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May 24, 2021
Ursuline Sister Larraine Lauter was recognized in May 2021 for the work she does with Water With Blessings, earning a Louisville high school’s prestigious award.
May 24, 2021
Ursuline Sister Cheryl Clemons proved some things can return to normal following a pandemic, as she welcomed 25 people to her annual women’s retreat on May 22, 2021. The retreat – “Hope and Healing in Julian of Norwich” – was moved to the Our Lady of Lourdes Parish hall because the Mount Saint Joseph Conference and Retreat Center remains closed due to the Covid-19 protocols.
Here are some photos from the day.
May 23, 2021
A Psalm of Spirit
Miriam Therese Winter
Come, Holy Spirit,
rattle the rooms
in which we are hiding.
Shake the tired foundations
until the institution crumbles,
May 23, 2021
I celebrated Pentecost Sunday this morning with my sisters at liturgy in our community chapel. On my way out, I picked a card from a basket at the exit. Each card was labeled with one of the gifts of the Holy Spirit. I got Fortitude.
May 19, 2021
Tony is a man of melody. He sang in the choir of Emmanuel Baptist Church many years ago,…
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May 13, 2021
Waaaay back last school year... when my Dakota Immersion Class reading students were still struggling to sound out words like "cat" and "hit," I had one student who was significantly ahead of everyone else. They were on letter sounds and short words. She was already reading short paragraphs and sounding out words fluently.
So, of course, with my love of meeting each learner wherever he or she is, I provided differentiated instruction and practice. That's what teachers do.
May 13, 2021
In this episode of Messy Jesus Business podcast, Sister Julia Walsh talks with Waking the Village co-foundress Bridget Alexander about building a non-profit centered on building community, the issue of youth homelessness and the mess of social justice work.
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May 9, 2021
Today we celebrate Mother's Day! May all mothers and mother figures be blessed this day and everyday. Whatever you do this day may we all take a moment to remember our mothers and say a little prayer of thanksgiving for the gift they are to us. Happy Mother's Day to all!
May 8, 2021
She wept as she stood before me. She had just told me her daughter died and that she wanted to donate a meal at the soup kitchen in her honor.
“She never let being sick stop her. She’d be out in that dinning room smiling and greeting everyone, and they had loved her,” she told me.
I knew I was in no way prepared to receive her story or her sorrow. The best I could do was to stand with her and listen, and try to appear calm.
May 7, 2021
When you are in third grade, you've already memorized the names of over 100 dinosaurs. When you're teaching dino-science to third graders, you need to study first! It's not good to call a Dilophosaurus by the wrong name. And, whatever happens, don't call a Parasaurolophus a Coelphysis!
May 6, 2021
When people meet me and learn that I am a Catholic Sister, some respond with surprise, excitement or…
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May 4, 2021
Sister Mary Ellen Backes has been a pastoral assistant at St. Joseph Parish in Springfield, Ill., since 1995 – the longest tenure of any Ursuline Sister serving in a parish. And yet, it’s not just the changes brought about by Covid-19 that has been a big change in the past year.