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...on September 14, 2000. Her first vows took place in 2003 and final vows in 2008. Her first ministry with the Congregation was as Director of Adult Faith Formation at San Francisco Solano Parish in Rancho Santa Margarita, California. She also ministered as a technology teacher at St. Sylvester’s Elementary/Middle School in Chicago before serving as Campus Minister and Theology Teacher at Guerin Prep High School. She also taught Bible as Literature and English Language classes at Providence University for...

...level. She also ministered as a principal at three different Catholic Schools. Sister Maureen has also ministered in various diocesan administration positions and was the author of the Congregation’s community history fourth volume book. Currently, she ministers in the Archives Department as a community historian. Sister Maureen said she enjoys “beatifying the Providence Hall courtyard by gardening and planting flowers.” Complete list of ministries In California: teacher, St. Ambrose, Hollywood (1965-1966); teacher, St. Joseph, Hawthorne (1966-1969); principal, St. Joseph, Hawthorne...

...easy. But it is also a great gift. I (and my sisters) learn to balance this different reality as circumstances develop.” Sister Marilú had many friends who were sisters in other congregations. Her connection with the Sisters of Providence came while she was attending medical school in Michigan. Sister Susan Dinnin was working with African-Americans in a Detroit-area parish, and Sister Marilú also was involved in parish work. Sister Susan invited Sister Marilú to gatherings and eventually to Saint Mary-of-the-Woods....

...have a special message on the back of a label; my label last Saturday was the word ‘GORGEOUS,’ so I looked out at the autumn colored trees and whispered: ‘You are gorgeous; thank you for being you.’” On the opposite end of the question is Sister Janice Smith, “NO! I don’t look forward to being stickered. I am always so afraid that I will forget to go get them that it generally is another stressor to me. But it does help...

...of enforcement of some vital USDA Organic standards to protect soil health and animal welfare, organic farmers rallied together to fight to protect the integrity of the organic label. This is what originally motivated WVC Farm Manager John-Michael Elmore to apply for this certification. “We (WVC) are already certified organic, so this became an extension of that. USDA organic certification is getting manipulated by large agri-businesses, and doesn’t fully represent the original intent of the organic movement,” John-Michael said. “While it’s still an important regulatory standard,...

...Industry Consider buying second hand clothing, repairing and repurposing clothing, participating in a clothing swap, etc. Some stores that sell Fair Trade clothing include Athleta, Linden Leaf Gifts, Mata Traders, and MarketPlace: Handwork of India, Patagonia. Some brands such as Patagonia have a second-hand label – theirs is Worn Well. Check other stores and buy second hand through them. For tips on being fashionable inexpensively, click here. Read The Conscious Closet: A Revolutionary Guide to Looking Good While Doing Good...

...background of abortion, climate change and the culture of exclusion, it is clear that the faith-filled voter who seeks to be guided by Catholic social teaching is confronted by compelling moral claims that cut across the partisan and cultural divides of our nation. The pathway from these crosscutting moral claims to decisions on particular candidates is not a direct and singular one in Catholic teaching, rooted in one issue. For this reason, the drive to label a single issue preeminent...

...Studies, University of Texas, San Antonio (1975-83); Professor of ESL, Linguistics, Bicultural Bilingual Studies, University of Texas, San Antonio (1983-95); Professor, University of Texas (1996-2000); Professor Emerita, University of Texas (2000-04); ESL Consultant (2003-04); Professor Emerita, University of Texas, San Antonio (2007-2022); Outreach Ministry/Lead Sacristan, Villa de San Antonio, San Antonio (2012-21); Co-Director of Resident Council, Villa de San Antonio, San Antonio (2021-22). In Florida: ESL Consultant (2003-04). In Taiwan: Lecturer, English as a Foreign Language, Providence College, Taichung (1983)....

...Parish, San Francisco, California. She professed first vows on July 13, 2003, and final vows on June 29, 2008. She earned a bachelor’s degree in Greek and Latin from the University of Maryland and a master’s degree in Greek and Latin from Ohio State University. Sister Janice also has a master’s of theological studies from the Franciscan School of Theology, Berkeley, California. Her ministries include: In California: Director of Adult Education and Faith Formation, San Francisco Solano Parish, Rancho Santa...

...located and she served as pastoral coordinator of Hispanic Ministry for the Archdiocese of Los Angeles, San Gabriel Region, and later at the archdiocesan office of worship. During those years she obtained an master’s degree in religious studies. By the time Sister Marilú moved to work in the pastoral center in the Diocese of San Bernardino in 1998, she had obtained 18 credit hours toward a master’s degree in clinical psychology. She had planned with the community support to open...

...in the Los Angeles area and for another 11 years served as Religious Education coordinator in San Antonio, Texas and Hollister, California. For 25 years she ministered as a hospital chaplain, 22 years among the poor, mostly Hispanic and black population in the South Los Angeles area and then three years as a substitute/per diem chaplain at Providence Holy Cross in Mission Hills, California. Sister Martha graduated from Saint Mary-of-the-Woods College with a bachelor’s degree in elementary education and received...

...honor of Sister Mary Catherine to the Sisters of Providence of Saint Mary-of-the-Woods. We welcome you to share your memories of Sister Mary Catherine in the comment section below. Sister Mary Catherine “Marikay” Duffy (formerly Sister Marie Michele) Complete Ministry In Illinois: Teacher, St. Athanasius, Evanston (1955-56); Teacher, Our Lady of Mercy, Chicago (1956-58); Teacher, St. Sylvester, Chicago (1958-61). In California: Teacher, St. Joseph, Hawthorne (1961-64). In the country of Peru: Teacher/Principal, Colegio San Jose, Arequipa (1964-69); Principal, Colegio San...