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Obituary
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…
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I was jailed as a child. I know it’s possible to reintegrate into society with support
Published on September 19, 2017
This column was recently featured in The Guardian. It was written by Xavier McElrath-Bey, a senior advisor and national advocate at the Campaign for the Fair Sentencing Youth. We wanted to share the article with you. Here is a link to the article….
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2017 reflection for Foundation Day
Published on October 22, 2017
…build a fair-sized framed church. He called it Saint Mary-of-the-Woods and we gladly changed the name of our station from Thralls to Saint Mary-of-the-Woods. Unfortunately, it burned down just about eight months ago. But maybe with real teachers, more settlers will come to these parts. They say there will be an academy. We will need to rebuild our little church. We can only hope that the presence of the sisters and an academy will be a blessing for all of…
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Come with me
Published on January 5, 2018
…says, “Come with me.” Given that Ann works in the garden, cooks and occasionally helps with the fiber arts, my new job could be almost anything. Today it meant learning the arcane art of needle felting. Last week, “come with me” meant holding a chicken in my lap so Dave didn’t have to drive the big white pick-up truck and hold the chicken at the same time. I’m fairly sure he was joking. I hope. Many hands are involved in…
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Mother Theodore the leader
Published on May 14, 2018
…honesty and fairness in her business dealings. A sister who lived with her at Saint Mary-of-the-Woods relates, “Mother was much noted for her uprightness and justice in business dealings. Even some years after Mother’s death, a farmer of this neighborhood related that on one occasion, early in the fall, Mother had bargained with him at a certain price for the winter supply of pork to be delivered at the opening of the winter season. In the meantime, the price of…
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Remembering Providence High
Published on May 16, 2018
…good about myself. I loved them. They cared. Special Story Sister Winifred was my Physics teacher and she encouraged me to make a seismograph as a science project for the school science fair. It was a lot of work, but it was very enjoyable trying to figure out how to get this to work. When it was complete, it sat in a hallway under the stairs all year long measuring the movement of the students during change of class. Sister…
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Sisters of Providence core values
Published on May 25, 2018
…Working to alleviate the suffering of others in some direct way. • Forgiving ourselves and others. Justice • Endeavoring to ensure fair and equitable treatment of all. • Listening to and responding to the needs of the most vulnerable. • Working to change oppressive systems. Care for Creation • Being aware of the interconnectedness of all life. • Respecting all creation as part of the web of life. • Living simply. • Using Earth’s resources in a sustainable manner. Community…
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Passing the baton
Published on August 23, 2018
…from “the Lake” to “the Woods” holds rich symbolism. All is clear when on a lake; in the woods, not so much! I’ve never experienced anyone “shadowing” me for a month! I learned quickly that I cannot expect to talk about this role for 23, 8-hour work days! Yes, I’ve done a fair share of talking, but we’ve also met and greeted many SP staff members, from directors and volunteers, to office staff and food service workers. We’ve also met…
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Art, an enduring legacy at the Woods
Published on September 8, 2018
…One of her paintings, “Sunbeams in the Rockies” was exhibited in the 1893 World’s Fair in Chicago. Robert noted that upon entering the center they were immediately struck by the beautiful artwork in the hallway. He took pictures of the beautiful iris artwork by the late Sister Rita Ann Roethele, S.P. Later, in the shrine area, he took a picture of a blowup of the old fee schedule and description of available classes at that time in oil painting, watercolor…