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BylinesUrsulines of the Eastern ProvinceAutumn 2009THE CURSEOF SLAVERY ALIVE AND WELLPhoto: Maria Rosa Deiso, OSUBy Bridget Puzon, O.S.U.Sister Mary Sullivan, OSU, former assistant provincial and director of the office of Justice, Peaceand the Integrity of Creation, assumed the position of Provincial of the Ursulines of the EasternProvince of the United States on May 1, 2009.In this issueThe Curse of Slavery - Alive and Well. p. 1, 2News and Notes. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .p. 2, 4Survey Enclosed . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . p. 2A Visit With Sr. Mary Russo. . . . . . . . . . . . . p. 3Jubilarians . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . p. 4May Calendar Winners . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . p. 4In Memoriam . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .p. 5Serviam Gardens Update. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .p. 6Online Giving, CDs. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . p. 7When we studied American history in elementary school, thestory of the Civil War introduced the topic of slavery—andviewed slavery as something from the past, long gone. Only laterdid the full import of slavery’s meaning and consequences strikeus.We now take for granted our window on the world providedby global communications. Instant information sources enablean unprecedented awareness of worldwide events. The pictureis a mixed one, from the trivial to the important, with strifeand violence, courage and heroism, and every form of humanbehavior.It’s no surprise, then, that religiouscongregations of women aroundthe world have united in theircommitment to end modern slaveryand heal the victims.Among the inhumanities we now witness is slavery in the form oftrafficking in human beings for commercial purposes: forced laborand prostitution. The number of slaves worldwide is in the millions,and the U.S. Department of State estimates that 80 percent arefemale, 20 percent male, and half of those slaves are children.Profit for the traffickers is billions of dollars. So, slavery isn’t dead,as we had thought.It’s no surprise, then, that religious congregations of womenaround the world have united in their commitment to end modernslavery and heal the victims. The title of a recent book says it all:
Not for Sale: The Return of the Global Slave Trade—and HowWe Can Fight It, by David Batstone. For instance, UNANIMAInternational gram traffic.htm) a coalition of sixteen congregations ofwomen religious, provides direction, strategies, and actionsuggestions. In New York State, the Coalition of ReligiousCongregations sets its goal as bringing these crimes to publicattention, supporting legislative action to achieve prevention,and providing help for the victims.The global dimensions ofslavery include Americancities and neighborhoods,the focus of Kevin Bales andRon Srodatter’s book, TheSlave Next Door: HumanTrafficking and Slavery inAmerica Today.Ursuline Sister GeraldineKennedy, a lawyer andAssociate Director of LifeWayNetwork, is engaged inPhoto/Illustration Elizabeth Clarkministry that works to stopmodern slavery, and some of the sisters of the provincevolunteer their time and skills to the goals of the coalition. Butas “big bucks” are involved in what is a profitable criminalactivity, so have the criminals who traffic in people organized todefend their trade. Regarding specifics in counteracting slavery,restraint about names and locations is a necessity for theprotection of victims and those working to stop trafficking.The efforts of women religious coordinate with the work of theNational Conference of Catholic Bishops. The United Statesgovernment, through the State Department (described in itsthorough overview in the Trafficking in Persons Report) andthe Department of Health and Human Services, has put itsweight behind the responsibility for preventing and endingthese crimes. Law focuses on prevention, prosecution, andpunishment. Non-governmental organizations focus on theenslaved people and their needs, helping them rebuild theirlives.In June, the State Department published its Ninth AnnualTrafficking in Persons (TIP) Report (www.state.gov/secretary/rm/20090a/06/124872.htm). Secretary of State HillaryRodham Clinton introduces the report: “Trafficking hasa broad global impact . . . It weakens economies, fuelsviolence, threatens public health and safety, shattersfamilies, and shreds the social fabric that is necessary forprogress. And it is an affront to our basic values and ourfundamental belief that all people everywhere deserve tolive and work in safety and dignity.”