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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...

...at Holy Cross, where she taught until 1987. Sister Rita Clare Gerardot lived with Sister Ann Brendan at Holy Cross. Rita Clare remembers her as being always positive and happy, despite the pain she was experiencing even then from arthritis. Rita remembers the day Sister Ann Brendan came home from the doctor who had given her an injection for the pain. She described the needle as being 8-inches long. Sister Rita Clare remembers her as being very creative, always working...

...of Sister Ruth Ellen in the comment section below. Memorial contributions may be made in honor of Sister Ruth Ellen to the Sisters of Providence of Saint Mary-of-the-Woods. Sister Ruth Ellen Doane Complete Ministry In Illinois: Teacher, St. Athanasius, Evanston (1956-61); Mathematics Curriculum Director, Providence-St. Mel, Chicago (1980-85); Adult Education Coordinator/Adjunct Faculty, Our Lady of the Westside, Chicago/Triton College, River Grove (1985-88). In Indiana: Teacher, St Patrick, Indianapolis (1961-68); Teacher, Our Lady of Providence High School, Clarksville (1970-77); Teacher, Marian Heights...

...at the women’s prison.” Perhaps this meeting place subtly began to create in Patty an awareness of the least and the lost. Sister Patty Fillenwarth (left) with her sister, Sister Joseph Fillenwarth. Patty entered the Sisters of Providence as a postulant on Jan. 6, 1958, and later received her religious name, Sister Joseph Monica. She professed first vows in 1960, and made her perpetual profession of vows in 1965. Prior to her perpetual vows, she earned a bachelor’s degree in...

...themselves with love into the bosom of God, the center of felicity!” Both readings seem appropriate with which to begin this commentary on the life of Sister Mary Adrian Jaroch, which seemed to fluctuate between calm and agitation; who seemed to carry burdens whose origins were unknown to many of us, her sisters, said Sister Ann Casper in her commentary for Sister Mary Adrian Jaroch, who passed away on Thursday, Oct. 3, 2019, at Winfield, Illinois. She was 85 years...

...when recounting the life of Sister Cecile!” said Sister Adele Beacham in her commentary for Sister Cecile Morse, who died Sept. 2. The commentary was written by Sister Ann Casper. “Sister Cecile was already a licensed union printer, following in her father and brother’s footsteps, when she entered the Congregation. Many sisters recall her beautiful singing voice, her moving solos of the Tota Pulchra Es and her strong, resonant alto voice in the choir. She also loved baseball, ice-skating and...

Be still and know that I am God – Psalm 46:10 Sister Cecilia Ann Miller claimed that the foundation of her spiritual life was formed early on by beloved council member of yore, Sister Rose Dolores. According to Sister Cecilia Ann, Sister Rose Dolores emphasized, even to her youngest charges, that God dwelt in their midst, within them and within all creation, that God was not an entity removed from them and from life, but a force, an energy within...

...delighted she was to get acquainted with her dad and her new family. Sister Diane was preceded in death by four sisters. Her sisters Linda Vandenberg and Peggy Joneas survive. Sister Mary continued, “I had the great joy and privilege of student teaching with Diane at St. Patrick, Indianapolis in 1971 where she had initiated the open classroom/non-graded method of education. What an amazing, creative, learning environment. I don’t know how she kept up with all the activity, but she...

Sister Donna O'Neill “[Jesus Christ] went about doing good works and healing all who were in the grip of the devil. …” (Acts 10:38) “It is appropriate that Sister Donna O’Neill should die in the Easter season, for she was one who served Jesus the Christ by imitating him in her ministry as a Sister of Providence. Sister Donna went about doing good all of her religious life. This is the Sister Donna O’Neill we know,” said Sister Luke Crawford...