URSULINES OF YOUNGSTOWN USA - Figlie di S. Angela Merici

URSULINES OF YOUNGSTOWN
USA
Ursuline Motherhouse
4250 Shields Road
Canfield, OH 44406
Tel: 330- 792- 7636 – Fax: 330- 792- 9553
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Today
The Ursulines of Youngstown are Catholic nuns who respond
together to the most critical needs of God’s people in the greater
Mahoning Valley in northeastern Ohio and have done so since 18 7 4
– adapting their ministries to meet the needs of the times. They are
com mitted to bringing their spirit, vision and presence to the Valle y
for generations to come.
The Ursulines’ ministries include the founding of and continuing
educational endeavors at Ursuline High School and the Ursuline
Preschool and Kindergarten, Canfield. Some sisters teach at other
schools and in higher education. An im measurable number of
students ha ve benefited from their care.
In 199 1 the Ursulines of Youngstown founded Beatitude House, with
locations in Youngstown, Warren, and Ashtabula. This progra m has
helped hundreds of homeless women and their children break the
cycle of povert y b y providing transitional housing, guidance in
parenting and other assistance. The Potter’s Wheel, Youngstown,
helps disadvantaged women succeed through educational and
employment assistance.
The community co-sponsors the Doroth y Da y House on
Youngstown’s north side. Mondays through Thursdays, 80 to 100
free meals are served each day to those who might otherwise go
hungry.
In 1993 the Ursulines began responding to the needs of children and
adults infected or affected by HIV/AIDS. They continue to do so in
three ways. The Ursuline Sisters' AIDS Ministry offers a
Comprehensive Care Center, a clinic in the Renaissance Center,
Youngstown, which treated 250 patients in 2011 and offered HIV
testing to 190 persons. No HIV-positive babies ha ve been born to
infected mothers in the Center’s care; The Guardian Angel Café &
Angela's Place served over 1,200 meals last year and distributed
more than 2,000 bags of groceries, household supplies and personal
items; Casa Madre, a house on the city’s south side, provides tutoring
and mentoring for children suffering with the virus or results of it in
their families. Most of the adults and children we serve are at or
below povert y level.
Thousands benefit from ministries offered at the Ursuline
educational facility, The Ursuline Center, with such opportunities
as: Adult Enrichment Classes; a Labyrinth open to all; Prison
Ministr y; Pastoral and Berea ve ment Counseling; Pra yer Sha w l
Ministr y , w hich brings the comfort and securit y of God’s love to the
ill; Spiritual Direction and Retreats; and The Ursuline Center Book
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Club. Also offered at the site are Walsh University Accelerated
Program and Pymatuning Rehab Speech and Hearing Services.
The Ursulines of Youngstown also minister in social work and as
chaplains in area healthcare, rehabilitation and nursing home
facilities, and in area parishes.
History
In 18 7 4 im migrant children in Youngstown, Ohio, needed teachers.
So, on Septe mber 18 of that year, six Ursuline sisters from
Cleveland, led by Sister Teresa Foley, arrived in Youngstown to
begin teaching at St. Columba School. Another sister ca me from
Toledo. The Ursulines soon became a welcomed presence in this area
of nort he astern Ohio. Before long, t he sisters had la un ched a n
academy that eventually evolved into the present day Ursuline
High School in Youngstown.
In less than nine short years, Ursuline sisters were teaching at
se veral local parish schools; the y quickl y extended their educational
plans to other sites in and around Youngstown, including Campbell,
Struthers, Wellsville, Leetonia, Canton, and Girard.
When the Diocese of Youngstown was established in 1943, Ursulines
helped set up many of the new departments in the diocesan offices.
By the 1950s the community had established programs of religious
education for children with hearing impair ments and
developmentally disabled children. The sisters also found
themselves working at Father Kane’s Camp in the summer and
offerin g special educational progra ms in t he inne r cit y on
Saturdays.
The sisters served not only in Catholic schools but also in other areas
of special need. In the ea rl y 1 9 6 0s t he Second Vatica n Council called
upon all women religious to examine their roots and to renew their
lives. The Ursulines of Youngstown took this mandate seriously and,
like their founder, Saint Angela Merici, began clarifying the
essentials of their lives together and discarding outmoded customs.
With a renewed sense of service to the Church and the world, the
Ursulines widened their service to include a variety of professions.
Coun t r y where t his congrega tion is present
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