (sometimes we even re-used toothpaste tubes) • Giving empty milk bottles back to the milk man (maybe a “city” thing?)

• Collecting soda pop bottles for the penny refund • Re-using jars and boxes and paper bags and cardboard and string • Planting trees on Arbor Day and learning how “contour plowing” prevents erosion • Being reminded that “If you put it on your plate, you must eat it” – how awful it was to waste food • Perhaps even wearing hand-me-downs and washing diapers belongs here!

Many of us grew up re-using, rescuing and recycling – in our families, in our schools, among youth groups and with our friends. Somewhere, somehow, we might have lost that focus for a while; we might have allowed those values to be sidetracked by the allure of “convenient packaging” and “efficient practices” that have contributed to a seeming acceptance of a throw-away society.

But Saint Angela Merici was surely an environmentalist, reminding us frequently of the virtue of “respect” – for ourselves, for one another, for God’s creation. We Ursulines of Mount Saint Joseph follow the lead of our Mother Angela, recognizing how throughout our history we have embraced the values that led us to cherish one another, the land on which we live and the gifts we have received.

Read how we find ways to reclaim our heritage as those who seek to renew Earth. Explore with us as we respond in hope to the call to “live in harmony with God’s creation.” Learn about how Casa Ursulina in Chile is welcoming summer as we in Kentucky embrace winter. And imagine keeping up with our not-reallyretired Sister Mary Irene Cecil as she continues to share her wisdom.

As we watch the year come to a close and the northern hemisphere prepares for winter sleep, let us organize our recyclables, re-use those empty jars and share our sense of gratitude and awe for the gifts of one another and this beautiful world. In Angela, Sister Sharon Sullivan, OSU Cover: Sister Amelia Stenger and a group from Girls Inc., Owensboro, Ky., hug the huge maple tree in front of the guest house to show how many of them it takes to circle it. The girls were attending the Music and Nature Camp at Maple Mount in June 2012. LEFT: Sister Sharon Sullivan swirls a water sample after adding a chemical to see if it changes color as it should on Nov. 9 in Daviess County, Ky. Sister Sharon collects water samples for Water Watch and Watershed Watch. CENTER: Sister Grace Swift tends to Concord grapes at Maple Mount. She uses them to make grape jelly.

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

EDITORS: Director of Mission Advancement/Communications.......Dan Heckel, OSUA

Communications Specialist/Graphic Design......................Jennifer Kaminski, OSUA MISSION ADVANCEMENT STAFF:

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

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

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

Coordinator of Formation for Ursuline Partnerships.......Sister Marietta Wethington 2 Administrative Specialist/Web Developer........................April Ray

In this issue Ursuline Sisters do their part to protect planet Earth ......................... 3-5 Casa Ursulina News........................... 6-7 Retreat Center News ........................ 8-9 Diocese Diaconate Program...............10 Women’s Retreat: Saint Thérèse........10 Not Really Retired...............................11 Bless You, Donors.......................... 12-19 Obituaries............................................19 Soli Deo Gloria ....................................20 We rejoice in the gifts of our sisters, given for the kingdom of God

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

Our PURPOSE Freeing and Nurturing Women and Children

OUR CORE VALUES • Prayer • Service • Empowerment • Justice • Contemplative Presence ...in the spirit of Saint Angela Merici

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By Dan Heckel, Mount Saint Joseph Staff

Protecting the Earth is a way of life for the Ursuline Sisters

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Sister Sharon Sullivan uses a bucket and a rope to draw a sample of water from the South Fork of Panther Creek in Daviess County, Ky., on Nov. 9.

She has been testing water from Panther Creek, one of the largest tributaries in Daviess County, for nearly 30 years.

rsuline Sister Ann Patrice Cecil grew up on a farm in Daviess County, Ky., and was always fascinated with sunsets and watching plants grow.

“I marveled at God’s creation,” she said. “My dad was a good steward of the land, a wonderful farm manager.

Dad took care of the soil and left it in better condition than he found it. I hate to see the land abused or used in a careless way. We all need healthy air and water.”

It was that attitude that prompted Sister Ann Patrice to become a trained water tester with Kentucky’s Watershed Watch and to join the local chapter of the Sierra Club. But Sister Ann Patrice is hardly unusual among the Ursuline community.

“On every floor of every building at the Motherhouse, a sister is responsible for recycling,” Sister Sharon Sullivan said. She’s been testing water for nearly 30 years from local streams, and now as congregational leader for the Ursuline Sisters, she believes the sisters’ longtime passion for protecting the Earth stems from their role as educators.

“The heart of the gospel message is recognition with all creation,” Sister Sharon said. “Creation is one way our creator communicates with us. We’re not simply stewards of the resources as if they are here to be consumed,” she said. “As educators, the best way to call others is to model behavior. Standing on the street corner and saying ‘you should recycle’ isn’t the same as doing it ourselves.”

Sisters in Action

The list of the Ursuline Sisters’ efforts to be good stewards of the Earth is lengthy. A working farm and the planting of trees have been staples of the community since its inception more than 100 years ago, but the sisters increased their focus in 1997 when they sought an environmental audit of the Motherhouse from Appalachia

“I would like to ask all those who have positions of responsibility in economic, political and social life, and all men and women of goodwill: let us be ‘protectors’ of creation, protectors of God’s plan inscribed in nature, protectors of one another and of the environment.”

- Pope Francis at his Inauguration, March 19, 2013 – Science in the Public Interest, which works for healthy land and sustainable communities in Kentucky and Central Appalachia.

That audit resulted in a 10-year plan that consisted of all major building renovations incorporating environment-friendly features such as double-paned windows, energy-saver lighting, low-flow toilets and showers. The Mount Saint Joseph Conference and Retreat Center and Saint Joseph Villa, the community’s longterm care facility, both operate on geothermal heating and cooling systems.

The 700-acre farm raises livestock, fruits and vegetables to feed the sisters and staff, and utilizes as few chemicals as possible, with no routine feeding of antibiotics or hormones to the animals. Cow and pig manure is used to fertilize the fields, which use no-till planting, conservation plowing and grass terraces for soil conservation.

Grassy buffer zones are planted to prevent pollution of nearby creeks.

Perhaps the most apparent way the Ursuline Sisters care for the Earth is by doing what they’ve always done best – teaching others.

When Sister Amelia Stenger became director of the Retreat Center in 1997, she used her background with the Kentucky Agriculture in the Classroom program and as an educator who grew up on a farm to develop an environmental education program for schoolchildren in the area. Each year until she left the Center in 2010, an average of 500 children visited the Mount farm.

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Sister Mary Matthias Ward, right, and Sister Rita Scott, center, visit booths in the Mount Saint Joseph gym during a Green Living Symposium on Sept. 28, 2011. Hosted by the Green River Area Development District, the purpose was to promote eco-friendly lifestyles to preserve the region’s natural resources.

Sister Michele Morek blesses the Mount Saint Joseph farm and fields during a ceremony with several other sisters in 2008.

The Ursulines bless their fields each year.

Sister Eva Boone, center and Sister Susan Mary Mudd, right, welcome visitors to Step It Up, which was held at Brescia University on April 14, 2007 in conjunction with a nationwide rally to urge the U.S. Congress to reduce greenhouse gas emissions 80 percent by 2050.

Sister Elaine Burke leads a group of sixth-graders from the Owensboro, Ky., Catholic Schools 4-6 Campus along the Rosary Walk on May 1. Over 100 students came to Mount Saint Joseph for a day of prayer and to enjoy the beauty of nature.

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that come from the land. I always enjoyed the letters the students would write to us telling us what they had learned about nature and good stewardship.”

Educating the public about the environment is not limited to children. For several years beginning in 2007, the sisters hosted the GREENing Western Kentucky Expo at Brescia University. GREENing stood for “Getting Renewable Energy Education Now,” and the expo provided an opportunity for various business organizations to share products that offer solutions to protecting and preserving the environment.

Under the umbrella of GREENing Western Kentucky were numerous programs at the Center, including “Save Money, Save Energy, Save God’s Earth,” a free program offered to churches of all faiths interested in learning more about being good stewards of God’s Earth and reducing their energy costs. The Center also hosted a Green Living Symposium in 2011.

The sisters began a recycling program in 1997. “At first they were collecting newspapers, phone books and cans,” Sister Amelia said. “Now, with the help of the local recycling company, we recycle almost 25,000 pounds of paper, cardboard, galvanized cans, aluminum cans, glass and plastic each year. In addition to this, the maintenance department recycles all metals and light bulbs,” she said.

“The farm manager sees that wood from downed trees is used in the maintenance shop stove and we all know when the barn is being cleaned out to fertilize the fields.”

In June 2008, the Retreat Center was honored as Kentucky’s representative in the Sierra Club’s National Faith Appreciation Report, which highlights one exceptional faith-based environmental initiative from each of the 50 states. In 2011, the Ursuline Sisters were honored with the KY EXCEL Champion Award by the Kentucky Department for Environmental Protection for their recycling efforts.

Partners in Protection

While serving as an employee with the Sierra Club in western Kentucky, Aloma Dew said she discovered working in partnership is better for everybody.

“One of the earliest partnerships was with the Ursuline Sisters,” Dew said. “They believe in living lightly on the Earth. I’ve enjoyed the relationship with the Ursuline Sisters more than any other group. They were our role models when we approached other religious groups.”

When Dew began with the Sierra Club, the efforts were mostly about clean water, she said. “It became apparent that justice was the most important issue. I worked with a lot of faith groups, but the Ursulines were the strongest,” she said. “If we’re going to save the Earth, it has to be part of your faith commitment. If God thought creation was good, maybe we should too.”

Watershed Watch is a program supported by the Kentucky Division of Water since 2000, in which volunteers collect water samples from creeks and submit

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filters for women in impoverished countries so they can them for testing to make sure there aren’t harmful provide clean water to their area. Aside from her work chemicals polluting the streams. Sister Michele Morek, a with UNANIMA, Sister Michele was the speaker at the former biology professor at Brescia University, and Sister Healthy Foods, Local Farms conference in Louisville in Sharon both predate those efforts by being members of October, alerting attendees about the incredible amount Water Watch since the mid-1980s, doing their own water of wasted food globally. testing on site.

“In the early 1980s I began an environmental science Church Position class at Brescia,” Sister Michele said. “I saw an ad from The sisters see protecting the Earth as an obvious the Kentucky Division of Water advertising ‘Water role for them, but they are also faithfully following the Watch,’ a program of volunteer water testing the state was Catholic Church teaching on the environment. initiating because it did not have the funds or manpower In response to Pope John Paul II’s 1990 World Day of to monitor all Kentucky streams and rivers. I thought it Peace message titled “Peace With God the Creator, Peace would be a good way to get my classes involved in a realWith All of Creation,” the full body of U.S. Catholic life bit of environmental science, so I signed up for the bishops adopted their first statement on the environment, training.”

“Renewing the Earth: An Invitation to Reflection and Sister Sharon got involved in the project with her, and Action on Environment in Light of Catholic Social the two also got involved with Watershed Watch and a Teaching” in 1991. In this statement the bishops draw Sierra Club program called Water Sentinels. attention to the ethical dimensions “She and Sister Sharon were our of the ecological crisis, exploring the “Someone needs to most dedicated samplers,” Dew said. link between ecology and poverty and connect us back to the “In the winter they broke the ice to get the implications of environmental spirituality of nature, the samples.” degradation for human life and holiness of earth, air and Sister Michele said it makes sense dignity. water. Who better than for the sisters to be involved with In 1993, the U.S. Bishops created religious women whose caring for the Earth. the Environmental Justice Program job it is to be “Someone needs to connect us “to educate and motivate Catholics contemplative activists?” back to the spirituality of nature, to a deeper reverence and respect for the holiness of earth, air and water,” - Sister Michele Morek God’s creation, and to encourage she said. “Who better than women Catholics to address environmental problems, particularly who know how to nurture, religious women whose job as they affect poor and vulnerable people,” according to it is to be contemplative activists?’ Not to model good the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops website stewardship of our own property would be scandalous. (usccb.org). Part of the aims of the “Renewing the Earth” Father Thomas Berry said that saving the planet was the statement say the following: great work of our time, like building great cathedrals was “Our mistreatment of the natural world diminishes the great work of the Middle Ages.” our own dignity and sacredness, not only because we are These days Sister Michele is ministering in New York destroying resources that future generations of humans City with UNANIMA, a nongovernmental organization need, but because we are engaging in actions that of the United Nations that makes clean water one of its contradict what it means to be human. Our tradition missions. Sister Sharon is still sampling water from four calls us to protect the life and dignity of the human sites in two creeks, with one of those creeks leading onto person, and it is increasingly clear that this task cannot be the Maple Mount property. Sister Ann Patrice became a separated from the care and defense of all of creation.” water tester a few years ago, monitoring two nearby creeks Taking care of the Earth is very much an issue of that lead to a larger creek, then the Green River and justice with the Ursuline Sisters, said Sister Eva Boone, finally the Ohio River. who until recently served as the peace and justice “If you don’t get to the pollution at the beginning, coordinator for the sisters. “Without creation, we then all the streams and rivers it leads to become wouldn’t have what we need to sustain life,” she said. “We polluted,” Sister Ann Patrice said. “That keeps me love creation. Being a rural community, we’re closer than wanting to test the water.” some people have the opportunity to be.”

While several sisters are getting their hands dirty Like many of the Ursuline Sisters, Sister Eva grew up helping take care of their part of the earth, they are also on a farm, and that way of life keeps the sisters close to helping to direct change statewide and even globally. the land.

Sister Amelia has served on numerous statewide “All my life I was interested in the land, the sky and boards, including the Kentucky Climate Action Plan water,” Sister Eva said. “Most of our sisters came from Council and the Kentucky Environmental Education rural areas and had those same experiences. It’s in their Council. Sister Larraine Lauter launched Water With being to want to protect the land.” n Blessings, an effort to raise money to purchase water 5

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What’s new at Casa Ursulina in Chile?

By Sister Ruth Gehres

“From Casa Ursulina I have received so much: love, economic assistance, understanding . . . so that I forget my troubles and realize the good that is inside of me. Madre Mimi and the women who work with her have enormous hearts, and I give thanks to God for them.” – Nela Erizo CHILLAN, CHILE – Nela lives in a small adobe home built by her husband – a home that was severely damaged in the 2010 earthquake. With part of the house destroyed, things have been difficult for them, including their three boys, who have had to share a room with one bed. But now life is improving for this impoverished family.

Through her participation in Casa Ursulina’s rural outreach program – begun six years ago by director Sister Mimi Ballard – Nela has become an excellent spinner. She has also learned to make charming felt figurines that portray life in rural Chile.

Her work produces income to provide school clothes for her sons and, gradually, to rebuild her home. And, like so many other women of this region, the self-confidence she has gained as a member of the Casa Ursulina community has lifted her spirit, liberated her creativity and made her a happier person.

During the past 16 years, Nela’s story has been repeated countless times by women who have entered into the ministry of Casa Ursulina: some who come for one or two years, and some, it seems, who are committed for life.

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Clockwise, left to right: 1) Sister Mimi Ballard, left, and Sister Ruth Gehres, third from left, with four Casa Ursulina volunteers in front of the freshly painted house. 2) Sister Mimi Ballard with Nela Erizo and one of her felted creations. 3) Women at Casa Ursulina pack yarn for shipment to KidKnits in Illinois.

