You need to listen to the counsels and inspirations which the Holy Spirit continually sends into the heart…
St Angela Merici, Rule: Chap. VIII,14
Saint Angela, fruitful olive in the house of God, pray for us...
Act, move, believe, strive, hope, cry out to God with all your heart,
for without doubt, you will see marvellous things…
St Angela Merici, Prologue to Counsels: 17-18
Live in harmony, united together, all of one heart and one will…
St Angela Merici, Last Counsel: 1
Latest News
International Tertianship 2022/23
30/11/2022
On Tuesday, 15 November, the International Tertianship 2022/23 began at the Generalate in Rome. Eight sisters will create an international community.
Foundation of the Ursulines and of the Roman Union
24/11/2022
During the month of November, we celebrate anniversaries that are important to us.
Merician Meeting in France
22/11/2022
“Serviam, a growing fraternity, communities in formation” - This was the theme for the triennial meeting of the network of Ursulines of the Roman Union, consisting of 270 staff – volunteers, partners and nuns from France and Belgium.
All is Interconnected - Life and Mission from the Perspective of Integral Ecology
As a global community of religious women we are committed to listening deeply as God speaks to us through every encounter – with our neighbour, with the earth, with the entire cosmos. Each person has a part to play in caring for our common home and its future. Together we recognise the gifts and respond to the challenges which face us as we deepen our commitment to an Integral Ecology. All is sacred, and all is interconnected.
Sr. Susan Flood osu
Prioress General
Where we are
Reflections
Reflection corner
First Week of Advent
Reflection for First Week of Advent from 'Heart to Heart' Team - “It is the hour now for you to awake from sleep.”Contemplating our path
Blessed Angela, fruitful olive in the house of God, pray for us
Our important days – Foundation of the Company on 25th November, and Roman Union Day on 28th November.
Inspirations
Looking back
The eleven Martyrs of Valenciennes
The Martyrs of Valenciennes was a group of eleven nuns from the Ursuline monastery who were guillotined by the revolutionaries in October 1794.
Heartbeats
Heart to Heart - November 2022
An Angela Response to the Reality of Our TimesThis issue of Heart to Heart focuses on an Angela response to the needs of the homeless and the hungry.
Resources
Useful Ursuline resources
Handing on the Torch
Education Booklet
Bibliography
Integral ecology
Listen to the Voice of God Through Creation
Do something, get moving for the good of all creation.
Ursulines of the Roman Union - Who we are?
Ursuline spirituality finds its first source in the Gospel and the following of Christ. It is enriched specifically by the spirituality of our foundress Saint Angela Merici.
Angela’s spirituality was centered on her intimate relationship to Jesus Christ who was her “only life and hope”.
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Prayer Intentions
Prayer for the deceased sisters
“We will all see each other in heaven,
for the Lover of us all wants this too”.
st Angela Merici
Let us pray for our Sisters whom it has pleased God to call to Himself
26.11 Sr Geraldine Kennedy - USA EAST
18.11 Sr Marie Xavier Le Bras
- FRANCE/BELGIUM/SPAIN
13.11 Sr Elinor Shea - USA EAST
13.11 Sr Marie Robert Gastal
- FRANCE/BELGIUM/SPAIN