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Earth Day Festival 2026
April 18 at 11:00 am – 3:00 pm EDT Various locations at Saint Mary-of-the-Woods 1 Sisters of Providence Saint Mary-of-the-Woods, IN 47876 White Violet Center for Eco-Justice 812-535-2930 View Facilitator Website Sisters of Providence Free Earth Day Program 2026 You and the family are invited to the White Violet Center for Eco-Justice and Sisters of Providence annual Earth Day Festival at Saint Mary-of-the-Woods! Immerse yourself in nature at our beautiful Woods while enjoying many different activities. There’s something for everyone from nature shows and earth-related...
Sister Barbara Zeller
...for her school’s eighth grade girls to visit Saint Mary-of-the- Woods. Sister Barbara saw that field trip as a chance to escape the routine. The trip must have made an impression. She eventually enrolled in Providence Aspirancy at Saint Mary-of-the- Woods, a high school for girls. As Providence would have it, a walk down a hallway provided Sister Barbara with the opportunity for change. Her very close high school friend, Sandy, was sobbing in her room. Sandy had just learned...
Sister Arrianne Whittaker: ‘Providence led me here’
...kinship with the spirit of the Woods, and certainly grew to love Mother Theodore as the sisters do,” Sister Arrianne said. Sister Arrianne said at the time, volunteers at the Woods all lived together and apart from the Congregation. However, unforeseen circumstances forced the volunteers to move into a residence hall with the sisters. “I think getting to live, pray and work with the sisters is really what sealed the deal for me,” Sister Arrianne said. “Providence led me here....
Pictorial book honoring the Sisters of Providence to be issued later this year!
The Sisters of Providence of Saint Mary-of-the-Woods and Saint Mary-of-the-Woods College began preparations for their 175th anniversary in 2014. The year-long celebration officially began on Oct. 22, 2014, on Foundation Day, with the theme of “Rooted for Tomorrow.” During the year-long celebration, several events have taken place. And now, The Tribune Star is in the process of creating a pictorial book, “175 Years,” featuring and honoring both the Sisters of Providence and the college. The book will highlight the past,...
Docent of the Moment: Sister Barbara Bluntzer and Her Jubilee Year Ministry
Sisters Barbara Bluntzer and Novice Stephanie Rivas. Sister Barbara Bluntzer, SP, came home to Saint Mary-of-the-Woods in 2018. At the time, the Sister of Providence was unsure what her new ministry would be. She was certainly unaware she would end up involved in a ministry so important, particularly in 2025. For more than a year, Sister Barbara has served as a docent or, tour guide, meeting with visitors and guiding them through many of the indoor places at Saint Mary-of-the-Woods,...
Sisters of Providence redesign website
...my mind was the line from a Robert Frost poem, ‘The Woods is lovely, dark and deep,’” Sister Dawn said. “The new colors and images presented on our website are deep and rich and really do reflect our Woodland roots.” The redesign offers several categories which detail the ministries and history of the Congregation. It also offers catalogs of information in an inspirational tone while engaging visitors to join the Sisters of Providence in their mission of love, mercy and...
Oral history: The little things with Sister Lois Ann Stoiber
...Sisters of Providence of Saint Mary-of-the-Woods. She and Ray took the city bus to and from school, and on her father’s days off he would pick them up and always also took two Sisters to their home in his car. Lois and Ray were the only children in their neighborhood who attended Catholic schools. Lois Ann was born two years before the stock market crash of 1929. The child of parents who belonged to the Greatest Generation, she herself is...
Mother Theodore moment
Jack Antonsen, shown here at left with his sisters, Maeve and Maris. Jack has been visiting Saint Mary-of-the-Woods and becoming friends with Saint Mother Theodore Guerin his whole life. Eleven-year-old Jack Antonsen has been coming to visit Saint Mary-of-the-Woods “since he was born,” his dad says. Most often his visits have coincided with the annual celebration of Earth Day here at the Woods. Over the years, Jack has come to know the sisters and many places at the Woods: the...