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Kindness matters
Sister Jane Gibson loves being pushed around the Providence Health Care Center Courtyard. In truth, Sister Jane loves most things. In her eyes, every hydrangea, every ray of sunshine, every vine, and every leaf is beautiful. In her eyes, I am beautiful. I know because she told me so multiple times. Sister Jane and Sophia having fun at Christmas Fun at the Woods. I first volunteered with Providence Teen Ministry at Saint Mary-of-the-Woods in the Providence Health Care Center when...
Christmas Fun at the Woods (canceled)
December 13, 2025 at 1:30 pm – 4:30 pm EST Providence Spirituality & Conference Center 1 Sisters of Providence Saint Mary-of-the-Woods, IN 47876 United States Sisters of Providence Due to the impending weather conditions and for the safety of our guests and volunteers, we have decided to cancel Christmas Fun at the Woods. The holiday tradition is back! Celebrate the coming of Christmas with the Sisters of Providence at Saint Mary-of-the-Woods. Guests of all ages are invited to the Providence...
Remembering Sisters Regina Therese Shaughnessy and Marilyn Rose Ginder
...Dolores Shaughnessy on Dec. 16, 1921, in Indianapolis, to Edward and Kathleen Walsh Shaughnessy. Sister Regina Therese entered the Congregation on July 22, 1949. In her 66 years as a Sister of Providence, she ministered for 33 years as an English teacher in high schools in Indiana, Illinois and California. Sister Regina Therese also ministered in the Congregation’s Archives and Office of Records department, in addition to administrative staff secretary. She also ministered as the Our Lady of Providence Shrine...
Earth Day Festival 2026
April 18 at 11:00 am – 3:00 pm EDT Various locations at Saint Mary-of-the-Woods 1 Sisters of Providence Saint Mary-of-the-Woods, IN 47876 White Violet Center for Eco-Justice 812-535-2930 View Facilitator Website Sisters of Providence Free Earth Day Program 2026 You and the family are invited to the White Violet Center for Eco-Justice and Sisters of Providence annual Earth Day Festival at Saint Mary-of-the-Woods! Immerse yourself in nature at our beautiful Woods while enjoying many different activities. There’s something for everyone from nature shows and earth-related...
Responding to a rise in hate crimes
...police investigators confirmed that the incident was hate crime.’– Bureau of Justice Statistics (USA) While hate crimes are not new in this country, statistics show there have been an increase prompted by the U.S. election process. In the 10 days after the 2016 election, Southern Poverty Law Center (SPLC) counted 867 incidents of hateful harassment. SPLC survey data indicates that the results of the election process are having a profoundly negative impact on schools and students. Furthermore, President-elect appointments and...
Remembering Sisters Marilyn Therese Lipps and Concetta Banez
...at the Damien Center before returning to the Motherhouse in 1998. After returning, Sister Marilyn Therese ministered as the sacristan for the chapel in Providence Health Care before committing herself entirely to the ministry of prayer in 2016. Sister Marilyn Therese also had two sisters who were Sisters of Providence: Sister Marie Joan (died in 1993) and Sister Marie Agnese (died in 1994). In her commentary for Sister Marilyn Therese, Sister Martha Wessel said “Marilyn was also an excellent Rummikub...
Resources on racism, Black history, anti-racism
...of America’s Great Migration” Online resources Twenty-one Day Racial Equity Habit Building Challenge Ninty-seven Things White People Can Do for Racial Justice Krista Tippett. “On Being” interviews with Jason Reynolds, Isabel Wilkerson, Robin DiAngelo Black Catholic Ministry, Archdiocese of Indianapolis Facebook page of Indy Black Catholic Ministry Twitter: IndyBlkCatholic Antiracist Research and Policy Center at American University Center for Antiracist Research at Boston University Dismantling racism one book at a time (Originally published in the Fall 2020 issue of HOPE magazine.)...
Women marching as a sign of hope
Shortly after the election of Donald Trump to the office of United States President, Sister Barbara Battista saw a post on Facebook about a march of women in Washington the day after the inauguration and decided that she wanted to attend. A busload of marchers from Terre Haute, including Sisters of Providence, Providence Associates and others, prepare to leave for Washington, D.C., last night. Why she and others are marching “I want to say, ‘Here we are, the whole rainbow...
Volunteer spotlight – Peggy Balensuela
Volunteer Peggy Balensuela enjoys the relationships she has formed with the Sisters of Providence. Here she is with Sister Mary Ann Lechner at Providence Spirituality & Conference Center. What made you decide to volunteer? I began to volunteer out at the Woods to get to know the Congregation and the legacy of Saint Mother Theodore Guerin and to get to know the individual sisters. I have a passion for history and a career as a teacher, so it seemed natural...
Elizabeth Kuo, beloved “Grandma Kuo” of the sisters in Asia
Grandma Kuo In the center of a 1983 snapshot of 11 smiling Sisters of Providence ministering in Taiwan, sits a serene figure — Elizabeth Kuo — lovingly known as “Grandma Kuo.” A faithful companion and excellent cook, Elizabeth was an essential part of the Providence community for 72 years. Sister Delan Ma met Elizabeth in 1962, and over the years Grandma Kuo told Delan many stories about her life with the sisters. As a 24-year-old widow with two children, Elizabeth...