Meet our volunteers
Cathleen Flynn: Students shouldn’t overlook opportunities
Cathleen Flynn began her senior year at Saint Mary-of-the-Woods College with a more knowledgeable perspective about eco-justice and taking care of earth. That was due to her experience with the Sisters of Providence Volunteer Services program, which landed her at Continue Reading »
Helen Curley: Volunteer enjoys welcoming visitors
At the Providence Spirituality and Conference Center, you want the people staffing the reception desk to be helpful, knowledgeable, friendly and efficient. Helen Curley, a participant of the Sisters of Providence Volunteer Services program, certainly fits the bill. Every Thursday, Continue Reading »
Our Collaborators: Narie Suh
This article is reprinted from the winter 2012 issue of HOPE. By Narie Suh When you think about “volunteers,” you may consider them giving up and sacrificing their time, talent and some of their way of life. Well, I agree Continue Reading »
Jessica Inlow: Taking action to help improve community
By Holt Clark, volunteer writer Bloomington, Ind. native and Indiana State University (ISU) student Jessica Inlow has always had a passion for English. In school, it was a subject which always came easily to her. When it was time to Continue Reading »
Jim Holmes: Volunteer loves time spent with sisters
The desire to help others and the peaceful surroundings of Saint Mary-of-the-Woods drew Jim Holmes to volunteer with the Sisters of Providence. Jim had been to Saint Mary-of-the-Woods many times for various jobs related to his work. “I’ve worked out Continue Reading »
Tom Milner: Volunteer likes to make tutoring fun
Tom Milner knows what it’s like to change young lives. The North Terre Haute resident has done just that as a volunteer with Educational/Family Services (EFS), a sponsored ministry of the Sisters of Providence and a Guerin Outreach Ministries program. Continue Reading »
Suzanne Kalinowski: Volunteer goes the distance
Note: Suzanne McCarthy Kalinowski, a former Sisters of Providence of Saint Mary-of-the-Woods, Ind., died June 4, 2011, in Indianapolis, Ind. She was born in Lafayette, Ind., on June 7, 1939. After high school graduation, she entered the Sisters of Providence, Continue Reading »
Frank Bussing: Volunteer driver and handyman stays busy
Frank Bussing just wants to keep busy. And busy he is! If Sister Edna Scheller, coordinator of transportation, doesn’t have a trip for him to make, then Frank can be found in his shop in the basement of Providence Hall, Continue Reading »
Wood carving defines couple’s love for sisters
Who would have thought that a connection between the Sisters of Providence and a woodcarver and his wife would have begun with pie? Thinking about it now, Dick Hillier and his wife, Kathryn, of Paris, Ill., simply chuckle. The “pie” Continue Reading »