By Sister Michele Morek In the novitiate I worked in the Diet Kitchen with Sister Mary Laura, who would sing “Don’t let the stars get in your eyes …” but I beg to differ. Now eagerly awaiting the Green Comet and the end of cloudy weather, I have been reflecting on how I love stars,…
Students from Mary Carrico Catholic School in Knottsville, Ky., came to Maple Mount on Jan. 30, 2023, to square dance and sing for the Sisters in Saint Joseph Villa. Each year during Catholic Schools Week, Sister Mary Celine Weidenbenner, a teacher at Mary Carrico since 2007, brings the students to the Mount. Many years ago,…
When she moved to Owensboro in 2021 after 32 years in Florida, Janice Luckock knew she wanted to buy a “big old Victorian house.” She found what she was looking for at 514 St. Ann St., in downtown Owensboro. “When I walked in the door, I knew it was my house,” she said. “I kept…
On Jan. 27, 2023, Ursuline Sister Marie Montgomery celebrated her 100th birthday with a party in the Rainbow Room at Saint Joseph Villa. Sister Marie is the oldest Sister in the community, and has been an Ursuline for 79 years. She was a teacher for most of those years, with a few years in Kentucky…
Ursuline Sister Mimi Ballard has been organizing fiber arts classes for 26 years at Casa Ursulina, the Ursuline ministry in Chillán, Chile. And yet she never knows when she will be called to minister in a different way to people who come to her door. When the Covid pandemic hit in March 2020, Casa Ursulina…
Our hearts are grieving as we learn of the shootings in Monterey Park, Calif., another act of mass violence. We all feel helpless when facing this senseless destruction. But Jesus tells us in Matthew 5:4, “Blessed are they who mourn, for they will be comforted.” The Ursuline Sisters of Mount Saint Joseph ask you to…
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…
Ursuline Sister Cheryl Clemons is presenting “Our Human Desires: Identifying, Strengthening, and Converting the Longings of our Heart” via Zoom with The West Virginia Institute for Spirituality. The program is Friday, March 3, 2023, from 6-8 p.m. (EST) and Saturday, March 4, from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. (EST). Sister Cheryl describes the program this…
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…
