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Immersions
Picnic Ticket Queen
Donor Recognition
Sisters and staff attend poverty immersions in Louisville and Memphis
Dear Friends of the Ursuline Sisters,
This year during our annual picnic, one of the sisters commented: “We used to ask our parishes, associates and families to help us with our picnic. Now we help them.” This insight, spoken as a true statement of our reality, captures the spirit of Saint Angela Merici who founded the Company and left it in the able hands of a group of older widows and some trusted businessmen in 1535.
In this issue, you will be amazed at the movement of that same spirit among us. Many of you are faithful donors named in these pages; over 800 of you are generous picnic volunteers; many offer prayers for and are co-laborers in our ministries. The cover story reveals how some recent immersion experiences brought Ursuline employees, sisters, and associates together actually and virtually in places where the poor walk each day. Saint Angela truly is “more alive now.”
As you reflect on what you read here, please join us in thanking God for the wisdom of Saint Angela, leading us through the centuries to serve others, especially by her example of “freeing and nurturing women and children.” If you do not currently partner with us in some way, we invite you to consider it. May you find the inspiration to do so by the time you hand this copy to someone else to enjoy.
May God alone be praised for all the good works we have the privilege to do together in this Ursuline family of ours!
Gratefully yours in Christ,
Sister Suzanne Sims, OSU - Director of Mission Advancement
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Memo from Mission Advancement
Ursulines Alive is published by the Ursuline Sisters of Mount Saint Joseph, Maple Mount, Kentucky. Three issues are published each calendar year.
Editors: Jennifer Kaminski and Jerry Birge
MISSION ADVANCEMENT STAFF:• Sister Suzanne Sims, OSU, Director of Mission Advancement• Sister Rose Marita O’Bryan, OSU, Director of Mission Effectiveness• Jerry Birge, Director of Marketing and Communications• Marian Bennett, OSUA, Director of Ursuline Partnerships• Sister Marietta Wethington, OSU, Director of Spiritual Formation for Ursuline Partnerships• Jennifer Kaminski, Graphic Design/Communications Assistant • Melanie Sears, Administrative Assistant• Christi Bowman, Administrative Assistant
OUR MISSION
We, the Ursuline Sisters of Mount Saint Joseph,
sustained by prayer and vowed life in community,
proclaim Jesus through education and Christian formation
in the spirit of our founder, Saint Angela Merici.
OUR CORE VALUES
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In this issue...Poverty Immersions ........................ 3Ursuline sisters, associates and staff learn first-hand about poverty and the services available to help the poor in Louisville and Memphis – two of the cities where Ursuline sisters minister Picnic Ticket Queen ......................... 9 Sister Jane Miriam Hancock is tops in picnic ticket sales
Tribute to our Donors ................... 10We appreciate every single donor who supports the mission and ministries of the Ursuline Sisters of Mount Saint Joseph
Soli Deo Gloria .............................. 16We rejoice in the gifts of our sisters, given for the kingdom of God
ServiceEmpowermentJusticeContemplative PresenceSpirit of Angela
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CONTACT US:Ursuline Sisters of Mount Saint Joseph
8001 Cummings Road Maple Mount, Kentucky 42356
270-229-4103Fax: 270-229-4953
COVER: Sister Alicia Coomes, OSU, vocation director for the Ursulines Sisters of Mount Saint Joseph, holds a child, Marcion, at the Hope House Daycare Center in Memphis, Tennessee. Marcion and his Hope House classmates come from homes affected by the HIV virus. Sister Alicia participated in a poverty immersion experience set up by the Ursuline Sisters on Aug. 30-Sept. 1 in Memphis. -Photo by Jerry Birge
People who are much too sensitive to demand of
cripples that they run races ask of the poor that they get up and act just like
everyone else in society. ~Michael Harrington,
American activist and writer
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life changes), or it may follow a generational pattern. The latter is characterized by a lack of education and skills and a “desperation” which can lead to substance abuse, violence and crime.
“They can have layers and layers of problems,” Sister Maureen said.
There is a misconception that the poor are not working hard enough. “The working poor struggle to hold down two or three jobs,” Judy said. “A lot of people are living on the edge.”
The pressing needs of the poor are the basics: food, clothing and shelter. At meals, the poor ask, “Did you have enough?” while the middle class ask, “Was it good?” and the wealthy are more concerned with its presentation.*
During the Maple Mount immersion, 19 sisters, three associates and two employees learned about poverty statistics and watched a movie, “God Bless the Child,” a realistic portrayal of a single mother (Mare Winningham) struggling to survive.
“There’s a level of exhaustion associated with poverty,” Sister Maureen said. Single women and children are hit particularly hard by poverty, with 85 percent of homeless families headed by females. Children under the age of six are at greater risk. In fact, the poverty rate is higher among children than the elderly.
Can a head of household working full-time earning minimum wage move out of poverty? The short answer is no. Even if the family can afford shelter, utilities, transportation, food, health care, medicine, and child care, the income doesn’t
cover “extras” such as clothing, toiletries, and furniture.
To illustrate the wide chasm between the poor and the wealthy, Sister Maureen
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overty immersions raise awareness of great needs
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Sister Clarita Browning and Sister Mary Irene Cecil look at a map of the United States at a virtual poverty immersion Aug. 17 at Mount Saint Joseph. The population of the states in yellow is equal to the number of Americans who live in poverty: 37 million.
Sister Maureen
Griner, right, leads the
discussion at the virtual
poverty immersion at
Maple Mount. Twenty-four attended the
workshop.
Poverty is like punishment for a crime you didn’t commit.
~Eli Khamarov, Lives of the Cognoscenti* Taken from a chart titled, Hidden Rules Among Classes, in “A Framework for Understanding Poverty,” by Ruby K. Payne, Ph.D.
PPBy Jennifer Kaminski, Mount Saint Joseph Staff
What do those living in poverty consider to be their possessions? The answer is…people. Unlike the middle
class whose possessions are “things” or the wealthy who value one-of-a-kind objects,* the vantage point of the person in poverty strips away all of the nonessentials. It says something to all of us about setting priorities.
“The poor welcome people they like into their social circles. And they have such a tenacious love for their mothers,” said Ursuline associate Judy Gray, who, along with Sister Maureen Griner, directed a poverty immersion experience Aug. 17-18 at Mount Saint Joseph.
I attended this virtual immersion and a poverty immersion in Louisville, Ky., a week later. Seeing people in poverty can burden one’s heart with the thought of living such difficult
lives. It can be humbling when you consider that you could be just a calamity away from walking in their shoes. It’s also uplifting when you see their grateful acceptance of assistance, whether it’s a meal at the
soup kitchen, or a seat in an air-conditioned building on a hot summer day, or an iron bunk bed at the shelter at night.
In order to better address the poverty of body, mind and spirit in the communities they serve, the Ursuline Sisters of Mount Saint Joseph planned poverty immersion experiences for sisters, associates and employees in August.
“An immersion experience is a powerful way to confront a critical issue,” said Congregational Leader Sister Michele Morek. “Through hands-on and face-to-face exposure to the sights and sounds of suffering and alienation, we can see clearly how we are part of the problem and the solution.”
Judy called poverty a national disaster that seems to be an accepted part of American society. “It is all around us. It can be overwhelming,” she said. “But we can bring light into difficult situations. The bottom line is that we need to see Jesus in the face of the homeless.”
Thirty-seven million Americans, or 12.7 percent of the population, live in poverty. Poverty can be caused by hard times (situational
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said that it would take 952 minimum wage workers to equal the pay of one
The Aug. 24-25 Louisville, Ky., immersion was packed with tours and visits. Set up by Sister Grace Simpson, who has
been a caseworker at Sister Visitor Center (SVC) in Louisville for the past 23 years, the event was a bonding experience for Sister Kathleen Kaelin, Sister Maureen O’Neill, Sister Grace and me. Our intense, fast-paced journey into the world of poverty revealed a complex and often crowded place.
“Looking at the faces of the poor ‘live and in person,’ was the most memorable part of the immersion experience for me,” Sister Grace said.
On the agenda was Saint John Center day shelter for men; Catholic Charities refugee program (offering five levels of English as a Second Language); lunch at Open Hand Kitchen; Ozanam Inn shelter; Saint Jude Women’s Recovery Center; House of Ruth (for those affected by AIDS); Sister Visitor Center where five Ursulines minister; Wayside Christian Mission shelter; Healing Place for Women (substance abuse treatment), and two home visits to SVC clients.
“What touched me the most about our poverty immersion was the idea that the homeless, the immigrants, the addicted, the mentally ill – all the people served in the places we visited - need help with their problems because their options and opportunities are far more limited than mine,” said Sister Maureen O’Neill, also with SVC. “We’re all walking the same journey, but we’re
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Most of the small children were smiling, glad to see their daycare center classmates. Some cried as they reluctantly
left the arms of their mothers or caregivers. Others had blank expressions on their faces. These precious children had different feelings about being left at a daycare center, but they had a number of things in common. They were poor, most of them came from single parent homes, and they were all from homes affected by the HIV virus.
Almost all are still too young even to understand the potentially fatal physical condition their mothers had passed on to them at birth. Those little ones are on special medications, normally given twice each day. Hopefully, through the wonders of science and the grace of God, they will never contract AIDS and will be able to live a normal life – if they can survive being raised below the poverty line in a city that has one of the highest crime rates in the nation.
