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Sister Miriam Clare Stoll
...to the Sisters of Providence. We thank you for your example of caring for others. Services for Sister Miriam Clare took place on Monday, Feb. 3, and Tuesday, Feb. 4, at the Church of the Immaculate Conception at Saint Mary-of-the-Woods. A Wake took place from 2:30-4:30 p.m., on Monday, Feb. 3, with Vespers at 4:30 p.m. Mass of Christian Burial took place at 11 a.m., on Tuesday, Feb. 4. We welcome you to share your memories of Sister Miriam Clare...
Journals and Letters week 19: Back home in Indiana
[Today we are discussing “Journals and Letters” page 169 to page 180. Join us in reading a portion of Saint Mother Theodore’s writings every week in the coming year.] There’s something about Saint Mary-of-the-Woods. “My joy would have been complete had I only been with my dear Solitaires in the Woods.” This is the first whole sentence we are greeted with as we begin page 169. Hearing Mother Theodore express this sentiment nearly made my heart burst. How much she...
Oral history: Sister Patricia Geis, a life of adventures and little ones
...women. Her parents separated when she was very young, and she lost contact with her father. Her mother worked outside the home. Patty and her sisters lived with their Polish grandmother and one of their aunts, in a household where the matriarch spoke Polish, a language Patty understood but never completely achieved fluency in. Her mother had six siblings — Uncle Stanley was Patty’s favorite, and like a father to her and her sisters. Both of Patty’s sisters are still...
Sisters of Providence remember Archbishop Emeritus Daniel M. Buechlein
...of the Church in which we all share.” After Mother Theodore’s Beatification in Rome, the bishops of Indiana gathered to celebrate Eucharistic Liturgy in the Church of the Immaculate Conception at the Woods. At that time, Archbishop Buechlein invited all present to “keep close to Mother Theodore and follow the virtues that were so evident in her life.” He later called Saint Mother Theodore Guerin “a timely gift from God to renew the Church in its infancy in Indiana” and...
Sister Diane Ris (formerly Sister Martin Therese)
...Rochelle, N.Y., junior high school in Hyattsville, Md. and Dunblane, Wash D.C.; high school at Immaculata, Wash, D.C., Providence Juniorate at Saint Mary-of-the-Woods and Holy Trinity, Georgetown, where she received the “Babe Ruth Award” for her outstanding softball ability. Diane experienced great love and great loss as a child. She was loved abundantly by her family. And she suffered the great sorrows of her dad leaving when she was 3 and her mother dying when she was 7. Her grandmother,...
Newsnotes
Fun at the Saint Mother Theodore Guerin FEST Approximately 200 people attended the 2015 Saint Mother Theodore Guerin FEST, which also coincided with the Sisters of Providence 175-year anniversary last October. Several activities took place during the two-day festival, including guided meditation, The Living Rosary, “To God Through Music,” and more. Several sisters and others offered historical re-enactments during a guided tour. FEST character actors, from left, Sister Rosemary Nudd as Saint Mother Theodore Guerin, Sister Ann Casper as Sister...
Reflections from the 2018 Golden/Silver Jubilee Celebration
...(middle row, left) Sister Mary Beth Klingel, and (back, from left) Sisters Jenny Howard, Lisa Stallings, Jeanne Hagelskamp and Dawn Tomaszewski. These now iconic words, captured by our foundress Saint Mother Theodore Guerin in retelling our sisters’ arrival here at Saint Mary-of-the-Woods 178 years ago, seem a fitting way to mark this celebration of our golden and silver jubilarians. Jubilarians, today you have arrived at a graced moment in your own journey. And though I doubt that you actually have...
Being a Providence Associate has made a difference
...I took on a mission.… My commitment fits in with my life and enriches my life. It strengthens my beliefs with a focus and a purpose outside of myself. It’s just me making my way along the path of love, mercy and justice. I am learning about Providence. I am learning to know our Provident God as Mother Theodore knew, and put my faith in Providence. — Providence Associate Della Gunning, wife, mother,grandmother. Corpus Christi, Texas Originally published in the...
Sisters of Providence celebrate Senior Jubilees
...Day Care (1995-98), Indianapolis: Retreat Ministry/Music and Art Specialist, A Caring Place Adult Day Care (1998-99), Indianapolis: Music and Art Specialist, A Caring Place Adult Day Care (1999-2005), Indianapolis: Special program for memory loss residents, Lakeview Manor Healthcare (2005-08), and Saint Mary-of-the-Woods: Activities Coordinator for Providence and Owens Halls (2008-2015). Sister Arlene Knarzer is a native of Indianapolis. Currently, she ministers in grant research, data analysis and accounting at Guerin College Preparatory High School, River Grove, Ill., and the Special...
Slow down before you speed up.
...the Immaculate Conception at Saint Mary-of-the-Woods, Ind. years ago during an All Saints Feast Day Liturgy. The Catholic Church recognizes Nov. 1 as All Saints Day, and Nov. 2 as All Souls Day. The first, All Saints Day, is just as it sounds. It is a day dedicated to remembering saints such as our own beloved Saint Mother Theodore. All Souls Day, celebrated the very next day, is set aside to honor the dead. Many other religions and cultures also...
Palm Sunday
...above information rattle around in me for a few hours — still wondering what to say about Palm Sunday. I found myself returning over and over to the phrase “since victory signals an end to a conflict …” Did/does Jesus’ entry into Jerusalem signal an end to conflict? It doesn’t seem so — not in the face of what we know we will commemorate in the coming week — Holy Thursday, Good Friday, Holy Saturday. And we know that Easter...
Woods Day Care/Pre-School to close
Citing a growing number of concerns, the Sisters of Providence have sadly announced the closing of Woods Day Care/Pre-School (WDC/PS), a sponsored institution for close to three decades. The closing will coincide with the final day of the 2013-14 calendar school year for the Vigo County School Corporation, scheduled for Friday, June 6. “After careful consideration of financial and enrollment realities, the General Council of the Sisters of Providence has decided to close what has become an outstanding child development...