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Sisters participate in Summer Retreat for Women Religious

Each July, the Ursuline Sisters take part in the Summer Retreat for Women Religious. For the week of July 11-16, 2021, the Sisters were listening to Father Eugene Hensell, a Benedictine priest from St. Meinrad, Ind., as he discussed “The Parables of Jesus: Paradigm for Religious Life.” Here are some photos from the July 13 morning session.

Father Eugene Hensell, OSB, discusses the parable of Jesus when he was invited to a luxurious banquet.
The Ursuline Sisters gathered in the Motherhouse Chapel for the retreat. It allows the Sisters in Saint Joseph Villa to watch on closed-circuit tv as well.
Sister Susanne Bauer, left, Sister Mary Gerald Payne, center, and Sister Ann McGrew listen to Father Hensell.
Sister Ruth Gehres, left, and Sister Catherine Barber use some technology to better here the retreat leader.
Sister Mary Celine Weidenbenner, left, and Sister Nancy Liddy take notes during Father Hensell’s talk.
Sister Barbara Jean Head, left, and Sister Martha Keller listen intently to Father Hensell.
Sister Betsy Moyer, left, Sister Jane Falke, center, and Sister Julia Head follow along with Father Hensell. Sister Jane came all the way from Kansas for Community Days and the retreat week.
Following Father Hensell’s discussion of the parables are, from left, Sister Susan Mary Mudd, Sister Emma Anne Munsterman, Sister Michael Marie Friedman and Sister Sheila Anne Smith.
Sister Ann Patrice Cecil enjoys Father Hensell’s talk, as Sister Marie Joseph Coomes takes notes in the background.
Sister Rita Scott, left, Sister Karla Kaelin, center, and Sister Claudia Hayden follow along with Father Hensell’s talk.
Sister Rose Jean Powers, left, and Sister Vivian Bowles listen to Father Hensell’s talk. The two served together at Brescia University for many years.