(Bridget Puzon, O.S.U.)www.osueast.orgNews and NotesIn April Sr. Maryellen Keefe presented a paperentitled “Maritime’s Strange Entry into SUNY”at a conference on “SUNY and the Promise ofPublic Higher Education: A Scholarly Conference on SUNY’s 60th Anniversary.” A longerversion of the paper, “SUNY Maritime: A History,” will be published by the SUNY Press in aforthcoming book.On June 2, 2009, Sr. Dorothy Ann Kelly washonored posthumously by Suzi Oppenheimer,NY State Senator, as a 2009 Woman of Distinction. Each year the New York State Senatehonors a select group of outstanding womenwho make our world and our lives better.Sr. Irene Kutsky was honored posthumouslyin March at an exhibit,“Women as Heroes:Women Teachers as Mentors,” at New RochelleHigh School’s Museumof Arts and Culture. Theexhibit was in celebrationof Women’s History Month2009. Grace Power Fraioli,former student of IreneKutsky, chose to honorIrene. On display was aporcelain work by Irene,“In Memoriam to HenryPhoto T. EppridgeOkamoto,” with a statementby Irene about her vocation as a ceramic artist.Accompanying this piece were photographs ofher working with raku pottery.Survey EnclosedEvery once in a while, it is a good idea to reexamine things to make certain that we are notdoing things the way we do them just becausewe’ve always done things that way.And, so it is with Bylines.Therefore, we ask you to please take a fewmoments and complete the survey that accompanies this issue. It will be enormously helpfulto us in ensuring that this publication remainsvital and relevant to its readership.The Editorial Staff2
sity and deepening the richnessof faculty andthe curriculum.AA VISIT WITHSR. MARY RUSSOBy Bridget Puzon, O.S.U.,based on an interview in August 2009.Overlooking the Hudson River, Sister Mary Russoexpressed her pleasure in seeing boats going byand in the view toward the palisades across thewater. Her room at St. Cabrini Nursing Home in DobbsFerry, NY, holds mementos of her years in religious lifeand as a teacher. The most striking reminders are thebundles of recent letters from alumnae she keeps in touchwith; a small file box nearby is her own version of an upto-date rolodex.I asked her about her teaching years. In 1952 MotherMary (the title Ursulines then used) was assigned toteach in the classics department at the College of NewRochelle (CNR). She was prepared. Prior to what wouldbe her lifetime at the college, elementary school studentsat Blessed Sacrament School in New Rochelle had, for sixyears, honed her teaching skills. As she recalls the following five years at The Ursuline School in New Rochelle,delighted laughter accompanies her account of teachingmathematics to the secondary school girls there. All this,while pursuing graduate work in classics at FordhamUniversity, where she later earned the Ph.D. degree.Mary loved her years as a faculty member at CNR. Hervoice and expression brighten to those memories. A1935 graduate, she had roots at the college where shehad been a classics major. She exudes admiration for herfaculty colleagues inthe warm way shedescribes them: Dr.Sheedy, Mr. Scully,and so many others.Her warmth turns toexcitement when sheexplains the opportunities of the 1950sfor women’s Catholiccolleges, opportunities recognized, inher judgment, byMother Xavier whomshe praises for herinsight, as well as herexpansive vision ofbroadening the diverPhotos: Michele Foran3For the firsttime, in 1950,instead of amale cleric,an Ursuline,Mother Dorothea Dunkerly,became thepresident ofthe college.The liberal artsflourished. Maryrecalls the brightyoung facultywho were appointed. Her joy in teaching studentsin Classical Civilization increased by also beinghouse mother to a succession of young womenin the small residence halls. She could tell somestories.In 1957 Mary became dean of the college, anadministrative position where she continued toroutinely encounter students, particularly in interviewing them as they advanced into the choiceof a major. She was a firm educator who wantedstudents to receive “the sacrament of knowledge.”She put in place the means for integrating the disciplines, an innovation at the time. Social studiesas an area of study was strengthened.When I asked about her relationship with thestudents, she spontaneously responded: “I lovedmy students.” She was a dependable presence tothem, paradigm of an educator. She recalls onestudent from that time, whose talents in musiccould not be fully developed at CNR since therewas no major in music. Mary’s urging her to transfer met resistance from this happy CNR student.However, she did transfer, and she later became aprofessional musician—and friend of Mary’s.After seven years as dean from 1957 to 1964, Maryreturned to teaching classics. In 1982 she wasarchivist to the college, a position she well servedbecause of her years of active engagement there.In her retirement it is not just the past that shereflects on; she reaches out to friends and formerstudents and takes them into her prayers for theirwell-being in the present.www.osueast.org
