VOL. XVIII, NO. 2NOVember 2012

By Dan Heckel, OSUA

When committing to become an Ursuline Associate, each person promises to:•continue to grow in awareness of and commitment

to the Mount Saint Joseph Ursuline vision and core values: prayer, service, empowerment, justice and contemplative presence;

•study the life and writings of Saint Angela Merici;•pray daily for the Ursuline mission and ministries;•pursue ongoing spiritual development;•meet regularly with the assigned contact person; •participate in associate meetings and local activities;•communicate with and pray for sisters and associates;•engage in established Ursuline ministries;•make an annual visit to Mount Saint

Joseph, if possible. Nowhere in that list does it specify that associates should price yard sale items, serve food or drinks, spin a wheel to win a cake, run a silent auction, sell pull tabs or dip ice cream cones. Yet all of those chores and many more were done by Ursuline Associates to make this year’s 42nd Mount Saint Joseph Picnic on Sept. 9 a huge success. To say the picnic would not be possible without the support of associates is a vast understatement. There were more than 40 associates on the grounds of Maple Mount for the picnic, working booths or some other essential task. Then there are those whose work in advance of the picnic is critical to making the day of the

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SOME OF THE ASSOCIATES AT SEPT. 9th MOUNT SAINT JOSEPH PICNIC: 1. Stephanie Render, center, shops in holiday

decor (she helped sell dinner tickets). 2. George Horishny cuts meat for BBQ lunches. 3. Marilyn Beam hands out dinner stand plates. 4. Gloria Cecil (seated) in pull tab booth. 5. Shirley Hagman and Dot Pooser (associate in training) play bingo. 6. Debbie Lanham

and Martha Little serve in the dinner stands. 7. Elaine Wood in the volunteer booth. The free rosaries were made by Michelle Hayes.

event run so smoothly. Suzanne Reiss, Carol Hill and Brenda Semar made multiple trips to the Mount putting together baskets for the Silent Auction and deciding on the minimum bids. Violet Hamilton, Jody Ziegler, Coreen Moore and Catharine Gawarecki also worked in advance to price the

multitude of items for the yard sale. John and Elaine Wood arrived several days before the picnic, with Elaine helping with volunteer placement, and John performing his role as a jack of all trades – helping the maintenance staff, cooking meat and potatoes,

painting the handicapped parking lines, unloading food supplies and anything else needed until he oversaw the parking on picnic day. Their parish, St. Mary in LaCenter, Ky., ran one of the ice cream booths. Carol O’Keefe came all the way from Kansas during the week to assist in the Development office, then worked the lemon shake-up booth on picnic day. Sid Mason, Mike Sullivan and Pat Wilson came from far western Kentucky, Phyllis Troutman from central Kentucky, Stephanie George from St. Louis, Karen

“For in times of great need, true

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WE DID IT! We associates challenged ourselves to join the Ursuline Sisters in their Centennial service projects and we did it! Hundreds of books, dozens of prayer shawls, tons of food and thousands of prayers show our concern for the spiritual and earthly needs of sisters and brothers in our communities. Now this special project is complete. Where do we go from here? I encourage you to make 2013 the year to share the joy of the associate experience with others. God called each of us to be Ursuline Associates through the invitation of a sister, associate or friend. How were you called? Who invited you? Let’s reach out to just one person with an invitation to “come and see.” One last bit of news: The 2012-2013 edition of the Associate directory is now available by email or postal mail. It includes lists of associates and sisters, including birthdays, feast days and anniversaries of death. Contact me if you’re interested. The holy season of Advent will be here soon, followed quickly by Christmas and the new year. Be kind to yourselves in these hectic days and know Angela is interceding for all of us. Fondly,

Marian Bennett, OSUA, Coordinator of Ursuline Partnerships

ASSOCIATE UpdATE is published four times a year for the Associates

of the Ursuline Sisters of Mount Saint Joseph8001 Cummings Road, Maple Mount, KY 42356-9999

Phone: 270-229-2006 • Fax: 270-229-4953Website: www.ursulinesmsj.org

Email: associates.msj@maplemount.orgCoordinator of UrsUline PartnershiPs: Mrs. Marian Bennett, OSUA

