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.
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.,…
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…
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…
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.…
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…
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.…
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…
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…
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…
Foundation Day – Oct. 22, 2010
Happy Foundation Day! Happy 170th anniversary of the Sisters of Providence of Saint Mary-of-the-Woods and of Saint Mary-of-the-Woods College! In the name of the Sisters of Providence and our Providence Associates, I extend a warm welcome to all present here…
Sister Ann Casper
Download Complete Interview with Sister Ann Casper (PDF) Q. Why did you choose to become a Sister of Providence? A. I had a very easy vocation discernment, I guess you would say. In second grade, I already had thought about…
Mother, grandmother and sister?
This article is reprinted from the fall 2010 issue of HOPE. A woman can only become a Sister of Providence if she is young, has never been married and is generally willing to cut ties with her family, right? Not…