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Sister Regina Mary Wallace
...was celebrated in Taiwan on May 5 in the convent chapel at Providence University. A memorial liturgy was offered in St. Joseph Chapel in Owens Hall on the same day, with the Rev. Daniel Hopcus presiding. Sister Regina Mary is buried in the Da-Zhi Catholic Cemetery in the Archdiocese of Taipei. “The literal translation of Da-Zhi means Great Wisdom. How appropriate that this woman of great wisdom will be buried in the cemetery with such a name,” concluded Sister Paula....
A beacon of hope
This article is reprinted from the fall 2011 issue of HOPE. Sister Betty Hopf (left) prays with Shannon Turner on the last day of her radiation treatments at the Hux Cancer Center. Shannon Turner walked into the Hux Cancer Center in Terre Haute, Ind., as a breast cancer patient to undergo radiation treatments. Six weeks later, on July 18, 2011, Shannon was celebrating her last treatment of radiation. One of the people she wanted to share that milestone with was...
Four Sisters of Providence celebrate their 50th anniversary
...professed perpetual vows Sept. 16, 1973. She graduated from Saint Mary-of-the-Woods College with a bachelor’s degree in elementary education. She received a master’s degree in religious studies from Marygrove College. She received a doctorate in ministry theology from Saint Mary of the Lake University. Indiana ministries: Indianapolis: teacher, St. Thomas Aquinas School (1967-1968). Loogootee: teacher, St. John School (1968-1969) and associate director of religious education (1974-1975); Loogootee Elementary School (1968-1969). Ministries elsewhere: Berwyn, Ill.: clinical pastoral education staff, MacNeal Memorial...
Archives and the Civil War
The Sisters of Providence Archives has several historical documents and photos related to the Civil War. The Congregation, of course, provided nursing service at the Military Hospital in Indianapolis as well as the emergency hospital in Vincennes, Ind., during the conflict. Of the 11 sisters who served during the Civil War, our Archives has images of three sister-nurses: Sisters St. Felix Buchanan, Helena Burns and Henrietta MacKenzie. Every Memorial Day the Congregation recognizes all Sisters of Providence who served in...
A tribute to sisters who have served
On Monday, May 31, our nation celebrates Memorial Day. During Mass on Monday, the Sisters of Providence will remember those sisters who served their country during war. An American flag will be placed on the gravesite of those sisters who served our country in a time of need. As our blog has shared in recent weeks, the Sisters of Providence answered a call to duty during the Civil War by serving in military hospitals in Indianapolis and Vincennes, Ind. For...
Letters from the battlefield
...surely advancing upon us. Yesterday, our advance guard had a bloody skirmish with them. Quite a number of our men was lost. Indeed, there is not a day but what there is a skirmish. “The conscript law is, I fear, going to do much more harm than good. Our Volunteers are greatly excited. While regiments and companies whose time expired last week are now under arrest for stacking arms and declaring they would go home. The Soldiers feel that this...
Sister Sharon Sullivan (formerly Sister Barbara Mary)
...and was never one to draw attention to herself. As one band member put it, ‘Her demeanor was joyful, but not boisterous; pleasant, but not saccharine; friendly, but never gushy,’” Sister Ann continued. Sister Sharon was born Aug. 27, 1931, in Evansville, Ind., to John and Marie Faust Sullivan. She was baptized Sharon Lee in Sacred Heart Church in Evansville. She had three sisters and three brothers, all of which preceded her in death. After graduation from Reitz Memorial High...
Sister Anne Doherty dies; was 14th general superior of Sisters of Providence
...sisters, Mary Jo Matthews and Sister Catherine Doherty, SP. Mass of the Christian Burial for Sister Anne will be at 11 a.m. Friday in the Church of the Immaculate Conception at Saint Mary-of-the-Woods with the Rev. Daniel R. Hopcus presiding. The Wake will be 2:30-4:30 p.m. Thursday in the Church of the Immaculate with the Wake Service to begin at 4:30 p.m. Sister Anne has chosen cremation. Interment will follow immediately in the Congregation’s cemetery. Memorial contributions may be made...
Sister Diane Ris dies; was 16th general superior of Sisters of Providence
...preceded in death by four sisters, Bunny Ris, Betty Ann Nichols, Nancy Shank and Leona McCurdy. The wake is on Monday, Feb. 25, 2013, from 2:30 p.m. to 4:30 p.m. in the Church of the Immaculate Conception with the Wake Service at 4:30 p.m. The Mass of Christian Burial is Tuesday, Feb. 26, 2013, at 11 a.m. with Reverend Daniel R. Hopcus presiding. Burial is in the cemetery of the Sisters of Providence. The Callahan-DeBaun Funeral Home assisted with arrangements....
Sister Jeanne Knoerle, former college president and Terre Haute community partner, dies Monday
Sister Jeanne Knoerle demonstrating her weaving skills will alpaca fiber. Sister Jeanne Knoerle, a Sister of Providence for 64 years and president of Saint Mary-of-the-Woods College for 15 years, died early Monday morning (June 10) at Saint Mary-of-the-Woods where she resided. Funeral arrangements are pending. Sister Jeanne also was well known for her involvement in many community groups and activities in the Terre Haute area. At the college, she founded the highly acclaimed distance learning program, only the second such...
Meeting needs far and wide
Today, Sister Josephine Bryan, above, travels to companion SPs with special health needs. Sister Josephine Bryan volunteers as a chaplain once a week at a Veteran Affairs (VA) Clinic’s hospice program. One day she was asked to visit a Vietnam veteran who had seen a Vietnamese priest shot in the face. “It so traumatized him that he gave up on his faith. He was angry over his experiences in Vietnam and how poorly the Vietnam vets were treated when they...
Sister Marie Agatha Vonderheide
...with a major in English and a minor in commercial subjects. She ministered as a teacher in Chicago (St. Genevieve, Providence High School), Washington, D.C. (Immaculata Seminary), Evansville, Ind. (Reitz Memorial High School), Costa Rica (St. Clare College) and New Orleans (Xavier University). She also served as a principal at John F. Kennedy High School in Manchester, Mo. She also served as Dean of Women at Saint Mary-of-the-Woods College, and while studying at Catholic University for her doctorate in higher...