BeatriceCunninghamEastonAnnJosephAnneLyn & mKakosMuellerRowlandJoanCloseThank YouJoseph &MargaretReilly-AntalecTony BeaneCatherinePatricia& JamesHealyGilesRichardMeccaThank you to all our generous benefactors who participated in this year’s MayCalendar drawing. There were 31 winners with prizes ranging from 100 to 1000. The calendar highlights the winners in the 2009 May Calendar drawing.Community70 YEARS1/24/1940 Michelle Guerin (Marie Michel) AndrusMary Thomas Maloney9/7/1940 Mary RussoSt. CabriniSt. Teresa’sMiriam Cleary (Ancilla)St. Teresa’sCarol Ann HolderWilmingtonJoan McCarthy (Mary John)Liberty50 YEARS1/6/1960 Ann Peterson (Charles)www.osueast.orgDoloresMcKeonWeberMsgr. ndschuhPatriciaJuliaAnnSeemungalMorrisseyIn its second year, Serviam Girls Academy (SGA)has moved from its temporary location in Wilmington, DE, to new quarters in New Castle, DE, for thenew school year. The former Holy Spirit elementary school, led by the late Margaret McCaffertyO.S.U. from 1987 to 1995 together with KathleenMary Donahue, O.S.U. from 1991 to 1994, closedin 2005. Now SGA occupies former Holy SpiritSchool, a far more spacious building that includesclassrooms, library, gym, and kitchen.Serviam Girls Academy is an all-scholarship middleschool that provides underserved girls a strong academic program. The school is dependent on grantsand donations from groups and individuals. Thefacilities enable SGA, reflecting the Ursuline tradition of education and based on the Nativity Miguelmodel, to pursue its mission of service to these girlsas they envision and prepare their future.Andrus60 YEARS1/16/1950 Alice Bouchard (Joseph Marie)LenoraKubisNEWS AND NOTES continuedJUBLIARIANS 2010Profession NameCarolKeenanMuzasMaryPawlostiSt. Teresa’s4The Angela Spirituality Group is holding a one-dayretreat for women on “St. Angela Merici’s Vision:Her Story/Our Story,” on Saturday, October 17,2009, from 9:30 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. This third annualretreat explores the timelessness of the spiritualityof St. Angela, foundress of the Ursulines. The dayconsists of presentations on St. Angela’s legacy,conversations, and individual reflection time.
In MemoriamMemoriamInSister Dorothy Ann KellySchool in Wilmington, DE, from 1971-1972 where heradministrative leadership skills led to her appointmentas principal in 1972 until 1986. Later she becameprincipal of Holy Spirit School in New Castle, DEfrom 1987 through 1995. In her retirement she servedin various capacities for the Ursuline community inWilmington.Sister Dorothy Ann Kelly passed away unexpectedlyon March 27. Her six-year term of office as provincialof the Ursulines of the Eastern Province was to becompleted on May 31, 2009. Her skills, leadership,sense of humor, capacity for friendship, and devotionto the Ursulines, characterized a lifetime of service.A 1942 graduate of The Academy of Mt. St. Ursula,Bronx, NY, she earned a BA in mathematics from theCollege of New Rochelle and went on to earn an MSin elementary education from Fordham Universityin 1961. She served on various boards including theBoard of Trustees of The Ursuline School in NewRochelle, the Academy of Mount St. Ursula, and theMount St. Ursula Speech Center.Sister Dorothy Ann became an Ursuline after shegraduated from the College of New Rochelle (CNR)in 1951. In 1954 she made her vows, and in 1958she earned a Master’s degree in American ChurchHistory at the Catholic University of America. Her firstteaching assignment was to St. Philip Neri School inthe Bronx. Later she taught history at CNR and earneda doctorate in American Intellectual History at theUniversity of Notre Dame.In 2008 she moved to Andrus on Hudson. In 2009,Sister Margaret McCafferty passed away at CalvaryHospital in the Bronx on March 27.Following five years as academic dean from 19671972, Dorothy Ann became president of CNR in 1972,a position she held until 1997. She brought aboutinnovative changes at the college, founded as a liberalarts undergraduate college for women, by the creationfor men and women of the School of New Resources,the Graduate School, and the School of Nursing. In1997, Dorothy Ann was appointed Chancellor at CNR.Sister Mary Raymond (Ursula) HarriganMembers of Sister Mary Raymond Harrigan’scommunity of Bedford Park emphasize her hospitality that welcomed and accommodated others underall sorts of circumstances. Her graciousness andsteadfastness were matched by her practical skills inmaintenance for the Bedford Park property.In 2001 she became superior of the Community of St.Teresa in New Rochelle. In 2003 she became provincialsuperior of the Eastern Province Ursulines where herleadership guided the province through significantchanges according to the needs of the times forreligious life.Born in Ellenburg, New York, Mary Raymondgraduated from St. Joseph’s Academy in Malone. Sheearned a BA in history