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The Sisters of Providence honored four people who have made significant contributions to the congregation with the 2013 Queen Amelia Award and the 2013 Sarah and Joseph Thralls Award. Ray Stoiber of Joliet, Ill., was honored with the Queen Amelia Award and the team of Earl Rodgers, Keith Ruble and Max Miller were honored with the Sarah and Joseph Thralls Award.

“Sister Ruth Sampson was a free spirit. How many times have you heard that description of Ruth? A free spirit!” said Sister Paula Damiano in her commentary for Sister Ruth Sampson who died June 5, 2013 at the age of 85.

Sister Cecilia Ann Miller spent a lifetime first teaching music and then teaching music to people with special needs, a ministry which took her around the globe at 73 years of age.

Download Sister stories – Sister Rebecca Keller   Rebecca “Becky” Keller was in her mid-20s. She had graduated from Purdue University and was teaching elementary school. Yet an idea remained…

1.) Please share a little bit about your life history and experiences. Indianapolis has been my home since my birth but I’ve had two interesting life experiences in Virginia and…

The Sisters of Providence of Saint Mary-of-the-Woods, Ind., bestowed major awards during the annual Saint Mother Theodore Guerin Dinner on Saturday, June 1. The gathering is named in honor of…

I honestly had never thought about being a nun until several people independent of each other asked me if I had ever considered it as a possible vocation. Though my initial response was that the thought never crossed my mind, the questions would never leave me.

Driving down 10th Street in Indianapolis towards Temple, one sees the challenges of life that residents in this urban neighborhood face daily. A few houses and buildings seem deserted; others…

Today, the nation observes the National Day of Prayer, as it has for some 60 years. I like the idea of such a day and this year’s theme is “Hope.”…

(This article reprinted from the Summer 2013 edition of HOPE) For the last 45 years, Sister Susanne Gallagher has been making a church home for people with developmental disabilities in…

Sister Evelyn Ovalles, a native of the Philippines, currently ministers as director of the Tribunal and judge for the diocese of Gary, Ind. What does home mean to you? “Home…

(Chapter from “Love, Mercy, Justice: A Book of Practices of the Sisters of Providence.”) Home is a word and an experience as ancient as civilization itself and as rich, meaning-filled,…