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Never consent to take our books
I can not imagine life without books. My parents tell a story of when I went missing when I was two years old. My mother checked on me in the middle of the night and found I wasn’t in my bed. After some looking around, terror set in and my dad and the older siblings…
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Four honored for commitment to SPs
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.
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Sister Susanne Gallagher creates home all around her
(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 the Archdiocese of Chicago through her work with SPRED — Special Religious Development. SPRED offers services that help parishes integrate people with developmental or learning…
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Young sisters today: Vatican II through education
For many Sisters of Providence, “before Vatican II” can refer to nearly everything in their lives. Rules regarding their clothes, acceptable forms of prayer, relationships with family, ministry opportunities, celebration of liturgy and much more changed after the Second Vatican Council. However, that’s not true for everyone. The Sisters of Providence have 59 members ages…
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Help the saints!
Our director of Archives, Sister Mary Ryan, teaches a class on community history that’s held for the benefit of our postulant. However, sisters and staff members are invited, so I’ve been privileged to sit for several of these classes. Time and again, as she shares about various influential SPs, I’m often struck with the thought,…
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Alumnae reunions offer chance to reconnect with friends, sisters
Each year, former Sisters of Providence schools gather in reunion all around the country. Most of these reunions are held in late September and October, although some do occur at other times of the year. These events are a wonderful time to reconnect with people you love, although may have lost contact with over the…
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Providence Pavers offer a meaningful Saint Mary-of-the-Woods connection
The Sisters of Providence have been offering Providence Pavers at Saint Mary-of-the-Woods for about two years. These bricks can be engraved and are placed at either the fountain on the Avenue or at the Our Lady of Campus statue in front of the Church of the Immaculate Conception. It has been so wonderful to see…
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Archives: Keeper of the Stories
This article is reprinted from the summer 2012 issue of HOPE. “Not to know what happened before you were born is to be a child forever.” — Cicero, by way of Sister Marie Esther Sivertsen The Sisters of Providence have Archives. That isn’t news for some, although it’s not something you think about regularly. Others…
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The future of religious life
This article is reprinted from the winter 2012 issue of HOPE. Editor’s note: Every five years, the Sisters of Providence meet at Saint Mary-of-the-Woods for the General Chapter. This 10-day assembly includes the election of the new General Superior and General Councilors and a period of goal-setting for the Congregation’s next five years. We sat…
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Saint Mother Theodore Guerin’s original log cabin church nears completion
Do you want to pray? Do you want to experience a little history? Do you want to sit quietly in a peaceful, natural place? The new old cabin at Saint Mary-of-the-Woods might be just the place for you. The Sisters of Providence, their staff and a group of volunteers have had this project in incubation…
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Sisters of Providence welcome Dr. Dottie King as 16th SMWC president
Saint Mary-of-the-Woods College celebrated the appointment of Dr. Dottie King as the 16th president Friday during an installation ceremony and other events. Greetings and words of wisdom were offered during the installation ceremony by honored guests, including the student body, alumnae/i, civic leaders, national college leaders and the Archdiocese of Indianapolis. Sisters of Providence General…
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Opening new doors
This article is reprinted from the summer 2011 issue of HOPE. While the Sisters of Providence have a goal of “breaking boundaries, creating hope” in their work, it’s not often this gets to happen by opening a new school. But that’s what happened in 2007 when the Congregation sponsored Providence Cristo Rey High School in…
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Rosie Blankenship is a graduate of Saint Mary-of-the-Woods College. She previously served in positions for the Sisters of Providence as the web site manager and annual giving manager.