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Sister Mary Concetta Banez
...was awarded a scholarship each year of high school and graduated Magna Cum Laude with a bachelor’s degree in English from the University of Santo Tomas in Manila in 1958. In later years, she went on to earn a master’s degree in theology from Villanova University and a master’s degree in School Administration from Loyola Marymount University in Los Angeles. Asuncion became a candidate and postulant in a Benedictine community in the Philippines in 1958, but after two years, she...
Celebrate 2016 with the SPs!
...Joni is from San Antonio, Texas. She currently ministers as the athletic director and physical education/religion teacher at Saint Patrick school in Terre Haute, Indiana. We welcomed Postulant Emily TeKolste of Indianapolis, Indiana, who entered the Sisters of Providence September 7, 2016. She joins eight other women in the initial formation in our community. In 2016 our Providential God called 10 daughters of Mother Theodore home. We offer prayers for Sisters Regina Therese Shaughnessy, Marilyn Rose Ginder, Amata Dugan, Mary...
Thirty Sisters of Providence celebrate Senior Jubilees
...Patrice, entered the Congregation on July 22, 1956, from Our Lady of Angels, Hillsborough, Calif. She professed perpetual vows on Aug. 15, 1964. She graduated from Saint Mary-of-the-Woods College with a bachelor’s degree in mathematics. She earned her master’s degree in administration from the University of Notre Dame, and another master’s degree in counseling psychology from Santa Clara University. Her Indiana ministries included: Saint Mary-of-the-Woods: Teacher, Aspirancy (1959-61), Saint Mary-of-the-Woods: Treasurer/Business Manager for Motherhouse Operations, Sacred Heart Province (1974-82), New...
Remembering Sisters Mary Loyola Bender and Ann Kevin O’Connor
...general superior. If a sacristan was not appointed, he would request a change.” Sister Ann continued, “Many recall having their eyes riveted on Mary Loyola as she glided her way gracefully around the sanctuary, one by one lighting the candles for Mass or for Benediction … She always appeared unflustered, calm and steady.” Following this ministry, Sister Mary Loyola served as the administrator of Providence Retirement Home, located in New Albany, for 10 years, before ministering as director of maintenance...
Justice commission focuses on eco-justice
...that facilitate the well-being of all in the home.) The group identified four sub-focus areas in dire need of attention: climate change, water, food supply/food security, and migrant workers. Faithful to past work of the Congregation, the JCC suggested these areas be addressed through the lens of three filters: racism, women and children and investments. Members of the Justice Coordinating Commission include Andrea Beyke (Saint Mary-of-the-Woods College); Providence Associates Barbara Cottrell, Ben Kite, Marsha McCarty, Jeanne Rewa, and Susan Weber;...
Sister Caroline Hatch
...and fondness by every adult who ever had the honor of being your student. You taught generations of my family. You sang in choir with my mother. You encouraged me to sing loud and proud when you gave me a solo at Sunday Mass when I was 6 years old. When I thought I did poorly because all the adults were crying, you told me they were crying because it was so beautiful. I hung on every word you said....
The Smile of a Sister: Where a Life of Love Began
...life offered a way of totally loving God. That love of God would flow over to many people through the various ministries in which I would be involved over the years. I had imagined that I would always remain a teacher of primary children — I loved this so very much. But, God’s Providence led me to various administrative positions in higher education and at diocesan levels. I’ve had such a rich life experience as I encountered persons from nearly...
Healing difficult relationships through writing
...Norbert played the guitar and sang songs in which he shared his experiences of abuse as a child, and the lifelong emotional aftermath.” Hyatt also played the harp while the retreat participants wrote, which Jeanne says was very soothing. Jeanne says that she still uses the techniques she learned on this retreat. “It is not easy to talk to others about difficult, complex relationships, especially when the relationship is with a parent or someone else that you were very close...
‘In the Footsteps of a Saint’
...March 18 ceremony. At 2 p.m., Providence Associate Sandra Hartleib will present “In Her Own Words,” a dramatic presentation based on “The Journals and Letters of Mother Theodore.” Mass will take place at 4 p.m., with Bishop Charles C. Thompson serving as the celebrant, and a dedication of a statue of Saint Mother Theodore Guerin will take place following Mass. The statue was sculpted by Jasper resident Nick Ring. Sisters of Providence who entered from Dubois and Spencer Counties Notes:...
Sisters to participate in panel discussion of documentary
...directed, “Life After Life,” a film about three men who had been incarcerated at San Quentin State Prison in California. The documentary shows how the men attempted to adapt to the outside world after being paroled. Amy said she thought about the Sisters of Providence and how many of the sisters minister with those who are incarcerated at the Federal Correctional Institution in Terre Haute. Amy – who spent time volunteering at Owens Hall as a phone operator – remembered...
Easter Prayer
...O love, O charity beyond all telling, to ransom a slave you gave away your Son! O happy fault, that earned so great, so glorious a Redeemer! May the sanctifying power of this Easter season dispel wickedness, wash faults away, restore innocence to the fallen, and joy to mourners, drive out hatred, foster concord and bring down the mighty. May this pillar of fire, our Paschal Candle, which glows for God’s honor, be never dimmed by the sharing of its...
HOPE summer 2017 — I’ll meet you in the field
...key decisions about the conversation … Disrupting apathy and injustice: Sister Tracey Horan and World Meeting of Popular Movements “Now, we must all become disruptors.” Bishop Robert McElroy of San Diego addressed a crowd of nearly 600 clergy, women religious, and grassroots activists at the first regional meeting of the World Meeting of Popular Movements. Bishop McElroy called on them to disrupt apathy and injustice, racism and rejection of the stranger. “This is not a moment for us to stay...