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Teen finds happiness in volunteering with the Sisters of Providence
Madeleine and her brother volunteer at the Saint Mary-of-the-Woods Earth Day Festival bringing Sister Kathleen Dede out to enjoy the festivities. My name is Madeleine Barroso-Gutierrez and I am a seventh-grader at Saint Patrick School in Terre Haute, Indiana. This past year that I have been volunteering with the Sisters of Providence has been the happiest year of my life. In the 2023 awards ceremony for the teen volunteer ministry, I earned a plaque with a very meaningful quote by...
Energetic Providence in the Desert founder focuses on education, justice while celebrating 60 years as a Sister of Providence
...English language. Enter a tiny, dynamic, retired Catholic sister from the Midwest bringing with her a drive for justice and a background in education, and Providence in the Desert was born. For the past nine years, Sister Carol Nolan, SP, a Sister of Providence from Saint Mary-of-the-Woods, Ind. has been traveling around to several of the more than 300 isolated trailer parks in the valley. She finds a group interested in learning English and then packs up her teaching supplies...
Sister Connie Kramer receives Frances Murphy Rumely Award
...and Sister Mary Ann Lechner Sister Connie earned a bachelor’s degree in mathematics from SMWC and a master’s degree in mathematics from Indiana State University. In addition, she has another master’s degree in pastoral ministry from Trinity University. A rich history of ministry She began ministering as a teacher at Costa High School in Galesburg, Ill., in 1968, and also taught at Our Lady of Providence High School in Clarksville, Ind., as well as at Ladywood-St. Agnes in Indianapolis. She...
Sister Alice Louise Potts
...family she decided on her own to become a Catholic and went to Mass frequently with a young friend of hers; and second, that she was forced to integrate her father’s random murder into her understanding of what life was. Maybe those two things were the foundation for her often repeated recommendation: live in the present moment because the past is gone and the future is not yet here,” said Sister Jeanne Knoerle in her commentary for Sister Alice Louise...
St. Anne Shell Chapel: holy ground
...surrounded by shaded, gently rolling stretches of green grass, the tiny chapel has an aura of serenity and majesty. Visitors sense at once that they are on holy ground. St. Anne Shell Chapel at Saint Mary-of-the-Woods The history of this unique chapel helps to explain its appeal. It is witness to memory and sacred stories, to creativity and whimsey, to fidelity and devotion, and to the ways the past and the present intersect. Memory and story-telling An early drawing from...
October 8, 2023: Twenty-Seventh Sunday in Ordinary Time
...the tenants to whom God’s kingdom was entrusted. And what do they do with it? Attack or kill all of the landowner’s messengers, including his own son! Jesus is laying the crimes (past and future) of the elders and priests right at their feet. What if Jesus laid my crimes (sins of my past and sins of my future) at my feet? Would I run from the truth? Deny my future culpability? Or would I accept my failings and turn...
Alpaca Yoga
...pasture. Alpaca Farm and Yoga Join Shannon Hamilton, Athletic Trainer for Saint Mary-of-the-Woods College and certified Yoga instructor at Common Ground in Terre Haute, and our alpacas, during this unique experience. Participants must be 18-years-old or older. All who participate are asked to arrive at 10:45 a.m., at the White Violet Farm Store. From there, you’ll walk to the female alpaca pasture for class. Cost is $15 per person for those who attend. The registration deadline is Saturday, November 1....
Winter blues? Farmer Tara recommends a little friluftsliv!
January. It’s probably the toughest month for me. The cozy warmth of the holidays gives way to ever colder temperatures and grey skies. The pressure to make resolutions and set big goals that I want to achieve for the year can be overwhelming at times. Feeling almost forced to reflect on the past year and all of the feelings that arrive with that kind of introspection, especially after a year like 2020, always brings with it a touch of anxiety....
Sister Adrian Marie Conrad
...family setting rather than face incarceration. Their parish at this time was Guardian Angel Church in Las Vegas, known as “the cathedral on the strip.” The pastor noticed how easily they were able to relate to members of the extremely diverse congregation and invited them to join the pastoral team, with Adrian Marie taking charge of the gift shop. Sister Thomas Jeanne recalls that parishioners ranged from the cocktail waitress who came to daily Mass to a shabby old man...
Sister Marilyn Kofler: Breaking boundaries through education and gentle influence
...most unique roles was that of Associate Pastor at Church of the Holy Spirit in Schaumburg, Illinois, from 1979-1992. That’s not a title commonly held by women in the Catholic Church. Sister Marilyn came to the role through her friendship with Father George Kane, the pastor at Church of the Holy Spirit. “Father George invited me to do everything the priest would do, except say Mass, of course.” Sister Marilyn served as director of liturgy for the parish. She even...
Newsnotes from the Sisters of Providence fall 2021
...He ministered as an associate pastor at St. Christopher Midlothian (1994-99), served at St. Francis Xavier in La Grange (2002-04) and was also on the formation team at the Mundelein Seminary (1999-2007) before becoming pastor at St. Irenaeus Parish in Park Forest, Illinois, in 2009 where he served until this year. “It feels like I’m in Camelot,” Father Terry said of his recent move to Saint Mary-of-the-Woods. “What is really attractive about this position is it is pure ministry.” Father...
Sisters honor Jane Fischer with Sarah and Joseph Thralls award
...the Sisters of Providence honored Providence Associate Jane Fischer with the award. “Jane persuaded the pastor of St. Joseph Parish in Jasper, Indiana, to establish a new home for Saint Mother Theodore in their parish complex – the Saint Mother Theodore Chapel,” General Superior Sister Dawn Tomaszewski explained to the audience. “St. Joe’s, after all, was the first mission established by Mother Theodore outside of Saint Mary-of-the-Woods. “And though Jane will tell you that many hands contributed to this effort,...