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Alumnae Reunion Dates & Activities
2010 Schedule Coming Soon
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how you can share photos of you and your former classmates
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 The Ursuline Academy of the Immaculate Conception in Louisville, Ky., opened in 1859. It was founded by three Sisters from the Ursuline Convent in Straubing, Bavaria. Some of the young girls boarded at the school and others were day pupils from the surrounding neighborhood. Miss Anna Kotter was the first graduate to finish grade twelve in 1867. |
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By 1880 the school took only day pupils, while boarders were enrolled at another Ursuline school, Sacred Heart Academy, outside the city limits. As the enrollment increased over the next decades, the curriculum changed to meet the needs. In the early years of the twentieth century, commercial classes were added to the liberal arts. Enrollment peaked in the 1950s, but began to decline in the mid-1960s. Reluctantly the Ursuline Sisters made the decision to phase out the Academy. The last class graduated from Ursuline Academy in 1972. |
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 The Ursuline Academy Arch, was part of the original Saint Ursula Convent and the Ursuline Academy of the Immaculate Conception on East Chestnut Street in Louisville. It served as the gateway to all who entered through the Academy's doors. When the Academy closed in 1972, the arch remained as a symbol of the Ursuline spirit and the numerous girls who learned the Ursuline values and ideals during their high school years.
In 1996, Ramelle Patterson of the class of 1942, proposed moving the arch to the Ursuline Campus. Alumnae raised more than $21,000 and the arch was moved Sept. 23, 1997. A special ceremony Oct. 19, 1997, welcomed alumnae to the unveiling of the arch in its new home next to the Ursuline Motherhouse. |
How are you keeping in touch with your friends from Ursuline Academy? Send us your photos and we'll be happy to post them on the website or in an upcoming issue of the Ursuline Dome.
Ursuline Sisters of Louisville
Office of Development
3105 Lexington Road
Louisville, KY 40206
Or, click here to send a digital photo!
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The Class of 1969 celebrated their 40th reunion on July 25, 2009. For a full photo gallery of the event, please click the "view photos" button below.
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Ursuline Academy Class of 1944
The Class of 1944 celebrated their 65th reunion on June 13, 2009. For a full photo gallery of the event, please click the "view photos" button below.
 Front row left to right: Mary Catherine (Keifler) Bourke, Leonilda (Kluesner) Brown, Evelyn (Hornung) Copening Second row left to right: Margaret (Day) Graf, Alice (Muller) Miller, Mary Ann (Feller) Ice, Dorothy (Dicken) Hammer, Josephine (Clements) Smith, Betty (Logan) Vierling, Virginia (Brewer) Baker, Bette (Green) Zeller, Stella (Volpert) Clark Third row left to right: Mary C. (Reker) Mayer, Clara (Lega) Stevenson, Marylee (Farrell) Zinser, Mary Catherine (Breckel) Carver, Virginia (Ice) Dillman  |
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