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Sisters to take part in historical marker dedication
The Sisters of Providence of Saint Mary-of-the-Woods, along with many other organizations, will take part in the dedication of a historical marker for George Ward during a ceremony at 3 p.m., on Sunday, Sept. 26. The event will take place at 100 Dresser Dr., Terre Haute, at the north end of Fairbanks Park where Ward, an African-American, was lynched and his body burned by an angry mob in February 1901. The only lynching to take place in Vigo County occurred...
Sisters of Providence celebrating Jubilees
...(1988-2005), Receptionist/Bookstore, Guerin College Preparatory High School, River Grove, Ill. (2005-07), Receptionist, Guerin College Preparatory High School, River Grove, Ill. (2007-08), and Convent Service, River Grove, Ill. (2008-11). Sister Joseph Ellen Keitzer is a native of Hammond, Ind. Currently, she ministers in pastoral ministry of presence for the Northwest Austin African American Community in Chicago. Sister Joseph Ellen Keitzer Sister Joseph Ellen entered the Congregation on May 26, 1951, from All Saints Parish in Hammond. She professed perpetual vows on...
Sister Kathleen Bernadette Smith: love of God strengthens love of others
...communication. Bringing needed diversity In 2002 Sister Kate with a parishioner in her ministry at St. Felicitas Parish in Chicago. Sister Kate holds the distinction of being the only current member of the Sisters of Providence who is African-American. She said she hasn’t experienced racism from other members of the Congregation. “Some sisters would sit and watch me sometimes, just because they were curious, I think. The Sisters were very kind and very inviting, and no one ever challenged me,”...
Honoring Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.
...(S.C.O.P.E.). Sister Marie Perpetua, then president of Saint Mary-of-the-Woods College, received the letter and urged the Congregation’s Leadership Team to let the College have permission to take part in the project and the team agreed. Sister Alma Louise and Sister Jean Mary were joined by four students from Saint Mary-of-the-Woods College and two from Indiana State University as they traveled to Georgia to assist. The program helped educate African Americans in addition to getting them registered to vote. More than...
Newsnotes from the Sisters of Providence winter 2022
...Sisters of Providence. To see more go to Adopt.SistersofProvidence.org Sisters take part in historical marker dedication The memorial for George Ward by the Wabash River in Terre Haute. In September the Sisters of Providence took part in the dedication of a historical marker for George Ward. Ward, an African-American, was lynched and his body burned by an angry mob in February 1901. It was the only lynching to take place in Vigo County, Indiana. “By acknowledging this horrific, racist lynching...
Sister Suzanne Buthod (formerly Sister Mary Judith)
...she moved to Indianapolis to serve as pastoral associate at Holy Rosary/St. Patrick for three years. In 1988, Sister Rita Black invited her to come to Selma, Alabama, to work for the Edmundite Southern Missions. Off she went, for 11 years. She loved her experience there, loved learning about and participating in the religious practice of African American Christians, loved the opportunity to be jarred out of her complacency about racism. She states in an article in Community, our in-house...
Moving forward, exuding happiness: Sister Grace Marie Meehan
...of her former pupils. Happily doing the work Sister Grace Marie listens to another sister at a community gathering Gracie, as she is fondly called, has always been known as someone who does not fret and worry. A cheerful, giving person, light- hearted and happy. But she is also a risk taker who broke down barriers. In the 1960’s she was the school principal in Greenwood, Indiana. A well-qualified African American applied for a teaching job, and Sister Grace Marie...
Sister Agnes Maureen Badura
...five continents – North and South America, Africa, Asia and Europe, and there are three passports and a picture of her on a camel in her file to prove it! Her family remembers her as quick-witted, intelligent, funny and compassionate. They loved her jokes and her sense of humor, her “routine” of telling stories that made everyone laugh. Jane Fischer wrote, “Hospitality is what I think of when recalling every encounter with her. She would first inquire about me and...
Celebrating Pastoral Care Week: Meet Sister My Huong Pham
...Chicago health system, which ministers to the underserved individuals from Latino and African-American communities. “Our spiritual care team consists of the chaplains of diverse religious backgrounds,” Sister My Huong said. “Our chaplains collaborate with one another to serve the pastoral needs of patients, families and professional caregivers throughout the hospital units in emergency, behavioral health, medical-surgery, intensive care and addiction care.” Sister My Huong added that the team provides pastoral and spiritual care to patients during their end-of-life journey. “Besides...
Reflections on Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.
...Saint Mary-of-the-Woods after King had sent a letter to colleges nationwide asking for assistance with his Summer Community Organization and Political Education (S.C.O.P.E.) program. Both Sister Alma Louise and Sister Mary Jean were joined by four Saint Mary-of-the-Woods College students as well as two students from Indiana State University. The program helped educate African Americans in addition to getting them registered to vote. Sister Mary Jean Mark and Sister Alma Louise Mescher along with others in Georgia in the summer...
‘We’re all grateful for your CONNECTION’
...this new connection ask of you? Greater, deeper CONNECTION, of course, with a world in need of love, mercy and justice. Do those factors that separate us from one another — nationality, religion, ethnicity, economics, language, sexual orientation — really need to separate us? South African Bishop Desmond Tutu posed that question and answered it this way: “We are each a God-carrier, a tabernacle of the Holy Spirit, indwelt by God the holy and most blessed Trinity. To treat one...
The Sisters of Providence: A history of justice
...enter the Congregation to this day. Human rights and more In 1965, two Sisters of Providence, Sister Alma Louise Mescher and Sister Mary Jean Mark, volunteered to travel to the state of Georgia to help Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., with his program, Summer Community Organization and Political Education (S.C.O.P.E.). The program was intended to help educate African Americans and get them registered to vote. During that summer, more than 48,000 voters were officially registered. While there, the two sisters...