Mass of Remembrance
Rev. Larry Snyder, President and CEO of Catholic Charities USA, presented the Prioress of the Ursuline Sisters of New Orleans, Sister Carla Dolce, O.S.U., with a Centennial Medal for the order’s long history providing services to people in need, particularly women and children seeking shelter, education and nurturing in early America. The medal was presented…
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. 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…
Bridget Puzon, O.S.U. When the plane touched down in Johannesburg, Sister Jane Finnerty began her journey to meet the Ursulines in South Africa and Botswana. As her pre-General Chapter visit to another province, she chose this province in particular because of her desire to see the work of the many sisters from the Eastern Province…
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!