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49-452: The Racine Dominicans, as they are known, are a community of vowed women religious and lay associates who live according to the mission: "Committed to truth, compelled to justice". A broader statement of mission is: Commitment to truth in the light of the Gospel compels us to consecrate whatever power we have, personally and as community, to sustain the fundamental right of every person to pursue

98-526: A Christo gave his approval to these congregations with simple vows. The 1917 Code of Canon Law reserved the term " nun " (Latin: monialis ) for women religious who took solemn vows or who, while being allowed in some places to take simple vows, belonged to institutes whose vows were normally solemn. They lived under cloister, "papal enclosure", and recited the Liturgy of the Hours in common. The Code used

147-562: A habit consisting of a black dress bound by a leathern girdle, a black sleeveless cloak, and a close-fitting headdress with a white veil and a longer black veil. Since Vatican II they were no longer required to wear habits and today many opt out of wearing a habit. Today the monastic Order of St. Ursula (post-nominals OSU) has as its largest group the Ursulines of the Roman Union (described in this article) which consists of Ursulines of

196-583: Is a member of the Racine Dominicans. She has written numerous books on St. Catherine of Siena. Founded in 1862 by Mother Benedicta Bauer and Mother Thomasina Ginker, both from the monastery of Heilig Kreuz in Regensburg, Bavaria, their original mission was to establish a school mainly for German immigrant children. Their home is Siena Center on the shore of Lake Michigan just north of Racine, Wisconsin and south of Milwaukee. Siena became home to

245-539: Is a woman who has taken public vows in a religious institute dedicated to apostolic works, as distinguished from a nun who lives a cloistered monastic life dedicated to prayer and labor, or a canoness regular, who provides a service to the world, either teaching or nursing, within the confines of the monastery. Nuns, religious sisters and canonesses all use the term "Sister" as a form of address. The HarperCollins Encyclopedia of Catholicism (1995) defines "congregations of sisters [as] institutes of women who profess

294-801: Is affiliated with the University of Western Ontario . From 1922 to 1975 the Mary Manse College in Toledo , Ohio , was operated by the Ursulines. It was a women's college until 1971, then was coeducational for its final four years. In 1927, the Ursuline Sisters of the Eastern Province restructured Catholic education in Elkton, Maryland , by assisting in the founding of Immaculate Conception School, originally located at

343-516: Is contradictory from remaining and available sources). In 1727, 12 Ursulines from France landed in what is now New Orleans . The entire group of Ursulines were the first Roman Catholic nuns in what is now the United States. Both properties were part of the French colony of Louisiana (New France) . They came to the country under the auspices of Pope Pius III and Louis XV of France. Following

392-620: The Archbishop of Milan , members of the Company of Saint Ursula chose to become an enclosed religious order . Pope Gregory XIII placed them under the Rule of Saint Augustine . Especially in France, groups of the company began to re-shape themselves as cloistered nuns, under solemn vows , and dedicated to the education of girls within the walls of their monasteries. In the following century,

441-470: The Louisiana Purchase in 1803, their charter came under the jurisdiction of the United States. They instituted a convent and school, both of which continue today. Ursuline Academy (New Orleans) is the oldest continually operating Catholic school in the United States and the oldest girls school in the United States. The Ursuline tradition holds many United States firsts in its dedication to

490-602: The National University of Ireland in 1978, and since 2003 is a college of the National University of Ireland, Galway . in 2022 St Angela's College became a constituent college of Atlantic Technological University The Irish Ursuline Union was established in 1978. In the United States , the Ursulines founded two well-known Catholic women's colleges . Ursuline College in Pepper Pike , Ohio ,

539-612: The Ursulines (1535), and Jane Frances de Chantal , founder with Francis de Sales of the Order of the Visitation of Holy Mary (1610), were halted as the cloister was imposed by Church authorities. Into the 17th century, Church custom did not allow women to leave the cloister if they had taken religious vows. Female members of the mendicant orders ( Dominicans , Augustinians , Carmelites , and Poor Clares ) continued to observe

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588-747: The Australian National University in Canberra, Australia. It is a co-educational residential college for approximately 200 undergraduates. In 2003 the college was sold to the university and was renamed Ursula Hall . The Ursuline tradition has been retained in the Hall's high educational standards, retention of Ursuline symbols and livery, and the observance in October of Ursies Weekend for relaxing and socializing before November exams. Ursuline secondary education schools are found across

637-652: The Company of Saint Ursula. The Ursulines trace their origins to the Angeline foundress Angela Merici and likewise place themselves under the patronage of Saint Ursula . While the Ursulines took up a monastic way of life under the Rule of Saint Augustine , the Angelines operate as a secular institute . The largest group within the Ursulines is the Ursulines of the Roman Union. In 1572 in Milan , under Charles Borromeo ,

