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Sister Alice Clare Kuper
“May all who surrender to You say evermore, ‘My joy is in the Beloved!’” (from Psalm 70 “Psalms for Praying” by Nan Merrill) “There are many thoughts in this Psalm that could relate to Sister Alice Clare, but several words seem to predominate that speak of her life: new life, beginning anew and the joy…
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Sister Cecile Morse
“To those who use well what they are given, even more will be given, and they will have an abundance.” (Matthew 25:29) “It’s probably obvious to anyone who knew Sister Cecile Morse why I have taken the liberty to adapt the parable of the talents to fit her situation by selecting only the story of…
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Sister Paula Modaff
“Little Paula Modaff in Rome.” Sister Paula Modaff the high school teacher. Sister Paula Modaff the student, studying Spanish and Latin American Literature in Mexico. Sister Paula Modaff the paralegal. Sister Paula Modaff the canon lawyer. Sister Paula Modaff the hospital chaplain. When she entered the Sisters of Providence 47 years ago, her mother found…
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Sister Barbara Zeller
Sister Barbara Ann Zeller describes herself as innately shy. In her younger years, she said she was a loner. She used to have a penchant for running away from some of life’s pressures, particularly youthful peer pressure. But her accomplishments and commitment to her ministries indicate otherwise. She is the director of Providence Self Sufficiency…
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Sister Catherine (Catherine Ursula) Hayes
“I called upon God, and the spirit of wisdom came to me.” (Wisdom 7:7b) “This passage from the Book of Wisdom praises not so much what we know as academic knowledge, the learning found in books written by great scholars, though that has its contribution to make, but rather the wisdom that comes from prayer…
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Sister Alice Hemans
“For I am already being poured out like a libation, and the time of my departure is at hand.” (2 Timothy 4:6) “This reading from Timothy was proclaimed during the Liturgy of Sister Alice’s profession of perpetual vows on Aug. 15, 1998. How unaware all of us were at that time of how exactly Sister…
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Sister Mary Aileen Minta
“I put my trust in you; in God, whose word I praise. …” (Psalm 56:3-4) “Sister Mary Aileen was born a Christmas child, on Dec. 25, 1919, in Indianapolis,” began Sister Margaret Quinlan in her commentary for Sister Mary Aileen Minta, who died June 24. Born to John and Clara (Nevermann) Minta, Elizabeth Jane Minta…
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Sister Susan Paweski
I announced to my family that I wanted to be a Sister of Providence after my second day in first grade. The year was 1956. August 14, 2005, I professed Perpetual Vows as a Sister of Providence before our Congregation and many of my family and friends, some of whom remember when I traipsed around…
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Sister Ann Margaret O’Hara
Sister Ann Margaret O’Hara’s five-year term as general superior of the Sisters of Providence of Saint Mary-of-the-Woods is moving toward its end. She has been in a leadership position for most of her 51 years as a Sister of Providence, giving her somewhat of a unique perspective on vowed religious life. She likes to embrace…
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Sister Ann Sullivan
Remember when you actually received something you sought and that queasy feeling of “what do I do now” came over you? Sister Ann Sullivan, director of White Violet Center for Eco-Justice, a ministry of the Sisters of Providence of Saint Mary-of-the-Woods, has experienced that feeling more than once in significant doses. The first came when…
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A remarkable woman
This article is reprinted from the summer 2006 issue of HOPE. Editor’s note: Dr. Andrea Ambrosi, postulator for the Cause for Sainthood of Blessed Mother Theodore Guerin, requested four articles about Blessed Mother Theodore for publication in the official newspaper of the Vatican, L’Osservatore Romano. Three articles address Mother Theodore’s charism, spirituality and missionary spirit….
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Sister Patricia (Leone Marie) Melton
“Then Jesus said, ‘Come to me, all of you who are weary and carry heavy burdens, and I will give you rest.’” (Matthew 11:28) “The invitation to ‘come to me’ happened very uniquely in Sister Pat’s early religious life. She was attending St. John Academy, Indianapolis, when, in the middle of her high school years,…
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.