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Making someone’s day just by showing up: Teen shares her experience as a Providence Teen Volunteer
...what was going on. There were days I questioned, and doubted, and wondered if I was volunteering well enough. Then I realized that it wasn’t necessarily the end result of what I was doing that mattered, but the process. It didn’t matter if someone didn’t remember that they had had fun and smiled yesterday, only that they enjoyed it in the moment. Some of the residents are confused and they didn’t remember us. But they had had fun with us,...
Saint Mother Theodore: The real woman behind the image
...her role as general superior. This is Mother Theodore grieving after the death of her dearest friend, Sister St. Francis Xavier. This is Mother Theodore in an unguarded moment. A moment of doubt, extreme fatigue and loneliness. This is Mother Theodore who understands the burdens we carry because she carried them herself. This is Mother Theodore whose humanity and steadfast belief in Providence made her a saint. This is Mother Theodore who companions us in all circumstances as we haltingly...
Remembering two Providence High School sisters
...with Sister Miriam Joseph. Upon Sister Miriam Joseph’s retirement, and even when she moved to Duluth, Minnesota and Eagle River, Wisconsin, Sister Marie Brendan continued to moderate the Providence alums. No doubt, as Providence High School alumnae are reading this article, they are humming “Bless This House,” for no Providence reunion was complete without Sister Marie Brendan breaking into song. I am confident that as the Providence High School alumnae gather for the last time in October 2019, Sister Marie...
Sister Delan Ma at ease with God and others
...sure God called me,” she says. In 52 years as a Sister of Providence, she has never doubted that call. An advertisement just for her Delan Ma had just graduated high school in 1967 when she saw an advertisement in the Taiwanese Catholic newspaper. The Sisters of Providence had opened a novitiate in Taiwan. The ad listed three requirements, she recalls. Applicants must be at least a high school graduate, have the intention to join and be in good health....
Sister Patricia Fillenwarth (formerly Sister Joseph Monica)
...enthusiastic way, she witnessed to the wonderful works of Providence. There was no doubt that Patty’s positive spirit, her humor, her ability to bear suffering and convey joy were all rooted in her steadfast faith that God’s guiding hand was upon her, said Sister Denise Wilkinson in her commentary for Sister Patricia Fillenwarth, formerly Sister Joseph Monica, who passed away on Tuesday, January 7, 2020, at Gibson Family Center for Hospice Care in Union Hospital, Terre Haute, Indiana. Sister Patricia...
Conscience, Candidates and Discipleship in Voting – Part Three
...proposals rest on prudential judgment for their moral discernment. To say this is to miss the central element of Catholic teaching about conscience and prudence. As the Catechism notes, “With the help (prudence), we apply moral principles to particular cases without error and overcome doubts about the good to achieve and the evil to be avoided.” Prudential judgment is not a secondary or deficient mode of discernment in the Christian conscience. It is the primary mode. This is certainly true...
Sister Dina Bato: What does it mean to you to be a Catholic Sister today?
...friends in facing our challenges. There is so much to learn from each other, but thanks be to God that we are all graced with creativity and the ability to learn how to use it wisely. No matter where we get our news, one thing is certain: There will always be uncertainty, especially in the face of adversity/difficulty. Though uncertainty exists everywhere, I feel it very poignantly in religious life. No doubt, with diminishing numbers in our Congregation, as well...
Sister Christine Patrick
...strength and ultimate faith in God and God’s will and Divine Providence up to her last breath.” From her niece Barb: “She always told me to take care of myself and reminded me she was praying for me. I have no doubt that her prayers helped sustain me through difficult times.” From niece Julie: “Aunt Christine was a very prayerful person. When I first called to tell her that I had met the man I thought I would marry, she...
Sister Helen Therese Conway
...Conway (right() with Sister Lawrence Ann Liston. For several years, she was the “go-to person” when the Mission Advancement office needed silverware wrapped in napkins for the donor dinner. She never liked to be idle, yet, one sister remarked that “she was always fearful that she would put somebody out or annoy them by her words or actions.” I doubt that happened very often! Annette Powell and her husband, who have attended Mass at Saint Mary’s for the last seven...
COVID-19: ‘Lessons’ Learned
...no doubt learned more “lessons” in the weeks ahead, except that beginning April 24, all sisters living in Lourdes and Providence Halls began to have meals delivered to their rooms. This is an additional precaution as Indiana heads into its peak of coronavirus cases in May. However, I’d like to conclude this tongue-in-cheek-article with two additional comments. The first one I heard on NPR recently. “Social distancing is a privilege and a luxury.” I had to really think about that...
Sister Marianne Mader (formerly Sister Ann Eugene)
...in the basement of the Indiana University Library in Indianapolis, Marianne discovered documentation that proved Dr. Willien had two medical degrees She gathered other information – including an article written by Willien and his obituary – that established beyond a doubt that he was a reputable physician. Eventually, she provided answers to all the Vatican’s questions and with unusual alacrity, her responses were approved unanimously by the medical commission. Sister Marianne said to Sister Nancy Nolan, “If I never do...
Side by side: our time of need is now
...words of the first verse jumped into my head as I started to write this article: We ain’t got a barrel of money. Maybe we’re ragged and funny. But we’ll travel along — singin’ our song — side by side. Together in spirit Traveling side by side has been a gift these past months as all of us and you confronted the overwhelming challenges of the Coronavirus. No doubt, some of us lost loved ones to the disease. Others endured...