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Sister Francis Edwards (formerly Sister Francis Bernard)
...would like me to write her commentary. She broke into a great smile and gave an enthusiastic “Yes.” And lo, the next day, I got two typed pages of notes on her early life. She was not only determined and persistent; she was also organized and efficient. According to Sister Francis, her father, Frank Edwards, was a mining engineer in southern Illinois. On Saturday nights, it was his habit to go across the river to Kentucky to dances. Ellis Gray...
A Providence moment with Sister Camille Neubauer
On Saturday, Aug. 8, I was walking through the cemetery. Recalling that Aug. 14, will be the first anniversary of Sister Camille’s death, the tears started to run down my face. I told her how very much I missed her and thanked her for her friendship. When I returned to Providence Hall, I went to have my temperature checked. Each day, we are given a sticker to show we had this done. There are different kinds of stickers each day....
Celebrating our senior jubilarians!
On Tuesday, Dec. 17 the Sisters of Providence celebrated the sisters who had been Sisters of Providence for 75, 70 and 60 years with a special Mass. We are so blessed to have such wise and holy women among us. Celebrating 75 years as Sisters of Providence were: Sisters Mildred Giesler (formerly Sister Alma Joseph), Florence Norton (formerly Sister Thomas Ann), Rita Clare Gerardot and Miriam Clare Stoll Celebrating 70 years as Sisters of Providence: Sisters Regina Marie McIntrye, Joann...
Sister Marie Alexis Geiger
...in 1962 with a bachelor’s degree in education and earned a master’s degree in education from Marquette University in 1967. Sister Marie Alexis taught grades two through eight in schools in Indiana, Illinois and Washington, D.C. IN addition to being an excellent teacher, she was a talented baton twirler. So at St. Francis Borgia in Chicago, she taught baton and paraded with Sister Carol Nolan and her students on State Street on Christmas Day, St. Patrick’s Day and Columbus Day....
Making sense of warring leaders both made in God’s image
I wrote this reflection on March 15, the “Ides of March.” The day is best known as the day that Roman senators assassinated Julius Caesar for seeking dictatorship over their republic. March 15 is also a day before “Purim.” This is when Jews commemorate their deliverance from annihilation in ancient Persia, a story told in the Megillah (scroll) of Esther. These dates are significant, but not planned. At least not on my part, as I felt led to reflect theologically...
The Sisters of Providence: A history of justice
...also established the Freedom School in Albany, Georgia, teaching youth and adults how to read, write and do mathematics. Sister of Providence Dorothy Gartland, far left, joins other 8th Day Center for Justice staff members in advocating for equality during the Center’s tenth anniversary celebration in 1985. In 1974 the Sisters of Providence were one of six founding religious congregation’s of the 8th Day Center for Justice in Chicago. First Sister Dorothy Gartland, SP, then Sister Kathleen Desautels, SP, ministered...
Sister Judy Birgen
...camp for girls in California. By the time she finished college, she had thought about a number of religious communities, but decided to look seriously at the Sisters of Providence. Her reliance on prayer in different periods of her earlier life is still with Sister Judy today. “My prayer life today is real important to me. I know it’s what keeps me going. Somewhere in my formation, I was sort of given the impression that morning is a better time...
Sister Claire Hanson
...said. “It was 1965 when I entered. In those days you left your home and didn’t know when you would ever return. It was God’s grace that put me on that train from Boston to Terre Haute. “My novitiate days were the days of Vatican II and lots of changes were taking place: changes in our daily schedules, modes of prayer and relearning ways to live the vows. It was not always easy for me. There were many times and...
Baptism by horseback
...“I’m an AKA [also known as] all the way!” On a more serious note, she explained, “I felt it was the real me; my true identity.” I can’t tell you what I had for lunch that day, but I’ll hold on to the expressions on Marceline’s face and the sacredness of her sharing for some time to come. Find your thrills on TV or in the movie theater if you like — I’ll take another day in the dining room!...
Sister Paula Modaff
...so her daughter could join a religious community. “She could not understand how such a normal, beautiful, red-blooded person could do it. She said to me, ‘Well, Paula, if you can stand the same thing day after day, the routine, never anything different, then go ahead.’” “I kept writing to her from the novitiate and saying, ‘Well, we haven’t started the routine yet, but I’m sure we will. Finally, after two years, I stopped writing it because it was just...