Last year marked the 150th anniversary of the Ursuline Sisters' arrival in Daviess County and their settlement at Mount Saint Joseph. Their journey is an amazing tale of perseverance and faith. Promoting education being one of their directives, the ladies were to join Father Paul Joseph Volk and establish a school in Western Daviess County.

After traveling from Louisville down the Ohio River on a flat boat, the sisters took a horse-drawn wagon to the mount. There, Aquilla and Louise Blandford met them. They weren't prepared for their arrival, so all they had to serve the hungry pioneer ladies was watermelon and buttermilk.

Earlier this year, I was part of a group of actors that had the privilege of portraying the original sisters' story. Here is a video of the short play written by my fr

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