January, 2018 Jubilarians!
Congratulations to Sr. Ann Duggan, Sr. Jeanne Brennan, Sr. Martha Gleason and Sr. Anne Walsh who celebrated their 70th and 60th jubilees on January 16th. The Ursuline Sisters have been blessed by the gift of their vocation and ministries throughout the years!
St. Angela Merici’s Feast Day is January 27th!
Happy Feast Day!!! Today is the Feast of St. Angela Merici. She was an amazing woman. At the age of 65, in 1535, she founded the Ursuline Sisters. Angela gathered women together for prayer, community and reflection. The women were to serve others by meeting the needs of the times. Angela’s wonderful words of advice…
Christmas Greetings!
Christmas, 2017 Dear Friends of the Ursuline Sisters, Each Christmas, we remember that moment when God “came into the world as light, so that everyone who believes might not remain in darkness.” (John 12:46) When we turn towards Jesus, as Mary and Joseph did on that first Christmas, God’s light is reflected within us….
Advent Reflection
Miriam Cleary, O.S.U. (As you may know, Sr. Miriam Cleary died on November 23rd. She wrote this beautiful Advent Reflection just two years ago. We are blessed to read it again.) “With Bible in hand I slip behind a wall of time to walk with the women on the way to the tomb.” With Bible in…
Sr. Miriam Cleary, OSU
Sr. Miriam Clearly, formerly known as Mother Ancilla, died on November 23, 2017 at Andrus-on-Hudson, Hastings, NY where she had lived since 2016. Miriam was born in New Rochelle to Mary Helen Ball and Harold J. Cleary in 1925. She graduated from The Ursuline School, and then from The College of New Rochelle with a…
November 25th is the 482 Anniversary of the Foundation of the Ursuline Order!
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!
Ursulines attend “Environmental Activism for the Long Haul: The Energizing vision of Pope Francis’ Laudato Si” Conference
Sr. Mary Sullivan, Sr. Dee Yanshak, Sr. Carole Marie Keaney, Sr. Alice Marie Giordano and Sr. Jackie DaSilva attended this conference on October 25, 2017 at the Mariandale Center in Ossining, NY. The keynote speaker was Rev. Terrence J. Moran. There was a panel discussion and an activist from Paris spoke about the support she…
Feast of St. Ursula is Saturday, October 21st.
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…
Ursuline Sisters Public Statement: The DREAM Act of 2017.
URSULINE SISTERS OF THE ROMAN UNION, UNITED STATES PROVINCES PUBLIC STATEMENT: THE DREAM ACT OF 2017 We, the Ursuline Sisters of the Roman Union, United States Provinces, stand with our Catholic Bishops in support of the Dream Act of 2017 (S1615). This past Sunday evening, October 8, the Trump Administration Immigration Policy priorities were issued. We…