Sister Ann Victoria Wasylina, 86, an Ursuline Sister of Mount Saint Joseph, died Oct. 12, 2010, at Mount Saint Joseph, in her 56th year of religious life. She was born Irena Wasylina in Duliby Stryj in the Ukraine, then a part of Poland. In 1942, during the Nazi occupation, she went to Austria, where she…
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Vacation time
Today, I officially begin a week of vacation. I am headed north to visit my youngest sister, Margaret and her family. It is a time to put aside deadlines and commitments and relax and renew myself. I am looking forward to sleeping late, staying up late, and reading a good novel. Life is good, and…
“Madre”
“To the beloved daughers and sisters of the Company of Saint Ursula. Because, dearly beloved daughters and sisters, God has granted you the grace of setting you apart from the darkness of this miserable world and of uniting you together to serve his divine Majesty, you have to thank Him infinitely that, to you especially,…
Blessed and Indivisble Trinity
Today, I was drawn to the writings of Saint Angela Merici, founder of the Company of Saint Ursula, the origin of the Ursuline Sisters. Angela’s rule begins…”In the name of the blessed and indivisble Trinity.” As is noted by many writers on the life of Angela,her rule opens with a powerful statement of faith. The…
Celebrate life!
Yesterday, October 3 we celebrated Right to Life Sunday, and today, October 4th is the Feast of St. Francis of Assisi. I may be a little biased,since St. Angela Merici had a trance of Francisan formation, but I find Francis to be the most passionate “right to life” saint that there ever was. He saw…
Holy Mary…. pray for us…. now and at the hour of our death.
October is the Month of the Most Holy Rosary. This devotion was establish in my family life as my brothers and sisters fell to our knees every night as Mom or Dad lead us in the recitation of the rosary. It is a very special family memory of coming together especially in troubling times to…
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Unlease your sense of wonder!
If I had influence with the good fairy who is supposed to preside over the christening of all children, I should ask that her gift to each child in the world be a sense of wonder so indestructible that it would last throughout life. —Rachel Carson A sense of wonder! Yes, what a gift to…
St. Wenceslaus in legend we celebrate today
Wenceslaus in legendThere are many legends about King Wenceslaus. An old one claims a huge army of knights sleep inside Blaník, a mountain in the Czech Republic. The knights will awake and under the command of St. Wenceslaus bring aid to the Czech people when they face ultimate danger. There is a similar great legend…
This week the nation looks at education
I find it appropriate as I was reading our URSULINE WAY OF LIFE: Constitutions and Book of Directives to note that under the Orgins of the Congregation states: “As patroness of her new work in the Church, Saint Angela Merici chose Saint Ursula, a virgin martyr of the early Church and a special patroness of…
I entered community 35 years ago today as an Ursuline Sister
On this day thirty-five years ago I entered this Ursuline family. There were four very young women from St. Mary of the Woods Parish in Whitesville who came to the beautiful campus of Mount Saint Joseph, home of the Ursuline Sisters that day in response to a call that could not be ignored. We entered…
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