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Providence Associates photo highlights 2012

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Sister Mildred Anne Dudine

“Acclaim the Most High, all Earth, serve God gladly, come into God’s presence with songs of joy!” (Psalm 100) “Sister Mildred Anne Dudine, no doubt, entered God’s presence with songs of joy that represented a 77-year lifetime of dedicated service as a Sister of Providence musician. The most frequent descriptive words I heard these past…

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Providence Associates rite of commitment and renewal

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Honoring Sister James Michael Kesterson

Sister James Michael Kesterton received one of the three Career Achievement Awards from the Archdiocese of Indianapolis last night. From The Criterion: The measure of Sister James Michael’s life can also be taken in her remarkable career of 60 years in education, including 32 years as the principal of St. Jude School in Indianapolis. During…

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Sister Mary Montgomery

Download All Things Possible – Sister Mary Montgomery Q. How did you meet the Sisters of Providence? A. It was when I was a little girl. My mom had a cousin who was a Sister of Providence, Sister Rose Angele Spalding who died in 2006. And, Sister Charles Ellen Turk was also a first cousin…

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Sister Eileen Ann Kelley

“You must make every effort to support your faith with goodness, knowledge, self-control, endurance and godliness.” (II Peter: 6-7) “I see these words of Peter to the early Church lived in the life of Sister Eileen Ann Kelley, as we look back on her life and ministry as a Sister of Providence. All those who…

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New Log Cabin Chapel at Saint Mary-of-the-Woods to be dedicated and blessed on Saint Mother Theodore Guerin’s feast day, Oct. 3

When Saint Mother Theodore Guerin and her five companions arrived late in the day on Oct. 22, 1840, at Saint Mary-of-the-Woods, history was in the making. On Wednesday, Oct. 3, which is Saint Mother Theodore’s feast day, history will be brought to life once again on the already-historic motherhouse grounds. A new Log Cabin Chapel,…

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Sister Beth Kelso (formerly Sister Thomas Aquinas)

“You are my hope, Lord; my trust, God, from my youth. My hope in you never wavers.” (Psalm 71) “Life is often compared to a pilgrimage, a sacred journey to a holy place. … A major condition of pilgrimage is that one is leaving home and returning home. A Christian sees her entire life as…

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Sister Diane Mason

Q. How did you meet the Sisters of Providence? A. They were my teachers at St. Dennis School in Lockport (Ill.) for eight years and at Providence High School in Joliet for four years. I was always very intrigued by the sisters. In those days, they were in habit. They always seemed to be a…

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Sister Norene Golly (formerly Sister Charlotte Ann)

“ … a full measure, pressed down, shaken together, and running over, will be poured into your lap, because the amount you measure out is the amount you will be given back.” (Luke 6:38) “Listening to her sisters and friends, this reading seemed appropriate for our celebration of life this afternoon for Sister Norene Golly….

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Sister Terri Boland

Download Full Interview with Sister Terri Boland Q. Why did you choose to become a Sister of Providence? A. Initially, It was not my intent to become a Sister of Providence. I came to Saint Mary-of-the-Woods for a vocation weekend just to explore the possibility. It didn’t take long to fall in love with the…

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Sister Frances Alma McManus

“Keep to the narrow path of goodness, and have hope.” (Book of Sirach) “If the sum of Sister Frances Alma’s years is any indication, it is obvious that she heeded well these words from Sirach. Somewhere in her remarkable journey of 100-plus-one years, Mary Agnes McManus put herself in the presence of God and there…

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The Sisters of Providence of Saint Mary-of-the-Woods, Indiana, are a congregation of Roman Catholic women religious (sisters) who minister throughout the United States and Taiwan. Saint Mother Theodore Guerin founded the Sisters of Providence in 1840. The congregation has a mission of being God's Providence in the world by committing to performing works of love, mercy and justice in service among God's people.