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Welcome from Mother Cecilia Wang, OSU

Dear Sisters and Friends,

Welcome to the renewed website of the Ursulines of the Roman Union. Our website is a means of communication among us, a resource for the members of the Institute and an inspirational site for visitors. On our website you can meet our foundress, Saint Angela Merici, and learn about our history, our spirituality, our concerns and our world wide ministry today, as well as activities for this 475th anniversary of our foundation. Many aspects of our mission are included on the site: evangelization; spiritual direction; care for families; work with young people; work for human dignity; education in all its forms; justice, peace and the integrity of creation; fostering of vocations to the religious life and to other Christian ministries, and formation for religious life. There are links too to our Provinces in thirty-six different countries. You can join us in prayer and in support for our ministry.

Enjoy your visit.

Mother Cecilia Wang, OSU, Prioress General
(Click on the shield above to learn more Ursuline history.) 

The Liturgical Season

 

The six weeks of Lent prepare us to celebrate the Paschal Mystery, which is the heart of the whole liturgical year and the synthesis of all the mysteries of salvation. These forty days are marked, above all, by the remembrance of Jesus in the desert, of his struggle with Satan, and of his victory over the temptations to power, dominion and control. In the desert Jesus was fed by the Word of God, and through it he was able to choose and set out decisively on the journey shown to him by God: redemption through the humility of the cross. During this time, if we listen attentively and willingly, we too will encounter the Word of God that will enable us to draw from it the strength to follow Jesus on his journey. In particular, this living Word will nourish us through the Eucharist. May the readings and commentary on this site aid you on your lenten journey. Click here to open "Via Crucis" with Saint Angela.

475th Jubilee Celebration

Why is this Jubilee Celebration so Important? 

To understand why we are celebrating the 475th anniversary of the foundation of the Ursulines (as the Company of Saint Ursula), it is necessary to return to 1535, the foundation year, to see the context out of which Saint Angela was coming...more...