News Releases
These are official news releases from the Sisters of Providence of Saint Mary-of-the-Woods. For downloadable logo files, members of the press can visit our Media Center.
Sister of Providence illustrates book on “Alpacas and Bullying”
“Alpacas and Bullying” is the title of a new magazine-size paperback book illustrated by Sister Ruth Johnson, a member of the Sisters of Providence of Saint Mary-of-the-Woods, and written by Sarah Torbeck, a former intern at White Violet Center for…
Sister Marie McCarthy awarded first-ever Guerin Outreach Ministries Leadership and Advocacy Award
Guerin Outreach Ministries, Inc., at their first annual meeting on Oct. 21, awarded the newly created Guerin Outreach Ministries Leadership and Advocacy Award to Sister Marie McCarthy, SP. Sister Marie serves as the liaison between the Sisters of Providence of…
Sister Adelaide donates handmade puppet collection to day care
Sister Adelaide Ortegel can’t help herself. Recently, she was showing a couple of teachers how to operate the marionettes that she made so they could learn the techniques. When the music started, she quietly walked to the rack where other…
Sister Charles Van Hoy awarded the Edward N. Howard Literacy Award
Sister Charles Van Hoy was awarded the Edward N. Howard Literacy Award by the Wabash Valley Literacy Coalition on April 23. Sister Charles currently ministers at Educational/Family Services in West Terre Haute as an office volunteer and tutor. The Edward…
Sister Charles Van Hoy helps children find success at EFS
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…