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Sculptor and security: Bill Wolfe
Published on June 3, 2015
…director of Spiritual Growth and Care for Mid-Life and Beyond. Bill said Saint Elizabeth Ann Seton and Saint Mother Theodore Guerin have much in common. “I looked at lots of photos of Saint Elizabeth Ann Seton,” Bill said. “She’s fairly similar to Saint Mother Theodore Guerin. What I read about her background was similar. “The main thing is to read and do research before I begin. From that information, I get an image in my head and go from there.”…
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Blessing a summer harvest prayer ritual
Published on August 4, 2015
The first harvest of the year is celebrated in August (and in February in the Southern Hemisphere) when fruits and vegetables are plentiful. This is a time to honor what we have, especially abundance, just as generations before us did and, if we care for Earth, those after us will. Notice the festivals of prosperity that mark this season. Farmer’s markets are full of the abundance of this first harvest of the year. County fairs showcase beautiful, tasty vegetables and…
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Sister Loretta Picucci
Published on October 20, 2015
…many art or cultural fairs which Coachella has or go window shopping at boutiques or small shops that specialize in beautiful objects. I am passionate about … the social injustices in our country that leave so many people homeless, without enough food and with no health care. One thing most people don’t know about me is … I enjoy camping. My biggest pet peeve is … people being negative about and denigrating the poor and vulnerable. Sister Loretta and her…
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Growing at White Violet Center for Eco-Justice
Published on January 13, 2016
…of course, alpacas.” Anna Nagy shows one of the White Violet Farm Alpacas at the Vigo County Fair in Terre Haute, Indiana. The alpacas and White Violet Center have made an impact on Anna. The Nagy family has attended and/or participated in almost every Earth Day celebration. For several years, White Violet Farm Alpacas has sponsored the Vigo County alpaca 4-H club, of which Anna and her two sisters are members. “Anna has gone on to become the president of…
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Sharing the charism of Providence
Published on May 9, 2016
…saw the sisters at work in their hospitality ministry and in their prayer. And I was able to explain that apostolic or ministerial congregations are fairly new in the church with the emphasis being on “lifelong consecration to God, the integration of a contemplative life of personal and shared prayer with a whole-hearted commitment to full-time public ministry in service of the reign of God.” (Sandra Schneiders) Following the days of retreat, the group took a two-hour long drive into…
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Saint Mother Theodore Guerin: A torchbearer!
Published on September 7, 2016
…at approximately 5 p.m., on Sept. 21, at Fairbanks Park. “I have been to the local and regional training and information sessions,” Sister Ann said, “and learned important aspects about handling the torch. The torch weighs about 3.5 pounds, so I am sure I’ll be handling it with both hands, remembering that there is a good-sized flame at the top.” The 21st century torch was designed by a team of Purdue University engineering students, staff and faculty. “I find some…
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Sister Caroline Hatch
Published on January 9, 2017
…often “learn the ropes” from Caroline. Sister Caroline was a bundle of energy, often bounding up and down the four stories of St. Rose convent, in seemingly effortless flow. Her love of life was evident in her everyday living. She always had a gorgeous garden of flowers and vegetables in the courtyard of the convent, used by many of the sisters as a reflective area. She was remembered as a “good and fair” house treasurer and evidently had the process…
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Sister Margaret Kelly (formerly Sister Bernard Maureen)
Published on January 17, 2017
…to work together with kindness and fairness. Always a private person, Margaret was not one to stand up to orate either at a large or a small gathering. But still waters run deep and Margaret was that. She had many things figured out as she listened and she could come out with some “zingers.” She never gave herself credit and she was always ready to applaud someone else’s achievements. A very important group that she became a part of later…
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Sisters to participate in panel discussion of documentary
Published on April 7, 2017
…Sisters of Providence are co-sponsors of the film screening. There is no cost to attend the event. Tamara said the path to the documentary began with an invitation to provide the prisoners with a yoga course. She had been teaching the course to troubled youth as a way to help them cope with anger and other issues. In 2006, she took the course to the prison’s health fair. Only one year later, many of the prisoners began asking her if…
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Providence Associates photo highlights 2011
Published on December 6, 2011
…Margo Edwards-O’Toole, also of Louisville, link arms with one another. Sister Marianne Mader (standing) visits the Deepening the Providence Story retreat on Saturday, April 2, 2011, to see a few of her family members. They are (left to right) Kitty Odle of Charlottesville, Ind.; Jeanette Mader Hall of Fairland, Ind.; and Anne Shupe-Scurry of Indianapolis. Spring retreat: It looks like a fireside chat, but it’s really Providence Candidate-Associate John Davis and his companion, Sister Lisa Stalllings, sharing how Providence has…
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A look at the life and ministries of Sister Loretta Clare Gehring
Published on July 20, 2017
…and I loved walking on the swinging bridge (at Saint Joseph’s Lake).” Elaine said her aunt was known as the “mouse sister” because she heated marbles, put faces and tails on them and sold them in the Saint Mary-of-the-Woods booth during the Indiana State Fair. “Though Aunt Clara was small in stature, she was strong willed and had a big heart,” Elaine said. “I truly remember the loving care she got here at Saint Mary-of-the-Woods. She looked at this as…