It’s Monday and I am back to work after being gone to the Motherhouse for 3 weeks in a row. It is good to be back, and to treat myself, I opened one, only one, piece of Dove milk chocolate with peanut butter. If you are familiar with dove chocolate you know there is a…
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A powerful reminder from St. Angela
This evening after a fruitful day, I was led to the Rule of St. Angela. Angela’s word always seem to come from her heart and touch my heart. This evening I quote from the Prologue of the Rule, verses 7-10. …I exhort you, or rather I beg and entreat you all, that having been chosen…
Bidding farewell to MSJ for summer
The past three weeks I have dwelt at Mount Saint Joseph Conference and Retreat Center. It has been a wonderful home away from home. As I head back to Paducah where I am Pastoral Associate at St. Francis de Sales Church, my heart is filled with gratitude as I recall the blessings of these days.…
Life’s persistent and most urgent questions
It is Friday and inspite of the humidity I am looking forward to the weekend. Presently, I am reading a very inspiring book entitled, The Power of Half by Kevin and Hannah Salwen. I heard about it on NPR the day after I returned from our parish mission trip in Mandeville, Jamaica. The book was…
Refreshing rain
It’s Wednesday and the earth is refreshed with the gift and blessing of gentle rain. I can’t help but recall my recent mission experience trip to Mandeville, Jamaica. I went May 26-June 1, 2010 with nine other parishioners, now referred to as Missionaries of Mandeville. We were blessed to be able to build a home…
Sister Mary Sheila Higdon, OSU: Creating beauty wherever she serves
Update: Sister Mary Shelia Higdon completed her ministry in Missouri in 2011. She spent a year as coordinator of formation for the Ursuline Sisters, and since 2012 she has served at the Motherhouse in transportation, as an information receptionist, chapel hospitality minister and substitute sacristan. Perhaps it’s fitting that a sister who everyone refers to…
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Sister Mary Regina Boone, OSU
Sister Mary Regina Boone, 92, an Ursuline Sister of Mount Saint Joseph, died April 29, 2010, at Mount Saint Joseph, in her 73rd year of religious life. The New Haven native was an educator for 47 years, noted for instilling a love for math in her students. She was an avid reader, enjoyed…
Sister Anita Flaugher, OSU
Sister Anita (Bernard Anita) Flaugher, 98, an Ursuline Sister of Mount Saint Joseph, died Feb. 5, 2010, at Mount Saint Joseph, in her 80th year of religious life. A native of Fairfield, she was an educator for 44 years. Sister Anita was a gentle, prayerful woman, who loved teaching young children. She was faithful to…
Sister Margaret Joseph Aull, OSU
Sister Margaret Joseph Aull, 87, an Ursuline Sister of Mount Saint Joseph, died Dec. 7, 2009, at Owensboro Medical Health System after a short illness, in her 69th year of religious life. She was a native of Knottsville. She was born Margaret Ann Aull, one of 15 children to the late Michael Xavier and Mary…