Ursuline Sister Carole Suhar celebrates golden jubilee

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SISTER CAROLE SUHAR

The Ursuline Sisters of Youngstown will celebrate Sunday, Oct. 19 as Sister Carole Suhar marks her golden jubilee [50 year anniversary]. The Sisters have issued invitations to family and friends for a celebratory Mass at 1 p.m. at the Motherhouse Chapel, which will be followed by dinner in the Motherhouse dining room.

Suhar, OSU, was born in Youngstown on April 21, 1945, to the late Steve and Margaret Suhar, and was a parishioner at Immaculate Heart of Mary Church in Austintown. After graduating from Ursuline High School, Suhar earned a Bachelor of Science in Education from Youngstown State University and a Master of Science in Elementary Administration from Purdue University, West Lafayette, Ind. She performed post-graduate work at Boston College, Dayton University, St. Mary of the Woods, St. Mary of the Woods, Ind., and YSU. Suhar also has earned numerous professional certifications.

On Sept. 8, 1963, Suhar entered the Ursuline Sisters of Youngstown. She was received into the Novitiate Aug. 6, 1964, and made her Final Profession Aug. 8, 1971.

Suhar has ministered in education for 41 years, and currently ministers as Intervention Specialist at St. Rose School in Girard, where she has worked since 2010. Suhar’s ministries have included serving as a principal of St. Rose, St. Nicholas School in Struthers, St. Luke School in Boardman and St. Mary and Joseph School in Newton Falls, and teaching at St. Columba and Sacred Heart schools in Youngstown and St. Nicholas. She also has ministered as the Learning Center Coordinator at Ursuline High School.

She is active as a Eucharistic Minister and Lector at Holy Name of Jesus/Our Lady of Sorrows Parish in Youngstown.

For her religious community, Sister Carole has ministered as Local Coordinator, Community Treasurer/Director of Finance, on the Motherhouse Administration Team, and has served as Local Treasurer, a position she has had for the last 44 years.

Additionally, Suhar has served as a member of the Eastern Mental Health Board, the Youngstown Diocesan School Board, and the boards for Beatitude House and The Ursuline Center. She served as the chairperson for the OCSAA school evaluation process and is a certified volunteer for Help Hotline Crisis Center.

For more information on the Ursuline Sisters of Youngstown, visit http://www.theursulines.org/our-life-and-ministries/.