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Welcome to our features page. Here, we will share with you updates on what is currently happening within our Congregation. Feel free to take time to explore the area.

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Providence Hall: Sharing memories in video

Sometimes, a story is best heard from the storyteller. Since that’s not always possible, we are sharing some of the best stories we can find about Providence Hall on video. Here are some videos about the background of Providence Hall,…

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A gadget-happy Sister

This article is reprinted from the summer 2011 issue of HOPE. Sister Joanne Golding is a self-proclaimed computer nut. So, she seems to be well connected in ministry as director of academic computing at Saint Mary-of-the-Woods College, even though she…

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Opening new doors

This article is reprinted from the summer 2011 issue of HOPE. While the Sisters of Providence have a goal of “breaking boundaries, creating hope” in their work, it’s not often this gets to happen by opening a new school. But…

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A pleasant sounding instrument

This article is reprinted from the summer 2011 issue of HOPE. Pedagogical methods have certainly changed since Sister Kay Manley began teaching at Guerin College Preparatory High School (then known as Mother Theodore Guerin High School), in River Grove, Ill.,…

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Alpaca shearing workshop April 30

We’re excited about the newest alpaca workshop we just announced. And it’s coming up very soon. On Saturday, April 30, we’ll do an alpaca shearing workshop that features an actual shearing of one of our Huacaya alpacas. Participants will learn…

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Working Women’s Hands

A photo journal of the gifts of the Sisters of Providence of Saint Mary-of-the-Woods, Ind., published in July 2010. This journal was created in print by Jessie Light, who was a Providence Volunteer Minister from 2009-10, and has been transposed…

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Sister Beth Wright

Download complete interview with Sister Beth Wright (PDF) Q. Why did you decide to become a Sister of Providence? A. That goes into my call story. I am a Catholic convert. I was not Catholic when I felt the call.…

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Sister Delan Ma

Download complete interview with Sister Delan Ma (PDF) Q. What led you to become a Sister of Providence? A. I think it is God’s call. It is very obvious to me, although at that time I didn’t know it was…

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A place for prayer

This article is reprinted from the winter 2011 issue of HOPE. The sisters who will be returning “home” to Providence Hall once the renovation is complete will also return home to a small, renovated chapel located on the second floor.…

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A grand structure: Providence Hall

Providence Hall, like the phoenix rising from the ashes, rose from the ashes of the convent built by Saint Mother Theodore Guerin after a horrific fire on Feb. 7, 1889. The annals of the Sisters of Providence describe the start…

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Sister Susanne Gallagher

Download complete interview with Sister Susanne Gallagher (PDF) Q. Why did you choose to become a Sister of Providence? A. Whenever I look back and remember how it was that I knew that I wanted to be a Sister of…

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Sister Mary Ann McCauley

Download complete Interview with Sister Mary Ann McCauley (PDF) Q. Why did you choose to become a Sister of Providence? A. Being a Terre Haute native, the Sisters of Providence were the closest to me. I was taught by the…

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