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…
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…
One visit to the Sisters of Providence Archives and you are likely to be engulfed with enthusiasm like the California gold-rushers might have sensed in the middle 1800s. Truly, you will find treasures. With today being Foundation Day, a research…
“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…
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…
“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…
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…
“ … but Jesus said, ‘Let the children come to me. Do not hinder them. The kingdom of God belongs to such as these.’” (Matthew 19:14) “This reading seems to sum up what Sister Jane Marie’s ministry was centered upon…
“And Moses took with him the bones of Joseph, who had required a solemn oath of the Israelites, saying, ‘God will surely take notice of you, and then you must carry my bones with you from here.’” (Exodus 13:10) When…
Another foray into the inner sanctum of Archives has produced another gem. In the Properties/Buildings/Shrines area is a large Hollinger box with a plethora of information about the Blessed Sacrament Chapel. One of the folders within that box contains invoices…