Brescia University - Ursuline Sisters of Mount Saint Joseph

Spring 2007Volume 5, No. 2Brescia UniversityService in the Ursuline TraditionUrsuline Sisters of Mount Saint JosephProclaiming Jesus through Education and Christian Formation

U r s u l i n e s A L I V EFrom Our Congregational LeaderSister Michele Morek, OSUDear Friends,The Ursuline Sisters of the Roman Union have a onewordLatin motto I like: “Serviam” — “I will serve.”Service certainly was the theme of Angela Merici’slife — service to women and other powerless peopleof her time, service to rich people who were poor inknowledge of God or in how to live a more perfectChristian life. Two hundred years ago the Catholicchurch recognized Angela as a saint, attesting to herlife of holiness, service, and to the revolutionary framework she invented to helpwomen live a more intentionally spiritual life while living “in the world.”In this issue we also celebrate the long tradition of service at Brescia University.Even yet, 472 years after Angela’s original foundation, Brescia and other Ursulinesponsoredschools across the world continue to serve people of all ages. The besttestament to Brescia’s special tradition of service are the lives of its graduates,who are characterized by their leadership and service roles in their respectivecommunities.We thank you, our friends, associates, and donors who live your own lives offaithful service, and partner with us in ours. Asking God’s special blessings on youand your families,In this issueA Tradition of Service .................... 3Brescia University communityresponds to Ursuline heritageBrescia President to Retire ............. 5Sister Vivian has served BresciaUniversity for more than 30 yearsFollowing the Spirit ....................... 6Ursulines worldwide celebratethe canonization of Angela MericiCharitable Annuity Opportunities 9Heritage Society members receivethanks from Ursuline SistersIn the Joy of Eternal LifeOur sisters go before us in faith....10Development Statement ofAccountability ............................... 11Our generous donors join us incontinuing our missionSoli Deo Gloria .............................. 12We rejoice in the gifts of our sisters,given for the kingdom of GodSister Michele Morek, OSUCongregational Leader, Ursuline Sisters of Mount Saint Joseph2Ursulines Alive is published by the Ursuline Sisters of Mount Saint Joseph, Maple Mount,Kentucky. Three Issues are published each calendar year.Editor: Sister Ruth Gehres, OSUPhotography and production assistance: Jerry Birge, Jennifer Kaminski, Melanie SearsMission Advancement Staff: Sister Suzanne Sims, Director of Mission AdvancementSister Rose Marita O’Bryan, Director of Mission EffectivenessJerry P. Birge, Director of Marketing and CommunicationsMarian Bennett and Sister Marietta Wethington,Co-Directors of Ursuline PartnershipsSister Ruth Gehres, Associate Director of CommunicationsMelanie Sears, Christi Bowman, Administrative AssistantsJennifer Kaminski, Administrative Assistant/Graphic DesignerWe welcome your response to Ursulines Alive. Contact us at: Ursulines Alive, c/o UrsulineSisters of Mount Saint Joseph, 8001 Cummings Road, Maple Mount KY 42356.Phone: (270) 229-4103. Fax: (270) 229-4953. E-mail: rgehres@maplemount.org.Web site: www.ursulinesmsj.org.Cover photo: Ursuline Sister Vivian Bowles (right), president of Brescia University,looks over the plans for The Learning Villa, a Brescia-sponsored project that willprovide housing for single parent college students. With her is Tracey Glasscock, aBrescia student who with Sister Vivian has been a vital force in the effort to makethis project possible. See story beginning on page 3.Brescia University, a sponsored ministry of the Ursuline Sisters ofMount Saint Joseph, began in 1925 as Mount Saint Joseph JuniorCollege for Women, at Maple Mount. In 1950 the collegemoved to Owensboro as Brescia College, a four-yearcoeducational institution. Under the leadership of SisterVivian Bowles, it achieved university status in 1998.Brescia offers associate, bachelor’s, and master’s degreesin more than 40 fields of study.Our MissionWe, the Ursuline Sisters of Mount Saint Joseph,sustained by prayerand vowed life in community,proclaim Jesus through educationand Christian formationin the spirit of our founder,Saint Angela Merici.Our visionAs Ursuline Sisters of Mount Saint Joseph, wewill:• Commit ourselves to simplicity, hospitality,justice and service;• Reverence the values of our founding ruralheritage;• Live and minister contemplatively as womenof hope;• Witness gospel values through the charism ofSaint Angela Merici;• Bind ourselves to one another in charity,celebrating and respecting the uniqueness ofeach person;• Invite and mentor new members;• Respond to the signs of the times and theneeds of the Church and the world throughcollaborative relationships; and• Stand in prophetic witness to the world byliving in right relationships with the earth andthe human family to effect justice throughsystemic change.

