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Sister Grace Stewart
Editor’s note: Sister Grace died Sept. 1, 2010. Sister Grace Stewart glanced at the wall, noticing it was 11:24 a.m. “It is about time to go to church,” she said. “If I go now, I can just make it.” She began to ease herself from her chair, reaching for her walker. She made her way…
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Sister Merry Marcotte
“Let the heavens be glad, and let the earth rejoice. …” (Psalm 96:11) “On Thursday before Sister Merry died, the chaplain at Marian Home came for a brief visit. He stood at the foot of the bed and said, ‘Sister, when I saw you last Sunday you thought things would progress rapidly.’ Sister Merry raised…
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Sister Judith Mangin
“Shoulder my yoke and learn from me, for I am meek and humble of heart. …” (Matthew 11:29) “Both the Hebrew and the Christian scriptures name qualities looked upon as gifts of God to God’s people and from these assorted qualities the Church has formed traditional lists of the gifts and the fruits of the…
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Sister Margaret (Joseph Andre) Sullivan
“This is my commandment: love one another as I have loved you.” (John 15:12) “Those of us who knew Sister Margaret Sullivan will not be surprised to hear that on the last day of her earthly life she was quite aware of her surroundings and the people there. She was also more than aware of…
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The Le Fer sisters: Gifts to the Congregation
This article is reprinted from winter 2008 issue of HOPE. By Brother Barry Donaghue, cfc One of the loveliest of the early “her-stories” of the Sisters of Providence of Saint Mary-of-the-Woods is that of the Le Fer sisters, Irma and Elvire, who, like their own Mother Theodore, gave themselves without reservation into the arms of…
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Sister Catherine Joseph Wilcox
“In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God.” (John 1:1) “Someone has said that we all die the moment we are most fit to live. At 94 years of age, Sister Catherine Joseph completed, with the grace of Christ, her life work of transformation. She exercised…
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Sister Joan (Ruth Cecile) Klega
“The winter solstice occurs once a year, when the tilt of Earth’s axis is oriented directly away from the sun, causing the sun to appear to reach its northern-most extreme. The name is derived from the Latin sol (sun) and sistere (to stand still) because at the solstice, the sun stands in declination; that is,…
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Sister Elizabeth Rose Weisenbach
“The Bible doesn’t tell one word of what his mother said that first glad Easter morning when Jesus arose from the dead. Great joy sometimes can make one dumb. I think Mary went back home to wait for him to come and speak to her in loving tones.” (quote supplied by Sister Elizabeth Rose Weisenbach)…
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Sister Raymond Hunter
“Do not forget: thin sowing means thin reaping. The more you sow, the more you reap.” (2 Corinthians 9:6) “Never could it be said of Sister Raymond Hunter that she sowed thinly or that she reaped a meager harvest. Her 100 years were marked continually by a cheerful generosity responding to whatever need was at…
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First Providence Associate Rite of Commitment: 2007
On Saturday, Nov. 17, 2007, the first-ever group of Providence Candidate-Associates made their commitments to be associates during a Eucharistic Liturgy in the Church of the Immaculate Conception. This first Rite of Commitment took place on the Feast of Our Lady of Providence.
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Sister Barbara Doherty
Little did Barbara Doherty know she was etching the beginning of a career path when she arranged those chairs into a temporary classroom at her grandmother’s home each Sunday. She was the oldest grandchild in the family, and she would gather her cousins together to teach them. “I don’t know what I tried to teach…
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Sister Gerry (Marie Richard) Cavanaugh
“My beloved friends, let us continue to love each other since love comes from God.” (1 John 4:7) “Anyone who knew Sister Gerry Cavanaugh was aware that she loved God, loved life and the people in her life,” said Sister Rita Clare Gerardot in her commentary for Sister Gerry Cavanaugh, who died Oct. 14. Born…
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.