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HOPE winter 2020 — The needs in our backyards
...to help us improve how we share information with you. We want to ensure that you are receiving sufficient information about how your financial generosity helps further our mission. Providence Community Cemetery blessed In the summer issue of HOPE magazine, we Sisters of Providence laid out our plans for our newest outreach ministry: the creation of Providence Community Cemetery. Here we will receive for interment the cremains of persons other than members of the Congregation. Newsnotes Obituaries Calendar of Events...
Three quotes from Mother Theodore that should make you think about volunteering in the New Year
...into 2020 consider volunteering. And of course if you would like to volunteer here at Saint Mary-of-the-Woods we’d be honored. We’re always looking for new friends to answer phones, visit residents in health care, work on the grounds, lead tours, help in the garden and assist at special events. Sister Rebecca Keller, director of Volunteer Services for the Sisters of Providence, will be happy to find the perfect situation for you. Email her at rkeller@spsmw.org or call her at 812-535-2878....
Sister Patricia Fillenwarth (formerly Sister Joseph Monica)
...was 79 years old and had been a Sister of Providence for 62 years. Sister Denise continued: Here are some facts that describe the path Providence searched out for Patty. Each of them played a part in creating the Patty we have known. Patty’s openness to life events, family, friends and strangers, to her vowed life allowed Providence to continue to form her “inward parts,” continued to “knit together” the self she was continually becoming. Patricia Marie Fillenwarth was born...
Immigration injustice: what can I do?
...offered me practical actions to take one at a time. Change my attitudes First, I plan to change my own attitudes about immigration and welcoming the “stranger” at our borders and in the state where I live. I cannot change the world without changing my own heart and actions. To do this, I will attend events with local immigrant communities so that I can learn about who their members are as individuals and so I can grow to appreciate them as...
Sister Ellen Cunningham (formerly Sister Michael Aquinas)
...nothing about this Canaanite woman. We don’t know the people, the events, the circumstances, the knowledge that made her who she was; but we do know that she was loving, brave, persistent and a quick thinker. To my way of thinking, Sister Ellen Cunningham and this Canaanite woman are soul sisters. Like the Canaanite woman, Ellen too was loving, brave, persistent and a quick thinker. Unlike the Canaanite woman, we know some of the people and experiences that made Ellen...
Call to Action: Write Opinion Editorials for local media outlets
...of agriculture and farming of animals? Each person needs to write a piece that tells a story – not just the facts. Here are some tips: Keep it relevant: Use current events to draw the reader’s attention. Think of personal, meaningful stories of people you know who are affected by these current challenges, Keep it short: Newspapers are most likely to publish letters to the editor that are short and make one succinct point (that are supported with facts or...
Sister Cathy Campbell: What does it mean to you to be a Catholic Sister today?
...and endless. Sister Marceline (left) and Sister Cathy Campbell Now, in my mid-70s, I am once again recreating myself as a Sister of Providence, residing in one of our retirement communities here at Saint Mary-of-the-Woods. I continue to write for our Congregation publications, like HOPE. I also am exploring new ministries. Like assisting with liturgies at the Federal Corrections Camp (minimum security) in Terre Haute, being part of the SP Climate Change Task Force, and assisting with various events like...
This Good Friday: Is COVID-19 the only pandemic about which we need to pray?
...beat Ward and hanged his body from a Wabash River bridge. The crowd then burned his body on the river’s west bank. The soil collection ceremony took place on the north end of Fairbanks Park near where these events took place 119 years ago. It was part of a national campaign to recognize the victims of lynching by collecting soil from lynching sites, erecting historical markers, and creating a national memorial that acknowledges the horrors of racial injustice. I was...
Imogen Anderson: The exceptional exception to the rule
...her tray, she always says, ‘let me get my feet going in the right direction.’ She is so cute. It’s hard for me to not laugh.” Her care for the community extends well beyond the Sisters of Providence. Imogen, who has been in the Air Force Junior ROTC program since her freshman year, also has volunteered for events including “Race for the Cure,” “MS Walk,” “Fall Carnival,” for Dixie Bee and Rio Grande elementary schools, Easter Egg hunt for Remnant...
Sister Regina Norris (formerly Sister Regina Clare)
...brittle scrapbook that I found in Regina’s file which her mother entitled Donna’s Doings, it is evident that she was a much-loved child. Her mother records meticulously the events of Donna’s first years, including the fact that Donna was born at Aunt Louise Keasling’s house in Bruceville, Ind. In this book are the lyrics of a song that her father wrote for her and sang to her when she was a baby. Its title is Red-Head: Days were so dreary,...
A reflection for Memorial Day 2020
...were impressive. Each offered educational opportunities, all were equal in pay, promotions and opportunities for men and women. But only the Navy told me there would be good times and challenging events when one stood, advocating for patients while outranked. It would take some finesse. Twenty-five years later, I could say there were times she was right. Young men, ready to answer the call for their country signed up to become Marines. (I can only relate to Marines because my...
HOPE summer 2020 — The circle of giving
...needs to which they can respond. For Sister Kathleen, it’s being a face of Providence in healthcare. Sister Gloria Memering: Bringing the music Until Sister Gloria’s retirement in 2011, all but five years were spent teaching music in schools and engaging in parish music ministry. Evolving Providence in time of pandemic and beyond “We have an obligation to continue to trust our Provident God. It’s a mandate. It’s in our vows. We cannot stay still.” Newsnotes Obituaries Calendar of Events...