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Hope and healing for Earth: Earth Day 2012
...21, 2012. Our website gives a detailed outline of the events of the day, and we welcome all our friends and neighbors to join us! The first celebration of Earth Day occurred in the U.S. on April 22, 1970. It was the brainchild of Gaylord Nelson, then a U.S. senator representing the state of Wisconsin. He conceived the idea of Earth Day as result of witnessing the effects of a massive oil spill off the coast of Santa Barbara, Calif....
Sister Anji Fan
...know her God at a deeper level. I would tell her to listen to that call inside herself and explore her opportunities. Prayer is very important,” she said. Now a student at the University of San Francisco, Sister Anji is contemplating a career as a math teacher, following in her father’s footsteps. But she is creating her own path of footsteps by remaining committed to her faith, to serving God and to her life as a Sister of Providence. “It...
Sister Charles Van Hoy awarded the Edward N. Howard Literacy Award
...length of service in literacy-related activities, impact beyond the Wabash Valley and the nominee’s directly tutoring individuals. The Coalition was impressed with S. Charles’ impact on children and particularly on those struggling to learn, said Susan Jakaitis, events coordinator and treasurer for the Wabash Valley Literacy Coalition. S. Charles has spent much of her life’s ministry in literacy-related fields from teacher, to an administrator of an adult literacy program to her current position of more than two years as a...
Sister Ann Margaret O’Hara
...who had been burned out,” she said. Sister Ann Margaret’s time and experience at Immaculata helped define the path for her future. “You just got into the flavor of the nationality and the internationality. We had students in our college from 27 different countries. For me, that ministry experience was most transforming,” she said. While at Immaculata, she was elected president of The Sisters’ Council and served on numerous archdiocesan committees where she experienced discrimination and was “put down” as...
Sister Mary Julia Cummings
Sister Mary Julia Cummings “Yahweh is my shepherd, I lack nothing.” (Psalm 23:1) “Psalm 23 was the psalm we sang at Liturgy this morning for the Feast of All Souls, and it seems appropriate to pray it again this afternoon. The Feast of All Souls is not a time for mourning, but a time for remembering, and this afternoon we remember Sister Mary Julia Cummings, who died last Wednesday, Oct. 28,” said Sister Margaret Quinlan in her commentary for Sister...
Sister Jean Karier
...people I have lived with — family and Sisters of Providence,” read Sister Jeanne Knoerle. Sister Jeanne read the words of Sister Jean Karier, who had prepared her own commentary. Sister Jean died March 7. Cecilia Susan Karier was born Sept. 16, 1914, in Evanston, Ill., the oldest of 10 children of John and Margaret (Linster) Karier. She attended St. Mel Grade School, Chicago. “I had hoped to attend Providence High School [Chicago] which has just opened,” wrote Sister Jean....
St. Anne Shell Chapel
...windows, dedicated to Saint Anne, show motifs of books and writing quills. “Sancta Anne” means ‘Saint Anne” in Latin. The windows are dedicated to Saint Anne. The beautiful stained glass windows feature coral and shell motifs. This beautiful metal light fixture hangs from the ceiling. Light from one of the stained glass windows falls on the intricately tiled floor, which features lovely concentric shell shapes. The floor of Saint Anne Shell Chapel has pretty floral patterns on the tile floor....
Mother Theodore dioramas
...safe passage in a raging storm. “Fire of 1889”. No original. A fire completely destroys all of the first Providence Convent on Feb. 7, 1889. Before. Original title/caption: Another Dream of Mother Theodore is Realized — Workmen Place Foundations of the Present Chapel of the Immaculate Conception. “Church of the Immaculate Conception”. After: additional colors, landscape and sand added. Under the watchful eye of the sisters, workers lay the foundation for the present Church of the Immaculate Conception in 1885....
Sister Regina Mary Wallace
...respect of thousands of Taiwanese students; admiration from her colleagues and appreciation from the bishops of the Diocese of Taichung. Following her retirement from teaching, Sister Regina Mary was asked by the newly appointed Bishop Martin Su to be his English secretary. He provided her with a driver who would transport her to and from the Diocesan Center. She was even given a bedroom there to rest and refresh herself during the day. Bishop Su asked Sister Regina Mary to...
A Prayer by Sister Helen Prejean, CSJ
...in the name of justice, in the name of peace. Jesus, our brother, you suffered execution at the hands of the state but you did not let hatred overcome you. Help us to reach out to victims of violence so that our enduring love may help them heal. Holy Spirit of God, You strengthen us in the struggle for justice. Help us to work tirelessly for the abolition of state-sanctioned death and to renew our society in its very heart...
Prayer of Reunion
...as part of the prayer. We unite with all our sisters and all who share the charism of Providence, wherever they may be, to praise you, our living God, present to us in your Word, Jesus Christ, holy, wise, humble, amiable and merciful. We give, we consecrate and immolate ourselves to you and your loving service. Deign, O God, to send your Spirit to receive, possess, purify, enlighten and sanctify our hearts. O Divine Jesus, keep us yours always. Amen...
Peruvian ministry artifacts on display in Heritage Museum
Responding to a pope’s request in the early 1960s to minister in Latin America, the Sisters of Providence of Saint Mary-of-the-Woods began a mission in Arequipa, Peru, when three sisters journeyed there to minister at the all-boys Colegio de San Jose. The original three sisters, and others who joined them later, stayed about 12 years until political and military upheaval prompted the sisters to leave after the 1975 school year. When they returned, they brought with them several artifacts that...