4) Jacquelin and her daughter, Camila, enjoyed a baby shower organized by Jacquelin’s home decoration class. Camila’s son, Agustín Jesús, was born Nov. 2.

came to Casa Ursulina, I was a closed person.” Growing up in a large family with a physically abusive father and a mother with no way to escape, Clarina took refuge in silence.

In 1996, just before the official beginning of Casa Ursulina, Clarina joined a nucleus of women who Clarina Henríquez gathered with Sister Mimi to share work, prayer and personal needs. “I never shared anything of myself or my life,” she remembers. “I was afraid I’d be laughed at and rejected.”

Because she was talented in crochet, Sister Mimi chose Clarina to be the teacher of the first crochet class at Casa Ursulina. She also invited her to join a new class: Personal Development. It was a large group, she remembers. Like so many Chilean women, and their mothers before them, these women were used to keeping their troubles to themselves. But “Madre Mimi” gently and gradually led them into sharing their needs, their sufferings and even their dreams, with one another. “And I realized,” Clarina

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says, “that I needed to talk . . . that I WANTED to talk.” Now she recognizes the women whose silence, like hers, is based in fear and a sense of worthlessness. Clarina is one of many Casa Ursulina veterans who can be counted on to reach out in support to these women.

For the past 16 years, Casa Ursulina has been a leaven in this community, most of whose residents live at or below the poverty level. In 1997, Sister Mimi had already spent 20 years in Chile, most of that time in parish ministry among the poor of Chillán during a brutal dictatorship – a time when children begged in the streets for bread.

As this era ended, she moved toward a new vision – a plan clearly focused on the needs of women – women struggling with poverty, single motherhood, unemployment, abuse, depression, low self-esteem and the absence of supportive companionship. Out of this vision grew the reality of The Dianna Ortiz Ursuline Center for Women, known throughout this community as Casa Ursulina.

From a modest beginning in a tiny space, Casa Ursulina has expanded year by year. Now over 150 women enroll every year. They come for the courses that are offered – like sewing, weaving, crocheting, knitting and a variety of crafts. These are activities that develop the women’s skills and creativity. They can also produce income, either from sales in the immediate area, or from U.S. contacts made by Sisters Mimi and Ruth Gehres.

Other courses, like painting, mosaic making, dance and music, encourage creativity and provide exercise and relief from stress. There is also an evening prayer group, a gathering of seven Ursuline Associates with others for reflection, sharing and prayer for the many needs of the world and of the Casa Ursulina community.

“The No. 1 goal is spirituality,” Sister Mimi said.

“The main thing we want to teach them is their value as a person. Every one of them is God’s child, they are equal.

Our area has been oppressed. The people think they are inferior to everyone else. We want them to learn solidarity, to look for the common good, not just their own needs.

Treat the next person as God’s child, as you would treat God.” Entering into the life of Casa Ursulina brings women out of isolation into an environment of solidarity, friendship and mutual support. And the leaders emerge from within: women who share their skills by teaching classes and helping the sisters to manage the work, which includes organizing events that provide support for the casa. All of these leaders – who form an active, dedicated Coordination Team – are volunteers. Their generosity is contagious.

Through her skills as a teacher, Sister Mimi has formed an enthusiastic group of spinners and weavers ready to produce quality work for markets in the United

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States. Casa Ursulina women are regularly contracted to create woven scarves and prayer shawls for sale by Abbey Press in St. Meinrad, Ind. And every year HandCrafting Justice – a nonprofit international trading organization that works with women in developing countries – orders shawls, scarves and decorative angels from Casa Ursulina.

Casa Ursulina products are also available at the Mount Saint Joseph Gift Shop in Maple Mount.

For more than a year now, Casa Ursulina has been engaged in a partnership with KidKnits, a family-run endeavor dedicated to helping poor families in developing countries and to inspiring American youth to help change lives around the world.

When Steve and Kristin Zika first contacted Sisters Mimi and Ruth in April 2012, they were purchasing handspun wool yarn from a group of Rwandan widows whose lives had been devastated by the genocide in their country. Following an inspiration of their 9-year-old daughter, Ellie, the Zika family had formed a nonprofit business, marketing the Rwandan yarn and simple plastic looms to schools and other groups of young people.

Already, thousands of children have enjoyed creating simple, bright-colored wool hats, while at the same time learning – from a service-based curriculum that is a vital part of the project – how this simple activity can bring a better life to vulnerable people all over the world. Ellie’s reflection, “You’re never too young to change a life on the other side of the world,” expresses the basic motivation of KidKnits.

When their project took fire, the Zikas started looking for a second source of yarn. Through the Internet, they found Chile and Casa Ursulina. During the past 19 months, a team of 16 women have produced over 30 boxes of yarn for shipment to KidKnits in Peoria, Ill. The intense process – from cleaning the raw yarn through spinning and dyeing – requires skill and care. The members of the Casa Ursulina team have become experts.

They are grateful to be part of the KidKnits mission and to earn a regular income to help support their families.

Casa Ursulina owes its existence and its growth to the dedication of the Ursuline community, and to the vision and hard work of its founder, Sister Mimi Ballard, and the other Ursuline Sisters who have served in this ministry.

The Casa Ursulina community is deeply grateful for the support of prayer and generous financial support that continues to make this endeavor possible. “All the good things that happen here,” Sister Mimi says, “come through the blessing of God and the dedication and generosity of our wonderful partners. We pray for them every day.” n To learn more about the amazing story of the beginning and growth of KidKnits, and to see more photos of the Casa Ursulina women involved in this story, take a few minutes to browse their website: www.kidknits.org

Note: The Casa Ursulina website has been moved to www.ursulinesmsj.org under Ministries.

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A Spinning Retreat weekend brought 23 women to the Center Nov. 15-17.

“We do a silent auction to raise money for sisters in Saint Joseph Villa,” Retreat Coordinator Debbie Webb said.

“We bring our own stuff to donate.

Over the past three retreats we’ve raised $1,500.”

A group of 36 people were in the Madonna Room on Nov. 16 to hear Father Tony Shonis and Sister Mary Matthias Ward discuss what Thomas Merton could teach us about growing older. The Center was busy that day, with groups using all the meeting space in the building.

LEFT: The Trigg County Quilters returned to Maple Mount the week of Oct. 28. Pictured: Rose Marie Robins, left, and Carol Martin, both of Cadiz, Ky.

Give Peace, Quiet and Prayer a Chance

Young people who are grieving a loss came to the Center on Nov. 2 for Camp Memory 2013. This is the third year for the camp, which is for children 6 to 16 who’ve experienced the loss of a loved one – a parent, grandparent or sibling. It is led by Betty Medley, grief continuing care coordinator with Glenn Family Services. Medley is a graduate of Mount Saint Joseph Academy. Above, some of the camp participants and leaders play a board game that deals with grief.

Mount Saint Joseph Conference and Retreat Center Calendar of Upcoming Events JANUARY 2014

Yarn Spinning Day........................................................... Saturday, Jan. 4 Study the Catechism Class............................................Thursday, Jan. 9 Retrouvaille..........................................................Friday-Sunday, Jan. 10-12 Spiritual Direction Training (Session 2)....................Week of Jan. 13-17 St. Meinrad Retreat Week................................ Saturday-Friday, Jan. 18-24 Diocese of Owensboro Permanent Diaconate Program...............Jan. 24-26 FEBRUARY

Members representing 12 of the Midwest Retreat Centers joined Sister Ann McGrew at the Center on Oct. 8-9 for their annual fall gathering. Members usually meet in the spring to discuss business matters and in the fall for spiritual enrichment, Sister Ann said.

Catholic Engaged Encounter..............................Saturday-Sunday, Feb. 8-9 Study the Catechism Class......................................... Thursday, Feb. 13 Diocese of Owensboro Permanent Diaconate Program...............Feb. 21-23 Ursuline Sisters’ Quilter Friends................ Sunday-Wednesday, Feb. 23-26 MARCH

Yarn Spinning Weekend................................. Friday-Sunday, March 7-9 ICSC Youth Confirmation Retreat..................... Friday-Saturday, March 7-8 Study the Catechism Class...................................... Thursday, March 13 Chapel Hill Women’s Retreat......................... Friday-Saturday March 14-15 Women’s Retreat with Sister Cheryl.......... Friday-Sunday, March 21-23 Diocese of Owensboro Permanent Diaconate Program............March 28-30 Saturday Musicale Junior Festival Winners ...................Saturday, March 29 Center-sponsored programs in bold type are open to the public. Please call to register.

To register or to schedule your event, call Kathy McCarty 270-229-0206 • kathy.mccarty@maplemount.org The Retreat Center is located 12 miles west of Owensboro on Hwy. 56 8

The new Spiritual Direction Training Program for 2013-2015 began the week of Oct. 14 at the Center. There are eight participants from three states. Left to right, Linda Cirillo of Evansville, Ind., Sharon Willow of Louisville, Ky., Theresa Nardi of Blaine, Tenn., and Sister Yvette Gillen, RSM, of Knoxville, Tenn., listen to a presentation by Sister Elaine Burke.

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From the director...

Dear Friends of the Center, As I sit to write this letter the first cold of 2013-2014 has descended on Maple Mount. I am reminded that it is time to reflect on the waiting of Advent coming to an end, Christmas celebrations and beginning a new year. What does that mean for us here at Mount Saint Joseph Conference and Retreat Center?

Sister Ann We will continue the study of the United States Catholic Catechism for Adults. The Spiritual Direction Training Program in the Spirit of Saint Angela Merici will continue throughout this year. We have many groups who are scheduled to come to the Center throughout the year. Some of them are new and some are returning. It is great to meet new people and to welcome those who come each year.

As you think of your new year I invite you to put into your personal schedule some time to be away from the hustle and bustle of your daily life and come away for some quiet time. Private rooms are available. Daily Morning/ Evening Prayer and Eucharistic liturgy are available in the Motherhouse chapel. Father Thomas Keating tells us, “Silence is God’s first language.” We invite you to come away for some “God time” with us.

We offer space to reflect, meditate, study or just rest and enjoy the beauty that surrounds us. Our chapel provides space in which to pray and be still in the presence of Jesus Christ. Maybe 2014 is the year you will choose to give yourself a gift of “quiet time.”

Wishing each of you the blessings you most need, Sister Ann McGrew, Mount Saint Joseph Conference and Retreat Center Director

Join our next Spinning Gathering Saturday, Jan. 4, 2014 Spinners, weavers, knitters and crocheters of all experience levels are welcome!

10 a.m. - 4 p.m.

The $15 fee includes lunch.

Contact Kathy McCarty to register: 270-229-0206 kathy.mccarty@maplemount.org

ALSO COMING UP: March 7-9 weekend retreat

MISSION: Mount Saint Joseph Conference and Retreat Center offers and hosts programs in a rural environment of tranquility for people of all ages and faiths to nurture spiritual and personal growth, advance the arts, and promote lifelong learning.

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An Immigration Reform prayer service for compassionate and comprehensive immigration legislation took place Oct. 3 at the Motherhouse Chapel.

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1) Congregational 3 Leader Sister Sharon Sullivan, right, greets visitors as they enter the Motherhouse Chapel. 2) Sister Luisa Bickett lights a candle after reading, “The desert is arid and thirst awaits us. You know the desert. You’ve been exiled. Come walk with us, and bring a fountain of justice into our lives.” Sister Luisa ministered in Chile from 196583. 3) Two nuns from Vietnam who are staying at Mount Saint Joseph while studying at Brescia University attended the prayer service. They were singing the response to the prayer intentions, “Listen to Your People,” which was sung in Spanish, Filipino, English and Vietnamese.

Study the Catholic Catechism

Mount Saint Joseph Conference and Retreat Center is once again offering an opportunity to study the United States Catholic Catechism for Adults. You are welcome to attend any or all sessions.

• Jan. 9, 2014 • Feb. 13 • March 13 Study the Catechism One Thursday each month • April 3 Note: We will not meet in July. with us!

• May 8 10:30 a.m.-12:30 p.m.

• June 12 Each session is $10 which includes lunch.

• Aug. 14 (A program book is $5) • Sept. 11 • Oct. 9 LEADERS: Sister Ann McGrew, OSU • Nov. 13 Sister Marietta Wethington, OSU • Dec. 11 To register, call Kathy McCarty (270) 229-0206 or email kathy.mccarty@maplemount.org 9

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Deacons in training find a home at the Center When the first class of the Permanent Diaconate Program in the Diocese of Owensboro gathered for study, the program was housed at Christ the King Church in Madisonville, Ky. Parishioners were generous to accommodate the candidates with their wives, but it was a little inconvenient for both the class members and their host families.

A solution was found this year by giving the next class a permanent home at the Mount Saint Joseph Conference and Retreat Center.

Each month, September through June, the 16 men registered in the program come for a weekend at the Mount to handle academic coursework and formation sessions, said Deacon Heriberto Rodriguez, diaconate program director.

“This was a decision made by Father John Thomas when he was the director of the program,” Rodriguez said. “Having it at the Mount gives the men an opportunity to bond and know each other better.”

Having the program at the Mount makes Rodriguez’s job much simpler, he said.

“Having everything under the same roof makes everything easier for the men to concentrate on their education,” he said. “We are blessed to have our Permanent Diaconate Program at the Mount.”

Saint Meinrad School of Theology runs the program, which has a year of discernment and four years of curriculum on Church teaching.

Father Ray Goetz serves as director of formation for the diaconate program, which means he deals less with the academics and more with issues the deacons may deal with in a parish or at Mass, such as how to read the Breviary (used to celebrate the Liturgy of the Hours) or the ordo, which directs the order of the Mass. At the November gathering, he discussed the liturgical cycle.

“I think the Mount is the perfect place for the program,” Father Goetz said. “In their free time they can walk around and hopefully get to know the sisters. It’s a spiritual place. You have the chance for Martha to take care of them so Mary can sit at the feet of Jesus.”

Father Goetz is the chaplain at the Mount and also pastor of St. Alphonsus Parish just across the road. On Saturday nights during their stay at the Mount, the deacon candidates come across the road for Mass at St. Alphonsus.

“It’s great for the parish to see these men in preparation,” he said. “I hope to get a deacon candidate from St. Alphonsus.”

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Those studying to become deacons in the Diocese of Owensboro, Ky., come to the Mount Saint Joseph Conference and Retreat Center each month for an intensive weekend of study. Above, members of the program and some of their spouses gather to listen to Robert Rivers during their Nov. 15-17 visit. RIGHT: Brett Mills, left, a member of the diaconate program, takes notes during the talk.

Sister Ann McGrew, director of the Center, said the Ursuline Sisters are blessed to have the diaconate program at the Mount.

“Their presence here as they study and pray brings many graces and blessings to our Center and to the community of Ursuline Sisters,” she said. “God is never outdone in generosity and so while blessing those who say ‘yes’ to God’s call, God blesses those who walk with them on their journey. We appreciate them as they spend their prayer and study weekend at the Center.”

