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Recognizing our volunteers!
...Appreciation Luncheon, which took place in the Providence Hall Community Room. Sister Editha Ben with one of our volunteers, Providence Associate David Hudgens. Telling the Story Sarah offered a PowerPoint presentation, explaining how much the volunteers are appreciated for all of their efforts. The statistics she provided really tell the story of how valuable all of our volunteers are to us. In the past year, between 150-200 people offered volunteer services for the Congregation, including 30 new or temporary volunteers....
Sisters of Providence sponsored institution dedicates new facility
“This Providence Cristo Rey community has big dreams for the future, and this place that they can call ‘home’ is where those dreams can develop and become a reality.” These words were spoken by Sister Jeanne Hagelskamp, SP, during the blessing and ribbon cutting of the new facility Providence Cristo Rey High School recently purchased and moved into for the upcoming school year. Providence Cristo Rey High School is a sponsored institution of the Sisters of Providence of Saint Mary-of-the-Woods,...
Sisters to host Community Prayer and Rally June 24
Join the Sisters of Providence of Saint Mary-of-the-Woods, Indiana, and others for prayer and public witness from 10:30-11:15 a.m., on Tuesday, June 24, as they host “Sisters Speak Out: June 24 Community Prayer and Rally.” The rally is one of several “echo events” which will take place nationwide on June 24. The events have been set up as a way for those whose faith compels them to stand and support those without a voice. The local rally will take place...
Twenty-one Sisters of Providence celebrate Senior Jubilees
...(1985-89), • Indianapolis: Chaplain, Community Hospital East (1989-2006), • Saint Mary-of-the-Woods: Minister of Care, Health Care Services (2006-08), and • Saint Mary-of-the-Woods: Administrator, Ministry of Care, Health Care Services (2008-12). Sister Ann Matilda has also ministered in Illinois. Sister Jean Fuqua is a native of Owensboro, Kentucky. Currently, she ministers as a volunteer at Saint Mary-of-the-Woods. Sister Jean, formerly Sister Jean Marian, entered the Congregation on Feb. 2, 1955, from Immaculate, Owensboro, Kentucky. She professed perpetual vows on Aug. 15,...
Sisters Speak Out: June 24 Community Prayer and Rally
...and peace to lift the voices of immigrants and the disenfranchised. Come make a difference in this world as we continue our mission of love, mercy and justice! This event will take place on Tuesday, June 24 from 10:30 to 11:15 a.m. outside the Church of the Immaculate Conception, come rain or shine. In case of rain, we are prepared to move into the lobby of O’Shaugnessy, at Providence Spirituality & Conference Center. Join us for community and positive change....
Appreciating Our Volunteers during Volunteer Appreciation Month
...bright, unique person that you are,” or many other inferential attributes. Heartfelt Gratitude April is Volunteer Appreciation Month. To say the Sisters of Providence appreciate their volunteers would not encompass the gratitude and esteem felt toward those who share their time and energy with the community. Time is our most precious resource and asset. Volunteers use their talent and share their time to further the Providence Community’s goals of showing and spreading God’s love, mercy and justice to the world,...
Journals and Letters week 28: Death of the bishop
...bishop, John Stephen Bazin, becomes ill. As the week progresses, he is diagnosed with pneumonia and within eight days’ time has died. He has only been bishop for six months, and in that time he has offered such loving support and acceptance to the sisters. Mother Theodore refers to him as, “the venerable prelate who in six months has healed so many wounds.” His death is a shocking blow to the young community that has already endured so many struggles...
Sisters of Providence ministry founders
...meet their neighbors’ needs, they established Miracle Place in August 2000. Sister Rita Ann Wade The ministry helps the community with whatever they need. Each afternoon, for example, children of all ages come to Miracle Place after school for a safe place to be and to get help with their homework. They also take part in other activities, such as arts, craft projects, music and workouts. The children begin their time at Miracle Place with prayer and end by receiving...
Sisters of Providence “employ” special education students
...53 Vigo County high school seniors who completed their work skills training program. The official name is Covered Bridge Special Education District Community Work Skills Training Program. Each student interviews for a job in the community with collaborating employers. Four of those students have spent this school year working with the Sisters of Providence at Saint Mary-of-the-Woods. Dustin Green and Erika Herrick have been working at White Violet Center for Eco-Justice, Jessica Herrick worked in Environmental Services and Jordan Ames...
Deep love and healing
White Violet Center intern Ezra Meaders holds alpaca cria Danny. To hear Ezra Kyle Meadors talk about his history with the Sisters of Providence is to feel his deep love for the community, Mother Theodore and the sisters and his gratitude for the strain of Providence running through his life. Though he’s known the sisters since 2006 and has been a Providence Associate since 2012, Ezra did not originally plan to spend this time as an intern at White Violet...