We began our immersion experience in Memphis, Tennessee the morning of Aug. 31 and we watched young children arrive at the Hope House Daycare Center, a family-centered, community-based, coordinated care facility for children ages 6 weeks through 6 years of age who are infected or affected by HIV and AIDS (Pediatric AIDS). The Junior League of Memphis founded Hope House in 1994. Sister Margaret Ann Zinselmeyer, OSU, is director of operations for Hope House.
Sister Margaret Ann played host to our group that included Ursuline sisters Alicia Coomes and Rebecca White from Maple Mount and Carol Shively from Shreveport, Louisiana; and Ursuline associates Sister Ann Middlebrooks, SEC, and Sister Jeannette Touchet, SEC, also from Shreveport, and me.
At first glance the Hope House Daycare looked like any daycare you’d see anywhere in the country – a clean, neat facility, colorfully decorated with flowers and cute animals on the walls. Through one of the doors we could see one of the staff members gently holding and feeding an infant and another attempting
Wayside Christian Mission provides a large safety net for Louisville. Its many facilities, including the shelter pictured here, house men, women, and families.
Sister Rebecca White, left, and Sister Maureen Griner are shown with 5-year-old twins Jakeylah (Peanut), left, and Jameelah. The twins live at the Dorothy Day House along with their mother and three siblings.
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LOUISVILLE IMMERSIONBy Jennifer Kaminski
MEMPHIS IMMERSIONBy Jerry BirgeCEO in this country. The top 20 percent of the population now
earns half of the national income.While whites make up a majority of the poor, African
Americans have a disproportionately higher percentage in poverty. “Education is the way out, especially for African Americans,” Sister Maureen stated. n
not equipped with the same tools.”
Sister Kathleen was impressed by two places on the tour that were former churches: Saint Paul Church on South Jackson Street is now the Open Hand Kitchen and serves free weekday lunches, and Saint John Church on East Muhammad Ali Boulevard is a day shelter for homeless men.
“It felt like the present use of these buildings spoke so strongly about Jesus of the Gospels, perhaps even more than some of my Sunday church experiences,” Sister Kathleen explained. “This is Eucharist! These are the folks that Jesus hung out with!”
The shelters were full when the tours were conducted. Due to a heat advisory (95+ degrees), operation white flag was in effect which meant clients did not have to leave during the day. Normally, they must be out looking for work, going to school, or attending a treatment program.
At Saint John, men sat at every available chair and table. Some watched television, while others got coffee, took showers, or met with case managers.
On this visit and throughout the immersion, the sheer number of people in need surprised me. Thinking about their daily struggles was heart wrenching.
Sister Kathleen said she was “struck by a sentence on the wall of Saint John Center that read: The strength of a society is measured by how it treats its weakest members.”
Sister Kathleen Sheehan, SCN, executive director of Saint John, worries that homelessness is not on the radar anymore. “Everyone is going to the well (for donations), and it’s starting to go empty,”
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The Saint John Center in Louisville provides day shelter for men.
she said. Funds from the Catholic Church and individuals keep their doors open. She lamented the fact that billions of dollars are being spent on the war in Iraq while Hurricane Katrina victims and people in poverty suffer in the U.S.
She said that a lack of housing for the poor is a primary concern, but equally important is addressing alcohol and drug problems and mental illness. Otherwise, clients with these issues end up losing their housing.
According to Eleise Passafiume, director of support services for the Society of Saint Vincent de Paul in Louisville, a person’s development stops at the age he abuses alcohol and drugs. While showing us the Ozanam men’s shelter, she said the recovery rate for substance abuse was not great, but “we celebrate our successes.”
Budgeting is also a big issue because clients often have credit card debt, child support, and past due utility bills, Eleise said.
“We’re the richest country in the world, and we’re losing our fight against poverty. We still have to offer all of these services,” she said.
At the Open Hand Kitchen, our group got in line and was served hot potato soup, a sandwich and a glazed donut for dessert. Many in line were men, some wearing work uniforms. (The next day, actress and singer Hilary Duff paid a visit to the kitchen to commemorate the 20th anniversary of the food bank Kentucky Harvest). The kitchen serves over 150,000 meals each year.
Sharon “CeCe” Cecil, who gave us a tour of Wayside Christian Mission, said that in the movie, “Pursuit of Happyness,” Will Smith has to leave his internship early each day to get a shelter bed for himself and his son. She said he would be guaranteed a bed in Louisville if he were working on his education.
“Sharon shared the reality that those who are homeless want what we want. We’re not all so different,” said Sister Kathleen Kaelin. “I have held onto a line of hers that I want to remember in my daily interactions with others: What you expect of me, I have not yet learned to be.” At Saint Jude Women’s Recovery Center, a client told us how the facility changed her life. After constantly moving, abusing drugs, and losing custody of her daughter, she asked for God’s help and then got a call from Saint Jude. The treatment center made her realize she could have “clean and sober fun.”
Tamela Johnson, who gave the group a tour of the Healing Place, said clients have to become “spiritually fit.” As she went through the stages of treatment, she said she stopped thinking about herself and became concerned with helping others. Now employed by Healing Place, she said, “I’m free to give back now.”
The immersion included a stop at SVC where Ursulines and
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Sister Grace Simpson goes through the food line at the Open Hand Kitchen in Louisville during the poverty immersion.
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Left to right, Sister Maureen O’Neill, Shavon, Sister Kathleen Kaelin, Laura, Sister Grace Simpson, and Jennifer Kaminski gather together at Saint Jude Women’s Recovery Center in Louisville.
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to rock a little one to sleep.
But as Sister Margaret Ann told the Hope House story during a tour of the facility, we quickly learned how different and special this daycare is. She pointed out that by providing pre-school education, day care services, respite care, and 24-hour emergency care, Hope House is filling a void that existed in the continuum of care for HIV positive families in the Memphis area. The Hope House objectives include providing transportation, emotional and material support to children and their families in order to enhance the quality of their lives and improve their prognosis; coordinating services for children and families in a holistic manner with other service agencies; and preparing preschool children for entry into kindergarten. Without Hope House, most of these children and their parents would be in a hopeless situation.
After touring Hope House and observing the young children, the group met with Maria Randall of Hope House Social Services along with a Hope House mother. The mother told a moving story of how, when she was diagnosed HIV-positive following a rape, she was shunned by her family; then she was taken in by Hope House. She says Hope House “changed her life.” She was the first in her family to attempt to move out of the stranglehold of poverty.
Next stop was a visit to a homeless shelter for women and children, run by the Missionary of Charity Sisters, the society founded by Mother Teresa of Calcutta. Sister Jonathan, wearing the habit made universally recognizable by Mother Teresa, gave us a tour of the shelter. It was then on to the DeNeuville
Learning Center, run by Sister Lakshmie Napagoda of the Good Shepherd Sisters. The mission of the center is to “assist women of all backgrounds and
cultures in learning the skills needed to make positive choices for themselves and their families.” Perhaps the most moving experience was our extended stay at the Dorothy Day House of Hospitality. Collaborative ministry between the Mount Saint Joseph Ursuline Sisters and associates has made the Dorothy Day House possible. Judy Gray, a lifetime associate of the Mount Saint Joseph Ursulines, and Ursuline Sister Maureen Griner are currently serving as the co-directors of the house. Together with Judy and Sister Maureen, Sister Margaret Ann and lifetime associates Paul Gray and Carolyn Head serve as the core ministry team. Other Mount Saint Joseph associates continually volunteer time, talent and treasure to keep the Dorothy Day House operating.
Once a homeless family is recommended to the Dorothy Day House by one of the many agencies in Memphis, the family is stabilized with food, clothing and shelter. Staff members and volunteers work to identify the causes and conditions that have resulted in the family’s homelessness and then set goals for the family. Personalized one-on-one services help ensure that goals are achieved, helping the family move steadily toward self-sufficiency. Once core issues are resolved, each family receives help in locating permanent housing.
When we visited the house, there was one family in residence - a 25-year-old mother and her five children. The oldest was six, the others four, three and two-year-old twins. The three oldest are in Jubilee Catholic schools; the twins are in daycare while their mother attends school and hopes to get her GED and eventually an associate degree as a pharmacy technician. A few months ago, this woman and her children were homeless, and the future seemed bleak. Every day at the Dorothy Day House of Hospitality moves them closer to a new beginning.
After we shared a shopping experience with the mother in a downtown Memphis grocery store, we all ended the day by dining together at the Dorothy Day House.
The final day of our experience began with a drive through the streets of inner city Memphis. In the neighborhoods we visited, almost every building was closed, windows broken or boarded up, the outside walls filled with graffiti and gang art. The streets and sidewalks were filled with clutter. We were shown houses and apartments in such horrible condition they screamed out for demolition. Instead, they are still being lived in by Memphis’ poor. We ended our Memphis experience by watching a 1988 movie, “God Bless the Child,” a story about a
Sister Ann Middlebrooks, an Ursuline associate from Shreveport, Louisiana, gets a big laugh from Jakeylah during a special moment at the Dorothy Day House in Memphis.
Sister Maureen entertains Jamya, left, and Amariyah at the Dorothy Day House of Hospitality.
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Maria Randall, social services director for Hope House, left, tells about the facilities’ services during the immersion experience. Sisters Carol Shively, center, and Maureen Griner look on.
