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Tips for writing effective Letters to the Editor
...your maximum, and Make it personal – LTEs that tell a personal story are published much more often and get much letter reception than on-personal LTEs. The best LTEs also include a call to action at the end. They don’t just discuss the problem; they give readers an opportunity for a solution. To get your LTE published, look up the local newspaper(s) in your area and find the opinion section. There, they’ll often provide an email address expressly for LTEs....
Sister Marie David Schroeder
...to stop due to eye problems. For the following 12 years, she helped in the Providence Center Gift Shop and also served as the local treasurer in Owens Hall. These jobs ended when she had knee surgery. After Marie David moved from Owens Hall to Providence Hall, she helped with residential services, picking up all kinds of little jobs that she took as seriously as her teaching ministries. In one of her logs, she listed five small part-time jobs and...
‘What about the switchboard?’
...of Providence for 16 years and the calls can vary – questions about theology, questions about Mass times for area churches, questions about the best local florist, or even “Who used to live in the house that sits across the road from the church in the Village?” Still, I’ve found most calls fit neatly into one of two categories: Calls for employees or calls for sisters. However, during these “unprecedented times,” there have been more calls from people who just...
Newsnotes
...Vigo County Public Library honored Sister Barbara Battista at their annual Local Women’s History Breakfast. Sister Barbara was honored for her ministry as the Congregation’s Justice Promoter. The annual event offers a celebration for the impact that local women in the Wabash Valley have on the community. During the breakfast, Sister Barbara fielded many questions from the audience about bringing people together through common causes. “It’s all about relationship … when you know that something is not right about what’s...
Let us be the people Jesus describes, as he sends his disciples out on Mission
...“Rem’Mie” Fells. Though we who are alive today haven’t literally been buried with them, we must listen to and feel the depth of the pain that communities of color – especially Black communities – are expressing. We must listen to and feel the depth of the pain that the LGBTQ+ community is experiencing in being exiled, especially from our local Catholic schools in this Archdiocese of Indianapolis. We must find ways to understand more deeply what the COVID pandemic means...
Sister Joan Zlogar (formerly Sister Joseph Bernard)
...grocery shop, however. Because Joan’s gullible, childlike nature was well known in that local community, one of the sisters put on the shopping list “black cabbage and purple cabbage.” The sister who played this dirty trick on Joan told me: “Of course, she clearly didn’t find the black cabbage so she asked the produce person where it was. He grinned and said, ‘Lady, I think someone is just teasing you.’” Joan being Joan enjoyed the joke as much as her...
Quietly breaking boundaries, creating hope
...catalyst for the next phase of her ministry. She believed that self-esteem, stability and the ability to choose could lead the marginalized to a deeper faith. So, Sister Suzanne took summer courses in adult education. In 1990 she left Saint Mary-of-the-Woods College to take care of her aging parents in Belleville, Illinois. One day she saw an ad at the local bank for an administrative position in the adult basic education department at Belleville Area College, the local community college....
Living the Gospel of Hope through better health care access
...of Providence Connecting Link ministry in West Terre Haute, noticed the need among her neighbors. In 2017, then-school-superintendent Dr. Danny Tanoos called together Sister Dorothy, Dr. Randy Stevens, Tammy Pearson and other interested community members to discuss the issue. Dr. Stevens knew that T.J. Warren with Valley Professionals Community Health Center (VPCHC) was looking to open a new clinic. VPCHC agreed to work with Connecting Link and the local community to champion the building of a $1.2 million health clinic...
Sister Martha Ann Rifner
...John Mary (RIP). Until age 28, Mary was a seamstress doing alterations in a dress shop and, after preparing herself with business courses at night, was later employed as a bookkeeper in a local car dealership. She delighted in the fact that she could add to her family’s finances. Sister John Mary Rifner and Sister Martha Ann Rifner Mary attended local public schools from grades 1-12, graduating in 1943. She was introduced to the Sisters of Providence when her father,...
Earth Day Every Day: Earth Defenders unite
...of one very important community: The Earth Community. So this week, we are excited to highlight those in our local area that fit both definitions of the word community. We have a large network of organizations here in the Wabash Valley and beyond, that works hard each and every day promoting change and awareness. The organizations work to bring about a more sustainable way of life and restore the Earth in many different ways including planting trees, saving wetlands, cleaning...
Get to know Providence Associate Brad Crites
...Director for the Congregation, and I have served as Executive Director of our local community foundation. Sister Ann encouraged and reassured me throughout the process from day one and helped me feel like part of the Community. (“We’re huggers here,” she told me when we met.) We met monthly, in person at first, then by phone and then outside with masks and acceptable distance. We exchanged emails between meetings. I still try to connect with her periodically, and we’re excited...
Sister Jessica Vitente professes first vows
...Catholic Campus Minister at the University of Evansville through the Diocese of Evansville. “I will continue to live with Sister Mary Mundy, SP, in our little local community in Evansville, Indiana; and continue to deepen my relationships with local Providence Associates,” Sister Jessica said. “Now that I have professed first vows, it feels so good to immerse myself into the next step.” Would you like to learn more about life as a Sister of Providence? Visit our website or contact...