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...on her list. Two of her three brothers had already entered religious life. Her brother J. William became a diocesan priest, but spent his priestly life in the Diocese of Corpus Christi, Texas. Her brother Rex became a Holy Cross Brother, serving many years as a missionary in Africa. She professed first vows on January 23, 1949, and perpetual vows on January 23, 1954. As almost every Sister of Providence in the 1940s, she began her ministerial life as a...

...65 years ago, on September 18, 1961, that I met Mary! That day 66 young women walked through the doors of our novitiate building. It was in these early days that I really became good friends with Mary. Catching up, from left, Sisters Mary Jeanine Schubert, Susan Dinnin and Peggy Lynch. Our study hall was on the bottom floor of Owens Hall, now known as St. Mary’s Senior Living. It was a very large room – and our desks were...

...writings of Mother Theodore. (The Positio, which means statement, is a documented account of a holy person such as Mother Theodore. There are two statements related to Mother Theodore’s Cause — Positio Super Virtutibus (Statement on Heroic Virtues) and Positio Super Miraculo (Statement on the Miracle). May 12, 1988 Vatican historical consultants vote unanimously to approve the Positio. The approval affirms that the information in the Positio is sufficient to judge the sanctity of Mother Theodore. Feb. 15, 1992 Vatican theologians approve...

...in a festive hotel in DC. More details to come. STAY TUNED! Notice There are no upcoming events. Submit an alumni event Immaculata, Class of ’74 – “Snowball” (Jan – Mar) Birthday Party Class notes Roswitha (Lang) Case Class of 1955 Roswitha Lang Case Immaculata Seminary Class of 1955 Dunblane Hall and High School I have lived in California since 1965 in San Francisco, Oakland, Fresno and now 36 years in Benicia, a beautiful little town on the Carquinez Straits...

...year at St. John, Robstown, Texas. In 1976, she began a new ministry when she enrolled in CPE classes at Sutter Hospital, Sacramento, Calif. For 15 years she ministered as a chaplain at Mercy San Juan Hospital, Carmichael, Calif. She retired in 1993 and provided school service at St. Anthony, Gardena, Calif., for the next 12 years. “Sister Agnes was a good companion — loved to cook and loved to party. She was blessed with a wonderful memory and a...

...online and we would bring fresh produce, eggs, meat, cheese and other goodies right to their car. Later we expanded our services and began meeting customers with their orders on Wednesdays in Terre Haute in the St. Patrick’s Catholic Church parking lot. Although the Farm Store officially re-opened to customers on July 15, we continue to offer curbside service and weekly in-town pick up. We also regularly supply produce, flowers and eggs to local businesses including Baesler’s Market, Bar Bosco...

We asked Providence Associates from around the country to tell us about an issue in “their own backyard” that they are passionate about. Here several Providence Associates share about a need and how they are responding. They tell how their collaboration with the Sisters of Providence supports them in these efforts and offer advice to all of us in how we can help. Providence Associate Sandy Wickware, center, speaks with Sisters Jacquelyn Hoffman, left, and Rosemary Schmalz, right. Sandra Wickware...

...Lawyer, Archdiocesan Tribunal (1995-98), Los Angeles: Canon Lawyer, Archdiocesan Tribunal (1998-2000), Orange, Calif.: Canon Lawyer, Diocese of Orange/Office of Canonical Services, Marywood Center (2000-03), Indianapolis: Canon Lawyer, Archdiocesan Tribunal/Teacher, Hispanic Education Center (2003), Indianapolis: Canon Lawyer, Archdiocesan Tribunal (2004), Beech Grove, Ind.: Canon Lawyer, Archdiocesan Tribunal (Indianapolis) /Visitor, St. Francis Hospital (2005-06), Beech Grove, Ind.: Visitor/Spiritual Director, St. Francis Hospital (2006-08), Indianapolis: Judge, Metropolitan Tribunal (Archdiocese of Indianapolis)/Spiritual Direction (2008), Saint Mary-of-the-Woods, Ind.: Minister of Care/Spiritual Direction, Health Care Services...

...of Worcester (1998-2005). In North Carolina: Northern Regional Coordinator for the Office of Faith Formation, Diocese of Charlotte located in Greensboro (2006-preent). In Connecticut: Associate Director, Diocesan Office of Youth Ministry of Norwich (1989-1994); Acting Director, Diocesan Office of Youth Ministry, Uncasville (1994-96); Associate Director, Diocesan Office of Youth and Religious Education, Uncasville (1996-97); Associate Director, Diocesan Office for Faith Formation, Uncasville (1997-98). Sister Martha Rojo, formerly Sister Maria Cruz, was born in Van Nuys, California. Currently, she ministers as...

...order, and developing a special gray habit to accommodate the dusty climate. After a special missionary blessing from then-Archbishop Paul Schulte, they were off. Sister Florence Norton Over the next 12 years, 12 sisters in total would minister at the all-boys Colegio de San José, running the elementary school and teaching the primary grades. They worked in collaboration with priests from the Chicago Province of the Society of Jesus (Jesuits), who had founded the Arequipa mission. One of these sister-missionaries...

...offering hospitality to retreatants and providing encouragement and support to the staff, many of whom were Mexican immigrants, and in what little spare time she had, would tutor many of them to learn English. Her seven years at Marywood flew by and the Congregation was opening Casa Providencia, a house in Los Angeles for Hispanic women who might be interested in religious life. Working together with Sister Marilu Covani, Bernadette threw herself into this ne ministry, offering support and encouragement...

...of the Immaculate Conception. Prior to 1964, young women who were entering the novitiate dressed in wedding dresses and received the holy habit during the liturgy of entrance. Opening of New Dining Room in Providence Hall, Saint Mary-of-the-Woods. Left to right: Sisters Marie Angela Bannon, Francis Eileen Bannon, Agnes Carolyn Willwerth, Ann Healy. Sister Martha Rojo ministers as a director of religious education in a parish in San Antonio, Texas (1984). Mother Mary Pius Regnier and Sister Loretta Schafer, both...