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		<title>Charter School Leaps from &#8216;Academic Watch&#8217; to &#8216;Excellent&#8217;</title>
		<link>http://www.theursulines.org/2010/09/08/charter-school-leaps-from-academic-watch-to-excellent/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 08 Sep 2010 10:01:31 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Sister Therese Ann Rich</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[For many Ohio school districts, it can take years to reach &#8220;excellent&#8221; status on the state-issued report cards. One local school made the leap in just 12 months. Administrators and teachers with the Youngstown Community School learned late last week their facility jumped from &#8220;academic watch&#8221; for year 2008-09 to &#8220;excellent&#8221; for year 2009-10. The [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Retreat &#8211; Contemplation and Action</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 14 Jul 2010 21:02:45 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Sister Mary McCormick</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[contemplation and action]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[contemplative prayer. silence]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[mystical journey]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[St. Angela Merici]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Each year the Ursulines make a retreat.  Many sisters make retreat at the Motherhouse while others take the opportunity to experience retreat at another venue. This year, all the Ursulines of Youngstown joined together the week of June 21 for a communal retreat.  Father Michael Woost, Assistant Professor of Liturgy and Sacramental Theology at St. Mary [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Celebrating with Friends</title>
		<link>http://www.theursulines.org/2010/07/14/celebrating-with-friends/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 14 Jul 2010 20:00:17 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Sister Mary McCormick</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[consulting priest when thinking about becoming a nun]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[year of the priest]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[You&#8217;ve heard it said that some people will find any excuse for a party.  Count us as part of that group.  On Wednesday June 16, the Ursulines hosted a party. We were celebrating the 475th Anniversary of the founding of the Ursuline Sisters by St. Angela Merici in Brescia.  We also celebrated with our brother [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Looking Beyond the Oil Spill</title>
		<link>http://www.theursulines.org/2010/07/11/looking-beyond-the-oil-spill/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 11 Jul 2010 10:57:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Sister Therese Ann Rich</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[eco-friendly energy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[responsibility for the environment]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[A joint statement of the Leadership Teams of the Ursuline Sisters of Youngstown and the Sisters of the Humility of Mary: &#8220;For the human family, this home is the earth, the environment that God the Creator has given us to inhabit with creativity and responsibility.&#8221; This message of Pope Benedict in January 2008 was echoed [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Spring Concert to Aid Ursuline Sisters HIV AIDS Ministry</title>
		<link>http://www.theursulines.org/2010/05/27/spring-concert-to-aid-ursuline-sisters-hiv-aids-ministry/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 27 May 2010 23:44:42 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Sister Therese Ann Rich</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[strawberry festival]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Ursuline Sisters HIV/AIDS Ministry]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[St. Columba’s annual Spring Concert is on June 6 at 6:00 p.m. in the cathedral church.  The free-will offering taken this evening will benefit the Ursuline Sisters’ HIV/AIDS Ministry this year.   The concert will feature Harper Kirk, harpist; Collen McNally Harris, vocalist; and Dr. Daniel Laginya conducting Laura Zaerr’s Celtic Concerto.  An evening of good [...]]]></description>
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		<title>There are Serious Questions to be Asked About Ohio&#8217;s Death Penalty</title>
		<link>http://www.theursulines.org/2010/03/31/there-are-serious-questions-to-be-asked-about-ohios-death-penalty/</link>
		<comments>http://www.theursulines.org/2010/03/31/there-are-serious-questions-to-be-asked-about-ohios-death-penalty/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 31 Mar 2010 19:01:09 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Sister Mary McCormick</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Weekly Reflection]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Justice]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[moral commitment to life]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[moratorium]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Ohio's death penalty]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[As the Christian world prepares to enter into a solemn remembrance of the Passion and Death of Jesus this Good Friday, in a joint statement, the members of the Leadership Teams of The Ursuline Sisters of Youngstown and the Sisters of the Humility of Mary publish the following statement in regards to Ohio&#8217;s death penalty. [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Remembering Fr. William Petrunak</title>
		<link>http://www.theursulines.org/2010/02/15/remembering-fr-william-petrunak/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 15 Feb 2010 19:20:27 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Sister Mary McCormick</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Holy Trinity Struthers Ohio]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Truke]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Trunes]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Ursuline High School]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[His students called him &#8220;Truke,&#8221; his colleagues at the high schools called him &#8220;Trunes,&#8221; his family and the people of Holy Trinity called him &#8220;Fr. Bill.&#8221;   Whatever name, Fr. William Petrunak was beloved. I have been thinking about him a lot since I learned of his death (he died on Saturday Feburary 13, 2010).  He was [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Angela Merici 475 Years of Spirit, Vision and Presence</title>
		<link>http://www.theursulines.org/2010/01/01/angela-merici-475-years-of-spirit-vision-and-presence/</link>
		<comments>http://www.theursulines.org/2010/01/01/angela-merici-475-years-of-spirit-vision-and-presence/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 01 Jan 2010 12:20:57 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Sister Therese Ann Rich</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[475th Anniversary]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Angela Merici]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Mission]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Service]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Vision]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[women]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[With the new year, the Ursulines usher in the 475th anniversary of our foundation by Angela Merici. Angela founded her company in Brescia, Italy (more recently famous as the home town of Pope Paul VI) to enable women to live consecrated lives in their own homes and keeping their occupations. At a time when women [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Christmas at the Motherhouse</title>
		<link>http://www.theursulines.org/2009/12/23/christmas-at-the-motherhouse/</link>
		<comments>http://www.theursulines.org/2009/12/23/christmas-at-the-motherhouse/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 23 Dec 2009 20:40:44 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Sister Mary McCormick</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Current Events]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Christmas]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Ursuline Motherhouse Chapel]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Each year the Ursuline Sisters look forward to the celebration of Christmas.  It&#8217;s the lights, it&#8217;s the other decorations, it&#8217;s the music of Advent and Christmas.  But most of all, it is remembering God&#8217;s Word spoken in our midst, it is the fulfillment of God&#8217;s promise to be one with us. As we move from [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Happy 98th Birthday, Sr. Miriam!</title>
		<link>http://www.theursulines.org/2009/12/23/happy-98th-birthday-sr-miriam/</link>
		<comments>http://www.theursulines.org/2009/12/23/happy-98th-birthday-sr-miriam/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 23 Dec 2009 19:58:56 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Sister Mary McCormick</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[St Columba School Youngstown OH]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[St Luke School Youngstown OH]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[St Patrick School Youngstown OH]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[St Rose School Girard OH]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Youngstown Vindicator Spelling Bee]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Actuarial studies indicated that Catholic nuns live a long, productive, happy life.  Our Sister Miriam Engles, OSU, is one who follows that pattern.  She celebrates her 98th birthday on Christmas Eve and is the oldest member of the Ursuline Sisters in Youngstown. Sr. Miriam has been a member of the Ursulines since 1928 (81 years if [...]]]></description>
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