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Five Sisters of Providence, Sisters Pat Linehan, Jan Craven, Kathleen Bernadette Smith, and Jody O’Neil and Marianne Ridgell celebrated their 25th and 50th Jubilees on Saturday, June 30. Visit this link to read more about these eleven sisters celebrating jubilee. Sister Marianne Ridgell greets a guest Sister Jan Craven is greeted by Sister Donna Butler. Sisters Jody O’Neil, Marianne Ridgell, Jan Craven and Paula Damiano druing the Mass. Sisters Kate Smith and Loretta Picucci visit at the reception...

...for Justice, General Officer Sister Jenny Howard, Sister Carol Nolan of Providence in the Desert and General Officers Sisters Mary Beth Klingel and Dawn Tomaszewski. Novice Sister Emily TeKolste shares from the microphone. Sisters Donna Marie Fu and Delan Ma in deep discussion. Using and ipad to share information are Sisters Betty Hopf and Mary Ann DeFazio. Sister Nancy Nolan during a reflective moment. How many people can you invite to lower their carbon usage? Sisters of Providence and Providence...

...greets Providence Associate Diann Neu. Providence Associate Donna Watzke (left) catches up with another associate. Winner! Providence Associate Diana Estringel celebrates winning the fundraising raffle for Providence Associates. Behind her at left are Providence Associates Sara Bennett and Duane Drake who helped organize the auction and raffle. Providence Associate Ezra Kyle Meadors reads during a reflective time at the joint meeting with the sisters on Monday. Say cheese, Gary! Posing at the sign-in table are Providence Associates Kaitlyn Willy (with...

...Diane Gardner. Second row from left: Donna Liszewski, Sharon Woods, Nancy Olson, Starletta Schipp, Julie Mansard, Nancy Dannels, Sharon Rodriguez, Providence Associate Co-director Sister Susan Paweski. Back row from left: Providence Associate Co-Director Debbie Dillow, Elaine Osborne, Pearlette Springer, Kate Childs Graham, Sherrie Mansfield, Julia Lopez-Kaley, Carri O’Donnell, Adrienne Bates-Brown, Candace Minster. Not pictured, Kevin Buchanan. The entrance procession Sister Joan Slobig spent the year as the companion to Providence Associate Kathryn Martin New Providence Associate Julia Lopez-Kaley leads song...

...Richard Kennel, Kathryn Martin, Stephanie Downing, Ursula Penrose, Mary Ellen Wieland, Mary Lou Petrisko, Diane Gardner. Second row from left: Donna Liszewski, Sharon Woods, Nancy Olson, Starletta Schipp, Julie Mansard, Nancy Dannels, Sharon Rodriguez, Providence Associate Co-director Sister Susan Paweski. Back row from left: Providence Associate Co-Director Debbie Dillow, Elaine Osborne, Pearlette Springer, Kate Childs Graham, Sherrie Mansfield, Julia Lopez-Kaley, Carri O’Donnell, Adrienne Bates-Brown, Candace Minster. Not pictured, Kevin Buchanan. (Originally published in the Winter 2019 issue of HOPE magazine.)...

Ashley Fern, a Saint Mary-of-the-Woods College (SMWC) student, and her classmates, organized a “Sister Prom/Winter Dance” for the Sisters of Providence of Saint Mary-of-the-Woods. Sisters and students filled the room with enjoyment and carefree dancing. Sister Donna Butler said “this is my first prom ever” and giggled. She was tickled pink to be at this dance. Thanks to SMWC basketball students Delaney Kendall, Brianna Smith and Regan Hubbard, the sisters felt welcome and joined the students in the middle of...

...her table. Providence Associate Christine O’Connor and Sister Dawn Tomaszewski discuss a point. A nice place to relax on a rain-filled retreat day: the recliners and the couch in the community room. From left, Providence Associates Lenore Renier, Jenny Nowalk and Donna Watzke Sisters and associates shop at Linden Leaf Gifts during break time. Sister Cynthia Lynge rings up their sales. Phyllis Harman greets Sister Betty Koressel. Providence Associate Sherrie Mansfield visits with others at her table. Providence Associate candidate...

...Arrianne Whittaker, SP, DO, recently graduated from Marian University. Joining her in the celebration were (front, from left) Sisters Corbin Hannah, Tracey Horan, Emily TeKolste, Barbara Battista and Susan Dinnin, along with (back) Sisters Mary Ann Stewart, Jenny Howard, Connie Kramer, Donna Butler, Marsha Speth, Janice Smith, Arrianne, Marilyn Herber, Barbara Sheehan, Barbara Reder, Dawn Tomaszewski, Beth Wright, Jeanne Hagelskamp, Patty Wallace and Carole Kimes. In the process, Arrianne has certainly learned to lean on Providence in deeper ways as...

...know how you were doing. She shared in my joys and sorrows when I shared them. She had an empathy, gentleness, and welcoming smile that embraced me before I even started talking.” Sister Camille Neubauer Sister Donna Butler said it this way, “She was so observant; she knew when people were not feeling well without having to ask them. She was the perfect embodiment of our sign ‘All are welcome’ in the way she treated visitors. I will never walk...

...first time in 1976 as she prepared for final vows. Some of the sisters currently serving in Taiwan and Asia: From left Sisters Rose Chiu, Norene Wu, Donna Marie Fu (seated), Celeste Tsai, Delan Ma, Sophia Chen, Anna Fan and Anne Therese Falkenstein. Serving and leading Most of her life’s ministries have been in Taiwan. She’s ministered in campus ministry and with college students living in dormitories. She’s done prison ministry, parish ministry, she even started Miracle Home, a ministry...

...also on display! Santa Claus also made an appearance at the North Pole Zone at White Violet Center for Eco-Justice and everyone had an opportunity to meet with the alpacas. Providence Associate Karen Sagraves leads the sing along Sister Mary Lou Ruck helps leads the sing along Sister Mary Beth Klingel helps lead the sing along Sister Patty Wallace dressed as an elf sings and reads with children Sister Rose Virginia Eichman shows off a craft to Providence Assocaite Donna...

...past few days is this one from Sister Donna Butler: “When Patty’s band became canonical novices, Patty was so excited about her first employment. She was assigned to Sister Marita Therese, the head housekeeper. Patty was picturing herself running the big floor polishing machines. What a shock it was when her first assignment in housekeeping was to hem the dust cloths.” Several times, I heard Patty tell a story on herself that always led to shrieks of laughter, laughter so...