Perhaps you are part of a group that would find its home at the Mount Saint Joseph Conference and Retreat Center? Call (270) 229-0206 today to find out how the Center can serve your needs. n

Sister Cheryl’s 2014 Women’s Retreat to feature Saint Thérèse of Lisieux Saint Thérèse of Lisieux, “the Little Flower,” was one of the most popular saints of the 20th century and the third female Doctor of the Church. Her spirituality of “the Little Way” reminds Christians that holiness does not require extraordinary deeds, lofty theology or mystical phenomena. During the weekend of March 21-23, 2014, retreatants will reflect on and pray with Saint Thérèse by looking at her family life, her experience of Carmelite life and her experience of dying and the promise of eternity. Presentations, quiet time for prayer, small-group sharing and opportunities for confession and the Eucharist will give retreatants the opportunity to receive some of the “shower of roses” Thérèse promised to send upon the Earth to help people love God. The retreat will be led by Sister Cheryl Clemons, OSU. To register, contact Kathy McCarty at kathy.mccarty@maplemount.org or 270-229-0206.

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Not Really Retired...

Sister Mary Irene keeps the sisters “in stitches” When Sister Mary Irene Cecil’s father died in 1969, her mother Irene moved to the Carmel Home retirement facility and took her sewing machine with her.

“She put in hems for women’s dresses that were too long or sewed on buttons for the men’s shirts,” Sister Mary Irene said. “It dawned on me that I’m doing the same thing my mother did.”

Since retiring in 2009 as co-director of pastoral care for the sisters in Saint Joseph Villa at the Motherhouse, Sister Mary Irene has served as seamstress for the sisters in the long-term care facility.

“I sew up rips or hems that are coming out, or sew on buttons that have fallen off,” she said. “I sew their names in all their clothing because they put their clothes in the common laundry.”

Sister Mary Irene is in her 67th year as an Ursuline Sister and enjoys this ministry, which she said she’ll do as long as she is able.

“It’s my way of continuing to serve and it keeps me active,” she said. “I don’t sit here all day, I get up and walk around when I finish a garment. It also keeps me in touch with the sisters in the Villa.”

Sister Mary Irene has a tough time choosing her favorite ministry among the various duties she’s performed over the years. “I loved teaching little kids,” she said, which she did for 21 years. “I also liked visiting the sick and elderly” at Our Lady of Lourdes Parish in Owensboro, Ky., which she did from 1996-2002. That ministry prepared her to co-direct the pastoral care at the Villa from 2002-2009.

Sister Mary Irene also spent 13 years in community leadership, first as a Council member and then as superior from 1980-88. She doesn’t think it unusual that a former superior would now be sewing for the sisters, because all of her ministries have been an opportunity to serve God.

Sister Mary Irene Cecil often works on hemming and labeling clothes for other Ursuline Sisters.

“Bishop (Emeritus John) McRaith would say he couldn’t get over the fact that one day we’d be superior of the community and the next we were just an ordinary sister,” Sister Mary Irene said. “It was fine with me.”

She spends the mornings behind her Janome sewing machine, sharing a room in St. Ursula Hall with Sister Emerentia Wiesner, who sews craft items for the sisters to sell.

“She does great work,” Sister Emerentia said. “When she broke her ankle and was out for six weeks, it was pretty lonely in here.”

In her free time, Sister Mary Irene visits sisters in the Villa, walks the grounds on a nice day and prays.

“I like this, it’s different every day,” she said.

Friends can write to Sister Mary Irene at 8001 Cummings Road, Maple Mount, KY 42356.

Join us!

We are ready to welcome all who feel God may be calling them to a life of prayer, service to others and the special joy found in community living. Do you know someone who might be considering religious life?

Help us to share the good news about life as an Ursuline Sister of Mount Saint Joseph.

From left are Ursuline Sisters Susan Mary Mudd, Mary Diane Taylor, Pam Mueller, Judith Nell Riney, Marie Joseph Coomes, Barbara Jean Head, Betsy Moyer and Helena Fischer. They are standing on the steps of the Lenoard Alvey Library at Brescia University, the college founded by the Ursuline Sisters.

For more information, contact Sister Martha Keller, director of vocation ministry: 270-229-4104 martha.keller@maplemount.org 11

Thank you to our kind and generous donors!

Dear Friends, In 1 Cor. 13:13, Saint Paul gives us words to help us as we live. He said, “…

These three things remain: faith, hope and love and the greatest of these is love.”

Love is a very powerful word. We hear it often but in today’s society, it has many different meanings, some very superficial.

The real meaning of love brings a sense of well-being and a feeling of belonging. One knows when one is loved without words being spoken. Love is a gift and in giving love that gift is returned to us.

The gift of love is the greatest thing we can give or receive.

Jesus gave us the greatest example of this gift of love. As educators, we share the gift of love with our students. As nurses, we share it with patients. When we take care of the poor, we share that gift of love. When we live our lives and share what we have with others, we are living that gift that Jesus shared with us.

In this issue of Ursulines Alive, we want to recognize so many who have shared their love and support over the past fiscal year of July 1, 2012 to June 30, 2013. We could not continue our mission of education and Christian formation without your support. Your love and generosity encourages us to continue our work for God and the Church. Without your support, we would not be able to help so many as we serve in our ministries. We would not be able to touch the lives of Founders...............$25,000+

Phyllis Troutman Mr. Mike Sullivan

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

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

Anonymous Mr. Timothy R. Aull The Basilica of St. Joseph Parish Mr. and Mrs. Robert A. Bibb Mr. and Mrs. Richard Boeckmann Sr. Josephine Boling Mr. and Mrs. George Briel Bev Clemens Deffenbaugh Industries Inc. Diocese of Owensboro Mr. Kevin A. Dunn Catherine B. Edelen Estate of Jane Fulton, Ms. Jane FultonU Mr. and Mrs. Thomas B. Fiorini Jayne and George Flynn Mr. and Mrs. Vince Frey Ms. Jacinta C. Garinger, A‘47 Karen and Tom Goebel Mr. and Mrs. Dan J. Haake Mr. Bill R. Hampton Mr. and Mrs. Joe Allan Hancock Dr. and Mrs. Bernard Hayden Sr. Rose Theresa Johnson, OSUU Mr. and Mrs. Bryce J. Jones Ms. Carolyn Larocco Rev. John E. Magel Leroy and Ann Mudd Mr. and Mrs. M. Tyson Needham Mr. and Mrs. John Newcomb Sam Pennington Mrs. Suzanne E. Reiss Mr. and Mrs. Brad Rives St. Alphonsus Parish, Rev. Ray Goetz Mr. and Mrs. Eric A. Shrader Louis and Peggy Slapshak St. Mary Parish, Fr. Martin Fox Genevieve Stelmach Rev. William J. Swift Mr. and Mrs. Bertrand Trompeter

Anonymous Brescia University Mr. Bernard E. Brown Estate of Dorothy Hughes, Mr. James C. Hughes Sr. Jane Irvin Hancock, OSU, C‘47 Sr. Jane Miriam Hancock, OSU, C‘43 Sr. Mary Renee Monaghan, OSU, A‘48U Sr. Michael Ann Monaghan, OSU Mr. and Mrs. Richard A. Spraley

Patrons..............$5,000-9,999 Ms. Peg Eileen Bourke, C‘48 Greater Kansas City Community Foundation, Dr. and Mrs. David S. Zamierowski Titan Contracting & Leasing Co. Inc., Mr. Michael E. Horn

Investors...........$2,500-4,999 Anonymous (4) Mr. Richard G. Blond Rev. Bernard Leo Craycroft Rev. Walter HancockU Mr. and Mrs. Gregory T. Lang Ms. Alice LeeU Maxine Ann Staley Fund, Maxine Ann StaleyU Mr. Gene J. Meyer Mr. and Mrs. James Meyer Michael E. Horn Family Foundation, Inc., Mrs. Kathryn W. Crowe Mount Saint Joseph Alumnae Sr. Mary Lois Speaks

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children and adults who need a loving hand or food to sustain their bodies. We wouldn’t be able to teach children how to read or teach adults about God. We have so many friends living across the country and several foreign countries. Listed below and on the following pages are those who have shared their time, talent and treasure with us. You have stood beside us and prayed for and with us. You have shared your gift of love by sending donations and giving in so many ways. For all of this we are filled with gratitude.

Thank you for your wonderful support and we humbly ask that you continue to support our mission in the future.

You help us make the difference as we minister and serve God’s people.

God bless each of you with love and happiness during this Advent and Christmas season. May you and your families be blessed with peace! Sincerely,

Sister Amelia Stenger, OSU

Director of Development, Ursuline Sisters of Mount Saint Joseph P.S. Thank you for your gifts of the past year. The following names represent those who donated during our fiscal year (July 1, 2012 to June 30, 2013). If any information is incorrect or your name is not listed we are truly sorry.

Please call 270-229-2008 or email Sister Amelia at amelia.stenger@maplemount.org and we will correct it.

Mr. and Mrs. Willard O. Vetter Bishop Ken Williams Mr. and Mrs. John Wimsatt Ruth Wright

Sponsors...............$500-999 Acme Plumbing, Heating & Cooling Co. Inc., Mr. and Mrs. Al Mattingly Monica Armstrong and Donald Kapa Janet M. Baker and Robert Todd Barret-Fisher Co Inc, Mr. Jess and Mark Mattingly Ms. Catherine Booker Philip and Karie Cecil Church of the Nativity Mrs. Betty Constantine, A‘53 Ms. Beth Corbett Ms. Louise Coshan Mr. and Mrs. William B. Dougherty Mr. and Mrs. Jeffrey Ebelhar Mr. and Mrs. James D. Egger Greenwell-Chisholm Printing Co., Mr. Carl Greenwell Dr. and Mrs. Christopher Havelda Rose M. Hayden and Meichele A. Foster Mr. and Mrs. Doug Hewitt Doug and Dorothy Hood Mr. and Mrs. George Horishny Ms. Eloise Hughes Mrs. Aurelia Inkret Jr. Ms. Mary Anne Kevil, A‘58 Sr. Mary Rudina (Rita) Klarer, OSU, A‘41 Mr. and Mrs. Harry J. Lavigne Mr. and Mrs. Richard Lewis Ms. Jill Luckett Ms. Nancy E. Mantovani Ms. Teresa Anne McCowen Mr. Jon A. Meyer Mr. and Mrs. Michael Monaghan Mr. and Mrs. Ervin J. Moore Mr. David Mudd Mr. and Mrs. Jerry W. Novacek Mr. and Mrs. Benjamin L. Peine

Mr. John M. Pfannes Regina Pund Julieanne M. Ray Mrs. Susan Reiss Mr. Daniel J. Reynolds Reverend Phil Riney Marianna Robinson Rosary Chapel, Rev. Julian Ibemere Saint Meinrad Archabbey Mr. Ernie Sampson Dr. and Mrs. Mike Scherm Mr. Juergen Schindler Sr. Marcella Schrant, OSU Mr. Gregory A. Shondell Mr. and Mrs. James P. Smith Sr. Frances Miriam Spalding, OSU, C‘40U St. John Catholic Church, Fr. Festus Maliwa Mr. and Mrs. Ernie Taliaferro Amy Tanner Mrs. Mary Teder Mr. and Mrs. Gordon B. Tuthill Mr. and Mrs. William Ulrich Mr. and Mrs. Wayne Wilson Mr. and Mrs. John Wright Sr. Mr. and Mrs. Bill Wright

Supporters............$250-499 Anonymous Col. and Mrs. Robert L. Algermissen Barbara Jean Allen Mr. and Mrs. John Allen Alles Brothers Furniture Co. Inc., Mr. Herman Alles Mr. and Mrs. Jerry D. Altman Mr. and Mrs. Donald L. Arth Mr. and Mrs. Stephen C. Berry Mr. and Mrs. Steve Bestgen Mr. Donald Bittel Mrs. Marti Brenner Mrs. Rita Brown Mr. and Mrs. Carl J. Buchman Mr. and Mrs. Tommy Buford Mr. Anthony J. Butel

Mr. and Mrs. Francis J. Butel Mr. and Mrs. Michael P. Byrne Kristy M. Calaway Mary Carothers Ms. Mildred Ann Carrico, A ‘61 Mr. James J. Casaert Mr. and Mrs. Edward Cecil Mr. Michael D. Cecil Mrs. Kathleen Daugherty Mr. and Mrs. Frank H. Devocelle Ms. Martha Ford Dr. Martha Bickett Frost, A‘67 Mr. and Mrs. Mark Gast Ms. Stephanie George Mr. and Mrs. Thomas H. Gipe Glenn Funeral Home, Mr. Glenn Taylor Mr. and Mrs. Robert F. Gonsalves Mr. and Mrs. Gerald Gonsoski Mr. and Mrs. Robert R. Grabill Mr. and Mrs. Gerald L. Griffin Mr. and Mrs. Philip R. Haire Ms. Violet Hamilton, A‘54 Mr. and Mrs. John C. Hudnall Mr. and Mrs. Ronald B. Hutchins Independence Bank Mr. and Mrs. Dennis Johnson Ms. Donna Jordan Mr. and Mrs. Neil J. Kallman Kappa Delta Phi, Ms. Mary Kay Bell Mrs. Catherine Keene Mr. and Mrs. John Knowlton Ms. Sarah Kranz, A‘72 Mr. Michael Lemm Bob and Lorraine Luken Ms. Sarah Jane Lynch Mr. Timothy B. Mahoney Mr. and Mrs. Lee W. Martinson Mr. and Mrs. Lonnie D. Mays Mr. and Mrs. Mike McCoy Mr. Dennis J. McFarland Mr. and Mrs. Jerry G. McGrew Bishop-Emeritus John J. McRaith Bishop William F. Medley Mr. and Mrs. Jeffrey D. Miano Ms. Lola M. Miles Mr. Harold Miller Rob and April Mitchell Mr. and Mrs. Arnold Moody Pat O’Connor Mr. John Owdziej Owensboro Catholic Consolidated Schools, Keith Osborne Mr. and Mrs. Lee A. Palmer Mr. and Mrs. Raymond E. Paul Mr. and Mrs. Ronald C. Platt Msgr. Bernard Powers Mr. and Mrs. Bill Reid Mr. and Mrs. Greg L. Reis Dr. and Mrs. Andrew Sedillo Dr. and Mrs. Thomas P. Shortell D.D.S. Mr. and Mrs. John J. Slattery Mrs. Susan Ann Struna, A‘66 Mr. and Mrs. Stephen E. Summers Mr. and Mrs. Waitman Taylor Jr. Ms. Ann Teaff Ms. Joan Teder Mrs. Monica L. Thompson, A’71 Ms. Frances Kay Tichenor, A‘62 Ms. Stephanie Warren Mr. and Mrs. David E. Weimer John A. and Patricia C. Williams Mr. and Mrs. Gene Wink Mr. and Mrs. Robert L. Yoksh Mr. and Mrs. Harold Young Ms. Mary E. Ziegler

Contributors.......$100-249 Leroy and Valerie Able Mr. and Mrs. Kenneth A. Albrecht Mr. and Mrs. Rob Alexander Alexander & Company PSC, Gary W. Allen Robert and Mary Ann Alvey Ms. Evelyn K. Ambrose Mrs. Cornelia S. Anderson Ms. Cecilia Arbuckle Mr. and Mrs. Richard Baldwin UDeceased

