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...panels for the home; gardening tips from the gardeners of the three parish gardens; Citizens United Bureau with strategies to conserve energy; and our own Sister Mary Tomlinson, SP, with information about the CAN (Climate Action Now) app and many options to reduce plastic use. Creating the Committee Sister Sue pointed out that in September 2024, she realized the parish she ministers at did not have a Climate Care committee. “As a Sister of Providence of Saint Mary-of-the-Woods, Indiana, I...

An event six years in the making culminated on Monday, Sept. 25, as many Sisters of Providence of Saint Mary-of-the-Woods, Indiana, joined administrators from Saint Mary-of-the-Woods College (SMWC) to unveil the official sign marker for the Saint Mary-of-the-Woods Historic District. Because of the distinction, Saint Mary-of-the-Woods is officially listed in the National Register of Historic Places. During the unveiling, Sisters of Providence General Superior Sister Dawn Tomaszewski, SP, along with Terre Haute Mayor Duke Bennett and SMWC Interim President Brennan...

...at Saint Mary-of-the-Woods College. A natatorium was added in 1919. The new residence building is designed to house ten Sisters of Providence and was completed in mid-December. New administration building in former day care now open The Sisters of Providence officially opened their new administration building in the fall. The building is located at the site of the former Woods Day Care/Pre-School at Saint Mary-of-the-Woods. A blessing of the building took place Sept. 30, with members of the General Council...

...because that is what every Sister of Providence calls it. But their lived experience of Saint Mary’s is different. Today we continue the practice of spending a foundational year of canonical novitiate at the Woods surrounded by the wisdom and care of many of the elders in community. And we have initiated the practice of gathering at the Woods in the summer for several days of meeting, reflection, prayer, and sharing with one another the deep meaning of our lives....

...Sister Catherine continued to minister at Costa Catholic in Galesburg, Ill. as a teacher or administrative assistant until 2002. In 2005 she returned to Saint Mary-of-the-Woods and served as receptionist at the Woods Day Care/Pre-School until 2008. She then served as an assistant in the Transportation Office at Saint Mary-of-the-Woods for three years. “Since 2011 Sister Catherine’s official ministry was prayer. I say official, because, as we know, Sister Catherine continued to bake, crochet and do beautiful needlework and other...

...the Cassin Education Initiative Foundation. It was to conduct a feasibility study for beginning a Cristo Rey school within the Archdiocese. Sister Jeanne Hagelskamp The school model, created by Jesuits, offers classroom instruction to economically disadvantaged high school students. The cost of the private school education is offset through students’ participation in corporate work programs one day a week. The Archdiocese confirmed there was a need for a Cristo Rey model school and reached out to the Sisters of Providence...

Providence Associate Lorrie Scheidler with a student at Otter Creek Middle School in Terre Haute, Indiana, where Lorrie works as a school counselor. Providence Associate Lorrie Scheidler has worked 16 years as a school counselor at Otter Creek Middle School in Terre Haute, Indiana. She wouldn’t describe her work as mercy. But as I listen to her stories of sixth–eighth grade students and situations she encounters each day, that is how I describe it. “I had a student just yesterday...

...Illinois: Teacher, Our Lady of Sorrows, Chicago (1965-69); Teacher, St. Genevieve, Chicago (1969-70); Business Manager, Providence-St. Mel, Chicago (1970-71); Bookkeeper, Our Lady of Sorrows, Chicago (1971-75); Business Office Administrator, Sacred Heart of Mary, Rolling Meadows (1975-80); Provincial Treasurer, St. Joseph Province, Park Ridge (1980-89); Business Manager, Notre Dame High School for Girls, Chicago (1990-93); Director of Finances, Notre Dame High School for Girls, Chicago (1993-2007); Volunteer, Guerin College Prep High School, River Grove (2007-08); Volunteer, Gottlieb Hospital, Melrose Park (2010-2020)....

...bumps in the road, but I’m here to tell you that Providence has prevailed,” Sister Barbara Ann said. “It’s been a sweet, sweet journey.” The Villas of Guerin Woods provide 10 rooms for assisted living and 50 rooms for individuals needing skilled nursing care. Currently, there are six buildings on the campus for providing care for assisted living and skilled nursing. Those living in the Villas do so in what Sister Barbara Ann refers to as the “small house” concept,...

...Learning Center, a not-forprofit education center. Providence Cristo Rey High School is sponsored by the Sisters of Providence. Cristo Rey school model, created by Jesuits, supplements classroom instruction with a work-study program for students from economically disadvantaged families. At the ribbon cutting, Sister Jeanne Hagelskamp, SP, the first president and eventually principal of the school, led the blessing. The new Providence Cristo Rey School building in Indianapolis Taking stock of giving transfers We have updated our giving pages on the...

...at Mother Theodore Guerin High School in 1999. There, she was instrumental in changing the mission of that school at the request of Francis Cardinal George of the Archdiocese of Chicago. The school became co-ed in order to welcome the young men of neighboring Holy Cross High School because of that school’s closing and was renamed Guerin College Prep High School. Sister Nancy returned to Saint Mary-of-the-Woods in 2011, and, in 2012, she became the Congregation’s Vocations Coordinator, while also...