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Oral history: Sister Patricia Geis, a life of adventures and little ones
...which Patty replied, “I’m not entering your community. I’m entering Sisters of Providence.” Sister Patty works with a child in 1984. “Put yourself gently into the hands of Providence.” Saint Mother Theodore Guerin Entering religious life “It’s something, to know what you want to do when you’re 17.” It was time. In her heart Patricia Jane Geis knew it was time to enter a religious community. Patty’s beloved Uncle Stanley drove her to Saint Mary-of-the-Woods on July 21, 1952. Her...
Providence Food Pantry goes mobile!
For one housing unit in West Terre Haute, Providence Food Pantry has stepped up its game. After discussions with Providence Housing Corporation, Inc. Director Lynn Holloman, Providence Food Pantry Director Sister Maureen Fallon, SP, agreed to install a mobile food pantry for residents of the senior affordable housing unit. Residents of Providence Housing Corporation, Inc. at one of the Providence Food Pantry mobile drops. “A lot of the people who live there do not have vehicles,” Sister Maureen said. “While...
A celebration of commitment
...McClelland before Mass Sisters and family join the exit procession Sister Nancy Bartasavich plays the bass Providence Associates in attendance are commissioned to help co-create a hope-filled world Sister Paula Modaff at prayer Sister Jan Craven hams it up with some Providence Assocaites Sister Kathleen Desautels hugs a Providence Associate Sister Dawn Tomaszewski calls sisters to be commissioned Sister Emily TeKolste, Sister Jessica Vitente, White Violet Center Director of Operations Mary Riley, Sister Arrianne Whittaker and Providence Associate Ezra Meadors...
Pray with Our Lady of Providence, Queen of the Home
Jacqueline Fischer places a flower at the painting of Our Lady of Providence. We invite you to join with the Sisters of Providence, starting Thursday, Nov. 8, in praying the Novena to Our Lady of Providence leading up to her feast day on Nov. 17. The Our Lady of Providence ministry of the Sisters of Providence of Saint Mary-of-the-Woods offers spiritual support and guidance for the real needs of families today. The National Shrine of Our Lady of Providence in...
Reflecting on our Annual Meeting
When I was a young(er) sister, I really enjoyed the stories told by those ahead of me in community about coming home every summer to Saint Mary-of-the-Woods. At the end of the school year (and remember most Sisters of Providence were teachers), the sisters packed all their personal belongings and headed to Indiana. An undated photo showing Sisters of Providence arriving home for the Annual Meeting. My favorite stories were from those who arrived by train and were let off...
Providence Food Pantry receives WVCF grant
Sister Maureen Fallon, SP, immediately sprang into action after noticing a need at the Providence Food Pantry. The Providence Food Pantry Director knew that adding heating, ventilation and air conditioning (HVAC) units would help the inside of the building stay cool for the volunteers and clients during normal business hours. And the pantry needed new units. Providence Food Pantry Director Sister Maureen Fallon, SP, displays the Wabash Valley Community Foundation grant recipient placard. So, she began working on applying for...
Bonded with the Sisters of Providence as a Providence Associate
...titled “The bonds that unite us.” I noticed myself underlining words and phrases that described the bonds that I feel unite me with the Sisters of Providence and my fellow Providence Associates. In just the first few pages I underlined: “… rely on prayer, quiet, action and play in our daily lives” … “ forward-thinking individuals” … “a God who calls each one in the circumstances of his/her individual life to be the transformative presence of Providence” … “what an...
Volunteer college students #Represent @theWoods!
...mornings at Providence Food Pantry, as sales assistance at Linden Leaf Gifts and the White Violet Farm Store, as CDL drivers to accompany sisters around town for special events, as Eucharistic ministers during Mass, as White Violet Center farm workers, with office assistance, with help delivering flyers around town and much more! For more information on volunteering for the Sisters of Providence, contact me at volunteer@spsmw.org or call 812-535-2878. Learn more about volunteering with the Sisters of Providence at Volunteer.SistersofProvidence.org...
Blessing the new columbarium at Saint Mary-of-the-Woods
“It just seemed ‘right,’” said Sister Ann Casper, Providence Community Cemetery minister, about the decision to create Providence Community Cemetery at Saint Mary-of-the-Woods. On Nov. 9, 2019, the new columbarium was blessed and the first cremains interred. Providence Associate Heather Tetzlaff Smith was the first person interred in the new columbarium. Sisters of Providence, Providence Associates and members of Heather’s family gathered for the blessing and interment. It was Heather’s mother’s request that her daughter’s cremains be interred at the...
Providence Associate commitment ceremony 2017
...and her companion Sister Barbara Bluntzer, standing, chat with other associates. Jean Smith with Eileen and Joe Horan and their daughter Sister Tracey Horan Providence Associate Mary Bales with her companion Sister Laurette Bellamy Providence Associate Patti Burris and her companion Sister Kay Kelly Sister Paula Damiano companions Providence Associate Shawn Shamsaie Providence Associate Peggy Stewart with her companion Sister Terri Boland Companion Sister Rosemary Ward with Providence Associate Laura Dudkowski Sandra Powell with her companion Providence Associate Mary Longtine...
Providence in a year of pandemic
...have made. Sister Jackie Hoffman with her cookie celebrating 70 years as a Sister of Providence in December. She died of COVID-19 in January. During COVID-19 quarantine, Sister Katherine Francis French wrote and shared via the internet weekly reflections on the Sunday Scripture readings. Sisters and Providence Associates together on Zoom from many remote locations filled multiple pages of the screen Sister Lucy Nolan prays during a partially virtual gathering of Sisters of Providence 90 years old and over in...
Remembering Providence High
Providence High School Last year, many alumna were presented a short questionnaire asking about their experiences with the sisters. On this questionnaire were some questions recalling experiences students had while in school. The following reflection recalls Madelynne Wavak-Wayne’s time at Providence High School with the Sisters of Providence. Madelynne graduated from the school in 1962. What connected me to the Sisters of Providence? I was sent to Providence because my mother, Phyllis Tanny Wavak, graduated from Providence and I was...