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other staff see hundreds of clients each month and provide advocacy and case management. “I have had the privilege of working at Sister Visitor Center for many years and have looked at the faces of the poor there, ‘live and in person.’ As a result,
I have been changed by and learned from them,” Sister Grace said. “Their courage, willingness to share, and acceptance of the challenge to change inspire me.”
Sister Maureen O’Neill wants to help “balance this ratio of the ‘haves’ and the ‘have nots’ in my hometown. Seeing other agencies helped me see how much good is happening every day. We met many dedicated workers who are making a difference in people’s lives, ending homelessness one person at a time, mending shattered lives.” n
single mother who becomes homeless, loses her job and tries to survive with her young daughter. It’s quite a movie, and it gave us plenty to talk about during our trip home.
Sister Carol, superintendent of schools for the diocese of Shreveport, and a Memphis resident while attending Christian Brothers College there, says when she was invited to participate in the immersion experience, she was very interested in experiencing Memphis in “another way than as a student.”
Sister Carol says, “Sister Ann, Sister Jeannette, and I decided to participate in the experience and make it a part of our year of being aware of the poor among us. We found the experience to be very worthwhile.”
Sister Alicia, vocation director for the Ursuline Sisters of Mount Saint Joseph, says, “When I think of ‘immersion’, I think of becoming a part of whatever the experience is to be. Indeed my immersion experience was just that, a way of becoming a little part of the poverty of Memphis. What was most amazing to me was the fact that there are a number of places and organizations that try to help with homelessness and poverty in that city, but mostly for folks at night when they would be out on the street. I’m sure there are still numerous people out on the street, but at least there is an effort being made to get them to a place of safety.”
Sister Rebecca called her immersion into poverty in Memphis “a real education.” She says, “I’m sure we barely scratched the surface of what is being done in that city to put an end to poverty, but I was reminded again and again that many people fall through the cracks and receive almost no help.”
Personally, my immersion experience in Memphis is something I’ll treasure forever. I’ve always been aware of the poverty we have in this rich country of ours, but I’d never seen it so close up and so personal. I’ll always wonder what becomes of the beautiful, innocent HIV-babies as they not only battle the health issues ahead of them, but also attempt to climb out of that deep hole of poverty.
I’ll be hoping and praying for that Hope House mother as
Ursuline Sisters Michele Intravia, Maureen O’Neill, Grace Simpson, Margaret Marie Greenwell and Clara Johnson serve people in poverty at Sister Visitor Center in Louisville.
Ursuline Associate Judy Gray reads to Jakirrah, in lap, and Tyrone, while Tyrone’s mother Aarial looks on, on a typical day at the Dorothy Day House of Hospitality.
MEMPHIS From page 6 she, too, tries to keep her HIV-virus in check as she attempts to better her life against some big odds. And I’ll also be praying for that young woman and her five lively children at the Dorothy Day House. It’s a beautiful family. Poor? Yes, but she is making every effort she can to move all six of them above that poverty line. I have a feeling they’ll make it.
There are many agencies in Memphis – hundreds, actually – working on the poverty problem in that city. Groups meet regularly to address the issue. Millions of dollars are being spent to help the situation.
But in the two and a half days we spent in the Bluff City, it was evident the Dorothy Day House of Hospitality and the Hope House are both playing major roles in the fight against poverty. In the truest sense of the words, Sister Maureen Griner, Sister Margaret Ann Zinselmeyer and the Memphis associates are “freeing and nurturing women and children.” n
More poverty immersions are planned. For information, contact Sister Maureen Griner
901-355-8997 • [email protected]
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Sister Agnes Catherine Williams, OSU
Brescia University President Father Larry Hostetter, Sister Amelia Stenger and Sister Michele Morek cut the ribbon for the July 28 Greening Western Kentucky Expo at Brescia. It was sponsored by the Retreat Center.
In the joy of eternal life
Sister Mary
David Thomas,
OSU
Sister Agnes Catherine Williams, 102, an Ursuline Sister of Mount Saint Joseph, died Aug. 9 at Mount Saint Joseph, in her 82nd year of religious life. She was the oldest member of the community.
A native of Owensboro, she was the daughter of the late William Asa and Catherine Stengell Williams.
An educator for 62 years, she taught at St. Alphonsus School, St. Joseph, (1926-27, 1928-35), and for 17 years at Sts. Joseph and Paul School, Owensboro (1950-67). She taught in the speech and hearing clinic at Brescia College in Owensboro in the early days of that program. She also taught in the archdiocese of Louisville and served as a teacher and librarian for 21 years in Affton, Missouri.
Survivors include several nieces and nephews, and the members of her religious community.
The funeral Mass took place Aug. 13 at Mount Saint Joseph with burial in the convent cemetery.
Sister Mary David Thomas, 97, an Ursuline Sister of Mount Saint Joseph, died Oct. 3 at Mount Saint Joseph, in her 79th year of religious life. She was born in St. Louis, Missouri and grew up in Marion County, Kentucky. An educator for 49 years, she taught at St. Peter of Antioch School, Waverly (1931-36), St. Raphael School, Daviess County (1938-39), St. Mary Magdalene School, Sorgho (1939-42), St. William School, Knottsville (1945-48), Sts. Joseph and Paul School, Owensboro (1952-54), St. Sebastian School, Calhoun (1958-62), St. Alphonsus School, St. Joseph (1962-63), and Clarkson School, Clarkson (1975-79). She taught in the archdiocese of Louisville, and in Missouri, where she also served in parish ministry. From 1983 until her retirement in 1987, she ministered in health care at Mount Saint Joseph. Survivors include nieces and nephews, and the members of her religious community. The funeral Mass was celebrated Oct. 5 with burial in the convent cemetery.
Memorial Gifts Gifts in memory of Sister Agnes Catherine Williams, Sister Mary David Thomas or other deceased sisters may take the form of donations to the Ursuline Sisters of Mount Saint Joseph, 8001 Cummings Road, Maple Mount, KY 42356.
Sister Mary Elizabeth Krampe, left, and Sister Frances Miriam Spalding shop at a craft sale in the small dining room at the Mount July 30. Sisters and associates made the crafts.
Lisa Cummings, left, and Sister Eva Boone, right, show their projects to Sister Frances McDonagh at the Aug. 2-4 “Arts at the Mount” weaving workshop.
Sister Marietta Wethington, Sister Michele Intravia, Sister Maureen O’Neill, Ursuline Associate Linda Mullican Perri and others gather for an associates meeting in Louisville Aug. 18.
Sister Fran Wilhelm with Centro Latino in Owensboro introduces Jaime Navarrete, left, and Juan Fernandez at an Oct. 21 fundraising event.
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PICNICTICKETQUEEN
Fourteen vintage postcards of Mount Saint Joseph are featured in the new Owensboro Postcard History Series book.
Sister Rose Marita O’Bryan, right, greets Brescia instructor Tina Wolken at a Brescia appreciation dinner Aug. 15 at Maple Mount.
Sister Margaret Ann Aull looks for the winning number at the goody jar picnic booth Sept. 9.
Sister Pam Mueller holds Gia, a parrot, at the Greening Western Kentucky Expo.
Sister Ruth Gehres visits an Expo booth in the gymnasium.
Above right: Among the 800 Picnic 2007 volunteers was Sister Catherine Kaufman who cut up onions.
Sister Mary Agnes VonderHaar
Sister Cheryl Clemons
Sister Pam Mueller, campus minister and director of the women’s discernment program at Brescia University, served
three years as raffle ticket chairperson for the Ursulines Sisters’ annual picnic. Each year she knew that Sister Jane Miriam Hancock would make her job easier. “I knew every time I ordered the tickets that half or more than half would be sold by Jane, and it was Jane’s schedule that dictated when the tickets were printed,” Sister Pam recalls. “I always tried to have them early enough for her to begin selling in the spring, even though the rest of the community usually sold them during the summer. Sister Jane Miriam is passionate about selling for our picnic! I wish we all had a just a little bit of that same enthusiasm when it comes to selling our picnic tickets!” Sister Jane Miriam has been selling picnic tickets for almost 40 years. She began selling them in 1970 while ministering as a teacher. She says she doesn’t understand why, but people are always glad to see her, and she has made many friends on her journeys to sell tickets. She has collected donations for tickets that range from $1 to $100 and even one for $1,000. She sells many of the tickets that get drawn out as prize winners. All of the ticket and picnic proceeds benefit the retired sisters. Sister Jane Miriam, who will be 84 in December, used to commit to selling 30,000 tickets each year and almost met that goal. In 2006, because of health problems, she reduced her commitment to 15,000 tickets. That year, there was a drop in
Sister Jane Miriam Hancock
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By Jerry Birge
Ursuline Partners in the Teaching Mission of JesusYour generous spirit compels us to thank God — and youEach of you named here knows the meaning of the sacrifice your annual donations to our community and its mission is to you. We know that your contributions allow us to continue our ministries and life together in community. Your names are for us a litany of praise to God and thanks to you. If we have made mistakes in your name and/or your level of giving, we apologize. Please contact Sister Suzanne Sims at (270) 229-2008 with corrections. We want to maintain an accurate account of your generosity. FOUNDERSDorothy Hughes
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SUPPORTERSAcme Plumbing, Heating & Cooling Co., Inc.
Al and Judy MattinglyCol. Robert and Margaret AlgermissenJohn and Therese AllenEdward and Susan AylwardSr. Mary Elizabeth Ballard, OSU, A‘66Barret-Fisher Company, Inc.
