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Authors to sign books during shrine opening
...Old Truths: Living the Signs of the Times,” the fourth history volume of the Sisters of Providence of Saint Mary-of-the-Woods, Indiana, will also be signing copies of her book. Doyle’s book recently placed fourth in a contest conducted by the Catholic Press Association. A total of 12 books were nominated in the Children’s Book category of the Catholic Book Awards. Doyle, a graduate of Saint Mary-of-the-Woods College, has written other religious books, including writing the foreword and afterword of “The...
Twenty-eight Sisters celebrate Jubilees
...bachelor’s degree in education. She earned her master’s degree in education from Indiana State University, and her master’s degree in religious studies from the University of Seattle. Sister Mildred has ministered in Indiana, Illinois, North Carolina and Massachusetts. Sister Rita Clare is a native of New Haven. She currently ministers in outreach ministry at Saint Mary-of-the-Woods. Sister Rita Clare entered the Congregation July 21, 1944, from St. Louis, New Haven, Ind. She professed perpetual vows Jan. 23, 1952. She graduated...
Janice Vanderhaar: In the name of Peace and Justice
...As Providence would have it, the professor whose passion for justice and nonviolence most influenced her was Father Gerard Vanderhaar, then a Dominican priest. They soon began corresponding with each other. After a number of years, they believed they were meant to spend their lives together; they left their religious communities and married in 1969. Years later, a friend would observe about Gerard and Janice’s marriage that it was a vocation of peacemaking. They would spend 35 years together working...
Sunday, February 13, 2022: Sixth Sunday in Ordinary Time
...and powerful of his day, Jesus insists that the kin-dom of God is now. So rejoice! Seeing life from this perspective requires seeing as Jesus sees. As we know, Jesus’ way of looking at life takes some getting used to; takes some willingness to open ourselves to risk; takes some courage to jump into the kin-dom of God that’s right in front of our faces. We’re “in” the kin-dom of God when we heal the broken, preach the good news,...
“Sister” gathers the bills at the theatre
...the actress could invite the audience to give a donation toward the retirement expenses of women religious. The actress or theatre manager would determine which religious congregation would benefit from the collection. Lucky for us, Mary had a great aunt, Sister Agnes Philomene (Florence “Chrissie”McGovern), in the Congregation of the Sisters of Providence at Saint Mary-of-the-Woods. She chose to ask for donations to the Sisters of Providence Retirement Fund. Actress Mary Zentmyer with audience members during a performance of Late...
A Litany of Women for the Church
...Edith Stein, who brought fearlessness to faith, Saint Elizabeth Seton, who broke down boundaries between lay women and religious by wedding motherhood and religious life, Saint Dorothy Day, who led the church in a new sense of justice, Mary, mother of Jesus, who heard the call of God and answered, Mary, mother of Jesus, who drew strength from the woman Elizabeth, Mary, mother of Jesus, who underwent hardship bearing Christ, Mary, mother of Jesus, who ministered at Cana, Mary,...
Sister Alexa Suelzer
...Paul II to study religious life in the United States in 1986, he picked Alexa to be on what became known as the Quinn Commission. Alexa was interested in everything, not because of what the topic was necessarily, but because she gave every person her full and undivided attention. She could carry on a conversation about a new book, some aspect of theology, the latest political events in the country or any topic one could bring forth. She was genuinely...
Sister Kathleen Dede (formerly Sister Marie Arthur)
...we may be tempted to let our last impressions of her be the most enduring. I hope this commentary will prove that wrong, because our last impressions of Kathleen were clouded by the dementia that cloaked her mind and ignored her contributions of a lifetime. Kathleen Teresa Dede was born September 25, 1935, to Arthur and Helena O’Leary Dede in Terre Haute, Indiana. She was the youngest of eight Dede children, all of whom entered religious life or the priesthood....
Sister Margaret Kern
...who sought God’s help. She sought to affirm what was good and to invite others to take to prayer and discernment what was challenging in their lives. One of her directees said, “My prayer life has been enhanced by our frequent conversations on spirituality. Margaret modeled for me how to live with a chronic illness. She never complained about her health issues. She accepted what she had and lived life to the fullest every day.” In Sister Margaret’s own Bible,...
Much to learn from two women religious founders
...Whether organizing for LGBT equality, advocating for low-wage workers, or serving homeless men, it’s the people, not the causes, that motivate me. Nothing about my life’s work seems worthy of a Tower Award, as my days are filled with humble activities and I’ve been blessed to get to do work that feeds my soul. It is pure gift. And I have so much still to learn, especially from the homeless men with whom I work. I learn again and again...
Co-creating the future with God
Sister Editha, who ministers with women discerning life as a Sister of Providence, hugs Sister Tracey Horan as she enters the Congregation in 2014. “Providence is the mystery of God actively engaged with us, calling us to enter into the creative activity of co-creating the future.” Sister Marie McCarthy, SP On my monthly day of solitude, I was struck with this profound sentence. I consider my calling as a woman religious in an apostolic community an unearned blessing. Belonging to...
Sister Ellen Cunningham (formerly Sister Michael Aquinas)
...St. Luke’s Grade School and Trinity High School in River Forest, Ill., graduating in 1957. Two years later, she entered the postulancy of the Sisters of Providence, on July 22, 1959, and received her religious name, Sister Michael Aquinas. She was received into the novitiate on Jan. 23, 1960, and two years later on the same date, she professed first vows. She made her perpetual profession of vows on Aug. 15, 1967. Ellen earned her bachelor’s degree in mathematics at...