A Tradition of ServiceBrescia University community responds to its Ursuline heritageS p r i n g 2 0 0 7by Rev. Larry HostetterAfew years ago, I led a group of students, alumni and friends of Brescia University on a pilgrimage to Italy. Among themany sites we visited was the final resting place of Saint Angela Merici in the city of Brescia. Members of the Companyof Saint Angela gave us a tour of the facility, and we celebrated Mass together. It was a beautiful experience, butperhaps the most inspiring moment for me was when I witnessed our students praying before the tomb of Saint Angela. Theyhad done this without direction or encouragement from anyone, except maybe the Holy Spirit.Afterwards I asked some of the group how they felt being inthe presence of Angela. Their responses were the same — theyfelt connected to Angela’s work and mission as never before.They had heard the stories about Angela from the UrsulineSisters. They knew that Angela shared God’s love with all shemet and was sought out by many as a counselor and guide.They understood that Angela had a vision for social renewalthrough the reform of family life, which would be achievedthrough the education of women and children.All of this was made real for them when they walked the samestreets that Angela had walked. Their identity as students ofBrescia University was recharged with the spirit of AngelaMerici.It is not an exaggeration to say that anyone associated withBrescia University is charged with Angela’s spirit. Through thewitness of the Ursuline Sisters, we have come to understandwhat is meant by that spirit. It is a spirit of faithfulness to theGospel, generosity, respect for the individual, and hospitalitythat permeates the Brescia community. Angela’s call to make adifference in society through education resonates through thehalls and over the campus of Brescia University.Angela’s spirit is contagious. When people come to BresciaUniversity as students, faculty or staff, they quickly becomeaware of the opportunities that exist here for service, whetherthrough individual initiative or through programs and clubs.continued on page 4“Learning Villa” Will Serve Single Parent College StudentsBrescia University is sponsoring an innovative new project called“The Learning Villa.” The Learning Villa is a transitional living/learningcommunity setting for single parents enrolled as full time studentsin a two- or four-year degree program with a Kentucky accreditedinstitution of higher education. This project’s mission is to empowerlow-income single-parent families through education, enrichmentprograms and services, and to assist them in successfully living andworking within their communities. This project will be located onapproximately 10 acres in Owensboro, Kentucky, with 56 twobedroomapartments nestled around a 9,951 square foot daycarefacility and a 1,644-square-foot community building housing acomputer lab, a kitchen, and large meeting area for workshops andtenant socials.by Tracey GlasscockBrescia will establish a board of directors to oversee the operationsand services of this project, with members consisting of otherparticipating educational institutions, local nonprofit service providers,and community leaders who will facilitate the project’s mission.Audubon Area Community Services, a state community servicesagency and nonprofit daycare/headstart provider, will administer theoperations of the daycare facility.continued on page 53

Brescia student Kristen Main was among students andfaculty who spent their 2006 spring break cleaning outflood-damaged homes in New Orleans’ Ninth Ward. Asecond group worked in New Orleans during this year’sspring break, March 4-11.Brescia Campusministry, and alarge number ofcampus-basedorganizations,are committedto service, astheir members— students,faculty, and staff— dedicatethemselves toAngela Merici’sdream for arenewed society.Integral to the mission of contemporary Ursulines is a specialcare for the liberation and nourishment of women andchildren. As an extension of the ministry of the UrsulineSisters of Mount Saint Joseph, Brescia University sharesthis concern. This is clearly seen in the service initiativesthat members of the Brescia community are involved in. I’llhighlight just a few.Many of Brescia’s students who are in training to becometeachers are involved in the University’s chapters of theKentucky Educational Association and the Council forExceptional Children (CEC). This year, CEC membersparticipated in the 2007 Owensboro Polar