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…
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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…
First history video details arrival of the Ursuline Sisters in 1874
The first in a series of monthly videos honoring the 150-year history of the Ursuline Sisters of Mount Saint Joseph depicts Father Paul Joseph Volk’s efforts to bring the Ursuline Sisters to western Daviess County in 1874 to open Mount Saint Joseph Academy. A new video will be posted on the 15th day of each…
Local musicians record ‘healing’ songs in Motherhouse Chapel
In 2009, local bluegrass musician Randy Lanham participated in the “Discover Music, Discover Nature, Discover Maple Mount” camp with Sister Amelia Stenger at the Mount Saint Joseph Conference and Retreat Center. It was the first time that he played in the Ursuline Sisters’ Motherhouse Chapel, but he never forgot the experience. “The acoustics in this…
Mary Carrico students square dance for the Ursuline Sisters
An annual tradition during Catholic Schools Week is a visit from the square dancing students at Mary Carrico Catholic School in Knottsville, Ky. Ursuline Sister Mary Celine Weidenbenner, now in her 16th year at the school, teaches the 4th through 8th graders to square dance. Many years ago, Sister Mary Celine received a stack of…
Reflective Moments with Angela
By Sister Michele Morek Sister Angela Fitzpatrick, the Sister with whom I live, and I both received Ancestry DNA kits as gifts for Christmas. (That’s the kit that lets you spit in a collection tube and send it off to learn more about your family history by analyzing your DNA.) We are anxious to get…
Ursuline Sisters begin their year of celebrating 150 years with reception, original play and Mass
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…
Sister Marie Goretti Browning, OSU: Nov. 27, 1932-Jan. 29, 2024
Sister Marie Goretti Browning, 91, an Ursuline Sister of Mount Saint Joseph, died Monday, Jan. 29, 2024, at Mount Saint Joseph, in her 74th year of religious life. She was a native of Calvary, Ky. Sister Marie Goretti was a gentle and prayerful woman, always ready with a smile and a kind word. She had…