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Sister Paul Marie Gutgsell
...could be found among them,” continued Sister Alexa. “Eventually, failing memory required that Sister Paul Marie move from Owens to Lourdes Hall and eventually Mother Theodore Hall. In those new surroundings the phrase ‘hard worker’ still described her. Participating in projects, pushing wheelchairs, helping the aides who helped the patients — all manner of service she took upon herself. She had no need for attention, no need to prove anything. Her gentle spirit and peaceful manner — part gift and...
Sister Mary Irene Krohn
...and perpetual vows Aug. 15, 1936, and 1942, respectively. She earned a bachelor’s degree in education from Saint Mary-of-the-Woods College. Sister Mary Irene commenced teaching in 1936 at St. Catherine, Fort Wayne, Ind. Her other Indiana classrooms included Sacred Heart, Evansville; St. Patrick and St. Anthony, Indianapolis; St. Patrick, St. Jude and Cathedral, Fort Wayne; Sacred Heart, Terre Haute; St. Charles, Bloomington; St. Joseph, Jasper; and St. Susanna, Plainfield. She also ministered at St. Therese, Wilson, N.C., and St. Rose,...
Sister Alma Marie Earus
...time after they moved to Chelsea, Mass., she came into contact with Sister Miriam Patrice [Donoghue], who took her under her wing. It was Sister Miriam Patrice who instructed her in the faith, got her into St. Rose High School and helped her prepare to enter this Congregation. From her earliest days, she saw the Congregation as her real family.” Entering the Congregation July 20, 1942, Sister Alma Marie professed first and perpetual vows Jan. 23, 1945, and 1950, respectively....
Sister Rita Black
...sister, Mary Kay is here with us today as we celebrate the life of God’s gardener, our own Sister Rita. Rita attended both elementary and high school at St. Patrick in Terre Haute. She graduated from St. Patrick in June 1945, and came to the Novitiate just a few weeks later, on July 22. She was received into the Congregation on January 23, 1946, and professed first and perpetual vows on the same date in 1948 and 1953. Rita’s education...
Sister Mary Regis O’Kane
...numbered several future priests and religious brothers.” Sister Mary Regis began teaching in 1932 at St. Angela, Chicago. Her other Illinois classrooms included St. Athanasius and Marywood, Evanston, and St. Genevieve, Chicago. In Indiana, her missions included St. Joan of Arc and St. Philip Neri, Indianapolis; Sacred Heart, Evansville; St. John, Loogootee; Holy Trinity, New Albany; and St. Patrick, Terre Haute. Sister Mary Regis spent 17 years on the East Coast at Sacred Hearts, Malden, and St. Patrick, Stoneham, Mass.;...
Compassion for Earth
...love and peace. —– Pope Francis Maryknoll Office for Global Concerns offers “Path to Paris,” in response to Pope Francis’ call: “Our goal is not to amass information or to satisfy curiosity, but rather to become painfully aware, to dare to turn what is happening to the world into our own personal suffering and thus to discover what each of us can do about it.” —- from Laudato Si’. Take time to see all four issues of “Path to Paris.”...
Sister Jean (Marian Jean) Arkenberg
...also ministered at St. Patrick, Fort Wayne; Holy Cross and St. Ann, Indianapolis; and St. Paul, Sellersburg. She spent two years at St. Patrick, Fayetteville, N.C.; three years at Ascension, Halethorpe, Md.; and one year at St. Ann, Washington, D.C. In Illinois she taught at St. Mark and Immaculate Conception, Chicago, and St. Joseph, Downers Grove. She spent more than a decade at Our Lady of Providence, St. Louis. Sister Jean returned to the Woods in 1998 and provided volunteer...
Voice lessons in discernment
...to do what they do best: express my natural, God-given voice. After just two lessons with her, I am amazed at how much the process of singing freely parallels and embodies the process of freeing the soul to discern. I invite you to explore these observations with me and how they might apply to your spiritual path at this place, in this time. Trust that your body knows how to breathe. This seems like a no-brainer, right? But it’s amazing,...
Art, Spirituality and Justice
...in this famous photo known as Napalm Girl. Maya Ying Lin designed the Vietnam War Memorial in Washington, D.C. The Vietnam Veterans Memorial faced negative criticism for its minimalist design, black walls, and placement below ground level. (AI Overview, 5/30/2026). The visitor moves through the artwork and progresses “deeper” into the war before making the turn and seeing the path – war – wind down before him. As art becomes more accessible to everyone, it transforms our personal connection to...
A Civil War widow joins the Sisters of Providence
A portrait of Minerva Dufficy (Sisters of Providence Archives) With the death of her husband, Major John Patrick Dufficy, on June 20, 1864, Minerva Dufficy became a widow. By an act approved by Congress on July 14, 1862, she was entitled to a widow’s claim. Minerva received a monthly check of $25 a month. According to documentation from Congress, widows received this pay throughout the remainder of their lives or until they remarried. Minerva Dufficy was very important to the...
Surgeons’ report at Indy Military Hospital
...“domestic arrangements” including nursing. The following is a partial list of diseases and wounds of the soldiers from April to August 1861: 640 patients registered Measles: 430 Typhoid fever: 7 Pneumonia: 26 Dysentery: 26 Obstinate diarrhea: 28 Gunshot wounds and other injuries: 8 593 soldier-patients recovered and were discharged, 13 died and 34 were still receiving care at the time of the report. The doctors ended their report with this tribute to the Sisters of Providence: “In conclusion, we feel...
A reflection for the 2018 Senior Jubilee Celebration
...find new life. *** For others of the jubilarians, God’s help was experienced in another of the angel’s assurances: “The spirit of God will come upon you, and the power of the Most High will overshadow you.” Sisters celebrating their 60-year Jubilee on Saturday, Dec. 8, included (seated) Sister Linda Kaliker (middle, from left) Sister Gloria Memering, General Councilor Sister Mary Beth Klingel, and Sisters Kay Manley, Rosemary Ward, Brigid Ann Bonner, Donna Butler, Rosemary Schmalz and Patty Fillenwarth, (back)...