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Ulana M. Bochan
LIVING WITH CATHERINE McAULEY is an inspirational work prompted by my experience, for the last 23 years, in a Mercy school in Kentucky. I had taught English for a total of 33 years, spanning a spec...view moreLIVING WITH CATHERINE McAULEY is an inspirational work prompted by my experience, for the last 23 years, in a Mercy school in Kentucky. I had taught English for a total of 33 years, spanning a spectrum from junior high to senior year. It was in the Mercy school that I became aware of the Mercy charism, and in my retirement, that I was able to reflect on its effect on my life. At the end of my teaching career, I was left with two indisputable values: compassion and unconditional love. These two values, I realized, would create for me, not a retirement but a “recycling” of a more meaningful journey, yet to be taken. Through this work I hope to impart a hopeful approach to life that translates doubt into faith.
Being born in the Ukraine, and fleeing with my parents during world War II, required a lot of faith on my parents' part. I would not be here today, enjoying freedom, if they had not had the courage to persevere. Growing up as a DP (Displaced Person) left its plus and minuses. Today, I understand more clearly how all my experiences, good and bad, have contributed to my formation: I can accept life as is ; I can choose to act with compassion and extend a loving hand.view less