Cynthia MacWhorter resides in South Bend, Ind. Her companion is Sister Mary Roger Madden. 1.) What is your connection to the Sisters of Providence? My connection with the Sisters of…
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Kathy Newport is a Providence Candidate-Associate who resides in Beech Grove, Ind. Her companion is Sister Marsha Speth. 1.) Tell us about yourself. I am the youngest of nine children…
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Marilyn Webb resides in Brownsburg, which is just west of Indianapolis. She works part-time for her parish, St. Malachy Church in Brownsburg. Marilyn’s ministry includes working with adult faith formation,…
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Alice and her husband, John, reside in Indianapolis. She has four grown stepchildren. A graduate of Saint Mary-of-the-Woods College (SMWC), Alice has worked at Marian College in Indianapolis since 1990.…
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Beverly Adams, a Providence Candidate-Associate, resides on the West side of Chicago. She and her husband have two daughters and a very lovable pit bull. Beverly’s companions are Sisters Joseph…
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Maureen Baca, a Providence Candidate-Associate, lives in Albuquerque, N.M., with her husband, Steve. Steve’s father also lives with them. The couple has been married for 39 years. Maureen’s companion is…
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Barbara Battista was working as a pharmacist and leading a good life. “I was an independent woman. I was sure of myself. I was pretty much a wild child. I…
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The Sisters of Providence served as sister-nurses during the Civil War. This video sheds some light on this unique service to the nation. (with audio) Article praises Civil War video…
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A report by Dr. John M. Kitchen and Dr. Patrick H. Jameson, hospital surgeons at the Military Hospital in Indianapolis, provided the following information in a report to Inspector-General Miles…
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Excerpts from the Indianapolis Daily Journal, dated July 22, 1864: Hospital routine “The business of the day begins at five o’clock. At that hour the nurses busy themselves in cleaning…
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With the death of her husband, Major John Patrick Dufficy, on June 20, 1864, Minerva Dufficy became a widow. By an act approved by Congress on July 14, 1862, she…
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Can you believe it has been more than 100 hundred years since the Church of the Immaculate Conception at Saint Mary-of-the-Woods was completed? One hundred years is a long time!…
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