CONTINUING REFLECTION ON ADVENT
This watercolor painting by Sr. Anne Therese Dillen, O.S.U., featuring two persons and not the apostles, is a symbolic representation of us all as we “look up” in expectation, sometimes forgetting that we need look only around us and within us to find the risen Jesus. “MEN of GALILEE, WHY DO YOU STAND LOOKING UP?”…
Memories of childhood visits to scenes of the Bethlehem stable are treasures. It seemed that Christmas was especially for children. We have St. Francis of Assisi to thank for bringing us the reality of the poor stable. And I have a pastor to thank for setting up a nearly life-sized stable in a school yard….
One of Sister Geraldine Kennedy’s Ursuline Sisters remembers her walking up the stairs of the courthouse in Brooklyn with a heavy legal briefcase. Her mission was to advocate for an elderly person in need of her legal expertise through the Brooklyn Legal Services which, for 17 years, is one of many ways she has worked…
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…
Bridget Puzon, O.S.U. In high school at The Ursuline School in New Rochelle, Alice discovered the intellectual life through the rigorous curriculum and thorough teaching of the various high school subjects. She loved the school and developed an admiration for teaching as a vocation. Alice went to the College of New Rochelle, a member of…
On May 9, 2019, Ursuline sisters-Sr. Jane Finnerty, Sr. Eileen Finnerty, Sr. Mary Alice Duggan, Sr. Maureen McCarthy, Sr Pascal Conforti, Sr. Jackie DaSilva, and Sr. Alice Marie Giordano attended Lifeway Network’s Event towards Life. Here are some pictures. Sr. Joan Dawber , Founder and Director, presented the 2019 Freedom Award to Lauren Hersh, “Director…