In 1877 when the first Louisville Ursulines purchased the first piece of the land that is the present Ursuline Campus, they immediately opened a school that has become Sacred Heart Academy and Sacred Heart Model School. Over the years, the Ursuline Sisters have sponsored educational programs at this site to meet various needs:
- Sacred Heart Junior College
(1922 - 1938)
- Ursuline College for Women
(1939 - 1968)
now part of Bellarmine University
- Ursuline Speech Clinic
(1956 - 1996)
- Ursuline Tutoring Center
(1960 - 1994)
- Ursuline Special Education Learning Center (1964 - 1981)
- Ursuline Montessori School - joined with UCDC to form Sacred Heart Pre-School in 2009 (1967 - present)
- Ursuline School for the Performing Arts (1970 - present)
- Ursuline Child Development Center
- joined with the Motessori school to form Sacred Heart Pre-School in 2009 (1986 - present)
Approximately 1,500 students are enrolled in the various schools and programs on the Ursuline campus. The academic excellence and value formation for which these schools
and programs are noted attest to
the experience and commitment of the Ursulines as educators.
Schools once run by the Ursuline Sisters of Louisville:
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 We are a dynamic group
of women who see the needs
of today's
society and
have dared to
do something about them. Following in
the tradition
of our founder, Saint Angela Merici, and under the guidance of the Holy Spirit, we choose ministries that help others to live more fully and develop a personal relationship with God.
What we do
Teaching Christian living is our corporate ministry, which cuts across socio-economic, racial and national boundaries. Our sisters minister in nine states and in Peru, South America, serving in education, healthcare, pastoral service, spiritual direction, retreat ministry and parish ministry. We work with Hispanics, the deaf community, persons with disabilities, and the poor in both urban and rural areas.
 The Ursuline Legacy Award
 Marty Burke Murphy and Sister Lynn Jarrell, OSUA first grade teacher at Holy Spirit School was given the Ursuline Legacy Award. Click here to read the article published in The Record. |
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