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Sister Mary Ann Stewart
...the personal relationship is a healthy start. Sister Mary Ann Stewart is a good example. She grew up in Terre Haute, Ind., about five miles from the Sisters of Providence motherhouse. She enjoyed having sisters as teachers all through her school years. She even kept in touch with sisters during the summer months, often taking a bus with others to visit Saint Mary-of-the-Woods. I can’t remember when I didn’t want to be a Sister of Providence, even from the time...
Sister Barbara Zeller
...of Providence. “Once I got on these grounds, joining the Sisters of Providence was a soft sell. I embraced it and decided this is certainly what I wanted to do,” she said. “I had a hard time in the novitiate. I was very much a renegade. I knew the campus very well. I was always doing odd things,” Sister Barbara said. “A very intriguing thing happened. At the time I was in the novitiate, there were between 58 and 60...
Sister Jacquelyn Hoffman (formerly Sister Theodata)
...Jacquelyn to the Sisters of Providence of Saint Mary-of-the-Woods. Sister Jacquelyn Hoffman (formerly Sister Theodata) Complete Ministry In Indiana: Teacher, Holy Family/St. Joseph, Jasper (1952-57); Teacher, St. John the Baptist, Fort Wayne (1982-2002); Music/Health Care/Receptionist, Saint Mary-of-the-Woods (2004-13); Music Ministry, Providence Health Care, Saint Mary-of-the-Woods (2013-18). In Missouri: Teacher, Annunziata/Our Lady of Providence, St. Louis (1957-63); Teacher, Our Lady of Providence, St. Louis (1963-66). In Illinois: Teacher, St. Francis Xavier, Wilmette (1966-74); Teacher, Mother Theodore Guerin High School, River Grove (1974-82)....
Sister Ann Stephen Stouffer
...suited to become a veritable template for the Sisters of Providence practice of hospitality. A high brick fence ensured privacy for the patio and yard next to the spacious two-story brick building. Sisters tended to stay for a long time and we got to know each others’ families. When my sister Kathy lived near us, she often joined us, commenting to me, “Ann just had a certain spark. She made me laugh.” Any school break became an invitation opportunity for...
Sisters excursions from HOME (Helping Ourselves Meaningfully Engage)
...the Dobbs Park nature center. Sisters Rita Clare Gerardot and Joann Quinkert try their hand at corn hole by Saint Joseph’s Lake Sisters line up to get ice cream on their visit to Casey, Illinois. A visit to the Grand Traverse Pie Company. Sister Barbara Doherty, right, playing corn hole. Sister Barbara Doherty enjoying the Dobbs Park Native Museum. Sisters Jane Gibson and Jenny Howard enjoy a game of cornhole. Sisters enjoy the view from the park pier in Terre...
Sister Loretta Picucci (Formerly Sister Loretta Joseph)
...contributions may be made in honor of Sister Loretta to the Sisters of Providence of Saint Mary-of-the-Woods. We welcome you to share your memories of Sister Loretta in the comment section below. Sister Loretta Picucci (Formerly Sister Loretta Joseph) Complete Ministry In Indiana – Teacher, Juniorate and Village School, Saint Mary-of-the-Woods Village (1967-68); Teacher, Holy Cross, Indianapolis (1977-81); Cook, Providence Retirement Home, New Albany (1991-92); Prayer, Saint Mary-of-the-Woods (2020-23). In Washington, D.C.: Teacher, Dunblane (1968-70). In Illinois: Teacher, St. Mel, Chicago...
Sister Mary Magdalen Schwartz
...Mary Magdalen attended two grade schools in Chicago: Our Lady of Victory and St. Viator. “Mary Mag, as we all called her, first became acquainted with the Sisters of Providence while attending Providence High School in Chicago. Evidently, it was the practice of eighth-grade teachers at that time to take students to different high schools, have them take the entrance test and, hopefully, receive a scholarship from one of them. When she took the test at Providence High School, she...
Sister Mary Maxine Teipen
...more to give up her own will to follow the will of God when she was elected First Councilor in the General Administration of the Sisters of Providence, a position she held from 1981 to 1991. As First Councilor, she supervised health care programs, acted as liaison to the Sisters in Taiwan, and was deeply involved in the Community’s formation program. Herself a woman of integrity with strong values, she wanted those in formation to be living witnesses to what...
Sister Marie Alexis Geiger
...“That’s all right,” Sister Joseph Henry said, “she can take her brother’s place.” So from that day on, Betty attended St. Patrick’s School in Indianapolis and went on to high school at St. John’s Academy. During her high school years, she loved joining her friends with great enthusiasm in such activities as a night time trip to a cemetery. She graduated in 1945. Then, inspired by the sisters’ care, concern, and devotion to prayer, she entered the Sisters of Providence...
Sisters serving their country
Sister Patricia Linehan Since the Civil War, a handful of Sisters of Providence of Saint Mary-of-the-Woods, Ind., have answered the call of duty many times in many different ways. On Monday, May 26, our country will celebrate Memorial Day. Eleven sisters served during the Civil War (1861-65), including Sisters St. Felix Buchanan, Helena Burns, Frances Ann Carney, Athanasius Fogarty, Eugenia Gorman, Sophie Glenn, Mary Francis Guthneck, Henrietta MacKenzie, Mary Louise Malone, Mary Rose O’Donaghue and Matilda Swinley. The sisters were...
Angels of mercy: Civil War service of the sisters
...of the Civil War, “Lest We Forget: The Sisters of Providence of St. Mary-of-the-Woods in Civil War Service.” Those rumblings came in the form of letters from the families of students and sisters who lived on both sides of the Mason-Dixon Line. The fear of war was brought even closer when, according to the Community Diary, on April 8, 1861, a Mr. Dodds came to the Woods to pick up five young ladies with Southern roots to take them home...
Ask Sister Dina: Tell me about the ‘Gibson Girls’
Dear Sister Dina, 6th Grade, 1957-58, St Patrick’s in Fort Wayne … Sister James Maureen. Over the years I have heard that she was one of three birth sisters that joined the Sisters of Providence called the “Gibson Girls.” Can you tell me if Sister James Maureen and/or her sisters are still around? Thanks so much for your help! — Jack W. via the SP website A photo of all the twins in the Sisters of Providence Congregation in 1957,...