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Ministering on Death Row
Sister Betty Donoghue has ministered with federal death row inmates for 10 years, but she is very familiar with the Terre Haute Federal Penitentiary, having ministered with other inmates housed there for 20 years prior to that. For 20 years, Sister Betty ministered with non-violent offenders in what is referred to as the “prison camp.” In this ministry, which included a handful of other Sisters of Providence, the sisters would meet with the inmates every Tuesday evening to offer a...
History Timeline 1840-1926
...A mission of education In 1842 the sisters open their first mission away from St. Mary’s. It is a school in Jasper, Indiana. Many other schools are opened in the Midwest. Sisters are teaching at schools as far away as Massachusetts in 1889. The next year, they set up a program so sisters can learn how to be good teachers. In 1926, Sister Mary Joseph Pomeroy is the first Sister of Providence to earn a Ph.D. 1856 Death of Mother...
March 29, 2026: Palm Sunday of the Lord’s Passion
...has done marvelous deeds! But we know that our faith has to be more than skin deep. We understand that the suffering to come is part of the whole story and that Resurrection cannot come without death coming first. So we can join the crowd praising Jesus along the road, but let us not be in that crowd calling for his death on Friday. Action This week, let us prepare the soil of our hearts for the seed of new...
Sister Eileen Dede (formerly Sister Anita Therese)
...she was welcomed by her parents, Arthur H. Dede and Helena O’Leary. Baptized Cecelia Eileen, the Holy Spirit began her formation in faith. She was definitely a middle child, the fifth of eight in the family. John, Angele, Jim and Mary came before with Patty, Kathleen and Paul following. Her parents, as well as siblings John, Angele, Jim, Kathleen and Paul all preceded her in death. Eileen described her family as not demonstrative, but loving, stable and always there for...
22 New Providence Associates
The newest Providence Associates of the Sisters of Providence of Saint Mary-of-the-Woods. From front left: Jennifer Calvert, Donna Snelling, Traci Tucker, Marcy Meldahl, Jean Smith, Helen Flavin and Director of Providence Associates Sister Diane Mason. Second row from left: Amy Miranda, Tracy Biggs-Green, Marilyn Rausch. Third row from left: Charles Fisher, Jane Fischer, Suzie Ray, Terry Urban, Duane Drake and Marsha Bialaszewski. Back row from left: Assistant Director of Providence Associates Debbie Dillow, Tara Lane, Lorraine Scheidler, Rev. Rebecca Zelensky,...
Changing a life can be life changing
...that eventually I could not do myself and then abandon the inmate. I really prayed about it.” When Sister Joann made the decision to minister to a Death Row inmate, “That was the Providence of God,” she says. “I’ve always tried to be the voice of the marginalized and the voiceless. I think of this as how God has called to me.” Of her ministerial relationship with the Death Row inmate, Sister Joann explains it is one of listening and...
Sister Rita Clare Gerardot
...the demonstration When I retired to the Woods, I assumed a number of volunteer ministries, which proved to be very life-giving. I began touting exercise, tutoring elementary students, serving at St. Ann Clinic and visiting regularly with David Paul Hammer on Death Row in the Federal Prison. In more recent years, I’ve served as receptionist in several locations on campus and helped with tours. Along with many others, I’ve worked for the abolition of the death penalty and hosted prisoners’...
Leadership statement on recent federal executions
...a doubt, what each of these men did to receive the death penalty was abhorrent. At the same time, we support life and respect all persons. We will continue to pray for the victims and their families, for death row inmates and their families, and for legislators who determine life or death decisions. As we expressed just last year in our statement on the death penalty, we, the Congregation of the Sisters of Providence of Saint Mary-of-the-Woods, Ind., believe in...
Eliminating the Death Penalty in the United States: A Work in Progress
...believes we are arriving at a tipping point. Their excellent graphs show the immense progress since 2000. Several states have banned the death penalty, while others have taken steps leading in that direction. In 2015, the Delaware state senate legislature came within a few votes of banning the use of the death penalty. In August 2016, an historic decision by the Supreme Court of Delaware declared that state’s use of the death penalty unconstitutional, making it the 20th state to...
Senior jubilarians – 80 years and counting
...row (left to right), Sisters Mary Ann McCauley, Francis Edwards, Marilyn Herber, Emily Walsh, Patricia Geis, Alice Walsh. Back row (left to right), Sisters Dawn Tomaszewski, Lisa Stallings, Denise Wilkinson, Jenny Howard and Mary Beth Klingel. Happy Jubilee! The years 1932, 1937, 1942 and 1952 treated the Congregation of the Sisters of Providence very generously – gifting us with our 19 senior jubilarians who celebrate today! For 80, 75, 70 and 60 years, you sisters have been faithful to the...