at the College of New Rochelle,going on to earn a Master’s degree in education fromFordham University and a Master’s in English fromLehman College.Her service and memberships, both nationally andinternationally, included serving on the Board ofTrustees at Georgetown University, St. AloysiusSchool in Harlem, and Catholic University of America;Bridges to Peace (formerly Northern Ireland PeacePeople), and the U.S. delegation to the Fourth UNWorld Conference on Women in Beijing, China. Shewas also active locally, for example, as a member of theBoards of the Interreligious Council of New Rochelle,and Sound Shore Hospital Medical Center.Sister Mary Raymond entered the Ursuline Novitiatein July 1938 and made her vows as an Ursuline in1941. She first taught in elementary school from1944-1960 at St. Joseph’s in Middletown, NY, then St.Jerome’s and St. Philip Neri in the Bronx. In 1960 shebecame principal at Notre Dame School in Malone,NY. She was appointed principal of Ursuline Academyin Bethesda, MD, in 1965. She became prioress of theMalone community from 1969 to 1972.She taught English and religion from 1972-1994 atthe Academy of Mount St. Ursula in the Bronx. Amember of the Bedford Park Community, she wasAssistant Superior there from 1973-1979 and from1991-1999. In her retirement from teaching, she servedthe community in a variety of tasks. Always shecommunicated peacefulness and a cheerful spirit. Itwas often said of her, “Everyone loves Raymond.”Sister Mary Raymond died at the age of 88 on May 18.Sister Margaret McCaffertySister Margaret McCafferty entered the Ursuline Orderin 1945; she was professed in 1948.She brought her good humor, and devotedness toher students to her teaching, beginning in 1952 to1959 in elementary school at St. Joseph’s Academy,Malone, NY, and at St. Angela’s School in the Bronx,NY, from 1960-1961. Margaret served as principal ofthe Ursuline Academy in Springfield, MA, from 19611971. She taught at the Ursuline Academy Junior5www.osueast.org
SERVIAM GARDENSSummer months have broughtconstruction to near completion forServiam Gardens. For more photos,view the Web site osueast.orgThe first 82 apartments are expectedto be occupied in the fall. The project was featured on NY1 News onSeptember 5-6. If you’d like to see itgo to www.NY1.com and search forDean Meminger (the reporter). At theconclusion the report links back tolast year’s story of the groundbreaking and shows the difference oneyear can make.View of Serviam Gardens from the Bedford Park convent as of 9/12/09.Ursulines gather in the lobby for the beginning oftheir tour of Serviam Gardens.In September John Reilly, Director of the Fordham Bedford Housing Corporation, conducted several tours of Serviam Gardens for Ursulines and administrators of the Academy of Mount St. Ursula.Photos: T. EppridgeLeft: John Reilly and Ursulines touring the kitchen area of a suite.Bottom left: Second floor view of the Convent from a suite in Serviam Gardens.Below: View from Bainbridge and 198th Street.www.osueast.org6
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BylinesNon-profit Org.U.S. PostagepaidPermit No. 5198White Plains, NYUrsuline ProvincialateDevelopment Office1338 North AvenueNew Rochelle, NY 10804-2121Return service requestedUrsulinesA Mission of Service. A Vision for ChangePROVINCE MISSION STATEMENTWe, Ursulines of the Eastern Province of the United States, arewomen religious in an international community, united by thevision and spirit of our foundress, St. Angela Merici.UrsulineBylinesInterim Editors: Michele Foran, Bridget Puzon, OSUEditorial Board:Doug Hearle, Martha ReddingtonProduction: TE GraphicsBylines is published periodically bythe Development Office of the Ursulinesof the Eastern Province of the United States.Michele Foran, Director of DevelopmentUrsuline Provincialate1338 Nor th AvenueNew Rochelle, NY 10804914-712-0068E-mail: devofc@aol.comImpelled by deep personal love for Jesus Christ, Angela soughtin a life of prayer and action to bring people from all segmentsof society to a deeper love of God and one another.We follow Angela in the service of this twofold love. Whilewe continue to proclaim the Gospel in our traditional work ofeducation, we welcome the call of the Spirit to new ministries.In response to the needs of our times, we commit ourselves,in both our life and our work, to solidarity with the poor;to the pursuit of justice for all, especially women; and tocollaboration with the laity.As a community that values both tradition and progress, wemove into the future with courage and with trust in God.
entitled "Maritime's Strange Entry into SUNY" at a conference on "SUNY and the Promise of Public Higher Education: A Scholarly Confer-ence on SUNY's 60th Anniversary." A longer version of the paper, "SUNY Maritime: A His-tory," will be published by the SUNY Press in a forthcoming book. On June 2, 2009,