Nancy and Catherine Balint Col. and Mrs. George F. Barber Dr. and Mrs. Joseph R. Barnthouse M.D. Mr. and Mrs. Paul M. Bastasch Mrs. Carolyn Graves Beam, A‘70 Mr. and Mrs. James Beaven Mr. and Mrs. Stan Bechtold Mr. Joseph E. Belden Mrs. Mary Berger, A‘55 Beverly McAuliffe Bisig, A‘62 Tara A. Boling Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Boone Mr. and Mrs. Michael E. Boone Mr. and Mrs. Bryan Borders Mr. and Mrs. Doug Borders Ms. Mary Nell Bouvier Mrs. Sarah M. Bowling Mr. and Mrs. Harry F. Boyle Mr. and Mrs. Thomas P. Brady Mr. and Mrs. Edwin J. Bresnik Mr. and Mrs. James R. Brey Ms. Doris Ann Brooks David Bryant Mr. James E. Burke Mr. and Mrs. Michael W. Burke Evelyn Butkus Mr. Darry R. Cain Mr. Keith Cain Mr. and Mrs. Curtis T. Carlson Mr. and Mrs. Bob Carper Carpet One Floor and Home Mr. and Mrs. Bob Caspar Ms. Carolyn Sue Cecil, A‘73 Mary Huberta Cecil Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Cecil Jr. Mr. Flavio Chavez Rev. John R. Vaughan Christian Care Communities Inc. Ms. Margaret Cimeley Mr. Anthony F. Cindrich Linda Cirillo Mr. Dwayne Clemons Mr. and Mrs. Gary Clifton Mrs. Dolores Cloughley Lillian A. Cloughley Mr. Lowell Collard Mr. and Mrs. Michael J. Collins Commercial Service of Perry Inc., Mr. Carl Stukenholtz Ms. Ellen Mary Condry Mr. and Mrs. Tommy L. Cook Mr. and Mrs. Paul Coomes Mr. William W. Cooper Mr. and Mrs. Michael R. Corbett Ms. Ruth Carolyn Crawford Mr. and Mrs. James F. Craycroft Rev. J. Kenneth Criqui Mr. and Mrs. Matthew W. Crisp Mr. and Mrs. Barry D. Curry D.M.D. Mr. and Mrs. Robert F. Davis Mr. and Mrs. Kevin Dazey Ms. Karen Pickett De Sosa Mr. and Mrs. Clemens L. Deken Jane and Larry Denton Mr. and Mrs. Gerald T. Dickerson Mr. and Mrs. Walter Doll Ms. Rebecca J. Donahue Mrs. Judith Donley, A‘65 Ms. Valerie B. Dratter Mr. and Mrs. William H. Dunn Sr. Mr. Charles P. Easley Mr. and Mrs. Rick Ebelhar Ebelhar Whitehead PLLC Ms. Bobbie Edds Mr. and Mrs. Larry Edelen Ms. Susan J. Effertz Catherine J. Evans Ms. Janet Sue Evans Clara Mae Evrard Mr. and Mrs. Quentin L. Fannin Ms. Leslie M. Fansler Mr. Frank Feast Karen Feehan Mrs. Alberta L. Fennewald Mr. and Mrs. John Feuerborn Mr. and Mrs. James R. Fiete Mark and Andrea Fitzmaurice Mr. and Mrs. Jason R. Fletter Mr. and Mrs. Reyburn W. Ford Mr. and Mrs. William S. Foushee

Mr. Ronald E. Franzen Ms. Rebekah Frederick Mr. and Mrs. Gary Freeman Drs. Vicki Frey and David Thompson Mary Catherine Fries Mr. and Mrs. John Froehlich Dolores Furtado Mrs. Louise Fowler Gaddie, A‘45 Gaga Marketing LLC, Marianne Martino Mr. James V. Gahlinger Mr. and Mrs. Michael J. Gallagher Robert and Maria Galles Mr. John Gallo Shirley A. Gibbins Ann Gibbs Mr. and Mrs. Robert J. Gilles Mr. and Mrs. John J. Gladbach Mrs. Judy Glynn Mr. and Mrs. Larry Goetz Elaine A. Gokey Mr. and Mrs. Bernard Grady Rev. Joseph T. Graffis Mr. Dale Gray Mr. and Mrs. H. Steve L. Gray Mr. and Mrs. Larry Gray Mr. and Mrs. Carl Greenwell Mrs. Sandra Greenwell Ms. Josephine A. Guerrant Mrs. Mary C. Hale Troy and Carolyn Haleman Mr. Bobby Hamilton Mrs. Judith Hamilton Mr. and Mrs. William D. Hamilton Mr. and Mrs. Tom Hancock Jean and Rodney Hannes Mr. and Mrs. Allan Harl Jr. Mr. and Mrs. Dennis J. Harris Mr. and Mrs. Gerald Harris Mr. and Mrs. Milt Hartlauf Msgr. Jerome Hartlein Mr. Donald A. Hayden Ms. Karen Hayden, A‘69 Mrs. Mary Louise Hayden Mr. and Mrs. Patrick Hayden Mr. and Mrs. William Hayden Jr. Dan and Sherri Heckel Mr. and Mrs. Mark Heinz Mr. and Mrs. Donald F. Heinzman Phyllis and Daryl Henry Mrs. Carol Hill Elizabeth L. Hill Ms. Joan Horan Thomas Hosty Kathy and James Houlihan Ms. Ita Belle Howard Gerald G. Hubbs Henry Huckeby Mr. and Mrs. Duane Hund Mark R. Hutchinson, Attorney Ms. Amanda Jacobs Mr. and Mrs. Bryan Jacobs Mr. and Mrs. Thomas R. Janssen Dr. Deborah A. Jantsch Mr. and Mrs. Charles Jenkins Ann Johnson Mr. E. Louis Johnson Mr. and Mrs. Hal Marshall Jones Joseph L. Greenwell Funeral Home, Joseph L. Greenwell JRH Investments LLC, Mr. John Hess Kappa Delta Phi Sorority, Ms. Kathy Mayes Mr. and Mrs. William H. Kastens Rev. Thomas A. Kearns Mr. and Mrs. James Edwin Kee Mr. and Mrs. Thomas M. Kellerman Mr. and Mrs. Mark A. Kemper Kemper Sales & Associates Inc., Mr. Gary Kemper Mrs. Carol J. Kirby Mr. and Mrs. Michael A. Kleinman Mr. and Mrs. James P. Knott Mr. and Mrs. Kerry P. Knott Mr. and Mrs. Charles C. Knott Mr. and Mrs. William F. X. Knowlton Mr. and Mrs. Robert Kobler Mrs. Marieann R. Koehler Mr. and Mrs. Joseph J. Kolich Sr. Ms. Mari Lynn Korte

Mr. and Mrs. Clifford Kreifels Mr. Raymond Kress Mr. Alfred N. Kueser Kuntry Kutter & Gift Shop, Carl and Brenda Millay Mrs. Mary Ann Kurz John and Bobbie Laker Mr. and Mrs. Timothy J. Lavigne Ms. Therese Martin Lawson Mr. and Mrs. Daniel Lehan Mr. and Mrs. Werner S. Lehnert Mr. Michael H. Leonard Mrs. Dotty Liles John and Martha Little Mr. and Mrs. Joe Livers Ms. Eileen Locke Sr. Clarence Marie Luckett, OSU Mr. and Mrs. Larry Lyon Rev. Joseph A. Lyon Ms. Mabel Macke Mr. and Mrs. Steve Mackey Dr. Michael J. Maher Jr. J.C. Malone Mr. and Mrs. William E. Mann Mr. and Mrs. Houston Marks Mr. James D. Martin Mr. and Mrs. Jim Martin Mr. and Mrs. Donald L. Marx Mr. and Mrs. Dennis M. Massoth Richard J. Massoth and Susan T. Masih Ms. Anna C. Mattingly, A‘66 Ms. Mary Mattingly Mrs. Sylvia Mattingly Mr. T. Alex Mattingly Mr. and Mrs. Kenneth G. Matyk Mr. Romano L. Mazzoli Mr. David L. McCall Mr. and Mrs. Robert A. McGrew Mr. and Mrs. Patrick A. McNulty Mr. and Mrs. John Medley Jr. Mr. and Mrs. John P. Mesnier Mr. and Mrs. Jeffrey D. Meyer Mr. and Mrs. Matthew D. Meyer Ms. Helen Miles Rev. Joseph Mills Mills Drug Store, Bill Franey Jeff S. Mitchell Mr. and Mrs. Michael L. Mize Iris Moreno-Brown Dr. and Mrs. Jack Morgan Steve and Becky Morris Marie C. Mueth Mr. Alan Mullins Ms. Kathleen J. Munson Mr. and Mrs. Dave Munsterman Mr. and Mrs. Henry Munsterman Mr. and Mrs. Michael M. Munsterman Mr. and Mrs. Jeff Murphy Mr. and Mrs. William E. Murphy James Nalley, M.D. Mr. and Mrs. Jack R. Neal Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Neal Pat L. Netzer-Willard Mr. and Mrs. Donald T. Norrenberns Jane and Ray Nugent Mr. and Mrs. Clifford O’Bryan Mrs. Carol A. O’Keefe Mr. and Mrs. Gerald M. Oakes Orthopaedic Surgical Specialists PSC, Drs. Joseph and Felicity Polio Mr. and Mrs. David Osborne Ricky Paradise Joe and Rosemary Park Mrs. Caroline C. Parys Colleen M. Pattison Mr. Henry David Payne III Mr. and Mrs. Terry Payne Frances Pearson Mr. and Mrs. Sal J. Penza Thuy V. Pham Mr. and Mrs. Kenny Pierson Rev. Louis Piskula Mr. and Mrs. William A. Powell Mr. and Mrs. William H. Powers Mr. and Mrs. James Pritchard Walter Pudlo Mr. and Mrs. Daniel J. Purdy Mr. Timothy P. Quigley Mrs. Cathy Reese Jeff and Tammy Rice

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

Anonymous (7) Joe PaulU and Kay Buckman Rev. Bernard Leo Craycroft Jacinta Garinger José Gomez Msgr. George H. Hancock Melba Hightower-Smith Barbara Houk Deborah Pitts Joyce Helen and FreddieU LeBlanc BennettU and Mary Sue Ligon Rev. Joseph A. Lyon Rev. Carl McCarthy Robert Mace Romano Mazzoli Cletus and Dee Oberst HenryU and Dody Payne Hughleen A’45 and Kelly Riney Rev. C. Phillip Riney Joe and Sue Riney A’42

Susan J. Scott Karen Siciliano Mary Ann Smith Mary C. Thompson A’61 Barbara and Bertrand Trompeter Anonymous Ms. Catherine BookerU Estate of Dorothy HughesU | Mr. James C. Hughes Rev. Walter HancockU Sr. Rose Theresa Johnson, OSUU Ms. Alice LeeU Rev. John E. MagelU Maxine Ann Staley Fund | Maxine Ann StaleyU Sr. Frances Miriam Spalding, OSU, C‘40U Willa K. “Billie” SteinU

Mr. Guy E. Riney Mr. and Mrs. T. Edward Riney Mr. and Mrs. Michael R. Riney Joe and Sue Riney Rev. W. Jerry Riney Mrs. Patricia Riordan Mrs. Norma C. Robinette, A‘54 Mrs. Mary Ann Rockers Keith O. Rodolph Mr. J. Kenneth Rogers Mr. and Mrs. Garrick A. Rollert Mr. and Mrs. Richard L. Rommelfanger Rusher Construction Co. Inc., Mr. and Mrs. Danny Thomas Ms. Barbara Jane Ryan Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Norman Ryan Mrs. Susan F. Ryan Saint James Church Rev. Robert Drury Catherine Ann Sawyer Rev. Paul A. Scaglione Leo Schammel Ms. Mary Ann Schilling Mark and Eileen Schmelzel Mr. and Mrs. Don K. Schmidt Mr. and Mrs. John A. Semar Mr. and Mrs. Mick Seuferling Mr. and Mrs. Mike Shay Mr. Randy Shelby Mr. Mark E. Shircliff Rev. Martin Siebenaler Mr. and Mrs. Gerald N. Sims Jr. Mr. and Mrs. Paul Sims Mr. and Mrs. Donald E. Skeeters Mr. and Mrs. Rondle L. Skimehorn Elaine M. Skoch Mrs. Mary Paula Skrivan Daniel P. Sligar Mr. and Mrs. Daniel W. Smith Mrs. Mary Smith Mr. and Mrs. Thomas M. Smith Mr. and Mrs. Thomas A. Spalding Mr. William K. Spalding Mr. and Mrs. John T. Spies St. John’s School, Fr. Festus Maliwa Mr. and Mrs. William H. Stadtlander Jr. Kathy Steckler Dr. Roberta Steinbacher Mr. and Mrs. Bernard Stenger Ms. Paula Anne Stephenson Ms. Betty J. Stone William B. Sturgis Mr. and Mrs. Ron Sullivan Mr. and Mrs. Larry Swank Rev. Theodore G. Tempel Mrs. Teresa B. Thompson Mr. and Mrs. Francis H. Thomson Ms. Melissa Tuley

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Bequests

Pam and John Tyndall Mr. and Mrs. Richard F. Ubert Ursuline Sisters of Louisville, Sr. Jean Anne Zappa, OSU Ursulines of Brown County, Sr. Patricia Homan, OSU Mr. and Mrs. Otis Vance Mr. and Mrs. Leslie E. VanMeter, II Via Christi Health, Linda M. Wartick Sr. Marie Brenda Vowels, OSU Mrs. Mary E. Vuncannon, A‘55 Mr. and Mrs. Steve Walker Judith Wallace Mr. and Mrs. Thomas L. Waris Wea Altar Society - Holy Rosary Church, Wea Altar Society Mr. and Mrs. James D. Weafer Ms. Teresa A. Weaver Mr. and Mrs. George Webster Mr. and Mrs. Fred Weidenbenner Mr. and Mrs. John R. Weist Mr. and Mrs. John R. Weitzel Ms. Karen M. Wheatley Mr. and Mrs. Charles K. Whelan Ms. Mary White Mr. and Mrs. Tom White Mr. and Mrs. Tom Whitsett Mrs. Kay Whitt-Fecher Ms. Terri Wick Ms. Carrie Wieder Mr. and Mrs. William R. Willhaus Mr. and Mrs. Dwight M. Williams Ms. Mary Bernadette Wilson Mr. and Mrs. Melville P. Windle Rita Winkelmann Ms. Martha Wolfe Alice Wondra Mr. and Mrs. John M. Wood Wright Implement, Mr. Ben Wright Mr. and Mrs. Lester P. Wuertz Mrs. Sarah A. Ye Dr. and Mrs. J. Frank Yeager Jean and David Yewell Meg Zybko

Friends........................$1-99 Florence E. Abel Mrs. Joan Abell Mr. and Mrs. James Abernathy Ms. Cathy Adlon Ms. Alice Albus George and Betty Allard Mr. Joseph L. Allen Mr. and Mrs. George P. Alleven Pablo Neri Alquisiras Mr. Leon Alvey Mr. Sam S. Alvey

