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Celebrating National Catholic Schools Week with pen pals!
Each year, National Catholic Schools Week starts on the last Sunday in January. This year, it begins on Sunday, Jan. 29, and concludes on Saturday, Feb. 4. National Catholic Schools Week is celebrated on an annual basis to promote the education that comes from attending a Catholic school. The Sisters of Providence of Saint Mary-of-the-Woods, Indiana, have a rich history in education. And while many sisters no longer teach in the classroom, their love of education has never waned. Recently,...
Sister Joni Luna professes first vows
...program. Prior to finding her way to the Sisters of Providence, Sister Joni taught physical education in her native state of Texas. However, she has openly admitted that something was missing in her life. And it was at that time that Sister Joni – who was not a practicing Catholic – began exploring spirituality, and while in a Catholic Church, she saw a flier that had been posted by Sister of Providence Sister Barbara Bluntzer. Sister Joni began meeting with...
Sister Mary Anselm Coppersmith
...(Lager) Coppersmith, Christina Gertrude Coppersmith was born Jan. 25, 1913, in Clyde, Mo. She attended St. Benedict Grade School, Clyde, and St. Patrick High School, Maryville, Mo. After working several years upon graduating from high school, Christina followed in the footsteps of three of her sisters — Sisters Scholastica, Mary Albertine and Mary Xavier — and entered the Congregation Feb. 11, 1937, receiving the name of Sister Mary Anselm. She earned a bachelor’s degree in education from Saint Mary-of-the-Woods College...
Remembering Sister Cecilia Clare Bocard
...Theodore Guerin. An award-winning composer who was often referred to as “the sister with the dancing feet,” Sister Cecilia Clare received an honorary doctor of letter from the college in 1983. In addition, she was honored by the Indiana House of Representatives in 1987 for her contributions to music and education, and was also honored that same year by the Archdiocese of Indianapolis for her contributions to total Catholic education. Sister Cecilia Clare died in February 1994. #throwbackthursday #tbt ...
Sister Judy Birgen
...she ministered with Catholic Charities in parishes with food cooperatives and food pantries. And in August, she will travel to Uganda as a Fulbright scholar where she will teach at Uganda Martyrs University to help establish a social science program. In addition, she will carry out research focused on educational resilience among AIDS orphans who manage to stay in high school. Her determination to assist those in need also spurred her own education. Years ago, she was among people interviewed...
Sister Ann Sullivan
...into place immediately. We focused on education and public policy. We started with a real small garden. We mudded in tomatoes that first summer,” Sister Ann said. In 10 years, White Violet Center for Eco- Justice has grown to become the home of a prize-winning herd of alpacas, of enough organic vegetables to bolster motherhouse kitchen menus and sell at a weekly farmer’s market, of tours and education for thousands of visitors each year, of organic croplands, of restored motherhouse...
Former Sisters of Providence General Superior passes away
...Sister. I know I was influenced by the Sisters who taught me. That is important because my two sisters joined the Community before I did, but I remembered I wanted to join before they did.” Sister Nancy earned a bachelor’s degree in education from Saint Mary-of-the-Woods College, a master’s degree in education from the University of Illinois and another master’s degree in pastoral studies from Loyola University in Chicago. Her teaching ministries took her to schools in Indianapolis, Chicago and...
Sister Agnese Boddington
...She attended grade school at St. Ann and Holy Trinity, Washington, D.C., and high school at St. Mary-of-the-Woods Academy, Saint Mary-of-the-Woods, Ind. She entered the Congregation Sept. 2, 1925, and professed first and perpetual vows March 22, 1928, and Aug. 15. 1933, respectively. Sister Agnese earned a bachelor’s degree in education from Saint Mary-of-the-Woods College and a master’s degree in education from St. Louis University. Sister Agnese spent nearly four decades in the elementary classroom. She began teaching in 1928...
Honoring the Past, Supporting the Future: Our Educational Mission Today
So often, the Sisters of Providence receive notes from alumnae/i, thanking us for the excellent education and values formation that we provided them at the various schools and colleges where we taught and/or administered. Some of those schools were sponsored by the Sisters of Providence. We owned them (and eventually most were separately incorporated) and we had a presence in them for many, many years. Currently, we still sponsor two educational institutions: Saint Mary-of-the-Woods College, our first mission which was...
Reflections for Reception into the Novitiate
...education and special education — working with adults, children and even babies; in higher education in the enrollment process; as well as accompanying others on their spiritual journey. It seems your inner work has sought as its outcome the service of others, a dedication to the common good. Having just come from a week of Leadership Conference for Women Religious (LCWR) meetings with its theme: “Our time is holy: Who then shall we be?” I was taken with the following...
From farming to teaching to counseling to care of Earth: Sister Ann Sullivan’s story
...but also working with the families of the students. The sisters recognized both the skill and the passion that Sister Ann had for this work and suggested that she go back to school to study educational psychology. And so she went to get her master’s degree at Illinois State University, not in educational psychology, but in counseling psychology, to prepare herself to minister to the needs of the time. Finding the need As she was finishing her studies, her planned...
Sister Mary Regis O’Kane
...and professed first and perpetual vows March 1, 1932, and Aug. 15, 1937, respectively. Sister Mary Regis 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 Mary Regis’ “ministry was focused unequivocally on the education of the child,” continued Sister Mary Roger. “She spent her entire ministerial life as an educator and from the time of her final vows taught only seventh- and/or eighth-grade students. Among her students, she...