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...in primary education as a teacher or principal at schools in Illinois, Indiana and Oklahoma. She also served in parish ministry in Indiana before ministering as the director of the Learning Center at St. John, Newburgh, Ind. She also spent six years as a parish minister of care at Immaculate Conception Parish, Chicago. She returned to the Woods in 1998. Sister Mary Julia enjoyed traveling, visiting England, France and Italy, in addition to visiting family in Las Vegas and Florida....

...Sister Dorothy’s first teaching ministry was at St. Charles, Peru, Ind., in 1939. She ministered as a teacher or principal at many other schools in Indiana, as well as ministering in education in schools in Illinois, Massachusetts and Washington, D.C. She also ministered as a reading specialist in Chicago and from 1979 to 1986, Sister Dorothy ministered as coordinator of facilities at Saint Mary-of-the-Woods College. She returned to the Woods in 1990. Sister Dorothy is remembered as being a perfectionist....

Sister Amata was born Helen Therese on Oct. 5, 1930. She died on March 14, 2016. She was 85 years old and had been a Sister of Providence for 66 years. Sister Amata entered the Congregation on Feb. 2, 1950. She professed first and final vows in 1952 and 1957, respectively. For 28 years, Sister Amata ministered as a teacher in elementary schools, seven of which she was also principal. She taught at many schools in Chicago, Indiana and California....

...in Indiana, Illinois and California. In 1971, she ministered in the book store at Mother Theodore Guerin High School, River Grove, Ill. In 1983, she shifted gears and began working on a certificate in addictions counseling, and in 1986, she received graduated and passed Illinois state boards. Following that, Sister Rosemary ministered as a course manager/editorial staff member of the Cook County Graduate School of Medicine, Chicago. She also served as secretary at St. Luke Religious Education Office, River Forest,...

...after spending 26 in the Congregation of the Society of Mary Reparatrix. During her time as a Sister of Providence, she ministered as a chaplain at St. Anne and St. Elizabeth hospitals, both in Chicago. She then ministered as an administrator at Providence Hall before ministering as a personal ministries assistant/secretary at Edna Martin Christian Center, Indianapolis. She also ministered in various capacities with the Central Indiana Council on Aging. She died at Wishard Hospital, Indianapolis, following an automobile accident....

...1958, respectively. Her first teaching ministry was at St. Jude, Fort Wayne, Ind. Sister Jeanette also ministered in classrooms in Indiana, Illinois, Washington, D.C., and Maryland. In 1973, Sister Jeanette began ministering in business management. From 1991 to 1997, she ministered as finance director for the Kenosha Dominicans in Kenosha, Wis., and ministered as bookkeeper at St. Viator Parish and Christian Churches Caring, Chicago, from 2000 to 2003. Sister Jeanette had a deep-rooted passion for justice in all its forms....

Sister Wendy was born on Dec. 11, 1950. She died on June 6, 2009. She was 58 years old and had been a Sister of Providence for 33 years. Sister Wendy entered the Congregation on Aug. 23, 1975. She professed first vows on Aug. 15, 1978, and final vows on Aug. 19, 1984. Her first ministry was that of a physical education and religion teacher at Corpus Christi, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma. She also ministered at St. Angela, Chicago, for two...

Sister Anne Marita was born Mary Irene Wynne on April 1, 1916. She died on May 27, 2011. She was 95 years old and had been a Sister of Providence for 76 years. Sister Anne Marita entered the Congregation on July 15, 1934. She professed first and final vows on Jan. 23, 1937 and 1943, respectively. Her teaching ministry began in 1937 at Maternity BVM, Chicago. She taught at other schools in Illinois, as well as schools in Indiana, She...

Sister Serena was born Jennie Cecilia Ziolkowski on April 13, 1918. She died on Dec. 13, 2008. She was 90 years old and had been a Sister of Providence for 72 years. Sister Serena entered the Congregation on July 16, 1936. She professed first and final vows on Jan. 23, 1939 and 1945, respectively. She began her teaching ministry at Our Lady of Mercy, Chicago, in 1939. She taught at other schools in Illinois, as well as schools in Indiana...

Sister Laurette was a native of Chicago. Her final ministry was as a parish volunteer at Saints Francis and Clare Parish, Greenwood, Indiana. Sister Laurette entered the Congregation on February 2, 1948. She professed final vows on August 15, 1955. She graduated from Saint Mary-of-the-Woods College with a bachelor’s degree in music. She also has a master’s degree in music from Catholic University of America, and a doctorate in music theory from Indiana University. Sister Laurette has ministered as a...

Sister Judith, better known as Sister Judy, entered the Congregation on August 24, 1977. Currently, she ministers as an Associate Professor at Chicago State University. Sister Judy grew up in California with six other siblings in a Catholic family. She met the Sisters of Providence at a summer camp in California and entered the Congregation following graduation from college. Feeding the hungry has long been integral to Sister Judy’s ministerial efforts. In 1988, she founded the Illinois Hunger Coalition, an...

...and another master’s degree in social work from the University of Louisville. Her teaching ministries took her to the inner city of Chicago, as well as stops in Indianapolis, and Greenwood, Greenfield, Lafayette and Loogootee, all in Indiana. Her final ministry was in prayer at Saint Mary-of-the-Woods. Following the completion of her master’s degree in social work, she worked in Topeka, Kansas, New Albany, Indiana, and Louisville. “I even retired three times,” Sister Brigid Ann said. Sister Brigid Ann enjoyed...