Jess and Mark MattinglyStephen and Jean BerryPatricia and H. J. Bobzien Jr.Sr. Joseph Angela Boone, OSURobert and Ann Caspar A’62Sr. Mary Jude Cecil, OSU, A‘50Tony and Linda DunkelSr. Mary Evelyn Duvall, OSUMargie and Jeff EbelharKay W. FecherRose and William FousheeDrs. Vicki Frey and David ThompsonAnn A’55 and Albert GibbsSherleye and Michael GoffRuth C. GunsolleyPhilip and Kim A’79 HaireMary Louise HaydenDoug and Dorothy HoodEmil A. KaelinGertrude Kurz C‘50Ramona and Daniel LauterwasserStella and Roger McClureDennis J. McFarlandJames and Joan MeyerRosemary and Jeffrey MianoAnn and Theodore Nichting O.D.Rusher Construction Co., Inc.
Sandra and Danny ThomasJoann M. SattlerDr. Naseeb and Mary Jo ShorySisters of Saint Joseph of CarondeletJoseph and Joan StithGeorge Sullivan Jr. Family FundMary Catherine Thompson A’61Monica L. Thompson A’71Pasquina ToddMary E. Vuncannon A‘55Sr. Robert Ann Wheatley, OSUDonald and Lois WhelanGene and Pauline WinkWilliam and Shannon Wright
MATCHING COMPANIESTexas Gas Transmission, LLCWellpoint Associate Giving Campaign
CONTRIBUTORSAlles Brothers Furniture Co., Inc.
Herman AllesPatricia M. AnadkatMaj. James and Edna Sue AngleJanet M. BakerAlbert and Dorothy BarthMarian Bennett, OSUAMary Rita BensonLia BiehlBeverly Mc Auliffe A‘62Charles J. Bonow Jr.Marvin and Patricia BooneSue and Doug Borders
Jill K. BowermanMargaret BrasuelPhyllis A’66 and Edwin J. BresnikJames and Mary Jane BreyJames BrownPhyllis E. BurganMr. and Mrs. Todd A. ButlerSuzanna and Michael CarneyBonnie N. CaseCarolyn Sue Cecil A‘73Mary and John M. Cerniglia Jr.Betty and Bobby J. ChristianMildred Payne Clark A‘46Dwayne and Marilyn ClemonsJames N. Coater Sr.Michael and Nancy CollinsRobert and Deedie CooperCouncil of Catholic Women of St. Catherine’sRuth Carolyn CrawfordRev. Bernard Leo CraycroftAnita M. DavisAnn A’52 and Samuel De CapuaMary Jo Osborne DeAngelis A‘41Paul and Carol DeringerVirginia and John H. Dink Jr.Dolores DollarJoyce C. DoughertyPatrick and Ann DoyleMary Kathleen DunkelCharles P. EasleyChester and Kay EdwardsSusan J. EffertzJoe and Shurilda EmbryDr. Rosemary EmmickPaul and Mary Jo EnderleCatherine J. EvansJoyce FirenzaJayne and George FlynnDorothy and Reyburn W. FordFour Seasons Heating & CoolingJoseph and Mary FuhrmannMartha GiaconiMarjorie GodeckerFrances A’46 and Harry GoodeRickie GoodeBernard and Joyce Grady A’56Paul and Paula GrafPhilip and Anne GramelspacherDale GrayNorman GreenbergDonald and Aline GreerJanet A’56 and Gerald GriffinRoger and Julie GstalderLarry A. HaasHoly Name SchoolMarie and Joe Allan HancockMary and Gerald HarrisMary E. HazzardSr. Mary Sheila Higdon, OSUGeorge and Lorna HorishnyEarl and Carolyn HowardGerald G. HubbsTom and Mary HunterDr. William and Lisa InkretThomas and Sharon JablonskiSuzanne and Louis JohnsonDonna Jordan
Camille A. KalmeyWilliam and Carol KirbyLoreen and Mike KiskilaSr. Mary William Klipsch, OSUKnights of Columbus Council
#1315Knights of Columbus Council
#6743Joyce M. KoozerPaul and Sue KuerziSharon LaneCarolyn LaroccoLeigh Land Surveys
Ray and Joyce LeighSonny and Juanita LentiniMary Jo LewisAnn A’58 and Richard LewisDarlene LiversTerrence and Paula MaloneAnn H. ManeyJohn and Karen ManningMary James MasdenAnna C. Mattingly A‘66Lawrence D. MattinglyJoyce MayereskyRomano and Helen MazzoliJames McCarterJames and Mary McKinzieMary and John Medley Jr.Mary Emma MellenGary and Sera MesnierJohn and Cindy MesnierPaula and Mike MetzgerSr. Mary Jovita Milner, OSUBob and April MitchellBettye and Arnold MoodyErv and Coreen MooreHenry and Jean MunstermanDave and Kimberly
MunstermanM. Diane MurphyMurphy Excavating, LLC
Gary and Angie MurphyRick and Cecilia NallyShelley and Hite NallyJane and Ray NugentOrthopaedic Surgical Specialists
PSC Drs. Joseph and Felicity Polio
Mary E. OverrightLiliosa G. PadillaJoe and Rosemary ParkRosemary PayneDorothy Montgomery Payne
A‘51Maggie and Kenny PiersonYvonne PlierMike and Betty Pontarolo A’66Ronald PresserDaniel and Nancy PurdyRobert D. PurdyEd and Mary RezekShawn and Angela RiedlingGary and Mary Helen RineyRev. W. Jerry RineyLawrence H. RobbinsCarmen Carrico RobertsonNorma C. Robinette A‘5410
Olivia Higdon Cassidy A’38David CassityBob and Mary CasterLloyd and Theresa CauleyAnna and Michael D. CecilEasie C’50 and Thomas Cecil Jr.Mary Huberta CecilCharlotte and Donald L. CecilJack CecilElizabeth A’42 and Marion CecilRose Therese Cecil A‘44Mary Louise Riney Clark A’49Catherine T. ClementsGary and Teresa CliftonDoris Ann ColgateDan and Cathy CollinsCapt. John K. CooperRichard and Denise CorcoranMargaret CowleyMonique and William Craig Jr.Elizabeth M. CrawfordMartha CrispBen and Thelma CrumpClifton and Nancy DaughertyMartha L. DavisCamilla DawsonMichael Ray and Lisa DayJoanne M. DeboMary Joan Wooldridge DelcherRev. Roy E. DentingerJohn and Lyndia DewMary and Gerald T. DickersonLaura DillihaHelen V. DinkCharlene and David DiverDonald and Judy DobernicPeter and Lelea DollDennis DurbinOtho and Mary DurbinPhillip and Angela DwaneNora Marie EbelharBill and Margaret EdelenMichael and Patricia EganJohn and Shirley EganRita A’57 and William Joseph ElderDonald and Mary Ruth ElderMary Frances Elder A‘43George ElderGilbert ElyCarol EmbryAlan and Rebecca EnglehartMary Catherine EversMarguerite FadhlJohn and Alice FaulknerJeff and Donna FergusonRachael A. FersonDora and Joseph A. FidelJoe and Kathy FinkCheryl J. FischerRev. Robert B. FlannerySr. Anita Flaugher, OSUDorothy and Gene FleischmannDeborah FousheeGary and Jennifer FreyGertie FreyDr. Martha Bickett Frost A‘67Karen FultzAnthony and Veronica GaeschkeMargaret G. GallegosFrancie Lou GarciaBetty J. GardnerJacinta C. Garinger A‘47
James M. RobinsonSMART Tuition Mgmt Services
Sam and Edith RosenMary and Frank L. Russell Jr.Dan and Jean RyanJohn W. SagabielSaint Mary ParishSaint Thomas More ChurchDebbie SandiferEdward and Connie SchickelSchrecker Supply Co. Inc.James L. ShumakerRev. Martin SiebenalerClifford and Mercedes SimmonsJennie StaugasJames and Marie StricklerRon and Cissy SullivanPatricia and Michael SullivanAnna Mary TeaffRev. Theodore G. TempelMartha M. ThompsonFrances Kay Tichenor A‘62Mary Lynn Tichenor A‘67Mary K. TierneyJames A.TrappLina Trujillo C‘50Pam and John TyndallBetty and William UlrichOtis and Mary VanceDavid R. VowelsDouglas P. VowelsNancy WalkerVelma WarrenBeverly and Edward WathenAaron and Karla WelchJay WethingtonFrank and Sandy WethingtonRichard A. WethingtonCharles and Barbara WhelanDeborah and Anthony WhelanRichard and Carol WhelanBen and Geneva WhiteVictoria A’42 and James WhiteRosella A’49 and Tom WhitsettWilliam and Mary Willett A’53Mary A. WilliamsMary Dell WimsattJoseph Welzen and Ruth Wright-
WelzenMary YaegerJoan ZinkMary Rose ZinkMeg Zybko
FRIENDSRonnie and Karen AdkissonRenea AkinGeorge and Betty Allard A’44Joseph L. AllenGenny AlleyArnida A’63 and Jerry AltmanSusie and Jack AlveyRobert and Mary Ann AlveyBarbara and Curtis AlveyGracia Elaine Alvey A‘77Leon AlveyMarietta Ling Alvey A‘47Hair Productions
Rebecca AndroitCecilia ArbuckleGilbert and Lila Mae ArchuletaJose and Jane Arellano
Dick and Margie GehresCharles and Mary GeorgeRev. John B. GephartBill and Linda GillikinMartha GipeFrank GlazerDonna Marie GoetzMary Eulalia Goetz A‘37Karen GoldnerGerald and Patricia GonczRobert H. and Mary GossettWilliam and Rita GrahamFrank Graham Jr.Paula A’73 and Larry GraySr. Margaret Marie Greenwell, OSU,
A‘57Molly and Carl GreenwellConnie Greenwell A’46Kristin and Richard A. GreenwellJohn C. GreenwellMarie GrigsbySusan and Jeff GuernseyJosephine A. GuerrantMargaret A. GuilfordDr. Gilbert and Margaret GutierrezKaye HaasJean and Mark HabingRaymond D. HaganMary Jean HaganGeorge and Andrea HaganBarbara and Thomas Leman HaganDorothy Ann M. HallJohn and Mary HallViolet Hamilton A‘54Mr. and Mrs. Joseph B. HamiltonDavid HancockFranklin and Agnes HancockRita HanewinnkelKenneth and Jeanie HanksJohn and Cathy Hannah A’79Margie Anne Hardesty A’45Ann K. Hardman A‘52Anice and Allan Harl Jr.Ralph and Beverly HarrisonJean HarrisonLeon HatcherMartha and William Hayden Jr.Gerald and Susan HaydenJoe and Rosalyn HaydenCharles and Virgie HaydenEmmalene HaydenRobert L. HayesAgnes HaynerCyril and Mary Cora HeadHenry E. HeadSr. Lorene Heck, OPKaren and Thomas HeilersMarie HeimesMarian and Forrest A. HeintzmanDavid and Gloria HendersonElizabeth A’70 and William M.
