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Mission to the Chinese historical photos
The first band of China missionaries receives missionary crosses in the sanctuary of the Church of the Immaculate Conception Sept. 29, 1920. The new administration building for Providence College was begun in 1962. The college remained located in Taichung until 1987. Today, Providence University is located in Shalu, Taiwan. Each year on Oct. 29, Sisters of Providence and Providence Sister-Catechists gather at Mother Marie Gratia’s grave. Mother Marie Gratia Luking entered the Sisters of Providence Sept. 5, 1906. She was...
Firmly rooted like the Woods
...To those ends, Sister Maureen taught in Indianapolis, California, Chicago, Texas and Oregon. She served as a principal in California and Illinois. Her experience includes Sisters of Providence provincial administration, working in diocesan administration and adult education. She now serves as director of Ministry Formation and defender of the bond in the Tribunal of the Archdiocese of Portland, as well as part-time staff in the Sisters of Providence Archives. “So you see,” she said, smiling, “I’m still an educator.” Sister...
Preparing for perpetual vows: Sister Janice Smith finds wholeness
...moved to California and landed a lucrative job with Hewlett-Packard. Yes, on the surface, she appeared to have everything. Her spiritual life, however, was almost nonexistent. Due to the strong Catholic tradition in her family, Sister Janice eventually found her way to a parish in Rancho Santa Margarita, Calif., where Sister Barbara Reder served as pastoral associate. Slowly but surely, Sister Barbara encouraged Sister Janice to get more involved in the parish. This involvement included teaching, pastoral care and serving...
A God-graced moment
...unfold, and we are caught up in the thrill of knowing this solemnity will finally reveal the holiness and sainthood of Mother Theodore Guerin to a world in need of heroes and heroines of faith and justice. At long last the moment we have been waiting for so long comes: “Santa Teodora Guerin,” the Pope states publicly, and we look up as our beloved Mother Theodore’s banner flutters above us. Tears well in our eyes and stream down our faces...
Four Sisters of Providence celebrate their 50th anniversary
...Holy Cross School (1972-1979); St. Lawrence School (1990-1991); instructor and outreach ministry, Hispanic Education Center (1991-2006). Ministries elsewhere: Arequipa, Peru: teacher, Colegio San Jose (1970). Fort Yates, N.D.: teacher, Catholic Indian Mission (1979-1981). Chicago: teacher, Maternity BVM (1981-1989). For more information The Sisters of Providence, a Congregation of nearly 400 women religious, have their motherhouse at Saint Mary-of-the-Woods, located northwest of Terre Haute, Ind. Saint Mother Theodore Guerin founded the Sisters of Providence at Saint Mary-of-the-Woods in 1840. Today, Sisters...
Treasures from Archives: Father Goossens
...noted the prolonged delay, thought he was having difficulty opening the Tabernacle door, until with hesitant step he left the sanctuary and did not return. In the sacristy he suffered an acute coronary attack. The nurses hastened to give every attention while awaiting the ambulance. …” Father Goossens died early in the morning of Sept. 22, 1959, at St. Anthony Hospital in Terre Haute, Ind. The celebrant for his funeral Mass was his brother, the Very Rev. Msgr. Victor L....
Treasures from Archives: Sister St. Francis Xavier’s slippers
...who were traveling with her, Mother Sallion, speaking to the captain about the disposition to be made of her remains after she expired.” When I read that these slippers were “preserved in the museum” I was pretty excited. I figured the museum that Sister Mary Borromeo referred to was in old Foley Hall. So I contacted Sister Mary Ryan, archivist, and she found the archival box containing these slippers in the inner sanctum of Archives! Mother Sallion didn’t know the...
Building the Blessed Sacrament Chapel
Another foray into the inner sanctum of Archives has produced another gem. In the Properties/Buildings/Shrines area is a large Hollinger box with a plethora of information about the Blessed Sacrament Chapel. One of the folders within that box contains invoices and other communications regarding the building of this gorgeous chapel. The invoice that particularly struck me was the one dated Aug. 29, 1923, from the Daprato Statuary Company’s Chicago studio. This was the bill for the 8,000-pound block of Carrara...
Sister Eileen Ann Kelley
...her sister, Evelyn. In closing, Sister Mary Ann said, “I feel a little like the evangelist who said that there are many other things I could say about Eileen Ann, but she would want us to move on. Words from the Communion Hymn we sang shortly after learning about Sister Eileen Ann’s death Saturday morning sum up well how she lived her life: ‘We walk by faith, and not by sight: No gracious words we hear Of him who spoke...
Joni has an “overwhelming feeling to serve”
...decided to go to the University of the Incarnate Word in San Antonio, Texas because she wanted to be around religious sisters. However, she got busy with her studies, playing on the basketball team and traveling so she didn’t make time for church. “I put the thought of the sisters out of my mind and pursued the materialistic things in life. I did, however, purposely choose classes that were taught by the sisters,” said Joni. After graduation, she started teaching....
Sister Jean Michele Monaghan (formerly Sister John Michele)
...was asked to name a turning point which affected her adult spiritual life. Her response: ‘Well, nothing jumps out at me!’ In 1966 Jean Michele pronounced first vows and made her final profession in 1969. Her ministry began at St. Francis Cabrini parish in Crestline, California, where for six years she taught CCD and assumed various parish duties, with the glorious San Bernardino Mountains as a backdrop. Returning to the Midwest, Jean served with S. Charlotte Wohlhieter as Community Representative...
Sister Diane Ris (formerly Sister Martin Therese)
...and blessing by sharing Saint Mother Theodore Guerin’s relic which she carried with her. “She desired to be a healing, loving, Christ presence with all whom she encountered,” Sister Mary said. With pleasure and enthusiasm, Diane accepted the invitation to complete the latest biography of Saint Mother Theodore, begun by Sister Joseph Eleanor Ryan who died in 1991. Sister Diane loved working on this book. Her small writing room was a sanctuary, a place of discovery and communing with her...