Coordinator of Mission effeCtiveness: Sister Rose Marita O’Bryan, OSUdireCtor of develoPMent: Sister Amelia Stenger, OSU

direCtor of Mission advanCeMent/CoMMUniCations: Dan Heckel, OSUA CoMMUniCations sPeCialist/GraPhiC desiGn: Jennifer Kaminski, OSUA

adMinistrative sPeCialist/Website: April Ray

ASSOCIATE MISSION STATEMENT

We, the associates of the Ursuline Sisters of Mount Saint Joseph, proclaim the Gospel of Jesus through

the actions of our everyday lives. We commit ourselves to living the charism of Saint Angela Merici in union with and in support of the Ursuline community of Mount Saint Joseph.

A Note from Marian...Dear Friends, It is hard to believe it has just been two months since “the Picnic” when thousands of us – Ursuline Sisters, Ursuline Associates, Ursuline friends (and people who might become friends) – gathered to share together in the beauty of the day and the goodness of each of our spirits. In this Update we share our appreciation of those generous hearts who have found their way to Mount Saint Joseph and share in the preparation for and celebration of our Picnic. “Generous.” Now there’s a word. Dictionaries tell us it means “a noble spirit,” “liberal in giving,” “abundant or ample,” “full-flavored,” and “magnanimous.” And generous also shares roots with the word “generate” – “to give birth” or “to bring into existence.” So when I think of all your generous hearts gathered (in person or in spirit) for the Picnic at Mount Saint Joseph, I ask myself – “What did we generate that day? To what did the Spirit – that risker of all things – lead us to bring to birth that day?” It was certainly a day amply filled with the full-flavor of Saint Angela’s generous spirit; so we thank Angela who inspires us and we give gratitude that we each were able to respond with magnanimous hearts. And yet I’m certain that with the magnanimity, the quilts, the bingo, and the burgoo, there was also much being born – new friendships, ideas for collaboration, possibilities for new ministries or ways of serving the mission of Christ. After all, such “birthing” is what we Ursulines – Sisters, Associates and friends – must be about each time we come together. As you continue to gather this autumn and winter, may those gatherings be for you a time of “generous generating” in the spirit of Angela. In Angela,

Sr. Sharon Sullivan, Congregational Leader

ASSOCIATE ADVISORY BOARD • Marian Bennett, OSUA, Ursuline Partnerships*• Sister Barbara Jean Head, OSU, Owensboro, Ky.

• Dan Heckel, OSUA, Mission Advancement*• Sister Nancy Murphy, OSU, Leadership Council Liaison

• Carol O’Keefe, OSUA, Overland Park, Kan.• Suzanne Reiss, OSUA, Lanesville, Ind.

• John Wood, OSUA, Barlow, Ky.*Ex-officio members

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The St. Mary of the Woods, Whitesville, Ky., Y-DOSA (Young Daughters of Saint Angela) helped in the Hog Wild game booth

at the Sept. 9 Mount Saint Joseph BBQ Picnic.

The Young Daughters of Saint Angela is a group for girls ages 11-18 who study Saint Angela’s life and seek her guidance. There are two chapters of Y-DOSA: Kansas City, Kan., metro area and St. Mary of the Woods Catholic School in Whitesville, Ky. To start a Y-DOSA chapter in your community, contact Marian Bennett, (270) 229-2006, marian.bennett@maplemount.org.

On Labor Day weekend, the Kansas Chapter of Y-DOSA participated in the Louisburg, Kan., Labor Day parade for the third year in a row. The Y-DOSA members brought friends to decorate the float the Friday before Labor Day. The theme? “One faith-filled girl can change the world!” On Sept. 16, Y-DOSA was asked to serve ice cream at a parishwide Ice Cream Social at Queen of the Holy Rosary in Bucyrus, Kan. The social was sponsored by youth ministries. There were many young girls stopping by the Y-DOSA table to ask questions and find out when the next meeting will take place. Afterward, the girls played Twister. In October we are sponsoring the third annual Back to School Candle Light Rosary for area youths. What better way to welcome this year of faith. Faith-filled girls can change the world.

