Winds of the Spirit by Sr. M. Rose Krupp

The Leadership Role Continues

Once again the time of triennial elections arrived. At the special election Chapter March 5, 1988, the Ursulines elected Sister Justine Hill as General Superior marking the third time the Community recognized her leadership qualities. Sisters Stephanie Helfrich, Beth Hemminger, Margaret Welter, and Nancy Mathias were elected as General Councilors. The five sisters were installed at a liturgy in the Ursuline Center Chapel, June 10, 1988.

Notable “Firsts”

For the first time in the history of the Cherry Blossom Festa, a woman chaired the event in 1988. Mrs. Susan Dziengelewski Barrow, a St. Ursula graduate of 1966, successfully directed this major fund-raising event. Sue and her eight sisters were St. Ursula alumnae and considered themselves Ursuline-educated from their grade school days at St. John the Baptist School in Point Place.

The following year saw the appointment of the first lay director of the Ursuline Associates, Mrs. Barbara Carter Daley. Mrs. Daley was an alumna of Mary Manse College and once taught at St. Ursula Academy. She and Eileen Morrissey Hudgin authored the 1976 publication, A BENEDICTION TO MANKIND, recalling the history of Mary Manse College.

A Sister-School in Japan

Sister Kathleen Padden charted a new course in ministry when in November 1988 she entered a sabbatical program at the University of San Diego and prepared for a journey to northern Japan. There she joined in March 1989 the faculty of St. Ursula High School in Hachinohe, a school sponsored by the Ursuline Nuns of Quebec.

Although she spent only one year in Hachinohe, Sister Kathleen established a long-range relationship with the faculty, the students, and their families. Every two years a group of the Japanese students and teachers has visited Toledo St. Ursula Academy for a few weeks, lived with host families, attended classes, and toured the city.