VOL. XV, NO. 2NOVEMBER 2009

By Dan Heckel, OSUA

Ursuline Associates have ministered side by side with Ursuline Sisters

for 26 years, often helping to support families in some way. This is the story of how the Ursuline Sisters helped a future associate couple start their family.

When Michael and Marcy Bufalini lived in Memphis, Tenn., they became friends with Sisters Maureen Griner and Margaret Ann Zinselmeyer. Around November 1999, the Bufalinis decided to pursue private adoption as the best way to build their family.

“This was after lots of prayerful thought and it was a very difficult decision,” Marcy Bufalini said. “One aspect of private adoption (as compared to agency facilitated adoption) is that seeking your child is completely YOUR responsibility. It’s a little daunting.

“Like many couples in our situation, we created ‘business cards’ saying that we were hoping to adopt a child,” Marcy said. “It included a toll-free phone number and our picture. We began distributing them timidly to friends and family. It was a pretty awkward thing to do at the time.”

The couple had moved to Silver Spring, Md., in 1998 for work purposes and to be closer to family. Shortly after their adoption adventure began, Marcy, who works for FedEx, took a trip to Memphis for business. She planned to dine with Sisters Maureen and Margaret Ann, who she described as “some of our most-missed friends,” but learned that the sisters had inadvertently “double booked” dinner that night with two Ursuline Sisters who were traveling through Memphis.

“We considered rescheduling, but decided to just have one big dinner group; what a fortunate decision that was,” Marcy said.

Those guests were Sister Rosemary Keough and Sister Mary Angela Matthews. Sister Rosemary was returning from the Mexican American Cultural Center in San

Ursuline Associates Michael and Marcy Bufalini of Silver Spring, Md., pose with their children, Joe and Anna, in front of the Mount Saint Joseph Chapel in June 2009. The Ursuline Sisters played an important role in bringing Joe into their lives.

Bufalini family will always have ties to Ursulines

Antonio, in preparation for her work at Centro Latino with Sister Fran Wilhelm. Sister Mary Angela was her traveling companion.

“During dinner, I talked about our plans to adopt and showed them our card,” Marcy said. “At that point, Sister Rosemary asked me if

we were interested in adopting a Hispanic child. I told her that we were open to all possibilities.

“Someone at the table asked how many cards we had,” Marcy said. “I told them that we printed them ourselves and could make as many as needed. Then Sister Maureen asked if I could make about 150 and give them to her, she could take them to the Mount for an upcoming Ursuline gathering. I was a little surprised by this. Of course, I said ‘yes.’ The next day my husband began printing cards and we sent them quickly to Memphis for Sister Maureen to take to the Mount.”

As time passed, the Bufalinis met with a woman in Pennsylvania who was looking to place her as-yet-unborn child. “We talked with her for months and were confident that she would place her baby with us,” Marcy said. “Sadly, her child did not survive. It was a surprise to her, us, and even her doctors. We were all shocked by this event.”

The couple was apprehensive about where their adoption journey might lead next, Marcy said. They never expected that it would begin with a phone call to Michael’s office in June 2000. Sister Fran, who began working with Hispanics at Centro Latino in 1993, was attending a birth as a translator as she had done countless times before. Sister Fran had attended prenatal doctors’ appointments with the mother-to-be so she could translate English into Spanish for her. She had

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Page 2 Associate Update November 2009

Dear Sisters and Brothers in Saint Angela, Fall has arrived at Maple Mount. The

leaves are donning their autumn colors and they have given me some thoughts to share with you. Scientists tell us the brilliant colors of autumn leaves are present all year. It takes a change in the weather to reveal those colors in all their glory.

When you took the step to become an associate, did you need a change in your “weather”? Did God speak to you through someone you know – a sister – a friend – to help you to see the bright color of the associate call within you?

What does it mean to be “called?” Are we being called away – away from our jobs, families, friends? Or, through prayer and the guidance of the associate formation process, do we name the call within ourselves?

During this associate year, we are examining the charism of Saint Angela Merici and the many colors of leadership in each of us. You will be receiving study materials at your fall gatherings to turn your thoughts to service and leadership through the charism of Saint Angela. We hope you will be energized and inspired as you enjoy the colors of autumn, and will be reminded to celebrate the bright colors of our associate and sister relationship.

