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Sister Margaret Heese (formerly Sister Margaret Bernard)
...told by some of her friends – stories known only to a few. Margaret talked Sister Barbara Bluntzer into getting her ears pierced. Sister Jean Fuqua felt honored that Margaret let her use the best sewing machine in the sewing room. Sisters Margaret Norris and Joseph Fillenwarth still can’t believe Margaret used the sewing machine to sew name labels on her clothes. As the youngest sister in a local community, band member Sister Joyce Brophy was given a pocket watch...
Newsnotes from winter 2023 HOPE magazine
Celebrating 60, 70 and 75 years We celebrated our Sisters of Providence senior jubilarians Dec. 8 at Saint Mary-of-the-Woods. Sisters of Providence who celebrated 75 years with the Congregation include (front, from left) Sister Joyce Brophy, Sister Lucille Nolan and Sister Margaret Heese. They are photographed with the General Council, including (back, from left) Sister Carole Kimes, Sister Laura Parker, General Superior Sister Dawn Tomaszewski, Vicar Sister Jeanne Hagelskamp and Sister Anne Therese Falkenstein Sisters of Providence celebrating 70 years...
Newsnotes from HOPE winter 2024
Sister Marie Brendan Harvey honored with renaming Sister Marie Brendan Harvey On October 27, Saint Mary-of-the-Woods College (SMWC) celebrated the renaming of the Conservatory of Music Auditorium to the Marie Brendan Harvey Auditorium, in honor of the late Sister Marie Brendan Harvey, SP. Sister Marie Brendan graduated from SMWC in 1951 and later taught at the college. She also founded the college singing group, the Madrigals. Sister Marie Brendan ministered at SMWC for 18 years, serving as a professor of...
Mission novice blessing 2016
...an elder Sister of Providence. Sisters Arrianne Whittaker, Carole Kimes, Tracey Horan, Joni Luna and Anna Fan. Sister Tracey Horan with Sisters Mirian Clare Stoll (seated) and Sister Nancy Bartasavich. What’s better than a hug from Sister Barbara Doherty? Sister Tracey Horan is congratulated after the blessing. Sister Marie Grace Molloy accompanies Sister Martha Steidl to congratulate Sister Tracey. Sister Tracey is greeted by Sister Concetta Banez after the blessing. Sister Bernadette Mary Carroll congratulates Sister Tracey. Sisters prayer during...
Sister Maureen Fallon
...something was up. When I began the process for entrance into the community, we were in provinces at the time, and the Chicago provincial was Sister Barbara Doherty whom I had for classes three years at Saint Mary-of-the-Woods College. So my questions and answers to her were very different than if she had been interviewing a stranger. Q. How did you feel when Sister Margaret told you, “You’re going to be a Sister of Providence”? (Laughs) It was fairly unnerving...
Sister Mary (Mary Agatha) Carlton
...Officially Sister Mary was the volunteer coordinator and in that position interviewed volunteers and supervised their orientation. In addition, according to Sister Pat, Sister Mary assisted with the taking in and labeling of medications, restocking examination rooms, picking up supplies, cleaning the clinic and doing fund raisers. Sister Pat attributes their many returning clients to Sister Mary’s influence. Ever the gracious and generous woman, she did indeed ‘heal the oppressed,’” shared Sister Mary Roger. “Over the last five years, Sister...
Oral History: Sister Gloria Memering looks back on more than 60 years as a Sister of Providence
Sister Gloria Memering Editor’s note: In this piece, Providence Associate Debbie Griffey spent time speaking with Sister Gloria Memering (formerly Sister Cecelia.) Here, she shares Sister Gloria’s story with us. Are you interested in volunteering with the Sisters of Providence, perhaps visiting with sisters and helping share their stories? Learn more about our volunteer opportunities and how you can help. I suspected early in my interview with Sister Gloria Memering that she is either the oldest child in a family...
On policing and Providence
Sister Pat Mahoney outside the District 22 police station in Chicago where she volunteers. From the way Sister Pat Mahoney greets the receptionist and walks right through the gate labeled “POLICE USE ONLY,” it is apparent that she feels right at home. Still, Sister Pat laughs, she never guessed she would volunteer at a police station. “But I never thought I’d leave teaching or stop wearing the habit when I entered religious life, either.” Sister Pat, a volunteer with the...
Remembering a ‘Star Teacher’
...local Catholic high school open to all denominations. Sister Helen Rose was born in Indianapolis on April 9, 1911, one of eight children of Arthur Newland and Mary Ann Donohue Newland. Sister’s given name at birth was Helen Elizabeth Newland. In 1927, she joined the Sisters of Providence, a religious community headquartered at Saint Mary-of-the-Woods. In 1935, Sister made her “perpetual vows” in the community, thus becoming a fully-professed Sister. She died at Saint Mary-of-the-Woods on March 25, 1996. (Note:...
Sister Carolyn Kessler (formerly Sister Ann Carolyn)
...teacher. Sister Rose Ann Eaton recalls that during her time in the novitiate, there were several other novices who had entered from Marywood and Memorial and she recalls their talking about Sister Ann Carolyn as an influence in their lives and their vocation. Sister Carolyn Kessler (left) and her guest, Sister Joseph Fillenwarth. Sister Maureen Fallon reports that when she was teaching at Memorial 10 years later, family members of Sister Carolyn’s students still asked about her and spoke words...
Eleven Sisters of Providence celebrate Jubilees
...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...
Sister Regina Norris (formerly Sister Regina Clare)
...up. The sum is 52 years, said Sister Rosemary Schmalz in her commentary for Sister Regina Norris, formerly Sister Regina Clare, who passed away on Wednesday, April 29, 2020, at Saint Mary-of-the-Woods. She was 84 years old and had been a Sister of Providence for 58 years. Sister Regina Norris Sister Rosemary continued: Donna Regina Norris was born to Donald and Ora Keasling Norris on Jan. 24, 1936. She was their first child, and from the content of a very...