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Breathe in the Woods
...different from what the current days hold. Watching memories come to the surface and watching the smiles on the faces of staff and residents during this beautiful spring day appeared to me to be healing for the mind and one’s spirit. As we think about spring, let’s reflect for a minute about the effect sunshine can have on our bodies, mind, and spirit. Have you been sad on a sunny day? Arguably, it isn’t as easy to be sad or...
News conference and celebration
...the Eucharistic Liturgy in celebration of the announcement that paves the way for the possibility of Mother Theodore being declared a saint. Sister Marie Kevin Tighe speaks to a reporter about Mother Theodore. Dave Cox, media relations manager for the Sisters of Providence, Sister Marie Kevin Tighe and Phil McCord, facilities manager, speak after the press conference. The Thralls family supported Mother Theodore and their companions upon the arrival of the missionaries in the United States. Descendents of the Thralls...
A “Woodsie” reflects: Mari Bennett
Mari reflects on her first experience at the Woods as a prospective college student. Mari Bennett is a freshman at Saint Mary-of-the-Woods College. She is pursuing a psychology major and a minor in art. She is also a recipient of the Saint Mother Theodore Guerin Scholarship. Her first year here at the Woods has taught her a lot about Mother Theodore and Mari feels her presence each time she travels to class. Mari’s first journey to the Woods is still...
Journals and Letters final week: Celebrate Mother Theodore
(Today we are discussing “Journals and Letters” Epilogue, pages 440-443. This is our final installment of reading Saint Mother Theodore’s writings together every week for the past year. Are you just starting to read “Journals and Letters” or did you join us midway? Follow along with our year’s worth of reflections here.) With this week’s blog, we bid adieu, goodbye to our yearlong journey with Mother Theodore Guerin. By reading “Mother Theodore’s Journals and Letters,” we’ve come to know her...
A tangible reminder of Saint Mother Theodore Guerin
...our various ministries. At the very end as they are leaving there we all are – Sisters and Associates – waving goodbye to them. They also are being sent out to carry on Saint Mother Theodore’s mission and the ministry in their own lives and their own areas of the world. Linden Leaf Gifts gives them the opportunity to take back with them a tangible reminder of this experience. And so Saint Mother Theodore’s ministry lives on through us today....
Mother Theodore Moment: a history of collaborating in leadership
...and a general council (today’s General Chapter) under the presidency of the Bishop of LeMans or his delegate.” (“Positio,” p. 408.) Integrity and the Rule After Saint Mother Theodore and her companions established their mission at Saint Mary-of-the-Woods, it became independent from Ruillé. They retained the government structure outlined in the Rule, but the bishop of Vincennes took the role the bishop of Le Mans had taken. As a result, as evidenced from her Journals and Letters (Part V), Saint...
Journals and Letters week 49: The death of an angel
(Today we are discussing “Journals and Letters” page 422 to page 429 mid-page starting with Death of Sister St. Francis. Join us in reading a portion of Saint Mother Theodore’s writings every week.) This week’s post happens to fall on the 20th anniversary of 9/11, a tragic day in our country. How painful it is to lose someone from your life. Whether it is death or some other type of separation, when someone you are close to departs it is...
Grumbling with Saint Mother Theodore
“Truly I have great need of prayers. I am quite a grumbler.” — Saint Mother Theodore Guerin Me too, Saint Mother Theodore. Me too! When I read this quote by Saint Mother Theodore Guerin, I am reminded once again why I love her so much. She is just so human. I can relate. I too am quite a grumbler. When things don’t go as I planned. If something is inefficient or being done poorly. When I’m not feeling well. There...
Journals and Letters week 17: Mother Theodore’s own words
[Today we are discussing “Journals and Letters” Third Journal of Travel: page 146 to page 160 mid-page. Join us in reading a portion of Saint Mother Theodore Guerin‘s writings every week in the coming year.] The sisters (almost) missed the boat (ship). Oftentimes during their perilous ocean crossing they probably wished they had. Reading these pages from the Third Journal of Travel immersed me (not a good choice of word given the events described) in Mother Theodore’s consistent response to...
Statue dedication at All Saints Cemetery
...Mother Theodore and her sisters were known primarily as teachers, they wanted the memorial to depict education,” said Teresa. The beautiful statue features Mother Theodore with two young girls. Two quotes from Mother Theodore appear on the front and back of the statue. On the front is “Love the children first, then teach them.” On the back is “You will see many things in a new light if you give the Holy Spirit free access to your minds and your...
Saint Mother Theodore children’s book awarded
...other religious books, including writing the foreword and afterword of “The Eighth American Saint,” by Katherine Burton, a book on Saint Mother Theodore, which was published in 2007. Doyle has also written, “Seven Principles of Sainthood: Following St. Mother Theodore Guerin,” which was published in 2008, and also attended the canonization of Saint Mother Theodore. “Sister Mary asked me to write the book,” Doyle said. “The sisters wanted a children’s book and I am honored they believed I could accomplish...
Retired sisters share Saint Mother Theodore and her home
Sister Nancy Nolan leads a tour group through the French room in the shrine of Saint Mother Theodore Guerin at Saint Mary-of-the-Woods. Several Sisters of Providence volunteer in their retirement sharing the life and mission of Saint Mother Theodore Guerin with others as tour guides at her shrine at Saint Mary-of-the-Woods, Indiana. Among them are Sisters Nancy Nolan, Florence Norton and Rosemary Nudd. Sister Nancy Nolan Sister Nancy Nolan, who led the Sisters of Providence as General Superior from 1986-1996,...