Marie-Celine Miranda, O.S.U. Christmas is coming. Time to celebrate. What are we really celebrating? All the stores seem to be celebrating, but people these days look pretty bushed, as far as I can see. It’s the birth of a baby, a long time ago. For a baby born a long time ago it’s a pretty…
Bridget Puzon, O.S.U. The Year of Consecrated Life began on the First Sunday of Advent and will end on February 2, 2016, the World Day of Consecrated life. The year also marks the 50th anniversary of Perfectae Caritatis, a decree on religious life, and Lumen Gentium, the Second Vatican Council’s Constitution on the Church. Pope…
Statement of Support for President Obama’s Executive Decision on Immigration Leadership Teams of the Ursuline Sisters of the Roman Union in the United States The Ursuline Sisters of the Roman Union in the United States join the Leadership Conference of Women Religious (LCWR) in welcoming President Barack Obama’s decision to use his constitutional authority to…
The Advent watercolor of Mary and accompanying poem are by Sr. Anne Therese Dillen, OSU. ADVENT REFLECTION Waiting … Time will not be pushed, nor will the stubborn soil. Slowly, in the dark, seeds grow in silence, Till – ready to emerge – they nudge the earth to open And, womb-like, Gaia births and feeds…
Author Sister Irene Mahoney, resident at Andrus on Hudson, has written a book about a 98-year-old resident, Anthony (Tony) Tozzi, that developed out of their dining room conversations. A recognized author of biographies and novels, Irene realized that his story would be worth telling, and she spoke about doing a book on Tony. Tony’s reaction…
Sr. Mary Shea, O.S.U.August 2, 1943 – September 29, 2014 Sister Mary Shea died unexpectedly on Monday, September 29, 2014. She was 71 years old. Mary was currently working at The Ursuline School Testing Center from 2012. Prior to that, in 2011 to 2012, she was a substitute teacher for the New Rochelle Board of…
On September 23rd heads of State will meet at the UN for a Global Summit on Climate Change. Before this happens thousands of people from different places in the world will come together in New York City for the People’s Climate Change March. This is scheduled for September 21st, at 11:30 beginning at Columbus Circle….
Sr. Kathryn Fitz-Gerald, O.S.U.Feb. 25, 1914 – July 15, 2014 Sister Kathryn Fitz-Gerald, formerly Mother Barbara, died peacefully at Andrus on Hudson on July 15, 2014. She was 100 years old. Kathryn entered the Ursulines on Feb. 25, 1933, and she made her final vows on August 26, 1938. She was a member of the…
Sister Jean Marie Humphries (Jeannie), an Ursuline educator and graduate of the Academy of Mount St. Ursula, has assumed the position of Principal there as of July 2014. Jeannie has consistently brought energy and dedication to education as her ministry since her profession as an Ursuline in 1999. After earning a Ph.D. in Language, Literacy,…
Sr. Winifred Danwitz, O.S.U.June 25, 1920 – April 29, 2014 Sister Winifred Danwitz (baptismal name Helen) died peacefully at Andrus on Hudson on Tuesday, April 29, 2014. She was 93. Her achievement and legacy began in 1961 when she founded and then administered until 1997 the Mount St. Ursula Speech Center, serving at risk children…