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Sister Anita Bechert
...for something that needs to be witnessed to.” Anita was always close to her large family, especially to her sweet mother. Her information sheet in the Office of Records (which is no doubt, perfectly accurate), claims she has 22 nieces and nephews, 55 great-nieces and nephews, and 39 great-great-nieces and nephews. At her 50th Jubilee in 1996, Anita reminisced about the many memories she had garnered. “All the changes in community – That’s what I have really enjoyed … It...
Sister Kathryn Koressel (formerly Sister Alfreda Marie)
...Did any of you notice that? At any rate, last Thursday, Kathryn slipped off to her heavenly reward, to our God who is gentle and humble of heart, in whom she no doubt found rest. Funeral services for Sister Kathryn took place Wednesday, December 13, and Thursday, December 14, in the Church of the Immaculate Conception. A Wake took place from 2:30 to 4:30 p.m., on Wednesday, December 13, with Vespers at 4:30 p.m. Mass of Christian Burial was at...
Sister Agnes Mary Raetz
...‘glad to see ya’ you couldn’t help but respond with a hug – which would be received and returned with gusto … She personified that hospitality piece of the Sisters of Providence charism.” As a resident of Mother Theodore Hall, Sister Agnes Mary devoted herself to the ministry of prayer, in particular to praying for the staff of Mission Advancement. Her forms of prayer no doubt included acceptance of her physical diminishment and the constant pain she endured. Her prayer...
Sister Margaret Ann Wilson (formerly Sister Ann Gerard)
...for two years with children who had disabilities, no doubt calling upon her compassion and care to a greater degree. While teaching first grade at St. Angela Grade School, she received a Heart of the School award in 1993 from the Archdiocese. Her longest teaching assignment was at St. Genevieve’s in Chicago, where she taught first grade for 24 years. Sisters who lived with her during those years would tease her that “a reward for any child doing something was...
Shared roots: bonds that unite beyond culture, time and place
...of me was La Providence – only not in miniature as in the diorama but in real life! Here our Mother Theodore lived. Here she prayed daily. Here she lived in community with her religious sisters. (No doubt she also washed floors and dishes and took her turn in the garden and laundry.) I started walking the motherhouse property the first day I arrived. I loved exploring the grounds and poking through buildings like the old, unused stables and laundry...
A more colorful existence as a fiber arts intern
Earlier last year, I decided to make a change in my life. As I told some people that I was quitting my job so I could go work on an alpaca farm for three months I got a lot of confused looks and many, many questions. It’s hard not to doubt your own decisions in those moments, but since coming here to White Violet, my three-month internship has turned into five months, and I know now that coming here was...
Reflections for the local Golden Jubilee celebration
...circumstances brought you to a new life as a Sister of Providence. No doubt this seemed a contradiction at the time but one that has blessed us and so many through your ministry as a pastoral associate, in provincial leadership and in formation work and now here at Providence Spirituality & Conference Center and the Shrine of Saint Mother Theodore. And I think your Ursulines are at least cousins of those wonderful Ursuline sisters who took care of Mother Theodore...
Reflections from the 2018 Golden/Silver Jubilee Celebration
...(middle row, left) Sister Mary Beth Klingel, and (back, from left) Sisters Jenny Howard, Lisa Stallings, Jeanne Hagelskamp and Dawn Tomaszewski. These now iconic words, captured by our foundress Saint Mother Theodore Guerin in retelling our sisters’ arrival here at Saint Mary-of-the-Woods 178 years ago, seem a fitting way to mark this celebration of our golden and silver jubilarians. Jubilarians, today you have arrived at a graced moment in your own journey. And though I doubt that you actually have...
Sister Maureen Ann McCarthy
...Notre Dame and Bears football. But without a doubt, her all-time favorite was the CUBS baseball games. Sister Maureen Ann lived her life fully as a faithful Sister of Providence. She did not wear her spirituality on her sleeve, but we saw it in not only her living out the commandment of love for others in action, but also in her fidelity to prayer. Until the last couple of weeks of her life, when we all could see her failing...
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...
Seeking, struggle leads to gift of fulfillment, community
...that summer with more questions than answers. Although there was a profound connection to this particular community, I was filled with doubt. Most of the sisters were much older than me. Saint Mary-of-the-Woods was 1,168 miles from my Texas home. And to top it off I didn’t see anyone like me in the whole town. How could I possibly be being called to this place? I toiled with the idea of going to Indiana. Like Jonah who ran away and...
A reflection for the 2018 Senior Jubilee Celebration
...of Greenwood Catholic School. “Just as Mary had her doubts, I, too, could not imagine being called to serve in a leadership role at a Catholic school. I soon realized that as the angel said ….. ‘For with God nothing is impossible.’ Forty-two years later, I look back on the privilege of serving as principal in two Catholic schools. In this service, I was able to reach more lives in various capacities not only as educator but as mentor, advisor,...