Search Results for label/Sisters of Providence
Getting too many results? To search for an exact phrase, try putting multiple word phrases in quotation marks (such as "Saint Mother Theodore") to narrow your results.
Jeremy Hackerd’s comments
...this time did not significantly improve the situation. Statewide school organization was almost non existent and illiteracy was prevalent, 1 in 7 could not read. By the early 1840s, 53% of school aged children did not attend school. It was into this environment that Saint Theodora Guerin was called to Indiana. In 1839, the Bishop of Vincennes contacted the Sisters of Providence in Ruille, asking that they send Sisters to Indiana in order to establish schools in his diocese. The...
Sister Patricia Geis (formerly Sister Anna Marie)
...of Providence Ann Imelda O’Hara. The BVM who recognized Patty’s vocation must have been a bit taken aback when Patty announced she was joining the Sisters of Providence. So, on July 21, 1952, Patricia Geis entered the congregation of the Sisters of Providence. She said, “I had never set foot on the SMW grounds before I got there to enter the congregation.” She arrived a day early and she was immediately swept into the arms of the Providence Community, clothed...
Sister Clelia Cecchetti (formerly Sister Rosina)
...St. Malachy, Brownsburg (1966-67); Accounts Manager, Sisters of Providence Central Business Office, Saint Mary-of-the-Woods (1989-93); Finance Clerk Cashier, Sisters of Providence Central Business Office, Saint Mary-of-the-Woods (1993-94); Residential Services, Saint Mary-of-the-Woods (2020-21); Volunteer Service for Providence Health Care, Saint Mary-of-the-Woods (2021-24). In Maryland: Teacher, St. Clement, Lansdowne (1967-68); Teacher, Holy Redeemer, College Park (1975-87); Coordinator of Eucharistic Ministry to the Sick, St. Mary of the Mills Parish, Laurel (2013-15); Volunteer, Eucharistic Ministry to the Sick, St. Mary of the Mills...
Sister Adelaide donates handmade puppet collection to day care
...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 Theresa Clare Carr
...know what you have to do? Theresa Clare: What? Mike: Say your prayers. Theresa Clare: I do that already. Perhaps the Sisters of Providence version of this touching tradition could be this: Sisters of Providence: Theresa Clare, you know what you have to do? Theresa Clare: What? Sisters of Providence: Continue to watch over us, your Sisters, your family and all we love and minister with. Find ways for us to continue to feel your gentle and firm and loving...
Tracey Horan begins an exciting new journey with the SPs
...from left) Sisters Joni Luna, Carole Kimes, Mary Beth Klingel, Janice Smith, Lisa Stallings, Jenny Howard and Nancy Nolan. (Front row) Sisters Marsha Speth and Florence Norton, Tracy Horan, Sisters Denise Wilkinson, Dawn Tomaszewski and Editha Ben. Tracey Horan (left) and Sisters Denise Wilkinson and Mary Beth Klingel offer prayers, readings and song along with many other sisters. Tracey Horan (center) is met by a group of sisters inside Providence Hall. They then proceed to the Providence Hall Parlor for...
Butterflies, prayers and poetry: celebrating our sisters ages 90+
On September 23, 2020, Sisters of Providence gathered from near and far via livestream to celebrate the lives of our 35 Sisters of Providence who are age 90 and over. Sisters at the Woods gathered socially distanced in three locations. Sister guests and sisters from afar joined virtually. The theme of the party was “Butterflies.” Find photos of the days celebration with our 35 celebrants here. Below is the prayer for the day as well as some poems about butterflies...
‘Everything in us seemed to change except charity, which united us to God’
...the longevity of the Sisters of Providence that makes this such an interesting change. There is this long-held belief that as we age we become rigid. We are less open to new ideas and change. Age settles us into a place of consistency that we seldom want to stretch outside of. The Sisters of Providence have been pushing the boundaries of this belief for almost 200 years. In the past, the progressiveness of the Sisters may have been accounted for...
Sisters eating local food
...Mark Trela, during the winter so the most useful vegetables can be grown for the kitchens the following year. In 2007, a total of 4,978 pounds of fresh, local produce was served in the two Sisters of Providence dining rooms and in the Sisters of Providence Health Care Services. “The sisters love it. They break beans. They shuck corn,” Deborah said. “In the fall we make spaghetti sauce from the tomatoes and freeze it for the winter.” What doesn’t come...
Visiting the birth place of Mother Marie Gratia Luking
Several Missionary Sisters of Providence in Taiwan, in addition to Sister Jenny Howard (middle) at the burial site of the parents of Mother Marie Gratia Luking, the foundress of the Missionary Sisters of Providence in Taiwan. October has been quite a busy month for the Sisters of Providence of Saint Mary-of-the-Woods. The month featured Saint Mother Theodore’s birthday (Oct. 2), Feast Day (Oct. 3), eighth anniversary of her canonization (Oct. 15), Foundation Day (Oct. 22) and the official opening of...
Shared roots: bonds that unite beyond culture, time and place
...Sisters of Providence. The statue is an exact replica of the Mother Theodore statue at our Saint Mary-of-the-Woods. This generous benefactor wished to acknowledge the gift the Sisters of Ruillé had given to so many by sending Mother Theodore to Indiana. The day of the statue’s arrival at Ruillé was a day of great happiness. The French sisters love Mother Theodore and refer to her as notre soeur, our sister. The statue was placed so that Mother Theodore gazes at...
We need their love for God: sisters influence former student’s lifework
Fourth graders at St. Paul School in Valparaiso, Indiana, shown here with their teacher Kathy (Finley) Olson, back center, were just one of the many classes to create cards and send donations to the Sisters of Providence. “I don’t think I would be the woman I am today if I hadn’t had the experience I did with the Sisters of Providence at Saint Mary-of-the-Woods College.” Kathy (Finley) Olson teaches fourth grade at St. Paul School in Valparaiso, Indiana. She graduated...