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Reflections on the 175th Anniversary Celebration of Saint Joseph Catholic Church in Jasper
...of Providence who served here. But it is also a tribute to the faith-filledness of this Catholic Community. You helped form these young women, nurtured their love of God and encouraged them to share their gifts through the witness of religious life. Thank you. Now you haven’t sent us anyone lately – so we’d be happy if you could work on that! But in the meantime, we are grateful that many of our Providence Associates call Jasper home or have...
Sister Mary Michael Lager
...on to Providence High School in Chicago, where she boarded and worked to get her education, graduating in 1936. On July 16 of that same year, she entered the Sisters of Providence and the following year, was received into the novitiate on January 23. Her first profession of vows and her profession of perpetual vows occurred on the same day, in 1939 and 1945 respectively. Sister Mary Michael Lager Sister Mary Michael, as she came to be known, attended college...
A sister remembers working to racially integrate schools
...School, the growth of the nearby Fort Bragg Army base, and the 1954 Brown v. Board of Education Supreme Court decision prompted Bishop Vincent Waters to request Sisters of Providence to establish the integrated school. Sister Laurine Haley, SP, who taught seven years at the school, 1959-1966, including a couple years as principal, describes the experience as among the most meaningful of her life in community. I had the opportunity to speak to Sister Laurine a couple of months ago...
Volunteers help the Woods run smoothly
Volunteer Carl Bender, above, portrays Joseph Thralls, a neighbor who welcomed Saint Mother Theodore and her companions in 1840, for a group of pilgrims to Saint Mary-of-the-Woods. Volunteers with the Sisters of Providence are oil that keeps the engine of the Sisters of Providence running smoothly. Relationships with the Sisters of Providence are a primary reason volunteers give for serving, to give back in whatever ways they can. Terre Haute, Indiana, residents Carl Bender and Peggy Balensuela are two such...
Firing up hope: SP prayer ministries
...Sister Mary Rita Griffin, director of the Shrine of Our Lady of Providence, is one of hundreds of people in the United States and around the world who regularly find spiritual support from the Sisters of Providence by way of their prayer ministries. The national Shrine of Our Lady of Providence established at Saint Mary-of-the-Woods in May 1925, for example, focuses on “offering spiritual support and guidance for the needs of families today.” One of those deeply touched by this...
Intersectionality – what is it?
...March, says “When you have to decide between going down to do something about climate change or trying to feed your children, or worrying about police brutality — those kinds of things take immediate precedent over the longer-term issues of air pollution and soil erosion …” Katherine Egland, the chair of the Environmental and Climate Justice for the NAACP National Board of Directors, claims that climate change and environmental pollution are civil-rights issues, just like criminal justice or education. “What would...
Sister Martha Steidl (formerly Sister Marie Aquinas)
...necessary, and for her students and her many friends, Martha, like Mary, was a quiet, gentle, and kind presence, said Sister Joanna Golding in commentary written by Sister Janet Gilligan for Sister Martha Steidl, who died Monday, March 12, 2018, at Saint Mary-of-the-Woods. She was 92 years old and had been a Sister of Providence for 72 years. Martha Ann Steidl was born on April 26, 1925, in Paris, Illinois, to Don J. Steidl and Viola Walker Steidl. She was...
The life of Eleanor Bailly (Mother Mary Cecilia Bailly)
...her suitors. She was even known as the “Belle of Detroit.” Early religious life Father Maurice de Saint Palais encouraged Eleanor Bailly to enter the Sisters of Providence. He would later become the Bishop of Vincennes. Father Maurice de Saint Palais, who later became the Bishop of Vincennes, visited the Bailly Homestead, as many priests did in those days, and he met with Eleanor. In November 1841, Eleanor entered the Sisters of Providence and received the religious name of Sister...
Giving Voice scholarship awardee in Oaxaca, Mexico
Editor’s Note: The following blog was originally posted on giving-voice.org and has been reprinted with permission. Sister Joni Luna during her time in Oaxaca, Mexico. Submitted photo. This past July, I was blessed with the opportunity to travel to Oaxaca, Mexico, to the Instituto Cultural Spanish Language/Immersion School after receiving a scholarship from Giving Voice. After entering the Sisters of Providence in 2012, I was encouraged by my sisters who spoke Spanish to pursue my education of the Spanish language....
The joy of living out my vocation to religious life
...JOYFULNESS! All of these folks were called and responded by living out their own vocation to religious life. My personal call led me to join an apostolic community, the Sisters of Providence. All in Leaving my family and friends at age 18 was a challenge! The only time I had been to Saint Mary-of-the-Woods was when I was nine years old. Now I was boarding a plane alone and not feeling very confident. We left Boston and stopped in New...
Remembering sisters’ loving response to the HIV/AIDS epidemic
In her book “Gold in Your Memories,” Macrina Wiederkehr writes, “Today many people are finding ways to remember. They are integrating into their lives lost and forgotten memories.” It’s my hope that as World AIDS Day approaches tomorrow, we as a Providence Community will remember the “lost and forgotten memories” of the Sisters of Providence response to the HIV/AIDS epidemic. Sister Marilyn Therese Lipps in 2011 Sister Marilyn Therese In 1988, Sister Marilyn Therese Lipps was on sabbatical at the...
O Antiphon – O wisdom from on high
Artwork by Sister Rosemary Borntrager, SP, 2002. One of the most profound pursuits of human life is the call to Wisdom. Our spirits search to find it in ourselves as God’s gift, and to welcome it from others. The Israelites thought of Wisdom as practical experience for every day living. This notion requires persons who act with prudence, not prudence that prevents action, but as a guide to right action. How do you value these virtues at the boardroom table,...