Kansas Y-DOSA update

Do you have a Quilt Club ticket? Sign up by Dec. 6 and get 10 chances to win a handmade quilt!

Call April at 270-229-4103 ext. 448

Siciliano from Springfield, Ill., George Horishny from Memphis, Tenn., Bob and Marilyn Beam from Louisville. They joined too many to name who live closer to share their affection for the Ursuline Sisters and help to support the retired sisters. The final step of the picnic is a sale in late October at the Mount for holiday and craft items that were not sold picnic day. Suzanne Gochenouer and Mag Birge came out from Owensboro to sort and price the leftover Holiday Décor items, days after the picnic had faded from everyone else’s thoughts. If you have helped in past years at the picnic but are no longer able to do so, please know that we remain grateful for your service and keep you in our prayers. Ursuline Associates choose to make serving with and for the Ursuline Sisters a priority in their lives. Thank you. The friendship the associates witness for the sisters blesses everyone’s life, including those associates who choose to serve. n

Leadership training offered for starting a Y-DOSA chapter For those who are curious about starting a Young Daughters of Saint Angela chapter in your area, the coordinators of the program in Kansas are proposing training workshops twice a year at Maple Mount. Carol O’Keefe and Lisa Reilly began the Y-DOSA program in Kansas to teach adolescent girls about Saint Angela and how her example can help them deal with the pressures of modern life. The Kansas chapter has been very active, with the girls visiting nursing homes, holding candlelight rosary ceremonies and meeting regularly to share camaraderie. Whitesville, Ky., also has a Y-DOSA chapter, led by Sister Suzanne Sims, and the two groups got together in St. Louis this summer. The proposal is to have a presentation and a leadership training session in the spring and fall. These could be done in one day or two, depending on what works best for the participants. “We would be advertising this to anyone interested in simply knowing more about the Y-DOSA program, such as teachers, groups of young girls and their parents, and especially those who want to start a new chapter in their area,” O’Keefe said. Since O’Keefe also serves on the Associate Advisory Board, and there is a meeting of that board on April 13, 2013 at Maple Mount, that would be the goal for the first session. Easter is on March 31, so there should not be a conflict. Anyone interested in taking advantage of this training should contact Marian Bennett, at marian.bennett@maplemount.org, or (270) 229-2006.

The Associate coordinators met Oct. 25 at the Mount. Posing in front of Saint Angela Hall, front: Debbie Lanham, Carol Hill. Back: Marian Bennett, Brenda Semar, Sid Mason and Pat Wilson.

Dear Associates, Philosopher and theologian Cornel West

writes, “A rich life consists fundamentally of serving others, trying to leave the world a little better than you found it.” If this is true then every one of us can be considered rich. Giving of ourselves, our time, talent and treasure can make us rich.

Giving touches the spirit. It moves one to share the inner most part of our lives. If we want happiness, then we must share happiness. If we want peace, we must share peace. If we want wealth, we must share wealth. If we want love, we must give love. The gospel says, “It is in giving that we receive.” Giving fills our lives with meaning, fulfillment and happiness.

Over the past year, many people have shown us the power of giving. Our volunteers, donors, families and friends have given so much to the mission of the Ursuline Sisters. When we needed help with the annual picnic, we had close to 700 people give of their time. When we needed

The Muhlenberg County Associates met on Oct. 17. In attendance was Congregational Leader Sister Sharon Sullivan, third from left, back row, and Sister Rose Karen Johnson, front row, second from right.

LEFT: Attending the Oct. 15th Owensboro Associates meeting were, left to right, Sister Mary Diane Taylor, Sister Marie Joseph Coomes, and Associates Mary Hartz and Bernadette Howard. ABOVE: The Louisville Associates met Aug. 18 and were joined by Sister Sharon Sullivan, second from the left, back row, as well as Sisters Michele Intravia, Maureen O’Neill, and Amanda Rose Mahoney.

How to live a rich life... support for our quilt club, almost 1,600 people sent in a membership. When we needed help to clean the gardens, a group of students from Michigan came to help. Each time we needed help, people were there to help us.

