Heartbeats November 2020
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“Jetta’s Story” by Sr. Martha Counihan, OSU Now Available
Congratulations to Martha Counihan whose book Jetta’s Story has been published. Jetta Hendel Gordon was a Jewish Yugoslav teenager who fled to Rome after the Nazi takeover of Yugoslavia. In September 1943 Jetta, along with several other Jewish refugees, was hidden at our Generalate. Martha has done extensive research in the Archives at the Generalate…
Feast Day of St. Angela Merici is January 27th
St. Angela Merici’s story… The Ursuline Sisters (aka “The Ursulines”) were founded by St. Angela Merici in Brescia, Italy in 1535. St. Angela’s vision offered a new kind of religious life for women to dedicate their lives to God and to the service of others while living among the people. This new company of women,…
TO BUILD A SHELTER
Bridget Puzon, O.S.U. An article by John Allen in the National Catholic Reporter (July 9, 2012) resonated with some of what I have felt about the present political climate and perhaps overlapping with the effect of the Catholic church’s official positions. Allen pays tribute to the many years of principled, faithful service of John Carr…
Today is Saint Angela Merici’s Birthday!
Today we celebrate the birthday of Saint Angela Merici, who founded the Ursuline Order in 1535. This day in 1474 (543 years ago), she was born in Desenzano del Garda, Italy. Angela Merici lived on Lake Garda with her parents and sister, her closest companions. Angela diligently worked on her father’s farm and was also…
Statement of the Ursuline Sisters of the Eastern Province regarding the closure of Catholic Schools
New Rochelle, NY – We, the Ursuline Sisters of the Eastern Province, stand in solidarity and prayer with the students, parents, faculty, staff, administrators, and parish personnel of the twenty Catholic schools that will be closing throughout the New York Archdiocese. The news of these closures is devastating to all. These schools have been a…
Ursuline Sisters are participating in #GivingTuesdayNow Campaign
Contribute online or by sending a check addressed to: Ursuline Provincialate 1338 North Ave New Rochelle, NY 10801 #GivingTuesdayNow is a new global day of giving and unity that will take place on May 5, 2020 – in addition to the regularly scheduled Dec 1, 2020 #GivingTuesday. Created as an emergency response to the unprecedented…