Bear Plunge.In the middle of winter, these brave souls jumped intofreezing cold water for a good cause. The money they raisedwill help support Special Olympics, which aids over 7,000children and adults with intellectual disabilities. The CECis also involved in a book drive for local elementary schools.Another education-related organization, the Brescia KEAchapter, recently received a grant to help build an outdoorclassroom for Foust Elementary School.The terrible aftermath of Hurricane Katrina provided uswith an opportunity to reach out. With students from thePaul VI Discernment Experience in the lead, Brescia staff,faculty, students and alumni helped collect backpacks andschool supplies for displaced students who had found refugein Shreveport, Louisiana. There, under the able guidance ofUrsuline Sister Carol Shively, superintendent of ShreveportCatholic Schools, 500 students were integrated into the localCatholic school system until they could return to their homes.Brescia is proud to have been part of that effort.During their spring breaks in 2006 and 2007, groups ofBrescia students and faculty traveled to New Orleans withthe director of campus ministry, Ursuline Sister Pam Mueller.While there they participated in “Operation Helping Hands,”a project of Catholic Charities. They helped clean out flooddamagedhouses in the Ninth Ward. Their labor helped bringMembers of the Brescia University Chapter of Habitat for Humanityworked last fall with the Owensboro Chapter on the city’s 70thHabitat house. Helping with landscaping are (in foreground) JamesConstant, Sherri Guffy (with shovel), and (on porch) Jennifer Patrick,Caitlin Owen, and Megan McGrath. Dr. John Marvin is facultyadvisor for the Brescia Habitat chapter.stability and hope back to two displaced families. This yearanother group left for New Orleans March 4 for anotherspring break work week.Special Education major Laura Mattingly and her husband Jon (left)enjoy some fun with a participant in the annual Buddy Walk lastOctober 7 at Owensboro’s Moreland Park. Sponsored by the GreenRiver Area Down Syndrome Association, this event is a celebrationand a fundraiser. Brescia students and faculty volunteered to servefood, provide games and crafts, and assist with registration.On the local level, the Brescia Chapter of Habitat forHumanity also helps families in their efforts to find stablehousing. Over the last few years, Brescia students, staff andfaculty have assisted in building houses for the economicallydisadvantaged in Owensboro. Part of the Habitat programinvolves the future owners’ providing “sweat equity” byassisting in the building of their own homes. This givesstudents the opportunity to meet those who benefit fromtheir service and to hear their stories. Service at Brescia is notjust about giving charity; it is also about an education in theproblems that the poor face in our society today.continued on page 54

Students who major in Speech Pathology/Audiologybelong to the National Student Speech and HearingLanguage Association (NSSHLA). They have heldyard sales to help fund programs to help childrenin need of speech therapy. Every summer, underthe guidance of speech pathology/audiologyprofessor Donna Goodlett Collins, area childrengather at Brescia University for a speech therapycamp. Children are also served through speech andhearing screenings at local schools.Four of six Spanish majors headed for South Americathis summer are (front) Khristina Greenwell and NickDuvall, and (back) Gerardo Zavala and Gabrielle Murphy.Gabrielle points out the location of the Ursuline missionin Chillan, Chile, which the group will visit.Six Spanish majors with their professor, Dr.Iris Moreno-Brown, will be traveling to Chile,Argentina, and Uruguay this coming summer.While in Chile they will visit the Dianna OrtizUrsuline Center for Women (Casa Ursulina),directed and sponsored by the Ursuline Sistersof Mount Saint Joseph. They plan to deliver acollection of money and materials to help with themission’s work.Because of the nature of their discipline, the SocialWork students are especially involved in service.Among many efforts, they maintain a closet ofdress clothes for women who are preparing forprofessional job interviews. Most recently theybegan a duffle bag/car seat drive that will go untilthe end of April, which is Child Abuse AwarenessMonth. Brooke Daffron, president of the SocialWork Club, notes that in 2006 there were 177children in out-of-home care. Often these childrenhad to put their belongings in trash bags as theycontinued on page 8Brescia PresidentTo Retire in MayAfter 12 years as president and morethan 30 years of service to BresciaUniversity, Ursuline Sister VivianBowles has announced her retirementfrom the presidency as of May 31,2007. Her tenure as president has been markedby campus expansion, the opening of 22 multimediaclassrooms, substantial increases in fundraising, thedoubling of the school’s endowment, new scholarshipfunding, and the development of an outdoor sports complex.