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Election and inauguration reflections
...schools in Arkansas and Mississippi, freedom riders, and civil rights icons — the young and the old, all races and creeds who wept as Obama took the oath of office. And I remembered the faces and stories of people in the news media who were reporting the story but were moved beyond words and touched by the core by this transforming event. Sister Susan Paweski President Barack Obama! I was not sure during this long election that these would be...
Sister Lisa Stallings
...and situations they are in for the better and who are willing to work to transform other people for the better. I’m always aware of the goodness of people. Q: Any favorite vacation spots? A: Every summer I spend time going on a rollercoaster tour. It’s my absolute favorite thing to do on vacation. There’s a great park in Sandusky, Ohio. That’s my favorite spot. I go by myself and spend a day and go from one rollercoaster to the...
Many SPs sign Declaration of Life
...evoked by this particular case,” Sister Joan Slobig said. “There are many approaches to the issue, but as people of faith, our position flows out of our belief in the sanctity of human life. With this case, it’s hard to come to terms with the enormity of the violence. To be able to hold to your conviction that killing in any circumstance is wrong challenges our faith at the deepest levels. Yet you know when you sign the Declaration of...
Sister Barbara Bluntzer
...of projects with them. I didn’t like being hemmed in by having boundaries within the curriculum or with a certain number of pages to be accomplished. I liked to branch out.” Sister Barbara’s family came from Alsace, France, and settled in south Texas near the coast. When settlers set stakes in Texas in the early to mid-1800s, they would be given land through a Spanish land grant. Some of the other immigrants moved on toward San Antonio, but her ancestors...
Human Trafficking: Words from Sister Denise
...taking action against human trafficking. By extending the message to our SP members, associates, colleagues and friends we can have a much wider impact on the issue and all work in a planned, coordinated way to insure the focus has the widest, deepest impact possible. Sister Mary Jo Swift, a Daughters of Charity sister from San Antonio, Tex., will share information about trafficking and the actions to be taken to raise awareness about it and to combat it in regard...
Sister Jan Craven
...make a difference that has true, deep meaning, a lasting difference. “To be with this band of wild women is my idea of a great time. It is the ‘www,’ meaning wonderful, wild women; wild in the best sense of the word. They’re not afraid to take chances that are worth it, not afraid to take a risk, not afraid to make their mark on the world.” Favorites actress: Susan Sarandon movie: Sweet Magnolia hobby: crafts, cardmaking sport: ice skating...
Sister Jane Maher
Sister Jane Maher “Jesus said, ‘Go therefore to others in the name of God: Creator, Redeemer and Sanctifier. And remember I am with you always!’” (adapted Matthew 28:19-20) “Today we celebrate the life of an extraordinary woman — Sister Jane Maher. She was born Dorothy Jane 87 years ago in Indianapolis to William and Ethel Fisher Maher, both Hoosiers. She had three siblings, all deceased now. Sister Jane’s mother died when she was in the sixth grade, and years later...
Sister Ann Patrick McNulty
...or principal at St. Charles, Bloomington; St. Susanna, Plainfield; St. Matthew, St. Francis de Sales, St. Philip Neri and Holy Spirit School, Indianapolis. In Indianapolis, Sister Ann Patrick also ministered as a supervisor consultant with the Archdiocesan School Office, as a program manager for the Southeast Multi-Service Center and as the assistant director of the Adult Education Center. She returned to Saint Mary-of-the-Woods in 2001. “We began this service by hearing a treatise on Providence from the Gospel of Saint...
Sister Cecile Morse
...Louise that she should, too. But when the time came to enter, the friend backed out, so Mary Louise came by herself!” said Sister Adele. “The first Sister Cecile (Campeau) died shortly before Mary Louise entered the Congregation. She had asked that the name “Cecile,” patroness of musicians, be reserved for another sister who sang alto. And so, it happened. Mary Louise became Sister Cecile, pronouncing her first vows Aug. 15, 1937, and her perpetual vows Jan. 23, 1943. Because...
Sister Alice Hemans
...from the University of San Francisco. She entered the Congregation Aug. 16, 1991, and professed first and perpetual vows June 26, 1994, and Aug. 15, 1998, respectively. “Sister Alice came to know the Sisters of Providence when she was hired by Sister Kay Manley as a junior high teacher at St. Anthony School in Gardena, Calif.,” said Sister Denise. Sister Alice loved the sisters at St. Anthony and entered a discernment process culminating in her entrance in 1991. She experienced...
Sister Louise (Jerome) Leary
...seriously the daily challenges, she had some noticeable pleasures such as having her hair done, wearing color-related apparel, shopping with her sister or friends and even critiquing soap operas. But the best thing up to the day she died was her subscription to the Boston Pilot [diocesan newspaper]. She was a proper Bostonian to the end,” said Sister Ruth. The Mass of Christian Burial for Sister Louise was celebrated Jan. 6 with the Rev. Daniel Hopcus presiding. Sister Louise is...
Sister Grace Stewart
...she climbed aboard her electric cart. After an exchange of good wishes and gratitude with a visitor, she slowly traveled down a hallway, navigated another turn toward an even longer hall, then to the rear door of the Church of the Immaculate Conception. She turned into the church and quietly rode up the left aisle to a comfortable position as close to the sanctuary as she could get. All the while, her journey was silent. Her eyes were focused intently...