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Ministry in the marriage tribunal
Sister Evelyn Ovalles Editor’s Note: Several Sisters of Providence minister in church diocesan marriage tribunals. Here they help people who are divorced and want to remarry within the Catholic Church to navigate the process to a marriage annulment. Currently divorced Catholics who remarry without first receiving an annulment are excluded from receiving sacraments. Here Sister Ann Casper interviews three sisters who serve in marriage tribunals: Sister Maureen Abbott (formerly Sister Maureen Francis), defender of the bond and case instructor in...
In Solidarity: Vowed Catholic Religious Honor Trans Day of Visibility
...Sisters of Charity of Nazareth Western Province Leadership Sisters of Charity, BVM Leadership Team Sisters of Loretto/Loretto Community Sisters of Providence of Saint Mary-of-the-Woods, Indiana, Justice Coordinating Commission Sisters of St. Joseph of Carondelet – Albany Sisters of St. Francis of Assisi Sisters of St. Joseph of Carondelet Sisters of St. Joseph of Springfield Sisters of St. Joseph of Brentwood The Congregation of Sisters of St. Agnes Leadership Team and JPIC Office U.S. Federation of the Sisters of St. Joseph...
Sister Adelaide Ortegel
...asked her parents to transfer her from New Trier High School to Mallincrockdt High School, staffed by the Sisters of Christian Charity. About a year later, as Adelaide was sharing with Sister Ann Collette the news that she had decided to enter the Sisters of Providence, Ann Collette told her she had received word she was being missioned to China. Another seed planted. So, Adelaide entered the Sisters of Providence on July 19, 1946, pronounced her first vows on January...
Sister Eugene Francis Keaveney
...Mary Ann Phelan in her commentary for Sister Eugene Francis, who passed away on Monday, Sept. 23, 2019, at Saint Mary-of-the-Woods. She was 93 years old and had been a Sister of Providence for 74 years. Sister Eugene Francis Keaveney Sister Mary Ann continued: Mary Elizabeth was baptized and attended elementary and high school at Saint Rose Parish in Chelsea, Mass. She graduated from Saint Rose High School in 1944 and entered the novitiate on Feb. 2, 1945. She spent...
Sister David Ellen Van Dyke
...It has been said that we are what we read. If that is true, these passages culled from her reading of Scripture as well as many of the great spiritual writers, give us a rare view of that inner self where Sister David Ellen lived her life with God,” said Sister Mary Roger Madden in her commentary for Sister David Ellen Van Dyke, who died July 9. “Sister David Ellen rarely speaks directly of herself in these notes, but when...
Sister Regina Therese Shaughnessy
...novitiate, professed her first vows and perpetual vows all on Jan. 23, 1950, 1952 and 1957, respectively. So, the family has a long tradition of coming to the Woods in winter, said Sister Ann Casper in her commentary for Sister Regina Therese Shaughnessy, who died Thursday, Feb. 4. She was 94 years old and had been a Sister of Providence for 66 years. Sister Regina Therese, as she was now called, earned degrees in English – her bachelor’s from Saint...
Sister Margaret Ann Wilson (formerly Sister Ann Gerard)
...always finding a way to give and serve … I learned through her lived example that truly it is ‘in giving that we receive,”’ said Sister Ann Casper in her commentary for Sister Margaret Ann Wilson, formerly Sister Ann Gerard, who died Thursday, December 7, 2017, at Saint Mary-of-the-Woods, Indiana. She was 89 years old and had been a Sister of Providence for 71 years. Margaret Ann Wilson was born Dec. 16, 1927, in Oklahoma City, Okla., to Granville B....
Sister Mary Rosita Thewes
...indirectly to the people of the Archdiocese of Indianapolis,” continued Sister Mary Roger. “Upon the death of Archbishop O’Meara, Sister Mary Rosita was moved to a much less pressurized environment at St. Simon Convent, Indianapolis, where she reveled in the opportunity to live community life daily. Always a community woman, Sister Mary Rosita’s ministry as servant of the servants of God had often kept her more isolated than she would have preferred,” said Sister Mary Roger. Sister Mary Rosita returned...
Sister Ann Renee Maxwell
...in the Chicago health-care facilities. Sister Ann Renee anticipated the patients’ needs and did all she could to make them comfortable. What has been said about Sister Ann Renee in regard to her nursing ministry can be said about her teaching ministry. She followed the admonition of Saint Mother Theodore: ‘Love the children first, then teach them.’ Sister Ann Renee brought much joy into all her classrooms,’” said Sister Mary Pat. “We know Sister Ann Renee had a great sense...
Sister Gertrude Therese Garvey
Sister Gertrude Therese Garvey “Sing to the Lord a new song . …” (Psalm 140:1) “Today we come together to honor the life of two great women. Sister Alexa Suelzer and I will try to bring into focus the creativity and talents of these sisters, Sisters Gertrude Therese and Rose Marie Garvey,” said Sister Catherine Livers in her commentary for Sister Gertrude Therese, who died March 15. “The Psalm, with its lines to sing praise to God and dance in...
Bearing witness to an execution
...ask “his Sister,” Sister Betty Donoghue, to ask Sister Barbara if she would be willing to accompany him into the death chamber. Keith asked Sister Barbara to be his spiritual advisor. Her immediate reaction to his request was, “Yes, of course I will do that.” “Here was another human being asking for help,” Sister Barbara said. “I couldn’t imagine denying this person. I knew I wanted to do it. We must be present when we can.” So, after prayerful discernment,...
Sister Dorothy Hucksoll (formerly Sister Francis Ellen)
...of mine, you did for me.’” A reading from Matthew 25: 34-40 As this parable was read, I imagine all who knew Sister Dorothy Hucksoll well were thinking after each statement, “Yes, that was the Dorothy I knew,” said Sister Ann Casper in her commentary for Sister Dorothy Hucksoll, formerly Sister Francis Ellen, who died Monday, May 25. She was 89 years and had been a Sister of Providence for 71 years. Dorothy May Hucksoll was born in Chicago to...