“Sister Vivian,” said Brescia Board Chair Ernie Taliaferro,“was Brescia to so many people in the community.Everything she did was for Brescia.”Sister Vivian has taken a lead role in the collaborative effort tomake the Learning Villa a reality. “I am so thrilled about theLearning Villa because it so well personifies our Ursulinesponsorship of Brescia University which includes freeing andnurturing women and children,” she reflected. “Through thisproject, we will be able to encourage single parents to providefor their and their children’s futures by obtaining their degreesin the best situation possible. In addition, our students in earlychildhood education, social work, and psychology will be able touse the facility for valuable intern/practicum experiences. Thislong project has become especially worthwhile to me,” she said,“as I prepare to leave the presidency of Brescia University.”Sister Vivian hopes to continue working in the Owensboroeducational community.Learning Villa continued from page 3Brescia received an overwhelming show of community support forthis project, receiving a large number of support letters from localagencies, government officials, interested citizens, and Bishop JohnJ. McRaith. Everyone who has learned of the plans for this project isexcited and pleased that this community will benefit from the socialand economic good that the project will provide its citizens.On March 21, Sister Vivian Bowles received notice of an $8 milliongrant from the Kentucky Housing Corporation for this project.* * * * *Tracey Glasscock, Vice-President of Wabuck Development Company,Inc., Leitchfield, Kentucky, is an accounting major in Brescia University’sWeekend College program. Wabuck specializes in constructionof affordable housing. About two years ago, Tracey alerted SisterVivian Bowles to the possibility of working with the KentuckyHousing Corporation and Wabuck in providing a housing complex inOwensboro for single college students with children. “I am so proud tobe a part of this wonderful project,” she says. “Helping people is whatour business is all about, and this project will help low-income singleparents rise above their current situations and provide outstandingbenefits for the Owensboro community.”5

U r s u l i n e s A L I V E6Following the SpiritUrsulines worldwide celebrate the canonization of Angela MericiAngela Merici walked the streets of Brescia as a “santa viva” – a living saint. People who knew herrespected her for her mysticism, her sacred knowledge, her human qualities, and her activeparticipation in the life of this northern Italian city which she had chosen as her home. On May24, 1807, Pope Pius VII officially declared Angela Merici a saint . . . a person whose holy life – whosefidelity to God’s grace – makes her a model for anyone who wishes to live in closeness to God. During thisyear 2007, Angela’s daughters throughout the world, with many others who admire her, joyfully celebratethe 200th anniversary of her canonization.Angela Merici first came to Brescia in theyear 1516, when she was in her early 40s.Caterina Patengola, who had recently losther husband and two children, invitedthis gentle woman into her home. It wasthe beginning of a new life for Angela.Growing up in the fields near Desenzanoand Lake Garda, she learned about grief.While still quite young, she had lost adear sister, and then her parents. ForCaterina, Angela provided friendship andthe consolation that came from her deepspiritual life.People found in Angela a person theycould approach without fear, who couldlisten and advise, who could speak tothem of God . . . the God she knew andloved. In this time of war, political andsocial instability, and distress withinfamilies, Angela was a peacemaker. Peopleof all ranks came to her for counsel, andfor what today we would call spiritualdirection.At this time in history, single womenliving in Italian society were an exception.Families controlled the destiny of theirdaughters, who – for the most part – wereeither