UPDATE November 2004

NOVEMBER 2004

VOLUME IX, NUMBER 2

ON THE ROAD WITH YOUR CO-DIRECTORS

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by Sister Marietta Wethington, OSU, and Marian Bennett, OSUA

Charles Kuralt has nothing on us! When we began as Co-Directors of Ursuline Partnerships in July, our first priority was to meet as many Associates as possible. The trek has begun — with great joy!

As we breathe a sigh of relief that the Great American Election Process has run its course, your Co-Directors of Ursuline Partnerships continue on the campaign trail.

We began in August at Leitchfield, Kentucky, meeting with the Grayson County associates at St. Joseph Church. Starting with Mass celebrated by Father Randy Howard, this prayerful, joyful group shared their lives with us, giving us an appreciation for the dedication and commitment inspired by our Ursuline Sisters. We are grateful to At the August 28 gathering of Grayson County Associates were, front row from left: Sisters Ruth Mattingly and Clarence Teen Robinette; Sisters Ann Michelle Mudd, Cordelia Spalding, Mary Victor Marie and their helpers for gathering Rogers, Pauletta McCarty, Jean Madeline Peake; Marian Bennett, Sister Clarence the group together.

Marie Luckett, Coreen Moore, Mildred Shrewsberry, Jean Gutierrez. Middle row: Sister Marian Powers, Mildred McDowell, Sister Rosalin Thieneman, Odelean Hill, Our trail next led us closer to Carol Hill, Sister Marietta Wethington, Carlene Braun, Brenda Semar, John Semar. home and the Owensboro area Back row: Sisters Mary Louise Knott, Ruth Mattingly, Jean Stukenholtz; Stella associates’ potluck picnic at Legion McClure, Father Randy Howard, Sister Catherine Barber, Erv Moore, Mary Jo Dodson, Catherine Gawarecki, Julie Renfro.

Park.

Assembled and organized by coordinator Bernadette Howard, the group shared e-mail addresses and pondered alternatives for study.

Associates from Hancock County and Muhlenberg County joined the Owensboro group in celebrating our prayerful sharing of the goals and vision of the Ursuline Sisters.

Soon afterward we drove south to St. Joseph Church in Central City. Sisters Rose Karen Johnson and Rose Theresa Johnson had assembled a lively group of associates and associate candidates. This group is experiencing new growth and are eager to learn more about living the Gospel of Jesus according to the charism of Saint Angela. continued on page 2

These Muhlenberg County associates and friends gathered for a photo on November 7. Front from left: Sister Rose Karen Johnson, Ellenita McConnell, Jean Simpson. Middle row: Don Adams, Bonnie Adams, Laura Smith, Joan Monaghan, Sister Rose Theresa Johnson, Nancy Gross. Back row: Father Ben Luther, Dr. Eddie Prunty, Melinda Prunty, Gail Davenport, Don Monaghan.

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ON THE ROAD WITH YOUR CO-DIRECTORS Later that month, we hopped in the trusty car again to travel to St. Louis, Missouri, where we were warmly greeted

by Jean and Francis (“Stef”) Steffen and the Saint Louis area associates.

After sharing a delicious meal, we had an enriching discussion of ways to connect with the Ursuline Sisters to make the presence of Angela alive.

All of our Associate gatherings resonate with the smiles and prayers of faith-filled people seeking to share the mission and spirit of Saint Angela — and good food, too! As we talk, laugh and pray, we explore the Ursuline Associate experience together and grow in commitment to the work of the Ursuline Sisters of Mount Saint Joseph.

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Gathered in St. Louis on October 11 were (front row) Marian Bennett, Carol Jo Hogan, Jean Steffen, Sister Marietta Wethington, Shirley Eckert, and (back row) Francis Steffen and Sera Mesnier.

Look out! W e’r ay! Is ther athering you’d like to tell We’r e’ree coming your w way! theree an Associate ggathering suree to write, call or e-mail us. W We’ll us about? Be sur e’ll do our best to join you.

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Owensboro Area Associates Celebrate Potluck in the Park

by Jean Bertram, OSUA

On Tuesday evening, September 21, a group of Ursuline Sisters and Associates gathered at Legion Park in Owensboro. The sun was setting, and the hustle and bustle of five o’clock could be seen and heard all around us. It was my first encounter with many of the sisters, since I had just completed my “end of life” statement the day before.

