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PFS volunteer brings love for justice, education to her work

...some days she has 15. She adapts well and works very hard, and she does everything so well. “She puts into practice our mission as Sisters of Providence of Saint Mary-of-the-Woods: Love mercy and Justice. And I think she does all three in her ministry, both with the students and tutors and with the parents,” Sister Patty said. Sister Dorothy had talked about retiring this year, but that was before she got her new hip, Sister Patty said. Now Sister...

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...

Sister Mary Ellen Kilday

...you.’ Sister Mary Ellen has shown us that if we remember this we will be ready to meet him as she was on Saturday morning, May 17, when I am sure she heard the words: ‘Well done, good and faithful servant,’” shared Sister Mary Ann. The Mass of Christian Burial for Sister Mary Ellen was celebrated May 23, with the Rev. Daniel Hopcus presiding. She was preceded in death by all her siblings, including her sister, Sister Margaret Eileen Kilday....

‘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...

Sisters of Providence bestow annual awards

...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...

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 Kathleen Dede (formerly Sister Marie Arthur)

...from 2:30-4:30 p.m., on Wednesday, July 9. Mass of Christian Burial was at 11 a.m., on Thursday, July 10. Memorial contributions may be made in honor of Sister Kathleen to the Sisters of Providence of Saint Mary-of-the-Woods. We welcome you to share your memories of Sister Kathleen in the comment section below. Sister Kathleen Dede (formerly Sister Marie Arthur) Complete Ministry In Indiana: Teacher, St. Anthony, Indianapolis (1956-58); Teacher, St. Andrew, Indianapolis (1964-67); Teacher, St. Peter, Linton (1967-68); Teacher/Principal, St. Mary...

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...