Sister Anna Ho transfers vows to Sisters of Providence

Sister Anna Ho, a native of Vietnam, has transferred her vows as a woman religious to the Sisters of Providence of Saint Mary-of-the-Woods.

Sister Anna was born in Ban Me Thuot, Vietnam. She currently lives in Maternity BVM Convent at Chicago.

She graduated from Providence College in Taichung, Taiwan, where she earned a bachelor’s degree in youth and child welfare and Chinese literature. Providence University was founded by the Sisters of Providence.

During her transition, Sister Anna ministered as a teacher’s aide at Woods Day Care/Pre-School at Saint Mary-of-the-Woods, and studied at the DePaul University Language Institute in Chicago. She now is tutoring part time at Educational Family Services in Chicago. She is also a student at Saint Mary-of-the-Woods College in the master’s in art therapy program.

“When I came to the Woods for the first time, I knew it was the right place for me to stay. I could see and touch the legacy of Saint Mother Theodore Guerin. I could see that each Sister of Providence has a different ministry, but they focus working in the same spirit. This spirit is always stirring my heart,” Sister Anna said.

Her siblings from California, New York and Oregon came for the ceremony honoring her transfer of vows. Her mother, Anna Nguyen Thi Phac, came from Vietnam.

“It was such a wonderful celebration. It was a gathering of people from different countries; costumes, traditions and languages from sisters who came from the United States, Taiwan and Vietnam. This has opened to me a new world. I am now a Sister of Providence forever, so that I may bring the charism of Saint Mother Theodore to all of God’s people,” Sister Anna said.