given in marriage or sent to a monastery. Angela,following the inspiration of the Holy Spirit, provided acreative alternative – a form of consecration for women whowould live in the world and take an active role in their society,as she did.Angela’s great achievement was not the foundation of ateaching order of women, according to Querciolo Mazzonis,Statue in the parish Church ofSaint Angela Merici, Desenzano,showing Angela as a young girlworking in the fields.by Sister Ruth Gehres, OSUan Italian scholar who has done extensivestudy of her spirituality and of the natureof her Company of Saint Ursula. (Seereference at end.) Actually, Mazzonis pointsout, Angela did not specify any particularministry for her Company. Rather, heroriginality lies in her creation of a religiouscommunity around a uniquely femininespirituality, balanced between contemplationand action in a way not possible in themonasteries of her day.Thus, Mazzonis shows, Angela’s Rule andother writings emphasize interior ratherthan exterior piety. Her focus is on anindividual and direct relationship with God,whom she often describes as “the Lover ofus all” (Fifth Counsel). Angela writes thather daughters are to be obedient to churchand civil authorities, and to their parents.“But above all,” she tells them, “obey thecounsels and inspirations which the HolySpirit unceasingly sends into our hearts . . .”(Rule VIII).Writing about governance, Angela does notfocus on power and position. In composingher Rule, she seeks input from the womenwho would become the members of herCompany. Her chief desire as she sets up the structure of thisCompany is for the well-being of the virgins. The leadersare to be “as teachers and guides in the spiritual life,” andthe widows – experienced laywomen entrusted with theneeds of the company – “as mothers, full of concern for thegood and welfare of their spiritual sisters and daughters”(Rule XI). Women from all social strata were welcome. Thiscontinued on page 7

was a community for women, and managed by women.Angela’s womanly spirit shines through in her emphasis onrelationships – a spirit of trust and friendship.Established in 1535, the Company of Saint Ursula grewrapidly. By Angela’s death just five years later, the original28 virgins had become 150. In 1546, the Company receivedpapal approbation. Clergy in areas beyond Brescia beganto invite these holy women to their parishes and dioceses.Gradually, however, Angela’s model of governance by themembers themselves gave way to governance by the clergy,who employedthem in largemeasure to teachthe catechism toyoung girls.The Council ofas models and intercessors.Trent (1545-1563),called to bringabout a thoroughreform of the Church, required that consecrated womenbe cloistered – that is, that they live in monasteries with nodirect contact with “the world.” But Angela had founded aCompany whose members were to live in and interact withsecular society – to pray for it, to be examples of holiness andto act as peacemakers in the marketplace, to be available tohelp and advise those with whom they lived.While examples of Angela’s original Company persisted,Ursuline groups as a whole soon became traditional religiouscongregations, with habit and vows, living in cloisteredcommunities. No longer able to minister among the peopleaccording to Angela’s original vision, they adapted to whatthey could do. Thus developed the tradition of Ursulineconvent boarding schools for girls, first in Europe, andS p r i n g 2 0 0 7then in every part of the world where Ursulines ministered.Angela’s noted “teaching idea” – her insistence on motherlylove as the basis of education, her conviction that nothingcan be achieved by force, her respect for each person as anindividual, her conviction that the educator must find herdeepest security in God – came directly from her plan for theformation of her daughters, which is the central focus of herwritings.The Vatican II decree Perfectae Caritatis (1965), urgesreligious communities of women and men to return to theexample of Jesusand to the charism,the spirit, of theirfounders (n. 2).Today, as theinformation belowillustrates, Angela’sdaughters serve inCatechism of the Catholic Church #828diverse ministriesall over the globe.In the spirit of their holy mother, they dedicate themselves toGod and service to God’s people, responding to the needs ofthe world, here and now, in which they live. Many Ursulineministries respond directly to the needs of the poor and themarginalized, especially women