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Sister Patricia Geis (formerly Sister Anna Marie)
...We welcome you to share your memories of Sister Patricia in the comment section below. Sister Patricia Geis (formerly Sister Anna Marie) Complete Ministry In Indiana: Teacher, Annunciation, Brazil (1958-64); Teacher, St. John, Loogootee (1964-67); Prayer, Saint Mary-of-the-Woods (2020-23). In Illinois: Teacher, Immaculate Conception, Chicago (1955-58); Teacher/Principal, St. Mary Carmelite, Joliet (1967-71); Teacher, St. Francis Xavier, Wilmette (1972-73); Teacher, St. Agnes, Chicago (1973-76); Teacher, Our Lady of Hope, Rosemont (1979-80); Teacher, St. Cornelius, Chicago (1980-81); Director, St. Columbkille Day Nursery,...
Sister Jeanette (Margaret Therese) Flaherty
...a bachelor’s degree in education from Saint Mary-of-the-Woods College, a master’s degree in school business management from Northern Illinois University and a master’s degree in theological studies from Catholic Theological Union, Chicago. Sister Jeanette commenced teaching at St. Jude, Fort Wayne, Ind. Her other Indiana classrooms were Cathedral Grade School, Indianapolis, and St. Paul, Sellersburg. In Illinois, she ministered at St. Mel-Holy Ghost and St. Mel, Chicago, and St. Dennis, Lockport. She also taught on the East Coast at St....
Sister Michaela Galvin
...Chicago (1946); Teacher, Maternity BVM, Chicago (1946-50); Teacher, St. Leo, Chicago (1951-54); Teacher, St. Andrew, Chicago (1958-62); Campus Director, Mother Theodore Guerin High School, River Grove (1988-91); Permanent Substitute Teacher/Facilities Manager, Mother Theodore Guerin High School, River Grove (1991-98); Permanent Substitute, Chicago (1998-2000). In Massachusetts: Teacher, St. Rose, Chelsea (1954-57); Classes Principal, Cheverus High School, Malden (1968-70); Teacher, Cheverus, Malden (1970-72); Assistant Principal/Teacher, Cheverus, Malden (1986-88). In Texas: Teacher, St. John, Robstown (1957-58). In Indiana: Teacher, Washington Catholic High School,...
Sculptures, picnics, Sisters of Providence and Providence Associates
From left, Providence Associates Sheila Donis, Teresa Clark and Peggy Balensuela stand in front of Teresa’s sculpture of Pope John Paul II at Resurrection Cemetery in Chicago. Twelve Sisters of Providence and Providence Associates traveled from Saint Mary-of-the-Woods to Chicago on Memorial Day weekend with a fun picnic on the way. We wanted to support our friend and Providence Associate, Teresa Clark. Teresa is an amazing sculptor. Her most recent work was dedicated at Resurrection Cemetery in Chicago on May...
Sister Mary Cecile Grojean
...We welcome you to share your memories of Sister Mary Cecile in the comment section below. Sister Mary Cecile Grojean Teacher for 39 years in schools in Indiana, Illinois, California and Maryland. In Indiana: St. Paul, Sellersburg (1952-54); Sacred Heart, Terre Haute (1956-57; 1968-70); St. Patrick, Terre Haute (1964-68). In Illinois: St. Leo, Chicago (1957-63); St. Andrew, Chicago (1970-80); St. Agnes, Chicago (1980-87); Jesus our Brother School (1987-90). In California: St. Anthony, Gardena (1963-64). In Maryland: St. Clement, Lansdowne (1954-56)....
Sister Loretta Picucci (Formerly Sister Loretta Joseph)
...Teacher, Holy Cross, Indianapolis (1977-81); Cook, Providence Retirement Home, New Albany (1991-92); Prayer, Saint Mary-of-the-Woods (2020-23). In Washington, D.C.: Teacher, Dunblane (1968-70). In Illinois: Teacher, St. Mel, Chicago (1972-77); Assistant Director, St. Columbkille Day Nursery, Chicago (1981-83); Family Care Aide, Family Care Services, Chicago (1994-99). In California: Teacher, South Central Los Angeles Ministry Project (1999-2003); Teacher, Providence in the Desert, Indio (2003-04); Hispanic Ministry, Providence in the Desert, Coachella (2004-18). In Mississippi: Outreach Service Minister, Sacred Heart Mission, Tunica (1983-91)....
Oral history: Sister Patricia Geis, a life of adventures and little ones
...raised Catholic in a very devout home. Before she began school she knew about God, knew her prayers, and could make the sign of the cross. She lived at home in Chicago and attended school there until she entered the Sisters of Providence at Saint Mary-of-the-Woods. Sister Patty in an undated photo “There is no place like Ireland!” Irish nuns and priests filled the schools she attended in Chicago. Her childhood was filled with these religious talking of Ireland and...
Sister Margaret Ann (Marie Nicholas) McNamara
...Nicholas and Mary (O’Brien) McNamara. She attended St. Mel Grade School and Providence High School, both in Chicago. “Sister Margaret Ann worked for a year after high school at Kaufman Electric Company. As a young working woman, she loved to take her mother on special visits to downtown and to lunch. She entered the Sisters of Providence July 22, 1955,” continued Sister Therese Guerin. “Sister Margaret Ann often joked about how the McNamara children were the typical Chicago Irish family:...
Chicago street renamed in honor of the late Sister Patty Fillenwarth
On Oct. 8, the City of Chicago honored the late Sister Patty Fillenwarth by renaming a portion of North Monticello in front of the former Maternity BVM Convent Sister Patty Fillenwarth Way. Sister Patty Fillenwarth Chicago resident and former member of Providence Family Services Board of Directors Maggie Martinez, who was also a longtime friend of Sister Patty, spearheaded the campaign for the name change. Sister Patty ministered in the City of Chicago for approximately 40 years as a teacher,...
Sister Venard Sequence
...of the Hours prayer book) in her lap. My last memory of her before I left last Friday evening was again seeing her in her chair hunched over her Office Book,” said Sister Betty Hopf in her commentary for Sister Venard Sequence, who died July 22. The only child of Joseph and Verna (Norbert) Sequence, Helen Veronica Sequence was born Aug. 30, 1918, in Chicago. She attended St. David Grade School and Providence High School, both in Chicago. “Sister Venard...
Sister Marijo Lynch
...Phelan in her commentary for Sister Marijo Lynch, who died April 29. Christened Mary Josephine Lynch, she was born May 12, 1937, in Chicago to Charles and Catherine (Bush) Lynch. The oldest of five children, she attended St. Agnes Grade School and Providence High School, both in Chicago. “Sister Marijo was only 13 when her mother died from cancer. As a teenager she pitched in and helped with the younger children and the house. This is probably where the seeds...
Sister Mary Magdalen Schwartz
...Mary Magdalen attended two grade schools in Chicago: Our Lady of Victory and St. Viator. “Mary Mag, as we all called her, first became acquainted with the Sisters of Providence while attending Providence High School in Chicago. Evidently, it was the practice of eighth-grade teachers at that time to take students to different high schools, have them take the entrance test and, hopefully, receive a scholarship from one of them. When she took the test at Providence High School, she...