Sisters and staff attend poverty immersions in Louisville and Memphis

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Fall 2007
Volume 5, No. 3
Sisters and staff attend poverty
immersions in Louisville and Memphis

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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,
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Kentucky. Three issues are published each calendar year.
Editors: Jennifer Kaminski and Jerry Birge
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
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• Sister Suzanne Sims, OSU, Director of Mission Advancement
• Sister Rose Marita O’Bryan, OSU, Director of Mission Effectiveness
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• 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
In this issue...
Poverty Immersions ........................ 3
Ursuline 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 ................... 10
We appreciate every single donor who
supports the mission and ministries of the
Ursuline Sisters of Mount Saint Joseph
Soli Deo Gloria .............................. 16
We rejoice in the gifts of our sisters,
given for the kingdom of God
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overty immersions raise awareness
of great needs
By 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
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
* Taken from a chart titled, Hidden Rules Among
Classes, in “A Framework for Understanding
Poverty,” by Ruby K. Payne, Ph.D.
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
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
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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.
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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POVERTY
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CEO 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
Wayside Christian Mission provides a large safety net for
Louisville. Its many facilities, including the shelter pictured
here, house men, women, and families.
LOUISVILLE IMMERSION
By Jennifer Kaminski
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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MEMPHIS IMMERSION
By Jerry Birge
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, communitybased,
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
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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.

LOUISVILLE
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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.
The Saint John Center in
Louisville provides day
shelter for 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,”
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.
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 20 th anniversary
of the food bank Kentucky
Harvest). The kitchen serves over 150,000 meals each year.
Sister Grace Simpson goes
through the food line at the
Open Hand Kitchen in Louisville
during the poverty immersion.
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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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 HIVpositive
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
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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.
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-
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.
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
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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.
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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
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
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.
More poverty immersions are planned.
For information, contact Sister Maureen Griner
901-355-8997 • mgriner@aol.com
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In the joy of eternal life
Sister Agnes
Catherine
Williams,
OSU
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.
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.
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.
Sister Fran
Wilhelm with
Centro Latino
in Owensboro
introduces Jaime
Navarrete, left,
and Juan
Fernandez at an
Oct. 21 fundraising
event.
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.

Sister Pam Mueller
holds Gia, a parrot, at
the Greening Western
Kentucky Expo.
PICNIC
TICKET
QUEEN
Sister Ruth
Gehres visits an
Expo booth in
the gymnasium.
Sister Jane Miriam Hancock
By Jerry Birge
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
Continued on page 15
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.
Fourteen vintage
postcards of Mount
Saint Joseph are
featured in the new
Owensboro Postcard
History Series book.
F a l l 2 0 0 7
Sister Mary Agnes
VonderHaar
Sister Cheryl
Clemons
Above right: Among the 800 Picnic 2007 volunteers was
Sister Catherine Kaufman who cut up onions.
Help the Sisters AND
pay less in taxes!
Give my IRA to the Ursuline Sisters...
without reporting it to the IRS as income?
Available only in 2007
Pension Protection Act 2006
Other provisions of this law:
• Donor must be age 70.5+
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for the contribution
Contact Sister Suzanne Sims, OSU
270-229-2008
ssims@maplemount.org
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U r s u l i n e s A L I V E
Ursuline Partners in the Teaching Mission of Jesus
Your generous spirit compels us to thank God — and you
Each 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.
FOUNDERS
Dorothy Hughes
BENEFACTORS
Coleman Family Foundation
Barbara and George Coleman
Mary Sue and Bennett S. Ligon Jr.
PATRONS
Peg Eileen Bourke C‘48
J.C. Malone
Genevieve Stelmach
Nancy Wilson
INVESTORS
Ottie Ballard
Sr. Mary Regina Boone, OSU
Robert and Clara Zoeller
PROVIDERS
The Basilica of Saint Joseph Parish
Beverly A’58 and Richard Boeckmann Sr.
Steve and JoAnn Boone
Faye and George Briel
Marcy and Michael Bufalini
Rebecca J. Donahue
Con and Diane Fecher
LaVerne and Jack Genetti
José Gomez
Rev. Alcuin E. Greenburg
Bruce Horrom
Loomis Sayles & Company, L.P.
Gene J. Meyer
John and Sally Newcomb
Thomas P. Osborne
John and Clare Owdziej A’46
Owensboro Grain Company
Steve Sims
Ken Williams
Mary Zinselmeyer
SPONSORS
Ann O. Bresler
Philip and Karie Cecil
Flavio and Delfinita Chavez
Commercial Service of Perry, Inc.
Carl Stukenholtz
Katheryn and Robert R. Dockson
Paul and Wilma Goebel
S. Lewis Guthrie
Nancy J. Hansen
Phyllis and Daryl Henry
Dr. William and Aurelia Inkret Jr.
Molly Jacques
Kappa Delta Phi
Bob Leible
Michael and Diana Lush
Martin Custom Building, Inc.
Jon A. Meyer
Leroy and Ann Mudd
Susan Reiss
Suzanne E. Reiss
Marianna Robinson A’60
Sisters of Providence
Donald and Dianna Skeeters
Thi Thi Truong
Joseph and Tammy Tucker
Cyril Uhing
Sr. Mary Bertha Wethington, OSU
Sr. M. de Chantal Whelan, OSU, A‘33
SUPPORTERS
Acme Plumbing, Heating & Cooling Co., Inc.
Al and Judy Mattingly
Col. Robert and Margaret Algermissen
John and Therese Allen
Edward and Susan Aylward
Sr. Mary Elizabeth Ballard, OSU, A‘66
Barret-Fisher Company, Inc.
Jess and Mark Mattingly
Stephen and Jean Berry
Patricia and H. J. Bobzien Jr.
Sr. Joseph Angela Boone, OSU
Robert and Ann Caspar A’62
Sr. Mary Jude Cecil, OSU, A‘50
Tony and Linda Dunkel
Sr. Mary Evelyn Duvall, OSU
Margie and Jeff Ebelhar
Kay W. Fecher
Rose and William Foushee
Drs. Vicki Frey and David Thompson
Ann A’55 and Albert Gibbs
Sherleye and Michael Goff
Ruth C. Gunsolley
Philip and Kim A’79 Haire
Mary Louise Hayden
Doug and Dorothy Hood
Emil A. Kaelin
Gertrude Kurz C‘50
Ramona and Daniel Lauterwasser
Stella and Roger McClure
Dennis J. McFarland
James and Joan Meyer
Rosemary and Jeffrey Miano
Ann and Theodore Nichting O.D.
