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Sister Jane Maher
...perpetual vows Aug. 15, 1940, and 1946, respectively. She earned a bachelor’s degree in education from Saint Mary-of-the-Woods College and a master’s degree in education from Indiana State University. Sister Jane ministered with middle-grade students, beginning in 1940 at St. Francis Xavier, Wilmette, Ill. In Illinois, she also ministered at St. Mary Carmelite, Joliet; St. Leo and Maternity BVM, Chicago; St. Joseph, Galesburg; and Immaculate Conception, Norwood Park. For three years she taught in California at St. Ambrose, Hollywood, and...
Sister Ann Patrick McNulty
...1942, and professed first and perpetual vows Aug. 15, 1944, and 1949, respectively. She earned a bachelor’s degree in education from Saint Mary-of-the-Woods College. From Indiana University she received a master’s degree in education administration and a doctorate in elementary education administration. Sister Ann Patrick commenced teaching in 1944 at Corpus Christi Grade School, Oklahoma City, Okla. She spent several years in California at St. Joseph, Hawthorne, and St. Elisabeth, Van Nuys. In Indiana, she ministered as either a teacher...
Sister Mary Evangelista Herber
...years in California at St. Elisabeth, Van Nuys, and St. Therese, Alhambra. From 1984 to 1988, Sister Mary Evangelista served in parish ministry at Holy Rosary/St. Patrick, Indianapolis. She returned to the Woods in 1988 and volunteered in a variety of capacities before beginning her ministry of prayer full time in 2004. “Vangie enjoyed having a good time and simple pleasures — parties, dancing, singing, being in nature, watching the birds, visiting with friends. These later years her loss of...
Sister Alice Hemans
...what life brings; attentive to the true joys and gifts of life; deeply appreciative of each day. We say goodbye to you as you often said goodbye to us: ‘Sun’s out. Surf’s up. Have fun!’” concluded Sister Denise. The Mass of Christian Burial for Sister Alice was celebrated June 30 with the Rev. Daniel Hopcus presiding. She is survived by her mother Margaret Hemans of California; her sister Kathryn Mescall, Foster City, Calif.; and a brother James of Mukilteo, Wash....
Sister Marie McCarthy awarded first-ever Guerin Outreach Ministries Leadership and Advocacy Award
...and its neighboring communities. Providence in the Desert offers English as a Second Language instruction for adults and music lessons for children to residents of the Coachella Valley in Southern California. “Sister Marie has supported the beginning work of Guerin Outreach Ministries, taking on the lead role to structure and incorporate this group of ministries. She has advocated for our funding, been our voice to the General Council and consistently explained to all who were questioning why this group of...
Sister Claudia Lewis
...taught at St. Columbkille, St. Mel, St. Agnes, St. Angela, Maternity BVM and St. Mark, Chicago; and Marywood, Evanston. She spent two years in Massachusetts at St. Polycarp, Somerville, and Sacred Heart, Malden. Sister Claudia taught several years in California at St. Anthony, Gardena; St. Elisabeth, Van Nuys; St. Joseph, Hawthorne; St. Ambrose, Hollywood; and St. Edward, Dana Point. Sister Claudia also ministered two years in Texas at St. John, Robston. Sister Claudia returned to the Woods in 1983 and...
Mother, grandmother and sister?
...first marriage. They are young adults now and live in Las Vegas, and Sister Marilú is a great-grandmother to a one-year-old boy. Her son has remarried and they have four younger children; they live in southern California about 90 minutes from Sister Marilú, who ministers as the director of the Office of Worship for the Diocese of San Bernardino. She doesn’t feel different as a Sister of Providence, who happens also to be a mother and widow, because, as she...
SPs through the years
...in 1987. A Sister of Providence in ministry. Sister Betty Paul enjoys a break with youngsters at a Youth Summer Camp in 1978. Sister Jeanette Lucinio, SP, with her first grade class at St. Therese School in Alhambra, California, in 1963. A Sister of Providence looking out toward the Church of the Immaculate Conception at Saint Mary-of-the-Woods, Indiana. Sisters Alma Louise Mescher (left) and Mary Jean Mark ministered in the summer of 1965 in the SCOPE Project in Albany, Ga....
Three Sisters of Providence celebrate their 25th anniversary
...bachelor’s degree in dogma from Theologate Fu Jen University and she received a master’s degree in special education from Saint Rose College. Ministries elsewhere Shalu, Taiwan: campus minister, Providence University (1989-1993). Yuching, Tainan County, Taiwan: director and executive director, St. Theresa Opportunity Center (1997-2007). Taiwan: chief executive officer, Schools for the Developmentally Challenged (2008-2009). Sister Marilu Covani is a native of Rosario, Argentina. She currently ministers as director of worship for the Diocese of San Bernardino in California. Sister Marilu...
Sister Beth Kelso (formerly Sister Thomas Aquinas)
...a bachelor’s degree in English from Saint Mary of the Woods College; a master’s degree in Latin from Loyola University, Chicago; and a master’s degree in Spanish from Indiana University, Bloomington. Beth was justifiably proud that she taught for 30 years in our high schools and academies in Indiana, Illinois, Massachusetts, California and Washington, D.C. She ministered at Saint Mary of the Woods College in the resident and the Women’s External Degree programs for another 20 years. After retiring from...
Sister Mildred Anne Dudine
...first and her final profession on Aug. 15, in 1937 and 1943, respectively. She earned a bachelor’s degree in music education from Saint Mary-of-the-Woods College. Sister Mildred Anne ministered as a music teacher for 66 years. She taught in schools in Evanston, Chicago, Galesburg and River Grove in Illinois; in Anaheim, Hawthorne, Alhambra, Gardena and Hollywood in California; in Fort Wayne, Terre Haute, Indianapolis, Peru, Evansville and Jasper in Indiana and in Washington, D.C. “One sister recalled looking forward to...
What do sisters do all day?
...College, Woods Day Care/Pre-School, Providence Cristo Rey High School in Indianapolis and Guerin Prep High School outside of Chicago. The outside of Providence Cristo Rey High School in Indianapolis, a sponsored institution of the Sisters of Providence. It is a Catholic, coeducational, college-preparatory secondary school offering a unique educational experience to students with economic need. Some of our sisters work in the schools. We also have Guerin Outreach Ministries. These ministries include teaching migrant workers in California how to speak...