YOUNGSTOWN, Ohio – Bishop David J. Bonnar of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Youngstown has appointed Sister Mary McCormick as the interim president of Ursuline High School, effective July 1.
McCormick is the 21st general superior of the Ursuline Sisters. She serves as a professor of systematic theology at St. Mary’s Seminary and Graduate School of Theology in Cleveland, where she has served since 1997. McCormick holds a doctorate in systematic theology from Fordham University, Bronx, N.Y.; a Master of Arts degree in religious education from Loyola University, New Orleans; a Master of Arts degree in theology from Duquesne University; and a Bachelor of Science degree in education from Youngstown State University.
She was also an instructor at St. Thomas Aquinas High School in Louisville and Ursuline High School. She is an Austintown native and an Ursuline graduate.
“I am very grateful to Sister Mary McCormick for accepting this charge to be interim president of Ursuline High School in this time of transition,” Bonnar said. “As a woman religious and superior of the Ursuline Sisters, Sister is a holy woman devoted to the charism and mission that the high school embodies. Sister Mary is a born leader who has humbly, faithfully and effectively served the church.”
Superintendent Steven Jones said McCormick’s experience at all educational levels will help sustain Ursuline’s excellence.
McCormick said she is humbled by the appointment.
“In 1905, the Ursuline Sisters of Youngstown founded the Ursuline Academy, an all-girls high school at the Rayen Avenue Convent,” she said. “By 1930, the coed Ursuline High School was located on Bryson Street. I am honored to continue the legacy of Ursuline Sisters, priests and laity who have been integral to the strong heritage of the school, and to work with the current administration, faculty and staff to further the mission of the school.”