Each year brings the celebration of the jubilee of Ursulines on the anniversary of their religious profession, for their faithfulness in dedication to God and in fulfilling the work of service to others entrusted to them by the church. They are honored on the day they made vows of poverty, chastity, and obedience in the…
Emmy award-winning Broadcaster Jane Hanson to serve as Master of Ceremonies New Rochelle, NY… The Adult Learning Center a Mission of Ursuline Social Outreach, will honor His Eminence Timothy Cardinal Dolan, Archbishop of New York, at their annual benefit gala on March 7, 2013. The Adult Learning Center is a non-profit organization created to increase…
Bridget Puzon, O.S.U. After January 13, 2013, the feast of the Baptism of Jesus, the church enters a short period called Ordinary Time. The manger is packed up, the Christmas trees, wreaths, and Christmas cards move out to be recycled. All the festive decorations this year cheered our spirits, restrained from the aftermath of Hurricane…
Marie-Celine Miranda, O.S.U. This will be my 80th Christmas. The first one, I don’t remember. I was six days old. I celebrated Christmas in the hospital, with my mother, in the days when newly-delivered mothers and their babies were allowed about a two-week rest from the traumatic experience of separation they had both just been…
FOURTH SUNDAY OF ADVENT From the prophet Micah 5: 1-4a Thus says the LORD: You, Bethlehem-Ephrathah, too small to be among the clans of Judah, from you shall come forth for me one who is to be ruler in Israel; whose origin is from of old, from ancient times. Therefore the LORD…
THIRD SUNDAY OF ADVENT From St. Paul’s letter to the Philippians 4: 4-7 Brothers and sisters: Rejoice in the Lord always. I shall say it again: rejoice! Your kindness should be known to all. The Lord is near. Have no anxiety at all, but in everything, by prayer and petition, with thanksgiving,…
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…
Dr. Roxanne Zimmer CNR students and faculty establishing the garden bed behind Gill Library. Roxanne Zimmer steers the wheelbarrow. The bounty of the first crop. Think of the blackboard moving out of the classroom. That’s part of why we established a campus garden at the College of New Rochelle. Sharing the harvest with CNR…
New banners displayed on the lampposts in the driveway to the Provincial Center show a redesigned laurel tree and tag line on a field of green. The laurel tree reinforces the image rich with meaning for generations. The laurel tree, used as the symbol for the Roman Union Ursulines of the Eastern Province, has…
China Dreams is a novel by Irene Mahoney, who taught English language at a college in Taiwan. Her experience there opened horizons regarding human interaction in a global society. In this fictional narrative, the first-person narrator goes to Taiwan as a teacher, where she faces the sharp differences between her American culture and that of…