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Sisters of Providence celebrate Senior Jubilees
...and Sister Jeanne Hagelskamp. Not photographed: Sisters Marian Brady and Marie Denis Lucey. She graduated from Saint Mary-of-the-Woods College with a bachelor’s degree in English. She also has a master’s degree in religion from Manhattanville , Purchase, N.Y. Her ministries included: Lockport, Ill.: Teacher, Sacred Heart (1951-54), Joliet, Ill.: Teacher, St. Mary Carmelite (1954-56), Greenfield, Ind.: Teacher, St. Michael (1956-62), Indianapolis: Principal/Teacher, St. Catherine (1962-68), Terre Haute, Ind.: Teacher (Schulte High School)/Director of Novices (Saint Mary-of-the-Woods) (1969-72), Terre Haute, Ind.:...
Sister Rosemary Ward (formerly Sister Sebastian)
...Systems/Services and finally Director of Systems/Services. She never formally used her biological training after she left teaching, but it remained an integral part of her. She loved anything green, and while I don’t know if she was fond of animals, such as cats and dogs, I do know that she was fascinated by any sort of creeping, crawling, or buzzing thing, such as lizards, ants, and bumble bees. Sometime in the 90s, she became a charter member of a new...
Sisters of Providence celebrate Senior Jubilees
...Mercy Health Care and Rehabilitation Center, Homewood (1988-95); Administrator, Mercy Health Care and Rehabilitation Center, Homewood (1995-97); Business Manager, Most Holy Redeemer Parish, Evergreen Park (1999-2006); Volunteer Parish Minister, Most Holy Redeemer Parish, Evergreen Park (2009-12). Sister celebrating 70 years with the Congregation this year included (front, from left) Sister Ann-Margaret O’Hara, Sister Margaret Quinlan, Sister Suzanne Dailey and Sister Mary Ann Phelan along with (back, left) Sister Alice Ann Rhinesmith and (back, second from right and far right) Sister...
June 2, 2024: The Solemnity of the Most Holy Body and Blood of Christ (Corpus Christi)
...for what God had made and given to him. Moses told the Hebrew people they were to eat unleavened bread and drink wine in preparation for the exodus from Egypt. It was a practical meal meant to nourish but also symbolize their humble and bittersweet circumstances as the meal was consumed in flight. There was no hanging around afterward. Boaz offered Ruth bread and invited her to dip it in the wine during their courtship; one commentary suggests that this...
Musings on National Women’s Day
...platforms. Henceforth the United States focused on International Women’s Day which is observed on March 8 as its principal mechanism for calling attention to women and their changing needs. However the United States has never moved to declare March 8 or any other date as a national holiday as some other countries have done. Still Recognized August 9 is still recognized as National Women’s Day in some counties of the world, particularly in South Africa. South Africa has had a long...
Senior jubilarians – 80 years and counting
...to be part of this effort in a special way, in a unique manner. You are at that time of life that social psychologists label “generative” – that is, it is your special gift to encourage and bring forth the gifts of others. Your gift to offer is that of wisdom, wisdom acquired by your having met life’s challenges, by years of fidelity to prayer and fidelity to the responsibilities of membership, to communal living, to lives of meaningful ministry....
Providence Cristo Rey High School: 10 years of changing lives in Indianapolis
...born of a dream by the Sisters of Providence to venture forward, despite limited personnel and financial means. Thanks to the many donors, Corporate Work Study sponsors, and very dedicated faculty and staff, these young men and women are enjoying an opportunity of a lifetime … one that is, indeed, life changing for many of the graduates! PCRHS – Corporate Spotlight Mike Evans, retired founder, president and CEO of AIT Laboratories and AIT Bioscience, got involved in Providence Cristo Rey...
Merry Christmas! There is cause for rejoicing here!
For as long as I can remember, a soft, stuffed elf toy made its appearance in our home at Christmas time. Oh, there were the usual decorations — a Christmas tree, wreaths, and, of course, the Nativity Scene. But this elf had primacy of place, hanging from a thumbtack pressed into the archway between the living room and dining room of my childhood home. And when we moved into a new home during my college years that elf went with...
Our trip to Ruillé sur Loir
...their General Chapter. Our faithful chauffer S. Gillian, one of their councilors, brought us from the airport in Paris through the town of Sees on the way to the convent of the Sisters of Providence of Sees. This enabled us to view the cathedral. You may recall that this cathedral was the last place Mother Theodore and her companions attended Mass before leaving for the U.S.A. A picture of the cathedral is hanging in the French Room in the Shrine...
WVC adds ‘Real Organic Project’ certification
...protect the integrity of the organic label. Organic farming has always been based on “feed the soil, not the plant.” Young plants inside the greenhouse. Real organic farming relies on the microbial activity of the soil to slowly release nutrients to the plant. In recent years, many organic farmers have grown distraught over USDA decisions that have negated this fundamental truth, even though growing in soil is original to the USDA Organic standards. Further, rules have been overlooked regarding the...
A note from Sister Barbara from her experience in the death chamber
...deserves to be labeled, judged, discarded even, according to the worst thing we ever did? Rather, are we not called to honor human dignity and extend God’s loving design to all creation and all persons? I still stand by the statement I made at Will McCrory’s execution: My faith and the teachings of our Church compel me to say No! to the death penalty and to work to abolish it. Surely just as we know that God loves us always...
Sisters share message against ‘Big Beautiful Bill’
...be a moral failure for American society as a whole. We respectfully ask you to vote “no” on the budget reconciliation legislation, HR 1. Sincerely, His Eminence Cardinal Robert W. McElroy His Eminence Cardinal Joseph William Tobin, CSsR Archbishop of Washington, DC Archbishop of Newark, New Jersey Imam Jamal Rahman Rabbi Daniel Weiner Interfaith Community Sanctuary, Seattle, Washington Seattle, Washington The Rt. Reverend Philip N. LaBelle Bishop Episcopal Diocese of Olympia Reverend Douglas Avilesbernal, Executive Minister – Evergreen Baptist Association...