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Sister Denise Wilkinson
...old. Her mother and grandmother closed the ranks of the Wilkinson children; Denise, age 3; her brother, age 2; and her sister, age 6. The expectations were clear: they would all stick together and help one another. Her father’s death was a life-changing event for the family to be sure. However, it gave Sister Denise the opportunity to learn resourcefulness, interdependency and living together as a family community. How important those early experiences would become in the future. Today, after...
Sister Basilide Sénéchal : a founding Sister of Providence
...story, to handling a chisel and hammer, to using a needle. She brought a carpenter’s kit with her to America, in the belief that she could erect a shelter for the missionaries. Her letters to Mother Theodore while on mission in Madison, Indiana, where she worked tirelessly and survived a cholera epidemic, offer touching insights into her personality and her relationship with Mother Theodore. “I can not be angry with Sister Basilide,” Mother Theodore wrote. “I love her very much...
Sister Kathleen Kelly (formerly Sister Edward Marie)
...include practicing parking in front of Kay’s mother’s house and stopping in for a visit. Expert sewer of the modified habit: Kay had learned to sew from her mother and refined her skills by helping others less talented. In fact, she and Anita became such close friends that when Anita invited her to be the Maid of Honor at her wedding, she came attired in a self-made “beautiful green velvet dress.” Developing her professional skills: Kay had been on the...
January 1, 2023: Solemnity of Mary, the Holy Mother of God
...seen, just as it had been told to them. When eight days were completed for his circumcision, he was named Jesus, the name given him by the angel before he was conceived in the womb. Reflection Every January 1, the Church celebrates Mary, the Mother of God and of the Church. In the celebration of feast days, what does “solemnity” mean? It means we’re celebrating a feast of the highest rank, celebrating a mystery of the faith. (So says Google.)...
My walk with Our Lady of Providence
...and Mother Theodore’s Daughters of the Woods embraced me and my family! By May of 2007, I was carrying a key chain with medals of Saint Mother Theodore Guerin and Our Lady of Providence. The prayers and reflections for Saint Mother Theodore and Our Lady of Providence from the Sisters of Providence website, spoke to my soul. Two years of inquiry went by and in November of 2009, I celebrated my initial commitment as a Providence Associate. The “other shrine”...
Sister Frances Joan Baker
...being a sister. NEVER! I didn’t think I was good enough until one day when I was staying after school helping Sister Anna water the flowers. She turned to me and said, ‘Rosemary, have you ever thought about being a Sister?’ I said, ‘Never!’ Sister Anna said, ‘Well, start thinking about it.’ I thought, ‘Gee, she thinks I am good enough!’ I was the youngest of 10 children and I was concerned about how my mother would feel, but she...
Against All Odds: The life of Mother Marie Gratia Luking
As we continue the centenary commemoration of the Nov. 24, 1920, foundation of the Sisters of Providence mission in China, this blog will highlight the foundress, Mother Marie Gratia Luking. Born May 10, 1885, in Connersville, Indiana, Josephine Luking first knew the Sisters of Providence as her teachers at St. Gabriel. After completing eighth grade, because “Josie” was the oldest daughter of five children and her mother operated a millenary shop, her help was needed at home. Rather than regular...
Archives: telling our story of living the Gospel
...up: “We are here to tell our story.” The story begins From the beginning, recording and preserving our story has been an essential element of our ministry. Before leaving for America, Mother Theodore Guerin was instructed in Ruillé by Mother Mary to “Take exact account of all, and note down during your journey whatever may be useful to guide those who join you …” Mother Theodore was the perfect person to be given this task. A prolific letter writer and...
Our Lady of Fatima Shrine
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‘The little Indian of the northern Lakes’
“Here we see the little Indian of the northern Lakes becoming one of the Torch-bearers of Christian education in southern Indiana and a notable factor in the expansion of St. Mary-of-the-Woods.” Such are the words about the life of Mother Mary Cecilia Bailly, second general superior of the Sisters of Providence, from the book, “In God’s Acre.” Mother Mary Cecilia Bailly became the leader of the Congregation upon the death of Saint Mother Theodore Guerin on May 14, 1856. Mother...
Sister Diane Ris publishes new book about Saint Mother Theodore Guerin
...herself in a similar posture. “I wanted to tell a complete story. I had Mother Theodore’s picture in front of me on the desk in my writing room. I had her first-class relic in front of the picture. I had a candle glowing. There was not one day when I didn’t want to continue working on the book. I was eager to do it,” she said. The book is called Saint Mother Theodore Guerin: Woman of Providence. It was begun...
Cook County Board of Commissioners honors Congregation, Guerin Prep High School
...high school for young women in River Grove, Illinois; and whereas, the Sisters of Providence named the school in honor of their founder, Mother Theodore Guerin, a teacher and missionary to the sick and poor; “and WHEREAS, originally from France, Mother Theodore established schools in Indiana and Illinois. She was later canonized. One of her sayings, “Love the children first, then teach them,” would be a guiding principle at the high school; “and WHEREAS, in 1962, while waiting for the...