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Sister Mary Stella Morrissey
...the Congregation July 22, 1949. She professed first and perpetual vows Jan. 23, 1952, and 1957, respectively. She earned a bachelor’s degree in education from Saint Mary-of-the-Woods College and a LPN from Indiana Vocational Technical College in Terre Haute, Ind. For nearly two decades, Sister Mary Stella taught school, beginning in 1952 at St. Genevieve, Chicago. She also ministered two years at St. Francis Borgia, Chicago. From 1955 to 1956, Sister Mary Stella taught at Holy Redeemer, College Park, Md....
Newsnotes: winter 2019 updates from the Sisters of Providence
...information on Providence High School or other schools where Sisters of Providence ministered, visit spsmw.org/about/alumni Chicago parish honors Sister Patty Fillenwarth Maternity of the Blessed Virgin Mary Parish in Chicago honored Sister Patty Fillenwarth, SP, recently for her ministry. Sister Patty received an award at her retirement party for having ministered within the parish for 42 years. During her time within the parish, Sister Patty was a teacher for one year, a principal for 13 years and also created Providence...
Sister Marianne (Trinita Marie) McGriffin
...anything she could have asked or imagined,” said Sister Rosemary Nudd in her commentary for Sister Marianne McGriffin, who died Oct. 24. Mary Ann McGriffin entered this world May 5, 1926, in Linton, Ind. She was one of six children of Edward and Doris (Walker) McGriffin. She attended grade school at St. Peter, Linton, and secondary school at Linton High School; Providence High School, Chicago; and Ladywood School, Indianapolis. She entered the Congregation Feb. 2, 1944, and received the religious...
Sister Gertrude Eileen Getrey
...was not only the oldest sister by age, but she was also the sister who had been in community the longest. Sister Gertrude Eileen professed first and perpetual vows Dec. 8, 1927, and 1932, respectively. She earned a bachelor’s degree in education from Saint Mary-of-the-Woods College. Sister Gertrude Eileen began teaching in 1927 at St. Angela, Chicago. In Illinois, she also ministered at Providence Grade School and St. Mary Carmelite, Joliet; Our Lady of Sorrows and St. Mel, Chicago; and...
Sister Grace Stewart
...Sister Grace graduated from St. John Academy, Indianapolis. She entered the Congregation Aug. 20, 1929, and professed first and perpetual vows Jan. 23, 1932, and Aug. 15, 1937, respectively. She earned a bachelor’s degree in education from Saint Mary-of-the-Woods College and a master’s degree in education from Catholic University of America, Washington, D.C. Sister Grace began teaching at Our Lady of Mercy, Chicago, in 1932. In Chicago, she also taught at Our Lady of Sorrows and St. Leo. She spent...
‘Against All Odds’ – Sister Clare Mitchell, SP
...river valley toward a specific destination? Had her father simply found a job and stayed in Terre Haute? There is no mention in her file of siblings, or of any family, even in her obituary. Nonetheless, she had certainly found a home amid her sisters when she entered in 1895 at age 17. Her novitiate formation under Sister Basilissa Heiner included a year of student teaching at Our Lady of Sorrows in Chicago. Following her 1898 profession, she had honed...
An Associate’s Associate
...Our Lady of Mercy School in Chicago when she became aware of a subconscious calling to join the Providence community. She elected to attend a high school for girls aspiring to become Sisters of Providence at Saint Mary-of-the-Woods in Indiana. My mother would make two trips a year to take Mel to the Woods. One in late summer and bring her back home in late spring. I still take great pride in the fact that I was the only one...
Sister Mary Ellen Kilday
...Mary (Bogue) Kilday. One of eight children, she attended Holy Cross Grade School and Mercy High School, both in Chicago. She entered the Congregation Feb. 14, 1932, and professed first and perpetual vows Aug. 15, 1934, and 1940, respectively. Sister Mary Ellen earned a bachelor’s degree in biology from Saint Mary-of-the-Woods College, a master’s degree in zoology from the University of Notre Dame and another master’s degree in educational administration from Indiana State University. For nearly 40 years, Sister Mary...
My Indiana! Meet our new director of Mission Advancement
...I have always lived in the fine state of Illinois. Originally from Chicago — Christ the King parish, as we southsiders identify by parish — my path then took me westward to my mother’s hometown of Western Springs, then to Champaign-Urbana for college, on to studying law at Illinois Institute of Technology Chicago-Kent and then to rural Oneida. All in Illinois, I have worked in banking, in private law practices and as a fundraiser in higher education and for social...
Sister Catherine Sienna Wire
...began her pedagogical ministry in Chicago at St. Genevieve in 1931. In Illinois, her other classrooms included St. Agnes, Our Lady of Mercy and St. David, Chicago; St. Athanasius, Evanston; St. Joseph, Galesburg; and St. Francis Xavier, Wilmette. In Indiana, she ministered at St. Catherine, Fort Wayne, and St. Anthony, St. Joan of Arc, Immaculate Heart and St. Jude, Indianapolis. She also spent one year at St. Ann, Washington, D.C., and four years at St. Joseph, Hawthorne, Calif. After retiring...
Sister Serena Ziolkowski
...we see one who saw herself as servant of a great and loving God,” said Sister Mary Ann Phelan in her commentary for Sister Serena Ziolkowski, who died Dec. 13. Jennie Cecilia Ziolkowski was born April 13, 1918, in Saskatchewan, Canada, to John and Mary (Nestor) Ziolkowski. She was one of eight children. Jennie was educated at Lafayette Grade School and Providence High School, both in Chicago. She entered the Congregation July 16, 1936, and professed first and perpetual vows...
Bringing beauty into the world – the late Sister Cecilia Clare Bocard
...with another young girl. One would play the keyboard and the other would play the pedals and later they would switch. Now that was teamwork! Sister Cecilia Clare sits at one of her favorite places — the organ in the Church of the Immaculate Conception In 1916, Sister Cecilia Clare entered the Congregation at the age of 17. She began her studies at the Bush Conservatory in Chicago in 1917. This talented musician earned her master’s degree from Bush Conservatory...