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Dynamic Providence in the Desert founder celebrates 60 years as a religious Sister
...the program, does all the paperwork, and never forgets anyone’s name. And the people love her; they really do,” said Sister Loretta, who has been teaching with Sister Carol at Providence in the Desert for the past eight years and serves as the program’s director of teachers. But Sister Carol is aware that she will have less energy as the years move on, and she is starting to prepare for the future. This year Sister Carol is celebrating her 60th...
Love in action at Providence in the Desert
Sister Loretta Picucci, right, teaches an English class for Providence in the Desert at the Sunbird Trailer Park in Thermal, California. Love in action. That is what I saw last week at Providence in the Desert in southern California. I knew the ministry’s story before I went. I knew Sister Carol Nolan began the ministry 13 years ago. I knew she reached out to some of the poorest people in the United States, immigrant field workers in the Coachella Valley...
Sisters with California’s Providence in the Desert offer English classes, friendship
...more,” Martha said. The beginning English class at St. Anthony Trailer Park in rural Mecca, California, poses with Providence in the Desert Founder Sister Carol Nolan, SP, second adult from the right standing. “We believe we render real service to people by teaching them in the proximity of their homes. People come in and they are so tired! But they can make it to the class,” said Providence in the Desert founder Sister Carol Nolan. With a mission of love,...
Veterans Day: Honoring Sisters who served
...11 Sisters of Providence ministered in military hospitals during the Civil War. These includ Sister St. Felix Buchanan, Sister Helena Burns, Sister Frances Ann Carney, Sister Athanasius Fogarty, Sister Sophie Glenn, Sister Eugenia Gorman, Sister Mary Francis Guthneck, Sister Louise Maloney, Sister Henriette MacKenzie, Sister Mary Rose O’Donoghue and Sister Matilda Swimley. Sister Merry Marcotte, SP, also served with the American National Red Cross for six years, including two years in Vietnam as a caseworker in military hospitals. She passed...
Sisters serving their country
...in Somerset, Ohio, in 1830, and died in November 1879 at the age of 49. Sister Josephine Bryan Sister Helena Burns was one of several Civil War veterans born in Ireland. Sister was born in 1831 and died in December 1913. Sister was 82 at the time of her death. Sister Frances Ann Carney was born in Ireland in 1836. Sister died in May 1904 at the age of 68. Serving as an army nurse and as Director of the...
Sister Jean (Marian Jean) Arkenberg
...service. “As mentioned earlier, Sister Jean will be remembered for her great generosity. First of all by her sister, Sister Catherine, whom she visited so often during the time she has been in Health Care. Everybody who walked down the hall past Sister Catherine’s door can attest to the love and devotion of the two sisters that was so evident during their visits. Sister Jean never forgot her good friend Sister Donna O’Neill, whom she brought to church and sat...
Sister Mary Julia Cummings
...Mary Julia. Wilma Jane Cummings was born Feb. 3, 1922, in New Albany, Ind., to William and Julia (Ricke) Cummings. One of eight children, she was educated at Holy Trinity Grade School, New Albany. “Her dear sister, Sister Mary Pat, says that Sister Mary Julia was destined to be the leader of one part of the Cummings family of eight. She was the third child, with four sisters and three brothers, and at an early age, their mother appointed Sister...
Sister Wendy Workman
Sister Wendy Workman “Yahweh is my shepherd, I lack nothing.” (Psalm 23:1) “But now finally from heaven where she’s listening, Sister Wendy would ask us to read what Sister Dorothy Hucksoll has written of her in the text, ‘Sister Wendy’s Story.’ It is this message Sister Dorothy gives us all: ‘Hers may be the greatest achievement of all in the eyes of God and those who have the insight to see her life as a special gift. We must never...
13 Sisters of Providence celebrate 50th anniversary
...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...
A brief history of the mission to the Chinese
...became even more unbearable for the sisters and residents of this area. On Dec. 8, 1941 — one day after Pearl Harbor — the sisters’ compound in Kaifeng was attacked by Japanese soldiers. Soon the sisters from the United States were forced to leave the compound and the native Providence Sister-Catechists. The U.S. sisters were taken to a Baptist mission compound where other enemy nationals were relocated. The Sisters of Providence were then relocated to a Benedictine Sisters’ compound in...
Sister Grace Stewart
Sister Grace Stewart “O Come let us sing to the Most High, Creator of the cosmos.” (Psalm 95:1 translation by Nan Merrill) “I am happy to read this commentary for Sister Grace, written by her good friend, Sister Bernice Kuper, especially because I share, with so many sisters, a great love and respect for a great friend, Sister Grace,” said Sister Jeanne Knoerle during the commentary for Sister Grace Stewart, who died Sept. 1. “Several years ago when Sister Grace...
Sister Leona (Mary Charlene) Walsh
...her loving Provident God. There seems to be a constant theme among her friends and those who have ministered and lived with her — describing Sister Leona as generous, kind and selfless in her concern for the needs of others,” said Sister Jenny Howard in her commentary for Sister Leona Walsh, who died June 10. Leona Marie Walsh entered this world 15 minutes after her identical twin sister, Sister Emily, on Sept. 21, 1930. The twins were born in Saginaw,...