Mary McHugh - Blackrock, Cork

“The tremendous lover captivated me – still does!
I spend my days trying to reciprocate that love ever ancient, ever new.”

Maire O'Donoghue – Meadow Grove, Cork

“Because one day I met the God of my life and knew myself totally as me! I was drawn to the Ursulines having encountered an Ursuline sister of creativity, power and intelligence who was fired by her relationship with the living Jesus and struggled to translate this into her daily life.”

“Angela’s vision of each of her ‘daughters’ coming to know herself as beloved, precious and free draws me ever deeper in to relationship with God and with others.”

Anne Conway - Lough Gill

“I had a very real experience of being invited by the loving person of Jesus to commit my life to Him and to the business of loving people as He did.”
Contact with Ursuline sisters made me aware that here was a group of committed women who had openness and freedom about them which attracted me.

My awareness of Jesus as a faithful and loving friend…
The inspiration and creativity of Angela’s vision for an Ursuline way of life woven intimately into the wider community life of the Church and society…and the excitement of ever new challenges and possibilities this offers…

Francis Xavier - Waterford

“hearing and reading the story of Angela Merici…the example of her own life…her relationship with Christ and her respect for the individuality and giftedness of each person.”

 

Rita Condon - Thurles

“being drawn to the person of Jesus”
“the experience of friendliness and care shown to me at school with the Ursulines…each one imbued with the spirit of Angela”

I am sustained in my religious life by living in the river of love between Father, Son and Spirit…

Angela Murray - Cardigan, Wales

“the welcome, warmth and acceptance for the individual by the Ursuline sisters when I was at school was tangible, palpable and reassuring…this was something I knew I wanted to be a part of…”