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Experience the Indigenous History we’re rarely taught
On April 7, 2018 Ursuline sisters, Companions and friends arrived in our gathering space, the kiva to experience the KAIROS Blanket Exercise which is an experiential teaching tool to share the historical and contemporary relationship between Indigenous and non-Indigenous peoples in Canada. The floor was covered with bright blankets which adjoined one another to fill the central space. We were invited to remove our shoes and plant ourselves on the land as Indigenous people. Soon…
Find out more »Villa Angela and Ursuline College supporting each other
VILLA ANGELA and URSULINE COLLEGE SUPPORTING EACH OTHER On April 19th afternoon the kiva at Villa Angela will filled with over one hundred students from Ursuline College Chatham and staff members who joined the Sisters for a time of sharing and mutual support. The students poured out of their buses until every seat and most of the floor space was filled. The young people are the leaders of UCC’s annual Muskoka Woods experience, an activity…
Find out more »Feast of St. Ursula
Giving Thanks for St. Ursula whose feast day we celebrate on October 21st
Find out more »“Water Docs” on Friday, November 16th
"Water Docs" on Friday, November 16th The public is invited to the second Water Documentary Film Festival in Chatham. Two films will be shown at 7:00 p.m. November 16 and two the following evening, November 17. Viewing will take place at Villa Angela, Ursuline Sisters, 20 Merici Way, Chatham. Doors will open to the public at 6:30 pm each evening. Admission is free. Donations to support the work of Ecologos are appreciated. All are Welcome
Find out more »“Water Docs” on Saturday November 17th
"Water Docs" on Saturday November 17th The public is invited to the second Water Documentary Film Festival in Chatham. Two films will be shown at 7:00 p.m. November 16 and two the following evening, November 17. Viewing will take place at Villa Angela, Ursuline Sisters, 20 Merici Way, Chatham. Doors will open to the public at 6:30 pm each evening. Admission is free. Donations to support the work of Ecologos are appreciated. All are Welcome!
Find out more »Brescia University College Centennial Opening Ceremonies
Brescia University College Centennial Opening Ceremonies Sunday, January 27, 2019 Brescia University College 1:00 PM – Centenary Mass 2:45 PM – Centennial Art Exhibition All are welcome. R.S.V.P. online today Centenary Mass with our Bishop followed by Centennial Reception St. James Auditorium 1:00 pm The Ursuline Sisters of Chatham, Ontario boldly responded to a call by the Bishop of the Diocese of London to found a university for women just one year after women received the right to vote federally in Canada! …
Find out more »Water Docs Film Festival
Our friends at ECOLOGOS have shared with us the Spring Water Docs Film Festival events happening in Toronto. Please take a look..... Water Docs Film Festival website link "In the end we will conserve only what we love; we will love only what we understand; and we will understand only what we are taught." — Baba Dioum, 1968
Find out more »Season of Creation: September 1st, to October 4th, 2019
The Season of Creation is an annual celebration of prayer and action to protect creation. It runs from September 1 to October 4. September 1 was proclaimed as a day of prayer for creation (World Day of Prayer for Creation, or Creation Day) by Ecumenical Patriarch Dimitrios I for the Orthodox in 1989, and was embraced by the other major Christian European churches in 2001 and by Pope Francis for the Roman Catholic Church in 2015. Many Christian churches…
Find out more »Women’s Weekend Retreat at Oxley
The members of SEEDS OF HOPE have been committed to a journey together with women in Peru and Canada for over 25 years. Supported by the Ursuline Sisters of Chatham, we have lived out a vision which expresses passion for solidarity and justice, through deep listening, reflection and celebration. SEEDS OF HOPE invites you to join us in our 2019 Women's Weekend Retreat. ALL WOMEN WELCOME ! TO REGISTER FOR THIS RETREAT, please click this…
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