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Janice Vanderhaar: In the name of Peace and Justice
...in helping to establish the Gandhi Institute for Nonviolence founded by Arun Gandhi, grandson of Mohandas Gandhi. For 16 years, Janice was a social worker with Metropolitan Interfaith Center providing emergency services helping those who were in desperate need of assistance. In 2003, Janice and Gerard received the Bishop Dozier Award for Peace and Justice from Christian Brothers University where Gerard taught for 28 years. In 2005, after Gerry’s death, Janice established the Vanderhaar Symposium, an annual event at Christian...
Bittersweet news from Educational/Family Services
...girl with her reading in 2006. Just months before her death, Sister Jean Arkenberg (RIP) was still serving strong as a tutor at Educational/Family Services in 2008. She had tutored there for at least 10 years. Volunteer Tom Milner tutors Brandi Reed in 2009. Sister Charles Van Hoy tutors a little girl in 2012. Double the math. Sister Charles Van Hoy works with twin students in 2008 in the after school tutoring program for EFS. Mickie Lane Fredericks tutors a...
Sister Rosalie Marie Weller
...Gick Weller. She was baptized Rose Henrietta. She attended St. Peter Grade School in Fort Wayne, and entered the Sisters of Providence from that parish on July 15, 1934. She was finally professed on Jan. 23, 1942. She was preceded in death by her parents, by her sisters Kay, Agnes, Clara, Isabel, Bea, Mildred, Leona, Marie and Sister Mary Marcellita, OSF; and by her brothers Albert, Bernard, Daniel and Larry. If you counted them, you noticed that she had 13...
Sister Joanna Valentino (formerly Sister Marie Dominic)
...the ministering she had done in her 52 years as a Sister of Providence. She deeply appreciated and tenderly loved the ministry as she described it in saying, “This ministry is my heart.” In 2010, having been told she had stage 4 cancer, she lived and wrestled with all the emotion of staring death in the face. She became determined to continue to be “in control” because she was loving her life of ministry and wanted to enjoy yet many...
Spring anthems of Alleluia: Easter 2015
...season, the Woods “proclaims the greatness of God” but during spring anthems of ALLELUIA surround us. Before our eyes, life overcomes death. May you and yours experience the gentle touch of the living Jesus during this lovely season of Easter! May all of us revel in the renewal of life evident all around us. May we take a moment to pause and enjoy however spring manifests itself in your piece of the world. May we, from the deepest part of...
Sister Catherine Arkenberg (formerly Sister Jean Loretto)
...brother Raymond, are with us today; two brothers, James and Thomas, and her sister, Sister Jean, preceded her in death. From early on, she was a Sister of Providence “product,” having attended Maternity BVM grade school in Chicago and Providence Juniorate High School here at the Woods. From there, she entered as a postulant, on Jan. 5, 1939. She received the name Sister Jean Loretto, and years later, returned to her baptismal name. Her other milestones related to membership in...
Care of Earth attracts new members
...of who God is,” said Tracey. “To have a reverent gratitude when you pull a root vegetable that you saw first as a seed planted in the soil, then watered and fed, then giving up its life so you have life. It connects the cycle of life and death and resurrection. How can that not be spiritual?” added Tracey. Sister Corbin says, “I learned how eco-justice fits into social justice. What we do to Earth, we do to ourselves, and...
Sister Rosemary Ward honored as Outstanding Tutor of the Year
...peace and justice activities. She also cared for her sister, Joan, until her death in February of this year. Five years ago, responding to an article in her parish bulletin, Sister Rosemary began working with Schools and Tutors on Wheels. This is an organization established by the Sisters of St. Joseph, based in La Grange, Illinois. The program works by providing tutors at multiple locations in the Chicago area for students learning English as a second language, GED instruction, preparation...
Sister Dolores Ann Linhart
...to our records, her ministry was “to be arranged.” Now it has indeed been arranged by our God of Providence. May she rest in peace. Amen. Funeral services for Sister Dolores Ann were Friday, May 8, and Saturday, May 9, in the Church of the Immaculate Conception at Saint Mary-of-the-Woods. Sister Dolores Ann is survived by a brother, Robert A. Linhart (Patricia), niece Laurie Kruchten, nephew Christ Linhart (Janet) and niece-in-law Mary Linhart (Michael). She was preceded in death by...
Sister Judy Birgen: parenting SP style
...their adulthoods, she has remained a mentor, a member of the family. The next generation And that is how she became involved in the life of Bry’Chell and her siblings. Bry’Chell is the stepdaughter of one of Sister Judy’s foster sons. His marriage crumbled after the tragic death of a child in the family. As the mother was dealing with the emotional trauma, her six kids were sent to live with others. Sister Judy was concerned that the oldest, 9-year-old...
Entrance to center dedicated to Sister Wendy Workman
...devoted herself to the ministry of prayer until her death eight years later. One of her friends during her days at Saint Mary-of-the-Woods College, Dr. Mary Hums, also attended the dedication ceremony, stating she believed Sister Wendy would be very proud of the new center. “This was lovely,” Mary said. “It is meaningful to be back here. Sister Wendy loved Saint Mary-of-the-Woods College, even after the accident. She loved being a Sister of Providence and she had a lifelong devotion...
Sister Marie Victoria Podesta
...in papers Marie Victoria had kept in her file in archives, her father is listed as a “laborer,” and in another place, as a bartender. She had one sibling, her sister Rose, who died two years ago. Rose’s death was a great loss to her. Indeed, her friends knew she was still grieving over that loss. She had nieces and nephews, who have children and grandchildren, all of whom she was very proud, exhibiting their pictures on the door to...