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Sister-nurses during the Civil War (video)
https://youtu.be/P4doG5q3yXE The Sisters of Providence served as sister-nurses during the Civil War. This video sheds some light on this unique service to the nation. (with audio) Article praises Civil War video for sharing Congregation’s history....
Oral History: Sister Teresa Costello
...France during World War I. When Germans torpedoed the Covington, boats that accompanied the Covington rescued Thomas and 770 other sailors. Six sailors perished. When Thomas Costello’s military service was over, he returned first to Massachusetts and then went home to Ireland, where he met and married Teresa’s mother Ellen. A collage of photos of the U.S.S. Covington, of which Sister Teresa Costello’s father, Thomas, was on during World War I. Ellen Keane was from Kilconell, in County Galway, and...
Celebrating National Women’s Equality Day!
...listed specific areas where greater equality is needed such as property rights, marriage and divorce law, education and employment opportunities. Women’s suffrage was first proposed in the U.S. Congress in 1878. It was submitted in the format of a constitutional amendment. The House of Representatives considered and passed the proposal. However, after this initial action the proposal attracted little national attention. War forces change Circumstances changed with the outbreak of World War I (1914-1918) when large numbers of American men...
Mary Ann McCauley
Sister Mary Ann currently ministers as a volunteer at the Clinical Care Coordinator Office in Clinton, Indiana. She was taught by the Sisters of Providence in elementary and high school. Sister Mary Ann entered the Congregation on July 22, 1952. She taught students in Chicago during the time of the Civil Rights Movement, and subsequent scholastic reintegration. Sister Mary Ann said she cares for animals, the environment and communal living....
The life of Eleanor Bailly (Mother Mary Cecilia Bailly)
...of the Congregation from 1856-1868. The Sisters of Providence provided nursing service during the Civil War at Military Hospital in Indianapolis. She led the sisters well, opening many new missions in many different areas. In 1860, a larger Academy was needed to accommodate students. She laid the foundation for this new Academy and showing great faith, this is what she wrote in her journal: “I am beginning a new academy and I have not one dollar with which to begin....
Sisters to take part in historical marker dedication
...the community about our past. “We’re righting a wrong that happened 120 years ago.” On Feb. 25, 1901, authorities had received a description of Finkelstein’s assailant before she died and eventually arrested Ward one day later. Ward confessed to the crime, but the angry mob took matters into its own hands, surrounding the police department. Ward was eventually moved to the county jail but the mob followed, breaking into the jail to take Ward. Reports indicated a blacksmith hit Ward...
Sisters serving their country
...The first of these was Monsignor Augustine J. Rawlinson, a veteran of World War I. Born in 1877 in Ithaca, New York, Monsignor Rawlinson served with the American Army for both the United States and in France. Monsignor died in December 1939 at the age of 62. A veteran of World War II, Monsignor James P. Galvin was born in Indianapolis in 1914. A captain in the United States Army, Monsignor served as chaplain in England, Belgium, Germany and France....
Archives and the Civil War
The Sisters of Providence Archives has several historical documents and photos related to the Civil War. The Congregation, of course, provided nursing service at the Military Hospital in Indianapolis as well as the emergency hospital in Vincennes, Ind., during the conflict. Of the 11 sisters who served during the Civil War, our Archives has images of three sister-nurses: Sisters St. Felix Buchanan, Helena Burns and Henrietta MacKenzie. Every Memorial Day the Congregation recognizes all Sisters of Providence who served in...
Born Free: Human Rights and Dignity
...need aid; water and health systems affected by war 2. Occupied Palestinian territory More than a year in conflict; 1 in 50 people have been killed since October 2023 increase in civilian casualties; almost the entire population is facing crisis-level food insecurity; collapse of aid system including hospitals; land expropriation leading to loss of access to essential services for the Palestinians 1. Sudan Second year listed on top 10 Watchlist brutal civil war; sexual violence; ethnic cleansing;...
Letters from the battlefield
As we rapidly approach the 150th anniversary of the start of the Civil War, Wabash Valley Visions & Voices is putting the final touches on a special collection celebrating and remembering the War Between the States or the War of the Rebellion. Many of the items in this collection are personal letters of soldiers. These letters provide a “ground level” view of the war — the hardships, sickness, death and, yes, the simple joys of life. One such letter [a...
Grateful for all who have served this Memorial Day
...went from honoring just those who died fighting in the Civil War to honoring Americans who died fighting in any war. The dictionary defines holiday as “holy day; feast day, celebration, jubilee, fiesta, fete; vacation day, day of rest.” Holiday is a shortened form of the term holy day. Somehow that seems right to remember that the term holiday can also mean holy day when we think of “celebrating” Memorial Day. Can you imagine the very first Memorial Day gatherings...
Civil War hospital routines
Excerpts from the Indianapolis Daily Journal, dated July 22, 1864: The Sisters of Providence also provided nursing services at the emergency hospital in Vincennes, Indiana, during the Civil War. Hospital routine “The business of the day begins at five o’clock. At that hour the nurses busy themselves in cleaning the spittoons, washing the faces and arms of the patients, sweeping the wards and making everything tidy. Meanwhile the dressers are at work, cleaning and bandaging the wounds, causing intense pain...