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Sister Barbara Sheehan ushers in new ministry
...to a handful of Christian pastors in the area, who have all agreed to offer their services. A decision was made to have these pastors offer service once a week for approximately 30 minutes. “There are a variety of ministers,” Sister Barbara said. Coming Together One of the persons whom Sister Barbara worked with to establish this ministry was Father Terry Johnson. “At Providence Health Care, the needs of the residents include not only physical, but also spiritual and psychological,”...
General Chapter 2011
Our General Chapter ended just about four weeks ago. The past weeks have given me the opportunity to reflect on the experience and outcomes of our time together and what I’d like to share with all of you, our partners in mission. All of my reflections center on a deep sense of gratitude, i.e., thankfulness for the people, the process and the outcomes. Once again, Providence provided; Providence opened the path for us to follow. First the people who evoke...
Sister Kathleen Dede (formerly Sister Marie Arthur)
...campus minister, pastoral minister, teacher of theology and psychology. Her volunteer ministries in later years included in hospice, nursing home visitor and a receptionist. It seemed that “the master always found her ready,” for a new location, a new ministry. She spent nearly 64 years in these ministries, and then continued aspects of her social work with the residents in Providence Health Care when she moved there. Perhaps these many transitions also bear out a band member’s description of Kathleen...
Sister Ruth Ellen Doane
...for at least 38 years.” Paul Adams relayed: “I am saddened by her passing but strengthened by her love and support of our mission at PSM. So today I remember and cherish the wonderful relationship we had! She made this a better world!” Ellen’s most recent pastoral ministry position was at St. Mary Magdalen Parish in Bloomfield, and St. Patrick Ottumwa, both in Iowa. Father John Spiegel commented: “Sister Ruth Ellen responded to our national search for a person who...
Sister Elizabeth Rose Weisenbach
...Indianapolis; and St. Jude, Fort Wayne. In Chicago, she ministered at St. Mark, St. Angela and Immaculate Conception. She spent four years in California at St. Joseph, Hawthorne, and St. Therese, Alhambra. In the 1970s, Sister Elizabeth Rose changed her ministry focus by enrolling in a Clinical Pastoral Education program. She served hospitals in Indianapolis and Louisville, Ky. She served two years as a pastoral associate at St. John, Newburgh, Ind. In the early 1980s, Sister Elizabeth Rose served in...
Those who cannot remember the past…
...war on racism, both in lives and dignity on all sides? Consider these words by philosopher and writer George Santayana: “Those who cannot remember the past are condemned to repeat it.” What have we learned from the wars in our individual and collective pasts? What are we learning now? Have we been paying attention? Are we open to discern principles right and true and do what we can to ensure that we live by them? What is worth fighting for? What...
Sister Adele Mann
...Indiana at St. Jude, Fort Wayne; St. Joseph, St. James and St. Philip Neri, Indianapolis; and St. Patrick, Terre Haute. Sister Adele spent four years in pastoral ministry at St. Francis Hospital, Beech Grove, Ind. After earning her CPE at St. Mary’s Hospital Medical Center, San Francisco, Sister Adele returned to Beech Grove and served as a pastoral associate at St. Francis Hospital and Medical Center. She spent 20 years as a chaplain at either St. Joseph Hospital or Lutheran...
March 3, 2024: Third Sunday of Lent
...happened at the end of Jesus’ public career. Twice in this section of John we hear “remember” (17, 22). The community of John looked back at the past while simultaneously reinterpreting it in light of the presence of the Spirit. The Spirit’s presence enabled the community members to see in a past event significance for their present lives. What was an historical pilgrimage by Jesus in expectation of the coming of God, became for the Johannine community an event that...
Sister Mary Mundy
Download Complete Interview with Sister Mary Mundy Current ministry:Pastoral Associate Years in the Congregation: 47 Contact Sister Mary at: mmundy@hrparish.org Q. What do you like about Saint Mary-of-the-Woods? A. The sisters. Q. When I am not officially at work, or involved in ministry, you are most likely to see me… A. With a book, or with a book in my lap staring into space. Q. On my day off, I love to … A. I enjoy going for a walk....
New Life comes from New Beginnings
...new job, a change in one’s medical diagnosis, the loss of a loved one. In Scripture, there are stories that abound with God’s offer to people a new beginning, another chance at doing something great. God frees the oppressed, Jesus heals and restores and the Holy Spirit imbues new life. “Remember not the events of the past, the things of long ago consider not; See, I am doing something new! Now it springs forth, do you not perceive it?” (Isaiah...
Sister Connie Kramer
...her for each of these ministerial roles, especially her master’s degree in pastoral ministry from Trinity College in Washington, D.C. Since 1991, Sister Connie has ministered as part of a loving, faith-filled small inner-city parish community of St. Ann Parish in Terre Haute, Ind., where she now serves as parish life coordinator. In this role, she performs all pastoral administrative duties except those reserved to an ordained sacramental minister. In 1997, the Sisters of Providence chose to sponsor a medical...
Sister Joan (Gregory Ann) Tekulve
...School and St. John Academy, both in Indianapolis. She entered the Congregation Feb. 14, 1948, and professed first and perpetual vows Aug. 15, 1950, and 1955, respectively. Sister Joan earned a bachelor’s degree in business administration from Saint Mary-of-the-Woods College, a master’s degree in business education from Indiana State University and a master’s degree in pastoral theology from Saint Mary-of-the-Woods College. Sister Joan began teaching in 1950 at St. Ann, Washington, D.C. In Illinois, she ministered at St. Agnes, St....