HendersonDr. John and Patsy HendricksJerome and Bernadette Henning
A’62S. Rose Henry Higdon A‘35Thomas D. HewlettAnna M. HinesMichael and Beverly HirschKaren and Edward HodskinsLillian HoldenerHoly Trinity and St. Joseph Parishes
Pamela ArnoldBetty Sue Aubin A’44Anne AutryRuben and Caroline AvilaKenneth and Joan AylorAda BaderAlice BagotRichard and Iris BakerRoger and Patricia BakerMary and Thomas J. BallardMarianna B. BarberBernice and Orville Barr Jr.Jim and Jean BartleyFrank and Jean Bataillon A’44Doug and Tammie BeasleyDee and Joe BechtoldtMary and Gabriel BeckerNancy and Malcolm H. BellCarol Ann Bell A‘60Mary Berger A‘55Robert and Roberta BerryCheryle BesharaCyril BirgeJoe and Cecily BlairRobert BlandfordMargaret Blandford C’45Blessed Mother ParishDonna BoekleyStella BoireCatherine BookerMarian E. BooneSharon BooneWendell and Mary Bryan BoothRichard and Faye BoothLinda and Dan BortonSarah M. BowlingDoris Clements BowmanDenise BradfordMarcella A’63 and Thomas P. BradyCandance and Nick BrakeJohn and Margaret BraunThomas and Jean BreenDr. Marilyn and Joseph BrookmanMarie S. BrossartJohn BrownBob and Rebecca BrownBrenda K. BrownAnna BrownJohn and Betty BrownJosephine BrowningPatricia S. Bueter A‘61Ernestine BueterCarolyn Coomes Bullington A‘61Gene and Carol BurnsCharles and Anita BurrDenny and Joann BurtonLeonard and Rosie ByrneCarole and Joseph J. CadaKeith and Tamara CainImogene CaldwellMartha Frances Campbell C‘41Benson W. Campbell CPAGlenn and Patricia CampbellMarilyn Carper James P. CarricoBarbara and James R. CarricoJo Ann CarsonThomas S. CarsonStella CashBill and Martha CashRay and Betty CashenViolet L. Cassidy
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KEY TO DONATION LEVELS AND ANNOTATIONSFounders: gifts of $25,000 or overBenefactors: gifts of $10,000-24,999Patrons: gifts of $5,000-9,999
Investors: gifts of $2,500-4,999Providers: gifts of $1,000-2,499Sponsors: gifts of $500-999
Supporters: gifts of $250-499Contributors: gifts of $100-249Friends: gifts of $1-99 +Deceased
James and Barbara House A’53Edward and Susan HovartBarry P. HowardIta Belle HowardRobert C. and Doris HowardAlice and Charles F. HowardRaymond and Gail HowardMarthadene Howe A‘69Henry HuckebyJoyce HughesVirginia L. HuntJohn HurmEmma Lee HutchinsHenry and Therese JablonskiLillian Weafer JarboeDonna and Jay JensenJoe F. JohnsonSusan JohnsonBeverly and Lawrence S. JohnstonMary and Leonard KaiserMargaret and Neil J. KallmanChris and Jennifer KaminskiCarole KanithWilliam and Marjorie Keegan A’38Anna KeenanCatherine KeeneStephen KeeneWilliam Leslie Keene Jr.Francis and Brenda Keller A’59Earl and Anna KellerMary C. Kelly A’54Mark and Diane KemperMary Kennedy A’49Charles and Jan KillickThurman R. KingMary Jo A’63 and Donald G. KirbyPaul and Elizabeth KirkwoodPaul KlaphekeJames and Joan KleinDavid and Diana KlotzCharles and Virginia KnightAnna KnightMary KnowltonIngrid E. KokindaEdward and Maria KompareStan KoniecznyJohn and Joyce KotarekRosemary McShane Kranz A‘50Mildred KrapfMary Lou KrauszClifford and Jean KreifelsRaymond and Kitty KressDr. Henry M. Labiche Jr.Dorothy LachoweckiCharles and Terri LahughMarty and Kimberly LampertRobert and Mary LancasterDaniel and Sarah LehanRev. John B. LenahanMary LenihanAnna R. LeonardMary Frances Liebert C‘49David and Phyllis LillyRaymond and Shirley LindleDolores LindsayJohn and Martha LittleRita and Joseph LiversVictor and Donna LobatoVickie and Martin LogsdonTony and Betty LovatoMary LovatoFlorence M. LovejoyLou LovellAlexis E. Lubchenco Jr.Margaret and José LuceroMike and Ginger LuescherSr. Walter Louise Lush, OSUFrances Stallings Mahoney C‘43Neil and Dianne ManiasElizabeth Martin C‘37
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Kathy M. MatlockBarbara Jo Mattingly A‘59Modella MattinglyJoe B. MattinglyJames and Helen Ann MaupinPatricia MaupinFlorence MayerRowena McCabeBeverly and Jerry McCandlessFrank and Juanita McCartyCyril Spalding McCauleyDottie McClellanAnne McCowenMary V. McCubbinEdward McDonnellShirley McGavinMarge McLaughlinRon and Brenda McNealRev. Arnold J. MeiringMr. and Mrs. Neil MerrionBetty MertiThe Methodist Home of Ky., Inc.Ruth MetschuleitDonald P. and Ursula MetzgerMary Jane and Charles MetzmeierVirginia MillayJoseph Allen MillayDeborah and Ernie L. MillerMischel Monuments, Inc.