Today, the support you give us helps us give to others. Sister Fran can help an expectant mother get her check-up so she gives birth to a healthy baby. Sister Cecilia Joseph can visit with a sick parishioner. Sister Monica can give comfort to a student who is having real difficulty in school. Sister Helen can give her religious education students what they need to celebrate life in the Church.

Giving is a wonderful experience. In their book, “The Power of Giving, How Giving Back Enriches Us All,” Azim Jamal and Harvey McKinnon state, “By practicing giving, you make a difference to others and to yourself. By giving, you can live to your potential, avoid loneliness, become fearless, touch your spirit, and find meaning and fulfillment… The more you are in the flow of giving, the more abundance flows through you.”

God has given us so much. Thank you for all you give to us, the Church and our world. With your help we will continue to give in every way we can. God bless you.

By Sister Amelia Stenger, OSU

BELOW: Marian Bennett, representing the Owensboro Associates, brought some of the books that group donated to the local Catholic schools to David Kessler, the principal of Owensboro Catholic Middle School, on Oct. 22. The book drive was done in honor of the Sisters’ Centennial year.

Associate Gloria Hayden Adams was recently honored by the National Black Catholic Congress with its Servant of Christ Award. An award which exemplifies servant-leadership which is creative and heroic, self-sacrificing and self-giving and exercised in the Name of Christ, who came, “not to be served, but to serve…”. Gloria was nominated for this award by Bishop Willam Medley because of her servant-leadership in the Diocese of Owensboro. Gloria and her husband, Frank, are members of Blessed Sacrament Chapel in Owensboro. It was no surprise to me that Gloria would receive such an honor. I came to know Gloria when she and her husband moved to Hancock County after he retired from the military; she immediately became involved in parish life at Immaculate Conception in Hawesville as a catechist and soon was serving as coordinator of religious education for both churches in Hancock County. It was not long before Bishop McRaith recognized her leadership

Gloria Adams receives national awardskills and appointed her to the Office of Black Catholic Ministry for the Diocese of Owensboro and Pastoral Administrator of Blessed Sacrament Chapel. Gloria has served on the Diocesan Pastoral and Deanery Councils and other committees too numerous to list. She is always working on a project that will benefit those less fortunate. She just completed, with the help of ladies from several churches in Owensboro, making clothing to send in the current shipment to Jamaica. Her next project is collecting items for a resource center for Glenmary Sister Darlene (Presley). Gloria is a true servant-leader.

By Jo Ann Mason, OSUA in Lewisport, Ky.

Gloria Adams, center, received a Servant of Christ Award from the National Black Catholic Congress on July 21 in Indianapolis. At left is Bishop Terry Steib and at right is Valerie Washington, NBCC executive director.

“And always let your first recourse be to gather at the feet of Jesus.” Saint Angela Merici“Rejoice always. Pray without ceasing, in all things give thanks for this is the will of God for you in Christ Jesus.” I Thessalonians 5:17-19“If anyone is suffering, that person should pray. If anyone is in good spirits, they should sing a hymn of praise. If there is anyone sick among you, they should summon the presbyters of the Church, and they should pray over the person and anoint them with oil in the name of the Lord.” James 5: 13-15 So many times we hear people say, “All we can do is pray.” What it sounds like is that the person is approaching prayer as the last recourse, not the first

recourse as Saint Angela says it should be. There are several good reasons that it should be the first recourse. When we place the person and situations in God’s hands, we detach ourselves from the situation and we are better able to hear if God is asking us to do anything to help in the situation. We will not know this unless we “gather at the feet of Jesus.” If we are asked to do something very specific that does not mean that we should stop praying. We are called to pray, to give thanks, and to rejoice that we are called, as Saint Benedict states, “to serve the very person of Jesus Christ.” It is not only the person affected who should be praying. We are all called as the Body of Christ, to be praying, rejoicing, giving thanks, and serving. It is in this action we carry on the work of Jesus as we gather at his feet and serve.