and children.By canonizing some of the faithful, i.e., by solemnly proclaimingthat they practiced heroic virtue and lived in fidelity to God’s grace,the Church recognizes the power of the Spirit of holiness within herand sustains the hope of believers by proposing the saints to themToday, 472 years after the foundation of the Company ofSaint Ursula, and 200 years after the canonization of itsfounder, Ursulines – together with a growing number of layUrsuline associates – strive to follow Angela’s example andguidance . . . to speak to all of God, “the Lover of us all.” •Note: Querciolo Mazzonis’ new study of Angela, entitledSpirituality, Gender, and the Self in Renaissance Italy: AngelaMerici and the Company of St. Ursula (1474-1540), is publishedby The Catholic University of America Press, 2007.DAUGHTERS OF ANGELA IN THE TWENTY-FIRST CENTURYDaughters of Angela Merici serve all over the globe, on every continent except Antarctica. The list below shows thecountries in which Ursuline companies and congregations are ministering today. Some of these are small, independentgroups who are active in local areas, while others are larger and more extensive. There are also a number of national andinternational unions of Ursulines, including the Roman Union of the Order of Saint Ursula, a worldwide institute. Theinformation below, compiled by the Ursulines of the Roman Union, was updated in 2005.AFRICA: Benin, Botswana, Burkina Faso, Cameroon, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Kenya, Madagascar, Senegal,South Africa, Tanzania, Swaziland, ZimbabweAMERICANorth America: Barbados, Canada, Dominican Republic, El Salvador, Jamaica, Mexico, United StatesSouth America: Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Chile, Colombia, Guyana, Libya, Nicaragua, Paraguay, Peru, Uruguay, VenezuelaASIA/PACIFICA: Australia, Bangladesh, India, Indonesia, Japan, Philippines, Singapore, Taiwan, Thailand, TimorEUROPE: Austria, Belarus, Belgium, Bosnia, Croatia, Czech Republic, Finland, France, Germany, Great Britain, Greece, Hungary, Ireland,Italy, Malta, Netherlands, Poland, Romania, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Switzerland, Ukraine 7

AgeU r s u l i n e SistersC h a r i ta b l e Annuit yP ro g r a mOur Charitable Gift Annuities provide• a guaranteed rate of return for life• immediate and future tax benefits• the reward of knowing your gifthelps to make our mission possible• membership in our Saint Angela Heritage SocietySINGLE LIFERate60 5.763 5.968 6.373 6.878 7.683 8.887 10.290 11.3These samples are for a singlelifecharitable gift annuity,based on annual, semiannual,or quarterly payment. Ratessubject to change.Please note:These rates were approvedby the American Council onGift Annuities on April 5,2006, effective July 1, 2006,through June 30, 2007.This is not legal advice.Any prospective donorshould seek the advice of aqualified estate and/or taxprofessional to determine theconsequences of his/her gift.For a free, no-obligationproposal, contact SisterSuzanne Sims, OSU,270-229-2008, or ssims@maplemount.org.Come to the Mount for our37th annualSaint Angela Heritage Society MembersReceive Special Thanks from the UrsulinesFather Carl McCarthy, a native of Curdsville and a priestof the Owensboro Diocese, greeted his first-gradeteacher, Ursuline Sister Helen Ann Stuart, at the March24 Donor Appreciation Day at the Mount. Father Carl,homilist for the Eucharistic Celebration, is pastor of Sts.Joseph and Paul Parish, Owensboro.Louie and Stella McClure chat with CongregationalLeader Sister Michele Morek about their priest son,Jason, and his career at Brescia University. The McClureslive in Grayson County, where Stella is a faithful UrsulineAssociate. (They talked about their other children, too!)PICNICfor the benefit of the retired Sisters.Sunday, September 9serving 11:30 a.m. - 2 p.m. CDTBarbecue, burgoo, games for young and old!Grand prize: $3000 cashLicense #0290Bennett and Mary Sue Ligon of Morganfield, Kentucky,enjoy a visit with Sister Michele at the annual donorappreciation event. Bennett is the nephew of SisterMartha Ann Cargile (deceased) and a longtime friend ofthe Ursuline community.9

