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Sister Jean (Marian Jean) Arkenberg
...I do those things?’ Many people in this church could help her to remember when she did many things because the second most often word I have heard in reference to Sister Jean is ‘generosity,’” said Sister Mary Ann Phelan in her commentary for Sister Jean Arkenberg who died March 8. Born Dorothy Jean Arkenberg Nov. 22, 1923, in Chicago to Raymond and Dorothy (Cullen) Arkenberg, she was one of seven children. She attended Maternity BVM School, Chicago, and graduated...
Sister Jean Karier
...people I have lived with — family and Sisters of Providence,” read Sister Jeanne Knoerle. Sister Jeanne read the words of Sister Jean Karier, who had prepared her own commentary. Sister Jean died March 7. Cecilia Susan Karier was born Sept. 16, 1914, in Evanston, Ill., the oldest of 10 children of John and Margaret (Linster) Karier. She attended St. Mel Grade School, Chicago. “I had hoped to attend Providence High School [Chicago] which has just opened,” wrote Sister Jean....
Sister Beth Kelso (formerly Sister Thomas Aquinas)
...of Joseph Robert Kelso and Florine Carroll Kelso. Joseph Kelso, a young actor from Australia, had married Florine, from Chicago, in New York and then returned to Chicago “where they began their life together in the holy state of matrimony and in the somewhat precarious profession of theater. These were the days of the traveling theater companies who went from town to town performing drama for the local citizenry. When Beth was six months old she was taken along with...
Sister Margaret Nau (formerly Sister Jude Ann)
...out each day, I don’t go alone. I’ve discovered that these people of Standing Rock are really ministering to me.” Over her eight years there, other Sisters of Providence would come to sample or share this ministry. Peggy’s yearning to supplement her practical on-the-job learnings with academic study led her to pursue a Master of Pastoral Studies at Loyola University of Chicago in 1987. For a short while after this, she briefly served at a rural parish in Appalachian Kentucky...
Sister Ann Denise Reger
...for Sister Ann Denise Reger who died March 12, 2013. Ann Dolores Reger was born in Chicago on May 5, 1918, “Cinco de Mayo day,” as she would remind persons when she told her birth date. She was the sixth and last child of Joseph and Helen Reger. As a child she was proud to tell others that she had three brothers and two sisters: Fred, Frank, Joe, Marie and Theresa (all of whom preceded her in death). She also...
Nancy Vandenbergh-Kremer, Chicago, IL: “Friendship and love”
This Rooted for Tomorrow story was contributed by Nancy Vandenbergh-Kremer, Chicago, IL, for the 175th anniversary of the Sisters of Providence arriving in Indiana. My story goes back to my infancy, when as a newborn my grandmother (then living in Immaculate Conception Parish in Chicago) brought Sisters Ann Michael ( IC grammar school principal), Mary Elise Angermeir, Mary Loretta Henry, Sadie Marie Burns, and Emily Marie Bryant to visit her new granddaughter! My mother was always quick to announce that...
Mary Ann Valentino, Chicago, IL: “Many fond memories”
Sister Agnes Rose Cook (St. Mel’s School) This Rooted for Tomorrow story was contributed by Mary Ann Valentino, Chicago, IL, for the 175th anniversary of the Sisters of Providence arriving in Indiana. I went to St. Mel’s Grammar School and was taught by those wonderful Sisters of Providence. At the time the girls were in one building and the boys were in another. I received my First Holy Communion there at the time when a 24-hour fast was required, not...
Sisters companion, advocate for immigrants
...at busy intersections in the heart of Chicago’s immigrant neighborhoods. “We are called to build a country of welcome rooted in justice and sound moral values for those who have to leave their own lands and begin in a new land. We can see progress in Chicago. The mayor (Rahm Emmanuel) seems to want the city to have a culture of hospitality and solidarity with immigrants. Now we are working on the governor to bring that same hospitality to the...
Sister Catherine Arkenberg (formerly Sister Jean Loretto)
...her Sister of Providence band members and friends, said Sister Ann Casper in her commentary for Sister Catherine Arkenberg – formerly Sister Jean Loretto – who died Thursday, April 16, at Saint Mary-of-the-Woods, Indiana. She was 93 years old and had been a Sister of Providence for 76 years. Mary Catherine Arkenberg was born in Chicago on May 2, 1921, to Raymond and Dorothy Cullen Arkenberg. She was the eldest of seven children: Her sisters Marian and Zita, and her...
Sister Kathleen on the pages of Rolling Stone magazine
...by six congregations, including the Sisters of Providence of Saint Mary-of-the-Woods. The goal for the organization is to have religious congregations join together resources to promote social teachings of the church. Sister Kathleen said Binelli was visiting Chicago and came upon the center. While there, he wanted to discuss the investigation and she was a willing participant. Speaking up for justice She meets with actor Martin Sheen at a breakfast for International Worker Rights Day sponsored by ARISE-Chicago. “At the...
Every day an adventure for Sister Betty Smigla
...in Chicago schools. In 2009, she began volunteering as a “compañera” (companion) at Taller de Jose, a ministry of accompaniment for those struggling to navigate complex social systems in Little Village, Chicago. Sister Betty works with mostly Spanish-speaking clients seeking assistance with a variety of issues, from legal and financial help to domestic violence and immigration cases. What is a typical day like for you as a compañera at Taller de Jose? I greet people, listen to what their needs...
Sister Andre Panepinto
...out her paper work and got accepted into the Novitiate of the Sisters of Providence. Her entrance date would be September 12, 1960! Sister Kathleen Leonard and Sister Andre Panepinto But we had a lot of living to do until then! My boyfriend had a 1960 red ford convertible. Oh, was it ever neat! Tom would pick me up – then we would go down to pick up Gen to ride around Joliet and even Chicago in this beautiful car,...