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A Sister Edith Pfau Evangelist
This article is reprinted from the summer 2012 issue of HOPE. Christina Blust is photographed in front of one of her favorite Sister Edith Pfau’s paintings. When I first took a job with the Sisters of Providence several years ago, one of my favorite pastimes was wandering around looking at everything on the walls. The juxtapositions are splendid: oil paintings from the 1880s next to sequin/yarn plastic canvas creations from 1980s, a printout of the Notre Dame football schedule next...
Sister Jeanne Knoerle (formerly Sister Mary Gregory)
...have been read, what more can one say? We have all read that long list of accomplishments of Sister Jeanne Knoerle and the just-as-long list of awards! How did she do it?” continued Sister Jean Fuqua in her commentary. “Ironically, the Saint Mother Theodore Guerin calendar quote for June 10, the day Sister Jeanne died, is the favorite of many of us: ‘What have we to do in order to be saints? Nothing extraordinary; nothing more than what we do...
Journals & Letters now an e-book
...able to bookmark pages, make notations, and jump right to footnotes, index entries and photos. You can even search the book easily to find your favorite quotes. This digital edition has all of the same literary greatness you’re accustomed to from Saint Mother Theodore, plus a new foreword from Sister Denise Wilkinson. Find the book here in Amazon’s Kindle store, the iBooks store or many of your favorite e-book retailers. (Originally published in the Fall 2014 issue of HOPE magazine.)...
Sister Alexa Suelzer
When Sister Alexa told me I could write her commentary, she did not know that it would be like this – given after the homily was finished and during the Eucharistic Liturgy. And I think she is pleased. Alexa Suelzer was born on June 19, 1918, to Joseph and Sophie Klueppel Suelzer, in Fort Wayne. She was the ninth child and the youngest in the family. Her parents and her siblings (Joe, Leo, Marie, Bob, Monsignor Tony, Sister Mary Josephine,...
Write for Rights – YOU made a difference!
You made a difference! Last year, Sister Rosemary Schmalz initiated a letter writing campaign for Amnesty International. Both sisters and staff were invited to date and sign the written letters that Sister Rosemary provided. Across the world, Amnesty International supporters composed 3.7 million letters, messages, emails, tweets and so much more as part of Write for Rights 2015. Did it make a difference? YES! A total of 394,000 letters were written for the release of Phyoe Phyoe Aung, a student...
To write requires time; but to…
To write requires time; but to love, to cherish, to pray for, through that desire we have for the happiness of our friends, time is not needed.
Passionate about food and nutrition
...WVC. “I didn’t grow up Catholic, so what I saw on TV was sisters wearing habits. But they don’t here. They’re very relaxed. I feel like … they enjoy life.” Some of Destiny’s favorite things in life are cooking and traveling. Her favorite dishes to cook are stews and Southeast Asian cuisine. One of her favorite destinations is Nigeria, where her parents live. “I really love traveling, you know, seeing different groups of people and how they live and interact.”...
Sister Brigid Mary Hurley
...them.” Wherever she taught, she was loved and admired by both the faculty and students. When she taught, she tried to portray a tough persona but the children saw right through that and knew she had a kind heart. She was firm, but fair, and children were drawn to her like a magnet. When she taught the children, she was very practical. One example of this was when she taught them how to write a letter. She had them write...
Providence Associates: addressing the needs in our backyards
...remind the American people about the importance of listening to one another, including one another and collaborating with one another. When we join together anything is possible. I have known the Sisters of Providence my whole life. So, in a way, their persistent presence supports everything I do — whether that’s the musicality of the words I write, or the firm foundation of justice that underpins all the work I do. But, in particular, as our nation is plagued with...
Being Eucharist in the midst of the coronavirus outbreak
Note: Sister Paula Damiano’s latest blog entry was written on Thursday, March 19, the Feast of Saint Joseph. I’m going to bed tonight with such a wide range of emotions. It’s the Feast of Saint Joseph, an important patron saint for the community and also the anniversary of the death of Sister Rose Marita Riordan, one of my favorite sisters in the whole world who died a few years ago. So, I was already feeling somewhat melancholy as I went...
Prayer in this Time of Need
Please join us on this National Day of Prayer, in praying this prayer (see below) together with the Sisters of Providence. The Sisters of Providence are praying for you and your families daily. Sister Paula Damiano shares with us how she came to write this special prayer in these anxious times. Note from Sister Paula, author of Prayer in this Time of Need: I was asked what it was that made me write this prayer. I can only say that...
The indelible mark of Providence: Interview with Barbara Ringenberger
Barbara at her first communion during her 2nd grade year “Sister Eleanor Therese taught us how to read using the phonics method and how to write a proper sentence. We didn’t have fancy labs or computers but I received a good, solid education from the sisters and it has served me well,” says Barbara Ringenberger, referring to her first grade teacher Sister of Providence Eleanor Therese Beckman (RIP). Young Barbara began walking the path of Providence as a student at...