Rusher Construction Co., Inc.
Sandra and Danny Thomas
Joann M. Sattler
Dr. Naseeb and Mary Jo Shory
Sisters of Saint Joseph of Carondelet
Joseph and Joan Stith
George Sullivan Jr. Family Fund
Mary Catherine Thompson A’61
Monica L. Thompson A’71
Pasquina Todd
Mary E. Vuncannon A‘55
Sr. Robert Ann Wheatley, OSU
Donald and Lois Whelan
Gene and Pauline Wink
William and Shannon Wright
MATCHING COMPANIES
Texas Gas Transmission, LLC
Wellpoint Associate Giving Campaign
CONTRIBUTORS
Alles Brothers Furniture Co., Inc.
Herman Alles
Patricia M. Anadkat
Maj. James and Edna Sue Angle
Janet M. Baker
Albert and Dorothy Barth
Marian Bennett, OSUA
Mary Rita Benson
Lia Biehl
Beverly Mc Auliffe A‘62
Charles J. Bonow Jr.
Marvin and Patricia Boone
Sue and Doug Borders
Jill K. Bowerman
Margaret Brasuel
Phyllis A’66 and Edwin J. Bresnik
James and Mary Jane Brey
James Brown
Phyllis E. Burgan
Mr. and Mrs. Todd A. Butler
Suzanna and Michael Carney
Bonnie N. Case
Carolyn Sue Cecil A‘73
Mary and John M. Cerniglia Jr.
Betty and Bobby J. Christian
Mildred Payne Clark A‘46
Dwayne and Marilyn Clemons
James N. Coater Sr.
Michael and Nancy Collins
Robert and Deedie Cooper
Council of Catholic Women of
St. Catherine’s
Ruth Carolyn Crawford
Rev. Bernard Leo Craycroft
Anita M. Davis
Ann A’52 and Samuel De Capua
Mary Jo Osborne DeAngelis A‘41
Paul and Carol Deringer
Virginia and John H. Dink Jr.
Dolores Dollar
Joyce C. Dougherty
Patrick and Ann Doyle
Mary Kathleen Dunkel
Charles P. Easley
Chester and Kay Edwards
Susan J. Effertz
Joe and Shurilda Embry
Dr. Rosemary Emmick
Paul and Mary Jo Enderle
Catherine J. Evans
Joyce Firenza
Jayne and George Flynn
Dorothy and Reyburn W. Ford
Four Seasons Heating & Cooling
Joseph and Mary Fuhrmann
Martha Giaconi
Marjorie Godecker
Frances A’46 and Harry Goode
Rickie Goode
Bernard and Joyce Grady A’56
Paul and Paula Graf
Philip and Anne Gramelspacher
Dale Gray
Norman Greenberg
Donald and Aline Greer
Janet A’56 and Gerald Griffin
Roger and Julie Gstalder
Larry A. Haas
Holy Name School
Marie and Joe Allan Hancock
Mary and Gerald Harris
Mary E. Hazzard
Sr. Mary Sheila Higdon, OSU
George and Lorna Horishny
Earl and Carolyn Howard
Gerald G. Hubbs
Tom and Mary Hunter
Dr. William and Lisa Inkret
Thomas and Sharon Jablonski
Suzanne and Louis Johnson
Donna Jordan
Camille A. Kalmey
William and Carol Kirby
Loreen and Mike Kiskila
Sr. Mary William Klipsch, OSU
Knights of Columbus Council
#1315
Knights of Columbus Council
#6743
Joyce M. Koozer
Paul and Sue Kuerzi
Sharon Lane
Carolyn Larocco
Leigh Land Surveys
Ray and Joyce Leigh
Sonny and Juanita Lentini
Mary Jo Lewis
Ann A’58 and Richard Lewis
Darlene Livers
Terrence and Paula Malone
Ann H. Maney
John and Karen Manning
Mary James Masden
Anna C. Mattingly A‘66
Lawrence D. Mattingly
Joyce Mayeresky
Romano and Helen Mazzoli
James McCarter
James and Mary McKinzie
Mary and John Medley Jr.
Mary Emma Mellen
Gary and Sera Mesnier
John and Cindy Mesnier
Paula and Mike Metzger
Sr. Mary Jovita Milner, OSU
Bob and April Mitchell
Bettye and Arnold Moody
Erv and Coreen Moore
Henry and Jean Munsterman
Dave and Kimberly
Munsterman
M. Diane Murphy
Murphy Excavating, LLC
Gary and Angie Murphy
Rick and Cecilia Nally
Shelley and Hite Nally
Jane and Ray Nugent
Orthopaedic Surgical Specialists
PSC
Drs. Joseph and Felicity Polio
Mary E. Overright
Liliosa G. Padilla
Joe and Rosemary Park
Rosemary Payne
Dorothy Montgomery Payne
A‘51
Maggie and Kenny Pierson
Yvonne Plier
Mike and Betty Pontarolo A’66
Ronald Presser
Daniel and Nancy Purdy
Robert D. Purdy
Ed and Mary Rezek
Shawn and Angela Riedling
Gary and Mary Helen Riney
Rev. W. Jerry Riney
Lawrence H. Robbins
Carmen Carrico Robertson
Norma C. Robinette A‘54

James M. Robinson
SMART Tuition Mgmt Services
Sam and Edith Rosen
Mary and Frank L. Russell Jr.
Dan and Jean Ryan
John W. Sagabiel
Saint Mary Parish
Saint Thomas More Church
Debbie Sandifer
Edward and Connie Schickel
Schrecker Supply Co. Inc.