I myself had had a busy and unsettling day. I have five children still at home...so you can imagine!

When I stepped through the door of the picnic riches seemed inconceivable among so many who had set such shelter, Sister Marietta was speaking and things aside. Marian Bennett led us in prayer and dinner was everyone sat in contemplation. I quietly took my served. As I looked at the tables filled with food before me, the seat and joined in. The reading from Matthew richness of the hands that had prepared this meal sent shivers of that day stirred everyone. The thought of worldly love down my spine.

As we ate dinner and talked with one another, quietness had come around the shelter. Gone were the sounds of traffic and the thoughts of the day. We were full of joy and laughter, and love now filled the air.

After dinner we came together for discussion and the business of setting next month’s meeting. I was thinking: “What about next week?”

We then held discussions within our groups. The questions differed for the sisters and associates, but the theme, I think, was the same: “How can we serve each other to bring about the purpose of the Lord?”

I knew in my heart that after everything I had heard and experienced that evening, we had all the ingredients for Enjoying the potluck picnic in Owensboro are (from greatness. As I said my goodbyes and walked to my car, I left) Shirley Hagman, Sister Rebecca White, Mary thanked God for being “the richest woman on earth.”

Ann Schilling, Sister Martha Keller, Isabel Crenshaw.

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A W ARM W ELCOME

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Jean A. Bertram, wife of Mike and mother of seven children, comes to us with joy and enthusiasm. She is an active member of St. Stephen Cathedral Parish, Owensboro; some of her many acts of service include being a lector and participating in Koinonia, the Parish Faith Fest and Vacation Bible School. Most recently, Jean joined other associates, helping in the Ursuline booth at the Reid’s Orchard Apple Festival. Her pastor says of Jean, “She has a very loving and pleasant disposition, accompanied by a generous heart.” Jean’s contact sister is Sister Suzanne Sims.

Michael Bufalini joins his wife, Marcy, as an Ursuline Associate. They live in Silver Spring, Maryland, where he is employed by Zentech Manufacturing. The Bufalinis share a warm friendship with Sisters Maureen Griner and Margaret Ann Zinselmeyer, who invited them to join us and serve as their contact sisters. Michael and Marcy are the parents of Joseph Francis and Anna Eleanor. We are told, “They treasure their Church family and have made faith a central part of their lives,” and “…they live in the secular world living their faith every day.”

Sara (Sally) Keough Scully is a registered nurse who lives in the small island town of Alameda, California. She is described by one and all as “a caring, compassionate, always-there-when-youneed-her person.” Another of her references said, “Sally, at first meeting, shared with me her genuine smile, her sincere heart and her deep faith in God.” A graduate of Catholic schools, Sally has two brothers, John and Tom, in addition to her sister, Sister Rosemary Keough, OSU, who will serve as her contact sister.

Bobbie Nell Smith of Central City, Kentucky, is of the Baptist faith and a great friend of Sisters Rose Theresa Johnson and Rose Karen Johnson. She writes, “Thanks to the Ursuline Sisters for letting me be a part of your life. It is nice to fellowship with others on our journey to Christ.” She has visited the Mount many times, has attended a Prayer and Reflection Day with Msgr. Powers, and journeyed to greet the Ursuline Flatboat at its landing in Owensboro. Sisters Rose Karen and Rose Theresa are her contact sisters.

ASSOCIATE BILL MOORE: ARDENT ADVOCATE Ursuline Associate Bill Moore, a retired Baptist minister, recently attended the Baptist Peace Fellowship of North America annual assembly in Maryland. At that meeting he shared copies of the “Prayer for Leadership” written by Benedictine Sister Joan Chittister, which he received at our Associate/ Religious Day in June.

He shared copies of the prayer with friends and was asked to lead the prayer in a worship service. In addition, the current issue of the Peace Fellowship Newsletter carries part of the prayer for use in church services.

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PEACE

An ardent advocate for peace, Brother Bill has attended the protest gathering at the School of the Americas (Western Hemisphere Institute for Security Cooperation) in Fort Benning, Georgia, for the past six years.

He is one of the founding members of the Owensboro affiliate of Habitat for Humanity International and currently serves as the Tithe Ambassador for the local affiliate. Several years ago he served as an international observer of an election in Liberia.

