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Sisters of Providence remember Archbishop Emeritus Daniel M. Buechlein
...said that her life serves as a blueprint for us all. In October of 2000, Archbishop Buechlein visited Providence Associate David Hammer, a convicted murderer, at the Federal Penitentiary in Terre Haute, Indiana. At the time of the visit, the archbishop presided over David’s entrance into the Catholic Church, his confirmation and first communion. Sister Rita Clare Gerardot had befriended David while he was on death row at the prison and had helped arrange the meeting. “David Hammer was extremely...
Sister Martha Steidl (formerly Sister Marie Aquinas)
...the sixth of eight children: Mary Ida, Charles, Raymond, Rose, Virginia, Frank and Walt. Five of them preceded her in death; her two brothers Frank and Walt are here with us today. Martha attended Saint Mary Elementary School in Parish and graduated from Parish High School in 1943. Of those years with her large family, Martha later said, “My early shaped so much of my life and where God led me.” She followed her sisters to Saint Mary-of-the-Woods College in...
Sister Terese Marie Havlik
...on May 8, 1929, in Chicago, to Martin and Mary Jurasek Havlik. Her brother Martin, her sister Pauline, and her twin-sister Lillian, all preceded her in death. We are delighted that her niece, Sharon Legwinski and her husband Paul are with us today. Marie Florence attended St. Ludmilla Grade School and Providence High School, where she was one of the brightest in her class each year and where, of course, she came to know the Sisters of Providence. She entered...
Pray with Saint Mother Theodore Guerin, our friend in heaven
...is nine consecutive days of prayer, often for a specific cause. Our Mother Theodore knew what it was to struggle in life. She endured death of a sibling and parent, care of a depressed parent, poverty, prejudice, fires, injustices and more. Let us add our prayers for those we love who are struggling with hers in this special novena prayer. We invite you to begin tomorrow with Day 1 of the novena, below. Then continue on with the full novena,...
The hope of Easter is planted deep in our hearts
...the Parisian people’s resolve to rebuild by sending aid. People we love offer comfort, support and love to help get us through those death encounters in our own lives. Similarly, people are going to the border, to the detention centers around this country to be in solidarity with those who do feel abandoned. And people are rising up in response to hate crimes and enfolding those victimized by violence into their own advocacy movements and circles of prayer. A plaintiff...
Saint Mother Theodore: The real woman behind the image
...her role as general superior. This is Mother Theodore grieving after the death of her dearest friend, Sister St. Francis Xavier. This is Mother Theodore in an unguarded moment. A moment of doubt, extreme fatigue and loneliness. This is Mother Theodore who understands the burdens we carry because she carried them herself. This is Mother Theodore whose humanity and steadfast belief in Providence made her a saint. This is Mother Theodore who companions us in all circumstances as we haltingly...
Sister Mary Adrian Jaroch
A reading from Matthew 11-28 Jesus said, “Come to Me, all of you who are weary and carry heavy burdens, and I will give you rest.” And from the (original) Perpetual Calendar of Saint Mother Theodore Guerin, Oct. 3 (the morning Mary Adrian died) “Thus does life pass, now calm, now agitated, but at last the end is attained. Happy, ah, thrice happy are they who can look forward to the eternal future with calm and confidence, who can throw...
Sister Mary Maxine Teipen
...Maxine describe her, they use these same terms: She was intelligent and gave sound advice, but was also warm, understanding and compassionate. A gracious, kind person, she never complained. She was always concerned about others. Even in her last days, although she clung to the friends at her bedside, she worried that they needed to go home and rest. And she lived the gospel without compromise. She is described as a straight arrow; you always knew what she thought, where...
Sister Anne Marita Wynne
...candid way, she was preparing us for her death — her entrance into new Life. Her death was quiet and peaceful — exactly like herself,” concluded Sister Denise. The Mass of Christian Burial for Sister Anne Marita was celebrated June 1, with the Rev. Daniel Hopcus presiding. She is survived by two sisters, Dorothy Wynne of Kirkwood, Mo., and Virginia Buchanan of Merrillville, Ind. She is also survived by two brothers, Francis of Rantoul, Ill., and Patrick of Columbus, Ohio....
Sister Mary Stella Morrissey
Sister Mary Stella Morrissey “Be glad that you share in the sufferings of Christ, so that when his glory is revealed you may also rejoice.”(1 Peter 4:13) “It’s still the season of resurrection — 50 whole days of Easter exultation. But resurrection cannot be divorced from the passion and death of Jesus — any more than the passion and death can be separated from resurrection. As Christians we share in both — sometimes, as our reading states, plagued by all...
Sister Gertrude Eileen Getrey
...her cousin. Sister Gertrude Eileen is survived by her brother, John of Jasonville, and her sister, Joan of Tampa, Fla., and by several nieces and nephews. She was preceded in death by her sister, Anna,” continued Sister Margaret. As a young girl, Sister Gertrude Eileen attended grade school and high school in Jasonville. She graduated secondary school at the Academy (predecessor of the Juniorate and Aspirancy) at the Woods. She entered the Congregation June 5, 1925. At her death she...
Sister Delia (Margaret Cecile) Leonard
...lived in the Village. Many people love and remember the times she visited them when they were sick, often taking communion to the homebound, the altar boys whose cassocks she cared for, the parents that she helped when they came to make funeral arrangements or preparations for sacraments for their children. Sister Delia was a real community woman, involved with everyone,” shared Sister Mary Ann. “Sister Delia left us, as she did all things, quietly. Some speak of death as...