The month of November is dedicated to the Holy Souls in Purgatory. The church commemorates all the faithful who have departed from this life, but have not yet attained the joys of heaven. In honor of our deceased, below is biographical information about Sister Rosina Sedelmeier, the first Ursuline Sister to die here at Maple…
Sisters of the Past
Mother Veronica Schmitt
Note: In 2005 the Ursuline Sisters of Belleville merged with the Ursuline Sisters of Mount Saint Joseph. In 1910, the Ursuline Sisters of Mount Calvary in Germany (Calvarienberg) came to the United States to teach in North Dakota. The community grew over the years and in 1930, after Calvarienberg’s revised Constitutions were approved by Rome,…
Oral History Project
We are proud to announce the debut of the Ursuline Sisters of Mount Saint Joseph Oral History Project. Beginning in February 2013, the Archives and Development Office have been interviewing Ursuline Sisters about their lives as religious. Most interviews will include information about the sisters’ childhood, early education, vocation discernment, ministries they have served and…
Miracles Attributed to Father Paul Volk
Father Paul Joseph Volk was regarded during his life and even after by all who knew him to be a saint. His tireless work in the vineyard for the salvation of souls is legendary. The month of October is, among other things, a time to give special emphasis to archives. The Kentucky Archives Month’s theme…
Ursuline Sister Describes Schooldays in Gay Nineties
Ursuline Sister Describes Schooldays in Gay Nineties By Ann Tichenor The Mount Vol. 30 No. 3 Page 3 Feb. 20, 1953 “We were always glad to get a clean, starched one,” explained Sister William [Hite], O.S.U., in an interview as she told of the gingham dresses she wore as a student of MSJ in the…
Sanctity’s Mother Tongue
Every month the pope lists two prayer intentions for Christians to focus on for that given time. Here is what Pope Francis has given us for September: Value of Silence. That people today, often overwhelmed by noise, may rediscover the value of silence and listen to the voice of God and their brothers and sisters.…
Camp Ursuline, Paola
A summer project for the Ursuline Sisters of Paola was a summer camp for little girls which began in 1941 on the campus of Ursuline Academy. Mother Jerome Schaub chose Sister Roberta Allen to direct the camp and was its enthusiastic supporter while she was active. Thirty years of camping at Ursuline tells a story…
Sister Alberta Birkhead
The daughter of George and Alberta Abell Birkhead, Ernestine was born in Ensor, Kentucky on January 12, 1896. At age eighteen, Ernestine entered the novitiate at Mount St. Joseph in September 1914. She received the Ursuline habit and the name Sister Alberta on December 30, 1914. In 1915, Sister Alberta spent a few months teaching…
Ursuline Sisters of Paola Beginnings
The following information was taken from “The Yes Heard Round the World,” a history of the Ursuline Sisters of Paola from 1895-1975. The year 1858 saw the establishment of the Ursuline Sisters in Louisville, Kentucky. Their motherhouse saw the expansion of many schools and other motherhouses including the Ursuline Sisters of Mount Saint Joseph and…
The Sorority Sister Who Became a Religious Sister
At the age of 31, Nan McCue entered the Ursuline Sisters of Mount Saint Joseph. Taking the name Sister Mary Celeste, between the years 1929-1962 she served as typist for community administration, coached dramatics and taught in the commercial department of the Academy, was assistant bookeeper to the community treasurer, postmistress at Maple Mount Post…