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Hope and healing for Earth: Earth Day 2012
...can remember with thanks those whose commitment and insight have brought the day to prominence and the needs of Earth into the forefront of religious, social, political and economic consciousness. Perhaps, as we celebrate Earth Day 2012, we can individually or as a family or as a religious congregation or a faith community continue to commit ourselves to “hope and healing for Earth.” No act is too small; no prayer will go unheard by the God of Providence, in whom...
Sister Barbara Sheehan
...community settings, with one other sister, singly, and with women of other religious communities, with an African American Muslim woman and been “house parent” for a Japanese teenager. These multiple experiences have changed me in profound ways. They have changed my heart, my attitude, my way of being, as well as my understanding of my life as a Sister of Providence. They have opened me to my own growth needs as a woman, as an ENFJ and as an “8”...
Music, nature, environmental justice all part of young Providence Associate’s call
...me, and a fraternal twin sister, Sister Maria Faustina, who is a professed Franciscan Sister of Perpetual Adoration in Mishawaka, Indiana. Article author and Providence Associate Holly Herber hiking in Huntsville State Park in Texas Different callings to community My sister and I are both musicians, yet we have very different personalities. She is more introverted and had a career in computer programing. She originally was looking into a contemplative order of nuns. However, as she says, professed religious life...
Sister Charles Van Hoy helps children find success at EFS
...giving one-on-one tutoring to children. The skill and finesse with which these sisters teach is a testament to the years, for some nearly their whole life-spans, spent educating children. As a result of these sisters’ efforts ministering at Educational/Family Services, the sponsored ministry of the Sisters of Providence was recently awarded a $10,000 grant from the Conrad N. Hilton Fund for Sisters. Established is 1986, the fund originates from the estate of the late hotel mogul in accord with the...
Sister Agnes Eugene Cordak
...that she decided to enter religious life. She did so in September of 1941, pronounced her first vows on August 15, 1944, and made her perpetual profession of vows on January 23, 1950. She received the religious name of Sister Agnes Eugene (Eugene after her brother and Agnes because she “just liked the name”). She earned a bachelor’s degree in education at Saint Mary-of-the-Woods College and a master of science degree in education from Indiana State University, adding a second...
Sister Donna (Laurence Therese) O’Neill
Sister Donna O'Neill “[Jesus Christ] went about doing good works and healing all who were in the grip of the devil. …” (Acts 10:38) “It is appropriate that Sister Donna O’Neill should die in the Easter season, for she was one who served Jesus the Christ by imitating him in her ministry as a Sister of Providence. Sister Donna went about doing good all of her religious life. This is the Sister Donna O’Neill we know,” said Sister Luke Crawford...
Entrance book digitally preserved
...of the women who came after this initial group begins. It starts with Sister Louis Gonzaga’s entrance on Nov. 9, 1840. Born in Baltimore, her birth name was Marie Doyle. She was sent home Feb. 4, 1842. The first entrance book concludes with number 3,306 — Sister Evelyn Theresa — on page 300. Her birth name was Catherine Hickey and she was born Oct. 3, 1918, in Chicago. The entries not only include the woman’s religious name, but, in most...
Preparing for perpetual vows: Sister Janice Smith finds wholeness
...today, as she prepares for her perpetual vows in 2008, she can now confidently say she has found wholeness in her life. Wholeness, to Sister Janice, is allowing one’s baptismal call — vowed, single or committed relationship — to flourish. That flourishing includes being in right relationship with others and all of God’s creation. “For me, the fullness of my life is best expressed in this lifestyle as a vowed religious. Religious life let’s me be me,” said Sister Janice....
Sister Mary Ann Lechner (formerly Sister Robert Ann)
The scripture readings just proclaimed had echoes in the life of Sister Mary Ann Lechner – a valiant, thoughtful, strong woman of dignity and wisdom, who extended her hand to assist others, and who spoke with care and kindness, said Sister Ann Casper in her commentary for Sister Mary Ann Lechner, formerly Sister Robert Ann, who passed away on Tuesday, February 1, 2022, at Union Hospital in Terre Haute, Indiana. She was 93 years old and had been a Sister...
SPs through the years
...willed. With regret we saw her life drawing to its close without any signs of preparation for the great and final summons — the last two or three days she realize that death was approaching and tried to prepare for the great event. She received all the Last Sacraments and we hope during her last hours special graces were given to crown her long life in religion. May she rest in peace. Amen.” Sisters of Providence in community This room...
Three Sisters of Providence celebrate their 25th anniversary
...entered the Congregation Aug. 16, 1987, from St. Vincent de Paul Parish in Pontiac, Mich. She professed perpetual vows July 21, 1993. She graduated with a bachelor’s degree from Bernardino Rivadavia College in Argentina. Indiana ministries: None. Ministries elsewhere: Los Angeles: pastoral coordinator for Hispanic ministry, Archdiocese of Los Angeles San Gabriel Region (1989-1993); coordinator of Hispanic liturgy, Office of Worship, Archdiocese of Los Angeles (1993-1998). For more information The Sisters of Providence, a Congregation of nearly 400 women religious,...
Putting a face on the Foley Legacy Fund
...good this year. The Foley Legacy Fund supports all Sisters of Providence ministries. The following stories are just a few examples of how the Foley Legacy Fund has helped the sisters further their mission. Special Religious Development (SPRED) Ministry, Chicago Special needs church members and their mentors engage in special religious development activities. The SPRED ministry which Sister Susanne Gallagher, SP, helped to create and continues to minister with, works with 344 parishes in the Archdiocese of Chicago to welcome...