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SP mission: alive with the times
...God. And the way they did it was through their work. They responded to the needs of the time and the people. In the Indiana wilderness of the mid-1800s there were so few schools and practically no health care services, so their ministerial works focused on education and tending to the sick poor in the surrounding area. The nineteenth century was the story of immigration. The Catholic population in the United States suddenly transformed from a small group of landowning,...
You asked and we’re answering!
...School in River Grove, Ill., and Providence Cristo Rey High School in Indianapolis, Ind. In addition, some sisters do teach in classrooms or are involved in some other capacity in schools. Our mission statement addresses the other part of your question, “where in the world do you go and what do you do there.” The Sisters of Providence are a community of Catholic women religious who collaborate with others to create a more just and hope-filled world through prayer, education,...
Did you know? An award named after the late Sister Dorothy Drobis
...humble person.” Karen’s donation and other donations from family support the award. Sister Dorothy was a Chicago native and entered the Congregation in 1952. She earned a bachelor’s degree in education from Saint Mary-of-the-Woods College and a master’s degree in elementary education from Northern Illinois University. During her teaching ministry in Chicago, Sister Dorothy ministered at St. Sylvester (1970-73); St. Andrew (1973-76); Maternity BVM (1976-84); and St. Mark (1984-94). She also ministered at other locations in Illinois as well as...
Transforming urban America one student at a time
...Students who could not otherwise afford a Catholic school education can receive a quality education in a faith-based environment. They study four days per week and then gain professional work experience within the community on the fifth day. Doctor Margie Crooks was named president of PCR in November 2017. To celebrate Catholic Schools Week, we’d like to share her blog message with you, to help introduce her and share a bit of inspiration for the future. Happy Catholic Schools Week!...
Giving Voice scholarship awardee in Oaxaca, Mexico
Editor’s Note: The following blog was originally posted on giving-voice.org and has been reprinted with permission. Sister Joni Luna during her time in Oaxaca, Mexico. Submitted photo. This past July, I was blessed with the opportunity to travel to Oaxaca, Mexico, to the Instituto Cultural Spanish Language/Immersion School after receiving a scholarship from Giving Voice. After entering the Sisters of Providence in 2012, I was encouraged by my sisters who spoke Spanish to pursue my education of the Spanish language....
Education in everyday caring makes a difference
...and dedication. Educating makes a difference Education is also vital for the mission’s success, one focus of which is on care for campus residents living with dementia. Environmental Services staff members Deanna Bedwell and Bayja Stone assist Sister Ann Margaret O’Hara. All learning depends on good teachers. HOME’s good teachers include registered nurses, a well-being coordinator, a clinical care coordinator and activity directors. These certified dementia care practitioner trainers teach staff of Providence Health Care and the Sisters of Providence...
Reinventing ourselves as Sisters of Providence
...the people of God who ask us to share our gifts and talents with them through our service in education, parishes, advocacy groups, and prayer with and for them.” From days as a postulant in the 1960s, when I first heard Saint Mother Theodore Guerin’s famous quote, “This is the path traced by Providence and I follow it,” I have always experienced religious life as an adventuresome journey with the Christ, who continuously invites me to grow and reinvent myself...
Sister Joseph Clare McCarthy
...education from Indiana State University. Sister Joseph Clare ministered in education for more than 50 years. She began teaching in 1940 at St. Mary’s Village School in Saint Mary-of-the-Woods Village, Ind. Her other ministries in Indiana were at St. Thomas Aquinas and St. Andrew, Indianapolis, and St. John the Baptist, Fort Wayne. In Illinois, she ministered at Our Lady of Mercy and Immaculate Conception, Chicago, and St. Alexander, Palos Heights. Sister Joseph Clare also ministered at St. Joseph, Hawthorne, Calif.,...
Education, advocacy and service with immigrants part of sister’s border experience
...small part of it. Do this in memory of me…. My first week of a month-long immersion experience for Catholic Sisters in Nogales Sonora, Mexico — my eyes and heart have been drawn to the people and the artistry around the center. I see depictions of joy, community, compassion, hospitality, generosity, service, justice, education and team work. I observe the focus on mission and ministry with migrants in need of food, medical assistance, shelter and a place to rest. They...
Sister Mary Charles Spalding
...in education as well as English from Saint Mary-of-the-Woods College. She later earned a master’s degree in education from Ball State University. For more than 50 years, Sister Mary Charles ministered in education, starting in 1933 at All Saints, Hammond, Ind. In Indiana, she also served at St. Philip Neri, Indianapolis; Sacred Heart, Whiting; and St. Joseph, Jasper. In Illinois, she ministered at St. Andrew, St. Mel-Holy Ghost, St. Genevieve and St. Francis Borgia, Chicago; Providence, New Lenox; and St....
Sister Marianne Mader (formerly Sister Ann Eugene)
...but when a Sister assured her Sisters could be librarians too, she never looked back. She attended Saint Philipp Neri School, Saint Mary’s Academy in Indianapolis, and Providence Aspirancy at Saint Mary-of-the-Woods. She entered the Sisters of Providence in 1967, and she received the religious name Sister Ann Eugene. She professed first vows in 1970, and final vows in 1975. She earned a degree in elementary education at Saint Mary-of-the-Woods College in 1971, and although she was still eager to...
Sister Grace Stewart
...Sister Grace graduated from St. John Academy, Indianapolis. She entered the Congregation Aug. 20, 1929, and professed first and perpetual vows Jan. 23, 1932, and Aug. 15, 1937, respectively. She earned a bachelor’s degree in education from Saint Mary-of-the-Woods College and a master’s degree in education from Catholic University of America, Washington, D.C. Sister Grace began teaching at Our Lady of Mercy, Chicago, in 1932. In Chicago, she also taught at Our Lady of Sorrows and St. Leo. She spent...