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Sister Gertrude Marian Bauer
...her commentary for Sister Gertrude Marian Bauer who died Jan. 24. Marie Cecilia Bauer was born Sept. 3, 1912, in Indianapolis to Louis and Mary (Guinan) Bauer. She was one of 12 children. Marie was educated at St. Patrick Elementary School in Indianapolis and the Academy high school at Saint Mary-of-the-Woods. She entered the Congregation Sept. 7, 1927, and professed first and perpetual vows Aug. 15, 1930, and Aug. 15, 1935, respectively. She earned a bachelor’s degree in education from...
Sister Jean Karier
...1940, respectively. She earned a bachelor’s degree in education from Saint Mary-of-the-Woods College and a master’s degree in special education from St. Louis University. Sister Jean commenced teaching in 1934 at St. Philip Neri, Indianapolis. Her other Indiana classrooms included Sacred Heart and Assumption, Evansville; St. Anthony and Immaculate Heart, Indianapolis; and St. John, Loogootee. She also spent two years at Our Lady of Mercy, Chicago. In 1957, the Congregation was asked to provide sisters to work with mentally challenged...
Reflection for the Feast of Saint Mother Theodore
...us today. Maybe this could lead to deeper relationships between Providence University in Taiwan and Saint Mary-of-the-Woods College or between Saint Mary-of-the-Woods College and Providence Cristo Rey High School in Indianapolis. Perhaps, Providence Health Care or other places on this campus can become helpful resources for the new residents of Saint Mary’s Senior Living. Or maybe this will help us forge new relationships as we seek to break down the boundaries created by racist attitudes and systems. ‘An Excellent Spirit’...
A Civil War widow joins the Sisters of Providence
...Sisters of Providence. On November 2, 1871, Minerva entered the Sisters of Providence to become a nun. She was given the religious name Sister Frances de Chantal All-Dufficy. (All was her maiden name.) As a new sister, she ministered at Providence Hospital in Terre Haute, Indiana, until it closed in 1874. She then served in orphanages for boys and girls in Vincennes, Indiana. In 1880, she was sent to St. John Parish in Indianapolis to minister. It was in Indianapolis...
Surgeons’ report at Indy Military Hospital
The SIsters of Providence cared for soldiers at the Indianapolis Military Hospital. A report by Dr. John M. Kitchen and Dr. Patrick H. Jameson, hospital surgeons at the Military Hospital in Indianapolis, provided the following information in a report to Inspector-General Miles Murphy. The report was published by the Indianapolis Daily Journal. The report was dated Friday, August 16, 1861. The hospital began accepting soldiers April 29, 1861, with the Sisters of Providence arriving May 17, 1861, to take over...
Providential Connections
This article is reprinted from the winter 2009 issue of HOPE. Let’s take a quiz. What do these things have in common? • An affordable and flexible Catholic college prep school • A teenager who emigrated from Nigeria and settled in Baltimore • Two married Providence Associates • Sisters of Providence teachers • And many Indianapolis companies and individuals? The thread that ties these pieces together is Providence Cristo Rey High School (PCRHS) in Indianapolis. Founded in 2007 as a...
Nearing the realization of a dream
This article is reprinted from summer 2006 issue of HOPE. A project that once seemed like a dream and posed an incredible challenge is heading toward reality. Providence Cristo Rey High School, sponsored by the Sisters of Providence, will open in Indianapolis in July. The new school will focus on serving primarily inner-city students who would not otherwise be able to afford tuition for a Catholic-based education. Providence Cristo Rey will follow a concept established through a national network of...
Miracle place: it’s more than just a name
This article is reprinted from winter 2006 issue of HOPE. Beauty. Harmony. Balance. During a Thanksgiving meal for senior citizens at Miracle Place in Indianapolis, Sister of Providence Marilyn Herber gave a short talk about her recent study of Native American religions, which she summarized with those three words. Sister Marilyn, who is a volunteer at Miracle Place, could not have picked a more appropriate focus for her remarks at a ministry that, at its core, is about beauty, harmony...
The life of Eleanor Bailly (Mother Mary Cecilia Bailly)
...of the Congregation from 1856-1868. The Sisters of Providence provided nursing service during the Civil War at Military Hospital in Indianapolis. She led the sisters well, opening many new missions in many different areas. In 1860, a larger Academy was needed to accommodate students. She laid the foundation for this new Academy and showing great faith, this is what she wrote in her journal: “I am beginning a new academy and I have not one dollar with which to begin....
Sisters of Providence teachers pass on a legacy of caring
The Eckstein family (from left) Trent and Collin, with parents Brian and Wendy. At the time, Brian Eckstein was unaware of the impact having Sisters of Providence as teachers would have on him as he got older. But when he and his wife, Wendy, had their sons Collin and Trent, those memories all came back. Brian attended Catholic schools growing up in Indianapolis. Grades one through eight at Nativity and high school at Roncalli. During his time at Nativity, he...
Sister Nancy Reynolds watches London Olympics with keen interest, especially swimming competition
Sister Nancy Reynolds has used a lot of her free time recently watching the Olympic competition in London; after all, she might have been an Olympian herself once. Sister Nancy grew up in Indianapolis where she learned to swim in age groups when she was about 9 or 10 years old. She was a member of the Jewish Community Center where many athletic opportunities were available. She learned to play several sports there. A lifeguard recognized that she may have...
Honoring Sister James Michael Kesterson
Sister James Michael Kesterton received one of the three Career Achievement Awards from the Archdiocese of Indianapolis last night. From The Criterion: The measure of Sister James Michael’s life can also be taken in her remarkable career of 60 years in education, including 32 years as the principal of St. Jude School in Indianapolis. During that time, the school earned two Blue Ribbon School awards for excellence from the U.S. Department of Education. “My blessing was to be with the...