Our annual UIS Christmas Party will be held on Tuesday, December 4th in lieu of our regular meeting. Cost is free for members and $10 for each guest. Please bring a gift in the range of $15 for the gift exchange. Doors open at 6:30 pm, dinner will be served around 7:45 pm. Please register your guests at the November meeting or by filling out the online form below:
Category: News
Support a Member – Check out Jackson’s Blog
You may have noticed Santina and her son Jackson at our meetings. They have a blog which they would like you to check out that describes Jackson’s life with Miller Dieker Syndrome, a type of lissencephaly . The blog is a good way for friends and family to keep updated on Jackson’s progress.
Passing of Mary Ellen “Mel” Fariello
Dear members,
It is with great sadness that I report the passing of another of our dear friends and members, Mel Fariello. Mel passed away unexpectedly on Sunday, January 22, 2017. Mel was the wife of the late John Fariello, another UIS member. Mel attended our meetings for many years and was also very active at San Antonio Church. She willed be greatly missed.
I will pass along the details of any services when they become available.
With much sorrow,
Passing of Bea Wilkens
Dear members,
It is with great sadness that I report the passing of our dear friend, Bea Wilkens. Bea left us on Friday, January 20th. Bea served as chairperson of our Charitable Giving committee. She was much beloved and a fixture at our meetings for many years. She willed be greatly missed.
I will pass along the details of any services when they become available.
With much sorrow,
Sister Blandina Segale
Sister Blandina Segale
On the Road to Sainthood
Sr. Blandina Segale, the 19th century Italian-born nun, whose run-in with Old West outlaw Billy the Kid earned her the nickname, “the fastest nun in the West” started along the path to sainthood when a ceremonial first inquiry was presented in Albuquerque on Tuesday, August 25th. Sr. Blandina returned to Cincinnati to start the Santa Maria Community Services which helped Italian immigrants and is still in existence today. You can read the about Sr. Blandina’s road to sainthood here. 
In 1877, S. Blandina went with her sister, S. Justina Segale, “to see if they could do anything for the poor Italian [immigrants]” in the city of Cincinnati. Together they founded Santa Maria Institute, one of the first Catholic settlement houses in the United States.