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

Mr. and Mrs. Duane H. Amos Mr. and Mrs. Frank Anasti Mr. and Mrs. Fred E. Anderson Gilbert & Lila Mae Archuletta Mr. and Mrs. Leo Arellano Ms. Marge Ashworth Mr. and Mrs. Thomas A. Aud Mr. and Mrs. Robert W. Austin Mr. and Mrs. Ruben Avila Shari L. Ayers Mr. and Mrs. Kenneth E. Aylor Mrs. Ada Bader Mrs. Alice Bagot Retha M. Baize Mr. and Mrs. John Balasa Mr. and Mrs. Bobby H. Ballard Fred and Joan Ballard Mrs. Marianna B. Barber Vicky Barnes Carol and Dave Bauer Mr. and Mrs. Harry E. Baumgarten Jr. Ms. Charlotte Baumgarten, C’46 Mr. and Mrs. Rudy Bawel Mr. and Mrs. James H. Beatty Mr. and Mrs. Tom Beaven Mr. and Mrs. Gabriel Becker Beckman Tire & Auto Center, Mr. David A. Beckman Ms. Valerie S. Belew Ms. June D. Bell Mary M. Benkeser Mrs. Marian Bennett William D Bennett Jr. Kay Berlage Mr. and Mrs. Robert Berry Ms. Helen B. Bert Mr. and Mrs. Alvin Bickett Mr. and Mrs. Donald Bischoff Mr. and Mrs. Jerry F. Biscopink Mr. and Mrs. Donald Bland Mr. Robert K. Bland Rev. James Blazine Mr. and Mrs. Kevin Bley Ms. Ginger D. Boehm Mr. and Mrs. Laurence L Boehm Mr. and Mrs. Steven J. Boehm Mr. Eric Bohr Berniece M. Bonebrake Mr. and Mrs. John W. Bonella Mr. and Mrs. Pete Bono Mr. and Mrs. Thaddeus M. Book Claudette E. Borchers and Geoffry W. Hetley Ms. Betty Boren Mr. and Mrs. John Bossing Ms. Christel G. Bouldin Mr. and Mrs. John Bouvier Mr. and Mrs. E. Thomas Bowers Sr. Vivian Bowles, A’57 Mrs. Lynne T. Bowling Mr. John I. Bradshaw Jr. Mrs. Mary E. Bradshaw Jimmy Brannon Mr. and Mrs. John D. Braun Mr. and Mrs. Tom Breen Mr. and Mrs. R. J. Breidenthal Mr. James M. Brennan Mr. and Mrs. Christopher Brink Charles S. Brown Mrs. Mildred Brown Mrs. Mary Jane Brown Ms. Josephine Browning Joel and Faye Bruce Mr. and Mrs. Phil Bryan Mr. and Mrs. James D. Buche Mr. Jerome L. Buckley Phyllis E. Burgan Richard Burghart Steven Burghart Ms. Teresa Burgher Ms. Juanita A. Burke, A ‘50 Susan Burnett Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Burns Sandy Busby Brenda K. Busick

Mr. and Mrs. Eddie Byrne Mr. and Mrs. J. L. Byrne Laurie Calaway Patricia Calvert Tom W. Moore and Wendy M. Campbell Alicia Canlas M.D. Mr. and Mrs. Ruben Cano Sheila Carman Mr. and Mrs. John W. Carrico Mrs. Mary Carter Mr. and Mrs. David T. Case Mr. and Mrs. Kenneth P. Cashman Mr. and Mrs. Joe Castanos Mr. Terry M. Cavanaugh Mr. and Mrs. Eugene H. Caylor Mr. and Mrs. Donald L. Cecil Elizabeth Anne Cecil Martin Cecil Sr. Mary Jude Cecil, OSU, A‘50 Mary Ruth Cecil Mrs. Rose Therese Cecil, A‘44U Mrs. Aurelia Cecili Ms. Jennifer Chaudoin Ms. Dolores G. Chavez Mr. and Mrs. David Childress Mr. and Mrs. Gene Chinn Melinda Chiroy Mrs. Geraldine Cissell Ms. Margaret Clabaugh Cindy Clark Mr. and Mrs. Gene Clark Mrs. Charlotte Clements Mr. and Mrs. Paul Clements Jr. Ms. Kathy Coco Mr. and Mrs. George C. Cole Mr. and Mrs. Daniel E. Coleman Doris Ann Colgate Mr. and Mrs. George H. Collignon Computer Knights Inc., Mr. Ed Beeny Ms. Edith Conkright Mr. and Mrs. Edward M. Connolly Jr. Mr. and Mrs. David M. Cook Ms. Debbie Coomes Mr. and Mrs. Paul Coomes Mr. and Mrs. George Cooper Mr. and Mrs. Donald Cooper Ms. Mary M. Costello, A‘65 Mrs. Mary Ann Cox Mr. and Mrs. Arthur B. Craig Martha Crisp Ed and Mary Ann Crosby Mr. William H. Crumbaker Mr. and Mrs. John Cummings Ms. Rosemary Cuni Ms. Clarice Dant Mr. and Mrs. Clifton Daugherty Daughters of Isabella- Circle No. 241, Ms. Sheila A. Thomson Mr. and Mrs. Joe Davis Margaret E. Davis Mr. and Mrs. Michael Ray Day Mr. and Mrs. Robert H. Deibel Mr. and Mrs. Richard C. Deitchman Mr. Gerald L. Denning, Ph.D Ms. Dorothy Denniston, A‘65 Laurence E. Denno Mr. and Mrs. Paul Dentiste Rosemary Derstler John and Lyndia Dew Ann Marie Dickerson Mr. and Mrs. Bruce Dickhaut Ralph and Diane DiTucci Mr. and Mrs. David Diver Mr. and Mrs. Donald Dobernic Pearl E. Doherty Dominican Fathers and Brothers of St. Thomas, Fr. Jim Marchionda, OP Mr. and Mrs. Leon Donahue Mr. and Mrs. Warren R. Dougherty Ms. Lisa Marie Downs Ms. Mary Margaret Drury, A‘66 Mrs. Cecelia J. Dueber Mr. and Mrs. Ron Dugan Mrs. Betty DuPont

Mr. and Mrs. Patrick Dyer E.M. Ford & Co., Rick and Steve Ford Mr. James David Earnest Mr. and Mrs. Charles L. Ebelhar Mrs. Sidney Jean Ebelhar, A‘51 Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Ebelhar Ms. Alice F. Edwards Ms. Rosalie Edwards Mr. and Mrs. Michael J. Egan Mr. and Mrs. Edmund R. Eglinski Mr. and Mrs. Robert E. Eisler Jr. Mr. and Mrs. Donald Elder Mrs. Mary C. Elder Ms. Betty Ellis Mrs. Lupe Ellis Ms. Josephine A. Elworth Mr. and Mrs. James K. Emerson Mr. and Mrs. Jesse R. Emerson III Mark Emry Mr. and Mrs. Alan Englehart Deidre A. Engler A‘81 Nellie M. Ervin Ms. Ellen Erwin Mr. and Mrs. Frank J. Fabre Marguerite Fadhl Mr. and Mrs. Gene Faller Mr. and Mrs. Albert J. Faltermeier Paula H. Fangman Mrs. Paula Fargen Mr. and Mrs. David Ferriell Eleanor H. Fields Mr. and Mrs. John W. Filburn Mr. and Mrs. Sylvester Fischer Ms. Margaret Fitzgerald Mr. and Mrs. C. L. Fitzhugh Mr. and Mrs. Robert J. Flanagan Very Rev. Robert B. Flannery Mr. and Mrs. Bernie J. Flood Mr. and Mrs. Charles H. Floyd Mr. J. Robert Fluker Mr. and Mrs. Ronald J. Flynn Mr. and Mrs. John Ford Kate Ford Mr. and Mrs. Mark A. Fournier Ms. Mary Anne Frank Krista Franke Ms. Margaret Ann Freeman Mrs. Kathryn R. Friedrich Mr. and Mrs. Wesley W. Fritz Mr. and Mrs. Joseph B. Fulkerson Lee Furst Anna Gabriel Mr. Pat Gallagher Mr. Gilbert Garcia Ms. Georgia Gaskill Mr. George Gates Mr. and Mrs. John P. Gaughan Sondra Gavieres Mr. and Mrs. Frank Gawarecki Jack and LaVerne Genetti Concetta M. George Mr. and Mrs. Rob George Mr. and Mrs. R. L. George Jr. Ms. Judith K. Gerling Claudia Gibson Kathleen M. Gillen Mrs. Nancy Gillespie Mr. and Mrs. John W. Gilliford Ms. Betty Girten Mr. and Mrs. James O. Gish Mr. Frank Glazer Mr. and Mrs. Gene Glenn Anna S. Gliniecki Fr. David J. Glockner Ms. Jacqueline Addington Glover Ms. Suzanne Gochenouer Ms. Donna Marie Goetz Mrs. Mary Eulalia Goetz, A‘37 Mr. and Mrs. Tony Goetz Mr. Leonard Golembiewski Mrs. Louise Golemo Msgr. Leo Gomez Rebecca M. Gomez Ms. Sylvia Ann Gonzales Good Search Mr. and Mrs. Michael J. Gorman Mrs. Mary B. Gossett Mr. and Mrs. David N. Grant Mr. and Mrs. Ronald K. Grauer Jeanne Greene Mr. and Mrs. Jeff Greenstreet

Mr. and Mrs. Richard A. Greenwell Mr. and Mrs. George L. Gregar Bernice M. Gregorio Mr. and Mrs. Charles Gregory Robert Gress Mr. and Mrs. Warren Gress Mr. and Mrs. Bill Griffith Mr. and Mrs. Eugene J. Gruenenfelder Mr. and Mrs. Ronald Grundman Mrs. Carole Guess Mr. and Mrs. John R. Guffey Ms. Margaret A. Guilford Mr. and Mrs. Anthony T. Guilfoyle Mr. and Mrs. Dennis A. Hachenberg Hager Educational Foundation, Mr. Lawrence W. and Mr. Frankie Scott Hager Mr. and Mrs. Sam Haik Mr. and Mrs. Dennis J. Haines Ms. Clara C. Hall Dorothy Ann Hall Ms. Joyce Hall Mr. and Mrs. Edward M. Halter Mr. Charles L. Hamilton Sr. Mr. and Mrs. James C. Hamilton Mr. and Mrs. Sam Hamilton Greg Holland Handy and Cassie Marie Carney Rita Hanewinkel Mr. and Mrs. John D. Hannah Ms. Antoinette M. Hanson Cathy Hanson Ms. Doreen Harney Mr. and Mrs. Robert G. Harris Jr. Mr. Paul AS Harvey Mr. Frank C. Hauber Ms. Virginia Hawkins Mr. and Mrs. Bob G. Hawley Mr. and Mrs. Joseph R. Hayden Mr. and Mrs. Joe L. Hayden Mr. Tony Hayden

Ms. Patricia Howell Mr. and Mrs. Mark Hubbard Joseph and John Hubbard Mr. and Mrs. Charles E. Hubley Mr. J. Keith Hudson Mr. and Mrs. James B. Huettenmueller Christy L. Humerickhouse Mr. and Mrs. Norbert D. Hummel Jr. Mr. and Mrs. Craig Humphrey Mr. and Mrs. Edward F. Humphrey Mr. and Mrs. Ken C. Hund Mr. and Mrs. Tom Hunter Mr. John Hurm David and Barbara Hutchins Mr. and Mrs. S.D. Allen Iske Jr. Mr. and Mrs. Christopher B. Jackson Mr. and Mrs. Mike Jacobs Ms. Molly Jacques Mr. and Mrs. Kenneth L. James Mrs. Frank Jemley Jr. Mr. and Mrs. Clarence Jenkins Donna and Jay Jensen Ms. Patricia Jobe Norman Johnson Mrs. Benita Payne Jolly, A‘52 Ms. Paula C. Jolly Mrs. Alice M. Jones Mr. and Mrs. Charles Jones Mr. and Mrs. William J. Joyce Mr. and Mrs. Anthony Kaelin Mrs. Mary Kaelin A‘48 Mr. and Mrs. Sylvester Kaelin Jr. Mr. and Mrs. Leonard Kaiser Chris and Jennifer Kaminski Mr. and Mrs. Robert M. Kampschaefer Carol E. Kane Mrs. Catherine E. Kane Mr. and Mrs. Frederick C. Kapp Mr. Robert J. Kaps Ms. Rise Danielle Karr

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

Michelle L. Hayes Mr. Robert L. Hayes Ms. Mary E. Hazzard Mr. Henry E. Head Mrs. Mary Cora HeadU Ms. Mary Heberlie Mr. and Mrs. Forrest A. Heintzman Mr. and Mrs. William M. Henderson Mrs. Nancy Hendricks Dr. and Mrs. John Hendricks Mr. and Mrs. Ed Hendrickson Mr. and Mrs. Francis Henning Mr. and Mrs. Tom R. Herynk Mr. and Mrs. Thomas D. Hewlett H. F. Heying Jr. and Denise Heying Ms. Laurie A. Hicks Mr. and Mrs. Raymond E. Hiersche Sr. Mr. and Mrs. Anthony E. Higdon Mrs. Mildred C. Higdon, A‘53 Mr. and Mrs. Ted Higdon Mr. William Higdon Joyce Higginbotham Ms. Christine Hilbush Mr. and Mrs. Stephen Hildenbrand Ms. Marcy Hill Mr. and Mrs. Martin A. Hill Ms. Anna M. Hines Mr. and Mrs. Stephen P. Hines Mr. Robert Hirschfeld Dolores Catherine Hirt Mr. and Mrs. David Hock Mr. and Mrs. Edward Hodskins Mr. and Mrs. Doug Hodskins Mr. and Mrs. John Hoeck Mr. Alfred R. Hoedl Mr. and Mrs. Emil T. Hofman Mrs. Sarah Holden, A‘68 Ms. Lucretia Hopkins Mr. and Mrs. John J. Hourigan Mr. and Mrs. Charles F. Howard Mr. Barry P. Howard Carroll Howard Earl and Carolyn Howard Mr. and Mrs. Michael S. Howard

Mr. and Mrs. Damian J. Katzer Betty Kaufman Diana Keating Mary Kay Keating Ms. Rita McAnarney Keating Ms. Anna Keenan Kim Keenan Mr. and Mrs. Stephen Keene Mr. William Leslie Keene Jr. Mr. and Mrs. Herschel V. Keitel Mrs. Anita E. Kelel, A’40 Mrs. Joy Keller Sr. Martha Keller, OSU Mr. and Mrs. Steve Kellerman John M. Kelly Marshall and Loretta Kern Mr. and Mrs. Paul J. Keyser Mr. and Mrs. Jerry Kierl Jr. Ms. Shirley A. Kietzman Teresa Kirby-Layne Mr. and Mrs. Stephen J. Kirke Mary Anne Kirkpatrick Steven M. Klausmeyer Mr. and Mrs. Larry J. Klee Mr. and Mrs. Edward F. Klein Mr. John C. Klein Mr. and Mrs. Chris Kormelink Mr. Nicholas S. Kramerich Mr. and Mrs. John Kratzwald Mrs. Marian L. Krausz Mr. and Mrs. John S. Kresovsky Mr. and Mrs. John J. Krzysztow Mr. and Mrs. John H. Kuebrich Mrs. Carol A. Kunkel Mr. and Mrs. Tony Kuppe Leora Kuwitzky Lori Lampe Sr. Annalita Lancaster,OSU, C‘43 Mr. and Mrs. Paul Lancaster Wanda and John Lanham Carole Lattus Mr. and Mrs. William R. Lawrence Ms. Louise Leasor Sherry Lee

