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Oral history: Sister Barbara Ann Bluntzer
Sister Barbara Ann Bluntzer today. “When I was 4-and-a-half years old we moved from the city of Corpus Christi, Texas, to the Bluntzer farm and ranch, 40 miles inland. My great aunt was widowed and no longer wished or was able to stay on the land. We lived there in a large, old ranch house with a wide hall down the center to keep it cool in the summer. At that time, I was an only child with no one...
Were You Kind to Someone this Week?
Did you know that World Kindness Week was just this past seven days? Were you aware that the world observed World Kindness Day on Wednesday, Nov. 13? Were you kind to someone specifically on that day? Were you kind to people throughout the week? We hope so. On Nov. 13, 1997, humanitarian groups across the globe came together and created a declaration of kindness, beginning World Kindness Day. One day has since become a week-long celebration of goodwill for all....
Oral History: Sister Carol Nolan
Note: This oral history, written by Providence Associate Debbie Griffey, coincides with Sister Carol’s birthday today. Happy Birthday, Sister Carol! “I didn’t want anything to do with it. I wanted to get married.” — Sister Carol Nolan, SP Sister Carol Nolan never intended to be a Sister of Providence of Saint Mary of-the-Woods. Carol already had one sister who was in the community and another who had decided in fourth grade she would join the Sisters of Providence when she...
New designs from a tree’s former fullness
A huge white oak tree fell to the ground one day last week. Well, it wasn’t really a huge white oak tree. It was Huge. Not really. It was HUGE! It was old. Well, it was OLD. (Maybe the tree greeted Mother Theodore and her companions as they explored their forest home.) The day the tree fell, the sun shone; the sky was bright blue and cloudless. Even a slight breeze would have been welcome to stir the hot and...
Foundation Day 2014 reflection
Sister Denise in the Church of the Immaculate Conception giving her reflection. Welcome to each and every one here! Happy, happy Foundation Day! One hundred and seventy-four years ago today, Father Buteux began our history at Saint Mary-of-the-Woods by saying: “Come down, Sisters, we have arrived.” Who was it who had arrived? Five women from France: Mother Theodore Guerin, who at the age of 42 was the superior and senior citizen of the group; Sister St. Vincent Ferrer Gagé, 40...
Celebrating International Literacy Day
Twenty-two years after the founding of the United Nations in 1945, that organization affirmed the establishment of International Literacy Day, setting its annual observance on September 8 and placing it within the framework of UNESCO (United Nations Educational Scientific and Cultural Organization), a UN specialized agency. The purpose of International Literacy Day is to raise awareness about the importance of literacy and numeracy skills worldwide and to promote such skills as global human right. From the start, the literacy movement...
Sisters of Providence celebrate Senior Jubilees
...Vice President of Student Affairs, Saint Mary-of-the-Woods College (1976-82), * Saint Mary-of-the-Woods: Director of Alumnae Affairs, Saint Mary-of-the-Woods College (1983-85), * Indianapolis: Prison Chaplain/CPE Student, St. Joan of Arc Parish (1985-86), * Chicago: Staff Person, 8th Day Center for Justice (1986-2002), * Greenville, Ill.: Prisoner of Conscience, Federal Prison Camp of Greenville (2002-03), and * Chicago: Staff Person/Justice Promoter for Sisters of Providence, 8th Day Center for Justice (2003-18). Sister Thomas Jeanne Doriot is a native of Fort Wayne, Ind....
Get to know Providence Associate Brad Crites
...legacy and reach of the Sisters of Providence mission beyond what the Congregation would otherwise have capacity to do. I personally hope to share the charism of the Community with others in my day-to-day life. And in some small way, I’d like to give something back to the sisters who have done so much for so many. Anything else you would like to add? Being a Providence Associate is such a gift! It is what you make of it, very...
Election and inauguration reflections
...health care, education are all the issues that so many in the nation view as essential for our survival. I pray daily for the success and safety of this new administration. I just celebrated by 60th birthday and this is the ultimate birthday present: President Barack Obama, 44th president of the United States of America. I am waving my flag again! Sister Margaret Quinlan On Tuesday, January 20, I turned on the television at 9:00 a.m. and watched almost all...
Rainy day on and off the farm
Tuesday was a rainy day in Vigo County, Indiana, but it didn’t mean everyone at the White Violet Center for Eco-Justice organic farm was sitting around twiddling their thumbs. Three interns pictured above (from left) Sasha, Ezra and Elaine took these three young alpacas (Sullie, Danny and Lilah) out for a walk on leads, otherwise called halter training. Aren’t they a cute bunch (the alpacas AND interns)! Then, a group of students from the sustainable farm at DePauw University at...
PFS volunteer brings love for justice, education to her work
...doing it day in and day out, despite multiple hip replacements and an age far past most peoples’ retirement. She continues to give of herself to educate young people as a foothold out of poverty. She contributes part of her awareness and drive to having lived in other-cultural, minority neighborhoods since 1969, and to being part of a vibrant Congregation of women religious at a wonderful time, right after the Second Vatican Council. In her current ministry with PFS, Sister...
Simbang Gabi the Terre Haute way!
...when the rooster crows. The tradition started in the 16th-century. Spanish Friars, in order to accommodate farmers who began work before the sunrise, celebrated this early Mass. Novena Mass Simbang Gabi is a novena — nine consecutive days — of daily Mass at 4 a.m. It begins on the 16th of December and ends on the 24th, Christmas Eve. Simbang Gabi is a preparation for the real day of celebration of the nativity of Jesus — Pasko (Pascua de Navidad)....