Saint Angela tells us to act, move, believe and be ready for wonderful surprises. When we gather on Saturday, July 10, 2010, at Associates and Sisters Day, we will study how Saint Angela guides us to deal with change. What an appropriate way to prepare ourselves for God’s surprises!

I give thanks for all of you.

Letter from the director...

ASSOCIATE UpdATE is published four times a year for the Associates

of the Ursuline Sisters of Mount Saint Joseph8001 Cummings Road

Maple Mount, KY 42356-9999Phone: 270-229-2006 • Fax: 270-229-4953

Web site: www.ursulinesmsj.orgE-mail: associates.msj@maplemount.org

Director of UrsUline PartnershiPs: Mrs. Marian Bennett, OSUA Director of sPiritUal forMation for UrsUline PartnershiPs:

Sister Marietta Wethington, OSU Director of Mission aDvanceMent/coMMUnications: Dan Heckel, OSUA

coMMUnications sPecialist/GraPhic DesiGn: Jennifer KaminskiaDMinistrative sPecialist/Web site: Tiffany Orth

Director of Mission effectiveness: Sister Rose Marita O’Bryan 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.

Sister Darlene Denton led

a leadership workshop for

associates titled “Angela Guides

Us to the Future” on Oct. 18 at

Maple Mount. The workshop

included prayers, presentations such

as the “servant leader,” and discussions.

At the workshop, left to right: Judy Sims, Gail Davenport, Jean Simpson, Marcia Stoller, Sister Marie William Blyth.

Leadership Workshop

Charism...What is it? How do we recognize it? Charism is easier to recognize than to define. The word itself comes from a Greek word meaning grace. Charism has been called several things. Among them are: • The gratuitous gift of the Holy Spirit • The divine influence on the receiver’s heart • A freely given gift of God • Power given to a community by the Holy Spirit • The spirit of a community based on the founder’s experience of God. It is the charism that distinguishes one religious congregation from another. As Ursuline Sisters of Mount Saint Joseph, we believe our charism calls us together as a community and enables us to be channels through which the grace of God can freely flow. This year as we study charism together, we pray that each of us may recognize the charism in our own life.

– Sister Marietta Wethington, OSU

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New Associate Advisory Board Members

Carol O’Keefe

Martha Little

Suzanne Reiss

continued from frontADOPTIONno idea that the mother would ask her after the birth for help in placing her baby with another family, Marcy said. Sister Fran’s first thought was of the card that Sister Rosemary had brought from Memphis.

She called the office at Centro Latino (then in rural Stanley, Ky.) and asked Sister Rosemary for the information on the card. The card was nowhere to be found, so Sister Rosemary called Sister Maureen to get the information. It was then that Sister Maureen called Michael at his office to say “there’s a baby in Kentucky.” “Michael quickly called me and I started planning travel to Owensboro while Michael called our lawyers,” Marcy said. “When Sister Rosemary met me at the Evansville (Ind.) airport it would have been hard to say who was more excited. I grabbed a rental car and followed her back to Stanley, stopping periodically to get updates from Sister Fran on the state of the mother, the baby, and overall situation. “It turns out that it’s tricky to adopt a baby in Kentucky if you are coming from another state,” Marcy said. “Kentucky’s fine Department of Child Welfare was exuberant in making sure that everything was positioned in the best interest of the child. That meant extra court visits for the mother and lots of hand wringing and confusion for the sisters and me.

