Second history video details the formative years of 1885-1895

The second in our monthly series of videos depicting the history of the Ursuline Sisters of Mount Saint Joseph focuses on the formative years from 1885-1895. A young Sister Aloysius Willett makes her mark on the young community, which she would ultimately lead through the first two decades of the 20th century. The Ursuline Sisters…

Sisters and Associates make blankets for women’s shelter

As part of Catholic Sisters Week, Ursuline Sisters and Associates spent March 11 and 12, 2024, making blankets to donate to an Owensboro, Ky., emergency shelter for women and children. The volunteers made 15 blankets out of fleece. Two yards of fleece were laid on top of the other, and then the sides were cut…

Quilting Friends return to help support the Ursuline Sisters

It started for Beverly Howell in the 1970s when her aunt gave her a hexagon-shaped template made from a cereal box. Howell used the template to cut fabric pieces, then her aunt taught her to sew them together. Before she knew it, another quilter was born. “It gets in your blood, you keep going,” she…

Sister Vivian Bowles finds inspiration in daily reflection

Sister Vivian Bowles shares her reading preferences as we continue our series “How We Observe Lent,” and offers a recipe for crab pasta and salad for those meatless Fridays. “I received a free ‘Reading for the Day’ on my phone from the Augustine Institute. It is called AMEN. After the Mass reading for the day,…

Sister Jane Falke reflects, then seeks actions to take during Lent

To help us journey through Lent in 2024, we asked the Ursuline Sisters of Mount Saint Joseph about a favorite book they read during these 40 days, or perhaps a favorite meatless meal recipe. We call this feature “How We Observe Lent.” Each week of Lent features a different Sister’s spiritual practice. Our contribution today…

Sisters Spring Retreat focuses on prayer and forgiveness

The Ursuline Sisters’ Spring Retreat the week of March 4-8, 2024, brought the return of Marie Dennis to the Motherhouse, a noted nonviolence expert sharing her thoughts on “Diving Into a Sea of Prayer.” Dennis is senior director of the Catholic Nonviolence Initiative, a program of Pax Christi International, where she was co-director from 2007-19.…

Divine Light – the Story of the Motherhouse Chapel Windows

In 2008, Ursuline Sisters Annalita Lancaster and Vicki Cravens worked together to produce the booklet “Divine Light: The Story of the Windows and Appointments of the Motherhouse Chapel of the Ursuline Sisters of Mount Saint Joseph.” It’s a beautiful booklet featuring large color photos of the stained glass windows in the Chapel and the stories…

Reflective Moments with Angela March 2024

By Sister Michele Morek Visiting New Mexico about five years ago, Sister Angela Fitzpatrick and I were attending Mass in the Saint Joseph chapel of the Santa Fe cathedral, where we were approached by an elderly little man who said he was a retired janitor. His retirement project was making crosses out of barbed wire,…

Sister Mary Ellen Backes shares her Lenten reading and a recipe

To help us journey through Lent in 2024, we asked the Ursuline Sisters of Mount Saint Joseph about a favorite book they read during these 40 days, or perhaps a favorite meatless meal recipe. We call this feature “How We Observe Lent.” Each week of Lent will feature a different Sister’s spiritual practice. Our contribution…

Sisters share their spiritual practices as they observe Lent

To help us journey through Lent in 2024, we asked the Ursuline Sisters of Mount Saint Joseph about a favorite book they read during these 40 days, or perhaps a favorite meatless meal recipe. We call this feature “How We Observe Lent.” Each week of Lent will feature a different Sister’s spiritual practice. Our contribution…