Ty MischelJoe MollChristine MontoyaEmilio and Emma MontoyaJoan MooreJoann MooreBetty Moorman A‘58Steve and Becky Morris A’71Angela D. MorrisJoan P. MorseFrances MouserJohn and Sue MuddMary Ellen MuellerMichael M. MunstermanDebbie and Larry MurphyGary R. and Debbie MurphyMarie MurphyJoseph and Bobbie MurphyLinda J. MyersJane NallyJohn and Cathy NecaiseErnest NelsonMike NewcombWalter NewmanAngela NiroJane NolkemperJoyce NoonanConnie and Gerald NugentDon and Donna OberhausenPaul and Frances O’Bryan A’44Don and Cecilia OlingerRose OlingerSharon and Leon J. OlingerRoger and Kathryn OrdalKatherine OsowiczLouis and Shirley PalmerRita and Thomas ParrottBob PaschalAnthony Russell PattersonSherman and Charline PayneMonica PaynePatsy and Bill PayneRon and Denise PayneM. Ethel Payne A‘43Geraldine PenningtonLinda PenningtonRev. Gerald PetersonEdward and Grace PickettFrances E. PionkeM. Pauline PoseySylvia Pousson
Precious Blood ParishLisa PrendergastJenny and Bill PylandShirlene QuinnRegina M. RamseyEleanor T. RapierChristine A. RedfordDarrell and Vicki ReedDonald and Colette ReesDoris ReidJohn and Margaret ReiszMary Patricia ReynoldsJeffrey Lee RhinersonDorothy RhodesCharles and Nancy RichyDonald and Maureen RiedlingMargaret and Thomas E. RileyDayle RileyJoe and Sue Riney A’42Martha RineyMary A’66 and T. Edward RineyThomas B. RineyMary A’45 and Thomas M. RineyEldred and Eulaine RobertsonDonna RobyPauline RoeschMike and Elizabeth Rogers A’70Phillip RoofPatricia and Gerald RoofDavid and Sally RoofMary W. RoscoeEvelyn V. RudyJames and Mary RussellWilliam A. RussellBetsy RussellJoseph Norman and Margaret RyanSaint Catharine CollegeSaint Mary’s Catholic ChurchGeraldine SaizMargie SalernoPatsy A. SandersLTC José Flavio SantillanesPatricia and Gary SatterwhiteStanley and Rose SauerLeona T. SaundersGeorge and Mary SawyerJoan and Tom ScalesEugene SchadlerDave and Pam SchechingerDonna and Robert L. SchmidtLu Anne SchneiderRita O’Bryan Schrecker C’41Geraldine V. SchrothThomas and Davine SchrumDavid and Linda SchutzDoris M. SchutzWilliam and Betty SeayRosemarie and Daniel T. SedilloIrene SemonesMartha SeversStephen and Jeanette ShaughnessySr. Mary Angela Shaughnessy, SCNMary Rose Shoemaker C‘41Lale and Hanri SidemMary A’69 and Theodore S. Sils Jr.Louis and Betty Jo SimmsWilliam and Mary SkeesStephen and Mary SkrivanRobert and Marjorie Slack A’53Louis and Peggy SlapshakTherese M. SloaneWilliam and Laura Smith A’50Mr. and Mrs. John P. SmithMichael and Rosemary SmithBetty L. SmithJack SolarFloyd SorquistJosephine M. SpaldingCatherine SpearsMarie Lewis Spragens
Saint Angela Merici Heritage Society
We are deeply grateful to these persons who, in life or in death, have named our community as the recipient of a planned gift. These generous benefactors of bequests, annuities, or estate gifts are great signs of faithful stewardship, providing for our mission into the future. Saint Angela Merici, bless them with your prayers, as we pledge our own:
Sr. Naomi Aull, OSUSr. Margaret Joseph Aull, OSUAnonymous (4)Sr. Catherine Barber, OSUSr. Luisa Bickett, OSU, A‘47Sr. Charlesine Bowling, OSURev. B. Leo CraycroftJane Fulton†Paul P. Gannon†José GomezSr. Mary Clement Greenwell, OSU, A‘27Msgr. George H. HancockSr. Jane Irvin Hancock, OSU, C‘47Sr. Jane Miriam Hancock, OSU, C‘43Sr. Ethelreda Hayden, OSUSr. Mary Eileen Howard, OSU, C‘47Mary Hayden LackeyFreddie and Helen LeblancRev. Joseph “Doc” LyonDr. Raymond J. Maras†Rev. Carl McCarthyRoger and Stella McClureSr. Jean Gertrude Mudd, OSUCletus and Dee OberstHenry† and Dody PayneSr. Jean Madeline Peake, OSURev. C. Phillip RineyKelly and Hughleen Thompson
Riney A’45/C’47Joseph C. and Sue Thomas Riney A’42Susan J. ScottSr. Helen Ann Stuart, OSU, A‘42Mary C. ThompsonBertrand and Sue TrompeterSr. Mary Agnes VonderHaar, OSU, A‘52Sr. Marie Brenda Vowels, OSUSr. Joan of Arc Walz, OSUCartmell Wheeler†
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Charles and Claire YarberKathy A’70 and Harold YoungAileen YoungCatherine Zech C’39Nettie Zent
IN KINDPaul’s Fruit Market Philip ThienemanAmerican BountyBaker’s RackBeckman Tire & Auto CenterMag and Jerry BirgeBlossoms Maternity and MoreBluegrass InteriorsSandra A’67 and David BoswellBright Star NurseryShelia ByrneMargaret and Nick CambronEd and Gloria CecilClark’s Health & Nutrition Center, Inc.Doris Ann ColgateSheila and Walter CollinsCrosley Radio CorporationCruse Salon and Day SpaEtc...ExcursionsExecutive Inn-RivermontFace ForwardFamous BistroFrank’s Plumbing & HeatingJoan and Paul FritzPete and Marilyn FronczkiewiczG & G Landscape Nursery & FloristGarden InterludesGene’s Health Food, Inc.General Glass Company, Inc.Glenmary SistersGlenn Funeral HomeSuzanne GochenouerGordon’s True Value HardwareBev GoreGreat Harvest BreadRev. Alcuin E. GreenburgE. Jean GutierrezHagan’s Outdoor EquipmentMary HarnessHayden’s FurnitureHealthParkCarol HillJanie HowardHubert Powers PhotographyCarol ImlachIndependence BankJasper Seating Co.Jennie Lynn’s Florist & GiftsNancy Mills Jones A‘72Camille A. KalmeyKentucky’s BestKuntry Kutter & Gift ShopDorothy LachoweckiMary Sue and Bennett S. LigonMarlene’s Garden CenterRuth MetschuleitPam MillerRev. Joseph MillsMills Drug StoreMoonlight Bar-B-QNTA Custom JewelersOhio Valley 2-Way Radio, Inc.Owensboro Family YMCAOwensboro Heart & VascularOwensboro-Daviess County Tourist
CommissionOwensboro-Daviess County Regional
AirportPaint HeadquartersPet Food CenterPlaza Hair Design
Sandy StahlRalph and Ernie StanleyGrace SteinbergerDonna StengelLorena StephenJane StephensClara Beth StewardJoseph and Lahoma StinnettPat and Marnita StrehlImogene Stull A‘54William B. SturgisJoe TammeCarolyn and Paul TappNancy and Phillip R. TatumPat and Waitman Taylor Jr.Bill and Marilyn TerryLoretta ThienLarry and Jorene ThoemingRichard and Linda ThomasEmily and Joe ThomasJ.B. ThomasSharon and David W. ThompsonTeresa B. ThompsonMary Ann and Joseph B. ThompsonJim ThompsonThomas and Cecelia ThompsonDorothy E. TipmoreCaroyla TobbeMichael and Renee ToomeyElla June TownsendDoris Willett Trapp A‘48Harold TravisRay TretterMary Louise Truitt A‘48Delores TurnageJoanne Turner A‘78Charlotta UbelhorJerome C. VandevenJohnathan A. VeederJohn Michael and Dianna VittitowTamara and Kenneth VoglerDolores WachenNancy and John H. Walsh Jr.Regina Walz A‘40Cheryl WanyaRobert WardJeannine WarfordRose WarrenSr. Ann Victoria Wasylina, OSUMary Jo WathenJohn and Doreen WathenBernard L. WathenAgnes Marie Watts A‘53Betty and George WebsterRaymond and Barbara
WeidenbennerCatherine Welle C‘49Mark and Marge WempeAnn WethingtonRosemarie WethingtonClara J. WheatleyJohn and Darleen WhelanDr. Fred and Jackie WhelanWilliam and Patricia WhelanWilliam and Eleanor WhelanJohn and Leslie WhiteMila S. WhitlerTerri WickLouis and Barbara WilbertJanice and Donald WilkinsonVance and Pam WilsonJim and Jennifer WilsonMary WimsattFrances and Charles A. WirthElaine and John M. WoodJulia WooldridgeCatherine J. WrightLucille Fogle WrightSteve and Earline WurthMerle and Marilyn Wysock
Porter PaintsEd and Amy RaySusan ReissSuzanne E. ReissRivertown Moving and StorageRoger I. Jones, O.D. OptometristTim RohlederSaint Maximilian Kolbe Catholic BooksSitex CorporationMary Ann SchillingDonald and Sharon SpeaksJohn and Elaine SullivanTammy’s Cakes and MoreTexas RoadhouseThe BackyardThe GalleryTri-State Fire & Safety EquipmentTrisonsTWO Theatre Workshop of OwensboroUS BankNancy and John H. Walsh Jr.Judith Faye Ward A‘60Watkins NurseryWelborn’s Floral CompanyYour Source Inspirational Books & Gifts
HONORSSister Margaret Joseph Aull Phyllis and Daryl HenrySister Mimi Ballard Sr. Margaret Marie Greenwell, OSU,
A’57 William Leslie Keene Jr.Patricia Blackburn Beerbower James L. ShumakerMrs. Frances H. Bickett Dr. Martha Bickett Frost A‘67Brandon Boone JoAnn and Stephen D. BooneSister Mary Regina Boone Mary Jane and Charles MetzmeierMaurice Borton Daniel and Linda BortonSister Vivian Bowles Bob and April MitchellSister Charlesine Bowling Doris Ann ColgateSister Emma Cecilia Busam Sharon BooneSister Martha Ann Cargile Doris Ann ColgateSister Lennora Carrico Doris Clements BowmanSister Mary Irene Cecil Elizabeth (Maxine) and Marion CecilSister Mary Jude Cecil Michael and Nancy Collins
Saint Thomas More ParishE. L. Chapman Carol EmbrySister Philomena Cox Mary Rose ZinkSister Mary Durr Doris Ann Colgate Dr. William and Aurelia Inkret, Jr. Dr. William C. and Lisa InkretSister Marie Julie Fecher Mary Rose ZinkSister Anita Flaugher Elizabeth M. CrawfordSister Mary Cabrini Foushee Mary KnowltonSister Ruth Gehres Sherman and Charline PayneSister Mary Clement Greenwell James and Barbara HouseSister Maureen Griner Sr. Margaret Marie Greenwell, OSU,
A’57Sister George Mary Hagan Doug and Tammie BeasleySister Barbara Jean Head Joe TammeSister Michele Ann Intravia Thomas and Sharon Jablonski John and Cynthia MesnierSister Clara Johnson Sr. Margaret Marie Greenwell, OSUSister Serifica Kern John HurmMary Anne Kirkpatrick James L. ShumakerSister Walter Louise Lush Michael and Diana LushMarion Mulligan Mattingly Jess and Mark MattinglySister Frances McDonagh Lillian Holdener Larry and Jorene ThoemingSister Miriam Medley Mark and Diane KemperSister Rose Emma Monaghan Denny and Joann BurtonSister Rose Marita O’Bryan Mary Rose ZinkSister Cecelia Joseph Olinger Rose OlingerJoe and Sue Riney Donald and Mary Jo KirbySister Judith Nell Riney Sr. Margaret Marie Greenwell, OSUSister Joseph Adrian Russell Michael and Patricia Egan Phyllis and Daryl Henry
Dr. Raymond J. Maras, longtime colleague and friend of Con Fecher, father of Sister Marie Julie Fecher, OSU, decided in his later years to support the Ursuline Sisters of Mount Saint Joseph with the gift of his personal car when he could no longer drive and by the lasting gift of a bequest. Dr. Maras passed to eternal life April 26, 2007, at age 90. May he rest in peace with God, receiving the rewards of heaven. We thank the Fecher Family for their faithful friendship and ask God to comfort Raymond’s family in Ohio.
