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Reitz Memorial Catholic High School, Evansville, Indiana
...for by donations from several parishes. Five of the sisters moved in to the convent in February 1939. After additions were made to the house, all the sisters were established there by Nov. 8, 1939. In February 1968, ground was broken for a new convent. The sisters moved in during Holy Week in 1969. By 1979, only a few of the sisters at the convent were teaching at Reitz Memorial, and in February 1988, Rev. Ray Kuper, the superintendent of...
Providence High School, Chicago
...Chicago, reunion took place on October 26, 2019. This was the school’s final reunion. Read about the final reunion here. And below, read a letter General Superior Sister Dawn Tomaszewski offered to alumnae of the school. Sister Dawn with Janet Trzaskas (left) and Lorraine Niski Trzaskas (right). Janet went to Mother Theodore Guerin High School and Lorraine graduated from Providence High School in 1944. She traveled from California to attend the reunion. Read the story looking back on Providence High...
Immaculata, Washington, D.C.
...fellow students, many of whom are still my friends. Recently we celebrated Penne Poole’s 80th birthday in her always superior style. Virginia Nunez Flavin, Ginny Smith, Cathy Castiglia, and Sally Madden Pilkerton were there but Joan Fay Carona and others could not make it. Recently, I connected with Janine Renaud Burns as well. Everyone is so healthy, vigorous and fun. I am now retired in Rehoboth Beach and still a practicing historian and writer. By chance, I work with another,...
Sister Denise Wilkinson
...was very weighty,” Sister Denise said. “Mother Theodore was so present to me for those months (surrounding the canonization). I think I developed a new relationship with her. I guess I would say she became my mentor. I talked to her a lot. I thought about her a lot,” she said. The role of general superior is not something Sister Denise ever expected or sought. [Being general superior] has called me way beyond where I would like to go sometimes....
Sister Denise Wilkinson: A Reflection
Sister Denise Wilkinson (front) with Sister Nancy Reynolds (back, from left) Sister Paula Damiano, Sister Marsha Speth and Sister Jane Marie Osterholt (RIP) in a photo from 2011 when the General Council got locked in a room inside Owens Hall. For 15 years, Sister Denise Wilkinson has served the Congregation of the Sisters of Providence as vicar/councilor (2001-2006) and as general superior (2006-2016). Sister Denise will complete her second term as general superior with the installation of recently elected officers...
Celebrate 2016 with the SPs!
View a Christmas video message from General Superior Sister Dawn Tomaszewski, SP, where she expresses the Congregation’s gratitude for the many blessings it has had in 2016. She also assures people of the Congregation’s prayers for peace and non-violence this holiday season. Christmas 2016 letter (also downloadable as a PDF) What a wonderful year this has been for our Providence family! As I write, I pause to count my blessings as a Sister of Providence. I especially include the many...
Prayerful reflections from the Gathering in Solidarity event
...will do more than live – I will grow. I will do more than be friendly – I will be a friend. I will do more than talk – I will listen. I will do more. All are welcome! From left: Postulant Emily TeKolste and Sisters Tracey Horan, Dawn Tomaszewski, general superior, Joni Luna (kneeling), Rita Clare Gerardot, Ann Casper (as Mother Theodore), Nancy Nolan, former general superior and Jan Craven. As a next step, General Superior Sister Dawn Tomaszewski...
Historical Recognition
...Dawn said. Mother Mary Cleophas was chosen as General Superior in 1890, a position she maintained for six terms (36 years). Mother Mary Cleophas left the office of General Superior in 1926 and passed away in 1928. Our records in the Archives Department state that “an extensive building program took place,” under the leadership of Mother Mary Cleophas. In 1886, for example, building of the Church of the Immaculate Conception took place. The church was completed in 1907. Also, The...
Sisters of Providence celebrate Senior Jubilees
...Meyers and General Councilor Sister Mary Beth Klingel. (Back) General Councilor Sister Lisa Stallings, Sister Arlene Knarzer, General Councilor Sister Jenny Howard, Sisters Mary Catherine Keene and Susanne Gallagher, General Superior Sister Dawn Tomaszewski, Sister Elizabeth Smigla and Sister Sharon Richards. Sister Susanne Gallagher is a native of Chicago. Currently, she ministers as the Assistant Director for the Archdiocesan Special Religious Development Agency in Chicago. Sister Susanne, formerly Sister James, entered the Congregation on July 22, 1957, from St. Mary’s,...
Elegance on display: Saint Mary-of-the-Woods added to National Register of Historic Places
Western Regional Office for Indiana Landmarks representative Tommy Kleckner (left) with SP General Superior Sister Dawn Tomaszewski and Saint Mary-of-the-Woods College President Dr. Dottie King. When Tommy Kleckner stepped foot on the hallowed grounds of Saint Mary-of-the-Woods, he couldn’t believe his eyes. Tommy had just started working in the Western Regional Office for Indiana Landmarks. His then-superior took him to Saint Mary-of-the-Woods to take a look at the architecture. The classical and renaissance styles, the Beaux-Arts designs of the buildings,...
Sisters of Providence remember Archbishop Emeritus Daniel M. Buechlein
...Archbishop Buechlein served Indianapolis until Pope Benedict XVI accepted his resignation in Sept. 2011, due to illness. General Superior Sister Dawn Tomaszewski said, “The Sisters of Providence have always had a special affinity for Archbishop Buechlein because he was educated by our sisters at St. Joseph School in Jasper. In fact, when he first visited Saint Mary-of-the-Woods after being installed as archbishop, then General Superior Sister Nancy Nolan introduced him to the community as ‘one of our boys from Jasper.’...
Against All Odds: Focus on Sister Winifred Patrice O’Donovan, SP
...but where, I did not know.” A confessor at the African Missionary Seminary there in County Cork suggested “… a community in Indiana that was well founded.” She continues, “I had never heard of Indiana, but there I will go wherever it is, some part of India probably.” Inquiring at the Presentation Convent, the Superior told her that Indiana was in America. The Superior, having a relative who was a Sister of Mercy in America, gave Sister Winifred Patrice a...