New Love in Spring
When winter came, I welcomed snow Nor minded much that summers go, Too glad that—though their breath is cold— The years are white when they are old. But now that spring has come again, I am in love with April rain And budding things, and happy, too, That years are green when they are new.
—Sr. Mary Catherine Vukmanic, OSU
Sr. Mary Catherine Vukmanic entered the order of Ursulines
of Pittsburgh following high school graduation. She received her
master’s degree from Duquesne University and later her doctorate
from the Southern Baptist Theological Seminary after joining the
Ursulines of Louisville. Her poems have appeared variously in
America, Review for Religious, Spirit, etc. Now in retirement, she
sees poetry as a form of continuing her work as a teacher... teaching
the beauty of God’s creation and the goodness of life.
