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March 2010

Celebrating milestones

Susan and Karen were admitted into the Company of St. Ursula on October 26. Each received a medal picturing St. Angela Merici and St. Ursula. The ceremony took place during Eucharist at Bellarmine Chapel in Cincinnati. Rev. Ken Overberg, S.J., was the celebrant. Mary-Cabrini led the reception ceremony as the delegate of the Company’s leader, Therese Bolduc.

At the same time we celebrated the joy of Liliane’s final consecration (made on August 15 in Montreal).

Several friends joined us at Mass and afterwards at dinner.

Karen reflected, “No experience this side of heaven has filled me with greater joy than the moment I received ‘the medal’ and was officially received into the Company of Saint Ursula. What a blessing it is to be joined to this wonderful Company of women whose lives are centered in Christ! The togetherness, support and spiritual intimacy I've experienced among them fuels my passion for Christ and intensifies my desire to serve as he did.”

Susan is “so happy about this new phase of my life together with Jesus and the Ursulines. I'm looking forward to getting to know my new sisters and deepening my relationship with the Lord. There's so much to learn!”

Susan and Karen have embarked upon a two-year period of study and spiritual preparation for temporary consecration.

475th anniversary year Ursulines around the world joined in prayer on November 25, 2009, to begin a year of jubilee. The 475th anniversary of the Company’s foundation in Brescia will occur on November 25, 2010.