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Time capsule spawns memories of former Catholic High School in Terre Haute
Memorabilia connected to the Sisters of Providence of Saint Mary-of-the-Woods, Indiana, has been recovered in a time capsule at a former convent that has been razed. Owners of the property where the former Paul C. Schulte High School stands recently decided to raze the former convent built in 1958 for Sisters of Providence who taught at the school. Necessary renovations exceeded the value of the building. The former school, which now serves as an office complex on Terre Haute’s east...
Anniversary of our first mission
...and the three sisters who had been designated as parochial school teachers. The original St. Joseph School in Jasper. On Jan. 4, 1949, lightning struck the school which resulted in a fire that caused much damage. Students were temporarily accommodated in the rectory, convent basement and high school. These events caused school to start a week late the following year. A new school building, which is the current school building, was dedicated Oct. 16, 1959. By the 1973-74 year 14...
The remarkable life of Mother Marie Gratia Luking
...and three young women were accepted to begin their probationary period. The Congregation in the United States had agreed to accept any Chinese postulants who had completed high school. These first three young women subsequently traveled to the United States and entered the novitiate there. The last one of these, Sister Agnes Joan Li, died Jan. 19, 2004, in the infirmary at Saint Mary-of-the-Woods after a long and fruitful life as a Sister of Providence. Many women who felt called...
Sister Lourdes Kline
...and embroider and shared what she made with others, hoping to please them. At the beginning of her senior year in high school, her class had the distinction of being the first to move into and graduate from a brand new Bethesda-Chevy Chase High School building and campus, one of the best high schools in Montgomery County, Maryland. Then, she attended Immaculata Junior College and met the Sisters of Providence. Especially dear to her was Sister Mary Borromeo Brown, the...
Mary Ellen Kilday
Sister Mary Ellen was born Margaret Eileen Kilday on Feb. 14, 1913. She died on May 17, 2008. She was 95 years old and had been a Sister of Providence for 76 years. Sister Mary Ellen entered the Congregation on Feb. 14, 1932. She professed first and final vows on Aug. 15, 1934 and 1940, respectively. Sister Mary Ellen ministered as a junior high or high school teacher for 40 years, beginning in 1934 at St. Catherine, Indianapolis. She taught...
Emily Walsh
...ministries, Sister Emily taught at schools in Terre Haute, Indiana (St. Joseph and St. Ann); Clarksville, Indiana (Our Lady of Providence High School); and Immaculata College of Washington and Preparatory School where she ministered as the librarian. Sister Emily was also the librarian at Saint Mary-of-the-Woods College from 1975 to 2001. Sister Emily had an identical twin, Sister Leona Walsh, who passed away in 2010. She enjoyed listening to the Indianapolis Colts’ radio broadcasts and loved to play Bridge. Here...
Nancy Reynolds
...Sister Nancy has ministered as a math teacher, most notably at Our Lady of Providence High School in Clarksville, Indiana, from 1971 to 1978. She also ministered as a Judge and Defender of the Bond, Tribunal, for the Diocese of Evansville, Indiana, and the Director, Judge, Defender of the Bond, for the Archdiocese of San Francisco, California, from 1987 to 2001. In 2001, she became a member of the Congregation’s Leadership Team and stayed there until 2011. She also ministered...
Rosemary Nudd
...Vanderbilt University – both in Nashville, Tennessee. Of her ministries, Sister Rosemary has served as a high school English teacher at Marywood in Evanston, Illinois, Costa Catholic Academy in Galesburg, Illinois, and John F. Kennedy High School in Manchester, Missouri. She was also an English professor at Saint Mary-of-the-Woods College from 1981 to 2012. Sister Rosemary said she loves the city of Chicago and Saint Mary-of-the-Woods. “I think Saint Mary-of-the-Woods is the most beautiful place on the planet,” she said....
Marilyn Herber
...Saint Mary-of-the-Woods College with a bachelor’s degree in English. She also has a master’s degree in education from Indiana University and another master’s in pastoral theology from Saint Mary-of-the-Woods College. Of her ministries, Sister Marilyn taught for 18 years, including time at Sacred Heart School in Terre Haute; Ascension in Halethorpe, Maryland; St. Michael in Greenfield, Indiana; St. Charles in Peru, Indiana; Schulte High School in Terre Haute; and Central Catholic High School in Fort Wayne. In 1972, Sister Marilyn...
Dolores Ann Linhart
...1953, respectively. She began her teaching ministry in 1948 and never left the profession. In 1969, she served as a student counselor at Mother Theodore Guerin High School, River Grove, Ill., and from 1969 to 2007, she ministered in the field of career counseling for both high school students and adults. From 1978 to 1981, she also ministered as Regional Career Counselor for a six-state area of the United States Department of Labor. She returned to the Woods in 2007....
Cecile Morse
...Print Shop. She also ministered in maintenance and as the convent bookkeeper at Ladywood High School, Indianapolis. In 1980, she began a ministry as the attendance office at Mother Theodore Guerin High School, River Grove, Ill., at the age of 72. She also provided parish service at Our Lady of the Greenwood, Greenwood, Ind., before returning to the Woods in 1989. Following in her father and brother’s footsteps, Sister Cecile was already a licensed union printer before entering the Congregation....
Frances Alma McManus
...final vows on Jan. 23, 1936. She began her teaching ministry in 1931 at St. Catherine School, Fort Wayne, Ind. She taught in many other classrooms in Indiana, as well as schools in Illinois, New Hampshire, Massachusetts and Washington, D.C. She was the founding principal of Mother Theodore Guerin High School, River Grove, Ill. She returned home to the Woods in 1993. In 1962, as principal at Mother Theodore Guerin High School, she welcomed the freshman class of 398 students....