James L. Shumaker
Rev. Martin Siebenaler
Clifford and Mercedes Simmons
Jennie Staugas
James and Marie Strickler
Ron and Cissy Sullivan
Patricia and Michael Sullivan
Anna Mary Teaff
Rev. Theodore G. Tempel
Martha M. Thompson
Frances Kay Tichenor A‘62
Mary Lynn Tichenor A‘67
Mary K. Tierney
James A.Trapp
Lina Trujillo C‘50
Pam and John Tyndall
Betty and William Ulrich
Otis and Mary Vance
David R. Vowels
Douglas P. Vowels
Nancy Walker
Velma Warren
Beverly and Edward Wathen
Aaron and Karla Welch
Jay Wethington
Frank and Sandy Wethington
Richard A. Wethington
Charles and Barbara Whelan
Deborah and Anthony Whelan
Richard and Carol Whelan
Ben and Geneva White
Victoria A’42 and James White
Rosella A’49 and Tom Whitsett
William and Mary Willett A’53
Mary A. Williams
Mary Dell Wimsatt
Joseph Welzen and Ruth Wright-
Welzen
Mary Yaeger
Joan Zink
Mary Rose Zink
Meg Zybko
FRIENDS
Ronnie and Karen Adkisson
Renea Akin
George and Betty Allard A’44
Joseph L. Allen
Genny Alley
Arnida A’63 and Jerry Altman
Susie and Jack Alvey
Robert and Mary Ann Alvey
Barbara and Curtis Alvey
Gracia Elaine Alvey A‘77
Leon Alvey
Marietta Ling Alvey A‘47
Hair Productions
Rebecca Androit
Cecilia Arbuckle
Gilbert and Lila Mae Archuleta
Jose and Jane Arellano
Pamela Arnold
Betty Sue Aubin A’44
Anne Autry
Ruben and Caroline Avila
Kenneth and Joan Aylor
Ada Bader
Alice Bagot
Richard and Iris Baker
Roger and Patricia Baker
Mary and Thomas J. Ballard
Marianna B. Barber
Bernice and Orville Barr Jr.
Jim and Jean Bartley
Frank and Jean Bataillon A’44
Doug and Tammie Beasley
Dee and Joe Bechtoldt
Mary and Gabriel Becker
Nancy and Malcolm H. Bell
Carol Ann Bell A‘60
Mary Berger A‘55
Robert and Roberta Berry
Cheryle Beshara
Cyril Birge
Joe and Cecily Blair
Robert Blandford
Margaret Blandford C’45
Blessed Mother Parish
Donna Boekley
Stella Boire
Catherine Booker
Marian E. Boone
Sharon Boone
Wendell and Mary Bryan Booth
Richard and Faye Booth
Linda and Dan Borton
Sarah M. Bowling
Doris Clements Bowman
Denise Bradford
Marcella A’63 and Thomas P. Brady
Candance and Nick Brake
John and Margaret Braun
Thomas and Jean Breen
Dr. Marilyn and Joseph Brookman
Marie S. Brossart
John Brown
Bob and Rebecca Brown
Brenda K. Brown
Anna Brown
John and Betty Brown
Josephine Browning
Patricia S. Bueter A‘61
Ernestine Bueter
Carolyn Coomes Bullington A‘61
Gene and Carol Burns
Charles and Anita Burr
Denny and Joann Burton
Leonard and Rosie Byrne
Carole and Joseph J. Cada
Keith and Tamara Cain
Imogene Caldwell
Martha Frances Campbell C‘41
Benson W. Campbell CPA
Glenn and Patricia Campbell
Marilyn Carper
James P. Carrico
Barbara and James R. Carrico
Jo Ann Carson
Thomas S. Carson
Stella Cash
Bill and Martha Cash
Ray and Betty Cashen
Violet L. Cassidy
Olivia Higdon Cassidy A’38
David Cassity
Bob and Mary Caster
Lloyd and Theresa Cauley
Anna and Michael D. Cecil
Easie C’50 and Thomas Cecil Jr.
Mary Huberta Cecil
Charlotte and Donald L. Cecil
Jack Cecil
Elizabeth A’42 and Marion Cecil
Rose Therese Cecil A‘44
Mary Louise Riney Clark A’49
Catherine T. Clements
Gary and Teresa Clifton
Doris Ann Colgate
Dan and Cathy Collins
Capt. John K. Cooper
Richard and Denise Corcoran
Margaret Cowley
Monique and William Craig Jr.
Elizabeth M. Crawford
Martha Crisp
Ben and Thelma Crump
Clifton and Nancy Daugherty
Martha L. Davis
Camilla Dawson
Michael Ray and Lisa Day
Joanne M. Debo
Mary Joan Wooldridge Delcher
Rev. Roy E. Dentinger
John and Lyndia Dew
Mary and Gerald T. Dickerson
Laura Dilliha
Helen V. Dink
Charlene and David Diver
Donald and Judy Dobernic
Peter and Lelea Doll
Dennis Durbin
Otho and Mary Durbin
Phillip and Angela Dwane
Nora Marie Ebelhar
Bill and Margaret Edelen
Michael and Patricia Egan
John and Shirley Egan
Rita A’57 and William Joseph Elder
Donald and Mary Ruth Elder
Mary Frances Elder A‘43
George Elder
Gilbert Ely
Carol Embry
Alan and Rebecca Englehart
Mary Catherine Evers
Marguerite Fadhl
John and Alice Faulkner
Jeff and Donna Ferguson
Rachael A. Ferson
Dora and Joseph A. Fidel
Joe and Kathy Fink
Cheryl J. Fischer
Rev. Robert B. Flannery
Sr. Anita Flaugher, OSU
Dorothy and Gene Fleischmann
Deborah Foushee
Gary and Jennifer Frey
Gertie Frey
Dr. Martha Bickett Frost A‘67
Karen Fultz
Anthony and Veronica Gaeschke
Margaret G. Gallegos
Francie Lou Garcia
Betty J. Gardner
Jacinta C. Garinger A‘47
KEY TO DONATION LEVELS AND ANNOTATIONS
Founders: gifts of $25,000 or over
Benefactors: gifts of $10,000-24,999
Patrons: gifts of $5,000-9,999
Investors: gifts of $2,500-4,999
Providers: gifts of $1,000-2,499
Sponsors: gifts of $500-999
F a l l 2 0 0 7
Dick and Margie Gehres
Charles and Mary George
Rev. John B. Gephart
Bill and Linda Gillikin
Martha Gipe
Frank Glazer
Donna Marie Goetz
Mary Eulalia Goetz A‘37
Karen Goldner
Gerald and Patricia Goncz
Robert H. and Mary Gossett
William and Rita Graham
Frank Graham Jr.
