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Miracle Place – drop in for Hope
Miracle Place, in Indianapolis, is a ministry of the Sisters of Providence of Saint Mary-of-the-Woods, Ind. Driving down 10th Street in Indianapolis towards Temple, one sees the challenges of life that residents in this urban neighborhood face daily. A few houses and buildings seem deserted; others need repairs. At 940 North Temple, however, stands a bright blue house that is a beacon of Providence and hope, a place of welcome where small miracles happen every day. Ten year old Jamille...
Advent 2019: All are welcome or How do we make room in the inn?
...turned to the many Sisters of Providence and Providence Associates gathered in support and said thank you over and over again for “welcoming Heather home,” Every time I open Facebook, I see yet another picture provided by Sister Joni Luna showing the happy faces of those who have been welcomed into the warmth of Miracle Place in Indianapolis where Joni now ministers with Sisters Barbara McClelland and Rita Wade. And those faces not only include kids from the neighborhood but...
Sister Conrad Monrad
...even noisy, but Sister Conrad was the quiet one. She made first profession in 1941 and final profession in 1947. Sister Conrad Monrad, left, with Sister Margaret Quinlan in 2012. Sister Conrad earned a BA in Latin from Saint Mary-of-the-Woods College, and a Master’s degree in mathematics from Marquette University. Beginning in 1941-1956 she taught elementary schools in Indiana at Sacred Heart in Evansville; St. Joseph, St. Catherine and Nativity all in Indianapolis; St. Mary in Lafayette; St. Ann in...
Four women profess perpetual vows as Sisters of Providence
...lifelong vows with the Sisters of Providence of Saint Mary-of-the-Woods, which she professed during a vow ceremony June 30 at Saint Mary-of-the-Woods. Sister Patty Wallace Sister Patricia (Patty) Wallace was born in Indianapolis, Ind. She entered the Sisters of Providence from Shreveport, La., in 2003. Sister Patty holds a bachelor’s degree in elementary education and a master’s degree in library science. She currently ministers as an outreach children’s librarian at the Indianapolis Public Library. Sister Patty says that professing final...
My life with the Violin
...had an orchestra as well as several vocal groups. Sister Carol Nolan shows a third-grade student how to hold a violin. She had me give a solo recital in my senior year of 1950. After I entered the Sisters of Providence Community, I taught some violin for a year at St. Andrew School in Indianapolis, but in my second and third years there, I taught second grade instead of music. Life-Changing Experiences During the next several years, I taught at...
Archdiocese Corrections Ministry honors Sister Dorothy Rasche
The Corrections Ministry of the Archdiocese of Indianapolis recently honored Sister of Providence Sister Dorothy Rasche, SP, for her ministry work at the Rockville Correctional Facility. Sister Dorothy Rasche The Corrections Ministry conducted its annual conference on October 9 at Roncalli High School in Indianapolis and presented Sister Dorothy with the 2021 Corrections Ministry Service Award. “It’s nice to have been recognized for the number of years I’ve ministered in the prison ministry,” Sister Dorothy said. Corrections Ministry Coordinator Deacon...
Newsnotes: the latest from the Sisters of Providence
...in Apple Valley, California. She provides pastoral care to the sick and dying regardless of economic, educational, social and religious standing. The Indianapolis native has ministered at the center for 10 years. “I was surprised, honored and humbled,” Sister Mary Jo said. “I am so grateful to all those I have had the privilege to meet in this ministry of hope and healing. I have been blessed with many sacred encounters as I visit the patients, their families and our...
Mother Theodore and the National Liturgical Calendar: We Need Your Input
This past fall, the Congregation was contacted by a reporter for Our Sunday Visitor and a devotee of Saint Mother Theodore. The reporter sought and received permission from Archbishop Charles Thompson of Indianapolis to work to have Mother Theodore’s Feast Day placed on the U.S. national liturgical calendar. For Saint Mother Theodore’s name and feast day to be placed on the national liturgical calendar, there needs to be proof that she has a cultus, a following. When someone is proclaimed...
Sister Patty Wallace walks in the footsteps of her elder sisters
Sister Patty Wallace is a children’s outreach librarian in Indianapolis. The children think she is just ducky! When a Sister of Providence passes away, the ritual of the Congregation is to reflect upon the ministry, and life of our departed sister in a “commentary.” I discovered these reflections about our departed Sisters: “Simplicity, happiness and obliging others without being judgmental radiated from her manner,” “She spent her life using words to give testimony to this word whom she recognized and...
Volunteering for your future
...enable her to graduate debt-free. She realizes how blessed she is and is thankful every day for every opportunity that comes her way. Currently, Mandy is a senior at Butler University in Indianapolis. She will graduate in May with a bachelor’s degree in science, technology and society and minors in healthcare administration and business information science. Mandy valued her time working with Gerald at Providence Health Care in the summer of 2013. Attending Butler University has only fueled her passion...
A lifetime of meeting needs around the world and in our own backyard: Sister Patty Fillenwarth
...at Holy Cross School in Indianapolis. Patty knew from that day on that she wanted to be a missionary. But she loved the young, friendly Sisters of Providence of Saint Mary-of-the-Woods who taught at her school. So she followed her older sister Mary (now Sister Joseph) to the Providence Juniorate, a high school for girls interested in becoming a Sister of Providence. Called to mission Sister Patty entered the Sisters of Providence novitiate in 1959. One day the novices were...
Sister Ann Brendan Burget
...and Mildred Rassel Burget. She was baptized Mary Caroline, and educated at St. Benedict Grade School and St. Patrick High School in Terre Haute. She entered the community in 1953, made her first profession in January 1956, and final profession in January 1961. She taught first at St. Leo in Chicago, and then at five schools in Indianapolis. The fifth school in Indianapolis was Holy Cross School, where she taught first-grade from 1974-80. Then, in 1980, she organized a kindergarten...