ADVENT REFLECTION

Happy St. Patrick’s Day! Today we celebrate the Feast day of St. Patrick. Some fun traditions include wearing green and eating corn beef and cabbage. Some of us celebrate by saying St. Patrick’s “Breastplate” prayer or by attending mass for this 4th century missionary who was able to bring Christianity to a great many people…
St. Ursula was one of the favorite heroes in the early days of Christianity. She is part of the saintly legends, favored by the simple and uneducated peasants of the early period time when few could read, and stories were told and retold. When we examine the history or lack thereof of Ursula, we ask…
Today is the anniversary of the foundation of the Company of Saint Ursula by St Angela Merici in 1535. She especially chose this feast of St Catherine of Alexandria showing us the example of her witness to Christ… We pray on this feast for all the daughters of Angela across the world… (Ursuline Sisters of…
Today we celebrate the Feast of St. Ursula. The statue pictured on the left is in front of the Ursuline School, New Rochelle, NY created by Sr. Justin McKiernan, OSU (dec. 1993). The picture with the statue in the blue backdrop is at the Academy of Mount St. Ursula, Bronx, NY. O Ursula Autumn…
During this critical post-election time, the USA Roman Union Ursuline Leadership teams invite our sisters and collaborators to commit ourselves to engage in prayer
To day we celebrate the 482nd anniversary of the Foundation of the Ursuline Order. On this day St. Angela Merici gathered with 28 of her companions and after attending Mass they signed their names in the Book of the Company. Happy Anniversary to all those who claim Angela as their foundress!