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Meeting needs far and wide
...Sister Josephine. “I was so blessed by my encounter with him.” Accompanying sisters in need Sister Josephine’s current title is Director of Holistic Health for the Sisters of Providence. Her ministry is to companion sisters who are having surgery, a diagnostic evaluation or assessment. She’s a traveling therapeutic partner for the sisters. When not traveling she volunteers two days a week at the St. Clair Health Mission in LaCrosse, Wisc., a medical center for the uninsured, and at the VA...
‘It is marvelous.’ A look back on Sister Kathleen Marie Cronin
...ministered at the Providence Center Gift Shop. Her final ministry, prayer, began in 1997. Sister Kathleen Marie Cronin In her commentary for the funeral of Sister Kathleen Marie Cronin, Sister Carolyn Glynn referenced the many times she heard Sister Kathleen Marie use the phrase, “it is marvelous,” hence the title of this blog. But it was Sister Kathleen Marie’s final ministry while in California that Sister Carolyn wrote about that was particularly interesting. After finishing her ministry as a teacher...
Providence to the core
This article is reprinted from summer 2008 issue of HOPE. In many ways, Sister Rosemary Borntrager entered the Sisters of Providence community twice. Her first entrance into the novitiate was at age 17. “I didn’t have the slightest idea what [being a sister] meant,” she says. “I just knew that Sister Helen Rose was the happiest person I’d ever met, and I wanted to be just like her.” Sister Helen Rose Newland, Sister Rosemary’s eighth-grade teacher, had asked her one...
2017 reflection for Foundation Day
...the Sisters of Providence of Ruillé and our founding community. She is the sister who called Sister St. Theodore forth to head the mission to Indiana. From the fictional diary of Mother Mary Lecor, Ruillé, France It is October 22, 1840, and I wonder, no, I pray God that our little missionary band of Sisters of Providence has arrived at their final destination in Indiana. May Providence be their mother and their guide no matter where they find themselves at...
Sister Mary Cecile Grojean
...services for Sister Mary Cecile took place on Monday, February 18, 2019, at the Church of the Immaculate Conception, Saint Mary-of-the-Woods. Memorial contributions in Sister Mary Cecile’s honor may be made to the Sisters of Providence of Saint Mary-of-the-Woods. We welcome you to share your memories of Sister Mary Cecile in the comment section below. Sister Mary Cecile Grojean Teacher for 39 years in schools in Indiana, Illinois, California and Maryland. In Indiana: St. Paul, Sellersburg (1952-54); Sacred Heart, Terre...
Newsnotes from summer 2022 HOPE magazine
...of Providence Family Services. Sister Patty passed away on Jan. 7, 2020. She was a Sister of Providence for 62 years. Sister Judith Birgen receives St. George Emblem from Archdiocese of Chicago For her years of service in Catholic Scouting, Sister Judith Birgen, SP, was recently presented the St. George Emblem by the Archdiocese of Chicago. Sister Judith, better known as Sister Judy, received the emblem on Jan. 30, at Holy Name Cathedral in Chicago. The emblem is presented by...
By the numbers: 30 years of Providence Food Pantry
“Without you, there is no us.” – Sister Maureen Fallon Sister Maureen could not have said this any better. On Wednesday, Oct. 9, Sister Maureen and other Sisters of Providence hosted a luncheon for volunteers of the Providence Food Pantry. Western Indiana Community Action Agency, Inc., sponsored the luncheon. It honored Providence Food Pantry’s 30 years of service in the West Terre Haute community. Many of the weekly volunteers came to the luncheon, which took place in the Providence Hall...
Sister Joan (Ruth Cecile) Klega
...the winter solstice, when our dear sister and friend Sister Joan made the most courageous passage of her life, the passage to Love in its purest form, a rebirth, the passage to our provident God. She waited for the longest night of the year to leave us,” said Sister Jan Craven in her commentary for Sister Joan Klega, who died Dec. 21. Born Aug. 2, 1931, in Terre Haute, Ind., Joan Klega was one of three children of Harry and...
Sister Elizabeth Rose Weisenbach
...she was pushed up in her wheelchair. She obviously was enjoying the moment. “And one last story,” continued Sister Margaret. “Last Wednesday evening [Dec. 5], quite late, Sister Elizabeth Rose called from the hospital to leave a message to wish Sister Rita Lerner a happy birthday. Sister Elizabeth Rose had forgotten to call during the day, but she wanted Sister Rita to get her message. Not a minute too soon! Even though she suffered a great deal from physical pain,...
Sister Monica (Patricia Ann) Withem
...Sister Monica was greatly disappointed by this decision to close her parish. It was suggested that parishioners move to St. Anthony Parish, and Sister Monica became pastoral associate there. In that position, she could still minister to the parishioners from Assumption,” continued Sister Margaret. “In 2003, Sister Monica returned to Saint Mary-of-the-Woods to begin her ministry of prayer here. Last week, one day she was in chapel and the next day in the hospital. But she told her sisters that...
Vision of Mother Theodore
...She died Nov. 18, 1963. Her sister, Sister Genevieve Therese, was born Jan. 16, 1889, entered the Congregation Dec. 7, 1906, and died Sept. 7, 1910. Sister Mary Clarissa Paquette, who made the statement, was born Jan. 22, 1884. She entered the Congregation May 2, 1901, and died May 12, 1958. STATEMENT “In September, 1910, Mrs. Michael Owens, the mother of Sister Gertrude Clare and Sister Genevieve Therese, Sisters of Providence of Saint Mary-of-the-Woods, Indiana, stopped at St. Joseph school...
Sister Joan Slobig (formerly Sister Denis Mary)
...prayer. My life has been one wonderful adventure! Funeral services for Sister Joan took place on Saturday, August 22, 2020, at Saint Mary-of-the-Woods, Indiana. A Virtual Wake took place at 10:30 a.m., followed by Funeral Outside Mass at 11 a.m. Memorial contributions may be made in Sister Joan’s honor to the Sisters of Providence of Saint Mary-of-the-Woods. We welcome you to share your memories of Sister Joan in the comment section below. Sister Joan Slobig (formerly Sister Denis Mary) Complete...