‘Come, and You Will See’
I received a letter in June from the Provincial Prioress of the Ursuline Nuns informing me that the three Ursuline Sisters who currently reside and minister in Cape Girardeau will be leaving the Diocese of Springfield-Cape-Girardeau at the end of the summer. We’re losing a very precious piece of our history as a diocese, as the Ursulines have been in southern Missouri since before our official founding in 1956.
In a matter of weeks, we will say good-bye to Sr. Theresa Davey, OSU, who has ministered at St. Vincent de Paul Parish with the Rite of Christian Initiation of Adults (RCIA) and the St. Vincent de Paul outreach ministry to the poor; Sr. Mary Ellen Neeves, OSU, who has tutored students in the cathedral parish, volunteered at St. Mary Food Pantry, and been very involved in Love, Inc., which offers services to the poor of the area; and Sr. Marianne Mullen, OSU, who makes home visits to parishioners, takes Holy Communion to residents in a local home for the elderly, and participates in faith-sharing groups at St. Vincent de Paul Parish.
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