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Sister Maureen Fallon
...something was up. When I began the process for entrance into the community, we were in provinces at the time, and the Chicago provincial was Sister Barbara Doherty whom I had for classes three years at Saint Mary-of-the-Woods College. So my questions and answers to her were very different than if she had been interviewing a stranger. Q. How did you feel when Sister Margaret told you, “You’re going to be a Sister of Providence”? (Laughs) It was fairly unnerving...
Sister Mary (Mary Agatha) Carlton
...Officially Sister Mary was the volunteer coordinator and in that position interviewed volunteers and supervised their orientation. In addition, according to Sister Pat, Sister Mary assisted with the taking in and labeling of medications, restocking examination rooms, picking up supplies, cleaning the clinic and doing fund raisers. Sister Pat attributes their many returning clients to Sister Mary’s influence. Ever the gracious and generous woman, she did indeed ‘heal the oppressed,’” shared Sister Mary Roger. “Over the last five years, Sister...
Oral History: Sister Gloria Memering looks back on more than 60 years as a Sister of Providence
Sister Gloria Memering Editor’s note: In this piece, Providence Associate Debbie Griffey spent time speaking with Sister Gloria Memering (formerly Sister Cecelia.) Here, she shares Sister Gloria’s story with us. Are you interested in volunteering with the Sisters of Providence, perhaps visiting with sisters and helping share their stories? Learn more about our volunteer opportunities and how you can help. I suspected early in my interview with Sister Gloria Memering that she is either the oldest child in a family...
On policing and Providence
Sister Pat Mahoney outside the District 22 police station in Chicago where she volunteers. From the way Sister Pat Mahoney greets the receptionist and walks right through the gate labeled “POLICE USE ONLY,” it is apparent that she feels right at home. Still, Sister Pat laughs, she never guessed she would volunteer at a police station. “But I never thought I’d leave teaching or stop wearing the habit when I entered religious life, either.” Sister Pat, a volunteer with the...
Remembering a ‘Star Teacher’
...local Catholic high school open to all denominations. Sister Helen Rose was born in Indianapolis on April 9, 1911, one of eight children of Arthur Newland and Mary Ann Donohue Newland. Sister’s given name at birth was Helen Elizabeth Newland. In 1927, she joined the Sisters of Providence, a religious community headquartered at Saint Mary-of-the-Woods. In 1935, Sister made her “perpetual vows” in the community, thus becoming a fully-professed Sister. She died at Saint Mary-of-the-Woods on March 25, 1996. (Note:...
Sister Carolyn Kessler (formerly Sister Ann Carolyn)
...teacher. Sister Rose Ann Eaton recalls that during her time in the novitiate, there were several other novices who had entered from Marywood and Memorial and she recalls their talking about Sister Ann Carolyn as an influence in their lives and their vocation. Sister Carolyn Kessler (left) and her guest, Sister Joseph Fillenwarth. Sister Maureen Fallon reports that when she was teaching at Memorial 10 years later, family members of Sister Carolyn’s students still asked about her and spoke words...
Eleven Sisters of Providence celebrate Jubilees
...Ind., which is now listed in the National Register of Historic Places. Saint Mother Theodore Guerin founded the Sisters of Providence at Saint Mary-of-the-Woods in 1840. Today, Sisters of Providence minister in 13 states, the District of Columbia and Asia, through works of love, mercy and justice. More information about the Sisters of Providence and their ministries can be found at SistersofProvidence.org. Sisters of Providence on Facebook @spsmw on Twitter Sisters of Providence on Instagram Sisters of Providence YouTube channel...
Sister Regina Norris (formerly Sister Regina Clare)
...up. The sum is 52 years, said Sister Rosemary Schmalz in her commentary for Sister Regina Norris, formerly Sister Regina Clare, who passed away on Wednesday, April 29, 2020, at Saint Mary-of-the-Woods. She was 84 years old and had been a Sister of Providence for 58 years. Sister Regina Norris Sister Rosemary continued: Donna Regina Norris was born to Donald and Ora Keasling Norris on Jan. 24, 1936. She was their first child, and from the content of a very...
Sister Sharon Richards
...Providence as teachers because we never lived in an area where they ministered. My mother’s sister was Sister Alice Gertrude Bruns and her cousin was Sister Mary Leona Cook. Sister Mary Leona died quite young before I entered community, but Sister Alice Gertrude was my mentor. Throughout my whole life, the sisters were part of our family. No matter where Sister Alice Gertrude was missioned, my mother and father always took us there to visit her. When I was a...
Sister Marceline Mattingly turns 100!
Sister Marceline birthday cake Sister Marceline (right) with Sister Lisa Stallings Sister Marceline posing with a gift – some bottles of Coca-Cola. The Coca-Cola bottle also turned 100 this year. The gift was provided by Sister Carol Lindly and Sister Jody O’Neil Sister Marceline (right) with Sister Sheila FitzSimons Sister Dorothy Wolsiffer (left), Sister Marceline, Sister Mary Lou Ruck (right) and Sister Amata Dugan (seated) Sister Marceline (standing) with Sister Mary Esther Lane, who turned 100 earlier this year. Sister...
Being ‘Stickered’
The pandemic has introduced us to a whole new vocabulary, e.g., who’s in your bubble? And take care to social distance! And for the Sisters of Providence and staff at the Woods, “Have you been stickered yet?” Let me explain. Every day each Sister of Providence or staff member at Saint Mary-of-the-Woods has her/his temperature taken, answers a few questions about their activities and then receives a sticker as proof that they were screened that day. Sister Jenny Howard saves...
White Violet Center earns ‘Real Organic Project’ designation
...of enforcement of some vital USDA Organic standards to protect soil health and animal welfare, organic farmers rallied together to fight to protect the integrity of the organic label. This is what originally motivated WVC Farm Manager John-Michael Elmore to apply for this certification. “We (WVC) are already certified organic, so this became an extension of that. USDA organic certification is getting manipulated by large agri-businesses, and doesn’t fully represent the original intent of the organic movement,” John-Michael said. “While it’s still an important regulatory standard,...