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Sister Barbara Battista
Barbara Battista was working as a pharmacist and leading a good life. “I was an independent woman. I was sure of myself. I was pretty much a wild child. I just didn’t have much room for the Church in my life. I was active in CYO (Catholic Youth Organization), but I was also into having…
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Sister-nurses during the Civil War (video)
The Sisters of Providence served as sister-nurses during the Civil War. This video sheds some light on this unique service to the nation. (with audio) Article praises Civil War video for sharing Congregation’s history.
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Sister Mary Rosita Thewes
“Do nothing out of selfish ambition or vain conceit, but in humility consider others better than yourselves.” (Philippians 2:3) “In searching the Scriptures for this occasion, I found the words of Saint Paul to the Philippians a mirror reflection of Sister Mary Rosita’s life. If she could speak to us this morning, she probably would…
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Sisters’ habits
An engineering degree was practically required in order to understand the 1960 instructions for the new caps and collars worn by the Sisters of Providence. The instructions read in part: “The cap should be worn just in front of the serre-tête facing and should fasten or rest about 1/8-inch from the edge of serre-tête on…
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Election and inauguration reflections
After the 2008 election and the inauguration of President Barack Obama on Jan. 20, 2009, the Sisters of Providence were asked by the staff members of Archives to reflect on this event. The following are portions of their reflections. As you can see, the Sisters of Providence represent a cross section of the country. Click…
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A niece remembers Saint Mother Theodore
The only surviving sibling of Saint Mother Theodore Guerin was her sister, Marie Guerin-Le Touzé. Three of her daughters entered the Sisters of Providence of Ruillé-sur-Loir, France, and came to the United States to serve at Saint Mary-of-the-Woods. Only one of the women remained in the Congregation. M. Therese (born Feb. 9, 1827) entered the…
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Sister Gertrude Marian Bauer
Reading from Psalm 100: All the Earth cry out to you with shouts of joy, O. God. Serving you with gladness; coming before you singing for joy. “Didn’t we, in our youthful years, come to this place to serve God with gladness and joy? I can see Marie Cecilia Bauer at age 15 coming through…
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Conserving and digitizing a saint’s journal
One of the most cherished pieces of the Congregation’s history was conserved and digitized with the assistance of the Indiana Historical Society’s Historic Document Preservation Program and the Preservation Imaging Lab. Saint Mother Theodore Guerin’s journal, which is written in French, began with her arrival on Oct. 22, 1840. The journal ends shortly before her…
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Sister Connie Kramer
For Sister Connie Kramer, “Gratitude is the memory of the heart.” She is very grateful that Saint Mother Theodore Guerin founded Saint Mary-of-the-Woods College since this is where Providence designed that she would meet the Sisters of Providence. In 1948, her oldest sister, Mary, came to the college as a freshman and, in the next…
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Sister Serena Ziolkowski
“John testified to him and cried out, saying, ‘This was he of whom I said, ‘The one who is coming after me ranks ahead of me because he existed before me.’” (John 1:27) These excerpts from the Gospel of John seem to sum up the way Sister Serena saw her life as a Sister of…
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Sister Charles Van Hoy helps children find success at EFS
To walk into Educational/Family Services in West Terre Haute on a Wednesday after school is to walk into a bustle of activity. It is a place to find masters at work. Volunteer tutors, mostly elderly Sisters of Providence of Saint Mary-of-the-Woods, fill every available nook of the converted house, giving one-on-one tutoring to children. The…
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.