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Racism’s infection within American healthcare
Editor’s note: With the piece below, Terre Haute South Vigo Junior Charles McFarland won first place in a racial justice essay contest conducted by the Equal Justice Initiative based in Montgomery, Alabama, in partnership with the Facing Injustice Project, an initiative of the Greater Terre Haute Branch of the NAACP. Local NAACP member and Providence Associate Sandy Wickware received permission that we use Charles’ piece and submitted it for use on the Sisters of Providence blog. Thank you, Charles, for...
Stepping into justice: Sister Barbara Battista
In June, Sister Barbara Battista, the new social justice promoter for the Sisters of Providence, helps lead a “Keep families together” rally on the courthouse sidewalk in Terre Haute, Indiana. “There is urgency in what is going on nationally, in the church and in society. There is such a need for women religious, and for other persons of faith, to really be leaders in this work towards justice,” said Sister Barbara Battista, SP, the new social justice promoter for the...
Sister Marie Paul Haas
...I would say that she more than qualifies to be an institution, said Sister Ann Casper in her commentary for Sister Marie Paul Haas, who passed away on March 30, 2019. She was 91 years old and had been a Sister of Providence for 73 years. Sister Ann continued: Mary Mardelle Haas was born to Paul and Mary Mardelle Bouschey Haas on May 27, 1927, in Terre Haute, Indiana. She has one brother, Paul Jr., and three sisters, now deceased...
Sister Mary Jo Stewart (formerly Sister Joseph Maureen)
...had been a Sister of Providence for 74 years. Sister Mary Mark continued: Mary Johann Stewart was born in Terre Haute, Indiana, on Sept. 25, 1927. She attended St. Ann Grade School and high school at Providence Juniorate at Saint Mary-of-the-Woods. I have been friends with Mary Jo since I was six years old, so we have had an uninterrupted friendship for nearly 85 years. We attended St. Ann School together – a very small school with two grades in...
Welcome Providence Pax Terre!
The Sisters of Providence of Saint Mary-of-the-Woods, Indiana, are happy to announce the birth of the newest member of our alpaca herd at the White Violet Center for Eco-Justice. Providence Pax Terre was born on Tuesday, June 6, to Providence Ruth at approximately 1:30 p.m. This is the second cria (baby alpaca) for Ruth who is also the mother to Providence Bella, born in the fall of 2021. The name Pax Terre, which means peace and Earth in Latin, was...
Meet Providence Pax Terre!
A new cria (baby alpaca) was born June 6 at the White Violet Center for Eco-Justice Farm at Saint Mary-of-the-Woods. Providence Pax Terre, which means peace and Earth in Latin, is doing well and working to gain weight despite being born with a “lazy” tongue. Pax’s mother is Providence Ruth and his father Providence Stardust. Enjoy these photographs and welcome Providence Pax Terre! Learn more about him here....
Leadership Team shares LCWR Statement and Congregation commitment
...the daily acts of hate and discrimination, diminishes us all. It denies that most profound truth, that all of us are created in God’s image and each of us is entitled to lives of dignity and respect. Sister Barbara Battista joins her voice in speaking out against inequality at the Terre Haute Haute march for commUNITY in June 2021. As women religious in a predominantly white organization, we recognize how we have been privileged. We lament our silence in the...
Sister Mary Stella Morrissey
...the Congregation July 22, 1949. She professed first and perpetual vows Jan. 23, 1952, and 1957, respectively. She earned a bachelor’s degree in education from Saint Mary-of-the-Woods College and a LPN from Indiana Vocational Technical College in Terre Haute, Ind. For nearly two decades, Sister Mary Stella taught school, beginning in 1952 at St. Genevieve, Chicago. She also ministered two years at St. Francis Borgia, Chicago. From 1955 to 1956, Sister Mary Stella taught at Holy Redeemer, College Park, Md....
Sister Clelia Cecchetti (formerly Sister Rosina)
...took place from 2:30-4:30 p.m., on Thursday, February 8. Mass of Christian Burial was on Friday, February 9, at 11 a.m. Memorial contributions may be made in honor of Sister Clelia to the Sisters of Providence of Saint Mary-of-the-Woods. We welcome you to share your memories of Sister Clelia in the comment section below. Sister Clelia Cecchetti (formerly Sister Rosina) Complete Ministry In Indiana: Teacher, Sacred Heart and St. Ann, Terre Haute (1963-66); Teacher, St. Joseph, Indianapolis, and St. Ann and...
Sister Madeline Therese McCann
...5, 1963. Requiem Mass was offered in Corpus Christi Church on April 22, and the remains were then brought by the Pierre Undertaking establishment to Saint Mary-of-the-Woods, where the funeral services took place on Tuesday morning, April 23. Reverend John O’Connor of Evansville, and Reverend Paul Sweeney, Chaplain at Saint Mary-of-the-Woods, concelebrated at the Mass and conducted the burial service. This is her complete ministry: In Indiana: Teacher, St. Ignatius, Lafayette (1933-36); Teacher, St. Margaret Mary, Terre Haute (1942-43); Teacher,...
Teen finds happiness in volunteering with the Sisters of Providence
Madeleine and her brother volunteer at the Saint Mary-of-the-Woods Earth Day Festival bringing Sister Kathleen Dede out to enjoy the festivities. My name is Madeleine Barroso-Gutierrez and I am a seventh-grader at Saint Patrick School in Terre Haute, Indiana. This past year that I have been volunteering with the Sisters of Providence has been the happiest year of my life. In the 2023 awards ceremony for the teen volunteer ministry, I earned a plaque with a very meaningful quote by...
Sister Deidre Clements
...and St. Leo, Chicago. In Indiana, she ministered at St. John the Baptist, Whiting; St. Joan of Arc and Holy Cross, Indianapolis; St. John Grade School and St. John High School, Loogootee; Our Lady of Providence High School, Clarksville; Central Catholic High School, Fort Wayne; Schulte High School, Terre Haute; and Rivet High School, Vincennes. She spent two years at St. Ann, Washington, D.C. “Because she was fluent in French, Sister Deidre spent time in France, teaching the Sisters of...