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Sister Kathleen Bernadette Smith: love of God strengthens love of others
...German priest who brought a busload of people to visit. As Kate and Sister Jeanette talked about the Sisters of Providence, Kate recounted her memories of the trip — visiting the grotto, the fountain, the Blessed Sacrament Chapel, Saint Anne’s Shell Chapel. Spirituality and music Still living out her love of God and music: Sister Kate plays the piano to record a prayer video in February. Kate found the “fit” she was looking for with the Sisters of Providence. She...
The Sisters of Providence go to St. Patrick School
...they learned a lot, especially about Mother Theodore, the Sisters of Providence and Saint Mary-of-the-Woods.” Overall, Sister Mary Ryan said the discussion was invigorating. “I have to say that being at St. Patrick School was a wonderful experience for me,” she said. Since Sister Joni began her St. Patrick School ministry this year, she said several Sisters of Providence have assisted or supported various school functions. Sister Janice Smith is escorted by a St. Patrick School student to her destination....
Ask a Sister: Spiritual help 5 cents
Volunteer Coordinator Sarah Knoblock and Sister Terri Boland share about the Sisters of Providence with a conference participant. The first week of January 2023 found me in St. Louis at the SEEK23 Conference. I traveled with our Sisters of Providence Vocation Director Sister Joni Luna, SP; Sister Theresa (Terri) Boland, SP, and Sarah Knoblock, the Sisters of Providence volunteer coordinator. While I had represented the Sisters of Providence in 2018 and 2019 at the annual Washington D. C. archdiocesan eighth...
Sisters of Providence presence expanding at the border
...smile, or tear or story that is shared. Tracey’s invitation to join her at the border came when I was being nudged by Providence to respond in some loving and concrete way to injustice in our world. Tracey’s invitation was God’s way of guiding me here.” Three Sisters of Providence. Each responding to the Divine invitation to “conceive new possibilities.” Three Sisters of Providence. Together in community creating a new day. Originally published in the winter 2023 issue of HOPE...
A Reflection for the 2025 Silver and Golden Jubilee
...We have sought to put our hearts and souls into following the mandate of our foundress that we heard in the second reading – that we do eminent good by sowing seeds for this generation and beyond. All five of us here today, as well as our two dearly departed band members, Sisters Sue Pietrus and Wendy Workman, have spent a significant time in ministry as Sisters of Providence as teachers. We have taught in Taiwan, in California, on the...
Sisters of Providence “employ” special education students
...didn’t want to miss this opportunity to celebrate these seniors: “What a perfect match — students and Sisters of Providence. Most of the sisters have spent many years of their lives in education and therefore with students of all ages,” Sister Denise said. “Maybe that’s why it has been such a pleasure to have West Vigo High School students Dustin, Jordan, Erika and Jessica ministering with us at Saint Mary-of-the-Woods this year. All of the Sisters of Providence extend our...
Sisters Ann Duong, Maité Rodriguez-Mora enter novitiate
On Sunday, August 24, the Church of the Immaculate Conception at Saint Mary-of-the-Woods, Indiana, was the place to be as the Sisters of Providence welcomed two new Sisters into the novitiate. Ann Duong and Maité Rodriguez-Mora were welcomed into the Sisters of Providence Canonical Novitiate Program during a special celebration. By doing so, both have now received the title of “Sister.” ‘I Feel at Peace’ Sister Maité Rodriguez-Mora (right) celebrating with Sister Judy Birgen. “I feel at peace as I...
Miracle Place is growing!
Miracle Place, in Indianapolis, is a ministry of the Sisters of Providence of Saint Mary-of-the-Woods, Ind. It just outgrew itself. That’s what Sisters Rita Ann Wade and Barbara McClelland have said. Recently, Miracle Place, a ministry of the Sisters of Providence based in Indianapolis, conducted an open house for its new building. Sister Rita Ann and Sister Barbara – the co-directors of the ministry – said the new building was necessary. “Miracle Place has outgrown itself,” they said. “At this...
Woods Core Class brings students, sisters together
...way to be involved and really make a difference. Thank you so much for attending our classes and sharing your experiences with us!” “The Sisters of Providence section of my WC 100 class was one of my favorite parts. When I entered this school, I had only known about Saint Mother Theodore Guerin, and I had a great desire to learn more about the Sisters of Providence, with whom I would share my campus over the next four years. During...
Remembering sisters’ loving response to the HIV/AIDS epidemic
...the Congregation into action by instituting an SP Prayer Partner program. Individual sisters at Saint Mary-of-the-Woods received the first name of a person with AIDS. “The Prayer Partner Program just grew,’ Sister Ann Michele said. “ When I visit the Woods, the sisters ask about what I am doing. I thought to myself that here, with the older sisters, was a vast untapped resource. The sisters are interested and their prayers are powerful. Not every sister can minister directly with...
Schoolmates, sisters and part of a leadership team
This photo, taken in 1975, shows Sister Jeanne Hagelskamp (front row, right), Sister Dawn Tomaszewski (middle, second from left), and Sister Lisa Stallings (back, second from right) as novices along with (front) Sister Sue Pietrus (RIP) (middle) Sister Kathy Scheewe, novice director Sister Rose Ann Eaton, Sister Mary Ann DeFazio and Sister Wendy Workman (RIP) (standing). The relationship runs long for four of the five sisters recently elected as the Sisters of Providence new leadership team. Sisters Dawn Tomaszewski, Jenny...
Moving forward, exuding happiness: Sister Grace Marie Meehan
Sister Grace Marie Meehan, center, applauds during the Jubilee celebration for her sisters in 2016 In the 1970’s one of the sisters implementing earth-shaking new procedures for the Sisters of Providence was Sister Grace Marie Meehan, SP. At that time the words “corporate reflection, “Cor Unum,” and “simple sharing” became an integral part of the Sisters of Providence vocabulary. Sister Grace Marie was described by those who selected members for the Cor Unum team as “one of the great ‘little...