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Oral history: Sister Patricia Geis, a life of adventures and little ones
...which Patty replied, “I’m not entering your community. I’m entering Sisters of Providence.” Sister Patty works with a child in 1984. “Put yourself gently into the hands of Providence.” Saint Mother Theodore Guerin Entering religious life “It’s something, to know what you want to do when you’re 17.” It was time. In her heart Patricia Jane Geis knew it was time to enter a religious community. Patty’s beloved Uncle Stanley drove her to Saint Mary-of-the-Woods on July 21, 1952. Her...
Sister Anita Bechert
...same time as Anita, but, try as they could to get together at some point in their travels, they kept missing each other. Than one day, Anita walked into the Holy Sepulcher and there was Mary! Since that surprise encounter, every time they saw each other, Mary would say “Remember meeting in the Sepulcher” and Anita would break into a delighted smile. In 1992, Sister Anita came to Saint Mary-of-the-Woods to serve as the Director of the Office of Records....
Happy Chinese New Year – the Year of the Dog
...is a nice tradition. Staying up until the beginning of the New Year allows for family to spend time together, and it also allows time to ask God to bless our parents and grandparents with good health and longevity. People pray in the temples during the Chinese New Year celebration. On New Year’s Day, people get up early to go to temples to pray and ask for God’s blessings for their children. Christians go to church on New Year’s Day,...
Sister Andre Panepinto
...with the top down. We loved our rides in Chicago in the summer time! Driving down State Street, seeing all the lights and people simply enjoying themselves. Those were fun times. Tom would hear Genny and I talking about the Woods frequently. He would ask, “What’s this Woods you two are always talking about?” So we explained it to him and that is where Genny would go in September – she would be entering the convent. He was rather intrigued...
Sister Beth Wright
...these times. I feel like her legacy invites us to be disturbers. To me, she was a disturber. She did not remain in boxes. In her time, she was a business woman, she was a pharmacist, and she was a collaborative leader. She had extreme difficulty and challenges throughout her life, and she maintained respect, love and compassion. She also remained true to herself, true to the Spirit within her. She was very much in support of a woman being...
Sister Barbara Bluntzer
...festive time, thanks to the committee with which she was working. And those trips? She is a self-taught tour guide who arranges group journeys to interesting places. She’s also helping with a capital campaign in her home parish in Corpus Christi, Texas, where she also spends time in her retirement volunteering in many areas. Educator? She spent many years as a classroom teacher and in religious education. And about those trips again: her way of planning a trip is to...
Memories of Providence Brittany (RIP)
...the first alpaca born at Saint Mary-of-the-Woods. Sister Ann – who was the director of White Violet Center for Eco-Justice at the time – took some time recently to recall her memories of Providence Brittany, who she said, was quite the socialite with a tinge of spunk. “We tried a new type of socializing recommended at that time, of touching the crias as much as possible to accustom them to touch and making it easier to handle them,” Sister Ann...
Celebrations, decisions, being community and the future: SP General Chapter 2016
...Miranda) Providence Associates greet sisters and associates as they arrive at an evening meal social time for sisters and associates. Here Sister Mary Maxine Teipen speaks with Providence Associates. (photo by Amy Miranda) Engaging table conversation between sisters and associates. From left Sisters Lucy Lechner and Cathy Campbell. (photo by Amy Miranda) Sister Loretta Picucci during a prayer time. (photo by Amy Miranda) Sisters Lawrence Ann Liston and Helen Therese Conway during a prayer time. (photo by Amy Miranda) Sister...
Joni has an “overwhelming feeling to serve”
...During this time through the various forms of prayer, activities, experiences and ministry visits I am learning about the core values of what it truly means to be a Sister of Providence. With my director Sister Marsha Speth and the other Sisters, I am stretched to become everything God desires for me. Sister Marsha’s wisdom, insight, goodness and love of God and Providence has, in a short time awakened my soul to that, “something” that was missing in my life....
Feast of Saint Mother Theodore Guerin, 2018 reflection
...look like? The book written at the time of Mother Theodore’s canonization was titled “Woman for all Time.” In it, Sister Marie Kevin Tighe, the promoter of the cause for canonization, urges us, as the book title suggests, to let Mother Theodore be a model for us in this place and time. Lest you think you are not worthy to hold even an illusion of sainthood for yourself after thinking about Mother Theodore’s virtues, listen to this story about her....
Sister Grace Stewart
...her life. “I loved playing with the children. I loved living with them. I loved learning. I didn’t have any sisters or brothers, so my time at school was my outlet of having children to play with,” Sister Grace said. “As I grew older, I noticed each year one or two girls left to enter the Sisters of Providence. I thought that was pretty good. When I came of age, I thought it was my time to go. I loved...
July 6, 2025: Fourteenth Sunday in Ordinary Time
Gospel: Luke 10:1-9 At that time the Lord appointed seventy-two others whom he sent ahead of him in pairs to every town and place he intended to visit. He said to them, “The harvest is abundant but the laborers are few; so ask the master of the harvest to send out laborers for his harvest. Go on your way; behold, I am sending you like lambs among wolves. Carry no money, bag, no sack, no sandals and greet no one...