Sr. Joanne Desmond, OSU, formerly known as Mother Mary Kevin, graduated as class president from the Ursuline Academy, Wilmington, DE, and attended Immaculata College before entering the Ursuline Order in 1947. Sister Joanne graduated from the College of New Rochelle with a B.A. in History, and also holds an M.A. in Musicology from the Catholic…
One of Sister Geraldine Kennedy’s Ursuline Sisters remembers her walking up the stairs of the courthouse in Brooklyn with a heavy legal briefcase. Her mission was to advocate for an elderly person in need of her legal expertise through the Brooklyn Legal Services which, for 17 years, is one of many ways she has worked…
Clearly, Sr. Kathleen Mary Donohue has a good sense of humor as she is a life-long Boston Red Sox fan while living in “New York Yankee country” as she calls it where she has spent the majority of her 50 years as an Ursuline Sister. Her vocation, born in “Red Sox Country” in Norwich, CT,…
“Things are going very well here, we live on the edge of the wildlife reserve, and the hippos roam the neighborhood at night, I wake to the sounds of the guinea fowl or the cries of the bush babies. It is an “insect enriched environment” with no screens on my windows I have no idea what…
Sr. Bernadette Mackay, OSU was recognized in December for 25 years of devoted service to the Orlando Diocese as Director of the Mission Office. Congratulations to Sr. Bernie!
October 11, 2016 was the Fifth International Day of the Girl. Seventeen Academy of Mount St. Ursula students, accompanied by Ms. Brianne O’Hare and Sr. Alice Marie, OSU, attended the Girls’ Speak Out in the EcoSoc Chamber of the UN. Girl Advocates moderated the event and spoke about the issues of marginalized girls, girls in…
Sr. Maureen Welch, OSU, is in the midst of her immersion experience in Thailand and Cambodia en route to the Enlarged General Meeting in North Sydney, Australia next week. This is an update on her travels to Cambodia. “Today we not only visited but travelled the roads and bridges our “Roads to Learning” funds helped…
Sr. Maureen Welch, O.S.U. is in the midst of her immersion experience in Thailand which is a prelude to her participation in the Enlarged General Meeting (EGC) in early October. (See post from earlier this week). She, along with Sr. Jane Finnerty, O.S.U., are going to update us as they can with photos, reflections, etc….