UPD ATE is published four times a year PDA for the Associates of the Ursuline Sisters of Mount Saint Joseph 8001 Cummings Road, Maple Mount, KY 42356-9999 C O-DIRECTORS OF URSULINE PARTNERSHIPS: Marian Bennett, Sister Marietta Wethington EDITOR: Sister Ruth Gehres, OSU

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Ursuline Society: “ A New Model of Ursuline Community Together”

by Sister Suzanne Sims, OSU

A new chapter in the history of Ursulines in the United States began in 1992 when the nine autonomous Ursuline communities met in Youngstown, Ohio. That meeting marked the beginning of what we call the “Ursuline Society.”

The congregations of Belleville, Illinois; Brown County, Cincinnati, Cleveland and Toledo, and Youngstown, Ohio; Paola, Kansas; and Louisville and Maple Mount in Kentucky, ratified a mission statement at the leadership meeting held in Frontenac, Minnesota, in May 2002.

The nine communities agreed to “create a new model of Ursuline community together” and “to move beyond collaboration and toward integration” during 2002-2007. In 2003, Sister Margaret Ann Hagan from the Ursulines of Louisville became the first full-time coordinator of the new model. She is assisted by a three-person steering committee composed of one sister from each of the three geographic areas represented in the Ursuline Society. This steering committee works with the coordinator to gather information from the member communities and to establish a clear vision and model for all the membership. Sister Martha Keller from our Maple Mount community currently serves as the triad representative for Belleville, Maple Mount and Paola.

Sister Margaret Ann Over the last two years, all of the sisters in each community Hagan, OSU have studied one another’s history, mission statements, and other pertinent information to help us get to know one another better. The sisters who wished have a prayer partner from one of the other congregations. In addition, Sister Margaret Ann has spent significant amounts of her time visiting each of the nine communities to get to know the sisters and the uniqueness of each congregation.

Currently, the members are asked to complete the exercises in a common workbook Sister Martha Keller, entitled Ursuline Society in Collaboration. This guide for prayer, study and discussion will OSU lead all the members into the future as it evolves for us. We invite you, our associates, to pray with and for us as we continue the integration. We will continue to update and involve you as the Ursuline Society mission becomes reality for us.

M AY THEY REST IN PEA CE . . .

PEACE on T uttle Hermann Associate Shar Sharon Tuttle Hermann, 68, of Owensboro died August 16 from complications of cancer and Alzheimer’s disease. A graduate of the University of Evansville and Western Kentucky University, Sharon was a teacher and writer, an avid traveler and voracious reader. She is survived by her sister, Cammy Frey, OSUA, Owensboro; daughter Christina Smith, San Diego, California; sons James Tracy Hermann, Palm Springs, California; Brett B. Hermann, Owensboro; and Johnathan L. Hermann, Washington, D.C. The Mass of Resurrection was celebrated at Blessed Mother Catholic Church, Owensboro, on August 19. ertr ees Associate Agnes Byerly V Vertr ertrees ees, 90, of Louisville, died November 1 at Franciscan Health Care Center. She was a member of St. Helen Catholic Church, the Seniors club at the church, and a volunteer at Caritas Medical Center and Summerfield Nursing Home. Survivors include a son, Thomas E. Yates and his wife, Sunny, five grandchildren, eight great-grandchildren. Agnes was the aunt of Sister Marie Brenda Vowels, OSU. The Mass of Resurrection was celebrated at St. Helen Church, Louisville, on November 5, with burial in St. Brigid Cemetery, Vine Grove, Kentucky.

I’m nobody; Who are you?

Are you nobody too? Asked Emily Dickinson. Well, Emily, I’d say that nowadays I am definitely nobody too.

Like an alien from outer space, I cannot speak the language or find my place in the universe, so I pace around looking for clues: Why did I come in this room? What am I looking for?

Why can’t I find it?

Then I see it right beside me.

Like Icarus, my wings have melted, and I have fallen into a sea of Forgetfulness.

Sharon Tuttle Hermann

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Ursulines of Mount Saint Joseph and Belleville Move Toward Merger

by Sister Michele Morek, OSU

It is one of the “signs of our times” that groups of religious women are moving toward new ways of collaborating with and supporting each other, for the sake of their mission and ministries. The Ursulines of Mount Saint Joseph are exploring such a relationship with the Ursuline Sisters of Belleville, Illinois. The two communities have known each other for many years, especially through their interactions in the Ursuline Society, and this new venture seems to be a natural progression of that friendly relationship. Three of the Belleville sisters already reside in the Mount Saint Joseph retirement community.

