The Ursuline Sisters of the Roman Union were honored by the Catholic Schools office in the Archdiocese of New York on Friday, October 19th at St. Frances de Chantal Church in the Bronx. Honoring @UrsulineSisters of the Roman Union for their service to #CatholicEducation in the @NY_Arch at our Annual Fall Principals’ Mass #ThankYou #FaithBased #FutureForward Sr. Jane Finnerty, Provincial,…
Bridget Puzon, O.S.U. As we pray this Pentecost Sunday, “Send forth your Spirit and renew the face of the earth,” we might well invoke the Spirit, while acknowledging the astronomical changes in our understanding of God’s creation: “Renew the face of the cosmos”—of which we are a part (not the whole). Genesis 1:1: In the…
On Saturday, November 9th, Sr. Jeannie Humphries, O.S.U. drove Sr. May Sullivan, Sr. Jackie DaSilva and Sr. Alrie Giordano up to Soul Fire Farm in Grafton, New York. Founded in 2011, this farm seeks to end racism in the food system and reclaim ancestral connections to the land. The Sisters were greeted warmly and were…
SECOND SUNDAY OF ADVENT From St. Paul’s letter to the Philippians 1: 4-6, 8-11 Brothers and sisters: I pray always with joy in my every prayer for all of you, because of your partnership for the gospel from the first day until now. I am confident of this, that the one who…
The watercolor Redemption and accompanying poem are by Sr. Anne Therese Dillen, OSU. WHAT IF…? Anne Therese Dillen, O.S.U. What if Lent, this lengthy entry into Spring — bereft of birdsong, flowers, warmth: a “fast” perhaps, but slow – What if this unwelcome word took on a different cast? Instead of time without —…
Happy Feast Day! Today, April 30th, is the Feast Day of the Saint Marie of the Incarnation, an Ursuline Sister who was born in Tours, France in the 16th century. God’s graces inspired her to go beyond her borders of the French Ursuline monastery and venture forth to Canada, New France in 1639 to educate…