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Sister Catherine Ellen Joy
...is infallibly the sign of God’s presence.’ Certainly Sister Catherine Ellen lived in the presence of God. “Of course, suffering and sorrow often invade our joyous spirit. This was not foreign to Sister Catherine Ellen. There were times of suffering and sorrow in her life of 90 years. But she was Sister Catherine Ellen JOY,” said Sister Mary Pat. Helen Veronica Joy and her twin, Julia, were born Feb. 7, 1918, in Chicago to John and Julia (Weir) Joy. Julia...
SPs through the years
...willed. With regret we saw her life drawing to its close without any signs of preparation for the great and final summons — the last two or three days she realize that death was approaching and tried to prepare for the great event. She received all the Last Sacraments and we hope during her last hours special graces were given to crown her long life in religion. May she rest in peace. Amen.” Sisters of Providence in community This room...
Sister Mary Margaret Quinn (formerly Sister Charles Agnes)
...he knew the parish was in “good hands” with Sister Mary being there. She took care of everything… arranged for priests to come in and celebrate the liturgy; supervised the volunteers in the Rectory; spent hours recording valuable information on the computer. It was her job to record all the baptisms, First Holy Communions, Confirmations, weddings and deaths. She was very exacting knowing these records were so important. Sister Mary saw the parish grow; she wanted the parishioners to grow...
Reflections from the 2018 Golden/Silver Jubilee Celebration
Note: The following is the reflection offered at the June 30, 2018, Mass by General Superior Sister Dawn Tomaszewski, in celebration of the 2018 Silver and Golden Jubilarians. “Come down, Sisters, we have arrived.” Five Sisters of Providence, including (front, from left) Sisters Pat Linehan, Jan Craven, Kathleen Bernadette Smith, and (middle row, second from left) Jody O’Neil and Marianne Ridgell celebrated their 25th and 50th Jubilees on Saturday, June 30. They are here photographed with the General Council, including...
Sister Julia (Marie Loretta) Shea
Sister Julia Shea “Be still before the Lord; wait for God.” (Psalm 37:7) “In speaking of Sister Julia’s death, more than one person has commented, ‘She waited so long to die’ or ‘She has waited so long for the Lord.’ When we come to think of it, we realize that all of us spend much of our life in waiting. Look to the beginning of this day — what have you waited for? And if you look to tomorrow, what...
A Prayer by Sister Helen Prejean, CSJ
David Brunsma (far left) and Sister Helen Prejean, both speakers at Human Rights Day in 2009, greet local activists. God of Compassion, You let your rain fall on the just and the unjust. Expand and deepen our hearts so that we may love as You love, even those among us who have caused the greatest pain by taking life. For there is in our land a great cry for vengeance as we fill up death rows and kill the killers...
1956: a year of commemoration
The year 1956 was one of remembrance and celebration for the Sisters of Providence. This year marked the 100th anniversary of the death of Mother Theodore Guerin, who died May 14, 1856. The year also commemorated the 150th anniversary of the founding of the Sisters of Providence of Ruillé, France, in 1806. In conjunction with Saint Mary-of-the-Woods College, the Congregation presented various exhibits of sisters’ original works in the areas of plays, poetry, music, art, sculpture and craftwork in the...
Sister Jeanne Knoerle (formerly Sister Mary Gregory)
“Sister Jeanne Knoerle has told us she was born at home during a snowstorm on Feb. 24, 1928. She must have come in quickly, just as she left us quickly on Monday, June 10, 2013,” said Sister Jean Fuqua in her commentary for Sister Jeanne. Jeanne was born to Bernedine and Harold Knoerle in Lakewood, Ohio, a part of the greater Cleveland area. She had an older brother, Hal, who preceded her in death. Jeanne’s younger sister, Anne Schram survives....
Sister Carole Kimes
...I was called to. I needed to be a part of something that was bigger than myself,” Sister Carole said. “I had a hunger for God, and it was through the Sisters of Providence that I felt most stretched, most challenged, most called to keep becoming.” Sister Carole Kimes in quiet prayer in the Church of the Immaculate Conception at Saint Mary-of-the-Woods, Indiana. Coming back What prompted her to come back when she did was her oldest brother’s death by...
Shared roots: bonds that unite beyond culture, time and place
...bloom. The vegetable garden with onions and cabbage and a variety of radishes and lettuce sown in straight rows. Artichokes too! Most often, I walked through the cemetery. Reading the sisters’ names and their birth and death dates, I gave thanks for the two centuries of religious life and service given by Sisters of Providence of Ruillé. Each day began and ended with the chanting of the Holy Office, a collection of psalms and prayers praising and petitioning the Loving...
Mother Theodore the leader
...honesty and fairness in her business dealings. A sister who lived with her at Saint Mary-of-the-Woods relates, “Mother was much noted for her uprightness and justice in business dealings. Even some years after Mother’s death, a farmer of this neighborhood related that on one occasion, early in the fall, Mother had bargained with him at a certain price for the winter supply of pork to be delivered at the opening of the winter season. In the meantime, the price of...
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...