The two communities have very similar roots. The Belleville community traces its most recent origins from Calvarienberg, Germany. They came to the United States in 1910 to minister to the pioneer people in North Dakota, teaching in parochial schools and providing summer religion classes for public school children. In 1942, the regional American motherhouse was transferred to the Diocese of Belleville, where the sisters staffed schools which served poor and minority children. In 1977, the motherhouse in Germany voted to allow the Belleville sisters to seek to become an autonomous (independent) congregation.

The Belleville motherhouse, along with three residential houses, is located on eight wooded acres in the center of Assistant congregational leader Sister Cheryl Clemons Belleville, Illinois, very close to East St. Louis. The sisters (third from left) visits with Belleville Ursulines (from left) Sisters Emily Zent, Mary Elizabeth Krampe, and Eileen would like to maintain an Ursuline presence in Belleville, Mullen, in Sister Emily’s room in Saint Joseph Villa. and are looking for some ministry that would like to use the property — any ideas? canonical identity and accepting the Mount Saint A “merger” means that the Belleville community will Joseph Constitutions as their way of life. As you can join the Mount Saint Joseph Ursulines, losing their own imagine, this is a big step for the Belleville sisters, and there will be a lot of “letting go” that has to PRA YER REQ UESTS SUBMITTED RAYER EQUESTS happen on their journey. The Belleville sisters have TO THE OFFICE their own very active associate group, and the two OF URSULINE PARTNERSHIPS communities will be looking for ways to introduce O UR SICK: the two associate groups to one another. We know Brother Bill Moore, OSUA you will keep both communities in your prayers.

Bobbie Nell Smith, OSUA Mary Rita Trittschuh, OSUA Generose McClure, mother-in-law of Stella McClure, OSUA Jerry Motley, friend of Pat Wilson, OSUA Clara Sims, mother of Violet Hamilton, OSUA Dan Szurgot, son of Donna Szurgot, OSUA

T HOSE WHO HA VE DIED: HAVE Kenny Butler, husband of Carolyn Butler, OSUA Kathryn Caise and Bob Caise, mother and brother of Ruth Metschuleit, OSUA Jo Fluech, husband of Agnes Fluech, OSUA Frances Rosa Murphy Head, mother of Sister Julia Head, OSU Bobby Thomas, brother of Annette Thomas Chavez, OSUA Newborn child of Emilee, niece of Carol Jo Hogan, OSUA. Please pray for these families.

WELCOME BELLEVILLE ASSOCIATES! Welcome! Bienvenidos! Bonjour! Willkommen!

We welcome all of the Associates of the Ursuline Sisters of Belleville to the Mount Saint Joseph Associate Update. As our communities progress toward merger, we hope you will enjoy our publication. We invite your comments. We look forward to getting to know you better!

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REMEMBERING SPECIAL D DA AYS...

December Anniversaries of Acceptance: 19 years Claire Buckley, Juanita Burke 18 years Perla Pike, Fr. Richard White 17 years Donna Szurgot, Ray and Barbara Weidenbenner, Cletus and Lucille Weidenbenner, Linda Lattus, Janet Kuper 16 years Terry Barnes 12 years Sharon Rose 1 0 years Rosann and Bob Whiting, Frances Elder 5 years Madeleine Bianco January Anniversaries of Acceptance: 21 years Isabel Crenshaw 20 years Martha Mathews, Sarah Bowling, Sr. Theresa Murphy 19 years Sr. Theresa Murphy, Debby Ludwig, Edna Marnell 18 years Rev. Phil Hoy 17 years Dr. Brett Stallings, Mary Leda Rice, Janet Matyk 16 years Shearon Harris 1 4 years Lois Bell 11 years Pete Pfeiffer, Raymond and Jo Morelli 9 years Bob and Marilyn Beam February Anniversaries of Acceptance: 20 years Linda Perri, Dianne Hayden, Shirley Hagman 16 years Ruby White 9 years Mildred Shrewsberry 8 years Pat Wilson 5 years Ann Wilson December Birthdays: 5 Beatrice Barnes 6 Bishop John McRaith 7 David Grant 10 Fr. Meldon Hickey, Larry Lynch 12 Marvin Giittinger 13 Hita Merchant, Jean Lonergan 15 Arleen Naglich, Donald Monaghan 16 Carola Pulger 17 Mary Teder, Randall Lamastus 18 Patsy Claussen 20 Winnie Cohron, Joe Welzen 24 Brenda Sauer, Bob Whiting 25 Ruth Metschuleit, Fanny Gonzalez 26 Joan Perry, Betty Boren, Ann Hayden 28 John Howard 29 Andy Chavez, Leon Donahue 31 Janice Miller

We invite you to help Sister Agnes Catherine Williams celebrate her 100th birthday on January 28, 2005, with a shower of greetings. The oldest living alumna of Mount Saint Joseph Academy (Class of 1920), Sister is living at Saint Joseph Villa and remains very active. Her sister, Sister Charles Asa, marked her 102nd birthday last June.

