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Music, nature, environmental justice all part of young Providence Associate’s call
...White Violet Center for Eco-Justice. I stated that my schedule did not allow me to join a third order, and she shared about the Providence Associate relationship option. I was familiar with the area as I had family members who had attended Saint Mary-of-the-Woods College and Indiana State University. I decided to go check it out. The Woods Visiting “the Woods” was a wonderful experience. My walk was visually filled with the farm, church and chapel, ancient trees and the...
Oral history: Sister Patricia Geis, a life of adventures and little ones
...Marie. Following first profession of vows on Jan. 23, 1955, her assigned ministry was Immaculate Conception School in Norwood Park, Chicago, where she was a first-grade teacher. She arrived there the next day. She was 20 years old and still working on her teaching degree, which she would work on every summer until it was completed. There were 65 students in that first-grade classroom. Her only prior experience in the classroom had been student teaching at the small St. Mary’s...
A reflection for Reception into the Novitiate
...definitely different soil for you. But your request to be received into the novitiate of the Sisters of Providence speaks of your desire to sink your roots with this Providence Community. Trustfully, the canonical novitiate will afford you the time to ponder the longings of your own heart as you seek to recognize, as the reading from Proverbs suggested, just what a Provident God has in mind for you. Where is Providence luring you? Where will God’s steps take you?...
Sisters of Providence, Our Lady of Victory Missionary Sisters enter covenant relationship
...in leadership roles to operate independently in the future. Sister Jenny Howard (left) and General Superior Sister Dawn Tomaszewski during the transfer of leadership ritual in the Archbishop Noll Memorial Chapel on August 28. During the August 28 ceremony, Sister Jenny Howard, SP, was installed as the congregation leader for the Our Lady of Victory Missionary Sisters, who are located in the Diocese of Fort Wayne-South Bend. “We promise to provide the safe and sure support needed by the Our...
Archives: telling our story of living the Gospel
...it is described in the song noted above: “We are called to heal the broken, to be hope for the poor./ We are called to feed the hungry at our door.” Above, the first official Sister of Providence Archivist, Sister Ann Kathleen Brawley, left, with Sister Eileen Ann Kelley who succeeded her as Congregation Archivist in 1991. After the construction of Providence Convent in 1890, important documents were kept in a three-story vault. The general secretary maintained the records, although...
Oral history: The little things with Sister Lois Ann Stoiber
...dying! She was there only a few days. “I realized I belonged on mission and not at home.” And those missions occurred in Indiana and Illinois. Sister Lois Ann Stoiber has a bachelor’s degree in education from Saint Mary-of-the-Woods College and a master’s degree in elementary education and reading from Illinois State University. Sister Lois Ann Stoiber See a complete list of Sister Lois Ann’s ministries here. We discussed whether she wanted to be a teacher. “I taught first or...
Sister Rosemary Borntrager (formerly Sister Rose Cecile)
...Fort Wayne (1953-56); Teacher, St. Patrick, Indianapolis (1956); Teacher, Our Lady of Greenwood, Greenwood (1956-57); Archivist Assistant, Saint Mary-of-the-Woods (1993-97); General Secretary, Saint Mary-of-the-Woods (1997-2006); Volunteer, Saint Mary-of-the-Woods (2007-2021); Prayer, Saint Mary-of-the-Woods (2021-2023). In Illinois: Teacher, St. Dennis, Lockport (1958-61); Teacher, Marywood, Evanston (1966-69); Teacher/Assistant Principal, Marywood, Evanston (1969-70); Assistant Superintendent/Teacher, Diocese of Jolie (1980-93). In Washington, D.C.: Teacher, St. Ann (1961-66). In Missouri: Teacher/Assistant Principal, John F. Kennedy High School, St. Louis (1971-73). In California: Principal, Marywood, Orange (1973-80)....
Sister Carolyn Bouchard’s woodshop: a place of creativity and prayer
...wood from a large oak tree at Saint Mary-of-the-Woods that has fallen during a storm. “People are used to seeing me like this,” she says as she balances wood branches on her amigo mobility scooter to bring back to her shop. “This piece could be used for flutes and whistles and rings,” she says. “This might even be good for a walking stick.” The possibilities delight her. “I’ve always been imaginative,” she says. Sister Carolyn did not expect woodworking to...
In the Footsteps of Saint Mother Theodore Guerin
...were the backdrop to the visit to the Carmel where St. Therese lived from 15 years of age to 24-years-old when she succumbed to tuberculosis. Our guide gave us a powerful reflection about St. Therese and her Little Way while we sat in awe of the mosaic walls and crypt in the Basilica of St. Therese. The brightly colored mosaic walls are in stark contrast to the stone abbeys and cathedrals we visited. And, finally, our days in Paris! Our...
Sister Celeste Tsai
...University. Those of us in the 1967 band felt so blessed to be together with women from the Midwest, the west coast, the south, the east coast and the very far east. We were quite the crowd and our Postulant Director, Sister Joyce Brophy, endured our attempts to learn a children’s song in Chinese … this crowd with our many and varied regional accents. Celeste was a patient, and yet, determined teacher. Celeste was also a good student, earning a...
For Sister Lucy Lechner, it’s the little things
Early in the morning, Sister Lucy Lechner, SP, (formely Sister Mary Louis) sits on the porch of Providence Hall at Saint Mary-of-the-Woods. She is soaking up all the sights and sounds of the rain, clouds, lightning and thunder as a summer storm rolls through. Nature is her peaceful place where she communes with God. She marvels at the little things and enjoys the aliveness, music and dancing of life outdoors at the Woods. Since she stepped foot on campus for...
Oral history: Sister Joann Quinkert the justice advocate
...to God.” She relayed that story with a chuckle, pondering what her aunt must have thought. Growing up A young Joann, third from left, with her three older siblings. Joann Marie Quinkert was born in New Albany, Indiana, during the Great Depression, at a time when one in four people nationwide were affected by unemployment. The early 1930s were some of the worst years of the Great Depression. Her father lost his machinist job. He took $50 and purchased an...