Reflective MomentsReflective MomentsPrayer: Gathering at the Feet of Jesus

By Marilyn Trechter, OSUA in Kansas

Join us as we pray for one another! Send your prayer requests for friends and loved ones to the Email Prayer Network. Write the Ursuline Partnerships office, 8001 Cummings Road, Maple Mount, KY 42356 • Call 270-229-2006 • Email associates.msj@maplemount.org • www.ursulinesmsj.org

Have you found the Ursuline Sisters on Facebook? Twitter? LinkedIn? YouTube?Our online presence is growing!!! You can always catch the latest news on our website: www.ursulinesmsj.org

Sophia AwardsDecember

3 Alfred Karcher Melissa Radetic 4 Irene Quigley 5 Melinda Prunty 6 Bishop Emeritus John

McRaith 7 David Grant 8 Judy Lawrence 10 Larry Lynch 11 Mary Louise Kelly 12 Marvin Giittinger 13 Hita Merchant 14 Fr. Ben Luther 15 Don Monaghan Arleen Naglich 16 Carola Pulgar17 Randy Lamastus Mary Teder 19 Elizabeth Curtin20 Winnie Cohron Sally Greene Joe Welzen21 Merle Weilbacher22 Mary Hartz23 Debra Dugger24 Brenda Sauer Bob Whiting25 Fanny Gonzalez Sue Menke Ruth Metschuleit26 Bonnie Adams Betty Boren Ann Ruth Hayden Joan Perry28 John Howard29 Andy Chavez Leon Donahue 30 Brenda McGarrigle 31 Janice Miller

February 2 Sarah Payne 5 Rev. Phil Hoy 6 June Irizarry 9 Therese Lawson Frank Rockers10 Fr. Jerry Riney Teen Robinette 12 Catherine Butel13 Msgr. Bernard Powers15 Gloria Cecil Gloria Henderson Mary Kennedy Anna Lesousky John Wood 16 Ina Jeanne Dody Judy Hancock Margaret Tasaka21 Stephanie Render Brett Stallings22 Marlene Monaghan23 Cecilia Curtis24 Jeanne Lamastus26 Ray Weidenbenner27 Lisa Reilly Laurine Scott 28 Rev. Carol Owen

January 1 Molly Jacques Mary Ann McGraw Jan Miscannon 2 Mary Helen Riney Janet Matyk 3 JoAnn Emerson 4 Lupe Sabala Fr. Aloysius Powers Rita Wilkus 5 Therese Fraize 6 Milton Arganbright Lois Bell Theresa Benkeser Coreen Moore 7 Sheila Clark Karen Lasher John Little 8 Joseph Hubbard Debbie Walker 9 Penny Burns Paul Gray10 Bobbie Laker 12 Maria Rose Galles Helen Kanter 15 Mary Margis Rita A. Metzger Richard Piezuch

Georgann Stuck 16 Teressa Hayden 17 Maribeth Clancy Paul Kordenbrock 19 Linda Perri 20 Jean Vanderheiden 21 Michelle Hayes Bernadette Howard 23 Pat Davis Elden Lyon Wilma Uziel24 Mary Benkeser 26 Patricia McGannon Midge Palm

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27 Barbara Weidenbenner28 Larry Menke29 Marilyn Beam Craig Locke Phyllis Troutman31 Yolanda Moraga

Saint Angela Merici

AA’S The more you are united, the more Jesus Christ will be in your midst as a father and good shepherd. - Tenth Legacy

Four associates were among recipients of the Diocese of Owensboro’s 2012 Sophia Awards, given to senior citizen or couple role models of faith in their parish and community. • JUDy SIMS of Muhlenberg County, was nominated by St. Joseph Church, Central City. Her contact companion is Sister Rose Karen Johnson.• CARLENE BRAUN of Grayson County, was nominated by St. Anthony Church, Peonia. Her contact companion is Sister Jane Miriam Hancock.• MARy HELEN and GARY RINEY (who died Oct. 31) of Owensboro, were nominated by St. Mary Magdalene Church, Sorgho. Their contact companion is Sister Alicia Coomes.

