Nothing says summer at Maple Mount like the annual days of corn preparation. On Aug. 2, 2022, the Ursuline Sisters – with help from Ursuline Associate Carolyn McCarty and her husband John – began shucking and cleaning an estimated 1,700 ears of corn from the Mount farm. The Sisters and their staff enjoy the corn…
Sister Sara Marie Gomez, 78, an Ursuline Sister of Mount Saint Joseph, died July 24, 2022, at Mount Saint Joseph, in her 60th year of religious life. She was a native of Gobernador, N.M. Sister Sara Marie was the epitome of hospitality and loved to share her southwestern cooking. She spent 36 years serving in…
Every July for more than 100 years, the Ursuline Sisters come home to Maple Mount for Community Days, a time to reconnect with each other and to discuss community business. Sister Ruth Gehres once again acted as the ubiquitous photographer to chronicle the Community Days of July 13-15, 2022.
The 2022 Summer Retreat for Women Religious brought an opportunity to learn how the mystics explain the spiritual journey as an effort in letting go in order to be received in love. The retreat runs from July 17-22 in the St. Ursula Community Room at Maple Mount. It is led by Father John Ettensohn, a…
With most of the Ursuline Sisters of Mount Saint Joseph at Maple Mount for Community Days, the Sisters gathered at 6 p.m. on July 15, 2022, for a Gratitude Ritual to say goodbye to the building that brought the original Sisters to western Kentucky. Father Paul Joseph Volk built Mount Saint Joseph Academy in 1874,…
Eight of the 10 Ursuline Sisters celebrating jubilees of religious profession in 2022 gathered at the Motherhouse Chapel on July 16 for Mass and a special dinner in their honor. Only Sister Sara Marie Gomez and Sister Katherine Stein -- both celebrating 60 years -- were unable to be part of the special day. Here…
Sister Sharon Sullivan prepares to lead the Ursuline Sisters again.
Do you want to deepen your experience of God’s presence and action in your life? If so, consider joining in the prayer and conversations with an Ursuline Sister and a spiritual director, brought to you by the Mount Saint Joseph Retreat Ministry. Belonging To Love will center on contemplative prayer for peace; within ourselves, beyond…
Play bingo for a chance to win quilts! Quilt Bingo was a huge success in 2019, and makes its return on Sept. 11, 2022, in the Mount Saint Joseph Auditorium. The doors will open at 12:30 p.m. Bingo is from 1 p.m. to 4 p.m. The entry fee is $25 per person, which includes food…
Do you want to deepen your experience of God’s presence and action in your life? If so, consider joining in the prayer and conversations with an Ursuline Sister and a spiritual director, brought to you by the Mount Saint Joseph Retreat Ministry. Belonging To Love will center on contemplative prayer for peace; within ourselves, beyond…
Do you want to deepen your experience of God’s presence and action in your life? If so, consider joining in the prayer and conversations with an Ursuline Sister and a spiritual director, brought to you by the Mount Saint Joseph Retreat Ministry. Belonging To Love will center on contemplative prayer for peace; within ourselves, beyond…
Do you want to deepen your experience of God’s presence and action in your life? If so, consider joining in the prayer and conversations with an Ursuline Sister and a spiritual director, brought to you by the Mount Saint Joseph Retreat Ministry. Belonging To Love will center on contemplative prayer for peace; within ourselves, beyond…