Sr. Celine Leeker, OSU Mr. and Mrs. Jay W. Leib Annette Leone A’82 Rev. John Lesousky Level 5 Systems, LLC. Ms. Phyllis Lewis Mr. and Mrs. Lawrence S. Libbert Ms. Judith A. Lish Ms. Darlene Livers Mr. Lawrence L. Logel Mr. and Mrs. Joseph P. Logsdon Mr. and Mrs. George M. Long Mr. and Mrs. Frank Longmore Sharon Lynch Ms. Mary E. Lyne Ms. Mary F. Macke Mr. Michael Macke Mrs. Agnes Mader Howard Magerl Mr. and Mrs. Gerald R. Magliano Mr. and Mrs. Salvatore A. Mantia Mr. Luke R. Marden Ms. Ellen M. Marquart Mr. John D. Martin Ms. Polly Martin Mr. and Mrs. Robert L. Martin Mrs. Matilde G. Martinez Ms. Kay Martinovich Mr. and Mrs. Jack Mason Mrs. Sid Mason Glenroy and Peggy Massoth Mr. and Mrs. Joseph L. Masterson Annette Matheson Mr. Ernest Matousek Mack and Dolores Mattingly Mr. and Mrs. Homer Mattingly Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Mattingly Ms. Modella Mattingly Mrs. Opal Mattingly Phyllis S. Mattingly Mr. and Mrs. James P. Maxwell Rose Wanner May Ms. Joyce Mayeresky Mr. and Mrs. Gerald Maysey Mr. and Mrs. Gordon McBride Mr. and Mrs. Patrick W. McCabe Mr. and Mrs. Jim McCarter Mr. and Mrs. John J. McCarthy Mrs. Peggy Murphy McCarthy, A‘56 Mrs. Becky Henderson McCarty, A‘70 Sr. Pauletta McCarty,OSU, A‘39 Mrs. Diane S. McCauley Elenita and Jasper McConnell Mr. and Mrs. Harry L. McCrary Mary H. McFarland Mr. and Mrs. Charles K. McGrew Mrs. Edie McKay Ms. Deanna McLaughlin Ms. Marge McLaughlin Mr. Joseph A. McLiney Mrs. Esther McMahon Pat McMahon Mr. and Mrs. Robert B. McMillen Jr. Helen McMullen Terrie McNabb Mr. and Mrs. Roy R. McWilliams Ms. Martha Medley Mr. Peter P. Meier Philip Meister Ms. Hita Merchant Mr. and Mrs. Gary E. Mesnier Mr. and Mrs. Mark Mesnier Mrs. Ruth Metschuleit Mr. and Mrs. Frank J. Metzger Mr. and Mrs. Charles Metzmeier Barbara A. Meyer Mr. and Mrs. Bill Meyer Mr. and Mrs. Wayne Meyer Starranne Meyers and Cindy Keller Alma Middelton Mr. Joseph Allen Millay Julia Miller Mrs. Margaret C. Miller Mary Ellen Miller Maureen Miller Mary Minden-Zins Mr. and Mrs. Kenneth Minton Mr. and Mrs. Thomas O. Moloney III Mr. and Mrs. Donald R. Moore Ms. Betty Moorman, A ‘58 Mr. and Mrs. Patrick E. Moran 15

Mr. and Mrs. Roy Moriconi Ms. Joan P. Morse Patricia Mountain Mr. and Mrs. Joe Mueller Frank and Jeannette Muldowney John Gibson Mullan and Denise Frances Eggers Mr. and Mrs. Robert Mulleedy Mr. and Mrs. Charles Mullican Jr. Ms. Mary Patricia Mulligan, A‘73 Mr. and Mrs. Patrick J. Mulligan Mary M. Mulloy Mr. Blake B. Mulvany Ms. M. Amelia Munsterman Mr. and Mrs. Alan Murphy Debbie and Larry Murphy Mr. and Mrs. C. Murray Murphy Kevin and Donna Murphy Estelle J. Murphy Murphy’s Appliance Company, Mr. Keith Sherriff Mr. and Mrs. Raymond Naber Mr. and Mrs. Sheridan Nally Mr. and Mrs. R. Hite Nally Ms. Mary H. Nash Mr. and Mrs. Vincent Nastasio Ms. Mary Jo Nay NCO Inc., Mr. James Nixon Peggy Lou Neal Ms. Rose Mary Neff Mr. and Mrs. Bruce R. Neidemire Mr. Ernest Nelson Mrs. Anna Nemec Lawrence and Yolanda Nordling Deborah Nunley Mary Ann Nunn Mr. and Mrs. Thomas E. O’Brien Mr. and Mrs. H. Joseph O’Bryan Mr. and Mrs. Paul J. O’Connell III Mr. and Mrs. R. H. O’Daniel Mrs. Rita O’Reilly Mr. and Mrs. Thomas F. O’Reilly Mr. and Mrs. Don Oberhausen Mrs. Barbara Higdon Obermeier, A‘65 Connie A. Occhipinto Mr. and Mrs. Steve Ogle Sr. Cecelia Joseph Olinger, OSU, A‘58 Ms. Rose Olinger Mr. and Mrs. Mathew A. Opeka Mr. and Mrs. Pat Osborne Rev. Robert E. Osborne Mr. and Mrs. Donald D. Oswald Our Lady’s Guild of St. William Church Beverly Owen Mrs. Rita Stuedle Owens, A‘62 Mr. and Mrs. John Paap Mr. Carl J. Pace Mr. and Mrs. Ronald V. Palmich Joseph Payne Mr. and Mrs. Darrell Payne Peak Bros. Bar-B-Q Mr. and Mrs. Eddie Peake Arloa Pearcey Mr. and Mrs. Stephen G. Pello Mrs. Linda Pennington Mr. and Mrs. John Perri Mr. and Mrs. G. Alvin Peters Debra Petree Mr. and Mrs. Charles W. Pfeifer Mr. Vernon G. Pickert Mary Pikell Mrs. Barbara J. Plummer Mr. Eugene G. Podrebarac Ms. Rosemary Podrebarac Mr. and Mrs. Roy Popkin Rose Marie Porsborg Mr. and Mrs. Ernesto Posadas Mrs. Margaret Ann Posey Deacon Paul Poulter Ms. Dorothy Powers Ms. Pamela Pressgrove Ms. Leone Prewitt Kenny Pryor Ret. SGM Charles A. Puckett Mrs. Loyola Puckett Mr. Robert D. Purdy Irene L. Quigley Mr. and Mrs. Wallace Quinn Mr. and Mrs. Joseph I. Raphael Mrs. Eleanor T. Rapier

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Have you returned your quilt Jan C. Rasmussen Joan D. Rasmussen square for our Gift of Love quilt?

Mr. and Mrs. Justin Ray The making of the quilt is underway! (see photo Joseph and Virginia Ray Mr. William E. Rayne at right) If you did not receive an annual appeal Mrs. Teresa Reale A’69 letter in the mail and would like one, contact Mr. and Mrs. Robert L. Rebori Sister Amelia Stenger at 270-229-2008 or Christine A. Redford Mrs. Irene I. Reece amelia.stenger@maplemount.org or go to this link online: Linda Reed www.ursulinesmsj.org/news/annual-fund Mr. and Mrs. Christopher C. Reid Mr. and Mrs. David Renshaw Ms. Mary Patricia Reynolds Lorraine M. Vancamp Mr. and Mrs. Joseph A. Sipes Mike Reynolds Mr. Jerome C. Vandeven Mr. and Mrs. Philip M. Skees Mr. Joseph P. Rhinerson Mr. and Mrs. Darrell VanMeter Evelyn M. Slayman Mr. and Mrs. David R. Richardson Mrs. Ann Vaughan Anne Smelley Imelda Richardson Ms. Betty E. Verhaeghe Barbara A. Smiley Mr. and Mrs. Terry L. Ridgeway Ms. Diane Verity Mr. and Mrs. Duane L. Smith Mrs. Dayle Riley James Ross and Michele Vincent Ms. Elena G. Smith Sr. Teresa Riley, OSU Ms. Barbara Ann Vogel Mrs. Evelyn Smith Susan K. Rinella Debbie and Angela Vogel Mrs. Laura R. Smith A’50 Mr. and Mrs. Gary Riney Mr. and Mrs. Donald F. Vohs Ms. Maryann Smith Mr. Thomas B. Riney Mr. and Mrs. Ronald R. Volkmer Mr. and Mrs. Otis R. Smith Shirley G. Robbins Mr. and Mrs. Jerome D. Vonderhaar Ms. Sarah Smith Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Rocha Rev. Dennis Voss Mrs. Tina Marie Smith, A‘74 Mr. and Mrs. Lawrence A. Rockers Mai P. Vuha Tracy Anne Smith Mr. and Mrs. Mike Rogers Mrs. Victoria S. Vukcevich Mr. and Mrs. Bruce W. Spaulding Ms. Florida Romero Mrs. Beverly M. Vyhanek Mrs. Leta Speaks, A’39 Mrs. Rosemary Rosendale Ms. Margaret Ann Wagner Ms. Catherine Spears Mr. and Mrs. Michael H. Rosenstein Mrs. Angela B. Waldrop Bro. James Spooner Mary Rubino Mr. and Mrs. John H. Walsh Jr. Mrs. Marie Lewis Spragens Margaret I. Rumery Mr. and Mrs. Richard D. Walsh Ms. Rosie Sprawls Ms. Katherine Rutherman M. L. Walter St. John the Baptist Catholic Church Mr. Christopher Ryan Dr. and Mrs. W. Dean Walton Frank Stallbories Mr. and Mrs. W. Stephen Ryan Ms. Regina Walz, A‘40 Ms. Barbara Stallings Phyllis Sabol Mr. and Mrs. Jerry E. Warren Ms. Betty Stallings Saint Bernard’s Lourdes Alumni Mr. Bernard L. Wathen Ralph and Ernie Stanley St. Mary Parish, Rev. Julian Ibemere Mr. and Mrs. John B. Wathen Mrs. Nellie Starpoli C‘43 St. Pius Tenth Parish, Rev. Anthoni Mary Jo Wathen and Rita Hanewinkel Mr. and Mrs. Vance M. Stasevich Ottagon, HGN Mr. and Mrs. Michael Wathen Saints Joseph & Paul Parish, Rev. Carl Sylvia J. Steen Ms. Patricia Wathen Teva Shirley Steeno McCarthy Bernadette and Harley Watkins Ms. Lynn Steiden, A‘59 Ms. Frances Saladino Ms. Allison M. Watson Sr. Amelia Stenger, OSU, A‘67 Ms. Mary Salmon Mr. and Mrs. Rodney Watson Ms. Jane Steward Mr. and Mrs. Richard Salsman Mr. and Mrs. Robert H. Watson Ms. Amy Stewart Mr. and Mrs. William H. Sanders Mr. and Mrs. Jerry L. Webb Deb Stieren Ms. Patsy A. Sanders Ms. Bridget A. Weeks Mr. and Mrs. Perry Stiff J.D. Sarver Mr. and Mrs. Raymond X. Weidenbenner Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Stinnett Ms. Mary Jane Sattazahn Mr. and Mrs. Derrick Weigel Mr. and Mrs. John A. Stoerman Mr. and Mrs. H. Gary Satterwhite Mr. and Mrs. Vince Weiss Ms. Annette Stokes Mr. and Mrs. Charles B. Saunders Susan M. Weitkamp Mr. Alec G. Stone Mr. and Mrs. George Sawyer Phil Wells Mrs. Mary Lou Storm, A‘77 Mrs. Angela C. Scherman Ms. Mary Alice Wethington Mr. and Mrs. Donald E. Strausbaugh Mr. and Mrs. Ed Schickel Mrs. Clara J. Wheatley Mary E. Stukenholtz Bishop Stan Schlarman Mr. Drew Wheeler Mrs. Imogene Stull, A‘54 Richard Schmidt Dennis W Whitaker Mrs. Nancy Sturgill C’46 Mrs. Elaine P. Schmidtberger Ms. Mamie White Mr. Pensri Supsitiporn Mrs. Dorothy Schmitz Mr. and Mrs. Louis J. Wilbert Mr. and Mrs. Michael Sutherland Mr. and Mrs. Ralph A. Schneider Ms. Veronica M. Wilhelm Mr. Matthew Swafford Dr. and Mrs. Gregory Schnose Mr. and Mrs. Donald L. Wilkinson Swan Cleaners & Shirt Laundry, Mrs. Rita O’Bryan Schrecker, C’41 Mr. and Mrs. Raymond Willett Danny Payne Mrs. Geraldine V. Schroth Ms. Jewell Williams Mr. and Mrs. Stephen M. Schuhmann Synergy Mrs. Mildred Willmont Mrs. Shelley Szoka Mr. and Mrs. Randall L. Scott Rev. Albert L. Wilson Carolyn and Paul Tapp Ms. Susan J. Scott Mr. Dennis H. Wilson Mrs. Helen F. Taylor Mr. Robert L. Scully Patricia Wilson Bill and Marilyn Terry Bonnie R. Segers Ms. Mary Wimsatt Texas Gas Transmission, LLC, Marilyn Seiler Ms. Mary Dell Wimsatt Treasury Services Helen D. Senn Mr. and Mrs. Richard L. Wiseman Ms. Sue Thayer Mrs. Joan E. Sermersheim Ms. Mary S. Withrow Mr. John E. Thimesch Mr. and Mrs. Ruban J. Serran Ms. Norma Jean Witten Mr. and Mrs. Dan Thomas Fr. George A. Seuferling Mr. Edwin J. Wittman Emily and Joe Thomas Ms. Peggy Shaker Irene Wittman Ms. Josephine M. Thomas Mr. and Mrs. Charles H. Sheehan Lt. Col. James Lyle Wobker Mr. and Mrs. A. Mike Thompson Linda M. Shelburne Mr. and Mrs. Louis A. Wolken Mr. Jim Thompson Mr. J. Robert Shine Mr. and Mrs. Arthur A. Wondra Mr. and Mrs. John F. Thompson Mr. and Mrs. Jack E. Shook Mr. Clarence A. Woodall III Mr. and Mrs. Rick D. Thompson Ms. Philma Siciliano Denice Woodie Mr. and Mrs. Thomas H. Thompson Mr. and Mrs. Jim Siegel Ms. Catherine Woody Thompson Homes, Mr. Thomas N. Mr. and Mrs. John A. Silady Norma Word Thompson Mr. and Mrs. Frank L. Siler Mr. W. Michael Word Mr. and Mrs. Theodore S. Sils Jr., A‘69 Mrs. Dorothy Thornburg Mr. and Mrs. Mark Wright Ms. Debbie Tinker Madison and Amy C. Silvert Mrs. Patricia S. Wuertz Pasquina Todd Pat Simmons Mrs. LaVerne Wurster Mr. and Mrs. Jerry Trageser Mr. and Mrs. Anthony L. Simning Mr. David Wurtman Mr. James A.Trapp Mr. Nicholas X. Simon Mr. Mark F. Yaste Mr. Harold Travis Diana Simpao Mr. and Mrs. Robert H. Yates Mr. and Mrs. Andre Trawick Valentino S. Simpao Mr. and Mrs. Frederick R. Yeager Mr. Ray Tretter Sr. Grace Simpson, OSU, A ‘56 Mr. and Mrs. John Zemites Ms. Delores Turnage Richard L. Sims Mr. and Mrs. Stephen A. Ziller Jr. Joanne Urban Rex Sims

