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Schoolmates, sisters and part of a leadership team
This photo, taken in 1975, shows Sister Jeanne Hagelskamp (front row, right), Sister Dawn Tomaszewski (middle, second from left), and Sister Lisa Stallings (back, second from right) as novices along with (front) Sister Sue Pietrus (RIP) (middle) Sister Kathy Scheewe, novice director Sister Rose Ann Eaton, Sister Mary Ann DeFazio and Sister Wendy Workman (RIP) (standing). The relationship runs long for four of the five sisters recently elected as the Sisters of Providence new leadership team. Sisters Dawn Tomaszewski, Jenny...
Sister Dorothy (Marie Christopher) Souligny
...culture. It was fitting that she died Dec. 12, the feast of Our Lady of Guadalupe, a multicultural feast,” shared Sister Margaret. “Several sisters I have spoken with have compared Sister Dorothy to Mother Theodore, who despite her poor health, gave herself to the foreign missions,” said Sister Margaret. “In 1994, when Sister Dorothy left Taiwan, she wrote, ‘Living here has given me the chance to live poverty in a way not known before. I have viewed poverty in the...
Sister Barbara Doherty: A Sister of Providence icon living with dementia
...learn best practices for dementia care. Sisters and staff members live out dementia care differently than in traditional nursing homes, changing vocabulary and supporting sisters to remain who they are while living with dementia. Sister Barbara welcomes new Sister of Providence postulant Jessica Vitente in 2018. Angela Hetterscheidt, one of Sister Barbara’s care partners, has worked full-time with Sister Barbara for more than a year. She says she heard that at first Sister Barbara did not like having an aide....
Remembering sisters’ loving response to the HIV/AIDS epidemic
...the important part.” She loved them, and they loved her. Sister Ann Michele Sister Ann Michele Kiefer in 2004 With the encouragement of Sister Marilyn Therese and Sister Carolyn Bouchard, Sister Ann Michele Kiefer applied for a position at The Damien Center upon the retirement of Sister Marilyn Therese. As Providence would have it, she was hired and spent seven years ministering to the men, women and children living with AIDS and those who were dying from AIDS. She mobilized...
Saint Mother Theodore Guerin Feast Day reflection
Saint Mother Theodore Guerin and her writing desk with artifacts from her life as on display in the shrine for the saint at Saint Mary-of-the-Woods, Indiana. Sister Diane Mason, director of Providence Associates, offers the following reflection on this Feast of Saint Mother Theodore Guerin. Here she takes on the voice of the Sisters of Providence founder and speculates on what she might be telling the community today. Our beginning 175 years ago was filled with challenges. Our beginnings were...
The Christmas story: new and old
Sister Diane Mason invites us to look deeper this Christmas, beyond the story of Jesus in the manger and into the Jesus being born in our hearts. In reflecting and praying preparing for this Christmas writing, I read: Mary hurries to visit Elizabeth. The angels announce the birth of the savior to the most unimportant, the shepherds. In what I read, there is a lot of scurrying about, a lot of tidings of great joy. It doesn’t sound so unlike...
A feast-day letter to Saint Mother Theodore
...you. Yes, Saint Mother Theodore, you have shown us the way. You have not stopped showing us how to live a good full life. You will continue to show us how to live through all those who are touched by your life of love and courage as they come from all over to simply feel the positive energy that you are still sharing with us. Happy Feast Day Saint Mother Theodore. Enjoy your new home! Love, Sister Diane Mason, SP...
Video blog: What is a Providence Associate?
https://www.youtube.com/embed/3jQA3X17pqk “It’s a rewarding walk; a deeper inner journey.” Sister Diane Mason, director of the Providence Associate relationship, tells about Providence Associates in the video here. Applications for those wishing to become Providence Associates in the coming year are being accepted now. Learn more at ProvidenceAssociates.org....
The legacy of Providence lives on in our sisters in Taiwan
...the United States from Taiwan to enter the Sisters of Providence in September of 2004. She professed perpetual vows in June 2014. Sister Su-Hsin currently ministers with elder Sisters of Providence at Saint Mary-of-the Woods, Indiana, with our Ministry of Care Team. Also gifted artistically, Sister Su-Hsin offers art and spirituality programs at Saint Mary-of-the-Woods. Sister Anna Fan Sister Anna Fan, SP, is one of seven women currently in formation to become a Sister of Providence. Sister Anna came to...
Sister Jeanne Knoerle (formerly Sister Mary Gregory)
...gift of love you have given to SO many of us,” concluded Sister Jean Fuqua. A funeral Mass for Sister Jeanne Knoerle was held June 18, 2013 at Saint Mary-of-the-Woods. She was 85 years old and had lived as a Sister of Providence for nearly 64 years at the time of her death. Please join us in remembering Sister Jeanne by sharing your memories on her abundant life here. Read Sister Denise Wilkinson’s Gospel reflection from Sister Jeanne’s funeral here....
Sister Annette Schipp
I did not meet Sister Annette Schipp until sometime in the early 80s when I was visiting Sister Cecilia Ann at Precious Blood in Jasper (Indiana). We were introduced and after she had left the room, Cecilia Ann said to me, “You don’t know Sister Annette? She is one of God’s holy people.” Indeed, I think everyone here would agree with that statement, said Sister Rosemary Schmalz in her commentary for Sister Annette Schipp, who passed away on Wednesday, July...
Sister Rosemary (Mary Gilbert) Powers
...her fondest memory was, ‘My many years relating to teenagers as Christians, students and athletes,’” shared Sister Margaret. “Sister Rosemary enjoyed sports. Early on, before such things were allowed, one evening Sister Rosemary and another sister went to a football game when their eighth graders were in a playoff game. As the two sisters stood on the sidelines, one of the players got tackled and rammed into the other sister and broke her leg. The next day, Sister Rosemary had...