The Ursuline Sisters kicked off their celebration of 150 years since their arrival at Maple Mount with a reception and performance of the original one-act play “Legacy Sisters” on Jan. 27, 2024, the Feast of Saint Angela Merici. Ursuline Associates, alumnae of Mount Saint Joseph Academy, Ursuline Sisters and other guests gathered in Maple Hall…
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Reflective Moments with Angela
By Sister Michele Morek While praying over this reflection for the New Year, I kept glancing up at the World Wildlife Foundation calendar on my wall. I can always find a distraction, but this one was persistent! I kept looking at the picture of a group of little Emperor Penguin chicks huddling against the bitter…
Reflective Moments with Angela
By Sister Michele Morek November 2023 Am I writing “backward” reflections? It just occurred to me that – in contrast to other Reflections with Angela that I remember reading – I may be coming in the back door. Most of the other reflections seem to start with a quote or a historical incident in the…
Quilting Friends return to share their talents that benefit the Sisters
Beverly Howell and her friend Jean Person loaded their car with a trunkload of donated fabric and made the trip from southeast Tennessee to Maple Mount this week to attend the gathering of Quilting Friends. “I was interested in being able to help,” Howell said. “I came in 2020 before the campus was shut down…
Janice Luckock finds two homes with the Ursuline Sisters
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…
Sister Marie Montgomery celebrates her 100th birthday
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…
Reflective Moments with Angela October 2021
By Sister Nancy Liddy Many of the visitors to Maple Mount may be familiar with the statue of Saint Angela Merici in our Mount Saint Joseph Chapel. Once housed in the rotunda of the former motherhouse of the Ursulines of Paola, Kan., the statue has graced our chapel for over 10 years. Although I appreciate…
Precious Blood Parish honors Sister Rosanne Spalding for 60 years of serving the Church
In September 1960, Precious Blood Parish in Owensboro was blessed as the newest church in the Diocese of Owensboro. The next day, the Ursuline Sisters of Mount Saint Joseph opened the school there. That same week, a young woman named Elizabeth Rose Spalding departed her home in Springfield, Ky., for the three-hour drive to Maple…
Sheila Ward A’71 is on a Mission
Sheila Ward, a member of the Mount Saint Joseph Academy class of 1971, has been to Kenya four times. While Kenya may not be the top tourist destination for many, Sheila finds it exhilarating, but also exhausting and heartbreaking all at the same time. She began her work there in 2006 when she traveled with…
Reflective Moments May 2020
Someone, unknown to me, tells us the purpose of words is to teach, inspire and motivate. Someone else, also unknown to me, gives us the word, THINK, to help us reflect on our words. T – are they true? H – are they helpful? I – are they inspiring? N – are they necessary? K…