Mrs. Joan Zink

Sr. Martina Rockers Howard Magerl John Schmitz Mrs. Dorothy Schmitz Sr. Naomi Aull Sr. Rita Scott Mr. W. Michael Word Mr. and Mrs. John P. Mesnier Sr. Mimi Ballard All of the sisters who taught at Mr. William Leslie Keene Jr. Scipio, Kansas Ms. Martha Wolfe Mr. Alfred N. Kueser Sr. Catherine Therese Barber Sr. Grace Simpson Amy Tanner Bishop Ken Williams Sr. Vivian Bowles Ms. Martha Wolfe Mr. W. Michael Word All the sisters who taught at St. Sr. Kathleen Condry Greater Kansas City Community Charles High and grade schools Rev. John Lesousky Foundation Sr. Jean Richard StukenholtzU Sr. Delorosa Mr. David Mudd Mr. W. Michael Word Joe Lawrence Thompson Sr. Raymond Dieckman Dorothy Ann Hall Mr. and Mrs. Frank H. Devocelle Dominican Fathers and Brothers of Clark Topping Gaga Marketing LLC St. Thomas Mamie Jo Troop Mr. and Mrs. Frank Longmore Anonymous Friend Sr. Mary Durr Doris Vetter Mrs. Aurelia Inkret Jr. Mr. and Mrs. Willard O. Vetter Sr. Helen Leo Ebelhar Sr. Marie Brenda Vowels Pasquina Todd Janet M. Baker and Robert Todd Mary Helen Ferrara Sr. Joan Walz Eleanor H. Fields Ms. Marge Ashworth Gaga Marketing LLC Sr. Marietta Wethington Mr. Bobby Hamilton Sam Pennington Mr. Charles L. Hamilton Sr. Sr. Emerentia Wiesner Mr. and Mrs. James C. Hamilton Howard Magerl Mr. and Mrs. Sam Hamilton Mrs. Cathy Reese Mr. and Mrs. William D. Hamilton Sr. Frances Mary Wilhelm Mr. and Mrs. Lee W. Martinson Dr. and Mrs. Andrew Sedillo Mr. Harold Miller John Gibson Mullan and Denise Frances Eggers Mr. and Mrs. Mathew A. Opeka Sr. Frances Marie AbellU Mr. and Mrs. Roy Popkin Ms. Marge McLaughlin Mary Rubino Sr. Mary Damien AbellU Mr. and Mrs. Randall L. Scott Ms. Marge McLaughlin Sr. Ruth Gehres Sr. Mary Otho AbellU Iris Moreno-Brown Ms. Marge Ashworth Ms. Mary E. (Blandford) Goetz Father Leonard AlveyU Mr. and Mrs. Tony Goetz Ms. Evelyn K. Ambrose Charles Gregory Mrs. Mary Berger, A‘55 Sr. Martha Keller, OSU Sr. Vivian Marie Bowles, OSU, A’57 Margie Gress Evelyn Butkus Via Christi Health Ms. Jacqueline Addington Glover Sr. Jane Irvin Hancock Mrs. Mildred C. Higdon, A‘53 Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Neal Mr. and Mrs. Patrick A. McNulty Sr. Jane Miriam Hancock Mr. and Mrs. Roy R. McWilliams Ms. Bobbie Edds Mills Drug Store Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Neal Mr. and Mrs. Darrell Payne Sr. Dorothy Helbling Joe and Sue Riney Mr. and Mrs. Michael J. Gallagher Ms. Peggy Shaker Jerry Johnson Mr. and Mrs. Gerald N. Sims Jr. Martha Crisp Mr. and Mrs. A. Mike Thompson Sr. Rose Karen Johnson Mr. and Mrs. Leslie E. VanMeter, II Dennis W Whitaker Jennifer Kay Luckett AngeliniU 2013 Jubilarians Sr. Cecelia Joseph Olinger, OSU, A‘58 Ms. Jill Luckett Sr. Margaret Joseph AullU Sr. Karla Kaelin Mr. and Mrs. Daniel W. Smith Bishop Ken Williams Charles BagotU Sr. Mildred Katzer, OSU Mrs. Alice Bagot Howard Magerl Doris BeldenU Ralph Kincaid Mr. Joseph E. Belden J.D. Sarver Sr. Bertrand HochstatterU Bert Kreher Mr. and Mrs. Benjamin L. Peine Marie C. Mueth Gerald BishopU Al Lara Monica Armstrong and Donald Marguerite Fadhl John and Aloise BooneU Kapa Mrs. Clara J. Wheatley Father Martin MattinglyU Richard L. BorenU Anonymous Friend Mr. Mike Sullivan Sr. Emma Anne Munsterman Sr. Adelaide BowmanU Mr. and Mrs. Philip M. Skees Mr. Edwin J. Wittman Sisters from Paola, Kan. J. Robert BrownU Mr. and Mrs. Jesse R. Emerson III Mrs. Mildred Brown Paola Sisters who ministered at William E. BuckleyU Bishop Miege High School Mr. and Mrs. Francis J. Butel Mr. and Mrs. John J. Gladbach Annetta ButelU Brother Placid Richard Burghart Mr. and Mrs. Francis J. Butel Steven Burghart 60th Jubilee of Msgr. Bernard Mr. Anthony J. Butel Powers Mr. and Mrs. Francis J. Butel Ms. Dorothy Powers Melinda Chiroy Sr. Patricia Rhoten Laurence E. Denno Madison and Amy C. Silvert

Honors

MEMORIALS

Mr. and Mrs. Ronald R. Volkmer

Pearl E. Doherty Mark Emry Robert Gress Mr. and Mrs. Warren Gress Mr. and Mrs. Bill Griffith Christy L. Humerickhouse Mr. and Mrs. Duane Hund Dr. Deborah A. Jantsch Mrs. Catherine E. Kane Steven M Klausmeyer Mr. and Mrs. James Pritchard Mrs. Angela C. Scherman Marilyn Seiler Via Christi Health M. L. Walter Mr. and Mrs. Derrick Weigel Lt. Col. James Lyle Wobker Sr. Elaine ByrneU Ms. Lola M. Miles Sr. Carmencita CarricoU Ms. Mildred Ann Carrico, A‘61 Sr. Lennora CarricoU Mr. and Mrs. Michael Sutherland Sr. Mary Corda CarricoU Ms. Mildred Ann Carrico, A‘61 Sandy CompasU Rose M. Hayden and Meichele A. Foster Louise CooperU Mr. and Mrs. Francis J. Butel Sr. Darlene DentonU Rose M. Hayden and Meichele A. Foster Lawrence P. DevocelleU Mr. and Mrs. Frank H. Devocelle Sr. Ruth Ann EssexU Mrs. Sandra Greenwell Con and Marie FecherU Mr. and Mrs. William H. Stadtlander Jr. Josephine FettersU Pat O’Connor Loretta FettersU Pat O’Connor Helen A. FrankU Ms. Mary Anne Frank Ron GoodwinU J.D. Sarver Caroline “Callie” Wathen GreenwellU Mr. and Mrs. Matthew W. Crisp Martha Jane Hager HamiltonU Mr. Harold Miller Virginia Mae HardyU Martha Crisp Mrs. Joy Keller Robert A. HawkinsU Mr. and Mrs. Larry Goetz Mr. and Mrs. Charles Hayden Jr.U Mr. Donald A. Hayden Fr. Wilfred HaydenU Mr. Donald A. Hayden Martha HaydenU Rose M. Hayden and Meichele A. Foster Sr. Mary Wilfrid HaydenU Mr. Donald A. Hayden Sr. Charles Irene HaydenU Mr. Donald A. Hayden Sr. Joseph Mark HaydenU Ms. Mildred Ann Carrico, A‘61 Charles S. Hayden Sr.U Mr. Donald A. Hayden Louis HentgesU Mr. and Mrs. Francis J. Butel Sr. Helen HermreckU Starranne Meyers and Cindy Keller Ms. Mary E. Ziegler John HowardU Mr. and Mrs. Mark Heinz Carroll Howard Mr. and Mrs. Michael S. Howard Mrs. Barbara Higdon Obermeier, A‘65 Johanna HuettenmuellerU Mr. and Mrs. Kenneth P. Cashman Sr. Rose Theresa JohnsonU Mr. and Mrs. Rob Alexander Pablo Neri Alquisiras Retha M. Baize Jimmy Brannon Susan Burnett Martin Cecil

Mr. and Mrs. Walter Doll Michelle L. Hayes Ann Johnson Norman Johnson Mary Anne Kirkpatrick Wanda and John Lanham Mrs. Edie McKay Philip Meister Mary Ann Nunn Joseph Payne Mr. and Mrs. Darrell Payne Kenny Pryor Mr. and Mrs. Wallace Quinn Richard Schmidt Diana Simpao Valentino S. Simpao Richard L. Sims Mr. and Mrs. Rondle L. Skimehorn Anne Smelley Ms. Frances Kay Tichenor, A‘62 James Ross and Michele Vincent Phil Wells Dennis W Whitaker Eileen JonesU Mr. and Mrs. Bryce J. Jones Ray KauffmanU Mr. and Mrs. Francis J. Butel Frank KellerU Ms. Charlotte Baumgarten, C’46 Mr. Mike Sullivan William M. KirbyU Mrs. Carol J. Kirby Sr. Jamesetta KnottU Ms. Cathy Adlon Mrs. Rita Brown Mr. and Mrs. Ronald J. Flynn Mrs. Mary Smith Sr. Mary Mercedes KnottU Ms. Cathy Adlon Mr. and Mrs. Donald Bland Mrs. Rita Brown Mary Ruth Cecil Mr. and Mrs. Patrick Dyer Mr. and Mrs. Ronald J. Flynn Mr. and Mrs. Francis Henning Mr. and Mrs. James P. Knott Mr. and Mrs. Kerry P. Knott Mr. and Mrs. Charles C. Knott Ms. Mabel Macke Mr. Michael Macke Mr. and Mrs. Homer Mattingly Mr. and Mrs. Charles Mullican Jr. Mr. and Mrs. Kenny Pierson Imelda Richardson Mrs. Mary Smith Mr. and Mrs. Fred Weidenbenner Vincent D. KoehlerU Mrs. Marieann R. Koehler Frances MardenU Mr. Luke R. Marden Aloysius J. MassothU Mr. and Mrs. Dennis M. Massoth Glenroy and Peggy Massoth Richard J. Massoth and Susan T. Masih Stella MaupinU Ms. Jill Luckett The McBride FamilyU Mrs. Imogene Stull, A‘54 Janet McClenahanU Mr. and Mrs. Francis J. Butel Sr. Frances McDonaghU Very Rev. Robert B. Flannery Cecilia MedleyU Martha Crisp Sr. Charles Catherine MedleyU Mrs. Kathleen Daugherty Sr. Miriam MedleyU Mr. and Mrs. Rob Alexander Fred and Joan Ballard Mrs. Kathleen Daugherty Mr. and Mrs. Mark A. Kemper Mrs. Opal Mattingly Mary H. McFarland Mr. and Mrs. Darrell Payne Mr. Mark E. Shircliff Mary Jeannette Greenwell MeeksU Mr. and Mrs. Matthew W. Crisp Tom MellerU Mr. and Mrs. Francis J. Butel

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Leaving a Legacy... It wasn’t until she joined St. Joseph

Church in the mid-90s that Karen Siciliano of Springfield, Ill., met Ursuline Sisters for the first time. Karen explains, “The Ursuline charism touched me deeply from the very start. I was smitten by Saint Angela and couldn’t get enough of all things Ursuline.” Karen’s friendship with Sister Mary Ellen Backes at St. Joseph led her to the Ursuline Sisters of Mount Saint Joseph. “In 2004, Sister Mary Ellen invited me to attend Spiritual Direction Training at the Mount. I sensed the Holy Spirit at work in her invitation and submitted my application. Little did I know this would be the start of a wonderful new adventure! My relationship with the Ursuline Sisters of Mount Saint Joseph changed me forever. The Sisters helped me discover my true vocation and gave me the courage I needed to claim it. I am a far better, much richer person for having known and loved them. My bequest is my way of expressing my gratitude to the Sisters for all they have done for me. I pray they’re able to continue touching lives, as they have mine, for many years to come.”

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Joy Brown Dunn Miller A’51U Ms. Beth Corbett Mary Helen Hamilton MurphyU Mr. Darry R. Cain Mr. and Mrs. Alan Englehart Mr. Tony Hayden Mrs. Mary Kaelin A‘48 Mrs. Joy Keller Mr. and Mrs. William E. Murphy Ms. Barbara Stallings Mrs. Joan Zink Mother Agnes O’FlynnU Mr. Henry David Payne III Frances PayneU Kay Berlage Sheila Carman Mr. and Mrs. Frank J. Fabre Mr. and Mrs. Bernie J. Flood Mr. and Mrs. Gerald Maysey Mrs. Rita O’Reilly Sr. Mary Cecilia PayneU Mr. Henry David Payne III Mary Ann PeakeU Mrs. Lynne T. Bowling Mr. and Mrs. David Ferriell Mr. and Mrs. Joseph P. Logsdon Mr. and Mrs. Bruce R. Neidemire Mr. and Mrs. Eddie Peake Mr. Matthew Swafford Delores PfannesU Mr. and Mrs. Robert F. Davis Sr. Teresita Pionke, GHMSU Ms. Joyce Mayeresky Sr. Elizabeth Ann RayU Joseph and Virginia Ray Mae Jean RayneU Mr. William E. Rayne Sr. Rita RedmondU Mr. and Mrs. Rob Alexander Mrs. Mary E. Bradshaw Mr. and Mrs. Carl J. Buchman Mr. and Mrs. Curtis T. Carlson Sharon Lynch Peggy Lou Neal Mrs. Loyola Puckett Ms. Amy Stewart Ms. Mary E. Ziegler Patricia ReffittU Martha Crisp Sr. Joseph Adrian RussellU Mr. and Mrs. Daniel W. Smith Sr. Mary Henry RussellU Mr. and Mrs. Daniel W. Smith Sr. Ann Marie SchermanU Mr. Timothy P. Quigley David ScottU Ms. Susan J. Scott Phyllis ScottU Martha Crisp Sr. Mary Ethel SimsU Mr. W. Michael Word Roma SimsU Mr. and Mrs. Robert H. Yates Theresa and Bill SlaughterU Deidre A. Engler A ‘81 Sr. Frances Miriam SpaldingU Mr. and Mrs. Rob Alexander Mr. Frank Feast Elaine A. Gokey Mrs. Carole Guess Mr. and Mrs. Anthony Kaelin