“Of course, Sisters Rosemary and Fran were unflappable through all of this. They kindly found me a place to stay for the nerve-wracking week after I arrived,” Marcy said. “They wrote and translated documents for me and gave me meaningful work to do while I waited very impatiently for some word from the courts. (I got to make evening meals for the men at Centro Latino to keep my nervous hands busy -- I think all stores were depleted of Pepto-Bismol by the Centro Latino guests while I was on kitchen duty!) Only the steady reassurance of the entire Centro Latino staff helped me last through those long days. “Finally, after a week of waiting and creative maneuvering, I was able to see the beautiful boy who would become my son,” Marcy said. “Joe and I met at a doctor’s office for his one-week pediatrician’s appointment. He was fabulous and the waiting room was charged with energy when Fran, Rosemary and I took turns holding him.” Marcy returned to Maryland. Joe moved to Louisville to a foster family while the adoption process unfolded. “Michael and I visited him several times while we waited for all the paperwork to be finalized,” Marcy said. In August 2000, young Joe Bufalini went home with his new parents. “He has been a true blessing in our lives,” Marcy said. “In August of 2002, we welcomed home our daughter, Anna.” Joe, a fourth-grader, and Anna, a second-grader, enjoy the company of the family dog, Ginger, in their Maryland home.

“We all look back often at the many wonderful gifts we have received from the MSJ Ursulines,” Marcy said.

In 2005, Marcy and Michael made their initial commitments to become Ursuline Associates. The whole family returned to Maple Mount in June for Associates and Sisters Day, the culmination of the 25th anniversary year of the Ursuline Associates. n

Michael and Marcy Bufalini talk with Sister Maureen Griner during Associates and Sisters Day June 27 at Maple Mount.

Leadership Workshop

MARTHA LITTLE of Owensboro is a graduate of the Mount Saint Joseph Spiritual Direction Institute and has been involved in pastoral ministry for 19 years. She and her husband, John, made their lifetime commitments in June 2009. Her contact person is Sister Ann McGrew.CAROL O’KEEFE lives with her husband Steve in Bucyrus, Kan. She was co-director of the Kansas City, Kan., area associates prior to the Paola and Mount Saint Joseph recent merger and now serves as their coordinator. She renewed her lifetime commitment in June 2009. Carol’s contact person is Sister Kathleen Condry.SUzANNE REISS is retired from Old National Bank and lives in Lanesville, Ind., with her husband, Don Moser. She is a member of the Louisville associate group and is a frequent picnic and motherhouse volunteer. She and her mother, Susan, made first commitments in July 2007. Her contact person is Sister Eileen Howard. Also on the board: Sisters Maureen Griner, Nancy Murphy, and Marietta Wethington, as well as Associates Marian Bennett, Mike Sullivan, and Michael ziegler.

A large group of Ursuline Associates in Paola, Kan., made their commitments as Ursuline Associates of Mount Saint Joseph in a ceremony Oct. 11 in Paola.

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I am a volunteer for Pathway of Hope in Greenville, Ky. It is a resource center for pregnant women and also serves the fathers. This year, 1,134 people in need have entered Hope’s door. Some come to talk about an existing pregnancy. They can receive a free pregnancy test kit,

and the results can be shared with loving, caring women on staff. Abortion is never encouraged. Birth control is never encouraged. We give options if they feel they cannot keep their child. Adoption through Catholic Services is one option. Sometimes an abortion can be prevented just by offering to be with a young woman when she tells

What one associate can do: A pathway of hope for pregnant womenher parents she is pregnant. We give resources for good medical care for the mother and her baby. Pathway of Hope gives formula, diapers, clothing up to size 6 and 8, and some children’s furniture. Participants can earn “blessing bucks” by attending classes for mother and father. These classes are part of a program which teaches them to be the best parents they can be. It is titled, “Earn While You Learn.” With each lesson they complete, they earn credits for baby supplies and other materials. Jesus asks, “Do you love me? Feed my lambs. Tend my sheep.” (John 21:15-16). It is a joy for me to serve through Pathway of Hope. To help Pathway of Hope, call (270) 377-0045, or visit at 122 W. Main Cross St., Greenville, KY 42345

By Marcia Stoller, OSUA

Ursuline Associate Joyce York, right, tries out the new home of a swing set along with Sister Susanne Bauer, second from right, Sister Rita Scott, and Dave Illick. Joyce, of St. Louis, and her friend Dave made a special trip to bring two swing sets from the Ursuline grounds in Paola, Kan., to Maple Mount on Aug. 24.

Many associates helped with picnic preparations and on picnic day, Sept.13. Below: Suzanne Gochenouer sorts yard sale “stuff.”