686-540: The Eastern Province, Ursulines of the Central Province and Ursulines of the Western Province. The other branch is the Company of St. Ursula , commonly called the "Angelines", who follow the original form of life established by their foundress. Ursuline Academy, Springfield, Illinois was founded in 1857 by Mother Mary Joseph Wolfe and operated from 1857 until 2007. In 1767, Nano Nagle stayed with

735-710: The Great Falls Junior College for Women was founded in Great Falls , Montana . Now the University of Providence , it has an open admission policy. In 1921, the Ursuline Sisters of Louisville established Sacred Heart Junior College, which was expanded into a four-year college, Ursuline College, in 1938. Ursuline College merged with Bellarmine College in 1968, now Bellarmine University. The Mount Saint Joseph Junior College for Women operated between 1925 and 1950 in Maple Mount , Kentucky , with

784-684: The United States and other countries. The first school was Ursuline Academy , began in 1727 in New Orleans, Louisiana . It is the oldest all-girls school in the country. The Academy of Mount St. Ursula High School in the Bronx is the oldest all-girls Catholic high school in New York State, founded in 1855, the same year Sacred Heart Academy in Louisville, Kentucky, was founded. In New York City, in 1873, James Boyce (1826–1876) invited

833-752: The United States include Ursuline Academy of Dallas , Texas , Ursuline Academy in Saint Louis, Missouri (founded in 1848), and Ursuline Academy in Wilmington, Delaware . In the London Borough of Newham , United Kingdom , is the all-female girl school St. Angela's , named after the founder of the Ursulines. Only the sixth form centre of the school allows males. The same applies to the Ursuline High School in Wimbledon, which

882-560: The Ursuline nuns were strongly encouraged and supported by Francis de Sales . They were called the "Ursuline nuns" as distinct from the "federated Ursulines" of the company, who preferred to follow the original way of life. Both forms of life continued to spread throughout Europe and beyond. At the beginning of the 18th century, the period of its greatest growth, the order was represented by 20 congregations, 350 convents and from 15,000 to 20,000 nuns . The Ursuline sisters were not

931-888: The Ursuline Sisters on Rue des Ursulines in Paris while visiting her cousin Margaret Butler who had been professed just one year previously. In 1771, she established the first Ursuline convent in Ireland on Cove Lane in Cork. The community was made up of four Cork women – who were professed at the Ursuline Convent in the Rue St. Jacques in Paris – together with a reverend mother. In 1825, the sisters and their boarding students relocated to Blackrock . The first Ursuline primary and second-level schools were founded at Blackrock. At

980-695: The Ursuline Sisters to provide young women with an opportunity to achieve their full potential. Throughout their lives, students continue to remain part of the Ursuline community and continue to carry forward the legacy of Angela de Merici, by serving their society. There is an Ursuline Convent, in Ranchi , Jharkhand , India. In Thailand, the Ursulines established Mater Dei School in Bangkok in 1928. Its elite alumni include Kings Ananda Mahidol and Bhumibol Adulyadej . Although an all-girls school, it enrolled boys from Kindergarten through Primary 2. In Indonesia,

1029-532: The Ursuline nuns to found a girls' academy in St. Teresa's parish on Manhattan's Lower East Side. The new school, called St. Teresa's Ursuline Academy, located at 137 Henry Street, was incorporated in 1881 and as of 1891 had a faculty of five sisters teaching 62 pupils. In 1899, the Ursulines bought a two-story, wood-frame house farther uptown in Manhattan, at the northwest corner of Park Avenue and 93rd Street, converted

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1078-633: The Ursulines established the Princess Juliana School in Batavia (1912), after its initial establishment as an Ursuline Convent in 1859. Now the school is known as St. Ursula Catholic School and is an all-girls school. Like their colleges, not all Ursuline secondary schools have remained single-sex. Villa Angela Academy, founded in 1878, in Cleveland, Ohio, merged with Marianist (Society of Mary) St. Joseph High School in 1990 forming

1127-600: The Ursulines offering co-educational extension courses at Owensboro. The Ursulines merged their extension courses with Mount Saint Joseph Junior College in 1950, creating the co-educational Brescia University that remains in operation. In 1966, the Ursulines established in Taiwan what became the Wenzao Ursuline College of Languages . From 1968 to 2003 the Ursuline Order operated Ursula College at

1176-771: The apostolic life of the Jesuits . There was to be no enclosure , no common recitation of the Liturgy of the Hours , and no religious habit . In 1609 she established a religious community at Saint-Omer and opened schools for girls. Her efforts led to the founding of the Institute of the Blessed Virgin Mary or Sisters of Loreto (IBVM). Her congregation was suppressed in 1630, but continued to exist in some countries in various forms. Other women's congregations with simple vows continued to be founded, at times with

