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Renewing spiritually at the Woods
...me there.” Sister Paula Damiano, retreat director for Providence Spirituality and Conference Center, says, “People are drawn to the silence and solitude here at Saint Mary-of-the Woods. There are places where you can walk, rest and pray. Some come to center themselves and refocus. Others because they are dealing with issues in their lives and want to explore them in the context of prayer. We even had an author stay for a month so she could write her book without...
Sister Regina Therese Shaughnessy
...time, I didn’t think so – she told me I didn’t know how to write and she had me rewrite almost every composition I was assigned. I actually had sister in both junior and senior years. Sister had a love for literature and writing that she lived to instill in all of her students. She was very strict, but we benefited from that and everyone respected her (OK, sometimes we feared her) but boy did we learn … Sister was...
Sister Marilyn Therese Lipps
...loss and eventually almost total deafness, she was always ready to patiently learn to read lips or have one write the messages on her “white board.” The closed caption on TV and the special phone kept her connected with her friends and the world. She was a wonderful example of someone who accepted her disability as a cross that God gave her to carry. She always tried to find the goodness in what was happening and praised God for the...
Mother Theodore Moment: a history of collaborating in leadership
...to your lights and intentions. Write to me as soon as you have taken your determination. You understand that this letter is for you alone. Always yours in our Lord. Sr. St. T.” (“Journals and Letters,” 191-192.) Sister Mary Cecilia Bailly reflected on Saint Mother Theodore’s style of leadership in a letter sent May 16, 1856: “She possessed to an eminent degree all the virtues of Christian perfection, though charity did seem to transcend them all; it was her favorite...
Pouring out your heart in prayer
...to you, to your holy temple” (Jonah 2:7). What a powerful prayer! What trust in the love and power of God! When I was first becoming a sister, my director invited me to pray over a scripture passage that has become a perennial favorite for me. I have relied on this passage from Jeremiah for nearly 50 years now: “‘I will come to you and fulfill my good promise to bring you back to this place. For I know the...
Sisters of Providence celebrate Senior Jubilees
...Freelance Editor (1984-85), DeKalb, Ill.: Teacher, Northern Illinois University (1985-86), Clinton, N.Y.: Assistant Professor, Hamilton College (1986-88), Wayne, Neb.: Associate Professor of English, Wayne State College (1988-91), Wayne, Neb.: Humanities Division Head, Wayne State College (1991-93), Wayne, Neb.: Humanities Associate Professor, Wayne State College (1993-94), Wayne, Neb.: Professor of English, Wayne State College (1994-2009), Wayne, Neb.: Freelance editor, write (2010-14), and Wayne, Neb.: Freelance editor, grant writer, volunteer (2014-16). Sister Mary Catherine Keene is a native of Indianapolis. Currently, she...
Sister Regina Norris (formerly Sister Regina Clare)
...the king would not let them worship. And last, here is my favorite: A small child came up, gave her a big hug, and said, “Oh, Sister Regina, I love you so much. You’re so soft.” For sure she was the embodiment of Mother Theodore’s admonition, Love the children first, then teach them. Nancy Meyer writes, “I taught third grade with Sister Regina for several years at St. Jude. She loved to socialize! She sang and read stories to her...
Sister Mary Alice (Joseph Gertrude) Zander
...turned her focus from ministry in the Chicago area to ministry with the Sisters of Providence, first as director of novices and six years ago as director of Providence Associates. Sister Mary Alice walked with women and men in two distinct but mutually related commitments to the Sisters of Providence. Two of Sister Mary Alice’s novices (back then) were at her bedside on Saturday [March 5]. She spoke to both of them individually an hour before she died,” said Sister...
Sister Margaret Ann (Marie Nicholas) McNamara
...She then ministered as either a co-director or director of the Permanent Deacon Program for the Archdiocese of Chicago. In 1996, Sister Margaret Ann was elected to the Congregation’s General Council. She served in that role until 2001. “Sister Margaret Ann walked in dignity with her memory deficit. Her entire life was marked with integrity. Her commitments were always kept and she was faithful to all she had vowed. A genuine spirit of joy and laughter were signatures of her...
The 2011 installation of the General Officers
...hungry people to go away and take care of themselves. But Jesus? Not so much. “You give them something to eat.” And each one of us here knows Jesus is looking right at us and saying ‘You do it.’ Will I? Will we? Will we care enough about the future to throw ourselves wholeheartedly into the work of Providence? I imagine those of us here have already made that commitment and want to continue to do so. And it’s so...
The annual exercise of Lent
...Lent, for me, is like a regimen of physical exercise — easily embraced for all the right reasons and never relished. (Any old reason is a good reason to avoid the treadmill and head for the cookies.) Lent, for me, is an annual exercise of careful and prayerful preparation and daily recommitment as I examine just how I did or — more often — how I didn’t manage to carry through on my intentions. So, once again, I am thinking...
Sister Marijo Lynch
...whatever was asked of her. She was a prayerful person who lived her commitment to be another Christ to all with whom she came in contact. “Proof that her students and those with whom she worked saw this Christ-like quality in Sister Marijo was witnessed by those who attended the Memorial Mass in California May 5, when students, teachers and administrators attended to pay their respects to this great lady,” continued Sister Mary Ann. “We read in the Gospel of...