Archdiocesan Religious Vocations

Sister Clara Reid instructs two of her students at Saint Charles Borromeo School in Albuquerque. She has served two stints at the school and in 2008 received her 30-year service pin at Saint Charles Borromeo.
The Ursuline Sisters of Mount Saint Joseph, Ky., began ministering in the Archdiocese of Santa Fe in 1969, teaching at Saint Charles Borromeo School in Albuquerque. Today, Sister Clara Reid remains as a teacher at Saint Charles Borromeo, where she served from 1971-80, and again since 1989. Also serving in Albuquerque is Sister Sheila Anne Smith, a tutor and a consultant to the Loyola Press since 1994. Previously she served on the staff at the Dominican Retreat House in Albuquerque (1993-94), and was religious education coordinator at Saint Charles Borromeo (1982-85). The Ursuline presence began in Espanola in 2003 when Sister Cecelia Joseph Olinger became her current ministry as pastoral associate at Tewa Missions. Ursuline Sisters worked in Santa Fe (1988-93), San Juan Pueblo (1986-89), and in Belen (1996-97). Ursulines arrived in New Mexico in 1919 at Farmington, at the request of transplanted Kentuckians. Their desire for Catholic education for their children led them to the sisters who had taught them, the Ursuline Sisters of Mount Saint Joseph. Nine sisters arrived and started schools or taught elsewhere. The Ursuline presence has remained ever since. The Ursuline Sisters of Mount Saint Joseph came to Maple Mount from Louisville in 1874, and became an autonomous congregation in 1912. Today there are more than 160 Ursuline Sisters who are committed to freeing and nurturing women and children. The majority of the Ursuline Sisters are involved in an active ministry in one of seven states or in Chile, South America. More at www.ursulinesmsj.org

Sister Clara Reid instructs two of her students at Saint Charles Borromeo School in Albuquerque. She has
served two stints at the school and in 2008 received her 30-year service pin at Saint Charles Borromeo.

    The Ursuline Sisters of Mount Saint Joseph, Ky., began ministering in the Archdiocese of Santa Fe in 1969, teaching at Saint Charles Borromeo School in Albuquerque. Today, Sister Clara Reid remains as a teacher at Saint Charles Borromeo, where she served from 1971-80, and again since 1989.

    Also serving in Albuquerque is Sister Sheila Anne Smith, a tutor and a consultant to the Loyola Press since 1994. Previously she served on the staff at the Dominican Retreat House in Albuquerque (1993-94), and was religious education coordinator at Saint Charles Borromeo (1982-85).

    The Ursuline presence began in Espanola in 2003 when Sister Cecelia Joseph Olinger became her current ministry as pastoral associate at Tewa Missions. Ursuline Sisters worked in Santa Fe (1988-93), San Juan Pueblo (1986-89), and in Belen (1996-97). Ursulines arrived in New Mexico in 1919 at Farmington, at the request of transplanted Kentuckians. Their desire for Catholic education for their children led them to the sisters who had taught them, the Ursuline Sisters of Mount Saint Joseph. Nine sisters arrived and started schools or taught elsewhere. The Ursuline presence has remained ever since.

    The Ursuline Sisters of Mount Saint Joseph came to Maple Mount from Louisville in 1874, and became an autonomous congregation in 1912. Today there are more than 160 Ursuline Sisters who are committed to freeing and nurturing women and children. The majority of the Ursuline Sisters are involved in an active ministry in one of seven states or in Chile, South America.

More at www.ursulinesmsj.org