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Redecorating our Guest Room
...some of my all-time favorite guests: Our pollinator friends. For the last five years, the Sisters of Providence have devoted 90 acres of commodity crop land here at the Woods to pollinator habitat. Think of it as the guest room for the birds, bees, bats, beetles, butterflies, moths, and other critters who delight and amaze us with their gifts. In 2016, we enrolled that land into the USDA Conservation Reserve Program for 10 years in an effort to plan species...
Sister Ann Stephen Stouffer
...life spilled over into the many sister friendships she formed and fostered over the years. She shared her interests in camping and exploring the great outdoors with her local community. I can testify from personal experience that when Ann joined us at St. Anthony’s, her adventurous spirit prompted camping trips with Sister Kay Manley and me to all the state parks in the area. A favorite campsite for us was on a bluff overlooking the ocean near Santa Barbara, with...
Woods Core Class brings students, sisters together
...way to be involved and really make a difference. Thank you so much for attending our classes and sharing your experiences with us!” “The Sisters of Providence section of my WC 100 class was one of my favorite parts. When I entered this school, I had only known about Saint Mother Theodore Guerin, and I had a great desire to learn more about the Sisters of Providence, with whom I would share my campus over the next four years. During...
Sister Marceline Mattingly
...Mary Louise O’Connor to a resident she was meeting for the first time, for whom she might become an advocate, obtaining for her a favorite candy bar or treat. Sister Dorothy Wolsiffer became Marcie’s dear friend rather late in life and Dorothy spent a lot of time with Marcie. She would dial the phone for Marcie’s MANY phone calls. If Dorothy got tired first, usually the case, she would just have to leave. She also recalled: “If you accompanied Marcie...
Sister Rita Clare Gerardot
I have chosen to write my commentary on my mother’s birthday as she was the greatest influence in my life. Lillian Ternet was born in 1888, an only child. She lived her entire life in a small French settlement known as Besancon near Fort Wayne, Indiana, wrote Sister Rita Clare Gerardot in her commentary, which was given by Sister Ann Casper, for Sister Rita Clare Gerardot, who passed away on Monday, June 20, 2022, at Saint Mary-of-the-Woods, Indiana. Sister Rita...
September 18, 2022: Twenty-fifth Sunday in Ordinary Time
...I am ashamed to beg. I know what I shall do so that, when I am removed from the stewardship, they may welcome me into their homes.’ He called in his master’s debtors one by one. To the first he said, ‘How much do you owe my master?’ He replied, ‘One hundred measures of olive oil.’ He said to him, ‘Here is your promissory note. Sit down and quickly write one for fifty.’ Then to another the steward said, ‘And...
Season of Creation 2022: Most Important Actions We Can All Do
...office, church, etc., Garden in a Climate Friendly Way. Plant trees. Plant native plants, pollinator-friendly flowers and spread wildflower seeds. Use environmentally friendly practices in gardening, leaf blowing, etc., Adjust our driving routine. Combine multiple errands into one trip. Carpool. Consider a hybrid or electric car, Petition policy makers. Write officials and when possible, visit them to let them know that we stand for the stewardship of creation. Call in on specific legislation, Vote Knowledgably. Study the candidates and vote...
21 new Providence Associates! Rite of first commitment 2022
We offer a joyful, heartfelt welcome to our 21 new Providence Associates who made their first commitments as Providence Associates of the Sisters of Providence on Saturday, Oct. 8., 2022, at Saint Mary-of-the-Woods. Twenty-three other associates renewed their commitments during the ceremony. We are so blessed to have these companions living out the mission of love, mercy and justice with us. Joining us as new associates are, in group photo (front row, from left) Susan Yochum, Theresa Stinson, Kara Wilson,...
Foundation Day and our French connection
...me to see that these waters unite us more than divide us. I took a moment to write in the sand on the shore all the names of our sisters dealing with cancer and to watch the waves wash my prayer into something so much bigger than myself. It gave me a sense of connectedness, not separation by the ocean. So much more possibility we have to connect across the ocean than Mother Theodore had in 1840. How can we take advantage of...
Oral history: The little things with Sister Lois Ann Stoiber
...Cooperstown, New York, and the Baseball Hall of Fame for this Cubs fan. Niagara Falls on the Fourth of July? Big mistake … hot, crowded, every nation represented. Arch at St. Louis? Ready to go down as soon as they got up. But then there was Ireland, a favorite destiny. Her memories of that trip to Ireland remain gratifying to this day. “The people in Ireland stop and talk to you whatever they’re doing.” She has kissed the Blarney Stone....
HOPE Fall 2023 — Touched by the Woods
...recognized this year. Risen Christ art unique to the Woods A one-of-a-kind sculpture, the risen Christ was designed in 1989 by the late Harry Breen, noted artist/architect/consultant from Champaign, Illinois. Honor your favorite Sister of Providence “Sister Sue Pietrus directed me not only in musical, performances but in life.” One great way to honor your favorite sister is to donate to the Sisters of Providence in her honor. Newsnotes Obituaries Calendar of Events Hope Fall 2023 Web Publish at Calameo...
Sister Rosemary Eyler (formerly Sister Mary Luke)
...a Red Rider BB Gun. Their father took Rosemary aside in the kitchen and gave her a Red Ryder BB gun, which ever after was referred to as her “favorite Christmas gift”! Another favorite of Rosemary’s was playing golf. She would often play with Sister Lois Ann. In later years, when the Sisters of Providence sponsored a golf tournament, Rosemary always participated and she had no trouble being accepted onto someone’s team. All seemed eager to play with her and...