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Disrupting apathy and injustice: Sister Tracey Horan and World Meeting of Popular Movements
Indiana delegation to the U.S. Regional World Meeting of Popular Movements. The group includes members of grassroots movements, organizers and people in church leadership from the Indianapolis Archdiocese and the Diocese of Fort Wayne, Indiana. Sister Tracey Horan is at front left. “Now, we must all become disruptors.” Bishop Robert McElroy of San Diego addressed a crowd of nearly 600 clergy, women religious, and grassroots activists at the first regional meeting of the World Meeting of Popular Movements. Bishop McElroy...
Becoming a Providence Associate
Welcome to our newest Providence Associates! Some of the 26 new Providence Associates who made their first commitments on Saturday share some of their experiences here. Each has spent the past year journeying with a Sister of Providence or Providence Associate companion as together they learn more about the Sisters of Providence, each other and themselves. See the photo album of their big day here. Providence Associate Kim Knoblock Kim Knoblock, Terre Haute, Indiana “For me, the process was like...
Plan to attend this upcoming virtual climate meeting
...is to establish a chapter in the Wabash Valley. Currently, there are nine CCL chapters in Indiana. The volunteers in the organization reach out to Indiana legislators as well as our fellow Hoosiers regarding climate advocacy. Through our joint effort with CCL, the hope is many will attend the May 1 meeting to learn more about this program proposal, and to show legislators across Indiana that communities are prepared to act to thwart climate change. Learn more about CCL here....
Sister Adele Mann
...de Sales Grade School and St. John Academy, both in Indianapolis. Sister Adele entered the Congregation Feb. 2, 1946, and professed first and perpetual vows Aug. 15, 1948, and 1953, respectively. She earned a bachelor’s degree in education from Saint Mary-of-the-Woods College and a master’s degree in education from Indiana State University. Sister Adele began teaching in 1948 at St. Andrew, Chicago. She spent one year at Blessed Sacrament in Burlington, N.C. Her remaining years in education were spent in...
The spirituality of Saint Mother Theodore Guerin
...life as she saw it and lived it. Though she had said — “all appearances are against it” — concerning the founding of an Academy at Saint Mary-of-the-Woods in the wilderness of Indiana, she nonetheless set her energies to do it. Though she knew no English before she came to Indiana, she learned it quickly and used it in innumerable letters and contacts with American businessmen. Though she was a French woman dealing with American men who had had very...
Reflections on Shrine for Saint Mother Theodore
Saturday visitors read through the timeline. Hundreds of pilgrims traveled to Saint Mary-of-the-Woods, Indiana, on Saturday, Oct. 25, as the Sisters of Providence officially opened the Shrine for Saint Mother Theodore Guerin, giving people the chance to “Journey with a Saint.” Sister Jan Craven, director of the shrine, conducted a press conference for media that attended the event prior to the opening. “We are ecstatic that these crowds have come,” Sister Jan said. “We’re so happy. We couldn’t be more...
Sister Patricia Linehan
...Saint Mary-of-the-Woods. A Wake took place from 2:30-4:30 p.m., on Sunday, August 17. Mass of Christian Burial was at 11 a.m., on Monday, August 18. Memorial contributions may be made in honor of Sister Patricia to the Sisters of Providence of Saint Mary-of-the-Woods. We welcome you to share your memories of Sister Patricia in the comment section below. Sister Patricia Linehan Complete Ministry In Indiana: Administrative Assistant, Family Life OFC, Archdiocese of Indianapolis (1993-94); Coordinator of Clinic Services, St. Ann’s Care...
Throwback Thursday: Remembering Sister Gaudentia Downey
...Patrick in Fort Wayne. She continued teaching in elementary schools in Chicago, Indiana (including Indianapolis, Lafayette and New Castle), North Carolina and Los Angeles, officially retiring in 1973 after three years at St. John Holy Spirit in Indianapolis. In all, Sister Gaudentia taught for 52 years. An undated photo of Sister Gaudentia Downey. In 1973, she returned to Saint Mary-of-the-Woods to begin a ministry as the Activity Room coordinator, before retiring from there in 1981. She continued ministering as a...
Sister Mary Helen Neff
...Sister Alexa Suelzer in her commentary for Sister Mary Helen Neff, who died March 29. “Sister Mary Helen began her growth in God’s kingdom when she was born in Indianapolis on Feb. 3, 1921, of Otto and Caroline Joerger Neff,” continued Sister Alexa. One of seven children, she attended St. Philip Neri Grade School and St. Mary Academy, both in Indianapolis. She entered the Congregation Feb. 2, 1943, and received the name Sister Marie Anthony. She professed first and perpetual...
Sister Jean Anne Maher (formerly Sister Roberta Marie)
...memories of Sister Jean Anne in the comment section below. Sister Jean Anne Maher Teacher for 43 years at schools in Indiana, Illinois, California, Maryland, Massachusetts and Washington, D.C. In Indiana: Holy Trinity, New Albany (1953-55); St. Ann, New Castle (1955-59); St. Peter, Linton (1963-65). In Illinois: St. Andrew, Chicago (1965-67); St. Mark, Chicago (1967-70); St. David, Chicago (1970-71, and 1979-80); St. Sylvester, Chicago (1975-76); St. Angela, Chicago (1976-78); Chicago Urban Skills Institute (1980-84); St. Priscilla, Chicago (1984-85); St. Beatrice,...
Sister Margaret Norris (formerly Sister Marie Angeline)
...do it to get a crown that will not last, but we do it to get a crown that will last forever. Therefore, I do not run like someone running aimlessly; I do not fight like a boxer beating the air. The baby born January 5, 1931, in Jasper, Indiana, to Oliver and Emma Cannon Norris was baptized Margaret Ann. In addition to her parents, she had three brothers Joseph, Bill, and Jerry and two sisters, Bernice and Emiline, all...
Sister Stella Marie Langdale
...Illinois, Indiana, Massachusetts, and also at St. Ann’s in Washington, D.C., Holy Redeemer in College Park, St. Clement in Lansdowne, and Ascension School in Halethorpe, Md. For the past 15 years, she has been retired to the Motherhouse at Saint Mary-of-the-Woods, Indiana. Sister Stella Marie is survived by one sister, Miss Elizabeth Langdale, who resides at Saint Mary-of-the-Woods; and by a cousin, Mrs. John J. Reynolds of Arlington, Va. The death certificate signed by Dr. K.G. Wakim, who had attended...