Paula A’73 and Larry Gray
Sr. Margaret Marie Greenwell, OSU,
A‘57
Molly and Carl Greenwell
Connie Greenwell A’46
Kristin and Richard A. Greenwell
John C. Greenwell
Marie Grigsby
Susan and Jeff Guernsey
Josephine A. Guerrant
Margaret A. Guilford
Dr. Gilbert and Margaret Gutierrez
Kaye Haas
Jean and Mark Habing
Raymond D. Hagan
Mary Jean Hagan
George and Andrea Hagan
Barbara and Thomas Leman Hagan
Dorothy Ann M. Hall
John and Mary Hall
Violet Hamilton A‘54
Mr. and Mrs. Joseph B. Hamilton
David Hancock
Franklin and Agnes Hancock
Rita Hanewinnkel
Kenneth and Jeanie Hanks
John and Cathy Hannah A’79
Margie Anne Hardesty A’45
Ann K. Hardman A‘52
Anice and Allan Harl Jr.
Ralph and Beverly Harrison
Jean Harrison
Leon Hatcher
Martha and William Hayden Jr.
Gerald and Susan Hayden
Joe and Rosalyn Hayden
Charles and Virgie Hayden
Emmalene Hayden
Robert L. Hayes
Agnes Hayner
Cyril and Mary Cora Head
Henry E. Head
Sr. Lorene Heck, OP
Karen and Thomas Heilers
Marie Heimes
Marian and Forrest A. Heintzman
David and Gloria Henderson
Elizabeth A’70 and William M.
Henderson
Dr. John and Patsy Hendricks
Jerome and Bernadette Henning
A’62
S. Rose Henry Higdon A‘35
Thomas D. Hewlett
Anna M. Hines
Michael and Beverly Hirsch
Karen and Edward Hodskins
Lillian Holdener
Holy Trinity and St. Joseph Parishes
Supporters: gifts of $250-499
Contributors: gifts of $100-249
Friends: gifts of $1-99
+Deceased
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U r s u l i n e s A L I V E
James and Barbara House A’53
Edward and Susan Hovart
Barry P. Howard
Ita Belle Howard
Robert C. and Doris Howard
Alice and Charles F. Howard
Raymond and Gail Howard
Marthadene Howe A‘69
Henry Huckeby
Joyce Hughes
Virginia L. Hunt
John Hurm
Emma Lee Hutchins
Henry and Therese Jablonski
Lillian Weafer Jarboe
Donna and Jay Jensen
Joe F. Johnson
Susan Johnson
Beverly and Lawrence S. Johnston
Mary and Leonard Kaiser
Margaret and Neil J. Kallman
Chris and Jennifer Kaminski
Carole Kanith
William and Marjorie Keegan A’38
Anna Keenan
Catherine Keene
Stephen Keene
William Leslie Keene Jr.
Francis and Brenda Keller A’59
Earl and Anna Keller
Mary C. Kelly A’54
Mark and Diane Kemper
Mary Kennedy A’49
Charles and Jan Killick
Thurman R. King
Mary Jo A’63 and Donald G. Kirby
Paul and Elizabeth Kirkwood
Paul Klapheke
James and Joan Klein
David and Diana Klotz
Charles and Virginia Knight
Anna Knight
Mary Knowlton
Ingrid E. Kokinda
Edward and Maria Kompare
Stan Konieczny
John and Joyce Kotarek
Rosemary McShane Kranz A‘50
Mildred Krapf
Mary Lou Krausz
Clifford and Jean Kreifels
Raymond and Kitty Kress
Dr. Henry M. Labiche Jr.
Dorothy Lachowecki
Charles and Terri Lahugh
Marty and Kimberly Lampert
Robert and Mary Lancaster
Daniel and Sarah Lehan
Rev. John B. Lenahan
Mary Lenihan
Anna R. Leonard
Mary Frances Liebert C‘49
David and Phyllis Lilly
Raymond and Shirley Lindle
Dolores Lindsay
John and Martha Little
Rita and Joseph Livers
Victor and Donna Lobato
Vickie and Martin Logsdon
Tony and Betty Lovato
Mary Lovato
Florence M. Lovejoy
Lou Lovell
Alexis E. Lubchenco Jr.
Margaret and José Lucero
Mike and Ginger Luescher
Sr. Walter Louise Lush, OSU
Frances Stallings Mahoney C‘43
Neil and Dianne Manias
Elizabeth Martin C‘37
Kathy M. Matlock
Barbara Jo Mattingly A‘59
Modella Mattingly
Joe B. Mattingly
James and Helen Ann Maupin
Patricia Maupin
Florence Mayer
Rowena McCabe
Beverly and Jerry McCandless
Frank and Juanita McCarty
Cyril Spalding McCauley
Dottie McClellan
Anne McCowen
Mary V. McCubbin
Edward McDonnell
Shirley McGavin
Marge McLaughlin
Ron and Brenda McNeal
Rev. Arnold J. Meiring
Mr. and Mrs. Neil Merrion
Betty Merti
The Methodist Home of Ky., Inc.
Ruth Metschuleit
Donald P. and Ursula Metzger
Mary Jane and Charles Metzmeier
Virginia Millay
Joseph Allen Millay
Deborah and Ernie L. Miller
Mischel Monuments, Inc.
