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Sisters of Providence bestow honors on benefactors during annual Saint Mother Theodore Guerin gathering
Published on June 10, 2011
…was particularly timely because many donors attendedwho supported the Capital Campaign to renovate Providence Hall, the oldest and most historically significant building on the motherhouse grounds. Those in attendance were able to take a tour of the renovated facilities and visit with sisters in their living quarters, as well as community areas that are normally open to the public. The Queen Amelia Award honors those who have made significant financial contributions to the Congregation and who have been influential in…
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Historic mural of Saint Mother Theodore Guerin unveiled
Published on May 11, 2011
…joy that this mural depicting her life will be part of the historical visual history of our county. All of the murals, no doubt, will convey to all tourists and visitors to the Court House the gifts and talents, the generosity and the sacrifices that are the foundation of our history as a county and as a state.” Before he started on the mural project, Wolfe said, “I didn’t care so much for history when I was in school, learning…
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Sisters of Providence host national shrine, pilgrimage leaders
Published on November 11, 2010
…of Mother Theodore here and what more could you ask for than to be in the presence of a saint?” Sister Denise Wilkinson, general superior of the Sisters of Providence, spoke with the group for a morning-long session on Tuesday [Nov. 9]. She talked about the evangelization of Indiana by Saint Mother Theodore, and included her own insights about Saint Mother Theodore as a person. “It was shear joy to do that. They already had been on a tour of…
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Sister Beth Wright
Published on February 1, 2011
…am now. I have changed and grown a lot from who I was. I feel there is a freedom in being part of a women’s religious community, to have that communal support, both given and received. Q. Let’s talk a little about your ministry? What is your role? A. I do pretty much whatever is needed at St. Ann Clinic. We all do just about everything. I interview potential volunteers, give them a tour, and talk with them about their…
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Sister Lisa Stallings
Published on January 1, 2010
…and situations they are in for the better and who are willing to work to transform other people for the better. I’m always aware of the goodness of people. Q: Any favorite vacation spots? A: Every summer I spend time going on a rollercoaster tour. It’s my absolute favorite thing to do on vacation. There’s a great park in Sandusky, Ohio. That’s my favorite spot. I go by myself and spend a day and go from one rollercoaster to the…
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Sister Barbara Bluntzer
Published on September 1, 2009
…festive time, thanks to the committee with which she was working. And those trips? She is a self-taught tour guide who arranges group journeys to interesting places. She’s also helping with a capital campaign in her home parish in Corpus Christi, Texas, where she also spends time in her retirement volunteering in many areas. Educator? She spent many years as a classroom teacher and in religious education. And about those trips again: her way of planning a trip is to…
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Sister Helen Vinton
Published on November 20, 2006
…plane. Good thing. When disaster struck in Louisiana in late summer of 2005, every ounce of Sister Helen’s energy and ingenuity was summoned when the skies grew calm and she and her colleagues returned after a hasty evacuation. Hurricane Katrina followed by Hurricane Rita created a devastating path of destruction. “I don’t think people really understand that this was, and is, a national disaster.” The days after the hurricanes hit are most memorable. Sister Helen immediately took a helicopter tour…
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Historical marker honors Saint Mother Theodore
Published on May 6, 2009
…help communities throughout the state promote, preserve and present their history for the education and enjoyment of residents and tourists of all ages. For more than 90 years, the Indiana Historical Bureau, an agency of the state of Indiana, has been marking Indiana history. Since 1947, the marker format has been the large roadside marker, which has the familiar dark blue background with gold lettering and the outline of the state of Indiana at the top. There are approximately 500…
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Sister Ann Sullivan
Published on May 30, 2006
…into place immediately. We focused on education and public policy. We started with a real small garden. We mudded in tomatoes that first summer,” Sister Ann said. In 10 years, White Violet Center for Eco- Justice has grown to become the home of a prize-winning herd of alpacas, of enough organic vegetables to bolster motherhouse kitchen menus and sell at a weekly farmer’s market, of tours and education for thousands of visitors each year, of organic croplands, of restored motherhouse…
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Joanna Hosteny: Just Like Family
Published on September 26, 2009
…up injured birds in the Chicago Loop. She currently volunteers at The Field Museum in Chicago where she gives tours in the Bird Hall and works numbering bird bones in the science area for the Division of Birds. Always a teacher, Joanna also teaches calligraphy at Moraine Valley Junior College, Palos Hills, Ill. This art she learned from her seventh-grade teacher, the late Sister Bernardo Tumidalsky. “We had calligraphy for art class. I think there was only one other person…
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A God-graced moment
Published on January 14, 2007
This article is reprinted from winter 2007 issue of HOPE. By Sister Peggy Lynch The following journal entry reflects my emotions and thoughts about the Mass of Canonization. The dark morning gives way to blue sky and sunshine as we wend our way through narrow streets — the ones the tour guide continually tells us were built for horse-drawn chariots and pedestrian traffic and not the today traffic of double-decker buses. Finally we arrive in full daylight at the gates…
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Sister Terri Boland
Published on June 17, 2012
…and the sisters were being tossed about. The sister who was in charge said to the rest of them not to fear. She said, “We’ve come too far to die at sea.” During the vocation weekend, we went on a tour of the shell chapel. They told us the story about Mother Theodore and her companions praying to St. Ann for safe voyage across the ocean during an awful storm. I didn’t really know the Sisters of Providence, but I…