1225-656: The approval of local bishops. Vincent de Paul insisted that the Daughters of Charity of Saint Vincent de Paul , which he founded, would have no convent but the hospital, no chapel but the parish church, and no cloister but the streets. They renew their vows annually. The 19th century saw the proliferation of women's congregations engaged in education, religious instruction, and medical and social works, along with missionary work in Africa and Asia. After nearly three centuries, in 1900 Pope Leo XIII by his constitution Conditae

1274-510: The cloister only under special circumstances and with the proper permission." Until the 16th century, religious orders in the Western world made vows that were perpetual and solemn . In 1521, Pope Leo X allowed tertiaries of religious orders to take simple vows and live a more active life dedicated to charitable works. This provision was rejected by Pope Pius V in 1566 and 1568. Early efforts by women such as Angela Merici , founder of

1323-876: The coed Villa Angela St. Joseph High School. The aforementioned Ursuline Academy in Delaware permits male students in grades 1–3, and Ursuline High School in Youngstown, Ohio , founded in 1905, is fully co-educational. Other Ursuline secondary schools in the United States include Beaumont School in Cleveland Heights, Ohio (founded in 1850); Ursuline Academy in San Antonio, TX (founded 1851 - closed 1992); Ursuline Academy in Cincinnati, Ohio (founded in 1898); St. Ursula Academy in Cincinnati, Ohio;

1372-696: The corner of Cathedral Street and Singerly Avenue in historic Elkton, Maryland . The Ursulines ministered within the schoolhouse from 1927 to 1930, followed by the Sisters of the Third Order of St. Francis, Glen Ridde. in 1931, The Ursulines established St. Ursula's College in Toowoomba alongside Downlands College which was established by the Missionaries of the Sacred Heart In 1932,

1421-466: The financial loss they suffered by removing to Sligo. There they took up residence at "Seaville", the former house of Bishop Burke , Browne's predecessor, and renamed it St. Joseph's Convent. Nazareth free primary school was built in 1851. In 1952 the Ursulines established St. Angela's College, Sligo for the training of students and teachers in Home Economics, which became recognised college of

1470-700: The first Catholic nuns to land in the new world. They were preceded by the Hieronymites in 1585 in Mexico City, who established the convent of San Jerónimo y Santa Paula. In 1639, Mother Marie of the Incarnation , two other Ursuline nuns, three Augustinian sisters and a Jesuit priest left France for a mission in New France in what is now the Province of Quebec , Canada . When they arrived in

1519-597: The first social welfare center. The Old Ursuline Convent is located in the Vieux Carre (New Orleans' French Quarter ). The building now houses the Archdiocese of New Orleans' Archives as well as operating as a tourist attraction/ museum with public tours available almost daily. They had a well established presence as a hospital by the time of the US Revolutionary War. Ursuline sisters treated in

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1568-505: The fullness of life and to share in the common good. – Constitution - Article 8 (partial). The religious sisters work or have worked in a variety of ministries throughout the United States and abroad. Ministries have included vocations as prison ministers, counselors, chaplains, social workers, teachers, pastoral associates, musicians, health care workers, artists, attorneys, bakers, spiritual directors, writers, activists, and neighborhood outreach coordinators. Prayer and study are integral to

1617-479: The greater community as it made sense to do so. The Racine Dominicans currently have six sponsored ministries: The more well known Racine Dominican sisters include Rose Thering , professor of Catholic - Jewish dialogue at Seton Hall University and Suzanne Noffke, a scholar and author on Catherine of Siena . Religious sisters A religious sister (abbreviated: Sr. ) in the Catholic Church

1666-480: The growth of individuals, including the first female pharmacist, first woman to contribute a book of literary merit, first convent, first free school and first retreat center for ladies, first classes for female slaves (which continued until abolition), free women of color (a unique New Orleans group also known as Creoles of Color ) and Native Americans. In the Mississippi Valley region, Ursulines provided

1715-447: The house to a school building, and changed the name of their school to simply "Ursuline Academy". In 1905, a news article announced plans for a twenty-four-foot wide, four-story seminary building to be built on the site to the design of architect Joseph H. McGuire. The new building was constructed immediately to the west of Gen. Scott's old house, in its former garden. The order occupied both buildings until selling them in 1912, and moving

1764-423: The lives of all Racine Dominican sisters. Dominicans are considered to be preachers signified by an "OP" (order of preachers) after their names. Dominicans strive to emulate St. Dominic in all of their various ways of preaching and prayer. Racine Dominicans also align themselves with the holiness and wisdom of St. Catherine of Siena . In fact, S. Suzanne Noffke, OP, a foremost authority of St. Catherine of Siena,

1813-441: The modern world. Some religious who had led a more contemplative life responded to modern needs of the apostolate outside the monastic walls. Throughout the post- Vatican II document Ecclesiae Sanctae (1967), Pope Paul VI used the word "nun" to refer to women with solemn vows. The 1983 Code of Canon Law uses the expression "monastery of nuns". The new code did not force traditional orders that were taking on works outside