Giving...For Heaven’s Sake
Dr. Raymond Maras
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Richard and Linda ThomasSister Grace Simpson Sr. Margaret Marie Greenwell, OSU Sr. Mary Angela Shaughnessy, SCNSister Suzanne Sims Gertie Frey Sr. Margaret Marie Greenwell, OSU Jeffrey Lee RhinersonHeather Singer Stephen and JoAnn BooneSister Cordelia Spalding Mary Jane and Charles MetzmeierSister Laurita Spalding Holy Name SchoolSt. Brigid School Vine Grove KY Joseph and Joan StithSister Jean Richard Stukenholtz AnonymousUrsuline Sisters from the Belleville
Community Rev. Robert Flannery Stan KoniecznyUrsuline Sisters of Mount Saint Joseph Marianna RobinsonUrsuline Teachers at Marion County
High School Mary and Charles S. GeorgeSister Mary Matthias Ward Genny AlleyAustin Wathen Joann MooreSister Marietta Wethington Phyllis E. BurganSister Mary Bertha Wethington Thomas S. Carson Mary Jane and Charles Metzmeier John W. SagabielSister de Chantal Whelan Mary Jane and Charles MetzmeierSister Dorothy Marie Willett Mary Kathleen DunkelSister Rosita Willett Mary Kathleen DunkelSister Agnes Catherine Williams Mary Jane and Charles Metzmeier Jane NolkemperSister Carolita Young Rose Olinger
MEMORIALSSister Mary Damien Abell Marthadene Howe A‘69All Ursuline Teachers Dan Mattingly Rev. W. Jerry RineyJoAnna M. McDaniel Allen Joseph L. AllenClarence, Carrie and Wendell Alvey Leon AlveyMarjilee Alvey Gracia Elaine Alvey A‘77R. Allen Baker Roger and Patricia BakerJude Ballard Mary and Tom BallardSister Jean Claire Ballard Michael Ray and Lisa DayT.O. Ballard Jr. Gerald and Susan HaydenJoseph Ursula Barker Charles and Virginia KnightSister Mildred Barr Florence M. Lovejoy
Joe and Sue Riney The Methodist Home of Ky., Inc.Ghadys Warren Bell James and Shirley McCarterCynthia Louise Warren Bickett Carole Kanith Rose WarrenMr. Lawrence B. Bickett Martha Bickett Frost A‘67Mark Biehl Lia BiehlAntoinette Birge Cyril BirgeJoseph Bill Boone Marian E. BooneSister Jean Martin Brey Jim and Mary Jane BreySister Victoria Brohm Marian and Forrest A. HeintzmanSister Mary Denise Brown Marianna B. Barber Bob and Rebecca Brown James BrownSister Marie Therese Brumlow Mary Jane and Charles MetzmeierCharles Daniel Burrus Ed and Mary RezekEllene Bush Rita and William GrahamSister Martha Ann Cargile Al and Dorothy Barth Doris Ann Colgate Dan and Cat Collins Martha Crisp Joyce and Bernard Grady Louis and Suzanne Johnson Mary Sue and Bennett Ligon Joe and Rosemary Park Rosemary Payne Joe and Sue Riney Rita O’Bryan Schrecker C’41 Robert and Marge Slack Clara Beth StewardFlorence Carlson John and Joyce KotarekSister Carmencita Carrico Rebecca Andriot Carmen Carrico RobertsonJudy Carrico James P. CarricoSister Mary Corda Carrico Rebecca Andriot Carmen Carrico RobertsonSister Joseph Ursula Cissell Donald and Ursula MetzgerZita Miles Cissell Jane and Ray NugentTed and Till Clark Bill and Martha HaydenSandy Compas Charlotta UbelhorSister Charles Marie Coyle Geraldine SaizDeparted Ursulines Sylvia PoussonAnna Catherine Donahue Rebecca J. DonahueSister Jane Francis Donahue Mary Huberta Cecil Rebecca J. DonahueSister Mary Beatrice Donahue Marvin and Patricia Boone Mary Huberta Cecil
Rebecca J. Donahue Joe and Kathy Fink Rita Hanewinnkel John and Sue Mudd Don and Donna Oberhausen Joe and Sue Riney Mary Jo WathenSister Rose Catherine Donahue Rebecca J. DonahueBen Edelen Bill and Margaret Edelen Marie GrigsbyBarry Embry Betty L. SmithSister Etheldreda Melbourne Thomas E. and Margaret RileyJohn Wesley Faulkner Bill and Trish WhelanSister Mary Clara Floyd Ray and Joyce LeighKristin Foulke Ed and Grace PickettMichael Gast Sr. Sr. Mary Jude Cecil, OSU, A‘50Ellen Gilles Stephen and Paula SkrivanHelen Payne and Paul Eugene Gilles Stephen and Paula SkrivanMrs. Clara Gomez José GomezLouise Gough Joann MooreMary Vida and Aaron Greenwell John C. GreenwellDonna Hagan Frances MouserPhilomena Hall John and Mary HallLarry Hammet Sr. Mary Jude Cecil, OSU, A‘50Fr. Wilfred Hayden Joan ZinkSister Mary Wilfrid Hayden Joan ZinkSister Raphael Hayden Mary Louise HaydenSister Charles Irene Hayden Carole and Joseph J. Cada Mark and Marge Wempe Joan ZinkSister Ethelreda Hayden Anonymous Betty J. Gardner Frances and Harry Goode
Joe and Sue RineySister Joseph Mark Hayden Rebecca AndriotSister Mary Mercy Hayden Tom and Margaret RileyVictor Heimes Marie HeimesSister Georgetta Higdon Norman GreenbergMickey B. Horrom Bruce HorromNancy Clements Howard Nancy and Phillip R. TatumSister Mary Grace Hutchins Emma Lee Hutchins Margie Salerno Jeanette Hutchison John C. GreenwellGertrude Klopka Ischer Marian BennettRaymond Jarboe Lillian Weafer JarboeAlma Buechler Kaelin Emil A. KaelinFlora Ann Kaelin Emil A. KaelinDeceased Family of Kaiser, Durr,
Volkmer and Rebhan Mary and Leonard KaiserEllen Lancaster Kellenaers George and Mary SawyerCecilia Bowling Kirkpatrick Frances MouserJim Kirkpatrick Frances MouserKenneth Kupper Jane StephensGeorge V. Liddy Doug and Sue Borders Mary and Ed Riney Mike and Betty Rogers Pat and Waitman Taylor Jr.Patrick Lucius Marguerite FadhlEligio Madrid Molly JacquesPhyllis Mahoney Frances Stallings Mahoney C‘43Isabella Mammen Mildred KrapfKurt Manecke Nancy and John H. Walsh Jr.Angelina Marciano Angela NiroSister Mary Lucy Mattingly Dr. Rosemary EmmickDonald Maupin Anita M. DavisMcGovern Family Raymond and Kitty KressRoberta Mudd Carrico McIntyre Ken WilliamsSister Charles Catherine Medley Mark and Diane KemperDennis Millay Joseph Allen MillayHugh Mills Martha CrispParvin and Mildred Mischel and Family Ty MischelJoe and Robby Morris Angela D. MorrisSister Joseph Cecelia Muller Beverly and Richard Boeckmann Sr.Sister Bertha Marie Nally Anonymous Bonnie N. Case Jane Nally Rick and Cecilia Nally
BequestsThese men and women have been faithful stewards of God’s manifold gifts. They have shared God’s abundance with us. Now they share God fully. May they “shine like bright stars for all eternity.” (Daniel 12:3)
Dr. Raymond J. MarasMary T. KastnerJoAnne WellerRev. Wilfred J. Hayden
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R. Hite and Shelley Nally Joe and Sue RineyUrsuline Sisters in Nebraska Rev. Alcuin E. GreenburgAnna Kathryn Ward Newcomb Mike NewcombRobert Preston O’Bryan, Jr. Drs. Vicki Frey and David
Thompson Anna and Earl Keller Tom and Joan Scales Michael and Rosemary Smith David and SharonThompsonLucy O’Daniel Marie Lewis SpragensFrancine L. Onley Mike and Betty PontaroloSister Mary Cecilia Payne Stephen and Paula SkrivanJamie Pence Ralph and Beverly HarrisonBill Pennington Paul and Po Goebel Frank and Sandra WethingtonSister Helen Marie Pfohl Carolyn and Paul TappSister Basil Pike Betty Sue Aubin A’44Sister Teresita Pionke, GHMS Joyce Mayeresky Frances E. PionkeSister Jean Catherine Purdy Daniel and Nancy Purdy Robert D. PurdySister Dolores Purdy Daniel and Nancy Purdy Robert D. PurdySister Ephrem Purdy Daniel and Nancy Purdy Robert D. PurdySister Mary John Purdy Daniel and Nancy Purdy Robert D. PurdyDorothy Medley Ray Dorothy Ann M. HallJames Anthony Rearden Martha CrispMargaret Reddicks Joe and Shurilda Embry Bill and Linda Gillikin Linda J. Myers Leona T. Saunders Mary C. ThompsonLouis V. Reiss Susan Reiss Suzanne E. ReissMrs. Joyce Robbins Lawrence H. RobbinsSister Mary Victor Rogers Sonny and Juanita LentiniJoseph L. Rudy Evelyn V. RudySister Mary Henry Russell Marjorie Godecker Phyllis and Daryl Henry Mr. and Mrs. Shawn Riedling Richard and Linda Thomas Pasquina ToddMary Ursula Schutz Michael and Partricia Egan Marjorie Godecker Joe F. Johnson Susan Johnson M. Diane Murphy Donald and Maureen Riedling Betsy Russell Mary and James B. Russell Mary and Frank L. Russell Jr. William A. Russell David and Linda Schutz
