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Sister Rita Clare Gerardot
...she was to go, the chaplain called and said, “Don’t come, he’s been moved to Terre Haute (federal death row). That was in July of 1999. So, she met Sister Diane Ris (former general superior), and Sister Camille said, “I visited a prisoner once and he’s going to be in your area. If I ever came, could I stay at your motherhouse? Sister Diane said certainly. At breakfast with Sister Dorothy Hucksoll she mentioned why she and her friend were...
Three Sisters of Providence arrested in Georgia for participation in non-violent protest at Army base
...St. Louis Parish in New Haven. Age 76. Bachelor’s degree in English from Saint Mary-of-the-Woods College. Master’s degree in education from Indiana State University. Current ministry: Director of Wellness Center, Saint Mary-of-the-Woods; prison minister, U.S. Federal Penitentiary south of Terre Haute (Death Row). Teaching ministries: St. Catherine School, Indianapolis (1947-1951); St. John School, Vincennes, Ind. (1952-1953); St. Columbkille School, Chicago (1953-1955); St. Angela School, Chicago (1955-1956); Sacred Heart School, Whiting (teacher and principal, 1956-1959); St. Francis Xavier School, Wilmette, Ill....
Three Sisters of Providence receive sentences for trespassing during SOA protest
...the groups that supported me are truly gifts,” she said. Sister Rita Clare Gerardot, 76, was sentenced to 12 months probation and 500 hours of community service, part of which will be continuing her prison ministry with federal Death Row inmate David Paul Hammer. “I feel elated at the fact that what I proposed to the judge as an alternative sentence of community service was accepted,” she said. She also plans to volunteer in the maternal health clinic at Union...
Sister Jacquelyn Hoffman
...sit in the school yard many evenings doing needle work. Several of the sisters were tatting (making a delicate lace with cotton thread and the use of a small shuttle). I truly loved being with them. Another time when I was in the early grades I recall saying to my mother, “When I grow up I’m going to have 25 children!” I don’t recall her response but I did go on to explain that I wanted to be a sister...
Sister Claretta Burbine
...no limits on the time and energy spent for the good of her pupils. Having been brought up on Morris Island in Nova Scotia, she loved Lady Isle (Portsmouth, N.H.) and would spend every summer there. She would relive her childhood by rowing the boat every day, walking in the woods, picking blueberries for muffins and undertaking the community laundry — even hanging it out in the fresh air if the day was clear,” shared Sister Ruth. “When she finally...
Sister Denise Wilkinson
...they had a very specific schedule of prayer, work and recreation. I didn’t really understand that life was structured around the vows. How could anyone at age 18? I think the vows, like the vows of marriage, are something we grow into. I never thought much about that beforehand. I know I did not understand at that time the centrality of God in this lifestyle,” she said. Sister Denise’s father died in an auto accident when she was three years...
Sister Ellen Marie Stafford
...quiet and undemanding as was her departure from us on Tuesday morning. As St. Paul says, Christ Jesus has ‘raised her up and given her a place in the heavens.’ May she be mindful of us as we, too, grow into a house where God lives in the Spirit,” said Sister Alexa. The Mass of Christian Burial for Sister Ellen Marie was celebrated Nov. 5, with the Rev. Daniel Hopcus presiding. She was preceded in death by her brother, Edward....
Grace
...trees. I watched the snow fall one morning and wondered what her vantage point had been when she wrote, during the last winter before her death: “The weather is a little milder, and yet a thick mist has frozen on the trees, which are all white as snow this morning and give our Forest an air of purity and innocence which it is a pleasure to see. What will Heaven be like if our earth is sometimes so beautiful!” Whether...
Sister Diane Ris (formerly Sister Martin Therese)
...delighted she was to get acquainted with her dad and her new family. Sister Diane was preceded in death by four sisters. Her sisters Linda Vandenberg and Peggy Joneas survive. Sister Mary continued, “I had the great joy and privilege of student teaching with Diane at St. Patrick, Indianapolis in 1971 where she had initiated the open classroom/non-graded method of education. What an amazing, creative, learning environment. I don’t know how she kept up with all the activity, but she...
Sister Beatrice Hoberg (formerly Sister Mary Canice)
...to Louis and Julia Linskey Hoberg. She was baptized Beatrice Margaret. She had a sister, Julia and a brother, Joseph, both of whom preceded her in death. Sister Edwardine McNulty can claim Beatrice as a friend since they were ten years old. Isn’t that a gift, to have a friend for eighty-five years! Edwardine remembers how in grade school, at St. Frances of Rome School in Cicero, Beatrice made up plays for the children to put on, putting sheeting over...
Sister Dorothy McLaughlin
...to live out her religious life as a Sister of Providence, performing works of love, mercy, and justice. Once I was very discouraged after correcting a set of test papers. No one had done well! Dorothy said let me look at the papers. She had me throw them away and said we can fix this! With her guidance, we did. Sister Dorothy has been my mentor and my friend ever since that day. I know that she will continue to...
Winter solstice ritual
Saturday is winter solstice. Tomorrow is the first day of winter, the longest night of the year. The following is adapted from “Prayers for a Planetary Pilgrim,” by Edward Hays. Materials needed: solstice candle; a fire pit, if possible, if you will be outside or a fireplace indoors; smaller candles for everyone; flash light for the leader. (Begin by sitting in darkness for a short time) Leader: Let us take into our hands a solstice candle or Let us light...