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Where Your Treasure Is
Sister Tracey listens as Elmer Pena, the husband of Sonia Avile, speaks. The last time I saw Sonia, she joined us in the upper room at Christ Church Cathedral downtown in Indianapolis on March 6. That day, 19 Faith in Indiana leaders prepared to risk arrest in a non-violent direct action mourning the inability of our Congress to create a pathway to citizenship for DREAMers and all 11 million immigrants who live, work, pay taxes and worship in our country....
Conscience, Candidates and Discipleship in Voting – Part two
...background of abortion, climate change and the culture of exclusion, it is clear that the faith-filled voter who seeks to be guided by Catholic social teaching is confronted by compelling moral claims that cut across the partisan and cultural divides of our nation. The pathway from these crosscutting moral claims to decisions on particular candidates is not a direct and singular one in Catholic teaching, rooted in one issue. For this reason, the drive to label a single issue preeminent...
Sister Mary (Mary Agatha) Carlton
...Indianapolis. “After a well deserved sabbatical at Notre Dame University in 1989, Sister Mary returned to Boston for six months to care for her dying mother. After that time, she served three more years as a pastoral associate, this time at St. Joseph Parish, Lebanon, Ind. Sister Mary’s last full-time mission was three years as an employment training specialist for Goodwill Industries of Central Indiana. Goodwill had a job training program that was organized to prepare people who were physically...
Regina Ann Lynch
Sister Regina Ann was a native of Indianapolis. Her final ministry was in prayer at Saint Mary-of-the-Woods. Sister Regina Ann entered the Congregation on February 2, 1948. She professed final vows on August 15, 1955. She graduated from Saint Mary-of-the-Woods College with a bachelor’s degree in education. She also has a master’s degree in education from Indiana State University. Sister Regina Ann has ministered as a teacher and nurse’s assistant. She taught at All Saints School in Indianapolis from 1979...
Mary Ann Fox
Sister Mary Ann was a native of Fort Wayne, Indiana. Her final ministry was in prayer at Saint Mary-of-the-Woods. Sister Mary Ann, formerly Sister Marie Clement, entered the Congregation on July 22, 1956. She professed final vows on August 15, 1964. She graduated from Saint Mary-of-the-Woods College with a bachelor’s degree in education. She also has a master’s degree in education from Indiana University. Sister Mary Ann’s ministries have mainly been in education. Sister Mary Ann Fox (formerly Sister Marie...
Sister Tracey Horan and Faith in Indiana: working for justice
...to what the family of Sonia Aviles and her husband Elmer Peña have been through. Earlier this year, Sonia was detained by the United States Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agents in Indianapolis and taken to the only ICE Detention Center in the state of Indiana, in Brazil, waiting to be deported. She had lived in Indianapolis for more than 20 years and has three U.S.-citizen children. Prior to being detained, Sonia had regularly attended check-in meetings with ICE officials...
Sisters of Providence celebrate Jubilees
...a bachelor’s degree in Spanish. She earned a master’s degree in Spanish from Indiana State University, as well as another master’s degree from Indiana State University in counseling. Her ministries include: College Park, Maryland: Teacher, Holy Redeemer (1974-76), Washington, D.C.: Teacher, Immaculata Preparatory (1976-82), Saint Mary-of-the-Woods, Indiana: Nurse’s Aide (1982-84), Terre Haute: Teacher, Indiana State University (1984-85), Holland, Michigan: Pastoral Associate Hispanics, St. Francis de Sales (1985-88), River Grove, Illinois: Teacher/AV Coordinator, Mother Theodore Guerin High School (1988-89), Lowell, Indiana:...
French roots
...French sisters – their history, spirituality, mission and more! The new Bishop of Vincennes, Indiana, was a native of France and he asked the French sisters for help in educating Indiana’s pioneer children in 1839. Sister St. Theodore, as she was first known, had been in ill health so she did not volunteer. After being asked personally by Mother Marie Lecor, and spending much time in prayer and discernment, she trusted in God’s Providence and agreed to lead the mission...
West Terre Haute, Indiana
Services in West Terre Haute, Indiana Are you a resident of West Terre Haute in Vigo County, Indiana in need of basic services in your community? Providence Food Pantry The Connecting Link The Helping Hands The Connecting Link Location 830 W. National Ave West Terre Haute, IN 47885 812.533.4403 More information Contact Sister Dorothy Rasche, SP Join Connecting Link for a Job Fair! Looking for your next career opportunity? Connect with West Terre Haute and local employers at our Job...
Oral History: Sister Teresa Costello
...from Indiana State University. She would later receive a Master’s degree in Pastoral Counseling from Emmanuel College as well as a Doctor of Divinity degree from the Graduate Theological Foundation, Donaldson, earned when she was 60 years old. Teresa is also a social worker, and earned her LCSW. Sister Teresa Costello during prayer Teresa’s teaching career began at Saint Genevieve and then Immaculate Conception schools in Chicago. After six years in Illinois, Teresa moved to Malden, Massachusetts, because her mother...
Sister Dorothy Gartland (formerly Sister Margaret Eugene)
Sister Dorothy Gartland, formerly Sister Margaret Eugene, passed away on Thursday, December 25, at Saint Mary-of-the-Woods, Indiana. She was 96-years-old and had been a Sister of Providence for 78 years. Commentary By Sister Denise Wilkinson, SP Dorothy Jean Gartland, daughter of Eugene and Margaret Maney Gartland, came into the world on October 29, 1929 – the day the U. S. stock market crashed and the Great Depression began. A worldwide event. Dorothy Jean Gartland died a few minutes after midnight...
Rita Clare Gerardot
...of my former students and am always delighted when I hear from them or enjoy when they come to the Woods for a visit.” Sister Rita Clare said her favorite pastime was reading and she enjoys movies and music. Sister Rita Clare Gerardot Complete Ministry In Indiana: Teacher, St. Catherine, Indianapolis (1947-51); Teacher, St. John, Vincennes (1952-53); Teacher/Principal/Superior, Sacred Heart, Whiting (1956-59); Teacher, St. John the Baptist, Fort Wayne (1965-67); Superior/Principal, St. Luke, Indianapolis (1967-69); Principal, St. Luke, Indianapolis (1973-77);...