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Sister Alice Louise Potts
“Love is patient; love is kind. …” (1 Corinthians 13:4) “It is not easy to talk about Sister Alice Louise’s life and contributions — not just because she entered the community 69 years ago, but because those years were filled with so many varied ways that she interacted and helped everyone with whom she came…
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Historical sketches of the Woods
The Sisters of Providence are fortunate to have had several artists in the Congregation to help give future generations a sense of what the motherhouse and its grounds looked like in the 1800s. These sketches, by sisters as well as by Father John Corbe, help give a sense of how the Congregation grew over the…
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Saint Mary-of-the-Woods to host bell choir that is known internationally
The Dorothy Shaw Bell Choir from Fort Worth, Texas, an internationally acclaimed community handbell choir, will be in concert at 2 p.m. Sunday, March 11, in the Church of the Immaculate Conception at Saint Mary-of-the-Woods. The concert is open to the public without charge, but free-will donations will be accepted to help defray the choir’s…
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Reflection from Burundi, Africa
Note from the Sisters of Providence leadership team: Sister Deborah Campbell is currently in Burundi, Africa conducting an audit for Catholic Relief Services (CRS). As we approach Lent this seems a fitting reflection for all of us; we invited her to share it. Reflections from the Field Bujumbura, Burundi February 14, 2012 I just ate…
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Forty Hours Devotion a solemn tradition for Sisters of Providence
The Solemn Exposition of the Blessed Sacrament, also known as Forty Hours Devotion, will take place Sunday, Feb. 19; Monday, Feb. 20; and Tuesday, Feb. 21; in the Church of the Immaculate Conception at Saint Mary-of-the-Woods. This period, the three days preceding Ash Wednesday, the opening of Lent, was fixed by Bishop Celestine de la…
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Sisters of Providence receive icon of foundress as gift from St. Theodore Guerin High School in Noblesville
Paul Lundsford, president of St. Theodore Guerin High School in Noblesville, Ind., enjoying an intense, private time of prayer when he felt a call to have a religious icon created to honor the school’s namesake, Saint Mother Theodore Guerin, foundress of the Sisters of Providence of Saint Mary-of-the-Woods. He walked into the office of Father…
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Sister Petra Daschbach
“One thing alone can possess me — You, Lord, in Your white Eucharist.” (A prayer by Father Fitzgerald that was discovered in Sister Petra’s belongings) “After her teaching days were over, Sister Petra continued her ministry of presence in every parish where she happened to assist at Mass. The Sacrifice of the Mass was the…
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Yvonne Conniff: deepening her spirituality
Yvonne Conniff is a Providence Associate from Indianapolis. She made her first commitment as an associate in 2009. Her companion was and is Sister Theresa Clare Carr, also of Indianapolis. 1.) Share with us a little about yourself. I am currently a member of Nativity Catholic Church in Indianapolis and volunteer in the parish as…
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Rita Muller: providing a helping hand
Every month you can count on seeing Rita Muller around the motherhouse grounds. Rita, a Providence Associate since 2007, comes to the Woods once a month to volunteer in a variety of ways with and for the sisters. A resident of Vincennes, Ind., Rita spends her week at the Woods volunteering in the Congregation’s health…
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Sister Joseph Clare McCarthy
“For I know well the plans I have in mind for you, says the Lord, plans for your welfare, not for woe! Plans to give you a future full of hope.” (Jeremiah 29:11) “She knew this and her life played out just this way,” said Sister Mary Tomlinson in her commentary for Sister Joseph Clare…
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.