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Living the Gospel of Hope through better health care access
...of Providence Connecting Link ministry in West Terre Haute, noticed the need among her neighbors. In 2017, then-school-superintendent Dr. Danny Tanoos called together Sister Dorothy, Dr. Randy Stevens, Tammy Pearson and other interested community members to discuss the issue. Dr. Stevens knew that T.J. Warren with Valley Professionals Community Health Center (VPCHC) was looking to open a new clinic. VPCHC agreed to work with Connecting Link and the local community to champion the building of a $1.2 million health clinic...
Sister Martha Ann Rifner
...hope – a living Advent,” “I will always remember her laughter, there was always room for laughter,” “She listened intently to what was going on in our lives and genuinely cared,” “She had a way of always making you feel special. She always treated me like I was another niece, and not an in-law,” “We will miss her loving heart; so gentle and serving,” “We will miss her beautiful smile: Her warm, peaceful, infectious, loving, welcoming, positive, joyful, affirming, prayerful...
Sister Patricia McIntyre (formerly Sister Elaine)
...faith that enabled my mother to bear the sorrow of the deaths of her husband and two of her children. Phyllis Ann died during infancy. Our brother survived his service in the Korean War but died at the age of 41 of cancer. He left a wife and two young daughters.” End of quote. Evidently this very same mother raised some very funny, fun loving, mischievous children who loved one another and took delight in one another’s company. Patty’s sister...
February 14, 2021: Sixth Sunday in Ordinary Time
Reading Mark 1: 40-45 A leper came to Jesus and kneeling down begged him and said, “If you wish, you can make me clean.” Moved with pity, he stretched out his hand, touched him, and said to him, “I do will it. Be made clean.” The leprosy left him immediately, and he was made clean. Then, warning him sternly, he dismissed him at once. He said to him, “See that you tell no one anything, but go, show yourself to...
February 21, 2021: First Sunday of Lent
...on the other hand, has many times succumbed to temptation. Thankfully, our Loving God offers us the opportunity to ask forgiveness for our sins through the Sacrament of Reconciliation. We sometimes tell God we really would always like the soft pillow of a clear conscience. Why can’t temptation be marked with a red warning light? Yet, we each do have a “temptation meter” within us. Namely our conscience. First job is to make sure we keep the “meter” calibrated with...
Journals and Letters week 17: Mother Theodore’s own words
...to give me some token of hope. Opening a book of devotion, I lighted upon this passage from the 106th Psalm. ‘They cried to the Lord in their affliction and He brought them out of their distresses. He turned the storm into a breeze; and its waves were still.’ Happy are those who are able to pray!” Prayer of Praise When the Nashville reached the warmth and safety of the waters of the Gulf of Mexico, Mother Theodore once again...
Against gray February skies
...sycamore And too, He cursed the barren fig Yet He said: I am the vine You are the branches… He died upon a tree Much like the trees He wept beneath In Gethsemane. And we? We rest ourselves in shady spots Which trees provide (All sorts of creatures come to them And secret things inside!) From trees we draw wood for fire and homes We make machines for travel, convenience And for war… Some folk shape the wood for beauty’s...
Sister Mary Patricia Cummings (formerly Sister Marie Janice)
...arm.” Mary Pat attended Holy Trinity Elementary School in New Albany, Indiana, and followed her sister Wilma to Providence Juniorate at Saint Mary-of-the-Woods, graduating in 1942. She entered the community that same year. She received the religious name Sister Marie Janice, took her first vows in 1944 and final vows in 1949. Mary Pat was not allowed to have her photograph taken with the family. Her brother was about to leave for the war in the South Pacific and her...
April 25, 2021: Fourth Sunday of Easter
...experience this knowing and being known. It feels like safety, love, encouragement, trust and joy. It feels warm, gentle, spacious and comfortable. I feel heard, honored, challenged and comforted. Isn’t it interesting that at the same time I feel comfortable, I also feel challenged? I think that is the way of Providence moving in my life. The creative and good Creator of all calls into use all that is available in and for me. Action Each of us probably has...
Providence in a year of pandemic
...Gloria Memering, Arlene Knarzer, Mary Lou Ruck and seated, Sisters Jeanne Hagelskamp (at computer) and Carol Nolan (seated). Sister Mary Lois Hennel wipes down the railings on the Providence Hall stairs to help ward off a COVID-19 outbreak. Sisters Patty Wallace and Arrianne Whittaker out for a fall walk near their Indianapolis home. Sisters Janice Smith and Kay Manley geared up to help serve food to sisters when buffet style was no longer safe. Sister Josephine Bryan, a volunteer at...
Reflecting on National Day of Prayer
...of prayer. This was to protest the British plan to station English troops in the city’s harbor. Prayer as protest? In the New England Colonies under British rule, a day in late fall called for a day of prayer in the spirit of thanksgiving. Days in spring or summer called for prayer and fasting. Prayer recognizing the lights and shadows of our nation? In January-February 1952 during the Korean War, Reverend Billy Graham advocated for a national day of prayer....
Sister Mary Louise O’Connor (formerly Sister James Margaret)
...Sister James Margaret, ML. No matter what the name, however, stories about these love women abound. Niece Joanne commented that she had the eating habits of a small child. She had more dislikes than likes. When Mary Louise would visit her sister, Marguerite would warn her children, “Don’t tell her what’s in it or she won’t eat it.” Niece Karen remembers her aunt as “sweet and loving.” “We knew we could always count on her. She loved us all,” Karen...