Ty Mischel
Joe Moll
Christine Montoya
Emilio and Emma Montoya
Joan Moore
Joann Moore
Betty Moorman A‘58
Steve and Becky Morris A’71
Angela D. Morris
Joan P. Morse
Frances Mouser
John and Sue Mudd
Mary Ellen Mueller
Michael M. Munsterman
Debbie and Larry Murphy
Gary R. and Debbie Murphy
Marie Murphy
Joseph and Bobbie Murphy
Linda J. Myers
Jane Nally
John and Cathy Necaise
Ernest Nelson
Mike Newcomb
Walter Newman
Angela Niro
Jane Nolkemper
Joyce Noonan
Connie and Gerald Nugent
Don and Donna Oberhausen
Paul and Frances O’Bryan A’44
Don and Cecilia Olinger
Rose Olinger
Sharon and Leon J. Olinger
Roger and Kathryn Ordal
Katherine Osowicz
Louis and Shirley Palmer
Rita and Thomas Parrott
Bob Paschal
Anthony Russell Patterson
Sherman and Charline Payne
Monica Payne
Patsy and Bill Payne
Ron and Denise Payne
M. Ethel Payne A‘43
Geraldine Pennington
Linda Pennington
Rev. Gerald Peterson
Edward and Grace Pickett
Frances E. Pionke
M. Pauline Posey
Sylvia Pousson
Precious Blood Parish
Lisa Prendergast
Jenny and Bill Pyland
Shirlene Quinn
Regina M. Ramsey
Eleanor T. Rapier
Christine A. Redford
Darrell and Vicki Reed
Donald and Colette Rees
Doris Reid
John and Margaret Reisz
Mary Patricia Reynolds
Jeffrey Lee Rhinerson
Dorothy Rhodes
Charles and Nancy Richy
Donald and Maureen Riedling
Margaret and Thomas E. Riley
Dayle Riley
Joe and Sue Riney A’42
Martha Riney
Mary A’66 and T. Edward Riney
Thomas B. Riney
Mary A’45 and Thomas M. Riney
Eldred and Eulaine Robertson
Donna Roby
Pauline Roesch
Mike and Elizabeth Rogers A’70
Phillip Roof
Patricia and Gerald Roof
David and Sally Roof
Mary W. Roscoe
Evelyn V. Rudy
James and Mary Russell
William A. Russell
Betsy Russell
Joseph Norman and Margaret Ryan
Saint Catharine College
Saint Mary’s Catholic Church
Geraldine Saiz
Margie Salerno
Patsy A. Sanders
LTC José Flavio Santillanes
Patricia and Gary Satterwhite
Stanley and Rose Sauer
Leona T. Saunders
George and Mary Sawyer
Joan and Tom Scales
Eugene Schadler
Dave and Pam Schechinger
Donna and Robert L. Schmidt
Lu Anne Schneider
Rita O’Bryan Schrecker C’41
Geraldine V. Schroth
Thomas and Davine Schrum
David and Linda Schutz
Doris M. Schutz
William and Betty Seay
Rosemarie and Daniel T. Sedillo
Irene Semones
Martha Severs
Stephen and Jeanette Shaughnessy
Sr. Mary Angela Shaughnessy, SCN
Mary Rose Shoemaker C‘41
Lale and Hanri Sidem
Mary A’69 and Theodore S. Sils Jr.
Louis and Betty Jo Simms
William and Mary Skees
Stephen and Mary Skrivan
Robert and Marjorie Slack A’53
Louis and Peggy Slapshak
Therese M. Sloane
William and Laura Smith A’50
Mr. and Mrs. John P. Smith
Michael and Rosemary Smith
Betty L. Smith
Jack Solar
Floyd Sorquist
Josephine M. Spalding
Catherine Spears
Marie 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, OSU
Sr. Margaret Joseph Aull, OSU
Anonymous (4)
Sr. Catherine Barber, OSU
Sr. Luisa Bickett, OSU, A‘47
Sr. Charlesine Bowling, OSU
Rev. B. Leo Craycroft
Jane Fulton†
Paul P. Gannon†
José Gomez
Sr. Mary Clement Greenwell, OSU, A‘27
Msgr. George H. Hancock
Sr. Jane Irvin Hancock, OSU, C‘47
Sr. Jane Miriam Hancock, OSU, C‘43
Sr. Ethelreda Hayden, OSU
Sr. Mary Eileen Howard, OSU, C‘47
Mary Hayden Lackey
Freddie and Helen Leblanc
Rev. Joseph “Doc” Lyon
Dr. Raymond J. Maras†
Rev. Carl McCarthy
Roger and Stella McClure
Sr. Jean Gertrude Mudd, OSU
Cletus and Dee Oberst
Henry† and Dody Payne
Sr. Jean Madeline Peake, OSU
Rev. C. Phillip Riney
Kelly and Hughleen Thompson
Riney A’45/C’47
Joseph C. and Sue Thomas Riney A’42
Susan J. Scott
Sr. Helen Ann Stuart, OSU, A‘42
Mary C. Thompson
Bertrand and Sue Trompeter
Sr. Mary Agnes VonderHaar, OSU, A‘52
Sr. Marie Brenda Vowels, OSU
Sr. Joan of Arc Walz, OSU
Cartmell Wheeler†

Sandy Stahl
Ralph and Ernie Stanley
Grace Steinberger
Donna Stengel
Lorena Stephen
Jane Stephens
Clara Beth Steward
Joseph and Lahoma Stinnett
Pat and Marnita Strehl
Imogene Stull A‘54
William B. Sturgis
Joe Tamme
Carolyn and Paul Tapp
Nancy and Phillip R. Tatum
Pat and Waitman Taylor Jr.
Bill and Marilyn Terry
Loretta Thien
Larry and Jorene Thoeming
Richard and Linda Thomas
Emily and Joe Thomas
J.B. Thomas
Sharon and David W. Thompson
Teresa B. Thompson
Mary Ann and Joseph B. Thompson
Jim Thompson
Thomas and Cecelia Thompson
Dorothy E. Tipmore
Caroyla Tobbe
Michael and Renee Toomey
Ella June Townsend
Doris Willett Trapp A‘48
Harold Travis
Ray Tretter
Mary Louise Truitt A‘48
Delores Turnage
Joanne Turner A‘78
Charlotta Ubelhor
Jerome C. Vandeven
Johnathan A. Veeder
John Michael and Dianna Vittitow
Tamara and Kenneth Vogler
Dolores Wachen
Nancy and John H. Walsh Jr.
Regina Walz A‘40
Cheryl Wanya
Robert Ward
Jeannine Warford
Rose Warren
Sr. Ann Victoria Wasylina, OSU
Mary Jo Wathen
John and Doreen Wathen
Bernard L. Wathen
Agnes Marie Watts A‘53
Betty and George Webster
Raymond and Barbara
Weidenbenner
Catherine Welle C‘49
Mark and Marge Wempe
Ann Wethington
Rosemarie Wethington
Clara J. Wheatley
John and Darleen Whelan
Dr. Fred and Jackie Whelan
William and Patricia Whelan
William and Eleanor Whelan
John and Leslie White
Mila S. Whitler
Terri Wick
Louis and Barbara Wilbert
Janice and Donald Wilkinson
Vance and Pam Wilson
Jim and Jennifer Wilson
Mary Wimsatt
Frances and Charles A. Wirth
Elaine and John M. Wood
Julia Wooldridge
Catherine J. Wright
Lucille Fogle Wright
Steve and Earline Wurth
Merle and Marilyn Wysock
Charles and Claire Yarber
Kathy A’70 and Harold Young
Aileen Young
Catherine Zech C’39
Nettie Zent
IN KIND
Paul’s Fruit Market
Philip Thieneman
American Bounty
Baker’s Rack
Beckman Tire & Auto Center
Mag and Jerry Birge
Blossoms Maternity and More
Bluegrass Interiors
Sandra A’67 and David Boswell
Bright Star Nursery
Shelia Byrne
Margaret and Nick Cambron
Ed and Gloria Cecil
Clark’s Health & Nutrition Center, Inc.
