Today the Ursulines Community celebrates the transition to
a new Leadership Team for the Ursulines of the Eastern Province. It is also an
opportunity to express our gratitude to the Ursulines who have served as the
Province Leadership Team for the past six years. As we gather today, at this
significant moment, we recall the words of Sr. Susan Flood, our Prioress
General, at the conclusion of the General Chapter:
We have made a commitment to work
together towards New Life...And always, this new life will be for the sake of
the world, so that the Good News might be shared more effectively.
We have so many reasons to be
confident. We recall that Jesus promises life in all its fullness.
We stand in the footsteps of so
many who have walked this path before us, women who responded generously and
with commitment to the signs of their times as they discerned them, women who
continued to make the path begun by Angela as she pointed towards Jesus.
How, then, can we not set forth
on this next stage of our journey together as women filed with joy and hope, a
joy and a hope which will ignite an energy for life in everyone we meet along
the way.
God our Creator, we come today to express our gratitude for
our outgoing and new provincial teams: Sisters Jane Finnerty, Ann Peterson, Pat
Russell, Maureen Welch, Brenda Buckley, Pat Schifini. Bless them with the gifts
of the Spirit that are needed to serve our province and its mission. Help them
to undertake the work of our province with energy and hope. Help all of us,
members to embrace them with support, love and prayer. Guide these Sisters to
lead with integrity and prudence. Give them wisdom to make intelligent
decisions. Give them courage to undertake the tough decisions with grace and
fortitude. Help all of us to be supportive, welcoming and hope filled people.
We ask this through Christ our Lord. Amen.
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