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Sister Barbara Zeller
...young women entering each year. There were about 150 of us who were postulants, or canonical novices or scholastic novices. We were on the cusp of the Second Vatican Council. Many of the senior sisters were very upset with the stuff the young nuns were doing,” Sister Barbara recalled. “I was audacious enough to go to Mother Mary Pius [Regnier] (general superior, RIP) to say, ‘I really think you need to do something with the senior sisters. I would like...
Sister Ann Sullivan
...strong commitment to preserve and strengthen the natural environment. With a background in farming where crops were grown organically, the desire for a cleaner, healthier environment was appealing to Sister Ann. After conversations with her General Superior, housemate and cousin, Sister Nancy Nolan, she prepared “a little, one-page proposal that went to one of the Chapter’s committees,” suggesting ideas for the Congregation to implement as it strengthened its commitment to a healthier environment. An eco-justice committee was established, a plan...
Sister Susan Paweski
...countries in Africa during a civil war!) I returned to the United States and worked for an insurance company. Though I was the supervisor of the underwriting department, I could not envision staying one more minute than I had to, so I enrolled in Mundelein College’s new Weekend College program. I leapt at the chance of earning bachelor’s degree in English/Communications while working. I was hungry to learn, and the adult learning model was more than I could have expected....
Tribute to Sister Athanasius
...May 15, 1834. Entered Community November 7, 1855. Took Vows August 15, 1859. Died April 11, 1900. Of an ardent, vigorous turn of mind, this dear Sister brought into every action of her daily life a generous self-application which proved her purity of intention. During the first 26 years of her religious life, she was variously employed, first as a teacher of primary grades, then as Directress of the Military Hospital in Indianapolis. … Next as Superior of St. John’s...
Tribute to sisters in Vincennes
Two Sisters of Providence took charge of the emergency hospital in Vincennes, Ind. From time to time, The Vincennes Weekly Sun ran articles on the emergency hospital in that city. Much of the praise for this medical facility was directed toward Sisters St. Felix Buchanan and Sophie Glenn and Dr. Baty, who was head of the hospital. From the July 4, 1862, issue: Article headline: Vincennes Military Hospital “This institution, under the superintendence of Dr. Baty, is a model of...
Sister Agnese Boddington
...at St. Joan of Arc, Indianapolis. Her other Indiana classrooms included St. Anthony, St. Agnes and St. Jude, Indianapolis; St. Jude, Fort Wayne; and Sacred Heart and St. Patrick, Terre Haute. She also ministered at St. Andrew and Our Lady of Sorrows, Chicago, and Dunblane, Washington, D.C. “In 1966, Sister Agnese came to Saint Mary-of-the-Woods College to teach in the Education Department where her creative skills were shared with students. Later, she served as supervisor of the mailroom and duplicating...
Sister Ellen Marie Stafford
...superiors never guaranteed a variety of geographic locations when ministry assignments were made; nevertheless I did feel some regret that Sister Ellen Marie did not enjoy the advantages of differing locations and cultures. On second thought, however, I found this lack of minor importance. By virtue of her baptism and by religious vows Sister Ellen Marie was a citizen and a member of God’s household, no matter where her location. Sharing in God’s own mission, she was part of the...
Sisters of Providence Litany of Nonviolence
Lea en Español 普通话 Provident God, aware of our own brokenness, we ask the gift of courage to identify how and where we are in need of conversion in order to live in solidarity with Earth and all creation. Deliver us from the violence of superiority and disdain. Grant us the desire, and the humility, to listen with special care to those whose experiences and attitudes are different from our own. Deliver us from the violence of greed and privilege....
Hermanas de la Providencia Letanía de No-violencia
Read in English 普通话 Dios de la Providencia, consciente de mi debilidad, pido el don de la valentía para poder identificar cómo y dónde convertirme a fin de vivir en solidaridad con la tierra y con toda la creación. Líbrame de la violencia de superioridad y desprecio. Concédeme el deseo, y la humildad, para escuchar con esmero especial a aquellos cuyas experiencias y actitudes son diferentes de las mías. Líbrame de la violencia de la codicia y el privilegio. Concédeme...
Prayer for Dismantling Racism
Written by the Pax Christi Anti-Racism Team. Dear God, in our efforts to dismantle racism, we understand that we struggle not merely against flesh and blood but against powers and principalities – those institutions and systems that keep racism alive by perpetuating the lie that some members of the family are inferior and others superior. Create in us a new mind and heart that will enable us to see brothers and sisters in the faces of those divided by racial...
Prayer to the Providence of God
...leave your care. Though my faults are many, my misery great, my spiritual poverty extreme, my hope in you surpasses all. it is superior to my weakness, greater than my difficulties, stronger than death. Though temptations should assail me, I will hope in you; though I break my resolutions, I will look to you confidently for grace to keep them at last. though you should ask me to die, even then I will trust in you, for you are my...
Archives: Keeper of the Stories
...of the media coming to conduct research. Sister Mary shared that the preservation of history has been a task for sisters since Mother Theodore’s time — the saint herself acting as the first to preserve community history with her writing, done at the behest of her superior in Ruillé, France, to “take exact account of all, and note down during your journey whatever may be useful to guide those who join you in the new world.” Various sisters held long...