A third sister, Sister Joseph Marie, died in 1989 at 94.

O Come, Emmanuel!

January Birthdays: 2 Helen Riney, Janet Matyk 4 Fr. Aloysius Powers 5 Therese Fraize 6 Coreen Moore, Lois Bell 7 Sheila Clark, John Hancock 8 Debbie Walker 9 Paul Gray 12 Maria Galles 14 Edith Whitechurch 15 Mary Margis, Georgann Stuck 16 Teressa Hayden, Isabelle King 17 Bill Moore, Paul Kordenbrock 19 Linda Perri 21 Carolyn Miller, Bernadette Howard 23 Patricia Davis 24 Dorothy Hughes 25 Pauline Hayden 26 Midge Palm 27 Barbara Weidenbenner 29 Phyllis Troutman, Marilyn Beam 3 1 Polly Mouser, Jolanda Moraga February Birthdays: 5 Rev. Phil Hoy 6 Florence Thompson, June Irizarry 9 Therese Martin Lawson 10 Teen Robinette 13 Msgr. Bernard Powers 1 4 Fay Higdon 15 Mary Kennedy, Gloria Cecil, Anna Lesousky, Gloria Henderson 16 Margaret Tasaka, Bob Riordan 20 Dr. Rosemary Schiavi 21 Dr. Brett Stallings 22 Marlene Monaghan 23 Maureen Earl, Cecilia Curtis 24 Jeanne Lamastus 26 Ray Weidenbenner, Joe Buckman 27 Mary Rose Shoemaker 28 Rev. Carol Owen

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ASSOCIA TE DIRECT ATE 2003-2004 ASSOCIATE DIRECTORY UPDA ORY UPD Since the last Associate Directory was published in 2002, we have welcomed 33 new associates to the program. It’s our pleasure to list them here for you with a notation of their contact sisters.

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We are currently in the process of updating and redesigning the directory. A new feature will be the addition of e-mail addresses to further strengthen our E-Mail Prayer Chain. If you wish to be part of this ministry, send us your e-mail address before February 2005.

Be sure to mark your calendars! The new and improved Associate Directory will be available at Bardstown, Leitchfield, Radcliff Associate/Religious Day next summer. Plan to join Braun, Carlene Hill, Carol us for a great day of prayer, study and sharing — and 5786 Peonia Rd 483 Annie Boone Rd of course good food as well!

Clarkson, KY 42726 (270) 242-9238 Sr. Jane Miriam Hancock

Leitchfield, KY 42754 (270) 242-3136 Sr. Lennora Carrico

Dodson, Mary Jo 76 Lower Ridgecrest Dr. Clarkson, KY 42726 (270) 242-3880 Sr. Ruth Mattingly

Johnson, Fr. Brian 1256 Anthony Church Rd Clarkson, KY 42726 (270) 242-0112 Sr. Ruth Mattingly

Gawarecki, Catherine 339 St. Paul Rd Leitchfield, KY 42754 (270) 242-4311 Sr. Mary Louise Knott

McDowell, Mildred 216 Hendricks Leitchfield, KY 42754 (270) 259-4349 Sr. Ruth Mattingly

Geary, Chris 108 Thomas Dr Leitchfield, KY 42754 Sr. Mary Louise Knott

Moore, Coreen 51 Old Peonia Loop Clarkson, KY 42726 (270) 242-2124 Sr. Margaret Ann Aull

Gutierrez, Jean 328 Patterson Rd #7 Clarkson, KY 42726 (270) 242-2306 Sr. Jean Madeline Peake Hamilton, Violet 7188 Anneta Rd Leitchfield, KY 42754 (270) 242-7232 Sr. Mary Matthias Ward Higdon, Ola 390 Sims Ln Clarkson, KY 42726 (270) 242-7092 Sr. Mary Louise Knott

