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Volunteer opportunity spotlight: The great outdoors
Published on April 23, 2019
…also have a host of volunteer opportunities that are outdoors for special events like our Earth Day Festival & Craft Fair and Fall Farm Day at the Woods. Volunteers help us maintain many of our outdoor spaces seen by thousands of visitors. With so many responsibilities in life, volunteering should be something you really enjoy. If this means spending your free time outside, then find something that truly works for you. If you would like to explore volunteer opportunities with…
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Sister Mary Adrian Jaroch
Published on October 3, 2019
…casino. Her favorite dessert on such occasions was a flaming cherries jubilee. She was also proud of her Polish heritage and celebrated it with others when she could. Our Polish General Superior, Sister Dawn Tomaszewski, often greeted Mary Adrian with the three words she knew in Polish. As a very early riser, Mary Adrian would make the morning coffee for the house. One former sister-housemate recalled getting up earlier than usual (for her), going to the fairly dark kitchen and…
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Sister Adrian Marie Conrad
Published on October 23, 2019
…were recognized when after four years, she was appointed principal of the school and superior of the house, meanwhile continuing her previous duties as eighth grade teacher. Apparently, she was able to handle these extra responsibilities well, because music teacher, Sister Lucy Nolan, remembers her as not only fair, but funny. After 10 years in Downers Grove, she welcomed her next assignment, to her home parish in Vincennes, as an opportunity to reconnect with her aging parents and the large…
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Pray with us in reference to DACA arguments
Published on November 11, 2019
…Court. We pray, too, for the nine justices of the highest court in our land. May our God of justice and truth give them ears to hear plainly, eyes to see clearly, and hearts to judge fairly. May the Holy Spirit guide their deliberations. And we pray for ourselves, residents of this great land, as we recall how often DACA and Temporary Protected Status (TPS) recipients, immigrants, refugees, asylum seekers, and their families fail to find welcome, fail to find…
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From farming to teaching to counseling to care of Earth: Sister Ann Sullivan’s story
Published on January 13, 2020
…internship fell through shortly before she was to begin. Within a day she received a phone call from Spoon River Community Mental Health Center in Illinois. As Sister Ann described it, “I didn’t find it… when there’s a need, it will find you.” And it did! As she helped children and families with difficult situations, she learned how unfair life can be for those who suffer from dysfunctional families, depression and other mental health issues. Eventually, she served as the…
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Sisters of Providence offer update on closures amid coronavirus crisis
Published on March 17, 2020
…The Congregation’s annual Earth Day and Craft Fair festival, scheduled for April 25, has also been canceled. In addition, tours have been canceled as well as other scheduled events. Sunday Brunch in the O’Shaughnessy Dining Room has also been canceled for March 22 and 29; April 5, 12, 19 and 26; and May 3 and 10. The Shrine of Saint Mother Theodore Guerin, National Shrine of Our Lady of Providence, Blessed Sacrament Chapel and the Church of the Immaculate Conception…
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This Good Friday: Is COVID-19 the only pandemic about which we need to pray?
Published on April 10, 2020
…beat Ward and hanged his body from a Wabash River bridge. The crowd then burned his body on the river’s west bank. The soil collection ceremony took place on the north end of Fairbanks Park near where these events took place 119 years ago. It was part of a national campaign to recognize the victims of lynching by collecting soil from lynching sites, erecting historical markers, and creating a national memorial that acknowledges the horrors of racial injustice. I was…
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Imogen Anderson: The exceptional exception to the rule
Published on April 25, 2020
…ropes. “ Christmas Fun at the Woods, 2019, Volunteer Imogen Anderson face paints. Imogen has also served in a variety of other ways for the Sisters of Providence. If you’ve ever been to Christmas Fun at the Woods or the Earth Day Festival & Craft Fair, you might have seen her at the always popular face painting booth. She knows how to sew and even helped a sister hem her pants. She has also worked in the Mission Advancement office…
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Sister Emily TeKolste’s renewal of Vows
Published on June 29, 2020
…Providence this past year, and involved in a justice ministry in Washington, D.C. She urges others to work for fair treatment of all, especially those who experience racism and prejudice in our society. Sister Emily signs her vow renewal. Sister Lisa Stallings, vicar and general councilor, signs Sister Emily’s vow renewal with Sister Dawn Tomaszewski, general superior, looking on. Sister Dawn Tomaszewski signs Sister Emily’s renewal of vows. Sisters and guests pray for general intercessions. From Left, Sisters Tracey Horan,…
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Let us be the people Jesus describes, as he sends his disciples out on Mission
Published on June 30, 2020
Sister Emily TeKolste renewed her vows as a Sister of Providence of Saint Mary-of-the-Woods on Sunday, June 28, 2020. This was her reflection on the readings: Romans 6:3-4, 8-11 and Matthew 10:40-42. View her photo album here. Sister Emily TeKolste (center) gives a short reflection on what it’s meant to her to be a Sister of Providence this past year, and involved in a justice ministry in Washington, D.C. She urges others to work for fair treatment of all, especially…
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White Violet Center: Meet the new 2020 fall intern cohort
Published on September 14, 2020
…I’ve combined this hobby with participation in the local community, entering flowers and floral arrangements in the Dutchess County Fair’s Horticulture Department and botanical artwork in the Fine Arts Department. In 2014, I provided the botanical art for an educational publication created by the Cornell Cooperative Extension of Dutchess County. As I have an interest in illustration, I hope to design and create introductory gardening guides for children using botanical artwork, a project which time spent at the WVC internship…
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Sister educators reminisce about Sisters of Providence Schools
Published on September 17, 2020
…Cathy Campbell (formerly Sister Christian) said of the students she served in Chicago and elsewhere. Instilling values Then and now: Sister Diane Mason Sister Diane Mason (formerly Sister Ann Vianney) hopes the Sisters of Providence former students “have learned to be just and faith-filled … To be prayerful individuals … To be honest with themselves and others … To be fair in all of their dealings with humanity … To have the courage to truly know themselves deeply and honor…