Left: Associate Suzanne Reiss arranges gifts for the mystery booth July 22 along with Sister Frances Miriam Spalding. Right: Associates Carol Hill and Violet Hamilton volunteer in the fun foods booth on picnic day, Sept. 13.

Nancy Mills, picnic chair

2009 Picnic

Marilyn Beam tags jars of homemade jelly. Below: Violet Hamilton and Teen Robinette price yard sale bargains.

Mary Teder sets up recycle boxes. Below: Brenda Semar wraps a silent auction item.

Ed Cecil works in the pull tab booth.

Brenda Busick puts liners in recycle boxes.

grounded in daily prayer, contemplation, and Scripture as modeled by Angela. These foundations assist me in asking myself and directees, “Where is God in this experience?” The training has allowed me to be more comfortable in my skin so others can do the same. Each day I am aware how important it is to lean into God and let go of me, my ego. With time I am becoming a better listener and truly listening with the heart as Angela did with all she met. I continue to use these insights and skills in my spiritual mentoring, parish ministries (liturgy, education and as lector and Eucharistic minister) and as participant in small faith sharing groups. Please consider doing something for just you in 2010. Apply and participate in the next Spiritual Direction Training at the Mount. You will realize this gift is something money can’t buy and will reap the benefits for a lifetime. n

Spiritual Direction training a worthy adventure

A heartfelt THANKS goes out to all our associates who helped in any way to

make our 39th annual picnic a success! Hope to see you Sept. 12, 2010!

From Your Grateful Ursuline Sisters

From 2004-2006, I was honored to participate

in the first Spiritual Direction Training at Maple Mount. What a gift this process has been and continues to be in my life! At first, I was

apprehensive in responding to the invitation by Sister Mary Ellen Backes to consider this program. Did I have the time, money, qualities, and energy to enter into this challenging adventure? Was Spiritual Direction something for me? What would the expectations be? How could I direct others on their spiritual journey when my own journey was far from perfect? From the first interview, those fears began to dissipate and I could visualize myself participating in a continuous evolving process of discerning God’s presence and action in all my life. The staff, companions, and atmosphere at the Mount Saint Joseph Conference and Retreat Center mirrored for me the vision of Saint Angela’s hospitality, inclusiveness, and affirmation. I recall from the very first session we were challenged by the presenter, who said, “What makes you think that Spiritual Direction is a program? Can you really ‘learn’ this process in a two-year program?” Our group united from that moment on and committed ourselves to complete and support one another through this two-year process. This community of participants is an asset of the program. Three years following this training, I continue to see the wisdom in being

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PicnicThanks

By Larry Devocelle

The Spiritual Direction Training Program is a two-year effort consisting of eight one-week sessions beginning on noon

Monday and ending by 1 p.m. on Friday. The first week in the 2010-

12 program is Oct. 18-22, 2010. The deadline to apply is August

2010. For more information, contact Sheila Blandford at

(270) 229-0200, ext 427, or e-mail sheila.blandford@maplemount.org

Larry Devocelle works in parish ministry at St. Joseph Catholic Church in Springfield, Ill., where he ministers with Associate Karen Siciliano and Sister Mary Ellen Backes. He is a candidate to become an Ursuline Associate.

The new 2009-11 Directory of Ursuline Associates and

Sisters is now available! To request a printed copy

or an e-mailed version, contact the Office of Ursuline Partnerships. A new Ursuline

Sisters Pictorial Directory is also available.

Please send postage if you would like these mailed to you:

$1.75 - Associate Directory$1.40 - Sisters’ Pictorial Directory

$2.25 - Both Directories

Associate Elaine Wood and Sister Frances Miriam Spalding pose in matching 1996 Olympic Heroes T-shirts prior to this year’s Mount Saint Joseph picnic (Elaine was the volunteer coordinator of the picnic). Both were named local heroes in their parishes when the Olympics were held in Atlanta, Ga.

Left: Associate Suzanne Reiss arranges gifts for the mystery booth July 22 along with Sister Frances Miriam Spalding. Right: Associates Carol Hill and Violet Hamilton volunteer in the fun foods booth on picnic day, Sept. 13.

