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Sister of Providence released from prison
...a native of Indianapolis, walked away from the prison camp’s administration building at 8:30 a.m. (CST) Friday. She was accompanied by Mary Dean of Chicago and Kate Fontanazza of Milwaukee, both serving the same sentence as Sister Kathleen. All three were found guilty on federal trespassing charges in connection with their November 2001 participation in a non-violent protest against the School of the Americas at Fort Benning, Ga., now known as the Western Hemisphere Institute for Security Cooperation. As Sister...
Human Trafficking: Words from Sister Denise
Sister Denise Wilkinson, general superior, addressed the Sisters of Providence, Providence Associates and others who attended a Communications Night in Providence Hall on Dec. 7, regarding the human trafficking issue. Here are the highlights. Human Trafficking is an on-going issue. Why are the Sisters of Providence giving it the attention and focus here and now? Four reasons: The upcoming Super Bowl in Indianapolis gives the Sisters of Providence the opportunity to work together to speak out and take action against...
Sister Barbara Battista
...the prayers and reading the Scripture and taking on my faith as an adult. I was in a wonderful parish community, — the same parish I was raised in, St. Joan of Arc in Indianapolis,” she said. “I was coming back into the Church and getting pretty excited about that. As it happened, the postulants for the Sisters of Providence then lived in the same parish.” Then tragedy struck. Barbara’s younger brother, Eddie, died in a work-related accident. “It was...
A note from Sister Barbara, June 12, 2024
...states have no statute to withhold rent. For example, the recent attempt to allow Indiana renters to put rent payments into escrow failed. The Indianapolis Star reported that Indiana State lawmakers even passed a law prohibiting local governments from regulating certain aspects of landlord-tenant relationships after Indianapolis tried to institute a city ordinance to provide renters with more rights. Renters cannot even pay for the repairs themselves and deduct the cost of repairs from the next rent payment. God of...
Sister Margaret Ellen O’Connor
...quiet of early morning when her God came,” said Sister Ann Casper in her commentary for Sister Margaret Ellen O’Connor, who died Dec. 3. The oldest of seven children of Irish immigrants Vincent and Ellen (Barton) O’Connor, Ellen Margaret-Mary was born June 24, 1917, in South Bend, Ind. She attended St. Joseph Grade School, Summit, Ill., and St. Francis Xavier High School, La Grange, Ill., and St. Agnes Academy, Indianapolis, before graduating from Providence Juniorate at Saint Mary-of-the-Woods. She entered...
Sister Mary Esther Larkin
...Park, Ill. In Illinois, she also ministered at St. Agnes, Chicago, and St. Mary, Aurora. In Indiana, her pedagogical ministry took her to St. Ignatius, Lafayette; St. John the Baptist, Whiting; St. Charles, Bloomington; St. John, Newburgh; St. Simon, Washington; Holy Trinity, New Albany; Holy Family, Jasper; St. Michael, Greenfield; and St. Simon and Immaculate Heart of Mary, Indianapolis. She ministered two years at the motherhouse in the greenhouse and as a nurses’ aide and receptionist. She returned to the...
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...
PEREGRINOS DE ESPERANZA: JUBILEO 2025
...donde el velo entre el mundo físico y el reino espiritual es más tenuo, lo que permite un engrandecido sentido de conexión con lo divino. Un “espacio fino” suele considerarse un lugar sagrado. Jubileo 2025: Un año de Peregrinaje La Iglesia Católica celebra este año al Jubileo 2025. En la Nochebuena de 2024, el difunto Papa Francisco declaró que el tema del año jubilar sería “Peregrinos de Esperanza”. El arzobispo de la Arquidiócesis de Indianápolis, Charles Thompson, ha designado para...
Sister Alice Hemans
...life as a postulant at the formation house in Indianapolis; made her canonical novitiate here at the Woods; and then returned to Indianapolis to live at St. Joan of Arc Convent and teach at Ritter Junior/Senior High School.” Sister Alice taught at Ritter until 1998 when she accepted a position at St. Mary Star of the Sea School in Beverly, Mass. “While she taught seventh graders, Sister Alice lived with our sisters at St. Rose Convent in Chelsea, Mass. However,...
Sister Rose Marie Garvey
...Dayton and a doctorate in educational counseling from Ball State University. Sister Rose Marie began teaching art in 1940 at Marywood, Evanston, Ill. In Indiana, she taught middle grades or high school at St. Agnes Grade School and Ladywood High School, Indianapolis; Sacred Heart, Terre Haute; St. Charles, Peru; and St. Mary, Lafayette. She spent one year ministering at St. Rose, Chelsea, Mass. Sister Rose Marie spent nine years in Chicago teaching at St. Columbkille and Providence high schools. From...
Sister Gertrude Therese Garvey
...She followed in the footsteps of her sister Sister Rose Marie and entered the Congregation Feb. 2, 1941. She professed first and perpetual vows Aug. 15, 1943, and Jan. 23, 1949, respectively. Sister Gertrude Therese earned a bachelor’s degree in music education from Saint Mary-of-the-Woods College and a master’s degree in musicology from the University of Cincinnati. Sister Gertrude Therese commenced teaching music in 1943 at St. Philip Neri, Indianapolis. In Indiana, she also ministered at St. Joseph, Indianapolis; Assumption,...
Sister Angela Rose Halpin
...studies from Saint Mary-of-the-Woods College and a master’s degree in education administration from Catholic University of America. Sister Angela Rose began teaching in 1932 at St. Joan of Arc, Indianapolis. Her other Indiana classrooms included St. Catherine, Fort Wayne, and Holy Cross and St. Agnes Grade School, Indianapolis. She spent one year at Blessed Sacrament, Burlington, N.C. Sister Angela Rose ministered on the East Coast at Dunblane and St. Ann, Washington, D.C., Holy Redeemer, Berwyn, Md., and Ascension, Halethorpe, Md....