Sister Norene Wu: oral history

Kindergarten — Sister Norene is pictured as a kindergarten graduate in 1963.

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 Norene Wu, Boomer Generation (1945-1963)

Click on the following audio clips to hear Sister Norene’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.