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St. Joseph Lake history photo album
...picnic to the lake. From left clockwise: Sisters Marie Patrice Cleary, Ann O’Hara, Luke Crawford and Cathy Buster. Trucking the sisters in for the 1981 infirmary picnic at St. Joseph’s Lake. Sister Jean Fuqua’s typed note from the St. Joseph Lake scrapbook regarding the infirmary picnic in 1982. Sister Jean Fuqua mowing the lawn at St. Joseph’s Lake several years ago. Sister Cecilia Ann Miller swimming at St. Joseph Lake in the 1980s. Sister Jeanne Knoerle ice skates on St....
Warning, this album may contain photos of sunbathing nuns
...many, many sisters having a good time at the lake. Some of the photos from the album were just too fun not to share. So I offer you a sampling here. And If you haven’t read Sister Cathy Campbells’s article from HOPE about Sister Jean’s amazing project at the lake, you won’t want to miss it. You can find it here. Sister Jeanne Knoerle ice skates on St. Joseph lake in 1978. Sister Cecilia Ann Miller swimming at St. Joseph...
Imperfect mercy
...of our brother Jesus? How could I relate to a message that seemed to have no room for mistakes, for missed opportunities to show mercy? Sister Tracey listens during table sharing at a recent gathering at Saint Mary-of-the-Woods. As I sat with these questions during the Giving Voice 20’s/30’s retreat for young women religious, my mind wandered over some parables and stories from Jesus’ life. It landed on the Wedding at Cana and Mary’s suggestion that her son might help...
Celebrating Sister Joni as she professes first vows on June 26
...of vows. For me, each scripture selection – and all three together – create a vibrant mural of the lives of all followers of Jesus. The three panels of this mural could be labeled: LEAVING, LEARNING, LIBERATING. Today, we shine a light on one particular follower of Jesus – our Sister Joni Luna – as she professes first vows as a woman religious, as a Sister of Providence. Joni’s life journey has been all about leaving, learning and liberating. Like...
Quotations from reflections given at General Chapter 2016
...come to our rescue. We have all the angels around us.” —Sister Norene Wu “How will we in the days and years ahead act together to put out the flames of today’s fires on Earth? Fires of continuous wars. Fires of hate crimes against our LGBTQ sisters and brothers. Fires of economic inequality especially for women. Fires of racism. And the list goes on.” —Sister Kathleen Desautels “What if we begin to put aside all the divisions in our hearts...
Where Your Treasure Is
Sister Tracey listens as Elmer Pena, the husband of Sonia Avile, speaks. The last time I saw Sonia, she joined us in the upper room at Christ Church Cathedral downtown in Indianapolis on March 6. That day, 19 Faith in Indiana leaders prepared to risk arrest in a non-violent direct action mourning the inability of our Congress to create a pathway to citizenship for DREAMers and all 11 million immigrants who live, work, pay taxes and worship in our country....
Conscience, Candidates and Discipleship in Voting – Part two
...background of abortion, climate change and the culture of exclusion, it is clear that the faith-filled voter who seeks to be guided by Catholic social teaching is confronted by compelling moral claims that cut across the partisan and cultural divides of our nation. The pathway from these crosscutting moral claims to decisions on particular candidates is not a direct and singular one in Catholic teaching, rooted in one issue. For this reason, the drive to label a single issue preeminent...
Witness
...for the federal government. Sister Barbara Battista during a visit with Keith Dwayne Nelson. The Bishops of Indiana, along with numerous other Bishops, have spoken out against the death penalty. So have religious communities across the country, including my own, the Sisters of Providence of Saint Mary-of-the-Woods, Indiana. My faith and the teachings of our Church compel me to say “No!” to the death penalty and to work to abolish it. In 2017, Pope Francis, approved the following revision to...
Sister Paula Modaff
Current ministry: Hospital chaplain, canon lawyer Years in the Congregation: 47 years My best friend says I’m: indispensable. “Little Paula Modaff in Rome.” Sister Paula Modaff the high school teacher. Sister Paula Modaff the student, studying Spanish and Latin American Literature in Mexico. Sister Paula Modaff the paralegal. Sister Paula Modaff the canon lawyer. Sister Paula Modaff the hospital chaplain. When she entered the Sisters of Providence 47 years ago, her mother found great difficulty in “letting go” of Paula...
New postulant Leslie Dao enters the Sisters of Providence
...knocks on the door of Providence Hall seeking entrance with the Sisters of Providence Congregation as Sister Joni Luna looks on. Leslie knocks on the door as part of the entrance ceremony Leslie is welcomed by the General Superior in the name of the Congregation General Superior Sister Dawn Tomaszewski leads the entrance ceremony for Leslie, presented by new membership director Sister Joni Luna and her discernment guide Sister My Huong Pham Sister Dawn begins the blessing ritual, blessing Leslie’s...
Graduation Day!
...visit to accept the award, she asked the Congregation to support her sisters in receiving an SMWC education to help prepare them for ministry. That sponsorship is made possible through a trust established at SMWC by the family of one of our sisters who admired the value we affixed to the advanced education of our sisters. Money from that trust has been used to support sisters who attend Saint Mary-of-the-Woods College. Arrianne’s education was financed through the Sisters of Providence...
Sisters Speak Out: On the Road with the Sisters of Providence
“We cannot do our work if we all stay in the nest.” – Saint Mother Theodore Guerin During the Sisters of Providence echo event at the Woods, Sister Becky Keller holds her “God Loves All People” sign. Nearly 300 women religious and others gathered together in our nation’s capital on June 24, 2025, for “Sisters Speak Out,” a campaign focused on prayer and advocacy for those on the margins of our society. The Sisters of Providence of Saint Mary-of-the-Woods, joined...