Ursuline Sisters of Cincinnati

Our Ministries

Our foundress, St. Angela Merici, urged her followers to heed the promptings of the Holy Spirit and use their gifts in service to God and others. In that same spirit the current ministries of the Ursulines of Cincinnati are as diverse as our membership and include educational leadership, counseling, community outreach, pastoral ministry, adult faith formation, social justice work and Catholic communications.

Please visit the websites of our sponsored schools, St. Ursula Villa and St. Ursula Academy, to learn more about our ongoing commitment to Ursuline education:

St. Ursula Villa
http://www.stursulavilla.org

St. Ursula Academy
http://www.saintursula.org

Sister Janet Turner

Mother of two sons

Volunteer tutor at Lower Price Hill Community School, GED Program

Retired parochial and public school teacher, counselor, librarian and administrator

Avid student of the Scriptures

Sister Mary Henry Bernard

Communion coordinator and distributor - Good Samaritan Hospital

Telephone ministry

Librarian for Ursuline Sisters

Visitor of sick and lonely at Mercy St. Theresa

Sister Pat Meisner

Co-Director of Ursuline Educational Services

St. Ursula Villa Board of Trustees Officer and Ursuline Identity Committee Chair

St. Andrew Parish Healing Ministry Team Member

Ursulines of Cincinnati Membership Committee Chair

Student of Healing Touch

Sister Mary William Luxford

Pastoral Minister - St. Philip the Apostle Parish

Spiritual and social support for Alcoholics Anonymous

Pet and house sitter

Sister Eileen Connelly

News Editor - Catholic Telegraph

Communications Director for the Ursulines of Cincinnati

St. Ursula Academy Board of Trustees Member

Choir member and cantor - Holy Trinity Parish, Norwood

Volunteer for local animal rescue

Sister Elizabeth Lang

"Resident Grandmother" at St. Ursula Academy

Minister to the physical and spiritual needs of the residents at Mercy St. Theresa

Sister Mary Lawrence Hartman

Ministry of presence and prayer to residents at Mercy St. Theresa

Transport residents at Mercy St. Theresa

Sister Ruth Ann Hartman

Ministry of presence and prayer to residents at Mercy St. Theresa

Transport residents at Mercy St. Theresa

Sister Mary Germaine Thorburn

Spiritual support for the lonely, the sick and the dying residents at Mercy Franciscan at West Park and for their families

Lector for West Park Liturgies

President/member of Resident Council of West Park Community

Spiritual director for the Women's Cursillo in the Archdiocese of Cincinnati

Sister Margie Efkeman

Counselor at St. Ursula Villa and Ursuline Identity Committee member

Peace Camp Teacher

Social Justice Advocate

Vocation Contact for Ursulines of Cincinnati

Ministries in St. Bernard Parish

Sister Barbara Niehaus

Santa Maria Community Services - Affordable Housing Support and Homeless Prevention

Mother of 2, Grandmother of 4, adoptive parent of 4-legged friend

Knitter and weaver

Sister Mary Jerome Buchert

General Minister - Ursulines of Cincinnati

Director - Virginia Noll Starfish Project

Facilitator - Women at the Well Spirituality Group

Board of Trustees - St. Ursula Academy

Cincinnati Women's Partnership Member

Sister Mary Anne Tremmel
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Retired counselor and teacher

Friendly visitor at Mercy St. Theresa