Connie McCammon

Providence Candidate-Associate Ching Yi Tsai is Taiwanese living in Taiwan with her husband, Jose Ernesto Parra Cortes, a Columbian, and their two children, Gabriel, 7, and Amparo, 5. Her husband teaches at Providence University (PU) in Shalu, Taichung County. The family speaks both Chinese and Spanish. Ching Yi attended a Dominican high school and graduated…

Although Providence Associate Rosaline Secrest has a Brazil, Ind., (Clay County) address and telephone number, she and her husband, Harry, reside in the northeast corner of Vigo County. Married 34 years, the couple blended two families for a total of six children. They now have 14 grandchildren and one great-grandchild. Rosaline and Harry are retired…

Mel Marino Wolff is a life-long Chicagoan. She comes from a big family with eight younger brothers. Mel has two grown daughters — twins. Mara is the associate marketing director for Northlight Theatre and Amanda is a professional singer and sings mainly with swing bands at well-known Chicago locales like the Drake Hotel and the…

1.) Share a little about yourself. I grew up in northern Wisconsin in a small dairy-farming community right in the heart of “Packer country.” I attended Indiana University in Bloomington from 1977-1989, and earned the bachelor’s, master’s, and doctor of music degrees in voice performance. I joined the Indiana State University Department of Music faculty…

1.) Share a little about yourself. Life began in Chicago and our family has stayed with our roots, not moving much farther than a few miles from our birthplace. My childhood years were in St. Andrew Parish where I first became acquainted with the Sisters of Providence in grades one through eight, then on to…

Sandra Hartlieb and her husband, Ron, have been married 39 years and reside in Indianapolis. They have a married son and daughter and three “exceptional grandboys.” Sandra and Ron are members of St. Lawrence Church, where Sandra serves on the Faith Formation Commission and does some volunteering at the school. Sandra received a degree in…

A drug dealer, a prostitute, a murderer — that’s how many people view 46-year-old Donna Stites. Donna has been in prison for murder since 1984. Today, her world is inside the Indiana Women’s Prison in Indianapolis. However, there are people like Providence Associate Companion Priscilla Hutton who see beyond these negative descriptions. She sees a…