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This Memorial Day: Take time to Remember
“My friends lie here … Pilgrims from other lands … heroines of unknown sacrifices … obscure apostle unaware of the magnitude of their influence.” Sister Eugenia Logan, (RIP), was the historian of the Congregation from 1959 to 1976 and, during her tenure, wrote the second volume of the SP history. This quote, penned by Sister of Providence Community Historian Sister Eugenia Logan, (RIP), in reference to those buried in the SP cemetery, came to mind as I tried to collect...
Sister Marie Alexis Geiger
...“That’s all right,” Sister Joseph Henry said, “she can take her brother’s place.” So from that day on, Betty attended St. Patrick’s School in Indianapolis and went on to high school at St. John’s Academy. During her high school years, she loved joining her friends with great enthusiasm in such activities as a night time trip to a cemetery. She graduated in 1945. Then, inspired by the sisters’ care, concern, and devotion to prayer, she entered the Sisters of Providence...
Advent 2019: All are welcome or How do we make room in the inn?
...that the Dominicans in St. Louis opened their home to Sisters Janice Smith and Jessica Vitente to form a new intercommunity novitiate there. It seems all do feel welcome, I think about Deb Tezlaff, mother of Providence Associate Heather Tezlaff Smith, standing at the site of the columbarium wall (shown above) in the new Providence Community Cemetery, tears flowing down her cheeks as the urn containing her daughter’s cremains was placed in one of the niches by her husband. She...
Sister Francis Edwards (formerly Sister Francis Bernard)
...her doing it and taking my courage in both hands, said, “Francis, you know we have been asked many times not to touch those blowers.” She replied, “Well, I just did.” And who could stop her from walking out to the cemetery for every burial, even when she was using a walker? And for every book sale, she would come over with her walker on the days we were setting up. It was really a hazard for her to be...
Sisters Joseph Fillenwarth and Ann Casper: What does it mean to you to be a Catholic Sister today?
...the invitation! Pray for our young people today, that they may answer His call and “follow!” Sister Ann Casper, Providence Community Cemetery Minister Sister Ann Casper (in blue) making sandwiches with others for a gathering at Garfield Towers in Terre Haute. Being a Catholic sister today means that I am part of a religious congregation (not a solo presence or a solo voice) who values a life of prayer, simplicity, single-heartedness and listening to God’s call. Being a Sister of...
HOPE summer 2020 — The circle of giving
...she is still doing too much, she often responds with the wise words of her friend, Sister Jeanne Knoerle, “What are we saving ourselves for?” So just what is Providence Community Cemetery? Relatives, former members, Providence Associates, benefactors, alumnae/i of SP schools and staff members have chosen the sacred space of the Woods for their final resting place. Sister Barbara Doherty: A Sister of Providence icon living with dementia So many people hold so many great memories of Sister Barbara....
A Providence moment with Sister Camille Neubauer
On Saturday, Aug. 8, I was walking through the cemetery. Recalling that Aug. 14, will be the first anniversary of Sister Camille’s death, the tears started to run down my face. I told her how very much I missed her and thanked her for her friendship. When I returned to Providence Hall, I went to have my temperature checked. Each day, we are given a sticker to show we had this done. There are different kinds of stickers each day....
Remembering Sister Barbara Doherty
...on Mother Theodore’s tomb and say, “I love you.” We would sit awhile and then off we would go to scrapbook. During the spring we could take evening walks around campus. Barbara absolutely loved being out of doors. She loved the breeze, the singing birds, the blooming flowers, everything. Her appreciation for everything in creation was an incredible teaching moment for me. Barbara often asked if I would take her to the cemetery to see the grave of her aunt...
Former Sisters of Providence General Superior passes away
...with the students and parents. I don’t think there is any place I have ever been that I have not continued some relationships,” Sister Nancy said. “We are women who aren’t afraid to be challenged, to grow, and to change.” Due to the restrictions on group meetings, Sister Nancy’s wake and funeral will not be open to the public. Burial will take place in the Sisters of Providence cemetery on Monday, December 28, 2020. DeBaun Funeral Homes and Crematory assisted...
Sister Stella Marie Langdale
Sister Stella Marie, Mary Langdale, died at Providence Infirmary, Saint Mary-of-the-Woods, Indiana, on Friday, March 17, 1978, at 3:20 p.m. Sister Stella Marie Langdale Wake services took place on Sunday evening, March 19, at 7 p.m. The funeral liturgy was offered at 10 a.m., Monday morning, March 20, by Father Bernard, O.S.B., followed by burial in the convent cemetery. Born in Washington, D.C., on September 24, 1893, she attended grade school at Notre Dame School, Washington, D.C., and high school...
Journals and Letters week 26: Overcoming great loss
...of Saint Mary-of-the-Woods forever and the future of the struggling community was bleak, to say the least. The gravestone of Sister Mary Liguori, SP in Convent Cemetery at Saint Mary-of-the-Woods It was a time of uncertainty and grief, and now the great loss of beloved sisters added to the intense worries and fear. Surely Sister Mary Liguori was so dear to Mother, the youngest of the original French Sisters, her “consolation.” Yet her words in the circular are not a cry of...
Celebrating our Volunteers!
...with tours and much more. “I have learned so much about the Sisters of Providence just training to be a guide,” Karen said. “I love going to the cemetery and then learning more about all of the sisters and their work while on this earth.” Her main volunteer role is helping clean the Saint Anne Shell Chapel, a task she helps with at least three times monthly. “I’ve been doing that activity for about three years,” Karen said. “The chapel...