California Scully, Sara Keough 2051 Shoreline Drive #711 Alameda, CA 94501 (510) 814-4540 Sr. Rosemary Keough

Robinette, Norma Teen 5862 Grayson Springs Rd Clarkson, KY 42726 (270) 242-3621 Sr. Cheryl Clemons Semar, Brenda 208 Lakeview Dr Leitchfield, KY 42754 (270) 242-0720 Sr. Jean Madeline Peake Ziegler, Jody 89 E. Forest Dr Leitchfield, KY 42754 (270) 242-7546 Sr. Jean Madeline Peake

Maryland Bufalini, Marcy and Michael 410 Hamilton Ave Silver Spring, MD 20901 (301) 585-4822 Sr. Maureen Griner

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Owensboro

Monaghan, Don and Marlene 611 St. James Way Central City, KY 42330 (270) 754-4280 Sr. Michael Ann Monaghan

Alvey, Carol 417 E 3rd Street Owensboro, KY 42303 (270) 684-2597 Sr. Agnes Catherine Williams

Bobbie Nell Smith 1005 W. Everly Brothers Blvd Central City, KY 42330 (270) 754-3165 Sr. Rose Karen Johnson Sr. Rose Theresa Johnson

Bertram, Jean 111 West 21st Street Owensboro, KY 42303 (270) 689-1872 Sr. Suzanne Sims

Henderson, Morganfield, Wav erly averly Leasor, Louise 1120 Oakcrest Ct. Henderson, KY 42420 (270) 827-5490 Sr. Mary Lois Speaks

Louisville Thomas, Ann 3610 Hunsinger Ln Louisville, KY 40220 (502) 491-2635 Sr. Diane Marie Payne Walker, Debbie 7703 Sunbury Ln Louisville, KY 40220 (502) 491-2859 Sr. Diane Marie Payne

Texas Palmer, Shirley 1707 Open Bay Dr Crosby, TX 77532 (281) 462-3040 Sr. Ruth Gehres

Butler, Carolyn PO Box 1174 Owensboro, KY 42302 (270) 926-0888 Sr. Ann McGrew Cecil, Ed and Gloria 2209 N. Stratford Dr Owensboro, KY 42301 (270) 684-2047 Ed - Sr. Ruth Gehres Gloria - Sr. Barbara Jean Head

Missouri Hogan, Carol Jo 751 Edgegrove Dr Webster Groves, MO 63119 (314) 968-8495 Sr. Michele Intravia Mesnier, Gary and Sera 7006 MacKenzie Affton, MO 63123 (314) 752-5309 Sr. Rita Scott Teder, Mary 316 Pine Farmington, MO 63640 (573) 760-0432 Sr. Amelia Stenger

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Associates in Service MOUNT SAINT JOSEPH PICNIC: All of the sisters send a warm “thank you!” to the many associates who gave their tireless service and boundless good cheer to make this year’s picnic the best ever! A special salute and thank you to Bonnie Marks, OSUA, chairman for the last three years, and to Sister Mary Louise Knott, OSU, our picnic storage organizer, who has retired from this ministry. Both of these wonderful ladies deserve a prize for their great talents and generosity!

Helping with picnic preparations are (clockwise from left): Marian Bennett, Mary Jo Dodson, Carol Hill, Sister Julia Head, Sister Mary Irene Cecil, Sister Marie Joseph Coomes, Sister Agnes Ijoko, Coreen Moore, Sister Mary Jude Cecil, Sister Marietta Wethington, Amy Haire.

APPLEFEST APPLEFEST:: Associates stepped up to the plate once again for the Reid’s Orchard Apple Festival on October 16-17. Owensboro associates Jean Bertram, Gloria Cecil, Carol Alvey and Carolyn Butler joined the sisters at the motherhouse booth, selling Quilt Club memberships and raffle tickets for a handmade baby quilt.

REA CH OUT WITH THE E-MAIL PRA YER CHAIN! REACH PRAYER OSUA

In today’s busy world, it’s good to take time to pray with and for each other. Our E-Mail Prayer Chain unites the sisters and associates in prayer.

We encourage you to join by contacting us by e-mail, phone, or letter: mwethington@maplemount.org, (270) 229-4103, ext. 305 mbennett@maplemount.org, (270) 229-4103, ext. 260 Address: 8001 Cummings Road, Maple Mount, KY 42356