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Structure of the Church of the Immaculate Conception
...It was built of Indiana limestone. What is Indiana limestone, you ask? Indiana limestone is a type of rock obtained in Indiana. It is known to be the highest quality of limestone in the United States. Limestone is used to build many structures because it can be found easily and it is basically easy to carve. It is also long lasting and stands up well under the effects of harsh weather conditions. Since the Church of the Immaculate Conception is...
Sisters share memories of the ‘Greatest Spectacle in Racing’
...Indiana. Take for example the Indianapolis 500, which is celebrating 100 years of existence this year. Recently, several sisters took time to reflect on their memories of what many call the “Greatest Spectacle in Racing.” Sister Patty Wallace, for example, recalled a time when she was a student at Butler University. “The motor speedway started a daycare for the month of May called Racing Babies,” Sister Patty said. “It was offering childcare for the children of the drivers during practice...
Sister Ann Stephen Stouffer
...9, 2021, at Clinton Gardens in Clinton, Indiana. She was 82 years old and had been a Sister of Providence for 61 years. Sister Ann Stephen Stouffer Sister Maureen continued: Sister Ann Stephen, Judy, was born to Howard and Katherine Murnan Stouffer on February 26, 1939, in Wabash, Indiana. Her brothers Jim and John were delighted to greet their only sister. Judy was already 16 when their parents announced that the family was about to expand. She was so excited...
1956: a year of commemoration
...the arrival of Sister Marie Gratia Luking, who hadn’t been back to the United States since she left for the mission in Asia in 1920. [CLICK HERE] “French Nuns Enjoy Visit at Ladywood” news article from the Indianapolis Times (June 28, 1956): Sisters Gabriel Marie and Maria Joseph visit Ladywood School, Indianapolis. This is the first visit of the Sisters of Providence of Ruillé to the United States since 1906. [CLICK HERE] “Nuns Call Children of France ‘Nervous’” news article...
Sister Kathleen Kelly (formerly Sister Edward Marie)
...August 17, 2021, at Saint Mary-of-the-Woods, Indiana. She was 89 years old and had been a Sister of Providence for 70 years. Sister Maureen continued: Sister Kay was born Kathleen Audry Kelly on July 21, 1932, in Chicago to Edward Joseph and Stella Moroney Kelly. Although she was baptized Kathleen, she quickly adds “(soon to be called Kay.)” She was the fourth daughter, with Rosemary, Dorothy and Alyce having preceded her. Sister Kathleen Kelly She was still a tiny baby...
Former Sisters of Providence a gift to the Church and society
...the work I was doing.” After leaving she used her skills as an educator, administrator and counselor and as a consultant to human resources at St. Vincent Hospital in Indianapolis. Mary Jo says: “I was a teacher while in the community from 1965-1974.When I left the community I continued to teach in Catholic schools. In 1977 I became the director of religious education at St. Monica Parish in Indianapolis, a very large intercultural parish.” Mary Jo continues in that role...
Celebrate 2016 with the SPs!
...Joni is from San Antonio, Texas. She currently ministers as the athletic director and physical education/religion teacher at Saint Patrick school in Terre Haute, Indiana. We welcomed Postulant Emily TeKolste of Indianapolis, Indiana, who entered the Sisters of Providence September 7, 2016. She joins eight other women in the initial formation in our community. In 2016 our Providential God called 10 daughters of Mother Theodore home. We offer prayers for Sisters Regina Therese Shaughnessy, Marilyn Rose Ginder, Amata Dugan, Mary...
An unbreakable promise
Among the strange and often bizarre tourist sites described in the book “Weird Indiana” is a page devoted to the Shell Chapel at Saint Mary-of-the-Woods. This tiny, quaint chapel is very distant from Mother Theodore Guerin’s home near the seashell covered, wind-swept Breton shore of northern France. But it is a monument to Saint Anne as patroness of the sailors of Brittany. And to the shells that once littered the shores of Indiana’s Wabash River and to faithfulness to a...
Sister Agnes Arvin (formerly Sister Agnes Virginia)
...a Sister of Providence for 75 years. Agnes Arvin was born Nov. 19, 1921, to Dellas and Gertrude Brewer Arvin in Bedford, Indiana. Agnes had three siblings – a brother, William, and two sisters, Amy and Rosemary – all of whom preceded her in death. Tragedy came to the family early in Agnes’ life with the death of her father in a tragic stone-cutting accident. Her mother moved the family to Indianapolis where she secured employment at St. Vincent’s Hospital,...
PEREGRINOS DE ESPERANZA: JUBILEO 2025
...a recorrer Santa Maria del Bosque. Embebiéndose en la historia y la fe Visitantes y peregrinos pueden explorar el Santuario de Santa Madre Teodora Guerin, quien fue canonizada como la única santa en Indiana el 15 de octubre de 2006. El Santuario narra la historia de su viaje desde Francia a Indiana en 1840, en donde ella y sus compañeras religiosas establecieron un ministerio de educación en la exuberante floresta de Indiana. Recorran el Santuario y observen los objetos que...
Journals and Letters week 37: Good for nothing but to love God
...health that Sister St. Francis would never survive the ocean voyage and the overland travel to Indiana. Too, Mother Mary found this young sister devoid of any talents useful to the mission in Indiana. Sister St. Francis Xavier may have been weak in body, but it seems she had a will of iron. She convinced the Bishop of Le Mans to appeal to Mother Mary. The bishop recommended that Sister St. Francis Xavier be sent to Indiana. Mother Mary denied...
Pilgrims of Hope: Jubilee 2025
...often considered a sacred site.” Jubilee 2025: A Year of Pilgrimage This year, the Catholic Church is celebrating Jubilee 2025. On Christmas Eve 2024, the late Pope Francis declared the Jubilee year would be granted the theme “Pilgrims of Hope.” The Shrine of Saint Mother Theodore Guerin at Saint Mary-of-the-Woods The Archdiocese of Indianapolis, under Archbishop Charles Thompson, has designated three pilgrimage sites in Indiana for the Jubilee year. Among them is the Church of the Immaculate Conception and The...