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Come O Wisdom: a reflection on our senior jubilarians
...mission call but hers took her Arequipa, Peru, and the language skills learned through that experience opened the way to many years of parish ministry with Spanish-speaking people. Sisters Barbara Bluntzer, Rita Clare Gerardot and Millie Giesler found their way to parish ministry after many successful years as teachers and administrators. Barbara’s work took her into the world of religious education; Rita Clare and Millie as pastoral associates and pastoral ministers. Sisters Margaret Norris and Miriam Clare Stoll’s ministry records...
Sister Marceline Mattingly
...National Science Foundation for several summers to teach instructors of biology at Howard University. Ever the learner, Marceline asked to prepare for a new ministry as pastoral associate by attending a spirituality program at Seattle University in Washington. It was there that she met and later became a lifelong friend to Sister Liz Gress. When they could no longer travel together, Liz would call Marcie every day. Marceline had something of an internship in a parish in Seattle and loved...
Breaking boundaries, creating miracles
...helped the poor and cared for the sick, despite her own health issues. She pushed past her physical limitations to make the long and difficult journey to Saint-Mary-of-the-Woods, Indiana, from France in 1840. Once here, she and her companions had few resources and relied on the hospitality of others. She overcame many obstacles to establish pharmacies, orphanages and schools throughout Indiana and the surrounding areas. Through the schools, she educated young women at a time when very few girls received...
White Violet Center: Meet the new 2020 fall intern cohort
...past spring we built a chicken coop together for 10 Rhode Island Red hens that joined us in quarantine. In high school, I participated in a volunteer opportunity called “gleaning” at local farms, whose farmers leave portions of their crops to be harvested and then distribute fresh produce to the poor and hungry of the local community via Catholic Charities, soup kitchens, and NJ Farmers Against Hunger. “In college I was scheduled to major in studio art and architecture. Both...
From fear to tranquility: Sister Dorothy Rasche and prison ministry
Sister Dorothy in her prison ministry stands outside the gates to the chapel at the United States prison with the Catholic Chaplain Fr. N. Ponferrado in 1980. In the fall of 1976, Sister Dorothy Rasche had just started a new ministry. She joined with Sister Mary Moloney and Sister Gilchrist Conway (RIP) as part of the Southeast Pastoral Team in McAlester, Oklahoma. After serving in six places in Indiana as a teacher and as director of religious education at two...
Sister Joan Mary Schaefer
...to the pastor as her twin, Joan. The pastor fell for it! Mary also recalls visiting Joan Mary in the hospital, whom they had never seen out of the full habit. The youngsters exclaimed in disbelief, “Aunt Mary has hair!” Mary Ann attended Mary, Queen of Heaven grade school and afterwards encountered the Sisters of Providence for the first time at Providence High School in Chicago, graduating in 1947. A year later, on July 22, 1948, she entered the Congregation....
Sister Marie David Schroeder
...she “had a lot of grit!” She was able to travel to Jasper this past summer to attend a family reunion, which meant a great deal to her and to her family. Now, she’s having a different kind of reunion with her parents and her six siblings. She was particularly devoted to Sister Louise, and I have heard over and over how attentive she was to her around the time of Louise’s dying and death. Marie David stayed in close...
Sister Mary Montgomery
Download All Things Possible – Sister Mary Montgomery Current ministry: Director, Terre Haute Deanery Pastoral Center Years in the Congregation: 45 Contact Sister Mary at: mmontgom@spsmw.org 812-535-2582 Q. What do you like best about Saint Mary-of-the-Woods? A. The campus. The spirit. The sisters. Gosh, it’s hard to pick just one thing. The sisters! Q. When I am not officially at work or involved in ministry, you are most likely to see me … A. Walking, or with friends, volunteering. Q....
Former Sisters of Providence a gift to the Church and society
...father at her brother’s wedding Judy today, at right, volunteering at Providence Health Care at Saint Mary-of-the-Woods with Sister Loretta Picucci Educated to serve All three are grateful that the education and professional opportunities they received as Sisters of Providence have enabled them to continue serving in meaningful and life-giving roles. As a Sister of Providence, Donna was a teacher, principal, vicar of religious and director of pastoral planning. “During these years I was blessed with educational opportunities that supported...
Prayer and Reflections for Awareness Against Human Trafficking
...One “Today, as in the past, slavery is rooted in a notion of the human person which allows him or her to be treated as an object. … Whether by coercion or deception, or by physical or psychological duress, human persons created in the image and likeness of God are deprived of their freedom, sold and reduced to being the property of others. They are treated as means to an end.” – Pope Francis, 2015 World Day of Peace Message...
Winter Storm Nemo: Anticipation, beauty, community and reflection from Sister Jane Iannacone
...Winthrop, a peninsula on the Massachusetts coast east of Boston. She started making some notes about the snowfall as it came rapidly and excessively on Friday. One of the first things she mentioned was that her pastor was on retreat, ahem, in Florida. He must have had some divine intervention for scheduling! Another priest who had planned to fill in for the pastor couldn’t make it, so Sister Jane was trying to find another replacement to cover he weekend Masses....
The Practice of Homemaking and Community Shaping
...of having one’s own space with few, often no, other persons sharing that space. Even those of us who grew up in larger family groups have become accustomed to sharing our space with as few persons as possible. In the United States, at least, living together is much more counter-cultural than it was in the past. Given the busyness, complexity, and harried pace of our lives today, we often have a felt need for more time alone to recoup. U.S....