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Bittersweet news from Educational/Family Services
...area college students volunteered their time. Sister Jean Arkenberg (RIP) helps a little girl with her reading at EFS in 2006. See a slideshow below for more photos from EFS through the years. And the time given was well invested. Lives changed. Adults learned to read their mail for the first time. Others passed their GED, opening opportunities to them. Still others learned to read well enough to pass their driver’s license test for the first time. Struggling children found...
Providence Associates Saint Mother Theodore Guerin retreat 2014
...Wolff and Donna Kehoe have a good time catching up with each other during the retreat. A walk through the woods is where this retreatant spends her spiritual reflective time. Retreatant Millie Brady spends her quiet reflection time in front of the Eucharist in Owens Chapel. Associate Kathleen Morris gets comfy and spends some time in meditative prayer during individual reflection time. Associate Marilyn Neuman finds a comfortable place to pray during an individual reflection time. Archivist Sister Marianne Mader...
A Reflection for the 2025 Senior Jubilee
...people whose lives you have touched while in service to the mission of Providence. Another commonality among these jubilarians is that they all began their time in mission as grade school teachers. Before long, many of you were branching out into other forms of education. Eight of you became high school teachers. Sister Mary Ann Stewart started her high school career at Cathedral in Indianapolis in 1980 and has been a mainstay there ever since. Sister Jean Fuqua (center)...
A Reflection on the Feast Day of Saint Mother Theodore Guerin
...in the area made the Congregation very susceptible to harm. We have the evidence of two fires to prove that. And beyond anti-Catholic sentiment, what was it like to be a woman in the 1840s in Indiana and try to conduct business with the men of that time? And let’s not forget the illnesses of epidemic proportion that endangered all who lived during those pioneer times. Recall Mother Theodore’s letter in 1849 to the Sisters in Madison: “My very dear...
Sister Bernice Kuper (formerly Sister Ann Bernice)
...of God, her trust in following the Word of God revealed to her in people, sacrament, scripture, reading, and her times of deep and contemplative prayer, said Sister Denise Wilkinson in her commentary for Sister Bernice Kuper who died Nov. 26, 2013 at age 91. Bernice did indeed “ponder” the motions and words of Providence from whomever or wherever they came to her. Like Mary, she allowed the Word of God to root itself in her. Like Mary, she allowed...
Virtual circles offer real relationship
...the Providence Circles is deepening the relationship among the associates and the sisters. The ripple effect of these relationships will help further the mission of the Sisters of Providence,” she said. Another benefit is offering a time for associates to share their joy and happiness with one another. “It is a time for them to find a safe place where they can express their personal concerns, their struggles and truly a time to learn to pray in a way they...
Neighbors and nonviolence: a call to reflection
...on, have been surrounded by such blessings? Spend some time considering what might make you feel superior or hold others in disdain. Have you ever looked down on persons of a different race or a different religion? On someone from another country? Someone who views the world differently than you do? Could anything be violent about that? How do your thoughts influence your actions? Do you think violence starts in our thoughts? Can you recall a time when your thoughts...
Sisters companion, advocate for immigrants
...step toward reuniting families because the new citizen, after five years of legal residency, can bring in their parents. The time for reuniting with children is cut in half, and they can petition for siblings to join them. I say, ‘Every time you help one person – you may actually be helping up to 12 or more.’” Planning to continue as a volunteer for the foreseeable future, Sister Marikay says, “I am very grateful for the encouragement I have received...
Our immigrant saint: Saint Mother Theodore Guerin moment
...of affirmation in writing … to be recorded that he is a resident of the state,” and that “he would become a citizen … as soon as he can become naturalized” before becoming eligible to hold land. This act was repealed Jan. 13, 1846, requiring from that time forward mere residence in the United States in order to own land. True to form, Mother Theodore did not waste time. The Articles of Incorporation for the Sisters of Providence are dated...
Former teacher influences a career in environmental law
(Note: An excerpt from this reflection and others by former students of Sister Helen Vinton, formerly Sister Helen Jean, at the former Ladywood School in Indianapolis were included in the recently published Spring 2015 edition of HOPE magazine. Read the full issue of HOPE here, including an article on Sister Helen’s current environmental ministry in Louisiana. See how your support of the Sisters of Providence allow us to make a difference through cherishing creation.) Sister Helen Vinton from her time...
Baking with Sister Ann Kevin O’Connor
...novice replied with a smile. “We’re altering the recipe based on your experience,” Sister Tracey says to Sister Ann Kevin. “Yes. So if it’s bad it’s my fault,” Sister Ann Kevin jokes. Baking and spending time together Sister Tracey had been visiting with Sister Ann Kevin quite regularly last year when she realized stories about baking kept bubbling up. “So I thought it would be a cool way to spend time together, and I’m not exactly an expert baker,” Sister...
Disrupting apathy and injustice: Sister Tracey Horan and World Meeting of Popular Movements
...to be firmly rooted in why we’re here and our personal realities.” Sister Tracey makes relationship-building a priority in her daily ministry, spending about half of her time in one-on-one meetings. “In the world of relational organizing,” she said, “encounter is where it all begins. So every time we have a training, every time I do house visits or meet with a small group, it always starts with the Why? Why are we here? I think that’s something that’s really...