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Sisters of Providence Newsnotes
...you would rather not be called, please contact us at 812-535-2800 and we will remove your name from our call list. New icon Former U.S. Representative Ed Pease commissioned artist JK (Jan) Lamkin in Taos, New Mexico, to write an icon of Saint Mother Theodore Guerin to commemorate the opening of the 175th anniversary year of the Congregation’s founding. The image, held by Sister Ann Casper at right, is already a favorite of some staff members and sisters. (Originally...
French foundress now has “southwestern” look
...introduced to the Sisters of Providence when I received a phone call from Ed Pease, former U.S. Representative from Indiana and friend of the Sisters of Providence. Ed informed me that he had commissioned an artist (JK Lamkin) in Laos, NM, to write an icon of Saint Mother Theodore Guerin to commemorate our 175th anniversary year of celebration and that the icon was “on its way.” Several days later the huge, carefully wrapped box arrived. It probably took us a...
On spirituality and aging
Sister Ann Casper (formerly Sister Kenneth Ann), accompanies Sister Mary Michael Lager, a celebrant at the Congregation’s 90s and older party. As I began reflecting on the “spirituality of aging” for this article, I soon knew that I would have to change the topic from spirituality of aging to spirituality and aging. This comes from my favorite definition of spirituality: “True Christian spirituality is faith raised to a lifestyle.” Our spirituality is about living our experience of God. We do...
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...
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...
Remembering Sister Barbara Doherty
...a lifeboat and a ladder in my life at various times throughout the years. When I received the news that she had been anointed on July 25, I started to write down some of my most treasured memories of Barbara. For this remembrance, I choose to focus on my most recent memories with Barbara beginning with my White Violet internship. During my nine months at White Violet, I had dinner and supper with Barbara every day — that’s well over...
Sister Mary Ann McCauley
...States. They were people who, in their own lives, were committed to making the world a better place. The sharing that went on! We were there to learn how to spin and weave, but there was so much more that went on. Q. If you were to sit down and write this story, what would your focus be? A. It would be that my life would encourage other people to understand the beauty of community life and having a chance...
Sister Mary Stella Morrissey
...Indianapolis. Her sister Pat was not interested, but Mary Frances was. Accordingly, she enrolled as a freshman at St. Agnes and lived there with several other boarders who helped out with school and convent duties. Always friendly and generous, she had a favorite extracurricular activity of helping out at the local Little Sisters of the Poor. In fact, at one point she seriously considered joining their congregation,” continued Sister Alexa. After her graduation from St. Agnes, Sister Mary Stella entered...
Sister Ann Xavier Hau
Sister Ann Xavier Hau “O my Beloved, you are my shepherd, I shall not want.” (Psalm 23:1) “At the beginning of this commentary, I read Sister Ann Xavier’s favorite scripture version of Psalm 23. It speaks of the gratitude that filled her heart for all God had given her throughout her life,” said Sister Diane Ris in her commentary for Sister Ann Xavier Hau, who died March 1. Bernice Margaret Hau entered this world Nov. 12, 1920, in Chicago. She...