NaNcy Mills, OsUa, 58, died Sept. 14 at her home in Owensboro, Ky. She was both an Ursuline Associate and Mount Saint Joseph Academy graduate (1972). A tireless, creative and generous volunteer, Nancy was devoted to the sisters and the Mount, always willing to lend a hand or share a hug. In addition, she spent countless hours as office volunteer and Eucharistic minister at her home parish, Saints Joseph and Paul. In his eulogy Father Carl McCarthy, OSUA, described Nancy as a true minister who loved

God and served others. One of her classmates said, “She is a remarkable person, a perfect example of triumph over adversity.” Nancy is survived by her three daughters, Stacey, Stephanie and Susan; five grandchildren and her foster sister, Sister Pam Mueller. Sister Rosemary Keough was her contact companion.

In Loving Memory...

JaMEs GaRy RiNEy, OsUa, 75, died Oct. 31 in Owensboro, Ky. Gary never met a

stranger and always had a laugh and a funny story to share. He is survived by his wife, Mary Helen Knight Riney; their daughter Susan Riney Guernsey; three grandchildren; brothers David, Michael, Bruce and Ken; sisters (all MSJ Academy graduates) Barbara June Coomes, Betty Gail Sims Armendarez, Janice Morton, Francil Higdon, and sister-in-law Faye Cecil Riney. The Rineys made their lifetime commitment in 2000 with their contact companion, Sister Alicia Coomes.

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sisTER ROsE THEREsa JOHNsON, 81, died Aug. 10 in her 64th year of religious life. A native of St. Lawrence, Ky., she was a wonderful primary grades teacher for 38 years in Kentucky. Since 1999, she served as a pastoral associate at St. Joseph Catholic

Center, Greenville, where she was a great witness to God’s love. Survivors: four sisters, Sister Rose Karen Johnson, OSU, Greenville; Mary Howell, Owensboro; Alma Victoria Higdon, Clarkson and Mary Eveyleen Melton, Cedar Hill, Tenn.; a brother, Frank Johnson, Evansville, Ind. She was the co-contact person (along with Sister Rose Karen) for Don and Bonnie adams, Brenda Busick, and Valentino simpao of Greenville; lisa Day of Belton, Ky.; and Betty Girten, Father Ben luther, Elenita Mcconnell and Wanda Rickard of Central City.

sisTER RiTa REDMOND, 81, died Sept. 3 in her 63rd year of religious life. She was a native of Fort Scott, Kan. She was an Ursuline of Paola, Kan., before they merged with Mount Saint Joseph in 2008. She was a born teacher, and stayed in contact with her students.

A multi-tasker, she always looked for an opportunity to help someone in need. She taught school in Kansas from 1950-69, then worked with people with special needs from 1969-2001, much of that as coordinator of educational materials at the Lakemary Center in Paola. She was the contact person for cheryl Boardman of Kansas City, Kan., and Tony and catherine Butel of Kansas City, Mo.

sisTER JEaN RicHaRD sTUkENHOlTz, 89, died Sept. 8 in her 70th year of religious life. She was a lifelong learner and a very spiritual person. She always had a smile on her face and a desire to help those in need. A native of Nebraska City, Neb.,

she was an educator for 49 years in Kentucky, New Mexico and Nebraska. She was the last Ursuline Sister to minister in Nebraska, a ministry that began for the Ursulines in 1918. Survivors include four sisters, Rosemary Anna Nelson, Renton, Wash., Leora Kuwitzky, Seattle, Joan Meyer, Avoca, Neb., and Kathleen Stukenholtz, Nebraska City; and two brothers, Lou Stukenholtz, Peru, Neb.; and Carl Stukenholtz, Perry, Iowa. She was the contact person for Margaret Brasuel, clarence and anna May kaiser, and Helen Pfeiffer, all of Nebraska City.

