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...was 14. They never saw their parents again. “At first we went to Nanjing (they sent me to Shanghai to a Catholic high school), then they moved to Suzhou and I came to Suzhou and changed to another Catholic high school. By that time the Communists (had) already crossed the Yangtze River, so we ran again to many varied places for nearly a whole year. We finally ended in Fuzhou where we stayed a month, while the Communists had conquered...
Icon image of Saint Mother Theodore Guerin Paul Lundsford, president of St. Theodore Guerin High School in Noblesville, Ind., enjoying an intense, private time of prayer when he felt a call to have a religious icon created to honor the school’s namesake, Saint Mother Theodore Guerin, foundress of the Sisters of Providence of Saint Mary-of-the-Woods. He walked into the office of Father Dale Ehrman, Vicar for Catholic Mission, who was having a conversation with Jan Storms, an artist from Minneapolis....

...nursery school also operated a junior and senior high school. These sisters taught us Catechism every morning. I loved to hear the Bible stories, to learn about the Church teaching, to discover how Christians should live today, to share the good news of the Gospel with others. Eventually, after graduating from high school, I was baptized. After high school, I enrolled in the Institute of Education. When I completed my studies, I began teaching in elementary school and in junior...

...School, Terre Haute; Reitz Memorial High School, Evansville; and Saint Mary-of-the-Woods College. In Chicago, she ministered at Our Lady of Mercy, St. Leo, St. Genevieve, Maternity BVM and Providence High School. She also spent two years at St. John, Robstown, Texas, and several years at Rosarian Academy, West Palm Beach, Fla. “Sister Margaret’s motivation was primarily love for God and also love for her family, Sisters of Providence, friends and students. In her Office of Records folder, I found a...

...Fort Wayne; St. Rose High School, Vincennes; and Ladywood High School and Ladywood-St. Agnes, Indianapolis. She also ministered at Providence High School, Chicago, and Marywood, Orange, Calif. “Sister Suzanne was a fabulous educator who dearly loved her students and they her. Even if the subject matter wasn’t something they were interested in, they chose it because Sister Suzanne was teaching it!” continued Sister Denise. “After a teaching career of 37 years, Sister Suzanne embarked on a ministry at the Senior...

...(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...

...Illinois: Teacher, Our Lady of Sorrows, Chicago (1965-69); Teacher, St. Genevieve, Chicago (1969-70); Business Manager, Providence-St. Mel, Chicago (1970-71); Bookkeeper, Our Lady of Sorrows, Chicago (1971-75); Business Office Administrator, Sacred Heart of Mary, Rolling Meadows (1975-80); Provincial Treasurer, St. Joseph Province, Park Ridge (1980-89); Business Manager, Notre Dame High School for Girls, Chicago (1990-93); Director of Finances, Notre Dame High School for Girls, Chicago (1993-2007); Volunteer, Guerin College Prep High School, River Grove (2007-08); Volunteer, Gottlieb Hospital, Melrose Park (2010-2020)....

...New Castle and Holy Trinity in New Albany and in Illinois at St. Mary Carmelite in Joliet and St. Mel in Chicago. She taught at the high school level at Central Catholic High School in Fort Wayne, Ind.; at Mother Theodore Guerin High School in River Grove, Ill. and at Marywood in Orange, Calif. Sister Conrad served on the faculty of Saint Mary-of-the-Woods College for 27 years. In 1966 she began her work there as an instructor and later as...

...St. John the Baptist, Fort Wayne (1966-69); Principal, St. John the Baptist, Fort Wayne (1969-81); Student Religious Leaders Program, University of Notre Dame, South Bend (1981-82); Religion/Administrative Assistant, Bishop Luers High School, Fort Wayne (1982-84); Religion, Bishop Luers High School, Fort Wayne (1984-90); Assistant Principal, Bishop Luers High School, Fort Wayne (1990-92); Receptionist Surgical Waiting, Lutheran Hospital of Indiana, Fort Wayne (1993-97); Tutor at Center for Academic Excellence, Ivy Tech Community College Northeast, Fort Wayne (1997-2014); Prayer, Saint Mary-of-the-Woods (2014-2022)....

...initially recognize some of her classmates, the connections they made in high school still existed. Sister Paula felt that the reunion was phenomenal in the sense of relationships that were formed anew. For example, she and Laura (Carroll) Bosch were roommates at the reunion and immediately hit it off, discovering shared values. They have since been in touch and continue to build their friendship. Sister Paula enjoyed hearing good things at the reunion about her classmates’ high school experience: the...

...the Sisters of Providence at St. John the Baptist Grade School and Central Catholic High School in Fort Wayne. Mary Lee attributed her calling to the Sisters of Providence to reading the book “Irma” in fifth or sixth grade, which was the biography of Sister of Providence Sister St. Francis Xavier, as “associate foundress” and soul friend of Mother Theodore. “I knew immediately I would be a Sister of Providence,” she said. However, Trisha, her niece, shared that “Mary Lee...

...She quickly responded that when she was leaving as President of Guerin High School, Sister Judy Shanahan said to her, “Margaret, you have been an excellent president here at Guerin High School, yet what I most admire about you is that you are a friend of Jesus.” She smiled broadly and simply said, “All I ever want to be in my life is a friend of Jesus.” I have known Sister Margaret for 50 years as my sister in Community,...