Funding Priority:
New Ursuline Residence
At the heart of Ursuline life is community. Together we pray, minister, and welcome guests and friends. We are at home with each other and with God.
The current motherhouse, a 250,000-square-foot building opened in 1955, was designed as living space for 200 sisters and now houses 70. A beloved but no longer suitable space in which to live community life, its $1 million in annual maintenance costs are simply not sustainable in the long run. The building, a sprawling complex with long corridors and aging mechanical systems, continues to drain resources that could be dedicated to ministries.
Our new Ursuline Residence will provide appropriate and safe space for sisters to live together and continue to minister as they are able. The Ursuline Sisters of Cleveland will invest funds from the sale of a portion of the community-owned property, but will need the generous support of those who have known the special care, education, and friendship of the sisters.
Goal
Build a residence that supports Ursuline life and ministry for today but is sustainable and adaptable in the future. this will allow us to:
- establish a new residence with 2- and 3-bedroom apartments for approximately 60 sisters
- provide a chapel, common dining, and living spaces to welcome family, friends, and guests
- fund a depreciation reserve for ongoing maintenance and repair
- remain in Pepper Pike adjacent to Ursuline College on land owned by the sisters
- adapt and convert independent apartments to be used by other religious sisters or friends when no longer needed by the Ursulines
Fundraising Goal:
$9,000,000
Fundraising Goal:
$9,000,000
The Ursuline Sisters of Cleveland Development Office
2600 Lander Road
Pepper Pike, OH 44124
440.229.5614
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Campaign Prayer
God of the past, present and future, we come to you with grateful hearts for all that has been and in joyful hope for all that will be.
We ask your blessing on all who act with bold faith to make the dreams of the Ursuline Sisters a reality.
May the generosity that inspires hearts to create a home of loving hospitality and a legacy of faithful ministry be a grace for all whose lives are touched by this endeavor.
May our actions honor those who have gone before us and bless those who come after us.
We ask all in your name.
Amen.
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