Lives Committed to
Ministry and Love

As Ursulines, we are active members of our communities, working in various ways to teach Christian living and help others develop a personal relationship with God.

Below are ways in which Ursuline Sisters are ministering.

Teaching to be the best

Sister Loretta Krajewski felt drawn to religious life and the Ursuline community after graduating from Kearney State College (Nebraska). "I always wanted to become a teacher, and I admired the Ursulines." Although the classroom is very different now than it was when she first began teaching twenty-five years ago, Sister Loretta still loves teaching. "Saint Angela said, 'Go with the times,'" and so she has. She generously shares with her students at SS. Simon & Jude in Louisville, Kentucky. "Being even a small part of their lives and helping them become the best they can be - this is what gets me up in the morning."
Congratulations to Sister Loretta who was awarded the Catholic Education Foundation's teacher award for "Excellence in Teaching."

Serving a region of poverty

Following the Ursuline Charism "to serve the needs of others," Sisters Janet Marie Peterworth and Brendan Conlon nurtured their commitment to be faithful to the gospel and now minister through two extraordinary outreach programs in rural Mingo County, West Virginia, an area deeply affected by the strip-mining industry. Sister Brendan is director of Christian Help, an outreach program providing assistance for such emergency needs food, shelter, clothing, and transportation. Sister Janet Marie is director of A.B.L.E Families, an agency that offers longer-term self-sufficiency goals through education.

Sr. Brendan Conlon and students helping in Mingo County, West Virginia.

Outreach to the hispanic community

Sister Martha Staarman spends much of her waking moments serving the growing Hispanic community in the area around West Chester and Coatesville, Pennsylvania. Her car is usually loaded down with baby supplies, food items, and other necessities as she drives the county roads. Having served in Peru, South America, for several years, Sister Martha's fluent Spanish offers a steadying and gentle presence as she ministers to expectant mothers seeking medical care or young children just beginning their educational experience in the United States.

Bringing faith and justice to everyday life

Sister Rita Dressman uses her educational background at Saints Peter and Paul Parish in Cumberland, Maryland, where she serves in parish ministry as director of religious education. In this economically changing community, she offers guidance among the young in helping them to apply their Catholic faith in reaching out to others.

Sister Theresa Kruml reflects her commitment to consecrated life by ministering among the sick and homebound in Iowa City, Iowa. As home health chaplain for Mercy Hospital, Sister Theresa daily encounters human suffering on her visits among the frail and elderly. For her, the ministry to serve others flows out of her vocation and her belief in the sanctity of all human life.

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