Doris Ann Colgate
Sheila and Walter Collins
Crosley Radio Corporation
Cruse Salon and Day Spa
Etc...
Excursions
Executive Inn-Rivermont
Face Forward
Famous Bistro
Frank’s Plumbing & Heating
Joan and Paul Fritz
Pete and Marilyn Fronczkiewicz
G & G Landscape Nursery & Florist
Garden Interludes
Gene’s Health Food, Inc.
General Glass Company, Inc.
Glenmary Sisters
Glenn Funeral Home
Suzanne Gochenouer
Gordon’s True Value Hardware
Bev Gore
Great Harvest Bread
Rev. Alcuin E. Greenburg
E. Jean Gutierrez
Hagan’s Outdoor Equipment
Mary Harness
Hayden’s Furniture
HealthPark
Carol Hill
Janie Howard
Hubert Powers Photography
Carol Imlach
Independence Bank
Jasper Seating Co.
Jennie Lynn’s Florist & Gifts
Nancy Mills Jones A‘72
Camille A. Kalmey
Kentucky’s Best
Kuntry Kutter & Gift Shop
Dorothy Lachowecki
Mary Sue and Bennett S. Ligon
Marlene’s Garden Center
Ruth Metschuleit
Pam Miller
Rev. Joseph Mills
Mills Drug Store
Moonlight Bar-B-Q
NTA Custom Jewelers
Ohio Valley 2-Way Radio, Inc.
Owensboro Family YMCA
Owensboro Heart & Vascular
Owensboro-Daviess County Tourist
Commission
Owensboro-Daviess County Regional
Airport
Paint Headquarters
Pet Food Center
Plaza Hair Design
Porter Paints
Ed and Amy Ray
Susan Reiss
Suzanne E. Reiss
Rivertown Moving and Storage
Roger I. Jones, O.D. Optometrist
Tim Rohleder
Saint Maximilian Kolbe Catholic Books
Sitex Corporation
Mary Ann Schilling
Donald and Sharon Speaks
John and Elaine Sullivan
Tammy’s Cakes and More
Texas Roadhouse
The Backyard
The Gallery
Tri-State Fire & Safety Equipment
Trisons
TWO Theatre Workshop of Owensboro
US Bank
Nancy and John H. Walsh Jr.
Judith Faye Ward A‘60
Watkins Nursery
Welborn’s Floral Company
Your Source Inspirational Books & Gifts
HONORS
Sister Margaret Joseph Aull
Phyllis and Daryl Henry
Sister Mimi Ballard
Sr. Margaret Marie Greenwell, OSU,
A’57
William Leslie Keene Jr.
Patricia Blackburn Beerbower
James L. Shumaker
Mrs. Frances H. Bickett
Dr. Martha Bickett Frost A‘67
Brandon Boone
JoAnn and Stephen D. Boone
Sister Mary Regina Boone
Mary Jane and Charles Metzmeier
Maurice Borton
Daniel and Linda Borton
Sister Vivian Bowles
Bob and April Mitchell
Sister Charlesine Bowling
Doris Ann Colgate
Sister Emma Cecilia Busam
Sharon Boone
Sister Martha Ann Cargile
Doris Ann Colgate
Sister Lennora Carrico
Doris Clements Bowman
Sister Mary Irene Cecil
Elizabeth (Maxine) and Marion Cecil
Sister Mary Jude Cecil
Michael and Nancy Collins
F a l l 2 0 0 7
Saint Thomas More Parish
E. L. Chapman
Carol Embry
Sister Philomena Cox
Mary Rose Zink
Sister Mary Durr
Doris Ann Colgate
Dr. William and Aurelia Inkret, Jr.
Dr. William C. and Lisa Inkret
Sister Marie Julie Fecher
Mary Rose Zink
Sister Anita Flaugher
Elizabeth M. Crawford
Sister Mary Cabrini Foushee
Mary Knowlton
Sister Ruth Gehres
Sherman and Charline Payne
Sister Mary Clement Greenwell
James and Barbara House
Sister Maureen Griner
Sr. Margaret Marie Greenwell, OSU,
A’57
Sister George Mary Hagan
Doug and Tammie Beasley
Sister Barbara Jean Head
Joe Tamme
Sister Michele Ann Intravia
Thomas and Sharon Jablonski
John and Cynthia Mesnier
Sister Clara Johnson
Sr. Margaret Marie Greenwell, OSU
Sister Serifica Kern
John Hurm
Mary Anne Kirkpatrick
James L. Shumaker
Sister Walter Louise Lush
Michael and Diana Lush
Marion Mulligan Mattingly
Jess and Mark Mattingly
Sister Frances McDonagh
Lillian Holdener
Larry and Jorene Thoeming
Sister Miriam Medley
Mark and Diane Kemper
Sister Rose Emma Monaghan
Denny and Joann Burton
Sister Rose Marita O’Bryan
Mary Rose Zink
Sister Cecelia Joseph Olinger
Rose Olinger
Joe and Sue Riney
Donald and Mary Jo Kirby
Sister Judith Nell Riney
Sr. Margaret Marie Greenwell, OSU
Sister Joseph Adrian Russell
Michael and Patricia Egan
Phyllis and Daryl Henry
Giving...For Heaven’s Sake
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.
