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Sister Elizabeth Meyer (formerly Sister Joseph Aloyse)
...accompanied Elizabeth on the organ for cantoring, timed a visit to Elizabeth for Valentine’s Day. She gave her a collection of chocolates she had made and labeled appropriately. She says, “I visited briefly and then made my exit. I had already been told that she may not touch the treats, so I did not expect a response. However, the next day or so, I heard from one of the sisters who visits in healthcare quite often that Sister Elizabeth had...
In memory of …
...informing all residents that all roads in the area had to be named and labeled in case of emergency. A photo of Sister Mary Esther Lane taken in 1979 at Yosemite National Park. In Saint Mary-of-the-Woods Village, many residents who lived on one street decided they had to name it “Mary Lane.” The street was eventually changed to “Mary Lane Road.” “I understand that Mary Esther loved taking visitors over there to show them the road that is named after...
Sister Agnes Clare Buckley
...a teacher for so long.” Sister Agnes Clare also supported others with cards and phone calls. Her brother and others noted that if you asked Agnes what she wanted, she would say stamps, and not books – rolls! Sister Mary Fran Keusal, a band member, noted that, “If Agnes knew that someone had an ingrown toenail, she sent that person a card. I know how many cards she sent because I made hundreds and hundreds of return address labels for...
Where Your Treasure Is
...by thick concrete walls and by a system that had labeled her as less than human. As Congress begins negotiations for the 2019 budget, we know the Trump Administration has requested more resources to remove beloved residents like Sonia from our communities. The administration’s requests include: A massive increase in immigration detention – to 51,379 people in detention across the country every day Funds to recruit and hire 1,000 additional ICE officers, and Funds to compensate more local police to...
Conscience, Candidates and Discipleship in Voting – Part two
...background of abortion, climate change and the culture of exclusion, it is clear that the faith-filled voter who seeks to be guided by Catholic social teaching is confronted by compelling moral claims that cut across the partisan and cultural divides of our nation. The pathway from these crosscutting moral claims to decisions on particular candidates is not a direct and singular one in Catholic teaching, rooted in one issue. For this reason, the drive to label a single issue preeminent...
Witness
...the weak cannot fall lower than the lowest which is in you also.” I believe Will LeCroy can teach us an essential truth: Who among us deserves to be labeled, judged, discarded even, according to the worst thing we ever did? Rather, are we not called to honor human dignity and extend God’s loving design to all creation? To all persons? Surely just as we know that God loves us always and is never far from us, so are we...
Sister Mary (Mary Agatha) Carlton
...Officially Sister Mary was the volunteer coordinator and in that position interviewed volunteers and supervised their orientation. In addition, according to Sister Pat, Sister Mary assisted with the taking in and labeling of medications, restocking examination rooms, picking up supplies, cleaning the clinic and doing fund raisers. Sister Pat attributes their many returning clients to Sister Mary’s influence. Ever the gracious and generous woman, she did indeed ‘heal the oppressed,’” shared Sister Mary Roger. “Over the last five years, Sister...
‘Act of Consecration to the Immaculate Heart of Mary’
...our hearts is hidden from you. Mother of mercy, how often we have experienced your watchful care and your peaceful presence! You never cease to guide us to Jesus, the Prince of Peace. Yet we have strayed from that path of peace. We have forgotten the lesson learned from the tragedies of the last century, the sacrifice of the millions who fell in two world wars. We have disregarded the commitments we made as a community of nations. We have...
June 8, 2025: Pentecost Sunday
...and being peace and forgiveness. We have often repeated the message of John Paul II, “No Peace Without Justice, No Justice Without Forgiveness.” Martin Luther King, Jr., reminded us that “Forgiveness is not an occasional act; it is a permanent attitude.” Pentecost is not just about the past. The Spirit of Pentecost, peace and forgiveness, comes today, in flesh and blood, not through Jesus but through us. We are confronted with the Word of Christ Risen and the gift of...
Rosemary Ward
...School, New Lenox (1975-76); Chemist, Silliker Laboratories, Chicago Heights (1976-77); Teacher, St. Joseph High School, Chicago (1977-78); Office Supervisor, Putman Publishing Company, Chicago (1978-80); Computer Programmer/Analyst, Household Finance Corporation, Prospect Heights (1980-87); Parish Business Manager, St. Francis Xavier Parish, Wilmette (1987-88); Assistant Manager for Religious Medical Programs, Christian Brothers Services, Romeoville (1988-96); Systems/Services Manager, Christian Brothers Services, Romeoville (1996-99); Director of Systems/Services, Christian Brothers Services, Romeoville (1999-2009); Peace and Justice Activities, Bolingbrook (2010-14); Peace and Justice Activities/Director of English as...
A Tribute to Sandy Wickware from the Anti-Racism Discussion Group
...And doing this work together – imperfectly, honestly, persistently – is one way we keep Sandy’s spirit alive among us. We will miss all of the love and her guidance. May she rest in peace. A Prayer for Sandy Wickware Loving God of Providence, we thank you for the life of Sandy – for her courage, her kindness, for the ways she showed us how to live justice not as an idea, but as a practice. We thank you for...
Annette Marie Bruce
...had been a Sister of Providence for 70 years. Sister Annette Marie entered the Congregation on Feb. 9, 1936. She professed first and final vows on Aug. 15, 1938 and 1944, respectively. Sister Annette Marie began teaching in 1938 in Illinois. She also ministered in education in Indiana and Maryland. In 1980, she returned to the Woods to volunteer in a various ministries. It was said that Sister Annette Marie’s peaceful demeanor was a true example of peace and joy....