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Sister Mary Charles Spalding
...was born Jan. 7, 1914, in Washington, Ind., to J. Francis and Anna (Padgett) Spalding. She was the oldest of four children. The family later relocated to Indianapolis. “Tragedy struck the little family with the death of the father when Frances was only 9 years of age. The young mother was left to provide for the growing family. She was a practical nurse and competent seamstress and with these skills she supported her family,” read Sister Joan. “Immediately after the...
All Souls Day 2011
...about the ultimate outcome of our choices for life or death. How does our God, of unbounded mercy and compassion, “deal with” one who made choice after choice for death? Suffice it to say “Odilo’s thought” captured my imagination and prompted quite a bit of reflection on my part. So I decided to base this reflection on that “quote”. I then went back to the November 2011 issues of Living with Christ to reread the quotation and, of course, noted...
Sister Mary Magdalen Schwartz
...Mel in 1985 and for the next eight years ministered as a teacher, director of communications and/or the planned giving coordinator. From 1994 to 1997, Sister Mary Magdalen ministered as an area assistant in Holistic Health Care in Chicago. Before returning to the Woods in 2000, she was a tutor at Providence Family Services, Chicago, and Mother Theodore Guerin High School, River Grove, Ill. “A colleague during her PSM years wrote upon hearing of her death: ‘I think what I...
Sister Maureen Therese Brennan
...Joseph, Hammond; and Central Catholic High School, Fort Wayne. From 1949 to 1970, she served in administration, and often taught at St. Patrick, Terre Haute; the Juniorate; Ladywood, Indianapolis; and Central Catholic High School. The next nine years, Sister Maureen Therese ministered at Cardinal Mooney High School, Sarasota, Fla., serving as a teacher or librarian while caring for her mother. In 1979, Sister Maureen Therese cared full time for her mother. Upon her mother’s death in 1980, she served in...
Sister Helene Marie Kelly
...baptism, united to you through sacred vows. Sister Helene Marie passes from death to life, faithful and true in life and through death. Bestow your promises of a place of love and rest, of peace and everlasting fulfillment. Until we meet again, we take leave of you now,” concluded Sister Ruth. The Mass of Christian Burial for Sister Helene Marie was celebrated March 28, with the Rev. Daniel Hopcus presiding. She was preceded in death by all of her siblings....
A Civil War widow joins the Sisters of Providence
A portrait of Minerva Dufficy (Sisters of Providence Archives) With the death of her husband, Major John Patrick Dufficy, on June 20, 1864, Minerva Dufficy became a widow. By an act approved by Congress on July 14, 1862, she was entitled to a widow’s claim. Minerva received a monthly check of $25 a month. According to documentation from Congress, widows received this pay throughout the remainder of their lives or until they remarried. Minerva Dufficy was very important to the...
The Le Fer sisters: Gifts to the Congregation
...she held until her death, which occurred eight years later.” The motto on her tombstone, Zelus domus tuae nedit me, which quotes Psalm 69:9, “Zeal for your house consumes me,” indicates what a rare treasure she was to the fledgling community. Sister Theodosia continues: “Sister St. Francis did not arrive at Saint Mary-of the-Woods until a year later than the others. Bishop de la Hailandière secured her in Brittany and sent her in November 1839 to Mother Theodore at Soulaines,...
Treasures from Archives: Marleau-Hercules Fence Co.
...his father’s death. Bernard remained superintendent until his death in 1958. This invoice was sent in care of Bernard. What other connections are there between the Bisch family and the Congregation? Sister Marian Celeste Bisch (RIP), a daughter of Joseph N., also was a Sister of Providence! In other words, she and Bernard were sister and brother. Bernard was succeeded by his son Joseph L., who served as superintendent from 1958 to 1988. Joseph’s son, Stephen, was employed to assist...
Sister Diane Ris dies; was 16th general superior of Sisters of Providence
...A strong devotion led her to write most of a recently published book titled, “Saint Mother Theodore Guerin: Woman of Providence.” It had been started by Sister Joseph Eleanor Ryan before her death in 1991. “I have a deep love for Mother Theodore. I have so much respect for what she was going through, all that she experienced from birth to death. What a holy woman she was! In the words of Pope John Paul II at her beatification, ‘not...
Grandma’s rituals: Holy Week & Easter 2013
...sisters in death, because I just returned from a funeral in my extended family, I am most aware of the comfort brought to us by our faith in that life that never ends. We know, in the very deepest part of ourselves, that “life is changed, not ended.” That conviction, that belief, that gut-knowing defies words, explanations. We just know. As stream of consciousness thinking does, these thoughts led to remembering the celebration of the Triduum (not that I called...
Sister Rose Marita Riordan
...go and then race it to the bottom. And she always won! Margaret Mary Riordan was born May 2, 1921, in Chicago, to Patrick Valentine and Kathryn Mary Ryan Riordan. Margaret Mary was one of eight siblings, four girls and four boys. Alice, Eileen and Bill survive her, while Rosaleen, Bernadette, John and James preceded her in death. When asked about her siblings in recent years, Rose Marita would say, “I have four up and four down.” The Sisters of...
Reflecting on Easter: ‘The stone has been rolled away’
...first followers of Jesus felt when they arrived at the tomb, were surprised to see the stone rolled away, found the tomb empty and eventually proclaimed Christ Risen. Is there any greater joy than life overcoming death? Is there any greater longing than to find the stones of our lives rolled away? It reminded me of my own family’s journey the Eastertime my father was suffering from mesothelioma—a rare lung cancer caused by exposure to asbestos. Though he had not...