Dr. Raymond
Maras
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Richard and Linda Thomas
Sister Grace Simpson
Sr. Margaret Marie Greenwell, OSU
Sr. Mary Angela Shaughnessy, SCN
Sister Suzanne Sims
Gertie Frey
Sr. Margaret Marie Greenwell, OSU
Jeffrey Lee Rhinerson
Heather Singer
Stephen and JoAnn Boone
Sister Cordelia Spalding
Mary Jane and Charles Metzmeier
Sister Laurita Spalding
Holy Name School
St. Brigid School Vine Grove KY
Joseph and Joan Stith
Sister Jean Richard Stukenholtz
Anonymous
Ursuline Sisters from the Belleville
Community
Rev. Robert Flannery
Stan Konieczny
Ursuline Sisters of Mount Saint Joseph
Marianna Robinson
Ursuline Teachers at Marion County
High School
Mary and Charles S. George
Sister Mary Matthias Ward
Genny Alley
Austin Wathen
Joann Moore
Sister Marietta Wethington
Phyllis E. Burgan
Sister Mary Bertha Wethington
Thomas S. Carson
Mary Jane and Charles Metzmeier
John W. Sagabiel
Sister de Chantal Whelan
Mary Jane and Charles Metzmeier
Sister Dorothy Marie Willett
Mary Kathleen Dunkel
Sister Rosita Willett
Mary Kathleen Dunkel
Sister Agnes Catherine Williams
Mary Jane and Charles Metzmeier
Jane Nolkemper
Sister Carolita Young
Rose Olinger
MEMORIALS
Sister Mary Damien Abell
Marthadene Howe A‘69
All Ursuline Teachers
Dan Mattingly
Rev. W. Jerry Riney
JoAnna M. McDaniel Allen
Joseph L. Allen
Clarence, Carrie and Wendell Alvey
Leon Alvey
Marjilee Alvey
Gracia Elaine Alvey A‘77
R. Allen Baker
Roger and Patricia Baker
Jude Ballard
Mary and Tom Ballard
Sister Jean Claire Ballard
Michael Ray and Lisa Day
T.O. Ballard Jr.
Gerald and Susan Hayden
Joseph Ursula Barker
Charles and Virginia Knight
Sister Mildred Barr
Florence M. Lovejoy
Joe and Sue Riney
The Methodist Home of Ky., Inc.
Ghadys Warren Bell
James and Shirley McCarter
Cynthia Louise Warren Bickett
Carole Kanith
Rose Warren
Mr. Lawrence B. Bickett
Martha Bickett Frost A‘67
Mark Biehl
Lia Biehl
Antoinette Birge
Cyril Birge
Joseph Bill Boone
Marian E. Boone
Sister Jean Martin Brey
Jim and Mary Jane Brey
Sister Victoria Brohm
Marian and Forrest A. Heintzman
Sister Mary Denise Brown
Marianna B. Barber
Bob and Rebecca Brown
James Brown
Sister Marie Therese Brumlow
Mary Jane and Charles Metzmeier
Charles Daniel Burrus
Ed and Mary Rezek
Ellene Bush
Rita and William Graham
Sister 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 Steward
Florence Carlson
John and Joyce Kotarek
Sister Carmencita Carrico
Rebecca Andriot
Carmen Carrico Robertson
Judy Carrico
James P. Carrico
Sister Mary Corda Carrico
Rebecca Andriot
Carmen Carrico Robertson
Sister Joseph Ursula Cissell
Donald and Ursula Metzger
Zita Miles Cissell
Jane and Ray Nugent
Ted and Till Clark
Bill and Martha Hayden
Sandy Compas
Charlotta Ubelhor
Sister Charles Marie Coyle
Geraldine Saiz
Departed Ursulines
Sylvia Pousson
Anna Catherine Donahue
Rebecca J. Donahue
Sister Jane Francis Donahue
Mary Huberta Cecil
Rebecca J. Donahue
Sister Mary Beatrice Donahue
Marvin and Patricia Boone
Mary Huberta Cecil
Bequests
These 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. Maras
Mary T. Kastner
JoAnne Weller
Rev. Wilfred J. Hayden
Rebecca J. Donahue
Joe and Kathy Fink
Rita Hanewinnkel
John and Sue Mudd
Don and Donna Oberhausen
Joe and Sue Riney
Mary Jo Wathen
Sister Rose Catherine Donahue
Rebecca J. Donahue
Ben Edelen
Bill and Margaret Edelen
Marie Grigsby
Barry Embry
Betty L. Smith
Sister Etheldreda Melbourne
Thomas E. and Margaret Riley
John Wesley Faulkner
Bill and Trish Whelan
Sister Mary Clara Floyd
Ray and Joyce Leigh
Kristin Foulke
Ed and Grace Pickett
Michael Gast Sr.
Sr. Mary Jude Cecil, OSU, A‘50
Ellen Gilles
Stephen and Paula Skrivan
Helen Payne and Paul Eugene Gilles
Stephen and Paula Skrivan
Mrs. Clara Gomez
José Gomez
Louise Gough
Joann Moore
Mary Vida and Aaron Greenwell
John C. Greenwell
Donna Hagan
Frances Mouser
Philomena Hall
John and Mary Hall
Larry Hammet
Sr. Mary Jude Cecil, OSU, A‘50
Fr. Wilfred Hayden
Joan Zink
Sister Mary Wilfrid Hayden
Joan Zink
Sister Raphael Hayden
Mary Louise Hayden
Sister Charles Irene Hayden
Carole and Joseph J. Cada
Mark and Marge Wempe
Joan Zink
Sister Ethelreda Hayden
Anonymous
Betty J. Gardner
Frances and Harry Goode
HAVE YOU CONSIDERED . . .naming the Ursuline Sisters of Mount Saint
Joseph in your will or other estate plans? Please call Sister Suzanne Sims at
270-229-4103 if you would like to discuss these possibilities.
Joe and Sue Riney
Sister Joseph Mark Hayden
Rebecca Andriot
Sister Mary Mercy Hayden
Tom and Margaret Riley
Victor Heimes
Marie Heimes
Sister Georgetta Higdon
Norman Greenberg
Mickey B. Horrom
Bruce Horrom
Nancy Clements Howard
Nancy and Phillip R. Tatum
Sister Mary Grace Hutchins
Emma Lee Hutchins
Margie Salerno
Jeanette Hutchison
John C. Greenwell
Gertrude Klopka Ischer
Marian Bennett
Raymond Jarboe
Lillian Weafer Jarboe
Alma Buechler Kaelin
Emil A. Kaelin
Flora Ann Kaelin
Emil A. Kaelin
Deceased Family of Kaiser, Durr,
Volkmer and Rebhan
Mary and Leonard Kaiser
Ellen Lancaster Kellenaers
George and Mary Sawyer
Cecilia Bowling Kirkpatrick
Frances Mouser
Jim Kirkpatrick
Frances Mouser
Kenneth Kupper
Jane Stephens
George V. Liddy
Doug and Sue Borders
Mary and Ed Riney
Mike and Betty Rogers
Pat and Waitman Taylor Jr.