Doris M.Schutz Louis and Barbara WilbertRoland A. Sensmeyer Leon and Sharon OlingerMary Leona Settles Ann and Albert GibbsSister Mary Oderic Settles Ann and Albert GibbsWarner P. “Bud” Seymour Ronnie and Karen AdkissonAndrew and A.J. Shoemaker and
Family Mary Rose Shoemaker C‘41Mary T. Sims C’29 Delores TurnageSister Bernadita Sipes Stanley and Rose SauerSister Margaret Sipes Stanley and Rose SauerSister Agnes Marie Smith Margaret and Joseph Norman
RyanJennifer Lea Smith Joseph and Dora FidelHelen Dorothy Medley Solar Jack SolarSister Jamesina Spain Betty and Bill Ulrich Ken WilliamsJames Stephens Richard and Iris Baker Bill and Martha Cash Stella Cash David Cassity Susan and Jeff Guernsey Virginia L. Hunt David and Phyllis Lilly Joe Moll Joyce Noonan Darrell and Vicki Reed Donald and Colette Rees David and Sally Roof Patricia and Gerald Roof Phillip Roof William B. Sturgis Steve and Earline Wurth Merle and Marilyn WysockRay Taylor Bill and Marilyn TerryAgapita Terrazas Molly JacquesSister Mary DeSales Thomas Emil A. KaelinSister Joseph Therese Thompson Ed and Connie SchickelSister Mary Fidas Thompson Clara J. WheatleySister Rose Marie Thompson Clara J. WheatleyTichenor and Garinger Family Jacinta C. Garinger A‘47Bernadette Willett Trapp James A.TrappMike Troutman Sr. Mary Jude Cecil, OSU, A‘50Sister Ancilla Marie Warren Tom and Mary Hunter Dayle RileySister Bartholene Warren Cecelia and Thomas ThompsonSister George Ann Warren Cecelia and Thomas ThompsonSister Mary Edgar Warren Tom and Mary HunterPauline and Marvin Wathen Ann and Richard WathenRichard Weafer Lillian Weafer JarboeBob Wethington Thomas S. Carson
Jim Wethington Family Rosemarie WethingtonPatrick Anthony Wethington Jo Ann Carson Thomas S. Carson Christine A. RedfordSister Dorothy Ann Whelan George and Faye BrielSister Mary Emily Whelan Marvin and Patricia Boone George and Faye Briel John and Alice Faulkner Carl and Molly Greenwell Shirley McGavin Regina M. Ramsey Joe and Sue Riney Dan and Dorothy Ryan Bill and Betty Seay Anthony and Deborah Whelan Richard and Carol Whelan Lois and Donald Whelan William and Eleanor Whelan Fred and Jackie Whelan Charles and Claire YarberScott Whitler Mila S. WhitlerSister Rosita Willett Patricia M. Anadkat Jim and Jean Bartley Dorothy and Gene Fleischmann Mary Eulalia Goetz A‘37
revenue, and it was obviously a result of the decrease in tickets sold by Sister Jane Miriam.
Bonnie Marks, 2002-04 picnic chair, called Sister Jane Miriam “a devoted Ursuline” who wanted to sell enough tickets to equal her previous salary. “Her life was immersed in the social web supporting the picnic and living the model of Saint Angela. Sister Jane Miram has served her community well,” Bonnie said. Now in her 65th year as an Ursuline sister, the Waverly, Kentucky, native was an educator for more than 50 years in the diocese of Owensboro and the archdiocese of Louisville. She retired in 1994 but continued substitute teaching in the Owensboro Catholic school system until 2002. She now does volunteer ministry and is in the “powerhouse of prayer.” Marian Bennett, director of Ursuline partnerships and 2005 picnic chair, says, “Sister Jane Miriam continues to play a central role in ticket sales. Her determination shines through her sweet smile and assures her success. Who can resist?” When she was 45, Sister Jane Miriam said her two new “adventurous assignments” were teaching science at Saint Charles Junior High School in Saint Mary’s, Kentucky, and promoting sales for the first Mount Saint Joseph picnic. “For 37 years from June to September, many lovely, generous souls have welcomed me in supporting our picnic. Such devotedness and generous giving is truly a blessing for us,” she said. “All my life, each individual who contributed has been offered daily to Jesus for blessing upon them physically, mentally and financially. “Thank you, our friends and benefactors. Your generosity is overwhelming. We love and treasure you all.” n
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Sherleye and H. Michael Goff Beverly and Jerry McCandless Frank and Juanita McCarty Monica Payne Ron and Denise Payne Joe and Sue Riney Ed and Connie Schickel Irene Semones Rev. Bill RoweLee and Nancy Williams Ken WilliamsSister Carolita Young Jack and Susie Alvey James Brown Ben and Thelma Crump Martha L. Davis Mr. and Mrs. Joseph B. Hamilton Joe and Rosie Hayden Darlene Livers Don and Cecilia Olinger Gary and Mary Helen Riney Joe and Sue Riney Dan and Dorothy Ryan Joseph and Lahoma Stinnett Mr. and Mrs. J.B. Thomas Raymond and Barbara Weidenbenner Catherine Welle C‘49Arthur Zinselmeyer Mary Zinselmeyer
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Soli Deo GloriaWe rejoice in the gifts of our sisters, given for the kingdom of God
Sister Dianna Ortiz, founder and executive director of Torture Abolition and Survivors Support Coalition, accepted the War Resisters League’s 42nd annual Peace Award Sept. 28 in New York City on behalf of TASSC. Peace Awards honor those who take leading roles in defense of human rights and support a nonviolent platform of action. TASSC is based in Washington, D.C. The Center for Constitutional Rights also received a Peace Award.
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Sister Mary Diane Taylor had some of her art on display at a faculty art exhibition at Brescia University in Owensboro. An opening reception took place Aug. 23 in the Anna Eaton Stout Gallery in the Campus Center. Sister Mary Diane, pictured at left with one of her stained glass designs, is chair of the Division of Fine Arts at Brescia.
Sister Suzanne Sims was named District 6710 Rotarian of the Year in June by the Owensboro Noon Rotary Club. Each local Rotary submits a candidate for this annual award. Sister Suzanne was nominated primarily for her leadership partnering with other Rotary groups to drill wells in northern Uganda. Seven villages have obtained clean water which means the women there no longer walk several miles a day to get it. This can put them in danger and keep children out of school. The Rotary Club, its members’ businesses, and friends sent $15,000 over the last year, all matched up to three times by Rotary partners, for the successful drilling of sustainable wells. In 2006, Sister Suzanne was honored as a Paul Harris Fellow from the Rotary Club. A $1,000 donation in her name was given to Rotary Foundation. Sister Ruth Gehres (see below), one of the first female members to join the Owensboro Rotary Club in 1998, also received a Paul Harris Fellow honor in 1993.
Sister Ruth Gehres has completed a six week Spanish class at the Maryknoll Language Institute in Cochabamba, Bolivia. She took the class in preparation for her new ministry with Casa Ursulina in Chillán, Chile. Students from all of the world – sisters, priests and lay persons – took the class, working
on their language skills in preparation for beginning or continuing missionary work in Latin America. Courses are tailored to the needs of each student, from “basico” (beginner) to “superior.” Sister Ruth graduated from intermediate to advanced during her six weeks of very intensive study. All teachers at the school are Bolivians and native speakers of Spanish. Students live with Bolivian families. Sister Ruth says she enjoyed this part of the experience very much.
Sister Larraine Lauter came to the aid of illegal immigrants in Louisville when their 4-year-old son, Ivan, was abducted June 29. His body was found in a garbage truck a week later. Sister Larraine interpreted for the Spanish-speaking family at a news conference and during the police investigation.
After a July 15 funeral service, she accompanied Ivan’s body back to Guatemuala for burial. “We pray that Ivan is with God and enjoying eternal life,” said Sister Larraine, who is coordinator of Hispanic ministry for Church of the Epiphany in Louisville.
