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Newsnotes from winter 2023 HOPE magazine
...for the many who joined us. Then on Dec. 10, guests young and old joined us for Christmas Fun at the Woods with sing-alongs, cookie decorating, nativity dress up and more. Join us for the fun at our next event, our Earth Day Festival and Craft Fair on Saturday, April 22, at Saint Mary-of-the-Woods. Sister Jeanne Hagelskamp, center, and other volunteers help with games during Fall Farm Day. It’s a girl! Welcome to our new alpaca addition at the Woods,...
Honoring all our work: a history of Labor Day
...Central Labor Union of New York proposed a Labor Day holiday. Others maintained that Peter McGuire of the American Federation of Labor (the AFL still exists today), proposed the holiday. What’s important is that labor is celebrated. Each state’s legislature needed to enact the holiday for that state. Oregon was the first state to celebrate the holiday in 1887. By the time it became a national holiday, thirty states had legislated that Labor Day became law in their state. I...
Saint Mother Theodore’s Feast Day Reflection
Happy Feast Day (Friday, Oct. 3, 2014)! How wonderful to be together to celebrate Saint Mother Theodore’s Feast Day! Today we have the privilege, the honor, of moving the remains of Mother Theodore to her place in the chapel in her shrine. So many have brought this day to its fruition – Sisters of Providence, former staff and current staff members, artists and artisans of word, wood images and of artifacts; architects, liturgical designers, construction workers, engineers, carpenters, printers, electricians;...
A grand structure: Providence Hall
...1853 convent. To link the new hall to the past, a stone from Mother Theodore’s convent built in 1853 was inserted into the foundation outside the dining room near the west wall. The stone is still visible today because it is darker than the other stones. In the files of Archives, there are several bid sheets and copies of bills from many contractors. The plumbing bid from W.R. Thompson Plumber & Gas Fitter & Dealer in Gas Fixtures in Chicago...
The charism of Saint Mother Theodore Guerin
...of the holy men and women through the ages provide ample evidence of how new impulses of God’s spirit have continuously refreshed the desire that “thy kingdom come on earth as it is in heaven.” As we celebrate Mother Theodore’s sainthood, we ask ourselves, “What was her charism? What was the spiritual gift given to her for the sake of the community? How does that charism continue today?” When we examine the life of this remarkable woman, we can identify...
Organizations find something to believe in at Providence Family Services
...preparation can be costly and intimidating. PFS’ citizenship classes prepare them for the citizenship test by making these future citizens feel comfortable and confident in their abilities,” Pacheco said. Popular Community Bank is dedicated to strengthening the social and economic well-being of the communities it serves. Grants are awarded through a wholly employee-funded foundation. Over the past several years, the Banco Popular Foundation has granted more than $1.5 million dollars to grass-roots organizations sponsored by its employees. Popular Community Bank...
Spiritual direction: you are not alone
...and parish work. Often, when she has counseled people, she has realized she was receiving questions like who is God, or how do I pray, or where is God in this event in my life. In essence those questions form the foundation of a spiritual director’s role. The key foundation question might be “What am I to learn?” “They learn to look at their lives as events that come to them and say, ‘What is God trying to show me...
Sister Jeanne Knoerle, former college president and Terre Haute community partner, dies Monday
...Terre Haute and made the city and Saint Mary’s cohesive.” She was named a Woman of Influence in Terre Haute in 2012. She previously had served as a member of the board of the Terre Haute Chamber of Commerce, Wabash Valley United Way, board of directors for Indiana Vocational Technical Institute, Terre Haute Medical Education Foundation, Mental Health Association of the Wabash Valley, Hospice of the Wabash Valley, Union Hospital and Woods Day Care/Pre-School. She was a Fulbright Scholar and...
Three countries of heritage: France, Taiwan and U.S.
...of Mary, the mother of God; in the ministry of education as schools were established from the earliest days; the practice of calling the sisters “home” to Saint Mary-of-the-Woods for rest and retreat and the French custom of saying the prayer of reunion. Sisters of Providence from the Ruille community in France, General Superior Sister Martine Meuwissen and former General Superior Sister Henri Dominique Besson arrived Monday, Oct. 13, and will be here celebrating these days with us. The influence...
No longer slaves, but brothers and sisters
...experienced sexual exploitation beginning at a preschool age. “Dreamcatcher” is a 2015 Sundance Film documentary that follows Brenda who now works as a community advocate with and for prostitutes and young girls. Not only is Brenda a survivor of human trafficking, she co-founded the Dreamcatcher Foundation, to make a difference in the lives of others. In his World Day of Peace Message, “No Longer Slaves but Brothers and Sisters,” Pope Francis states” —– “Today, as in the past, slavery is...
Pictorial book honoring the Sisters of Providence to be issued later this year!
The Sisters of Providence of Saint Mary-of-the-Woods and Saint Mary-of-the-Woods College began preparations for their 175th anniversary in 2014. The year-long celebration officially began on Oct. 22, 2014, on Foundation Day, with the theme of “Rooted for Tomorrow.” During the year-long celebration, several events have taken place. And now, The Tribune Star is in the process of creating a pictorial book, “175 Years,” featuring and honoring both the Sisters of Providence and the college. The book will highlight the past,...
Sister Jane Bodine (formerly Sister Janet)
...enjoy the harvest of your many years of dedication and faithfulness as you answered God’s every call and carried on in extraordinary fashion “the Bodine way of meeting challenges.” Funeral services for Sister Jane took place on Monday, April 3, and Tuesday, April 4, in the Church of the Immaculate Conception. A Wake took place from 2:30 to 4:30 p.m., on Monday, April 3, with Vespers at 4:30 p.m. Mass of Christian Burial took place at 11 a.m., on Tuesday,...