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Nuns of the Battlefield
“Nuns of the Battlefield” was written by Ellen Ryan Jolly and originally published in 1927. This monograph highlights the women’s religious congregations that ministered to soldiers during the Civil War. In the foreward, William A. Hickey, then-bishop of Providence, R.I., penned: “It [this book] merits the careful reading of all who have any interest in the subject of the patriotism of the Catholics of America. This fervent, warm-hearted Irish-American woman gives us this tale of heroism and devotion after her...
Celebrating National Poetry Month!
...comforting companion. I’ve been blessed to have several poets in my family ancestry. A relative, Mina J. Cook, wrote more than 60 poems during the Civil War. Her book of poetry sheds light on her spiritual journey. In it, she shares the joys and many sorrows of her daily life in the 1860s, including her experience of having two sons and other relatives serving in the war. My own poetry expresses my love of nature and my passion for spirituality...
Practical ways to reduce CO2 emissions
The most recent report from the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) noted that to avoid wide-scale global warming would require “a rapid and far-reaching transformation” of human civilization that is unparalleled in history. The Panel offered some hope, noting that if emissions were to stop today, the planet could hold back some temperature increase. However, as of 2018, emissions continue to rise, not fall. Currently, the United States ranks second (behind China), producing over 5.3 billion tons of carbon...
Against All Odds: Focus on Sister Winifred Patrice O’Donovan, SP
...for each of the sisters. Add to these hardships, the turmoil of civil wars occurring in the country and the intense fighting from 1924 to 1927, when the sisters were told to evacuate Kaifeng. Sister Winifred Patrice did not mention any of these conditions and hardships, either for herself or for the community, but instead wrote of caring for the sick: “Sister (Marie Gratia) and I had a little room where we cared for the poor suffering Chinese for...
Reflection and prayer for Black History Month
...in a history of punitive social obstacles. It took a Civil War and the Thirteenth Amendment to abolish slavery in the United States, but the attitude of superiority and prejudice still lingers among many in our society. Sister of Providence Sister Alma Louise Mescher teaches in Martin Luther King, Jr.’s freedom schools in Georgia in the summer of 1965. (Photo credit: Library of Congress/LOOK Magazine) What will help me see as God sees? What can I do to gain a...
The loving care of a Sister of Providence lay sister
...in the Academy at Saint Mary-of-the-Woods. Sister Francis Ann Carney entered the community from County Donegal, Ireland, on April 30, 1863. In addition to serving at the Academy, she also served the sick in the military hospital in Indianapolis during the Civil War, in the community infirmary and later in an orphanage. Sister Francis Ann died May 5, 1904, at the age of 68. The Academy at Saint Mary-of-the-Woods Rose Howe, who had been a student in the Academy at...
Oral history: Sister Marian Brady the scholar
Sister Marian Brady, SP “I’ll just take what comes.” Mariana Brady was born in Washington, D.C., on St. Joseph’s Day, March 19, 1927. It was 10 years following the end of World War I and one year before the Wall Street stock market crash, which engendered ration stamps, paying $5 for a good pair of shoes and families living on the edge. Mariana Brady would grow up in Washington and go on to become Sister Marian Brady, a Sister of...
A Feeling of Hope
...children, homeless people, civil rights marches with Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., the Ku Klux Klan, Hitler, the assassinations of JFK and RFK, the Iranian hostages, the atomic bomb, signs proclaiming, ‘Save the Whales,” and ‘Make Love, Not War.’ What is so striking to me is that not much has changed in the almost 40 years since this video was made. We are still dealing with war, famine, racism, threats to the environment. No Sadness, No Despair But after listening...
Newsnotes from the Sisters of Providence winter 2022
...Sisters of Providence. To see more go to Adopt.SistersofProvidence.org Sisters take part in historical marker dedication The memorial for George Ward by the Wabash River in Terre Haute. In September the Sisters of Providence took part in the dedication of a historical marker for George Ward. Ward, an African-American, was lynched and his body burned by an angry mob in February 1901. It was the only lynching to take place in Vigo County, Indiana. “By acknowledging this horrific, racist lynching...
A Reflection for Memorial Day
...in wars far from home or very near home. Some of these wars are centuries old – waged in the name of age-old political, economic and/or religious differences. No matter what the causes of today’s conflicts, current wars seem marked by a greater intensity of hate, cruelty, and total (I’d go so far as to say evil) intolerance of differences of any kind. Bottom line here? I want to suggest that we celebrate Memorial Day not only as a national...
Sister Donna Marie Fu: Called by God to serve a global church
Sister Donna Marie Fu Madeline Fu, the future Sister Donna Marie, first met the Sisters of Providence of Saint Mary-of-the-Woods in her native China. The sisters had recently been released from imprisonment during the Second World War and were able to return to their Ching I School mission in the city of Kaifeng. Madeline’s father had been educated in a German Catholic University, so he enrolled his daughter in the Catholic-run Ching I. At first the young Madeline avoided the...
Sister Mary Maxine Teipen
...as treasurer, she organized a state-wide association of religious treasurers, saying that it was obvious that, because older members were living longer, the lowness of the salaries the sisters received was heading them toward bankruptcy. She wrote that during this time, she “helped sell off some of our schools to ward off bankruptcy – got white hair in the process.” In 1970, she was elected provincial of St. Gabriel Province. She is remembered for her sound insight and her ability...