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Maureen Baca: deepening her spirituality
Maureen Baca, a Providence Candidate-Associate, lives in Albuquerque, N.M., with her husband, Steve. Steve’s father also lives with them. The couple has been married for 39 years. Maureen’s companion is Sister Jeanne Knoerle. 1.) What is your connection to the Sisters of Providence? My aunt is Sister Maureen Loonam, a Sister of Providence for 73…
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Surgeons’ report at Indy Military Hospital
A report by Dr. John M. Kitchen and Dr. Patrick H. Jameson, hospital surgeons at the Military Hospital in Indianapolis, provided the following information in a report to Inspector-General Miles Murphy. The report was published by the Indianapolis Daily Journal. The report was dated Friday, August 16, 1861. The hospital began accepting soldiers April 29,…
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Civil War hospital routines
Excerpts from the Indianapolis Daily Journal, dated July 22, 1864: Hospital routine “The business of the day begins at five o’clock. At that hour the nurses busy themselves in cleaning the spittoons, washing the faces and arms of the patients, sweeping the wards and making everything tidy. Meanwhile the dressers are at work, cleaning and…
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A Civil War widow joins the Sisters of Providence
With the death of her husband, Major John Patrick Dufficy, on June 20, 1864, Minerva Dufficy became a widow. By an act approved by Congress on July 14, 1862, she was entitled to a widow’s claim. Minerva received a monthly check of $25 a month. According to documentation from Congress, widows received this pay throughout…
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Jean Lynch: her own spirituality has been deepened
Jean Lynch is a Providence Associate from Sarasota, Fla. She attended Salve Regina University in Newport, R.I., where she earned a bachelor’s degree in nursing. She now ministers as the director of the preschool at St. Patrick Parish in Sarasota. Jean’s companion was Sister Cathy Buster. 1.) Share a little about yourself. I worked for…
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Sister Norene Wu: oral history
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…
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Sister Marilyn Herber: oral history
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…
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Oral history videos
Sister Marceline Mattingly: Civic or G.I. Generation (1901-1931) (No audio) Sister Marilyn Herber: (formerly Sister Vincent Marie) Adaptive or Mediating Generation (1932-1944) (No audio) Sister Norene Wu: Boomer Generation (1945-1963) (No audio)
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Sister Marceline Mattingly: oral history
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…
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Gervase Schwenk: Having Fun With Life
“Do it right and have fun!” This is the mission statement of the Jasper Engine and Transmission Exchange in Jasper, Ind. It can also serve as the mission statement of 84-year-old Gervase Schwenk, who has worked at the facility since 1946, four years after it opened. “We have a more lengthy mission statement, but we…
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Practical ways to make a difference
This article is reprinted from fall 2008 issue of HOPE. Biomass, biodiesel fuel — these may be great for institutions, but how can individuals make an environmental difference? Sisters Florence Norton, Evelyn Ovalles and Mary Moloney share some practical ways that they are making a difference. The importance of water Growing up in the city,…
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Marilyn Marschall Antonik: Breaking Boundaries, Creating Hope
Breaking boundaries, creating hope is the identity statement used in the logo of the Sisters of Providence. It could also serve as the identity statement for Marilyn Marschall Antonik. “Breaking boundaries, creating hope speaks to me because I’ve always been kind of a boundary breaker. I do believe we have to be people of hope…
Connie McCammon worked in the communications office for the Sisters of Providence of Saint Mary-of-the-Woods.