Who would have thought that a connection between the Sisters of Providence and a woodcarver and his wife would have begun with pie? Thinking about it now, Dick Hillier and his wife, Kathryn, of Paris, Ill., simply chuckle. The “pie”…
“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…
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…
“I am racing for the finish, for the prize to which God calls us upward to receive in Christ Jesus.” (Philippians 3:14) “The person of Christ was the lodestone of St. Paul’s life; and pursuit of him was a constant…
“Be glad in the Creator, rejoice in Love Divine!” (from Jan C. Merrill’s “Psalms for Praying,” Psalm 149) “This Psalm seems to fit Sister Catherine Sienna very well. I’m sure she is now glad in her Creator, rejoicing in Love…
Sister Ann Michele Kiefer died Sept. 30, 2008, and her Mass of Christian Burial was Oct. 2 with the Rev. Daniel Hopcus presiding. Sister Ann Michele is survived by her brothers, Jacob of Savannah, Ga., and Michael of Indianapolis. The…
Sister Susan “Sue” Pietrus died Sept. 13 and her Mass of Christian Burial was celebrated Sept. 17 with the Rev. Daniel Hopcus presiding. Sister Sue, who entered the Congregation Aug. 23, 1975, professed first and perpetual vows Aug. 15, 1978,…
This article is reprinted from fall 2008 issue of HOPE. Biomass, biodiesel fuel — these may be great for institutions, but how can individuals make an environmental difference? Sisters Florence Norton, Evelyn Ovalles and Mary Moloney share some practical ways…
This article is reprinted from fall 2008 issue of HOPE. Exciting changes have been occurring in the Sisters of Providence Food Services Department at Saint Mary-of-the-Woods. Within the last few years the sisters have stopped using Styrofoam because it practically…