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...and nursing. Instructing the ignorant, counseling the doubtful, feeding the hungry, giving drink to the thirsty, visiting and caring for the sick, comforting the sorrowful, praying for the living and the dead, and more — all these were the heart and soul of her ministerial life for over 50 years,” continued Sister Mary Pat. “I imagine Sister Ann Renee heard these words on the early morning of Monday, Sept. 6: ‘Come, you whom my Father has blessed, take for your...

...presence throughout my 96 years of life,’” read Sister Jeanne. “It is for this reason that I chose to begin this commentary with the lines from Nan Merrill’s translation of Psalm 95. They seem to reflect Sister Grace’s final words to us as we gather to celebrate the life she lived in our midst. To have known Sister Grace is to have known without doubt that God was truly her first love and that in her faithfulness to that love...

...music education students that when she took her first job teaching elementary music at Costa Catholic School in Galesburg she couldn’t believe that she actually got paid for spending her days doing something she loved so much. It wasn’t surprising, then, that she began her master’s degree in music education at the University of Illinois soon after she began that first job. She wanted to be a better teacher. No doubt the most important recognition Sue ever received was the...

...tones. No doubt, she heard those tones as the Risen Jesus came to take her home,” said Sister Margaret Quinlan in her commentary for Sister Elizabeth Rose Weisenbach, who died Dec. 6. Born Rosella Weisenbach July 18, 1922, in Indianapolis, she was one of six children of Jacob and Dora (Popp) Weisenbach. She attended St. Philip Neri Grade School, Indianapolis, and attended St. Mary Academy, Indianapolis. She graduated from the Providence Aspirancy and entered the Congregation Jan. 6, 1940. She...

Sister Monica Withem “Jesus said to his disciples, ‘Do not worry about your life and what you are to eat, nor about the body and how you are to clothe it.’” (Luke 12:22) “This reading is appropriate as we celebrate the life of any Sister of Providence, but perhaps even more appropriate this afternoon for our remembering Sister Monica Withem. She has been described as determined, prayerful, faith-filled, and, no doubt, she trusted in Providence as Jesus described to his...

...in Brazil, Ind., to Sylvester and Agnes (Klein) Bussing, Marcella Magdalene Bussing was the second oldest of six children. She attended Annunciation Grade School in Brazil and graduated from Providence Juniorate, Saint Mary-of-the-Woods, Ind. Sister Alexa noted about Sister Francis Eugene, “Her siblings affirm that she was very protective of them — particularly the younger boys — and on occasion could be a real mother hen. She was perceived as quite different from her siblings, and doubtless her early assumption...