Global Issues Day

On January 27, we celebrated our annual Global Issues Day with a community-wide day of learning. January 27 is also the Feast of St. Angela, the foundress of the Ursulines, so the day was extra special.  Mass was a wonderful way to start the day and to focus on the work and the legacy of the Ursuline sisters world-wide.

Father Joe & Father Michael celebrate Mass

Lord I lift your name on high !

Special guest Agnes Kasule '01 with Sister Margaret Ann and Sister Mary

As part of the morning activities, each advisory colored a small panel which later became part of a community mural celebrating Ursuline's relationships around the world. Here is the finished product:

We were privileged to have several special guests and speakers with us for the day. The theme of the day was "Stories of Peace and Justice" so we heard many personal and compelling stories from our guests. Here are a few of the wonderful people who came to Ursuline to be with us for the day:

Father Joseph Luzindana from Uganda was our special guest keynote speaker

Ugandan artist Natal Gloria (on right) with friends in the global Village 

Keynote speaker Agnes Kasule 01, reunited with classmate Mary Holland 01

Torkin Wakefield, BeadforLife founder, spoke about ways to help lift women out of poverty

Jules McGee '08 spoke about her time in the Peace Corps

In addition to attending sessions about a variety of social justice issues, we also found a little time to shop in the annual Global market (benefiting a variety of causes around the world from girls' education to elephant conservation). The day ended on a festive note of cultural dances and student performances.  It was a fantastic day! 

Good Times with our Peruvian guests

These past two weeks with our Peruvian sisters have been a whirlwind of activity! In addition to spending time with us at UA, our guests have been busy visiting important cultural and educational sights all around Dallas / Ft. Worth. Here are some of the highlights from recent days:

 



Service Project making headbands for hospitalized children

Texas BBQ !

Dance Lesson At Billy Bob's Texas

Lunch at Spaghetti Warehouse

Tornado film at the Perot Museum

The "Oval Office"

The Bush Library

VIP guests

Bienvenidas!

It's a new year and we are thrilled to be welcoming our first guests of 2015, our Ursuline sisters from Colegio Santa Ursula in Lima, Peru. The 15 students and 2 teachers of the delgation will be with us for three weeks! They arrived on Friday and, as you can see in the photos below, they were received with great enthusiasm by our UA host students. We have lots of plans for our time together and it's going to be a fantastic visit - Bienvenidas a Texas!