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Ellen Baker-Longawa, Hammond, Indiana: “Good example is the best teacher.”
This Rooted for Tomorrow story was contributed by Ellen Baker-Longawa, Hammond, Indiana, for the 175th anniversary of the Sisters of Providence arriving in Indiana. My favorite Sister of Providence was Sr. Marie Annette Doody. Sr. Marie Annette was my teacher for both fifth and sixth grade at St. Joseph Grade School in Hammond, Indiana. I was sent to first grade when I was very young, mostly because I could read and write by the time I was four. As a...
Sister Mary Cecile Grojean
...with us this morning to honor their aunt, the last of the seven siblings to pass into eternity. Mary Cecile loved school and the nuns, even though her third-grade teacher insisted that she, normally left-handed, learn to write with her right hand. When she was 9, her oldest sister, Germaine, at age 25, left to enter the novitiate of the Sisters of Providence, going on to become Sister Mary Germaine. Of course, this provided the occasion to introduce little Bernadette...
Donna Stites: wanting to be seen as somebody
Donna Stites made her commitment as a Providence Associate in January 2009. A drug dealer, a prostitute, a murderer — that’s how many people view 46-year-old Donna Stites. Donna has been in prison for murder since 1984. Today, her world is inside the Indiana Women’s Prison in Indianapolis. However, there are people like Providence Associate Companion Priscilla Hutton who see beyond these negative descriptions. She sees a person who has made giant strides to overcome a great many bad decisions...
Sister Rose Marie (Anthony Marie) Thole
...good stuff. No decaf for Sister Rose Marie!’” quoted Sister Nancy. “‘Sister Rose Marie was a beautiful woman — inside and out,’” quoted Sister Nancy. “And words of praise from Health Care administrators: ‘Sister Rose Marie’s life of quiet discernment, of commitment and of a nurturing spirit complemented her vocation of nursing in many ways. Throughout her service to the community, she utilized compassion and caring. Her commitment to serve far outweighed time measured on the clock. She was a...
Many SPs sign Declaration of Life
Note: The following story was originally written in 2001 at the time of the execution of Timothy McVeigh in Terre Haute, Ind. Sisters of Providence are given an opportunity to make a personal commitment in opposition to the death penalty. Each Sister of Providence residence receives a Declaration of Life form. When signed, this legal document attests that if the person signing it is ever murdered, no matter how violently, he or she still opposes the death penalty and does...
Sister Barbara Zeller
Current ministry: Director, Providence Self Sufficiency Ministries, Inc. Years in the Congregation: 42 years Someday, I’d like to: sky dive Sister Barbara Ann Zeller describes herself as innately shy. In her younger years, she said she was a loner. She used to have a penchant for running away from some of life’s pressures, particularly youthful peer pressure. But her accomplishments and commitment to her ministries indicate otherwise. She is the director of Providence Self Sufficiency Ministries Inc., separately incorporated sponsored...
Honor Divine Providence
This article is reprinted from the winter 2009 issue of HOPE. Of the many gifts membership in the Congregation bestows on us, a commitment to life-long learning is among the most valuable. This commitment extends not only to professional education aiding us in our ministerial lives but also to on-going education in theology and spirituality. During the past several years, the Sisters of Providence have come to study and embrace the writings of theologian Thomas Berry, CP; astrophysicist Brian Swimme...
Coming home and going forth: Providence Associates annual meeting 2014
...in her Journal and Letters. We come home to renew our commitment to the Providence Circles, a quiet movement among us that unites us in prayer and small community wherever we may be. We come home to hear the good news about the growth of the Candidate- Associates, thoughtful strategic plans and the dedication of a board whose passion is to build up the relationships among us. Blog post author and Providence Associate Susan Weber, center, chats with those at...
Joni Luna enters novitiate
...her understanding and commitment to religious life. Novices from many other religious communities also attend these presentations and are able to share their experiences and time together. In the second-half of the year, Joni will begin studying the vows and how they are lived out by the Sisters of Providence. During the course of the next year, Sister Janice, as her director, and Joni, will work closely together on all of these areas of focus. “It’s such a deep year,”...
Janice Vanderhaar: In the name of Peace and Justice
...untiringly for justice, peace and nonviolence. In 1970, after moving to Tennessee, Janice became coordinator of Adult Education for the newly formed Diocese of Memphis. Bishop Carroll Thomas Dozier gathered around him other persons with a strong commitment to peace and justice to assist him in writing a pastoral: Peace: Task and Gift declaring the Vietnam War immoral and unjust. It instantly put him on the national map. In Bishop Dozier, Providence provided an extraordinary leader and partner in Janice...
Of liverwort and shaved eyebrows: Anne Healey remembers Sister Helen Vinton the scientist
...the growth of these tiny cells over several weeks was catching. We even mourned when part of the plant died. I was impressed with Sister Helen’s commitment to the wonderment of nature and that she genuinely cared how much my plant grew. The other significant memory I have is one summer she went somewhere to study something. (My memory fails me on the specifics.) Anyway she came back with shaved eyebrows because they were studying a microscopic mite that lives...