Karen Siciliano, OSUA, in the mystery booth - Picnic 2009

Page 6 Associate Update November 2009

Happy Birthday To Our Associates

Lifetime Commitment Anniversaries

for all Ursuline Associates are now on our Web site:www.ursulinesmsj.org

Click Associates, then Lifetime Commitments.

Are you receiving The Pilgrimage monthly e-zine from the Ursuline Sisters?

To sign up, e-mail info.msj@maplemount.org

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

McRaith 7 David Grant 8 Judy Lawrence 11 Mary Louise Kelly 12 Marvin Giittinger 13 Jean Lonergan Hita Merchant 14 Fr. Ben Luther 15 Don Monaghan Arleen Naglich 16 Carola Pulgar

Mary Lou Schaefer 17 Randy Lamastus Mary Teder 18 Patsy Mathieu 19 Elizabeth Curtin20 Winnie Cohron Sally Greene Joe Welzen21 Merle Weilbacher22 Mary Hartz24 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 Florence Thompson 9 Therese Lawson Frank Rockers10 Fr. Jerry Riney Teen Robinette 12 Catherine Butel13 Msgr. Bernard Powers14 Fay Higdon15 Gloria Cecil Gloria Henderson Mary Kennedy Anna Lesousky John Wood 16 Ina Jeanne Dody Judy Hancock Margaret Tasaka20 Rosemary Schiavi21 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 Coreen Moore 7 Sheila Clark John Hancock John Little 8 Joseph Hubbard Debbie Walker 9 Penny Burns Paul Gray Ray McGraw10 Bobbie Laker 12 Maria Rose Galles Helen Kanter 14 Edith Whitechurch 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 Bernadette Howard 23 Pat Davis Elden Lyon Wilma Uziel24 Mary Benkeser Dorothy Hughes26 Patricia McGannon Midge Palm27 Barbara Weidenbenner28 Larry Menke29 Marilyn Beam Cecile Driscoll Phyllis Troutman31 Yolanda Moraga Polly Mouser

Sophia Awards

An Ursuline Associate and an Ursuline Sister were among the 2009 Sophia Award recipients at the Sept. 27 ceremony at Holy Name of Jesus Parish in Henderson, Ky. This year, 58 parishes in the 32-county Dicoese of Owensboro submitted nominations. Awards are given to a senior citizen (65+) or couple who have shown themselves to be role models of faith in their parish and community. Honored were:JEAN SIMPSON and her husband, David, of Central City, Ky., are members of St. Joseph Parish in Central City and have three sons and five grandchildren. Jean, a retired teacher who is active in the Kentucky Education Association, made her lifetime commitment as an Ursuline Associate in 2008. Her contact sister is Sister Rose Karen Johnson.SISTER JOSEPH ANGELA BOONE, who has been chancellor and director of administration for the Owensboro Diocese since 1989, was given the Diocesean Sophia award. She has also been a math professor at Brescia College, and treasurer/business administrator for the Ursuline Motherhouse.

If you know the whereabouts of the “Lost Associates” listed on

our Web site, let us know!

