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Reflections from our Golden Jubilees
Sisters who celebrated 50-year and 25-year Jubilees recently included (front row, from left) Sister Carole Ann Fedders, Sister Loretta Picucci, Sister Connie Kramer, (second row) General Councilor Sister Mary Beth Klingel, Sister Joan Slobig, Sister Marsha Speth, Sister Rosemary Nudd, (third row) Sister Ann Sullivan, Sister Mary Ryan (25-year Jubilee), Sister Barbara Reder and Sister Mary Mundy. They were joined during the celebration by Sisters of Providence General Councilors (back row) Sister Dawn Tomaszewski, General Superior Sister Denise Wilkinson, Sister...
Sister Joseph Clare McCarthy
...of you in this church were her good friends, too, and for many more years than I. Many of you were on mission with her. She was superior for some of you. She told me herself and I’ve heard it from others, she would allow the sisters to do un-sisterly like activities, like drink beer. Always with the admonishment, ‘just don’t tell.’ When telling me of these times, she’d always add, ‘we had so much fun,’” said Sister Mary. Josephine...
Sister Charlotte Bruck
...was one of best calligraphers in the Community.” “I was a classmate of Sister Charlotte in high school, but our paths did not cross often in the Community. However, some years ago she entrusted to me a letter from Sister Mary Pius Regnier [general superior from 1966-1976]. She instructed me: ‘This is the best ‘eulogy’ I could have; so I want you to see that it’s part of the vesper commentary,’” shared Sister Alexa. “Sister Mary Pius wrote birthday greetings...
Sister Gertrude Eileen Getrey
Sister Gertrude Eileen Getrey “Happy those who discover Wisdom, those who gain discernment.” (Proverbs 3:13) “Sister Gertrude Eileen Getrey died last Saturday at the age of 102, the oldest sister in community. During her lifetime, there were 18 presidents of the United States, from President Theodore Roosevelt to President Barack Obama; 10 popes, from Pope Leo XIII to Pope Benedict XVI; and 11 general superiors of the Sisters of Providence, from Mother Mary Cleophas Foley to Sister Denise Wilkinson. That...
Sister Margaret Ann (Marie Nicholas) McNamara
...other educational ministries as either a teacher or principal included St. Jude, Fort Wayne, Ind.; Sacred Heart, Whiting, Ind.; St. Joseph, Lockport, Ill.; and St. Agnes, Chicago. She also served as superior in Whiting and Lockport (St. Dennis). “One of the questions of renewal of religious life in the early 1970s was to examine how a religious might live the charism of a congregation in the midst of the secular world. Sister Margaret Ann was one of the first sisters...
Sister Rita Ann Roethele
...office in Foley Hall, became a delight to the eye. And many a corner in that building was brightened by the colorful addition of pictures or fresh curtains. Her artistic talent extended also to exquisite sewing and quilting. Eventually she planned Roethele Studio in a wing of the deteriorating stables and supervised the renovation. The studio became a veritable treasure house of restored antiques and other furniture from Foley Hall and elsewhere.” Sister Rita Ann also ministered as the director...
New Year’s 2012
...and parcel of the holiday. May Earth and all people know peace — that gift of Emmanuel that has proven so elusive over the centuries since the birth of Jesus. Let us be partners in the pursuit of peace for all people; let us be partners in ringing in the kin-dom of God. Happy New Year! Happy 2012! Know you are in the prayer of the Sisters of Providence and especially in the prayer of Sister Denise Wilkinson General Superior...
Jean Lynch: her own spirituality has been deepened
Praying in communion with the sisters has deepened Jean Lynch's own spirituality. Jean Lynch is a Providence Associate from Sarasota, Fla. She attended Salve Regina University in Newport, R.I., where she earned a bachelor’s degree in nursing. She now ministers as the director of the preschool at St. Patrick Parish in Sarasota. Jean’s companion was Sister Cathy Buster. 1.) Share a little about yourself. I worked for several years in Rhode Island as a staff nurse, nursing instructor, nursing supervisor...
Angels of mercy: Civil War service of the sisters
...knew who could whip the hospital into shape in a timely manner — the Sisters of Providence. Less than a month after Fort Sumter, Gov. Morton, through Monsignor Bessonies, asked the Congregation for assistance. Mother Mary Cecilia Bailly, general superior upon the death of Saint Mother Theodore Guerin in 1856 and serving until 1868, penned in the Community Diary on May 15, 1861: “I go to Indianapolis to see about the offer we have to take care of the soldiers...
2011 Rite of Commitment
...and Renewal in the Church of the Immaculate Conception. Feeling more like spring than autumn, the day began for the candidates with a short rehearsal in the church followed by lunch. Candidates and their companions then gathered in the auditorium in Owens Hall for prayer before walking to the church for the Eucharistic Liturgy. Mass included a reflection by General Superior Sister Denise Wilkinson followed by the Rite of Commitment. Nearly 40 Providence Associates participated in the Renewal of Commitment....
Sister Delia (Margaret Cecile) Leonard
...at recreation. This leadership was recognized by the Congregation as she was named superior and principal at several of her missions,” said Sister Mary Ann. Sister Delia commenced teaching in 1952 at St. John the Baptist, Newburgh, Ind. Her other Indiana ministries included St. Mary, Richmond; and St. Joan of Arc, St. Simon and All Saints, Indianapolis. In Indianapolis, she ministered for one year at St. Anthony Parish as the rectory secretary and a tutor. Sister Delia spent several years...
Sister Rose Marie (Anthony Marie) Thole
...and area assistant, holistic health care for St. Elisabeth Convent, Van Nuys, Calif. Sister Rose Marie returned to the Woods in 1994 and served in a variety of supervisory positions with Health Care, including assistant director of nursing. “Evidence of her dedication to helping others was her decision to help her nephew who was in need. Quietly, without fanfare, she offered him one of her kidneys. As a health-care professional, she would have known the seriousness of such a procedure....