“Evening with an Ursuline” deals with healthy grieving

Ursuline Sister Vivian Bowles said loss is an inevitable part of life and grief is a natural part of the healing process during her Sept. 5, 2017, “Evening with an Ursuline” presentation titled “Responding to Our Losses Through Healthy Grieving.”

Each month an Ursuline Sister leads discussion on a topic of which she has expertise at the Mount Saint Joseph Conference and Retreat Center. Sister Vivian began the counseling program at Brescia College/University in Owensboro, Ky., prior to becoming president there.

The next “Evening with an Ursuline” is Oct. 3, when Sister Ruth Gehres discusses “With Great and Longing Heart.” Here are some photos from the Sept. 5 presentation

Sister Vivian Bowles says in dealing with grief and loss, “We have to search those memories to give us the courage to find our strengths.”
Nancy Howard, right, and Sister Alfreda Malone listen to Sister Vivian read a poem about loss called “Memories,” written by Ursuline Sister Grace Simpson.
From left, Ursuline Sisters Mary Agnes VonderHaar, Rose Jean Powers, Rose Marita O’Bryan and Joseph Angela Boone listen to Sister Vivian say, “You have to open yourself to grief and what it’s opening you to.”
From left, Ursuline Sisters Cecelia Joseph Olinger, Francis Louise Johnson and Rebecca White listen to Sister Vivian say, “transitioning through a time of grief is a courageous journey.”
Ursuline Sisters Ruth Gehres, left, and Alfreda Malone listen to Sister Vivian talk about workshops she took with Elisabeth Kubler-Ross, the Swiss-American psychiatrist and author of “On Death and Dying.”