U r s u l i n e s A L I V EIn the Joy of Eternal LifeThe union of prayer which exists among us continuesafter we enter eternal life. Through prayer, the bondof love which unites us forms a vital link with thosewho have died. (From The Ursuline Way of Life)Sister Bertha Marie Nally, 85, diedOctober 6 in the 64th year of herreligious life. A native of Springfield,Kentucky, she taught for 35 yearsin the Archdiocese of Louisville andthe Diocese of Owensboro. She alsoministered in health care at Mount SaintJoseph. Survivors include nieces andnephews, and her Ursuline Sisters.Sister Mary Beatrice Donahue, 96, died October 15 inher 75th year as an Ursuline Sister. Shewas a native of Holy Cross, Kentucky.An educator for 51 years, she taughtin the Archdiocese of Louisville and theDiocese of Owensboro, and in southernIndiana. Two of her sisters were alsoUrsuline Sisters of Mount Saint Joseph— Sister Rose Catherine, who died in1977, and Sister Jane Frances, who died in 2001. She issurvived by nieces and nephews, and her Ursuline Sisters.Sister Martha Ann Cargile, 91, died October 17 inher 74th year in religious life. A native of Morganfield,Kentucky, she was an educator for morethan 40 years. She taught at MountSaint Joseph Academy and for 23 yearswas a member of the Brescia Collegechemistry faculty. She later served in theBrescia Alumni Office. She was a medicaltechnologist at Owensboro-DaviessCounty Hospital and served in ministryto the sick of St. Stephen Cathedral Parish, Owensboro.She is survived by a nephew, Bennett Stroud Ligon,Jr., of Morganfield and his family, and by her UrsulineSisters.Sister Mary Carolita Young, 93, died November 29 in her74th year as an Ursuline Sister. She wasa native of St. Mary in Marion County,Kentucky. An educator for more than 60years, she was a teacher and librarian inKentucky, New Mexico, Nebraska, andMissouri. After her retirement, she served10 years part time in the communitylibrary at Mount Saint Joseph. Survivors include niecesand nephews, and her Ursuline Sisters.Sister Mildred (Aloysius Marie) Barr, 85, diedDecember 12 in her 66th year as an Ursuline Sister.An educator for 45 years, she taught in Kentucky,New Mexico, Nebraska, and Missouri. A gifted artist,she taught art at Mount Saint JosephAcademy and in many other schools. Shealso served in the prayer house at MountSaint Joseph and was director of thegift shop and of the museum. Survivorsinclude her sisters, Mary Lillian Hamilton,Owensboro; Ruth Ann Mayfield, Philpot;Janet Goff, Rome; and Angela MarieDillard, Franklin; and brothers, Louis B. and HermanJ. Barr, Owensboro; Gerald L. and Frederick A. Barr,Whitesville; nieces and nephews, and her Ursuline Sisters.Sister Mary Rosita Willett, 88, died February 21in her 68th year of religious life. She was a native ofWaverly, Kentucky. An educator for 49 years, she wasteacher and principal in Kentucky and New Mexico.She served as supervisor of OwensboroCatholic Schools. She was a member ofthe Department of Education at BresciaCollege, where she was also registrar andadministrative assistant in the MinistryFormation office. She served in admissionsat Mount Saint Joseph Academy andin hospitality ministry for Mount SaintJoseph Conference and Retreat Center. Survivors includeher sisters, Sister Dorothy Marie Willett, Maple Mount;Kathleen Dunkel, Englewood, Ohio; and Doris Trapp,Mount Carmel, Illinois; and a brother, Joseph VernonWillett, Evansville, Indiana; nieces and nephews, and herUrsuline Sisters.Sister Mary Ethelreda Hayden, 91, died February 25in her 73rd year of religious life. She was a native ofFancy Farm, Kentucky. Sister Ethelredaministered as a homemaker in Ursulineconvents in Kentucky and New Mexico,and for 36 years she taught in Kentucky,Missouri, New Mexico, and Nebraska.Survivors include her sisters, FrancesGoode of Paducah and Mary ElizabethWillett of Boaz, nieces and nephews, andher Ursuline Sisters.Memorial gifts may take the form of donationsto the Ursuline Sisters of Mount Saint Joseph, 8001Cummings Road, Maple Mount, KY 42356.10

S p r i n g 2 0 0 7Development Statement of AccountabilityYour generosity to the Ursuline Sisters enables us to continue our mission while caring for our sickand elderly members. The charts and corresponding audited figures (FY 2006) below illustrate yourcontributions and our stewardship of them in the current gift fund categories. If you have questions,please call Sister Suzanne Sims at (270) 229-2008.Contributions 2005-2006RECENT FUNDING 2005-20062.29%Restricted1.29% Chile MissionsResidenceHallexpenditures of funds 2005-2006EXPENDITURE OF FUNDS 2005-20060.95%1.29% Chile0.95% Residence Hall53.63%55.11%UnrestrictedBequestsRetirement14.69%25.66%Retirement FundU.S. MinistryOtherPicnic6.37%Admin3.81%8.00%15.48%Quilt Club10.47%R E V E N U EUnrestricted 378,046.02Restricted 15,728.29Chile ministry 