Jean Simpson

In Loving Memory...November 2009 Associate Update Page 7

SISTER THERESA MARIE WILKERSON, 89, died July 27 in her 69th year of religious life. A native of Owensboro, Ky., Sister Theresa Marie was an outgoing and caring person who loved to share her gift of singing. An educator for 37 years, she taught in the Diocese of Owensboro, the Archdiocese of Louisville, and in Nebraska, and Missouri. Her final teaching ministry was at Mount Saint Joseph Academy, Maple Mount (1973-80). She served as Director of Refugees for the Diocese of Owensboro (1980-94) and as parish minister at St. Stephen Cathedral (1987-97). A hospital chaplain (1994-96), she continued to serve as a Eucharistic minister at Owensboro Medical Health System even after her retirement in 1994. Survivors include two brothers, Robert Louis, and John Owen Wilkerson, both of Owensboro.SISTER MARY DECHANTAL WHELAN, 94, died Sept. 3 in her 75th year of religious life. She was a native of St. Joseph, Ky. An educator for over 61 years, she was professor of English at Brescia College (now University) for 39 years (1958-97). “Sister DC” was known for inspiring her students with her love of books, music, and learning, and she began many programs at the college, including the Grants Office, Office of Student Support Services, and Weekend College. She blended her gift of hospitality with a fiery sense of justice, and always radiated joy in her vocation. She also taught in the Diocese of Owensboro, Archdiocese of Louisville, and in Missouri. Survivors include a brother, James Louis Whelan of Newburgh, Ind. SISTER MARY CLEMENT GREENWELL, 101, died Sept. 23 in her 82nd year of religious life. A native of Curdsville, Ky., she graduated from Mount Saint Joseph Academy, Maple Mount, in 1927. An educator for over 50 years, she taught at St. Joseph High School, Owensboro (1929-30), St. Anthony School, Peonia (1956-58), Blessed Mother (1973-74), and Immaculate (1974-76) schools, Owensboro. She also taught in the Archdiocese of Louisville, in Missouri and New Mexico, and spent 11 years in Louisville in outreach and tutoring ministry. As a teacher, she believed even the most unlikely learner could become a good student. She retired to the Motherhouse in 1989, where she loved to play cards. Survivors include nieces and nephews, and the members of her religious community. Please Note: Gifts in memory of an Ursuline Sister may take the form of donations to the Ursuline Sisters of Mount Saint Joseph, 8001 Cummings Road, Maple Mount, KY 42356.

Sister Theresa

Saint Angela Merici

• Bonnie Adams, OSUA, Muhlenberg County, whose brother-in-law, Tom Doher, died Sept. 9.•Tom Payne, OSUA, Owensboro, whose mother, Juanita Payne, died July 28; and father, Paul Payne, died Sept. 2.• Mary Ann Schilling, OSUA, Hancock County, whose sister, Margaret Merkel, died Aug. 31.• Rita Summers, OSUA; Louise Leasor, OSUA; Don Speaks, OSUA, and Sister Mary Lois Speaks, OSU, whose brother, Pat Speaks Sr., died Oct. 20.

We extend deepest sympathy to:

Sister deChantal

Sister Mary Clement

Have you signed up for the Ursuline Sisters’ Quilt Club drawings? Call 270-229-4103, ext. 278

’For in these perilous times, you will find no other recourse than to take refuge at the feet of Jesus Christ. - Seventh Counsel

Consider giving a Mount Saint Joseph gift basket for Christmas! Filled with homemade breads, cookies, fudge, peanut brittle, and candy. Call 270-229-0200 by Dec. 4. Stop by the Mount Saint Joseph Book and Gift Shop to find quilts, Casa Ursulina shawls/scarves/angels, and more!

H ave you ever thought that it was for you

the Saviour was born? Do you realize that when God sent His Son into the world, He sent Him to become your Saviour? Listen to the word of the herald angel, “I bring you good tidings of great joy... for unto you is born... a Saviour.” Yes... it was for you that Jesus came.

- Henri J.M. Nouwen

Save the date!ASSOCIATE MEETINGS• Advisory Board – Saturdays: Jan. 9, April 10, July 9• Grayson County, Ky. – Wednesday, Nov. 24 • Louisville, Ky. – Saturdays: Nov. 21, Feb. 20• Memphis, Tenn. – Nov. 14, Dec. 13• Muhlenberg County, Ky. – Wednesday, Nov. 18• Owensboro, Ky. – Sunday, Nov. 15; Mondays: Feb. 15, May 17• Paola, Kan. (south): Wednesday, Nov. 18• Paola, Kan. (Wea): Monday, Nov. 16

Note: to include your event on the associate calendar, e-mail associates.msj@maplemount.org or call 270-229-2006

t Sunday, Nov. 22: Honoring Sister Jean Madeline Peake’s 75th Jubilee, St. Bartholomew Church, 2040 Buechel Bank Road, Louisville, Ky. Mass at 11 a.m. EST, reception from 12-2 p.m.

t Wednesday, Dec. 9: Advent Prayer Retreat Day with Msgr. Bernard Powers, Mount Saint Joseph Retreat Center, 9 a.m.-2 p.m., Fee-$10

t Feb. 12-14, 2010: Loved into Life Women’s Retreat with Sister Cheryl Clemons, Mount Saint Joseph Retreat Center