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Remembering a ‘Star Teacher’
...The stated mission of the Sisters of Providence is to improve the lives of individuals through education, health care and spirituality, and to improve the well-being of the larger community through environmental awareness, social justice and related issues). A ‘Lifelong’ Student Sister Helen Rose was a lifelong student of the classics, including the Latin and Greek languages. During her formal years of education, she received a bachelor’s degree from Saint Mary-of-the-Woods College and a master’s degree from the University of...
Sister Dorothy (Damien) Deal
...the Congregation Jan. 9, 1937, and received the religious name Sister Damien. She professed first and perpetual vows Aug. 15, 1939, and 1945, respectively. Sister Dorothy earned a bachelor’s degree in education from Saint Mary-of-the-Woods College and a master’s degree in education from Cardinal Stritch University, Milwaukee. Sister Dorothy began teaching school in 1939 at St. Charles, Peru. In Indiana, she ministered as either a teacher or principal at St. Philip Neri, St. Thomas Aquinas and St. Matthew, Indianapolis; Annunciation,...
Sisters of Providence ministry founders
...the Cassin Education Initiative Foundation. It was to conduct a feasibility study for beginning a Cristo Rey school within the Archdiocese. Sister Jeanne Hagelskamp The school model, created by Jesuits, offers classroom instruction to economically disadvantaged high school students. The cost of the private school education is offset through students’ participation in corporate work programs one day a week. The Archdiocese confirmed there was a need for a Cristo Rey model school and reached out to the Sisters of Providence...
Sister Judith Mangin
...included St. Mary and Longfellow Consolidated, both in Washington. She graduated from Washington Catholic High School and entered the Congregation July 21, 1944. She professed first and perpetual vows Jan. 23, 1947, and 1952, respectively. Sister Judith earned a bachelor’s degree in education from Saint Mary-of-the-Woods College and a master’s degree in education from Indiana University. Sister Judith spent more than 25 years teaching elementary school. She began in 1947 teaching at Holy Trinity, New Albany, Ind. Her other Indiana...
Sister Rose Louise Schafer
...were interested and the Juniorate began on Aug. 21, 1930. Only two of the original five persevered, Agnes and Sister Mary Charles Spalding,” shared Sister Nancy. Sister Rose Louise entered the Congregation Feb. 2, 1934, and professed first and perpetual vows Aug. 15, 1936, and Jan. 23, 1942, respectively. She earned several bachelor’s degrees from Saint Mary-of-the-Woods College in education, social studies and religious education. Sister Rose Louise received a master’s degree in special education from Catholic University of America,...
Sister Elizabeth Rose Weisenbach
...professed first and perpetual vows Aug. 15, 1942, and 1948, respectively. Sister Elizabeth Rose earned a bachelor’s degree in education from Saint Mary-of-the-Woods College and a master’s degree in education from Indiana State University. For more than three decades, Sister Elizabeth Rose ministered in education. She began teaching in 1942 at St. Mary in Lafayette, Ind. Her other Indiana classrooms included Assumption, Evansville; Holy Spirit, Cathedral Grade School, St. Andrew, St. Joseph, St. Joan of Arc and St. Philip Neri,...
Sister Raymond Hunter
...she thought her children could be assured of a good education and a career in America. Alas, at that time there was no living to made in coaching soccer; so the family soon returned to Scotland for a few years. A tragedy of the ocean voyage was the death of one of the sons, who was simply put overboard,” continued Sister Alexa. Margaret Veronica’s elementary school education was completed at St. John the Baptist in Uddington, Lanarkshire, Scotland. The Hunter...
The Sisters of Providence mission: living the Gospel today
In 1840, Mother Theodore Guerin and five companions came to the United States from Ruillé, France. Their mission at the time was that of the Sisters of Providence of Ruillé: “to honor Divine Providence and second its merciful designs upon mankind by devoting themselves to the education of young girls and to the solace of the miserable … ” In 1840, young women were not being educated in the United States, so that ministry was a focal point of the...
Sister Elizabeth Ann Flori
...said Sister Mary Pat. Sister Elizabeth Ann entered the Congregation July 22, 1945, and professed first and perpetual vows Jan. 23, 1948, and 1953, respectively. She earned a bachelor’s degree in education from Saint Mary-of-the-Woods College and a master’s degree in education from Indiana State University. Sister Elizabeth Ann’s first grade-school ministry was at St. Mel-Holy Ghost in Chicago in 1948. Her Indiana classrooms included St. Paul, Sellersburg; St. Jude and St. John the Baptist, Fort Wayne; St. Anthony, Indianapolis;...
Sisters continue care for neighbors in need
...be leaving the food pantry at the end of this year. Sister Maureen Fallon, SP, will take over as director. For the past nine years, Sister Maureen has ministered as the assistant principal at Bishop McNamara High School in Kankakee, Illinois. She has ministered in Catholic education for 43 years. Sister Maureen said the routine of transitioning to the food pantry is very different from education. “This job is a lot more physical. But I get to interact with different...
Welcome Rochelle Madden!
...in graphic arts and a master’s degree in industrial technology, Rochelle worked in higher education in Missouri and Virginia. She also worked for the Veterans Affairs Medical Center. During her time in Missouri, she earned an education specialist degree from the University of Central Missouri with a specialization in career and technology education. Since coming to the Woods earlier this year, Rochelle has already made her presence known as she ministers on the Helping Ourselves Meaningful Engage (HOME) Team and...
The Other Five: A brief look at the lives of the sisters who came from France in 1840 with Saint Mother Theodore Guerin
Saint Mother Theodore Guerin, foundress of the Sisters of Providence of Saint Mary-of-the-Woods, has a feast day. She has sainthood, receiving the highest honor bestowed by the Catholic Church. Her legacy has been shared worldwide. She is well recognized as someone who made a difference in Indiana’s legendary history. Saint Mother Theodore Guerin was a tireless missionary, coming to Indiana in 1840 to work among God’s people, bringing education to the uneducated, providing food for the hungry, administering medicine for...