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The lives and ministries of Sisters Maurice and Marie Veronica Norton
...Jessie Norton on Jan. 27, 1895, in Boston, to John and Mabel Cameron Norton. She entered the Congregation on June 30, 1916. According to our Archives Department, Sister Maurice taught “commercial subjects in high schools,” based in Illinois, Indiana and Massachusetts. She was forced to retire from teaching in 1959 due to extreme high blood pressure issues and returned to the Motherhouse, entering the ministry of prayer. Sister Maurice died on Jan. 16, 1972. Her sister, Anne Marie Norton, was...
A look at the life of Sister Mary Edwin Werner
Sister Mary Edwin Werner (second from right) with members of her family, including (from left) brother Chet, and her father Edwin and mother Elizabeth. There is something special about going over to the Archives Department to obtain sister information for Throwback Thursday blogs. And we’d like to personally thank Elizabeth Kolar for suggesting this week’s sister. Elizabeth emailed us asking about a possible Throwback Thursday blog on Sister Mary Edwin Werner. In the email, she said “For many years, she...
Against All Odds: Focus on Sister Winifred Patrice O’Donovan, SP
...the classroom and sometimes lost her patience” (p. 24). Reference is also made to a letter Sister Winifred Patrice wrote to Mother Mary Raphael on March 17, 1928, regarding the fighting at Kaifeng’s city gates, (p. 67), and of her being assigned as companion to Sister Eugene Marie Howard to return to St. Mary’s (p. 73) and their departure from Kolbe, Japan, on July 15, 1927, (p. 74). With the help of Sister Marie Grace Molloy in Archives, I was...
Ask Sister Dina: Why is the general superior no longer called “Mother”?
...of Providence general superiors: from left, Sister Denise Wilkinson, Sister Ann Margaret O’Hara, Sister Dawn Tomaszewski and Sister Nancy Nolan. When the shift occurred from “superior general” to “general superior” cannot be verified in our Archives. Because our Congregation had grown so large, the Vatican advised we form provinces. Each province elected a provincial superior with all the authority of a superior general, but only within her own province. It may have been at this time that the parallel term of...
Honoring all teachers during National Teacher Appreciation Week
...to shout from the rooftops “Thank You!” Thank you to all teachers for your hard work, dedication and love of your profession. In addition, we looked through are Archives Department for some photos of Sisters of Providence in their ministry of teaching. Here they are. Sister Mary Lourdes Mackey (RIP) instructing students on music from “To God Through Music.” Sister Regina Marie McIntyre (right) with Sister Rose Dolores Thuis (RIP) instructing students on playing the piano at St. Charles Borromeo...
Revisiting a Spooky Legend
...come to interpret as manifestations of departed spirits in search of prayer. As she noted, no similar incidents have occurred in Foley since the Mass was said. With all the charm of a storyteller, Sister Esther narrated Isabel’s encounter with the so-called Faceless Nun. View of the north portion of Foley Hall begun in 1860. The art department was housed here on the third floor. (Photo courtesy of Sisters of Providence Archives) Sister Esther was working in Foley one night,...
Creativity within a Confused World
...assume anything. To not trust the leading response without further information. I was also taught to be creative. That I could accomplish anything I put my mind to. That I could always dream bigger. Ideas Beneath the Norm I am a creative writer. I find inspiration in often the most obscure topics. This means that even while working in the Archives Department, I find inspiration for my writings. Typically, I keep them for myself. They are an explosion of a...
Sister Mary Isabelle Welsh
...her commentary for Sister Mary Isabelle Welsh, “Isa,” who died Dec. 25, 2010. “Isabelle Mary Welsh was born in Johnstone, Scotland, on June 30, 1918, to James and Catherine (McHugh) Welsh. When Isa celebrated her golden jubilee, she and family members traveled to England, Ireland and Scotland. In her file in Archives is a typed description of that trip, single-spaced, 17 pages long! A high point of the trip was visiting the town in Scotland where the family had lived....
Sister Dorothy (Marie Christopher) Souligny
...a adult education teacher at Providence Self Sufficiency Ministries, New Albany, Ind. Returning to the Woods in 2001, she spent three years volunteering in Archives. “Sister Dorothy was able to really master the Chinese language. In fact, recently, when sometimes she grew frustrated because she could not think of the English words she wanted to express herself with, she could respond to our sisters from Taiwan in their language. She loved Taiwan, got along with the people and imbibed the...
Forty Hours Devotion a solemn tradition for Sisters of Providence
...first half of the 16th century to beg divine protection against the Turks. Toward the end of the century, Pope Paul III established it in Rome to rotate from church to church as a continuous public prayer for the needs of the time. According to documents in the Sisters of Providence Archives, Forty Hours Devotion began at Saint Mary-of-the-Woods 1843. It was also the first such devotion in the United States and is still honored today by the sisters. Beginning...
First chapel visited by Saint Mother Theodore Guerin on her arrival at Saint Mary-of-the-Woods to be re-created
...slept. Using Saint Mother Theodore’s descriptions and records in the Sisters of Providence Archives for guidance, the cabin will feature a fireplace and primitive altar made of wooden planks. Former Vigo County Extension Agent Max Miller and West Terre Haute contractor Earl Rodgers also have been involved with planning for the project. “We are grateful to all of our partners and our own staff members who have worked diligently for a long time to make this happen,” Sister Denise said....
Sister Mary Aileen Minta
...Archives, she describes a visit she had with them right after her golden jubilee in 1989. It is obvious from the letter that she enjoyed the visit,” continued Sister Margaret. “One sister said she could be difficult at times, but that she had a ‘heart of gold’ and that at least you knew what she wanted! After a stroke two years ago, she suffered a great deal, finding it even harder to hear and suffering pain in her back. But...