Sister Marceline Mattingly: oral history

Mattingly graduation — Sister Marceline poses for her 1933 graduation photo for St. Agnes Academy, Indianapolis.

This is part of Religious Life through the Generations, a series of features illustrating what has motivated women from different generations to enter religious life and how their concepts of the vows were similar or different. This project examined the spiritual lives of three women and how this aspect of their lives has evolved through the years.

Sister Marceline Mattingly, Civic or G.I. Generation (1901-1931)

Click on the following audio clips to hear Sister Marceline’s story. A transcript of her entire interview in .pdf format with bookmarks is available here.

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Sisters of Providence

The Sisters of Providence of Saint Mary-of-the-Woods, Indiana, are a congregation of Roman Catholic women religious (sisters) who minister throughout the United States and Taiwan. Saint Mother Theodore Guerin founded the Sisters of Providence in 1840. The congregation has a mission of being God's Providence in the world by committing to performing works of love, mercy and justice in service among God's people.