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Gerri Baum: ‘wondering where this road would lead’
Gerri Baum is a Providence Candidate-Associate from Cary, Ill. Sister Barbara Sheehan, who resides and ministers in Chicago, has been Gerri’s companion during her year of orientation. Gerri will make her first commitment as a Providence Associate on Nov. 12, 2011, in the Church of the Immaculate Conception. 1.) Share with us a little about…
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Liza Hyatt: finding solace in art
Liza Hyatt, an art therapist from the Indianapolis area, made her first commitment as a Providence Associate in November 2010. She was companioned by Sister Carole Kimes, whom Liza describes as “a true companion with many wise insights.” In Liza’s blog, “Art Therapy with Liza: Imagination’s Journey into Self and World,” she writes occasional descriptions…
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A pleasant sounding instrument
This article is reprinted from the summer 2011 issue of HOPE. Pedagogical methods have certainly changed since Sister Kay Manley began teaching at Guerin College Preparatory High School (then known as Mother Theodore Guerin High School), in River Grove, Ill., in 1993. Teaching methods may come and go, but a true teacher takes to heart…
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Martha Brennan: Trusting in Providence
“Have confidence in the Providence that so far has never failed us. The way is not yet clear. Grope along slowly. Do not press matters; be patient, be trustful.” — Saint Mother Theodore Guerin “I like this quote because it’s realistic and down to earth. Mother Theodore had a very good sense of just how…
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SPs and the National Museum of Civil War Medicine
Last week, I spent several days on a Civil War pilgrimage to Gettysburg, Antietam, Harper’s Ferry and Manassas. On our way to Antietam (also known as Sharpsburg, Md.), we stopped at an awesome museum in Frederick, Md. — the National Museum of Civil War Medicine. It rocked! There was information about the evacuation of the…
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Women’s History Month: English as a Second Language
“The Eighth American Saint” describes how the French sisters learned English after arriving at Saint Mary-of-the-Woods in October of 1840: “Sister Theodore made ready to greet the new postulants as best she could in her few words of English. One of them was a French girl, Josephine Pardeillan, from Alsace; she had arrived earlier and…
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Women’s History Month: Such speed!
“The Eighth American Saint” describes the railroad experience of Mother Theodore and her traveling companions: “They rode to Philadelphia on the South Amboy and Camden Railroad, opened only a few years before, the first rail route between New York and Philadelphia. The locomotive, the John Bull by name, was imported from England and was the…
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Women’s History Month: God chooses the humble
Like any human, Saint Mother Theodore had her doubts about her upcoming mission to the New World. “The Eighth American Saint” describes her feelings: “What chiefly troubled her [Saint Mother Theodore] about this new mission was that its success or failure would depend on her. She was already forty-one years old, perhaps too old for…
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Women’s History Month: Thank goodness she said no!
Prior to her entrance into the Sisters of Providence of Ruillé, France, Anne-Thérèse Guerin (aka Saint Mother Theodore) did have a few suitors. “The Eighth American Saint” describes an encounter between Anne-Thérèse and one young man: “‘I feel I must do something for God,’ she said falteringly, ‘and for souls. It is the only way…
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Letters from the battlefield
As we rapidly approach the 150th anniversary of the start of the Civil War, Wabash Valley Visions & Voices is putting the final touches on a special collection celebrating and remembering the War Between the States or the War of the Rebellion. Many of the items in this collection are personal letters of soldiers. These…
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Joni Luna: ‘keeping it real’
Joni Luna is a Providence Candidate-Associate from Corpus Christi, Texas. She is companioned by Sister Barbara Bluntzer, also of Corpus Christi. 1.) Share with us a little about yourself. I was born and raised in San Antonio, Texas. I am the oldest of seven children, six girls and one boy. I am also the oldest…
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Rachel Ambrose: staying connected with Skype
Rachel Ambrose is a Providence Candidate-Associate residing in Palos Verdes Estates, Calif. Her companion is Sister Barbara Reder of Brownsburg, Ind. 1.) Share with us a little about yourself. I’m 68 and retired after 45 years as a writer-broadcast editor-supervisor for The Associated Press, most of that time in Los Angeles. I started with AP…
Connie McCammon worked in the communications office for the Sisters of Providence of Saint Mary-of-the-Woods.