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Treasures from Archives: Father Goossens
...in Hartford City, Ind., and was ordained on May 28, 1928, in St. Meinrad, Ind. Prior to coming to the Woods, Father Goossens served the Church in Indiana in Indianapolis, Boonville, Linton and Evansville. Besides his duties as chaplain, Father Goossens was responsible for teaching the young novices at the Woods Church history, religion and ethics. He also was involved in Saint Mary-of-the-Woods Village. Realizing the great need for a local fire department, he found like-minded men in the Village....
Sister Nancy Reynolds watches London Olympics with keen interest, especially swimming competition
...remember correctly, my best times were in the backstroke,” she continued. (Ironically, the 1960 Olympics were in Rome.) Young Nancy was working at a local drug store and she entered the Sisters of Providence on Sept. 12, 1960, which was the day after the Rome games ended. “There was no way I could have gone to the trials, but it was nice to know my times were up there with some of the good swimmers who did go to the...
Sister Beth Kelso (formerly Sister Thomas Aquinas)
...of Joseph Robert Kelso and Florine Carroll Kelso. Joseph Kelso, a young actor from Australia, had married Florine, from Chicago, in New York and then returned to Chicago “where they began their life together in the holy state of matrimony and in the somewhat precarious profession of theater. These were the days of the traveling theater companies who went from town to town performing drama for the local citizenry. When Beth was six months old she was taken along with...
New Log Cabin Chapel at Saint Mary-of-the-Woods to be dedicated and blessed on Saint Mother Theodore Guerin’s feast day, Oct. 3
...donation of logs from a cabin in southern Indiana owned by David and Faye Masterson of Owensville. Some of those logs date back to the middle 1800s. Keith Ruble, superintendent of the Vigo County Parks Department, retired Vigo County Extension Agent Max Miller, and local contractor Earl Rodgers oversaw the project and inmates from the U.S. Federal Penitentiary in Terre Haute did much of the work. Sisters of Providence staff members also were instrumental in preparing the grounds, providing supplies,...
Sister Mary Montgomery
...met Kevin and Vicky again at a fund-raiser at a local art gallery. They were just amazed that sisters were dancing in Rome and having such a good time. Why not? Mother Theodore was canonized! That doesn’t happen very often! I like to have fun and I like to dance a little. I’m not very good at it, but when there is an opportunity, why not? Kevin was teasing me about that. But while we were talking, there was something...
The Joy of Vatican II
...the state of things in the 1950’s. I vividly remember zealous Altar & Rosary Society women visiting local stores near St. Angela Church in Chicago to make sure the owner was not stocking “bad books”. St. Angela, like many large Catholic parishes in Chicago, ruled its turf in the far west-side Austin neighborhood with impunity! Though started as a papal corrective, Neo-Thomism actually led to the study of medieval philosophy and theology and the result was the emergence of significant...
Love’s faithfulness: Ash Wednesday & Valentine’s Day 2013
The proximity in dates of Chinese New Year, Ash Wednesday and Valentine’s Day has caused challenges in both my “employments” within our local community of Corbe House and in my writing assignments from our Director of Marketing and Communications. At home, I have responsibility for our chapel and dining room; and I love to decorate both to reflect the spirit of the feast or season or special occasion. With Chinese New Year being celebrated on February 10, Ash Wednesday on...
Life in the Weihsien internment camp, 1943
...in Weihsien for a short time before being sent back to Peking. (Credit: weihsien-paintings.org) Then the internees realize that outside the high wall of the camp, the brave local Chinese merchants are willing to make some covert money selling supplies like eggs, sugar, peanuts, and honey. A sneaky, nobody-tell-the-Japanese black market starts to spring up. I’ll let Sister Ann Colette take it from here: “Those who were adventurous enough to deal in the black market took orders and the money...
The Practice of Homemaking and Community Shaping
...For instance, we have divided into groups called Local Government Units (LGUs) that meet three times a year with a common agenda and provide time to talk, pray, laugh, and eat together. We have several cluster groups of sisters who live close to each other and meet often to share prayer and meals. We have established a regular pattern of summer meetings at Saint Mary-of-the-Woods for all sisters, and of annual meetings in various parts of the country in order...
Sister Susanne Gallagher creates home all around her
...integrated into Sister Susanne’s life as a Sister of Providence. Several postulants have volunteered at SPRED, which allowed them the opportunity to build lasting relationships with Rita. Other sisters in the local area, too, are friends with Sister Susanne and Rita. Additionally, the two sisteers’ own siblings — 14 in all — are a constant presence in their lives, including some sisters who help with Rita’s weekly care. They are surrounded by family in every sense. Rita has dementia, which...
Saint Mary-of-the-Woods: a place of welcome
...years at the Woods as a student at SMWC. This place and the Sisters of Providence helped shape who I am. When I come ‘home’ to the Woods, I feel like I am tapping back into the root of who I am as a person.” ~ Jennifer Drake, PA Hamilton, Ohio “I love to visit the Shell Chapel because many local residents don’t know it exists and it is a quiet place to pray and a treasury of history from...
Ministry of Care: homemaking for healthcare residents
...these sisters is the daily rosary. “Some sisters may not remember events or names or what they ate for breakfast, but as soon as they hear ‘Our Father’ or ‘Hail Mary,’ the chapel fills with prayer,” said Su-Hsin. When residents end up in the emergency room of the local hospital, Su-Hsin takes her turn with other Ministry of Care team members to accompany them. “I hold their hand; I show them my SP symbol so they know I am also...