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‘Against All Odds’ – Sister Clare Mitchell, SP
...missions, but for her this was the fulfillment of a long-held desire to serve in a foreign land. Indeed, travel had marked her from birth. Rather than presenting a baptismal certificate at her entrance, she had a sworn statement that she was born in Caruthursville, Missouri, on February 9, 1878 and baptized in Spotsville, Kentucky, then confirmed at age 12 at St. Ann in Terre Haute. Had her parents, Isabel and Joseph, been making a hasty trip through the Mississippi/Ohio...
Sister Rita Clare Gerardot
I have chosen to write my commentary on my mother’s birthday as she was the greatest influence in my life. Lillian Ternet was born in 1888, an only child. She lived her entire life in a small French settlement known as Besancon near Fort Wayne, Indiana, wrote Sister Rita Clare Gerardot in her commentary, which was given by Sister Ann Casper, for Sister Rita Clare Gerardot, who passed away on Monday, June 20, 2022, at Saint Mary-of-the-Woods, Indiana. Sister Rita...
Faces of our future: a new generation of Sisters of Providence
...in November 2014. Sister Anna currently lives in Asia with a local community of Sisters of Providence and ministers as an administrative assistant in one of our local ministries. Sister Anna returned to the U.S. this past June to renew her vows at the Woods and to participate in our Annual Meeting. Sister Emily TeKolste Sister Emily TeKolste professed her first vows at Saint Mary-of-the-Woods on Sunday, June 30. Sister Emily recently transitioned from teaching to ministry as a community...
A legacy of love, prayer and service
...functioning. A feeding tube was inserted and I thought I would be on it for the rest of my life. We prayed to Mother Theodore. And there is no doubt in my mind that I am one of her unpublished miracles. My main surgeon was Dr. Theodore Small and his address was 1840! I can’t wait to thank her personally!” Sister Alice Ann Rhinesmith Sister Alice Ann also noted that many of the sisters’ devotions that were begun by Mother...
Sister Rosemary Rafter (formerly Sister Rose Claire)
...Saint Mary-of-the-Woods College and a master’s degree in education from Indiana State University. By the time she earned her master’s in education, Rosemary had 17 years of a more practical kind of education under her belt: 17 years teaching in schools in Indiana, New Hampshire and Illinois. During those 17 years, she taught grades first and second, seventh and eighth. For six of those 17 years, Rosemary was both teacher and principal. Sister Rose Ann Eaton attested to Rosemary’s effectiveness...
Sister Connie Kramer
...clinic for poverty-level uninsured people which is housed on the first floor of a recycled school building at St. Ann Parish. In 2003, Sister Connie created an agency, Saint Ann Community Outreach Services of Terre Haute, which includes a parish food ministry and an emergency dental services program. These outreach programs have put a face on the Providence of God for thousands of people who face personal economic challenges in a seven-county area. Sister Connie serves as director of the...
Sister Helen Therese Conway
...Conway (right() with Sister Lawrence Ann Liston. For several years, she was the “go-to person” when the Mission Advancement office needed silverware wrapped in napkins for the donor dinner. She never liked to be idle, yet, one sister remarked that “she was always fearful that she would put somebody out or annoy them by her words or actions.” I doubt that happened very often! Annette Powell and her husband, who have attended Mass at Saint Mary’s for the last seven...
Sister Eugene Francis Keaveney
...Mary Ann Phelan in her commentary for Sister Eugene Francis, who passed away on Monday, Sept. 23, 2019, at Saint Mary-of-the-Woods. She was 93 years old and had been a Sister of Providence for 74 years. Sister Eugene Francis Keaveney Sister Mary Ann continued: Mary Elizabeth was baptized and attended elementary and high school at Saint Rose Parish in Chelsea, Mass. She graduated from Saint Rose High School in 1944 and entered the novitiate on Feb. 2, 1945. She spent...
February 2, 2025: Feast of the Presentation of the Lord
...child is destined for the fall and rise of many in Israel, and to be a sign that will be contradicted — and you yourself a sword will pierce — so that the thoughts of many hearts may be revealed.” There was also a prophetess, Anna, the daughter of Phanuel, of the tribe of Asher. She was advanced in years, having lived seven years with her husband after her marriage, and then as a widow until she was eighty-four. She...
Sister Alma Marie Earus
Sister Alma Marie Earus “Jesus said to them, ‘Let the children come to me, for the kingdom of God belongs to such as they.’” — (Mark10:14b) “Sister Alma Marie was an excellent teacher and loved the little children. Anytime she was out for playground duty, she was surrounded by little children just as Jesus was in today’s reading. She, like Jesus, wanted them to be there. She saw their faith and love of God,” said Sister Mary Ann Phelan in...
Ellen Baker-Longawa, Hammond, Indiana: “Good example is the best teacher.”
This Rooted for Tomorrow story was contributed by Ellen Baker-Longawa, Hammond, Indiana, for the 175th anniversary of the Sisters of Providence arriving in Indiana. My favorite Sister of Providence was Sr. Marie Annette Doody. Sr. Marie Annette was my teacher for both fifth and sixth grade at St. Joseph Grade School in Hammond, Indiana. I was sent to first grade when I was very young, mostly because I could read and write by the time I was four. As a...
Sister Mary Richard Griffith
Sister Mary Richard Griffith “Jesus called his disciples together and said to them: ‘You know how among the Gentiles those who seem to exercise authority lord it over them: their great ones make their importance felt.’” (Mark 10:42) “Can you in your wildest imagination see Sister Mary Richard as ‘lording it over anyone’ or ‘making her authority felt?’ I think not! Her greatness did indeed involve being a servant,” said Sister Ann Casper in her commentary for Sister Mary Richard...