(The painting represented above is “Jesus Healing the Sick” by Gustave Dore. This article originally appeared in the Winter 2025 edition of Ursulines Alive magazine.) Ursuline Sisters Shellie Intravia, Jacinta Powers, and Nancy Liddy live in different cities with differing ways to serve. But in September 2025 they came together with Ursuline Associates Amy and…
more: Ursuline Sisters and Associates bring Jesus to the ailing with yearly Gennesaret retreat
Sister Paul Marie Greenwell, 90, an Ursuline Sister of Mount Saint Joseph, died Jan. 3, 2026, at Mount Saint Joseph, in her 73rd year of religious life. She was a native of New Haven, Ky. Sister Paul Marie always enjoyed interacting with others, and sharing her gifts with those she met, including her deep spirituality.…
more: Sister Paul Marie Greenwell: August 22, 1935-January 3, 2026
(Image by Gerd Altmann on Pixabay) By Sister Michele Morek After the explosion of color and pageantry and sacred stories that is Christmas (Angels! Shepherds! Kings!) it may be hard to re-enter the reality of the world into which The Word became incarnate. That world was certainly not perfect then, nor is ours. Peace and…
more: Reflective Moments with Angela: Spreading the message of peace
Members of the Diocese of Owensboro staff, as well as three seminarians, came to Saint Joseph Villa on Dec. 15, 2025, to sing Christmas carols and then visit with the Ursuline Sisters. It was a joyful day, one the Sisters look forward to each year. Listen to the carolers!
For the 12th year, Ursuline Associates from Western Kentucky came to Saint Joseph Villa to spread Christmas cheer for the feast of Saint Nicholas. On Dec. 6, 2025, Associates John and Elaine Wood of Barlow, Risë Karr and Betty Boren of Hopkinsville, Sid Mason of Mayfield, and Paducah residents Lois Bell, Mike Sullivan and Rosann…
more: Western Kentucky Associates spread joy to Villa Sisters
Six members of the 1972 graduating class of Mount Saint Joseph Academy dropped by Saint Joseph Villa on Dec. 1, 2025, to pass out treats to the Sisters and spread some Christmas cheer by singing carols in the hallway. Carm Leonard, Mary Ann Willett, Dorothy Riggs, Rita Tanner, and Mary Ann Carr were joined by…
more: 1972 MSJ Academy graduates spread some Christmas cheer
(Cosmos image by Reni Becker from Pixabay) By Sister Michele Morek First, you have to trust me: this will eventually turn into an Advent reflection. We all find our paths to God and pray in our unique ways – our experience of God comes out of our own “internal environment.” For example, several spiritual directors…
more: Reflective Moments with Angela: Our internal environment shapes our relationship with God
Our latest Kindness Campaign example comes from Jan Mills Gish, of Mayfield, Ky. Jan is the niece of Sister Michael Ann Monaghan, and a 1965 graduate of Mount Saint Joseph Academy. “This is not a recent happening, but it’s one that has remained with me for years. My dad died suddenly, in the dead of…
more: Sharing kindness: Memories of a snowy lot still bring joyful tears
When Ursuline Sister Mary Michael Barrow returned to Maple Mount in 1945, she realized that the Mount Saint Joseph Junior College for Women – which she had helped open 20 years earlier – had not grown as the Sisters had hoped. At the time, Owensboro had no four-year coed college. Just a year earlier, the…
more: Ursulines remembered during dedication of Veterans Monument at Brescia University
