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2018-19 Annual Report
Your kindness and generosity to us have that same kind of monumental impact. My awareness of that profound inter-connectedness of all of us has deepened even more as I have reflected on the data and the stories provided in this annual report. Sister Dawn Tomaszewski, General Superior, June 2020 Read more of Sister Dawn’s message to our generous supporters and take a look at the annual report from Sept. 1, 2018 – Aug. 31, 2019. (Originally published in the Summer...
Life on the farm at White Violet Center: Meet our summer crop of interns
...a concentration in Sustainability. “I have become very passionate about socially and environmentally sustainable practices in agriculture and fiber production. I am very excited about the possibility of interning at the White Violet Center.” Annie Kuyper, Mount Pleasant, S.C. Annie Kuyper Annie has completed her junior year at Purdue University, majoring in Agricultural Economics Sales and Marketing. She has met some of the SMWC Equestrian Team through competition. “I am motivated for this internship because I love agriculture. I’ve always wanted to have my own...
Sister Edna Scheller
...should go and bear fruit and that your fruit should abide,” said Sister Ann Casper in her commentary for Sister Edna Scheller, who passed away on Monday, June 8, 2020, at Saint Mary-of-the-Woods. She was 88 years old and had been a Sister of Providence for 70 years. Sister Ann continued: The book was entitled “The Dash,” the popular poem by Linda Ellis. The “dash” of which the poem speaks is the dash found on tombstones, between a person’s date...
SP Annual Meeting 2018
Since the time of Saint Mother Theodore Guerin, Sisters of Providence have returned home to Saint Mary-of-the-Woods every summer to pray, connect, learn and make decisions. Here are some photos from this summer’s annual meeting. Sister Suzanne Dailey during a prayer moment. Sister Mary Montgomery and My Huong Pham pose on the way to lunch. Enjoying lunch and good company, from left Sisters Mary Morley, Mary Jeanine Schubert, Elizabeth Koressel and Mary Catherine Duffy.ual meeting 2018 Signing the Providence Climate...
A beautiful time
Left to right, Sisters Kathleen Therese O’Connor (RIP), Monica Withem (RIP) (Sister Patricia Ann) and Agnes Veronica Hester (RIP) prepare to leave for Peru in March 1963. This article first appeared in the winter 2012 issue of HOPE. They left Indiana in a snowstorm. A day later, Sisters Kathleen Therese O’Connor (RIP), Monica Withem (RIP) (formerly Sister Patricia Ann) and Agnes Veronica Hester (RIP) arrived in a sunny city a hemisphere away. It was March 1963, and the three missionary...
Reflections on Shrine for Saint Mother Theodore
...explains a section of the Shrine to visitors. A friend of Sister Ann Casper poses for a photo with her. She is portraying Saint Mother Theodore Guerin. Dan and Ruth Thralls walk out of the Log Cabin Chapel. The Thralls family, descendants of the family that first welcomed Saint Mother Theodore Guerin and her companions into their home when they arrived in Indiana, take a photo with Sister Ann Casper who is portraying Saint Mother Theodore Guerin. Sister Maureen Abbott,...
Blessing of new ‘green space’ begins 2024 annual meeting
The Sisters of Providence of Saint Mary-of-the-Woods, Indiana, joined by their Providence Associates, kicked off their 2024 annual meetings on Saturday with a blessing of a new green space located in the northern section of the grounds. Sisters of Providence General Superior Sister Dawn Tomaszewski said the purpose of the blessing was to “take time to reflect on the gift of our land and the gift of the indigenous people who once lived on this land.” Sister Dawn admitted that...
Scenes from our 2024 Donor Dinner
...with General Councilor Sister Anne Therese Falkenstein (left) and General Superior Sister Dawn Tomaszewski (right). One of this year’s Companion Award winners Providence Cristo Rey High School Executive Board Chairperson Rod Willett (center) with General Councilor Sister Anne Therese Falkenstein (left) and General Superior Sister Dawn Tomaszewski (right). One of this year’s Companion Award winners Providence Cristo Rey High School Executive Board Chairperson Rod Willett (center) and others, including Vicar/General Treasurer Sister Jeanne Hagelskamp (third from left), General Superior Sister...
Sister Joan Mary Schaefer
Sister Joan Mary Schaefer passed away on Thursday, March 20, 2025, at Saint Mary-of-the-Woods, Indiana. She was 95-years-old and had been a Sister of Providence for 76 years. Commentary Written by Sister Ann Casper, SP Reading: Stopping by Woods on a Snowy Evening by Robert Frost Whose woods these are I think I know. His house is in the village though; He will not see me stopping here To watch his woods fill up with snow. My little horse must...
Sister Connie Kramer receives Frances Murphy Rumely Award
...has also ministered in a variety of pastoral ministry positions for more than 35 years. Sister Connie helped develop the Saint Ann Medical Clinic, now known as the Wabash Valley Health Center, and created Saint Ann Dental Services. In addition, she established Saint Ann Community Outreach in the Wabash Valley. She currently ministers as a retreat and spiritual director as well as a grief specialist in the Indianapolis area. Recipients of the Frances Rumely Award, presented in memory of Rumely,...
Sister Mary Jane (Patrick Ann) Newnam
...died Feb. 13. Born Feb. 10, 1930, to Samuel and Kathryne (Schnieder) Newnam, Mary Jane Newnam was one of seven children. She attended St. Patrick Grade School and Central Catholic High School, both in Fort Wayne, Ind. She entered the Congregation July 21, 1948, and received the religious name Sister Patrick Ann. She professed first and perpetual vows Jan. 23, 1951, and 1956, respectively. Sister Mary Jane earned a bachelor’s degree in elementary education from Saint Mary-of-the-Woods College and a...
Sister Emily Walsh (formerly Sister Mary Francine)
...in French in 1952. To celebrate their graduation, their Aunt Leona took them to Europe on the Queen Mary. Emily entered the Congregation on July 22, 1952, and professed first vows on January 23, 1955. Her first ministry assignment, as a first- and second-grade teacher at St. Joseph, Terre Haute, only lasted six months, but when she took on middle grade teaching at nearby St. Ann’s, she seemed to have found a niche, as it stretched into a seven-year assignment....