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Video: Sisters of Providence share values of religious life
As we wrap up National Vocation Awareness Week, we offer you a chance to get to know our sisters, their stories and some of their wisdom. We have been sharing the video segments below with our social media followers all week. We invite you to take a few minutes to listen to wisdom, advice and vocation stories from eight of our Sisters of Providence of Saint Mary-of-the-Woods. Enjoy! https://youtu.be/vG8JvpZUozA https://youtu.be/Noo7eQXUKSE https://youtu.be/MfdXpyVmLBg https://youtu.be/zY3z56xmy-A https://youtu.be/wDIMQYmVSNc https://youtu.be/PKQytbtkuns https://youtu.be/lWik_itaJl0 https://youtu.be/LA60fuY5hN0...
Eleven Sisters of Providence celebrate Jubilees
...native of Homewood, Ill. She currently ministers as a parish life coordinator at Saint Mary-of-the-Woods. Sister Joan, the former Sister Denis Mary, entered the Congregation Sept. 12, 1964, from St. Joseph, Homewood, Ill. She professed perpetual vows May 3, 1975. She graduated from Saint Mary-of-the-Woods College with a bachelor’s degree in mathematics. She received her master’s degree in English from Indiana State University. She earned a degree in clinical psychology from Pontifical Gregorian University, Rome, Italy, and earned her master...
Saint Mother Theodore children’s book awarded
...other religious books, including writing the foreword and afterword of “The Eighth American Saint,” by Katherine Burton, a book on Saint Mother Theodore, which was published in 2007. Doyle has also written, “Seven Principles of Sainthood: Following St. Mother Theodore Guerin,” which was published in 2008, and also attended the canonization of Saint Mother Theodore. “Sister Mary asked me to write the book,” Doyle said. “The sisters wanted a children’s book and I am honored they believed I could accomplish...
‘Against All Odds’ – Sister Clare Mitchell, SP
...alma mater at the Academy before resuming superior duties at St. Catherine in Indianapolis, commuting from the nearby St. Joseph Industrial School. It was during her 1919 assignment at All Saints, Hammond, Indiana, that the invitation to volunteer for the China mission brought her dream within reach. As the automobile rounded the gate, her heart echoed the hymn of praise and gratitude for her readiness to bring her 25 years of religious life as an educator in many different settings...
Steadfast in her calling: Sister Mary Ann DeFazio
...service projects for the kids — it’s all part of her ministry. Sister Mary Ann thought she was on a different ministry path, though. She completed a master’s degree in scripture studies and intended to go on for her doctorate. This could have taken her a number of ways. Most certainly it would have meant college lecturing and training religious leaders. It was a degree someone might pursue to effect large changes. But needs in the Sisters of Providence community...
New postulant enters Sisters of Providence
...she was ushered to the parlor in Providence Hall for a prayer service, a blessing and the official welcome into the Congregation. Sister Marsha said the sisters use Providence Hall because it is the oldest residence hall on the campus. “It’s an immersion experience into religious life with the Sisters of Providence,” Sister Marsha said, “in broad strokes.” Sister Marsha has been in her position for three years now. She has worked with two other postulants before. “I will coordinate...
‘Like Mary, you have given birth’
...be afraid … you have found favor with God.” Like Mary As I reflected upon your lives, as I know them, and explored your ministry records and the joys and sorrows represented in the listings there, I heard Gabriel say again, “Nothing is impossible with God.” Like Mary, you have stayed the course. In the face of all the ups and downs a life can bring, you have let it be done according to God’s word. General Superior Sister Dawn...
‘Journals and Letters’ of Saint Mother Theodore gets digital treatment
...journals and letters are so full of life and authenticity,” Blust said. “Dedicating my time and effort toward digitizing the work into e-book form was more than worth it. It was a labor of love and I’m excited for a new audience to discover her colorful words.” Blust said it took a “few years or so of off and on work” to complete the transfer. “The book means so much to the Sisters of Providence and a broader audience that...
Sister St. Vincent Ferrer Gagé : a founding Sister of Providence
...epidemic in 1830 where she replaced her superior who succumbed to the illness, despite her piety and devotedness, she struggled with the many adjustments required of the new mission. She had trouble mastering English, which prevented her from aiding in the religious formation of the American novices. She had a natural penchant for quiet and order and wouldn’t tolerate carelessness, a trait which made it difficult to be in charge of the Academy. She struggled in being too demanding of...
Ask Sister Dina: How many Sisters of Providence are there and what are their roles?
...values through programming and presence driven by Service, Education, Reflection and Prayer. This, like all ministry, involves discerning how to “sow generously,” especially with and among a diverse group of students, faculty, and staff. I also participate in Giving Voice, “a peer led organization that creates spaces for younger women religious [under the age of 50 around the US] to give voice to their hopes, dreams and challenges in religious life.” I currently serve on the Development Committee. Since entering...
Sister Emily TeKolste professes first vows with Sisters of Providence
...Mary-of-the-Woods. Three years ago, Sister Emily knocked on the front door of Providence Hall at Saint Mary-of-the-Woods and was welcomed as a postulant. The Carmel, Indiana, native entered the novitiate in 2017 and this past year, as a mission novice, Sister Emily taught theology and sociology at Bishop McNamara Catholic School in Kankakee, Illinois. Sister Emily loves the Providence spirituality of the Congregation and her sisters and will now continue to discern the call to religious life as a Sister...
Sister Charles Ellen Turk
...words. “I was in community about 30 years and Mother Rose Angela asked me when I committed myself to religious life. When I said after eighth grade, she questioned me and I told her this story. When preparing to enter the Juniorate (a high school for girls wanting to be sisters), my mother told me to speak with our parish priest. Summer activities on the farm and distance from the church limited opportunities to ‘drop in.’ I accompanied my sister...