Features
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.
Sister Marianne Mader
Download Full Interview with Sister Marianne Mader Q. Why did you choose to become a Sister of Providence? A. I grew up in the shadow of St. Philip Neri Convent. The schoolyard joined our house. The convent was across the…
A Sister Edith Pfau Evangelist
This article is reprinted from the summer 2012 issue of HOPE. When I first took a job with the Sisters of Providence several years ago, one of my favorite pastimes was wandering around looking at everything on the walls. The…
CNN shares Mother Theodore’s journey to sainthood
This article is reprinted from the summer 2012 issue of HOPE. Cable News Network (CNN) searches worldwide for intriguing stories to share with its millions of viewers. So, when CNN contacted the Congregation in October 2011 to inquire about sharing…
Archives: Keeper of the Stories
This article is reprinted from the summer 2012 issue of HOPE. “Not to know what happened before you were born is to be a child forever.” — Cicero, by way of Sister Marie Esther Sivertsen The Sisters of Providence have…
Connecting with Creation
This article is reprinted from the summer 2012 issue of HOPE The Sisters of Providence have been connecting with creation since their foundation more than 170 years ago. “We have a little green-house where we shelter our flowers from the…
Prisoners & Probationers of Conscience
Throughout the history of SOA Watch’s yearly vigils at the SOA/WHINSEC at Ft. Benning, Ga., various participants have chosen to take direct action by breaking federal law and trespassing onto the military base. After prayerful consideration and discernment, several Sisters…
A bit of anti-racism history
The Sisters of Providence of Saint Mary-of-the-Woods have a long history against racism and issues of discrimination. The Congregation’s foundress, Saint Mother Theodore Guerin, was concerned about the welfare and freedom of a group of slaves she saw in Louisiana…
‘Nuns of the Battlefield’
First published in 1927, “Nuns of the Battlefield” was written by Ellen Ryan Jolly. In this book, the author gives a description of the women religious congregations that provided medical aid during the Civil War. Many of these religious congregations…
Tribute to sisters in Vincennes
From time to time, The Vincennes Weekly Sun ran articles on the emergency hospital in that city. Much of the praise for this medical facility was directed toward Sisters St. Felix Buchanan and Sophie Glenn and Dr. Baty, who was…
Vincennes emergency hospital
In addition to their work at the Military Hospital in Indianapolis, the Sisters of Providence also had charge of the emergency hospital in Vincennes, Ind., that was opened in July and August of 1861 and then again on May 29,…
Sisters who served during the Civil War
Sister St. Felix Buchanan Sister Helena Burns Sister Frances Ann Carney Sister Athanasius Fogarty Sister Sophie Glenn Sister Eugenia Gorman Sister Mary Francis Guthneck Sister Henrietta MacKenzie Sister Mary Louise Malone Sister Mary Rose O’Donaghue Sister Matilda Swinley Sisters Mary…
Civil War diary entries
In the Sisters of Providence Archives there is a bound transcription of the diary of General Superior Mother Mary Cecilia Bailly. She served as general superior after the death of Mother Theodore Guerin in 1856 until 1868, covering the turbulent…