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Sister Mary Ann McCauley
...spent a lot of time hanging around the school. When I was in the upper grades, I would go help the first-grade teacher correct papers and things like that. They just welcomed me, and treated me so well. It was probably around eighth grade when I started thinking seriously about becoming a sister. My parents were divorced. The sisters never made me feel like a second-class citizen. In those days, to have your parents divorced was pretty unusual. I’m sure...
Living a fruitful vowed life
...fund what we need for ourselves. Our times also call us to pay attention to the “common fund” of creation from which we have already taken far more than our share. This contemporary understanding of poverty may ask us to make room in our lives for practices like conserving energy, recycling, changing our driving habits to help reduce greenhouse gasses, patronizing organic farmers’ markets, or working for systemic change so that this common fund of creation will be available to...
Sister Loretta Maureen Gansemer
...sense to her as she looked beyond the changing circumstances, always remembering His love and provision. She prayed every day, “I will do you will today,” while taking a deep breath and asking for the gift of peace; and, she continued to faithfully pray the words of Saint Paul, “I am quite certain that the One who began this good work in you will see that it is finished when the Day of Christ Jesus comes. It is only natural...
A fresh connection
...“enriches the connection communities have with fresh, healthy food and local food producers by changing food purchasing and education practices at schools and preschools.” According to regulations under the United States Department of Agriculture, students are required to be served six ounces of either fruit or vegetables during every lunch period. Now, through the agreement with WVC, students at St. Patrick’s have the choice of either the vegetables served through the regular meal or the fresh WVC vegetables. Voll said...
White Violet Center interns: Meet the fabulous four!
...day is over when the task is completed to its fullest extent.” Campbell Sullivan, Columbia, South Carolina Campbell has a bachelor’s degree in English and Studio Art from Furman University in Greenville, South Carolina. After college she had an internship with Disney World and worked at Epcot, communicating with guests from all over the world. “I have always loved art. From the time my dad bought me art kits from the bookstore, I have filled my days with creating. My favorite...
Sister Laurette Bellamy
...it is not!’ I respected her so much that I followed her advice and stayed in school. “She convinced me to interview for a particular job (which led to meeting my husband). Several years later, she asked me to return to the Woods to teach music therapy for ‘one semester’ (and that ‘one semester’ has turned into 29 years). “What is incredible about this story is not that she did this for me; she had a similar, life-changing impact on...
Sister Ann Xavier Hau
...Mary-of-the-Woods College and a master’s degree in education from Ball State University. Sister Ann Xavier began teaching in 1941 at St. Jude, Fort Wayne, Ind. In Indiana she also ministered at St. Joseph, Hammond, and Our Lady of the Greenwood, Greenwood. Sister Ann Xavier spent many years teaching or serving as a principal in Illinois at St. Joseph, Downers Grove; St. Joseph, Galesburg; St. Mark, St. Genevieve and Immaculate Conception, Chicago; and St. Alexander, Palos Heights. She spent one year...
A grand structure: Providence Hall
...First, Second and Third South halls have been saved. The slate stairs along with the banisters have been kept, and the east wooden stairs are also original. Even the statue of St. Joseph in the courtyard is staying put (pictured this page). Amazingly, the drainage for Providence Hall was “green” long, long before being green was a buzzword. In the courtyard is a large cistern where some of the drains empty and then seep out from drainage pipes to the...
Sister of Providence released from prison
Those arrested for participating in the peaceful protest against the SOA and their supporters make a statement on the steps of a Georgia courthouse July 8, 2002. Sister Kathleen Desautels, center in pink shirt, was sentenced during this trial. Sister of Providence Kathleen Desautels, who has served a six-month sentence at the Federal Prison Camp-Greenville (Ill.), was released Friday, March 7, amid cheers, hugs and outward expressions of hope from a group of her housemates and co-workers. Sister Kathleen, 64,...
Sister Margaret Ellen O’Connor
...gatherings she would have to hold any baby present, despite her very crippled hands in recent years. It was she who maintained close contact with relatives in Ireland. She loved to visit Ireland and in one person’s recollection, she had barely returned from Ireland when she would be planning her next trip. She had the noted Irish wit, loved Notre Dame football and on March 17 would don lots of green, at the same time maintaining that she really didn’t...
Sister Jane Maher
...St. Therese, Los Angeles. In Indiana, she ministered at Sacred Heart, Evansville; St. Joan of Arc, St. Bridget, St. Monica and St. Philip Neri, Indianapolis; St. Patrick, Terre Haute; St. John the Baptist, Whiting; and Our Lady of the Greenwood, Greenwood. After years of teaching, she served as the business officer for Providence Retirement Home, New Albany, Ind. She returned to the Woods in 1984 and ministered in various departments and as the provincial treasurer. “Those of us gathered here...
Sister Cecile Morse
...Ladywood High School, Indianapolis. “In 1980, at age 72, Sister Cecile finished her printing ministry for good. Retirement would have beckoned many, but Sister Cecile continued her ministry,” said Sister Adele. For the next three years, Sister Cecile ministered as the attendance office at Mother Theodore Guerin High School, River Grove, Ill. She also served as a clerical assistant and receptionist at Providence Retirement Home, New Albany, Ind. She provided parish service at Our Lady of the Greenwood, Greenwood, Ind.,...