1862-468: The monastery into uniformity. In response to Vatican II there has been "vigorous discussion among monastics as regards what kinds of work and life-styles are genuinely compatible with monastic life". Ursulines The Ursulines , also known as the Order of Saint Ursula ( post-nominals : OSU ), is an enclosed religious order of women that in 1572 branched off from the Angelines , also known as

1911-431: The order in 1962, and they share the campus with Siena Retreat Center, and Shorelight Memory Care, a recently opened ministry (2016). The Racine Dominicans have begun many significant ministries/organizations, sponsoring them financially and through participation calling them 'sponsored ministries'. Many have become obsolete as the need for a particular service diminished, and many were transferred to other organizations in

1960-547: The request of James Butler, Archbishop of Cashel and Emly, Anastasia Tobin went to Cork to train as a religious. She was professed at the Ursuline convent in September 1787, and returned to Thurles where she commenced teaching. Joined in 1796 by two others also trained at Cork, a small Ursuline community was founded at Thurles. In 1816, four sisters from Thurles established a community in Waterford. In 1932, Providence School

2009-399: The same enclosed life as members of the monastic orders . The work of religious women was confined to what could be carried on within the walls of a monastery , either teaching boarding students within the cloister or nursing the sick in hospitals attached to the monastery. Mary Ward was an early proponent of women with religious vows living an active life outside the cloister, based on

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2058-787: The same building both British and United States soldiers wounded in the war. They may have been the first group of women propagating the ideals of diversity in a society, which flowed directly from the teachings of St Ursula and her followers. Ursuline nuns, primarily from France and Germany, settled in other parts of North America including Boston (1820), Brown County, Ohio (1845), Cleveland (1850), New York City (1855), Louisville (1858), Chatham, Ontario (1860), and Bruno (1916) and Prelate (1919) in Saskatchewan. These foundations spread to other parts of North America including Toledo , Youngstown, OH , Mount St. Joseph, Kentucky Santa Rosa, Texas , and Mexico City . The members wore

2107-680: The school to the Ursuline Provinculate at Grand Boulevard and 165th Street in the Bronx, New York. (Both the house and school building were demolished for the construction of the Francis F. Palmer House beginning in 1916. The Ursuline School in New Rochelle, New York , is a school for girls in grades 6-12 and is closely affiliated with the nearby Iona Preparatory School . Other notable all-female Ursuline secondary schools in

2156-443: The simple vows of poverty, chastity, and obedience, live a common life, and are engaged in ministering to the needs of society." As William Saunders writes: "When bound by simple vows, a woman is a sister, not a nun, and thereby called 'sister'. Nuns recite the Liturgy of the Hours or Divine Office in common [...] [and] live a contemplative, cloistered life in a monastery [...] behind the 'papal enclosure'. Nuns are permitted to leave

2205-529: The summer of 1639, they studied the languages of the native peoples and then began to educate the native children. They taught reading and writing as well as needlework, embroidery, drawing, and other domestic arts. The Ursuline convent in Quebec City is the oldest educational institution for women in North America. Their work helped to preserve a religious spirit among the French population and to evangelize native peoples of New France. The first Ursulines arrived at Mobile, Alabama, in 1719 (though information

2254-408: The word "sister" (Latin: soror ) for members of institutes for women that it classified as " congregations "; and for "nuns" and "sisters" jointly it used the Latin word religiosae (women religious). The bishops at Vatican II, in their document Perfectae Caritatis on the religious life, asked all religious to examine their charism as defined by their rule and founder, in light of the needs of

2303-442: Was founded in 1871 by the Ursuline Sisters of Cleveland . It was followed in 1904 by College of New Rochelle , now closed, but was located in New Rochelle , New York . In 1919, the Ursulines founded a university-level liberal arts college for women in London , Ontario , Canada. Currently called Brescia University College (Brescia College at its foundation), it remains the only women-only university-level college in Canada and

2352-413: Was opened to serve the needs of the travelling community. In 1839, George Joseph Plunket Browne , Bishop of Galway , brought the Ursuline Order of nuns to Dangan on the Oughterard road. In 1844, Browne was translated to the Diocese of Elphin . The Ursulines Order followed him to Elphin, first to Summerhill in Athlone and then to Sligo. He raffled his carriage to raise funds to compensate the sisters for

2401-441: Was selected as a Regional Winner - "London Secondary" in the Church School Awards 2011. Ursulines also have St Ursula's Convent School in Greenwich which educates girls aged 11 to 16 and coeducational Ursuline College, Westgate-on-Sea . The British philosopher and author Celia Green has written extensively about her time at the Ursuline High School (now Ursuline Academy Ilford ) in Ilford , London. Angela de Merici inspired

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