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Our trip to Ruillé sur Loir
...could hear the buzz of different languages. Amazingly, we all ended at the same time. Unity in diversity! Another wonderful unifying moment was our very own eclipse party tonight. Jeanne hooked up the computer to the big screen in the Chapter room and invited our Ruillé sisters to join us. There was Lester Holt on the big screen from Indianapolis right here in Sees, France! Now it did NOT rival the experience you had in the States, but nonetheless it...
Sister Mary Evangelista Herber
...in education from Saint Mary-of-the-Woods College. For more than 60 years, Sister Mary Evangelista ministered in education, starting at St. Patrick, Indianapolis, in 1923. Her other Indiana pedagogical ministries were St. Margaret Mary, Terre Haute; St. Mary, Richmond; St. Charles, Peru; Annunciation, Brazil; St. Peter, Linton; St. Joseph, Hammond; St. John the Baptist, Whiting; St. Paul, Sellersburg; and St. Patrick, Fort Wayne. In Chicago, she taught at St. Leo, Our Lady of Sorrows and St. Genevieve. She also ministered two...
Sister Mary Aileen Minta
Sister Mary Aileen Minta “I put my trust in you; in God, whose word I praise. …” (Psalm 56:3-4) “Sister Mary Aileen was born a Christmas child, on Dec. 25, 1919, in Indianapolis,” began Sister Margaret Quinlan in her commentary for Sister Mary Aileen Minta, who died June 24. Born to John and Clara (Nevermann) Minta, Elizabeth Jane Minta was one of seven children. She attended St. Joan of Arc and Cathedral grade schools, Indianapolis, and graduated from St. Agnes...
Sister Agnes Eugene Cordak
...master’s degree in history from ISU about seven years later. Her degrees, combined with her great love of learning, laid the foundation for her teaching career, which spanned 31 years and included elementary and high school students in Indiana, Illinois, Massachusetts and Washington, D.C. I’m sure that the international travel that she did with her mother to Hong Kong, the Middle East and Europe also contributed to her well-rounded education. Sister Agnes Eugene compiled not one, but two “memory books,”...
Sister Mary Margaret Quinn (formerly Sister Charles Agnes)
...would be slaving away to finish all the homework and she would be finished and reading a book from the library. Sister Mary Margaret Quinn Mary entered the Sisters of Providence Congregation in 1953 and was given the name Sister Charles Agnes. She received her bachelor’s and master’s degrees in music and taught music in Indiana at Sacred Heart in Evansville and St. Joseph in Brownsburg and St. Andrew and St. Thomas in Indianapolis. In Illinois she taught at St....
A look at the life and ministries of Sister Loretta Clare Gehring
Sister Loretta Clare Gehring in an undated photo. Recently, Mission Advancement Executive Director Sister Ann Casper received an email from Whiting, Indiana, resident Elaine Gehring. Elaine, 90, is the niece of Sister Loretta Clare Gehring (RIP) and wanted to share some of her memories of the Sisters of Providence. We wanted to share some of this with you for a Throwback Thursday blog, so please enjoy. Born on Jan. 9, 1891, in Michigan City, Indiana, Clara C. Gehring was the...
Sister Rose Ann Eaton
...still with her. It was. Growing up in Southern Indiana was good, but enough was enough. A native of Vincennes, Sister Rose Ann had the desire for change that encourages so many young people to seek alternatives in their lives. “I wanted to be a teacher, but I decided I didn’t want to stay in Southern Indiana for the rest of my life,” she said. So, Sister Rose Ann chose the Sisters of Providence over a couple of other congregations...
Against All Odds: Focus on Sister Winifred Patrice O’Donovan, SP
...but where, I did not know.” A confessor at the African Missionary Seminary there in County Cork suggested “… a community in Indiana that was well founded.” She continues, “I had never heard of Indiana, but there I will go wherever it is, some part of India probably.” Inquiring at the Presentation Convent, the Superior told her that Indiana was in America. The Superior, having a relative who was a Sister of Mercy in America, gave Sister Winifred Patrice a...
Sisters of Providence join billboard campaign
The Sisters of Providence of Saint Mary-of-the-Woods, Indiana, along with other congregations of women religious in Indiana and Michigan, have launched a billboard campaign to share the Gospel message of love, mercy and justice for others. Currently, the Sisters of Providence have a billboard stating “I was hungry and you fed me” on 3rd Street in Terre Haute while driving north out of the city. The billboard will be in place until Sept. 21. In addition, a second billboard on...
Sister Marie David Schroeder
Sister Marie David, baptized Mary Catherine, was born on Jan. 12, 1923, in Jasper, Indiana, to Edward and Theresa Schroeder. She was the middle child of seven and outlived all her siblings, said Sister Betty Hopf in her commentary for Sister Mary David Schroeder, who passed away on Monday, March 30, 2020, at Saint Mary-of-the-Woods, Indiana. She was 97 years old and had been a Sister of Providence for 79 years. Sister Betty continued: As Sister Mary Ann Lechner said,...
Sister Patricia Geis (formerly Sister Anna Marie)
...was “Particularly I admire two virtues: A profound humility and immense charity,” said Sister Janet Gilligan in her commentary for Sister Patricia Geis, formerly Sister Anna Marie, who passed away on Monday, April 17, 2023, at Saint Mary-of-the-Woods, Indiana. She was 88-years-old and had been a Sister of Providence for 71 years. Sister Patty Geis Sister Janet continued: Apparently even Mother Theodore knew and admired our dear Sister Patty Geis. When Patty went to God, she was 88-years-old and had...
2017 reflection for Foundation Day
...the Sisters of Providence of Ruillé and our founding community. She is the sister who called Sister St. Theodore forth to head the mission to Indiana. From the fictional diary of Mother Mary Lecor, Ruillé, France It is October 22, 1840, and I wonder, no, I pray God that our little missionary band of Sisters of Providence has arrived at their final destination in Indiana. May Providence be their mother and their guide no matter where they find themselves at...