Mr. and Mrs. Charles C. Knott Bob and Lorraine Luken Rose Wanner May Mary Ann Nunn Our Lady’s Guild of St. William Church Mr. and Mrs. Kenny Pierson Joe and Sue Riney Marianna Robinson Sr. Martha from Paola, Kan.U Mr. and Mrs. Greg L. Reis Loretta Robinette StanleyU Shari L. Ayers Mr. and Mrs. Thaddeus M. Book Sr. Helen Ann StuartU Joe and Sue Riney Ms. Catherine Woody Sr. Jean Richard StukenholtzU Leroy and Valerie Able Mr. and Mrs. Rob Alexander Berniece M. Bonebrake Patricia Calvert Commercial Service of Perry Inc. Mr. William H. Crumbaker Mr. and Mrs. Ronald Grundman Leora Kuwitzky Barbara A. Meyer Mr. and Mrs. Bill Meyer Mr. and Mrs. James Meyer Mr. and Mrs. Jeffrey D. Meyer Mr. and Mrs. Wayne Meyer Mr. David Mudd Mr. and Mrs. John Paap Margaret I Rumery Saint Bernard’s Lourdes Alumni Catherine Ann Sawyer Mr. and Mrs. Duane L. Smith Deb Stieren Mary E. Stukenholtz Sr. Mary Virginia SturlichU Mr. and Mrs. Carl J. Buchman Mr. and Mrs. Paul Dentiste Ms. Mary E. Ziegler Pat SullivanU Sr. Mary Jude Cecil, OSU, A‘50 Mr. and Mrs. George Cooper Mr. and Mrs. Charles Gregory Mr. and Mrs. Joseph R. Hayden Sr. Martha Keller, OSU Mr. and Mrs. John H. Kuebrich Mr. and Mrs. Robert L. Martin Mrs. Sid Mason Julia Miller Sr. Teresa Riley, OSU Mr. and Mrs. John M. Wood Sr. Bartholene WarrenU Mr. and Mrs. Thomas H. Thompson Mr. W. Michael Word Sr. George Ann WarrenU Mr. and Mrs. Thomas H. Thompson Sr. Mary Edgar WarrenU Mr. and Mrs. Tom Hunter Velma WarrenU Mr. and Mrs. Tom Hunter Sr. Ann Victoria Wasylina, OSUU Mr. and Mrs. Forrest A. Heintzman Sr. Jean Marie WathanU Mr. and Mrs. Matthew W. Crisp Sr. Mary Aloysius WathanU Mr. and Mrs. Matthew W. Crisp

Sr. Mary Antonia WathanU Mr. and Mrs. Matthew W. Crisp Sr. Mary Caroline WathanU Mr. and Mrs. Matthew W. Crisp Carl WattsU Mr. and Mrs. Francis J. Butel Sr. Robert Ann WheatleyU Mr. and Mrs. Gary Riney Linda WheelerU Mr. Drew Wheeler Sr. Dorothy Marie WillettU Mr. W. Michael Word Frank E. WillmontU Mrs. Mildred Willmont Michael WingateU Mr. and Mrs. Francis J. Butel Anne Yates WisemanU Mr. and Mrs. Robert H. Yates Sr. Edith WondraU Mr. and Mrs. Arthur A. Wondra

G & G Landscape Nursery & Florist | Elsie Lambert Mary Garcia Gene’s Health Food Inc. | Gene and Nancy Clark Gifted Hand Gifts & Baskets Mr. Jimmy Gilles Mr. and Mrs. Tony Goetz Golf Plus | Richard Golfland USA Golf and Hobbies Gordon’s Fireplace and Patio Center Gordon’s True Value Hardware | E. Lee Gordon Mrs. Mary B. Gossett Green River Appliance Co. | Ray Chambers Greenwell-Chisholm Printing Co. | Carl Greenwell Hagan’s Outdoor Equipment | Frank Hagan Hampton Inn Mr. Kenneth G. Lanter Mr. and Mrs. Bill Hansen Ms. Debbie Hardy ABC Bowling Green Auto Auction | Hayden’s Furniture | Larry Hayden Jeff Greer Ms. Karen Hayes Mrs. Joan Abell Dan and Sherri Heckel Alles Brothers Furniture Co. Inc. | Mrs. Carol Hill Herman Alles Holiday World and Splashin’ Safari | American Patriot Getaways | Wayne Lisa Bolin Foster House of Hair | Mr. and Mrs. Roger Anytime Fitness | Lisa Calloway Smith Applebee’s Grill and Bar | Ms. Eloise Hughes Samantha Love Gerry Hulbert Atlantis Health Club Inc. Independence Bank Audubon Attic Infinity Digital Media LLC | Ms. Higdon B & J Sanitation | Jeff Wilson International Bluegrass Music Museum | Mr. and Mrs. Billy Bader Gabrielle Gray Baker’s Rack | Mary Dixon Baker Ms. Amanda Jacobs Sr. Catherine Barber, OSU Mr. and Mrs. Bryan Jacobs Barret-Fisher Co Inc. | Jess and Mark J’s Liquor West Parrish | Jeff Sims Mattingly Deanna Kaminski Beckman Tire & Auto Center | David Sr. Catherine Kaufman, OSU A. Beckman Mr. and Mrs. Victor Kerperien Ben Hawes Pro Shop | Chris Carry Ms. Mildred Keys Benoist Brothers Supply Co. | Dan Ms. Faye Kirtley Butler Sr. Mary Louise Knott, OSU Big Dipper | Karen Osborne Mr. and Mrs. John Knowlton Mr. and Mrs. Jerry Birge Ms. Mari Lynn Korte Diane Blake Kroger Ms. Jane Blankenship Ms. Ann Landini Bowen Tire Co | Joe Bowen Dan and Ramona Lauterwasser Briarpatch Fred Lauterwasser Bright Star Nursery | Pat Wheatley LaVohn Crabtree Nesta Britt Lic’s Deli & Ice Cream | Ms. Combs Mr. and Mrs. Brandon Brown Life Uniforms Browns Valley Vineyard | Bruce Kunze Limos By Knight | B.J. Burton Buffalo Wild Wings Mrs. Merline Long Capone’s | Mayfield Lotus Salon, Spa, and Permanent Carmen’s Skin and Body Care Cosmetics Carpet One Floor and Home Carol Lovell Casino Aztar | Angie Patton Malco Theatre Inc. | Camilla Mr. and Mrs. Gary Cecil Lighton Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Cecil Jr. Mama’s Table | Jeff Blackstone Cheddar’s Casual Cafe Maria’s Cruse Salon | Maria Toth Cheetah Clean Carwash Mr. and Mrs. Houston Marks Christ the King | Rev. John R. Vaughan Marlene’s Garden Center | Marlene Christian Care | Jessica Peyton Hamilton Ms. Mary Ruth Clark Ms. Ellen M. Marquart Colby’s Fine Food & Spirits | Carol Mather & Co. CPAs, LLC | Innes Mather Cold Stone Creamery Ray Melendez Cost Cutters | Judy Ms. Laura Merz Courtyard Marriott | Ruth Ann Dearness Mike’s Automotive | Mike Goad Crafts Unlimited | Olive Buehler Misty Meadow Winery | Don CRS One Source | Steve Frey Moonlite Bar B Q | Ken Bosley Culver’s | Tyler Kathy Moorman Bobbie Curtin Sr. Pam Mueller, OSU, A‘68 Diamond Lake Resort Inc. | Mr. and Mrs. Murphy’s Appliance Company | Brian Smith Keith Sherriff Domtar Paper Company, LLC | Mike Mr. and Mrs. Wayne Naylor Arblaster Alice Noall Don & Daisy’s Pharmacy Plus NTA Custom Jewelers | Candy Oakes Drury Hotels Company LLC | Jayne Oasis Tanning | Tommy Rice Nicholson O’Bryan Bar & Grill | Jamie Murphy Christie Dukes Old Hickory Bar-B-Que | Jeff Moss Mr. and Mrs. Stanley Duvall Omni Home Care Mr. and Mrs. Larry F. Elder Owensboro Dermatology | Kathy Roby Famous Bistro | George Skiadas Owensboro Health Park | Brad Smith Ms. Margaret Fitzgerald Owensboro Symphony Orchestra | Fleet Feet Sporting Goods Gwyn Payne Mr. and Mrs. Jason R. Fletter Owensboro Wellness and Rehab Fuji of Japan

IN-KIND GIFTS

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

Papa John’s Pizza Party Paper Place | Wilma Knott Peak Bros. Bar-B-Q | Irene Rich Raben Tire Mrs. Teresa Reale A’69 Red Lobster Mr. and Mrs. Bill Reid Madge Reising Mrs. Suzanne E. Reiss RiverPark Center | Roxie Witt Zella A. Rowe St. Alphonsus Parish | Rev. Ray Goetz Saints Joseph & Paul Parish | Rev. Carl McCarthy Mr. and Mrs. Richard Salsman Sam’s Club Ms. Joanne Schlechting Scrub Shop Mr. and Mrs. John A. Semar Shelby’s Wheel & Tire | Mike Wallace Shoe Stop Mr. Charles Siebert Mrs. Genevieve Siebert Sissybubs Sweets Smith and Butterfield Office Products | Hubert St. Louis Cardinals | Kristin Livingston St. Maximilian Kolbe | Kelly Hedges Ms. Betty Stallings Stallings Chiropratic Center, LLP | Drs. Jeffry and Brett Stallings Starbucks Coffee Co. | Michelle Payne Ms. Kathy Starkweather Mr. and Mrs. Adolph Stenger Mr. and Mrs. Bernard Stenger Mr. Charles Stenger Mr. and Mrs. Frank Stenger Mr. and Mrs. James Stenger Mr. and Mrs. John Stenger Mr. Michael Stenger Ms. Denise Stewart Mr. Mike Sullivan Swan Cleaners & Shirt Laundry | Danny Payne Sr. Grace Swift Ms. Joan Teder Mrs. Mary Teder Texas Roadhouse | Chris Blythe The Creme Coffee House | Kelly The Cup Cakery The Earle | David R. Epling The Ivy Trellis The Miller House The N Salon The Rolling Pin Pastry Shop The Summit Golf and Country Club The Ultimate Inc. Mr. and Mrs. David W. Thompson Tinius Chiropractic Center Mr. Richard Tripp Trison’s Gifts | Jennie Clemons Tri-State Fire & Safety Equipment | Paul McDaniel Tri-State Mailing Systems Inc. Trunnell’s Farm Market | Elizabeth Tumbleweed Southwest Grill Unique Granite & Marble | Rick Thomas Wal-Mart #0701 | Neil Rumohr Sr. Mary Celine Weidenbenner, OSU, A‘62 Welborn’s Floral Co. | Carlos Knight Sr. Marietta Wethington, OSU, A‘55 Whitaker Guns Mr. and Mrs. Fred White Mr. and Mrs. Ben White Peg and Bill White Willis Animal Hospital | Marjorie Mr. Danny R. Wooldridge Wright Implement | Ben Wright James Zabek

MATCHING GIFTS

Mr. Kenneth G. Lanter

AT&T United Way Texas Gas Transmission, LLC

CORRECTION: Ursuline Associate Loni Daniels of Albuquerque, N.M., was misidentified in photo captions in the Centro Latino story in the summer issue of Ursulines Alive. We regret the error.

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In the joy of eternal life Sister Mary Renee Monaghan, 84, died Aug. 30 at Mount Saint Joseph, in her 65th year of religious life. She was born in Central City, Ky., the daughter of the late John and Mary Louise Monaghan. Sister Mary Renee was proud of her Irish heritage and loved to dance, play cards and tell jokes. Her favorite pastime was helping others, especially children with special needs. She was a teacher and principal in Kentucky and Missouri, and was a pastoral minister in Kentucky, Missouri and Indiana. Survivors include three sisters, Ann Boarman of Boonville, Ind., Sister June Monaghan, SCN, Nazareth, Ky., and Ursuline Sister Michael Ann Monaghan, Maple Mount; two brothers, Anthony and Donald Monaghan of Central City; nieces and nephews and the members of her religious community. The funeral Mass was Sept.

4 at Mount Saint Joseph, with burial in the convent cemetery. Glenn Funeral Home and Crematory, Owensboro, was in charge of arrangements.

Sister Jean Gertrude Mudd, 92, died Oct. 13 at Mount Saint Joseph, in her 72nd year of religious life. She was a native of Fredericktown, Ky. An educator for 49 years, Sister Jean Gertrude was “little but mighty” and always encouraged her young students to learn. She began making beautiful quilts in 1996 and continued until her retirement. She taught at schools in Kentucky, Missouri and Nebraska, and served in health care at Mount Saint Joseph, 1980-84. Survivors include two sisters, Geneva Mudd, Springfield, Ky., and Gertrude Nally, Bardstown, Ky.; three brothers, Thomas Mudd and Joseph A. Mudd, Springfield, and Bernard Mudd, Bardstown; nieces and nephews, and the members of her religious community. The funeral Mass was Oct. 17 at Mount Saint Joseph, with burial in the convent cemetery. Glenn Funeral Home and Crematory, Owensboro, was in charge of arrangements.

Gifts in memory of a Sister may take the form of donations to the Ursuline Sisters of Mount Saint Joseph, 8001 Cummings Road, Maple Mount, KY 42356

St. Michael Hall Construction Project...

The demolition of St. Michael Hall (shown at left), the former Mount Saint Joseph Academy classroom building, began on Sept. 9 and was nearing completion as this magazine was sent to the printer near the end of November.

Built in 1921, the building was no longer safe to occupy.

RIGHT: A new brick wall was built on the north side of the Mount Saint Joseph gym after the demolition of St. Michael Hall.

The construction project included putting a new roof on the gym, installing three trench drains and leveling the new parking area. There will be new electrical lights for the parking area, and trees and shrubs will be planted.

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Soli Deo Gloria

We rejoice in the gifts of our sisters, given for the kingdom of God Ursuline Sister Michele Morek has had a busy fall even away from her duties as coalition coordinator for UNANIMA International in New York City. On Sept. 16 she was one of 16 Catholic sisters from across the United States who gathered in Washington, D.C., to participate in the White House Summit “Taking Action to Eradicate Modern-Day Slavery: Convening for Civil Society Leaders.” The gathering was an effort to continue and strengthen the efforts to raise awareness of the crime of human trafficking, address the complex needs of survivors of both labor and sex trafficking, and advocate for more effective legislation to both increase available resources for victim needs and eradicate this crime.

On Oct. 8, Sister Michele was the speaker on “Women: A Global Perspective,” at the Owensboro

campus of Western Kentucky University. The speech was sponsored by the Greater Owensboro Women’s Network. On Oct. 12, Sister Michele spoke to the Healthy Foods, Local Farms conference in Louisville about the global realities of food and water.

Ursuline Sister Dianna Ortiz joined the board of UNANIMA International as the Ursuline representative, replacing Sister Suzanne Sims, whose term was completed. The Ursuline Sisters of Mount Saint Joseph are one of the founding members of UNANIMA, which advocates on behalf of poor women and children around the world. Sister Dianna is the associate director of Education for Justice at the Center for Concern in Washington, D.C.

The Ursuline Sisters of Mount Saint Joseph are hosting their first 5K Run/Walk on Saturday, May 31, 2014! This 5K “Fun Run” is open to walkers, runners, children and adults and will take place on the grounds of Mount Saint Joseph and the surrounding farmland. All proceeds from the event will support the mission of the Ursuline Sisters. This scenic route with the sisters is the perfect family outing so be sure to mark your calendar to get moving at the Mount! Watch for more details on our website (ursulinesmsj.org) and in our spring issue. For more information, contact April Ray at 270-229-4103 ext. 448 or april.ray@maplemount.org

Happy Anniversary in 2013!

• Contemporary Woman Program at Brescia University – 50 Years • Mount Saint Joseph Conference and Retreat Center – 30 Years • Ursuline Associates – 30 Years • Centro Latino (Hispanic Ministry) – 20 Years