Patrick Lucius
Marguerite Fadhl
Eligio Madrid
Molly Jacques
Phyllis Mahoney
Frances Stallings Mahoney C‘43
Isabella Mammen
Mildred Krapf
Kurt Manecke
Nancy and John H. Walsh Jr.
Angelina Marciano
Angela Niro
Sister Mary Lucy Mattingly
Dr. Rosemary Emmick
Donald Maupin
Anita M. Davis
McGovern Family
Raymond and Kitty Kress
Roberta Mudd Carrico McIntyre
Ken Williams
Sister Charles Catherine Medley
Mark and Diane Kemper
Dennis Millay
Joseph Allen Millay
Hugh Mills
Martha Crisp
Parvin and Mildred Mischel and Family
Ty Mischel
Joe and Robby Morris
Angela D. Morris
Sister Joseph Cecelia Muller
Beverly and Richard Boeckmann Sr.
Sister Bertha Marie Nally
Anonymous
Bonnie N. Case
Jane Nally
Rick and Cecilia Nally

R. Hite and Shelley Nally
Joe and Sue Riney
Ursuline Sisters in Nebraska
Rev. Alcuin E. Greenburg
Anna Kathryn Ward Newcomb
Mike Newcomb
Robert Preston O’Bryan, Jr.
Drs. Vicki Frey and David
Thompson
Anna and Earl Keller
Tom and Joan Scales
Michael and Rosemary Smith
David and SharonThompson
Lucy O’Daniel
Marie Lewis Spragens
Francine L. Onley
Mike and Betty Pontarolo
Sister Mary Cecilia Payne
Stephen and Paula Skrivan
Jamie Pence
Ralph and Beverly Harrison
Bill Pennington
Paul and Po Goebel
Frank and Sandra Wethington
Sister Helen Marie Pfohl
Carolyn and Paul Tapp
Sister Basil Pike
Betty Sue Aubin A’44
Sister Teresita Pionke, GHMS
Joyce Mayeresky
Frances E. Pionke
Sister Jean Catherine Purdy
Daniel and Nancy Purdy
Robert D. Purdy
Sister Dolores Purdy
Daniel and Nancy Purdy
Robert D. Purdy
Sister Ephrem Purdy
Daniel and Nancy Purdy
Robert D. Purdy
Sister Mary John Purdy
Daniel and Nancy Purdy
Robert D. Purdy
Dorothy Medley Ray
Dorothy Ann M. Hall
James Anthony Rearden
Martha Crisp
Margaret Reddicks
Joe and Shurilda Embry
Bill and Linda Gillikin
Linda J. Myers
Leona T. Saunders
Mary C. Thompson
Louis V. Reiss
Susan Reiss
Suzanne E. Reiss
Mrs. Joyce Robbins
Lawrence H. Robbins
Sister Mary Victor Rogers
Sonny and Juanita Lentini
Joseph L. Rudy
Evelyn V. Rudy
Sister Mary Henry Russell
Marjorie Godecker
Phyllis and Daryl Henry
Mr. and Mrs. Shawn Riedling
Richard and Linda Thomas
Pasquina Todd
Mary 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 Wilbert
Roland A. Sensmeyer
Leon and Sharon Olinger
Mary Leona Settles
Ann and Albert Gibbs
Sister Mary Oderic Settles
Ann and Albert Gibbs
Warner P. “Bud” Seymour
Ronnie and Karen Adkisson
Andrew and A.J. Shoemaker and
Family
Mary Rose Shoemaker C‘41
Mary T. Sims C’29
Delores Turnage
Sister Bernadita Sipes
Stanley and Rose Sauer
Sister Margaret Sipes
Stanley and Rose Sauer
Sister Agnes Marie Smith
Margaret and Joseph Norman
Ryan
Jennifer Lea Smith
Joseph and Dora Fidel
Helen Dorothy Medley Solar
Jack Solar
Sister Jamesina Spain
Betty and Bill Ulrich
Ken Williams
James 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 Wysock
Ray Taylor
Bill and Marilyn Terry
Agapita Terrazas
Molly Jacques
Sister Mary DeSales Thomas
Emil A. Kaelin
Sister Joseph Therese Thompson
Ed and Connie Schickel
Sister Mary Fidas Thompson
Clara J. Wheatley
Sister Rose Marie Thompson
Clara J. Wheatley
Tichenor and Garinger Family
Jacinta C. Garinger A‘47
Bernadette Willett Trapp
James A.Trapp
Mike Troutman
Sr. Mary Jude Cecil, OSU, A‘50
Sister Ancilla Marie Warren
Tom and Mary Hunter
Dayle Riley
Sister Bartholene Warren
Cecelia and Thomas Thompson
Sister George Ann Warren
Cecelia and Thomas Thompson
Sister Mary Edgar Warren
Tom and Mary Hunter
Pauline and Marvin Wathen
Ann and Richard Wathen
Richard Weafer
Lillian Weafer Jarboe
Bob Wethington
Thomas S. Carson
Jim Wethington Family
Rosemarie Wethington
Patrick Anthony Wethington
Jo Ann Carson
Thomas S. Carson
Christine A. Redford
Sister Dorothy Ann Whelan
George and Faye Briel
Sister 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 Yarber
Scott Whitler
Mila S. Whitler
Sister Rosita Willett
Patricia M. Anadkat
Jim and Jean Bartley
Dorothy and Gene Fleischmann
Mary Eulalia Goetz A‘37
SISTER JANE MIRIAM
F a l l 2 0 0 7
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 Rowe
Lee and Nancy Williams
Ken Williams
Sister 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‘49
Arthur Zinselmeyer
Mary Zinselmeyer
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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 65 th 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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Soli Deo Gloria
We rejoice in the gifts of our sisters, given for the kingdom of God
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 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.
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 Spanishspeaking
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.
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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.