VOL. XVIII, NO. 2
November 2012
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SOME OF THE ASSOCIATES AT SEPT. 9th MOUNT SAINT
When committing to become an Ursuline Associate, JOSEPH PICNIC: 1. Stephanie Render, center, shops in holiday each person promises to: decor (she helped sell dinner tickets). 2. George Horishny cuts meat for BBQ lunches. 3. Marilyn Beam hands out dinner stand plates. • continue to grow in awareness of and commitment 4. Gloria Cecil (seated) in pull tab booth. 5. Shirley Hagman and to the Mount Saint Joseph Ursuline vision and core Dot Pooser (associate in training) play bingo. 6. Debbie Lanham values: prayer, service, empowerment, justice and and Martha Little serve in the dinner stands. 7. Elaine Wood in the contemplative presence; volunteer booth. The free rosaries were made by Michelle Hayes. • study the life and writings of Saint Angela Merici; event run so smoothly. • pray daily for the Ursuline mission and ministries; Suzanne Reiss, Carol Hill and Brenda Semar made • pursue ongoing spiritual development; multiple trips to the Mount putting together baskets • meet regularly with the assigned contact person; for the Silent Auction and deciding on the minimum • participate in associate meetings and local activities; bids. Violet Hamilton, Jody Ziegler, Coreen Moore and • communicate with and pray for sisters and associates; Catharine Gawarecki also worked in advance to price the multitude of items for the yard sale. • engage in established Ursuline ministries; “For in times of John and Elaine Wood arrived several • make an annual visit to Mount Saint great need, true days before the picnic, with Elaine helping Joseph, if possible. friendship is with volunteer placement, and John performing Nowhere in that list does it specify that recognized.” his role as a jack of all trades – helping the associates should price yard sale items, serve – Saint Angela Merici maintenance staff, cooking meat and potatoes, food or drinks, spin a wheel to win a cake, painting the handicapped parking lines, unloading food run a silent auction, sell pull tabs or dip ice cream cones. supplies and anything else needed until he oversaw Yet all of those chores and many more were done by the parking on picnic day. Their parish, St. Mary in Ursuline Associates to make this year’s 42nd Mount Saint LaCenter, Ky., ran one of the ice cream booths. Joseph Picnic on Sept. 9 a huge success. Carol O’Keefe came all the way from Kansas To say the picnic would not be possible without the during the week to assist in the Development office, support of associates is a vast understatement. then worked the lemon shake-up booth on picnic day. There were more than 40 associates on the grounds Sid Mason, Mike Sullivan and Pat Wilson came from of Maple Mount for the picnic, working booths or some far western Kentucky, Phyllis Troutman from central other essential task. Then there are those whose work in Kentucky, Stephanie George from St. Louis, Karen advance of the picnic is critical to making the day of the Continued on page 3