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Sister Anne Krause (formerly Sister Marie Robert)
The death of Sister Ann Krause on Easter Sunday about dawn followed her own Triduum, marked by a severe fall on Holy Thursday and three days in the hospital. Hearing of her death, I’m sure I was not the only one who thought of Mary Magdalene running to the tomb, finally embracing Jesus. After 94 years, Anne could say as she did, “I have seen the Lord!” However, knowing Anne, I think she may have added, “What took you so...
O Antiphon – O Key of David come free us
...and the scepter of power over sin and death. The account of Jesus’ giving the keys of the kingdom to Peter was a sign of his leadership and his responsibility in the early Christian community. They were to be used to free people from the power of evil and the darkness of sin by revealing the love and mercy of God, who became one of us for our salvation. As parent, teacher, administrator, what keys do you hold as your...
Sister Ann Marie Boyce
...or wear hand-me-downs. Both her sisters preceded her in death. She is survived by nieces and nephews and their descendants, extending out to great-, great-nieces and great-nephews. We offer our sympathy and prayers to those nieces and nephews who are present with us today: Pat, Linda, Maureen and her husband Tom, John, Mary Lou and Christine. The story goes that she exhibited a strong will at an early age. On one occasion when she was in preschool, her two sisters...
Resting on holy ground: new cremains burial options at the Woods
A computer rendering of the planned Providence Community Cemetery Chapel to be built at Saint Mary-of-the-Woods in the near future. During our 2016 General Chapter, we Sisters of Providence committed ourselves to “growing in relationship with all who share the charism of Providence.” Little did we know in those July days nearly three years ago that we would be inviting “all who share the charism of Providence” to extend that relationship even after death. The seed was planted by the...
Sister Francis Edwards (formerly Sister Francis Bernard)
...Photo provided by Sue Weatherwax. She stayed on at McGinnis as librarian for another year and then after the death of her father, moved to California where she served for 20 years as librarian in three high schools as well as a seminary. In an article in our newspaper Community, the principal of St. Genevieve’s High School in Panorama City states that she “is the best librarian in the western hemisphere. … She is well read, professionally current and dedicated...
Easter people in the midst of a pandemic
Lent came to us this year in the form of a pandemic. We have been sheltering in place to protect ourselves and others. We have heard the numbers of cases here and around the world. We have seen the empty store shelves. We have seen the long lines at food pantries. We have been living Lent. As we prepare to celebrate Easter we first remember the Triduum. The Last Supper, the death on the cross and finally the celebration of...
Sister Helen Therese Conway
...for 72 years. Sister Helen Therese Conway Sister Ann continued: Eileen Conway was born to Clarence and Daisy McClellan Conway on Jan. 25, 1926, in Chicago. From the outset, I imagine Eileen’s birth lit up the Conway family household. Her eight siblings all preceded her in death – her sisters Ethel, Daisy, Margaret, Dorothy Jane and Thoretta; her brothers Robert, Clarence and Patrick. She dearly loved her large family and communicated with them often. Her many nieces and nephews remained...
Sister Regina Norris (formerly Sister Regina Clare)
...I am going to do the same mean thing again.'” Sister Regina Norris (RIP) and Sister Charles Ellen Turk (RIP) In 1939, a second daughter was born, Vicki Ann. However, Vicki Ann died in 1942 of a brain abscess. Donna would have been 5-and-a-half, and I know that the death of her sister remained with her. When I lived with her as part of the LaSalle Street community in Indianapolis, we each cooked once a week. Regina occasionally prepared salmon...
Sister Edna Scheller
...of birth and date of death. The poem popularized the phrase, “Live your dash,” i.e., spend each day with passion and purpose, or as Jesus put it, spend each day “bearing fruit that will abide.” And Edna certainly did that! She was always for others and inspired others by “living her dash.” She is remembered for “fruit that abides” – her life of joy, compassion, service, and kindness. Edna Mae Scheller was born May 28, 1932, in Evansville, Ind., to...
Join the conversation: systemic racism and wealth, discussing across divides
...blamed for their own deaths. An individual look In those days, my conversations with loved ones about these killings had a decidedly individual dimension. My family members argued on the merits of each individual scenario — and I responded correspondingly. It seemed the broad social consensus rested on accounting for the deaths on a case-by-case basis. The conversations have changed a bit over the past eight years. Though we are tragically still sparked into acute outrage by individual shootings of...
A Reflection on the Feast Day of Saint Mother Theodore Guerin
...I quote: “seized with a violent fever, the result of the fatigues of her long journey with her strength lowered by her recent illness and by so many cares and inquietudes; and finally by her treatment at the hands of the bishop. The physician, Dr. Baty, pronounced her condition alarming. Thinking herself at the point of death, she had the vicar-general, Father Dupontavice, called. He refused to see her, believing her to have been excommunicated. Praise Providence that what happened...
Sister Mary Lee Mettler (formerly Sister Irma)
...2020, at Signature Health Care in Terre Haute, Indiana. She was 88 years old and had been a Sister of Providence for 69 years. Sister Ann continued: Mary Lee Mettler was born in Fort Wayne, Indiana, to Omer and Leone Jordan Mettler on Aug. 7, 1932. Even though her birth name was Mary Lee, she was baptized Mary Leone. She grew up with her two sisters Connie and Irene. Irene preceded her in death last year. She was educated by...