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Qualities of Ursuline Women

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What skills, attitudes, and qualities are needed to be an Ursuline Sister?

  • An openness to the movement of God in one’s life
  • Age-appropriate faith development, religious activities, prayer life
  • Appropriate self-disclosure, communication skills, openness to discernment
  • Appropriate sense of self and one’s own sexuality
  • Ability and desire to live in community for mission and ministry
  • Attraction to the spirit and charism of St. Angela Merici
  • Sensitivity to the charism; openness to formation
  • Ability to experience new forms of prayer
  • Appropriate self care/diet, exercise, rest/sleeping patterns, medical and dental examinations; appropriate use of food, drugs, and alcohol
  • Physical health, energy, and emotional stability to sustain active community life while involved in fulltime ministry
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