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Renewing spiritually at the Woods
...people get the moment they enter the gates. When she asks retreat participants to describe their experience at Saint Mary-of-the-Woods, the most common answer is, “There’s a spirit that I feel when I come here.” One person said they enjoy walking through the cemetery because they feel an “energy being around those who lived their whole lives in a relationship with God.” Sister Paula believes a retreat is as a way for people to respond to a need deep inside...
Providence Associate and Sisters of Providence picnic and statue dedication
Picnic #2, homebound. Seven Woods Park, Chicago. Picnic #1 on the way down in Earl Park, Indiana. From left, Sisters Dorothy Ellen Wolsiffer, Rose Marita Riordan, Teresa Costello, Joni Luna, Ann Paula Pohlman, Providence Associate Candidate Cindy Montgomery, Sister Joan Matthews, Sheila Donis, Sister My Huong Pham and Debbie Dillow. Posing with the statue of Saint John Paul II at Resurrection Cemetery in Chicago are, from left, PA Sheila Donis, Sister My Huong Pham, PA Teresa Clark, PA Candidate Cindy...
What does Providence look like? You
...mission of outreach is providentially answered through you. What else but Providence would explain being told a project needed another $25,186 and two days later walking back from the convent cemetery with one of our benefactors who placed a check in our Executive Director Sister Ann’s hand for $25,000? How else explain large bequests which come to us, sometimes from alumnae of our schools or relatives of our sisters, but at other times from men or women with whom we...
What is to become of us?
...of us?” I was walking near the cemetery and lamenting the loss of the older mature trees that used to line the road. As I reflected on the loss of the trees, it struck me that the loss of the trees resembles in many ways the loss of our aging sisters. The trees, like the sisters, lived long beautiful lives and brought much beauty and joy to all who visited this place. The landscape of this place has changed and...
Sister Mary Michael Lager
...black walnuts from the trees on the cemetery drive and did all the necessary drying, cracking and shelling so the delicious black walnut meats might be shared and used for baking. Nursing staff reported that Mary Michael’s favorite song was “You are My Sunshine.” She evidently took the lyrics to heart, because she was indeed a ray of sunshine to others. The health care staff to a person said she was always the same – pleasant, and grateful for the...
Sister Anita Bechert
...She brought to the position the same efficiency, responsibility, and directness that characterized her life. Band members who knew her were prompt in complying with any request for information, knowing she would not let them rest until she had what was needed. She policed the Cemetery, decorated bulletin boards, and kept meticulous records. It was during these years that a family tragedy gave Anita a new ministry. Her grandnephew, Tim, died from AIDS and Anita treasured his letters and his...
Shared roots: bonds that unite beyond culture, time and place
...bloom. The vegetable garden with onions and cabbage and a variety of radishes and lettuce sown in straight rows. Artichokes too! Most often, I walked through the cemetery. Reading the sisters’ names and their birth and death dates, I gave thanks for the two centuries of religious life and service given by Sisters of Providence of Ruillé. Each day began and ended with the chanting of the Holy Office, a collection of psalms and prayers praising and petitioning the Loving...
Reflecting on our Annual Meeting
...the sisters up-to-date on finances, government structures, volunteers and plans for the cemetery. We solicited their feedback. And in between there were prayers uttered, contemplative silences shared, sisters and associates who had died remembered, liturgies celebrated and lots of stories exchanged. There was no procession of suitcase-carrying sisters down the avenue but lots of walks with old (and new) friends down familiar paths. And there was a good old-fashioned ice cream social, complete with sprinkles. I doubt that Mother Theodore...
Sister Rosalie Cullen, formerly Sister James Clare
...James Clare, 65, of Saint Mary-of-the-Woods, died on Thursday, August 7, 2003, at St. Francis Hospital in Beech Grove, Indiana. She was a teacher. She taught in schools staffed by the Congregation in California, Illinois and Indiana. For close to 18 years, she ministered at St. Francis Hospital in Beech Grove as chaplain and spiritual care services. Mass of Christian Burial took place at the Church of the Immaculate Conception. Burial is in the Cemetery of the Sisters of Providence....
Sister Cecilia Carter (formerly Sister Mary Cecilia)
...her up, as well as the defunct amigo. Once she told me that she was bird watching in the cemetery and she took a sharp turn in her amigo, which dumped over and she fell from it. She was so afraid that someone would see her and forbid her to go out unaccompanied anymore that she jumped up quickly, righted the amigo, and acted as if nothing had happened. During the early spring of 2018, Celia had a serious bout...
Sister Mary Ann Leahy, (formerly Sister Marie Anita)
...Rusakauff of Mt. Pleasant, S.C., and Margaret Frederick of Libertyville, Ill. She was preceded in death by brother John (Jack) Leahy. Funeral services for Sister Mary took place on Friday, May 17, in the Church of the Immaculate Conception at Saint Mary-of-the-Woods, Indiana. A Wake took place at 9 a.m., followed by Mass of Christian Burial, with Reverend Daniel R. Hopcus presiding. Burial was in the cemetery of the Sisters of Providence. The DeBaun Funeral Homes and Crematory assisted with...
Sister Michaela Galvin
...at 11 a.m. The Mass of Christian Burial, with Reverend Daniel R. Hopcus presiding, immediately followed the commentary. Burial was in the cemetery of the Sisters of Providence. The DeBaun Funeral Homes and Crematory assisted with arrangements. Memorial contributions in Sister Michaela’s honor may be made to the Sisters of Providence of Saint Mary-of-the-Woods. We welcome you to share your memories of Sister Michaela in the comment section below. Sister Michaela Galvin Complete Ministry In Illinois: Teacher, St. Mel-Holy Ghost,...