• Sister Alicia Coomes, whose aunt, Jeanette McCroy, died Aug. 4.• Sister Clarence Marie Luckett, whose great nephew, Glen Maupin, died Aug. 5.• Sister Rita Scott, whose nephew, David Scott, died Aug. 8.• Mike Lemm, whose mother, Mary Ann Lemm, died Aug. 9.• Joseph Hubbard, whose brother, Charles J. “Johnnie” Hubbard, died Aug. 11.• Therese Allen, whose nephew, Mike Haydon, died Aug. 12• Jodie Fulkerson, whose husband, Jerry, died Aug. 19.• Sister Joseph Angela Boone, whose sister, Margie Johnson, died Aug. 22.• Sister Lisa Marie Cecil, whose nephew, Timmy Cecil, died Aug. 23.• Cecilia Robinette McEldowney, whose sister, Loretta Robinette Stanley, died Aug. 25.• Sister Susan Mary Mudd, whose brother, Charles “Charlie” Mudd, Jr., died Aug. 29.• Sister Mary Angela Matthews, whose nephew, Bruce Matthews, died Sept. 11.• Dan Heckel, whose nephew, Curtis Heckel, died Sept. 20.• Sister Francis Louise Johnson, whose sister, Ann Johnson-Jackson, died Oct. 19.

We extend deepest sympathy to:

NOTE: Gifts in memory of a sister may take the form of donations to the Ursuline Sisters of Mount Saint Joseph, 8001 Cummings Road, Maple Mount, KY 42356.

MEMORIES OF SISTER JEAN RICHARDBy Associates Anna Mae & Clarence Kaiser, and Murilla & Marvin

Giitinger, all of Nebraska City, Neb. There is so much we could write about Sister Jean. Clarence has a birthday two days before Sister’s and on a porch he would find a 50-pound bag of sheep manure from her brother’s farm for our garden. When our friends shared crazy Christmas gifts, she wrapped up a cow patty. In 1988, our Bible study group took a tour to Egypt and Israel. When it was time to board our plane in Paris, Sister Jean could not be found; she had gone down back alleys to buy stamps – not afraid at all. On our 40th wedding anniversary, Sister came in dressed in an Alpine hat and shorts with her accordion and blackened teeth and serenaded us with love songs, Murilla said. It was hilarious. Sister did a lot of penance. She sometimes slept on the floor during Lent. When she broke her hip at the Ambassador Care Center, she had to be taken to the hospital by rescue squad. She would not let the doctor give her a pain shot. She said she would “OFFER IT UP.” Sister Jean was a joy and a delight to us all. She saw each day as an adventure, accepting whatever was God’s will.

• Associate Meeting Calendar:Dec. 1...... Kansas Advent Day of ReflectionDec. 1...... Western Kentucky AssociatesDec. 5 ..... Grayson County AssociatesDec. 15 .... Louisville AssociatesDec. 15 .... Memphis AssociatesJan. 16 ..... Muhlenberg County Associates Jan. 19 ..... Memphis AssociatesJan. 21 ..... Owensboro AssociatesJan. 23 ..... Grayson County AssociatesJan. 27..... Feast of Saint Angela MericiFeb. 16 .... Memphis Associates Feb. 27 .... Grayson County Associates

Don’t miss these other events...• First Sunday of Advent - Dec. 2• Reflection Day of Prayer (“Spectacular Women”) at Center - Friday, Dec. 7• Advent Prayers with Msgr. Bernard Powers at Center - Thursday, Dec. 13• yarn Spinners at Center - Jan. 5, Feb. 2, retreat weekend March 8-10, 2013• Feast of Saint Angela Merici - Jan. 27, 2013• Women’s Retreat with Sister Cheryl Clemons at Center - March 1-3, 2013• Associates and Sisters Day - Saturday, June 8, 2013• y-DOSA Summit at Maple Mount - June 13-15, 2013• North American Ursuline Convocation - July 4-7, 2013 in Cincinnati

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Owensboro Associates met on Oct. 15 and enjoyed a snack. Left to right: Sister

Nancy Murphy, Sister Marietta Wethington, Marianna Robinson, Mag Birge.

Kansas AssociatesADVENT DAY OF REFLECTIONQueen of the Holy Rosary, WeaSaturday, Dec. 1st • 10 a.m.

Associates and sisters will gather for a day of prayer and friendship

in the spirit of Saint Angela

Merici. All are welcome!