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Catherine Buster
...in Missouri, Illinois and Florida. Sister Cathy also established Casa San Juan Bosco in response to Hurricane Charley in 2004. Here is her complete ministry: Sister Catherine Buster (formerly Sister Joseph Norine) Complete Ministry In Indiana: Cook, Ladywood, Indianapolis (1960-67); Express Hall/Kitchen, Saint Mary-of-the-Woods (1967-70); Saga Food Service/Express Hall, Saint Mary-of-the-Woods (1970-78); Maintenance Coordinator/Saga Liaison, Saint Mary-of-the-Woods (1978-86); Food Service Director for Marriott Corporation, Riverview Hospital, Noblesville (1988-89); Residential Services, Saint Mary-of-the-Woods (2020-2022). In Missouri: Food Service Director for Marriott...
A safe home community for those who lost everything
Sister Cathy Buster’s project, The Casa San Juan Bosco Community, provides safe, comfortable homes for migrant workers in Arcadia, Florida. In 2004, Sister Cathy Buster, SP, (formerly Sister Joseph Norene) was ministering in the Catholic Diocese of Venice, Florida, as director of the real estate department, when one of the worst disasters in Florida history hit. Hurricane Charley – a Category 4 Hurricane, terrorized the state for six days. It was the strongest hurricane to strike Florida since Hurricane...
Sister Helen Vinton
...plane. Good thing. When disaster struck in Louisiana in late summer of 2005, every ounce of Sister Helen’s energy and ingenuity was summoned when the skies grew calm and she and her colleagues returned after a hasty evacuation. Hurricane Katrina followed by Hurricane Rita created a devastating path of destruction. “I don’t think people really understand that this was, and is, a national disaster.” The days after the hurricanes hit are most memorable. Sister Helen immediately took a helicopter tour...
Helen Vinton
Sister Helen, formerly Sister Helen Jean, entered the Congregation on July 22, 1953. Her final ministry was as the Life Quality Director and Senior Executive Officer for the Southern Mutual Help Association in New Iberia, Louisiana. Sister Helen grew up on a ranch in western Nebraska. She met the Sisters of Providence while attending Saint Mary-of-the-Woods College. She said her life was profoundly influenced by the destruction caused by Hurricane’s Rita and Katrina. In her final ministry, officials help distribute...
Sister Helen Vinton: Impacting Agriculture
...Sister Helen traveled to Louisiana to begin ministering for the organization in 1980. She ministered with SMHA until 2023, and passed away in August of that year. Lasting Legacy During her time with the organization, Sister Helen wore many hats, but her legacy of impact remains to this day. Sister Helen volunteered her time with cleanup after many of the hurricanes that ravaged Louisiana, while ministering with farmers. “(Mill manager) Tommy Thibodeaux sat next to me at a Town Hall...
Sister Cathy Buster called “heart and soul” of new migrant farm family community in Arcadia, Fla.
...providing “healthy sustainable, energy efficient and attractive yet affordable housing for farm workers” could become a reality. The dream began after Hurricane Charley, a near category five hurricane, swept away farm worker housing in DeSoto County, one of Florida’s poorest areas, in August 2004. Working with Catholic Charities Housing of the Diocese of Venice, Sister Cathy and her colleagues formed a not-for-profit corporation to create hurricane proof and “green” affordable housing for farm worker families. Tirelessly for eight years, Sister...
A look back on 50 years as a Sister of Providence
...to be most applicable when I find myself in challenging situations searching for deeper faith to make sense of why I am there. Celebrating 50 years as Sisters of Providence in 2018 are, from back left, Sisters Jody O’Neil, Jan Craven and Marianne Ridgell. Celebrating 25 years are, seated, Sisters Kathleen Bernadette Smith and Patricia Linehan. One of my most challenging times was working in Arcadia, Florida, immediately after Hurricane Charley destroyed so much of the town. It was August...
Sister Christine Patrick
...me that Christine had a great devotion to Mary, the mother of Jesus. She loved the prayer of the rosary and prayed the rosary daily. Most of us may not know that Christine prayed what she called the Hurricane Novena every year – June 1 through November 30. All who might be or were caught in the hurricane’s path were remembered and prayed for during her Hurricane Novena. Christine brought the fruits of her prayer life to her ministries. She...
Sister Helen Vinton: environmental virtuoso in the bayous
Sister Helen Vinton, right, speaks with fisherman Douglas Wells in front of his boat. Sister Helen created a fisher loan program, helping Douglas and others repair boats damaged by hurricanes. Sister of Providence Helen Vinton (formerly Sister Helen Jean) credits “a deep passion for the land” for her life’s journey from the Sand Hills of Nebraska to the Louisiana bayous where she ministers today as senior executive officer and life quality director for the New Iberia, Louisiana, based Southern Mutual...
Casa San Juan Bosco in Florida now a full community
...primary dreamer, and muscle, behind Casa San Juan Bosco, a new community in Arcadia, Fla., created specifically for migrant farm families. Arcadia is located in the poorest county in Florida. Adding to the area’s challenges, it was devastated by Hurricane Charley in August of 2004. Many farm families lost everything they had as their possessions went blowing in the wind. The Board of Directors of Catholic Charities Housing for the Diocese of Venice made a commitment to address the loss...
Sister Helen Vinton brings hope in an unsteady environment
Sister Helen Vinton, second from left, continues to mentor staff members such as Gabe Schwartzman, left, and welcome visitors such as Julia Sampson and Keith Richards, right, to Southern Mutual Help Association. Families in coastal Louisiana have suffered greatly. Devastating hurricanes. Oil spill disasters. The ongoing impact of climate change. Many forms of injustice. In the face of these struggles, Sister Helen Vinton and the work of Southern Mutual Help Association (SMHA) have provided an extraordinary source of blessing. Located...
Sister Helen Vinton and the Southern Mutual Help Association
...one title as she has many functions. Helen created the Life Quality work of SMHA.” Sister Helen’s ministry in New Iberia, Louisiana over the years has encompassed many dimensions: Working with farmers, sugarcane workers and fishers. One of her contributions, working with housing rehabilitation, has met a great need in a region where homes have been so impacted by coastal flooding from hurricanes. Among other roles, Sister Helen is mentoring the new Director of Life Quality Initiatives, Gabe Schwartzman. Gabe...