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Conscience, Candidates and Discipleship in Voting – Part two
...background of abortion, climate change and the culture of exclusion, it is clear that the faith-filled voter who seeks to be guided by Catholic social teaching is confronted by compelling moral claims that cut across the partisan and cultural divides of our nation. The pathway from these crosscutting moral claims to decisions on particular candidates is not a direct and singular one in Catholic teaching, rooted in one issue. For this reason, the drive to label a single issue preeminent...
Sister Mary (Mary Agatha) Carlton
...unable, mentally challenged or learning impaired to take their place in society. Sister Mary not only scouted suitable jobs for them, but she also went along with them to the job, working side by side with them until they had mastered the skills needed,” continued Sister Mary Roger. “In what passes as retirement for a Sister of Providence, Sister Mary volunteered to work with Sister Pat Linehan to make Saint Ann Clinic in Terre Haute the reality it is today....
Providence in a year of pandemic
Here is a glimpse of what the Providence community has been up to in the last year. (Originally published in HOPE summer 2021) Sister Joni fills in caring for the alpacas over the 2020 Christmas holiday Sister Barbara Battista joins her voice in speaking out against inequality at the Terre Haute Haute march for commUNITY in June. Sisters living in the formation house, from left, Sisters Marsha Speth, Jessica Vitente, Nancy Bartasavich and Janice Smith, show off the masks they...
Sister Joan (Ruth Cecile) Klega
...the winter solstice, when our dear sister and friend Sister Joan made the most courageous passage of her life, the passage to Love in its purest form, a rebirth, the passage to our provident God. She waited for the longest night of the year to leave us,” said Sister Jan Craven in her commentary for Sister Joan Klega, who died Dec. 21. Born Aug. 2, 1931, in Terre Haute, Ind., Joan Klega was one of three children of Harry and...
Celebrating our Volunteers!
...so I sold my house and came to Terre Haute. I was a Sister of Providence for 17 years.” She started visiting the Woods again in December of 2019 and immediately began volunteering, helping sisters by driving them to appointments and to the Indianapolis International Airport, among other things. But when COVID-19 reared its ugly head, Judy wasn’t sure what she could do to help. Then, while visiting the Woods as the Congregation was in lockdown, she realized what she...
Sisters celebrate 25-, 50-year Jubilarians
...photographed with the remaining members of the General Council, including Sister Laura Parker (front, far left), Sister Carole Kimes (front, far right) and Sister Anne Therese Falkenstein (back, far left). Here are the complete ministries of all five of these Sisters of Providence: Sister Janice Smith was born in Baltimore, Maryland. Currently, she ministers as a spiritual guide at the United States Penitentiary in Terre Haute. Sister Janice entered the Congregation on September 14, 2000, from Solano, Rancho Santa Margarita...
University of Scranton: Week of service 2019
...an important aspect of our ministry. Ann Testa, farm projects assistant, helps the students in the garden. It’s always a good time for a group selfie! Providence Food Pantry coordinator, Sister Joseph Fillenwarth, SP, gives students instructions for the day. Sister Patricia Fillenwarth, SP and University of Scranton student, Shannon Rattigan work together at the Food Pantry in West Terre Haute. In addition to working at White Violet Center for Eco-Justice, students volunteered in West Terre Haute at The Helping...
In her own words — Sister Betty Hopf
Note: Sister Betty Hopf has been chaplain at the Hux Cancer Center in Terre Haute, Ind. She writes in her Faith Experience, what she has gained from the experience so far. Sister Betty is featured in the fall 2011 issue of HOPE. Sister Betty Hopf stands next to the “Light of Hope and Healing” sculpture in the lobby of the Hux Cancer Center in Terre Haute, Ind. FAITH EXPERIENCE By Sister Betty Hopf I had mixed emotions when I was...
Some Memories Never Fade: On the execution of Juan Garza in 2001
Note: Three executions were scheduled between July 13-17, 2020, and one in August at the U.S. Federal Penitentiary in Terre Haute, Indiana. This penitentiary is 10 miles from the Motherhouse of the Sisters of Providence. The Sisters of Providence oppose the death penalty. Eight days after the June 11, 2001, execution of Timothy McVeigh, on June 19, two days after Father’s Day, Juan Garza from Brownsville, Texas, met the same fate at the U.S. Federal Penitentiary in Terre Haute. (From...
Jeremy Hackerd’s comments
Jeremy Hackerd of the Indiana Historical Bureau speaks about Saint Mother Theodore Guerin. Pictured with him are Rod Henry (far right), president of the Terre Haute Chamber of Commerce, and Dave Patterson, executive director of the Terre Haute Convention & Visitors Bureau. On the occasion of the installment of the Saint Theodore Guerin state historical marker at Saint Mary-of-the-Woods. On behalf of the Indiana Historical Bureau, I am honored to be here today for the dedication of the “SAINT THEODORA...
Our Providence Community 2025-26 Laudato Si Action Platform Plan
...community to reduce her/his carbon footprints. We have posted a billboard in Terre Haute advocating for ecological justice for Earth. It is rather impressive that since its beginning in 2017, the Climate Crisis Task Force has met faithfully each month. Responding to the Cry of the Poor Current and Past Actions: Our connections and work with NETWORK since its inception and more recent engagement with NETWORK allow us to do advocacy at a national level. Many members of the Providence...
Sister Winifred Mary Sullivan
...she was 94 years old and had been a Sister of Providence for 76 years, said Sister Janet Gilligan in her commentary for Sister Winifred Mary Sullivan, who passed away at Saint Mary-of-the-Woods, Indiana, on Friday, December 3, 2021. Sister Winifred Mary Sullivan Sister Janet continued: Winifred Sullivan was born in Terre Haute, Indiana, on October 15, 1927, to Mary Mann Sullivan and John Sullivan. She had seven older brothers and four younger sisters. Her father was a foreman on...