8,856.59Residence Hall (St. Joseph Villa) 6,540.62Bequests 100,773.97Retirement 43,677.00Quilt Club 26,108.24Picnic (Retirement) 106,219.07E X P E N S E SRetirement fund 176,004.31Residence Hall (St. Joseph Villa) 6,540.62Chile ministry 8,856.59U.S. ministries 367,845.07Administration 71,823.00Other 54,880.21TOTAL 685,949.80TOTAL 685,949.80PENSION PROTECTION ACT 2006Available only in 2007Give my IRA to the Ursuline Sisters . . . without reporting it to the IRS as income?Help the Sisters and pay less in taxes?Yes! Donate IRA funds up to $100,000 by December 31, 2007, and reap tax benefits.Other Provisions of this Law:R Donor must be age 70.5+R Direct the IRA funds to the charity during your lifetime (enjoy it now!)R Make donation directly by the IRA trustee to the Ursuline SistersR Donor may not receive any benefit from the charity for the contributionAsk your tax advisor about the “qualified charitable contribution” from your IRA TODAY.Call Sister Suzanne Sims, OSU, at (270) 229-2008 or write her: ssims@maplemount.org11

NON-PROFIT ORG.U.S. POSTAGEPAIDPERMIT NO. 120OWENSBORO KY42301Soli Deo GloriaWe rejoice in the gifts of our sisters, given for the kingdom of GodSister Cecelia Joseph Olinger has been appointed by SantaFe Archbishop Michael J. Sheehan asparish coordinator of the Tewa (TAY-wa)Missions. These include the churches ofTesuque, San Ildefonso, and Santa Clarapueblos, located in the Rio Grande valleynorth of Santa Fe. Prior to being namedparish coordinator, Sister Cecelia Josephserved as pastoral associate with the TewaMissions for four years. Altogether, she hasministered 13 years in New Mexico, including teaching at St.Anthony Indian Mission, Zuni, and St. Joseph School, San Fidel.She has also been a teacher in schools in Kentucky and Missouri.Sister Margaret Ann Zinselmeyer hascompleted a master’s degree in EarlyChildhood Education from the Universityof Memphis. For the past 12 years, she hasministered at Hope House Day Care Centerin Memphis, where she is currently assistantdirector. Hope House is a nonprofit agencycommitted to family-centered, communitybased,coordinated care for children ages sixweeks through six years who are infected oraffected by HIV and AIDS. Sister Margaret Ann also assists in theministry of the Dorothy Day House of Hospitality in Memphis.In December 2006, Sister Monica Seaton completed herbachelor’s degree in Special Education fromBrescia University, Owensboro, Kentucky.She also earned Kentucky certification inElementary Education P-5 and in Learning/Behavioral Disorders P-12. A native ofOwensboro, Sister Monica made hertemporary profession in January 2004. She iscurrently ministering as a special educationteacher at Daviess County High School in Owensboro.Sisters Marietta Wethingtonand Ann McGrew recentlycompleted the program of theHesychia School of SpiritualDirection at the RedemptoristRenewal Center near Tucson,Arizona. This program ofstudy, prayer, and reflectionaims to deepen the participants’ spiritual life and aid them in theirdiscernment as spiritual directors. Both sisters are team members ofthe Spiritual Direction Institute at Mount Saint Joseph Conferenceand Retreat Center. They assist with directed retreats at the Center andelsewhere and meet with persons seeking individual spiritual direction.Sister Ann is program director for the Center, and Sister Marietta isco-director of Ursuline Partnerships for the Ursuline Community.Sister Rumi Umezu, an Ursuline from Sendai, Japan, came halfway around the world for a“sabbatical time” with the Ursulines of Mount Saint Joseph. Arriving in early October, she returnedhome in late January. After six years as superior of the Japanese province of the Canadian Unionof Ursulines, she needed a break to prepare for her new ministry as director of novices. At theMount, she endeared herself to everyone she met. Besides being with the sisters for meals, prayer,and other activities, she spent much time in prayer and spiritual reading, studying English andknitting. She enjoyed the beauty of nature at the Mount and in other parts of Kentucky and Indianawhere she visited. Sister Rumi finds exchanges between countries to be positive and essential for realunderstanding. “Living among the people is the best way for us to understand each other — likeJesus,” she says. “Jesus came to this earth and lived among us. And He is still living among us.”Photo: Sister Lois Lindle, local community life coordinator atMount Saint Joseph, shares a farewell embrace with Sister Rumi.