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Sr. Maureen Welch, OSU, is in the midst of her immersion experience in Thailand and Cambodia en route to the Enlarged General Meeting in North Sydney, Australia next week. This is an update on her travels to Cambodia. “Today we not only visited but travelled the roads and bridges our “Roads to Learning” funds helped…
Sr. Maureen Welch, O.S.U. is in the midst of her immersion experience in Thailand which is a prelude to her participation in the Enlarged General Meeting (EGC) in early October. (See post from earlier this week). She, along with Sr. Jane Finnerty, O.S.U., are going to update us as they can with photos, reflections, etc….
Sr. Jane Finnerty, O.S.U., Provincial for the Ursuline Sisters of the Eastern Province, leaves Sunday, September 18, 2016 for the Enlarged General Council (EGC) in North Sydney, Australia. The theme of the meeting is: “From exclusion to encounter: As daughters of Angela, empowered and transformed by the Holy Spirit, how do we open our…
Left to right: Cathy Rowan, Chair of the Board of the Leviticus Fund, Pat Russell, OSU, Maureen Welch, OSU, Geraldine Kennedy, OSU, Jane Finnerty, OSU and Greg Maher, Executive Director of the Leviticus Fund. On May 25, at the Annual Meeting of the Leviticus Fund, Cathy Rowan, Chair of the Board of the Leviticus…
In 2015 Ursulines celebrate the anniversary of religious profession of eleven sisters. It is a time to rejoice with them on their years of dedication and with gratitude for their service, in various forms, to the people of God. The following Ursulines are celebrating their Jubilees in 2015: 70 Years Anne Curry First Profession –…
Behind the facts of their lives, we celebrate the dedication represented in their 75, 60, and 50 years as Ursulines. The short biographies reveal only a portion of what they did over a lifetime, in dedicated ministry and faithful prayer, and at the same time we can admire and rejoice in their achievements. 75 Years…
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…
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…
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….
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,…
On the anniversary of their religious profession we honor the Ursulines who have dedicated their lives to God and who have faithfully served others and the church. A celebration of their profession of the vows of poverty, chastity, and obedience in the Eastern Province of Ursulines of the Roman Union, will be held in May….
On April 3rd, the 17th Annual Gala Benefit Dinner will be celebrated at The Fountainhead in New Rochelle. The Adult Learning Center is a non-profit, volunteer based mission formed in 1997 by a group of Ursuline sisters. It was created to increase the economic and social empowerment of immigrants with low to moderate income through…