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Sister Jean Patrice Keenon
...to 1988, she served as a librarian at St. Mark, Chicago. Sister Jean Patrice returned to the Woods in 1988 and ministered the next two years as the director of activities/volunteers in Health Care. She retired in 1990 and volunteered in a variety of ways. “Sister Jean Patrice was very easy to live with. One sister remembered her as aware of others, a person who created a sense of community by bringing people together. One of the nurses in Mother...
Jean Lynch: her own spirituality has been deepened
...and regional director of Staff Development. These positions took me to Brunswick, Ga., and Memphis, Tenn., respectively. I returned to Sarasota in 1990 and have held a variety of positions in nursing homes and home health. I have been on the faculties of the Community College of Rhode Island and Sarasota County Technical Institute. I also served as examiner for the State of Rhode Island for the certified nursing assistant examination. After a back injury, I moved briefly back to...
A beautiful time
...Congregation, Mother Rose Angela began establishing Latin American connections, including a visit to Peru in December 1961. It was decided that the sisters would minister in Arequipa, a city in the Andes Mountains of southern Peru with Incan roots and a Spanish colonial past. The Sisters of Providence community buzzed with excitement. Once they were selected, this first group of sisters set to work diligently learning the Spanish language, reading up on the country’s culture, getting vaccinations and visas in...
Angels of mercy: Civil War service of the sisters
...of the Civil War, “Lest We Forget: The Sisters of Providence of St. Mary-of-the-Woods in Civil War Service.” Those rumblings came in the form of letters from the families of students and sisters who lived on both sides of the Mason-Dixon Line. The fear of war was brought even closer when, according to the Community Diary, on April 8, 1861, a Mr. Dodds came to the Woods to pick up five young ladies with Southern roots to take them home...
Sister Winifred Mary Sullivan
...caring and never missed a funeral. Winifred attended Saint Ann Grade School and Saint Patrick High School. She writes that she had always loved the Woods from the time she was a little girl and her mother would bring her daughters to Saint Mary’s on Sunday afternoons to visit her Sister friends. Winnie graduated in 1945 and entered the community in July of 1945. Her mother was reluctant for her to leave, perhaps because at that time, six of her...
Sister Patricia Geis (formerly Sister Anna Marie)
...of Providence Ann Imelda O’Hara. The BVM who recognized Patty’s vocation must have been a bit taken aback when Patty announced she was joining the Sisters of Providence. So, on July 21, 1952, Patricia Geis entered the congregation of the Sisters of Providence. She said, “I had never set foot on the SMW grounds before I got there to enter the congregation.” She arrived a day early and she was immediately swept into the arms of the Providence Community, clothed...
Remembering sisters’ loving response to the HIV/AIDS epidemic
In her book “Gold in Your Memories,” Macrina Wiederkehr writes, “Today many people are finding ways to remember. They are integrating into their lives lost and forgotten memories.” It’s my hope that as World AIDS Day approaches tomorrow, we as a Providence Community will remember the “lost and forgotten memories” of the Sisters of Providence response to the HIV/AIDS epidemic. Sister Marilyn Therese Lipps in 2011 Sister Marilyn Therese In 1988, Sister Marilyn Therese Lipps was on sabbatical at the...
Justice advocates and Providence Associates
...consultant specializing in systems architecture and organizational development. The couple, who lives in Terre Haute, Indiana, has a long history of justice advocacy that led them to the Sisters of Providence. Jeanne spent her early years in rural Michigan surrounded by a large extended family of Polish/German descent. Her family later moved to a suburb of Nashville, Tennessee. Jeanne grew up in a Catholic family of strong faith and a sense of community. Today Jeanne rejects aspects of injustice she...
Reflections for Foundation Day — Oct. 22, 2018
...cabin to regain her courage — maybe when the bishop was questioning her authority, perhaps when she received a harsh letter from Mother Mary, or possibly when “everything was frozen — even the bread.” I think of times in the current life of this very community when we may have needed a log cabin moment to revive our courage — maybe the decisions for Saint Mary-of-the-Woods College and Mother Theodore Guerin High School to go co-educational after a lifetime of...
First chapel visited by Saint Mother Theodore Guerin on her arrival at Saint Mary-of-the-Woods to be re-created
...also is an example of recycling at its best,” Sister Denise also said. “The Terre Haute Convention and Visitors Bureau is proud of all of our community partners and we are particularly proud to provide financial assistance for this historical re-creation,” said David Patterson, executive director. “What the Sisters of Providence stand for in their mission reflects well in our community and this is part of our ongoing relationship that, hopefully, will extend well into the future. We have partnered...
Sister Jacquelyn Hoffman (formerly Sister Theodata)
...priest. Her name in religious life was Sister Theodata — Gift from God. And yes, we teased her about this. However, in retrospect, she indeed has been a gift from God in my life.” During her years at Guerin, Jackie studied under George Perlman, a Chicago violinist and world-famous teacher, and he presented her in a violin recital at Guerin High School in 1975. While she ministered in the Chicago area, she played in several community orchestras. Sister Mary Catherine...
Sister Mary Catherine Guiler
...away with a heart filled with gratitude that I am a member of this committed, prayerful, and wholesome group of vowed religious women. – Sister Mary Catherine Q. Why would a woman today find being a Sister of Providence an attractive lifestyle choice? A. I would have to say our community spirit would be appealing. Not many congregations can call their motherhouse “home,” as we do. We are a dynamic community in the sense that we are responsive to current...