The Ursuline Sisters of Mount Saint Joseph are a vibrant group of women who continue the call to serve God wherever they see a need. Take a moment to learn more about their lives and how they serve.
Sister Michele Ann Intravia completed her tenure at the Sister Visitor Center in 2020 and in 2021 began serving as agency director for Catholic Charities in Tell City, Ind. Ursuline Sister Michele Ann Intravia thought she would be a teacher all her professional life. Even in her job as manager of operations for the Sister…
more: Sister Michele Ann Intravia finds a new classroom with the poor
(Sister Margaret Marie retired in 2016 and now lives at the Motherhouse, where she is active in the Powerhouse of Prayer.) Ursuline Sister Margaret Marie Greenwell was an educator for 35 years when she heard a voice from the Holy Spirit telling her to go work with the poor. For the past 19 years, she…
more: Sister Margaret Marie Greenwell brings a giving heart to her ministry
(Sister Melissa Tipmore stepped down as transportation coordinator in 2016 after 18 years in the ministry. She serves as the librarian at the Motherhouse.) When Sister Melissa Tipmore was in her first mission at St. Francis of Assisi School in Loretto, Ky., only one of the sisters she lived with was allowed to drive. Times…
Sister Angela Fitzpatrick’s passion has been serving the needs of people in parishes. Today, she continues to serve the elderly in metropolitan Kansas City, helping them stay in their homes by providing service as a CSJ caregiver, a ministry of the Sisters of St. Joseph of Carondelet.
(With refugee resettlement coming to an end during Covid-19, Sister Jane Falke began volunteering with TurnStyles Thrift Store in 2020, which is operated by Catholic Charities of Northeast Kansas.) The quote from Matthew 25:35-36 is stenciled on the chalkboard gray wall behind Sister Jane Falke’s desk at the office of Catholic Charities of Kansas City,…
more: Sister Jane Falke: No time to waste in serving the stranger
(Sister Michele Morek left Brescia in December 2011 to become coalition coordinator for UNANIMA International, a nongovernmental organization of the United Nations. She served in that position until December 2016. From January 2017 to July 2023, she served as the North American liaison for the Global Sisters Report, a part of National Catholic Reporter, which…
more: Sister Michele Morek: Always ready for the next adventure
(Sister Mary Timothy Bland retired as a full-time teacher in 2016, but continued to serve as a substitute teacher at the K-3 Campus until 2019. She is now serving as an assistant in the Motherhouse Archives.) In 1969, two years after she began teaching the third and fourth grade at St. Teresa School in Glennonville,…
more: Sister Mary Timothy Bland: A life in teaching God’s little ones
Sister Ann McGrew completed her ministry at the Retreat Center in 2016, and became director of novices. In 2017, she continued in that role, but also became the local community treasurer at the Motherhouse. On July 17, 2022, she began a four-year term as an elected member of the Leadership Council. Sister Ann McGrew’s mother…
more: Sister Ann McGrew: Making people comfortable on their journey with God
Sister Marcella Schrant completed her ministry at St. John the Evangelist in November 2014, and moved to Maple Mount. She went to heaven on Sept. 25, 2021. Ursuline Sister Marcella Schrant got more than she bargained for in 2004 when, after 59 years as a sister, she accepted her first parish ministry at the tiny…
more: Sister Marcella Schrant: Sharing her joy of life with unbound energy
(Sister Pat Lynch completed her ministry at Emporia State University in 2016 and began serving in elected Ursuline leadership, first as a councilor and then in November 2016, as assistant congregational leader. Since completing her term in July 2022, she is pastoral assistant at St. Agnes Parish in Roeland Park, Kan.) Ursuline Sister Kathleen Condry…
more: Sister Pat Lynch: A presence of joy for college students