Ursuline Nuns of the Immaculate Conception
The Ursuline Nuns of the Immaculate Conception are a Roman Catholic apostolic congregation of pontifical right, based in Louisville, Kentucky.
It was founded in 1858 by Mother Salesia Reitmeier, a German nun from Straubing, for the instruction of German immigrant children.
The congregation numbers more than 120 members; there are more than 15 houses in United States and Peru (2010).
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