Fr. Larry Hostetter, the president of Brescia University and the keynote speaker for Associates and Sisters Day, talks with Sr. Ruth Gehres, OSU, during the June 25 event. Sr. Gehres was president of Brescia from 1986-1995. COURTESY OF MOUNT SAINT JOSEPH
Fr. Hostetter speaks on caritas at Associates and Sisters Day 2022
BY MOUNT SAINT JOSEPH STAFF
The Mount Saint Joseph Auditorium in Maple Mount, Ky., came alive on Associates and Sisters Day on June 25. A crowd of Ursuline Sisters of Mount Saint Joseph and Ursuline Associates listened to presentations, watched
Seated at the front table during June 25 Associates and Sisters Day at Mount Saint Joseph are Sr. Karla Kaelin, OSU (left), and Sr. Michael Ann Monaghan, OSU. COURTESY OF MOUNT SAINT JOSEPH
videos, enjoyed lunch, and saw two women make their commitments as new Associates – Carolyn McCarty of Hawesville and Therese Wilhite of Owensboro.
Fr. Larry Hostetter, the president of Brescia University in Owensboro and the keynote speaker for Associates and Sisters Day, shared his vision of a Caritas Center at Brescia in his presentation. Caritas is the Latin word for “love,” and the dream for the Caritas Center at Brescia – where Fr. Hostetter has been president for 15 years – grew out of the desire for the university to express its Catholic identity while recognizing its diversity, he said.
Originally printed in the August 2022 issue of The Western Kentucky Catholic.
