Installation of statue at Saint Mary-of-the-Woods
Installation of Saint Mother Theodore Guerin statue at Saint Mary-of-the-Woods, June, 2009.
Sisters of Providence
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.
Sister Adelaide donates handmade puppet collection to day care
Sister Adelaide Ortegel can’t help herself. Recently, she was showing a couple of teachers how to operate the marionettes that she made so they could learn the techniques. When the music started, she quietly walked to the rack where other…
A zest for swimming
It was just one line in the “Important Events 1840 to 1972” in the card file in the Sisters of Providence Archives, but it caused a lot of stories to be told and memories to be relived. The line was…
Sisters fear Know Nothing agitation
But not so Mother Theodore. The Community was terrified. ‘At every moment we imagine we can see the Know-Nothings coming to set fire to our house,’ noted the Foundress in the diary.
Sister Wendy Workman
“Yahweh is my shepherd, I lack nothing.” (Psalm 23:1) “But now finally from heaven where she’s listening, Sister Wendy would ask us to read what Sister Dorothy Hucksoll has written of her in the text, ‘Sister Wendy’s Story.’ It is…
Truly a masterpiece
“Souvenir of the Fiftieth Anniversary, or Golden Jubilee, of St. Mary’s Academic Institute, St. Mary of the Woods, Vigo Co., Ind.” written by a former pupil and published in 1891, describes how the inside of St. Anne Shell Chapel was…
Sister Marsha Speth
With the Sisters of Providence as my teachers in both grade and high school you could say that I sort of imbibed the spirit or charism of the Congregation without ever knowing it. But that alone does not explain why…
Giving her whole self to music
This article is reprinted from the summer 2009 issue of HOPE. A Sister of Providence since 1951, Sister Carol Nolan has been teaching music since 1953. She was the first music teacher at Mother Theodore Guerin High School, River Grove,…
Jeremy Hackerd’s comments
On the occasion of the installment of the Saint Theodore Guerin state historical marker at Saint Mary-of-the-Woods. On behalf of the Indiana Historical Bureau, I am honored to be here today for the dedication of the “SAINT THEODORA GUERIN” state…
Historical marker honors Saint Mother Theodore
Saint Mother Theodore Guerin was honored during a public dedication ceremony of an Indiana historical marker April 29, 2009, at Saint Mary-of-the-Woods. The marker is located near the Grotto of Our Lady of Lourdes on Grotto Lane. The bronze plaque…