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Diversity, Equity, Inclusion and the Catholic Church
...to students, the universities, and education at all levels. The Association of American Universities has a page for student advocacy on student access and aid cuts. This is only one of many pages that allow people to get in touch with the lawmakers. Talk with families who have students entering higher education this fall. Suggest that they do not send their children to schools that do not support diversity, equity, and inclusion. Make a list of the schools of higher...
What do sisters do all day?
...College, Woods Day Care/Pre-School, Providence Cristo Rey High School in Indianapolis and Guerin Prep High School outside of Chicago. The outside of Providence Cristo Rey High School in Indianapolis, a sponsored institution of the Sisters of Providence. It is a Catholic, coeducational, college-preparatory secondary school offering a unique educational experience to students with economic need. Some of our sisters work in the schools. We also have Guerin Outreach Ministries. These ministries include teaching migrant workers in California how to speak...
Sister Mary Rita Griffin (formerly Sister Mary Paula)
...Friday, March 6, at Saint Mary-of-the-Woods, Indiana. She was 83 years old and had been a Sister of Providence for 65 years. Sister Mary Rita Griffin Sister Mary Ann continued: Mary attended Saint Ann Elementary School and Immaculata High School in Washington, D.C., graduating in June 1954. One month later, Mary answered the call to become one of the laborers for Christ as she entered the Postulancy on June 22, 1954, and received the name Sister Mary Paula, was accepted...
Sister Edwardine McNulty
...Grove, Indianapolis, Linton and Clarksville). She was renowned as a grade and high school teacher and an elementary school principal, ministering in school-related venues for nearly 33 years. Sister Camille Neubauer had Sister Edwardine as a fifth-grade teacher. She remembered her as “the best teacher I ever had, lots of fun, yet a stickler for discipline.” And Camille was convinced that Edwardine was also the smartest teacher ever because she could catch the boys who acted up in the classroom....
Former teacher influences a career in environmental law
...of the things that struck me as I looked through the Lady-Lore newspapers was the number of articles about award-winning science and math projects by Ladywood students and articles reporting on guest scientists who came to Ladywood to talk with students. I took biology, chemistry and physics, and I knew I was lucky because the high school most of my grade school friends attended didn’t even offer physics. Of course I credit the Ladywood administration, Sister Helen Jean and the...
Reflection for the Feast of Saint Mother Theodore
Note: The following is the reflection our General Superior Sister Dawn Tomaszewski offered during the 2022 Saint Mother Theodore Guerin Feast Day Liturgy. As we Sisters of Providence like to say, “Happy Feast!” In 2006, the year Saint Mother Theodore was canonized, I was on the administrative team of Guerin College Prep High School in River Grove, Illinois. Certainly, as we made plans for that year, we knew that the school named for Mother Theodore needed to do something very...
Sister Jeanne Hagelskamp says there’s more to do after receiving Lifetime Achievement Award
...served previously on the faculty at the University of San Francisco where she was director of teacher education for the entire USF system and a member of USF’s Institute for Catholic Education Leadership. Sister Jeanne helped found Providence Cristo Rey High School in Indianapolis. It is a Catholic, co-educational, college preparatory high school for economically disadvantaged on the near west side of Indianapolis. She mentioned that this is the second time she has been honored by the city of Indianapolis....
Newsnotes Fall 2020
...and The Butler’s Pantry. And we have a stand on Saturday mornings at the Terre Haute Farmer’s Market. Soon we will be offering shipping on our nonperishable products. Go to FarmStore.WhiteViolet.org and see what’s new. New President at Providence Cristo Rey High School Tyler Mayer was recently named president of the Sisters-of-Providence-sponsored Providence Cristo Rey High School in Indianapolis. Tyler comes from Bishop Chatard High School in Indianapolis, where he most recently served as Executive Vice-President. In that capacity, he...
You asked and we’re answering!
...in the past?” the answer is yes and no. In the past the sisters owned several high schools and staffed hundreds of parish grade schools. We are no longer able to do that in the same manner nor do we have hundreds of sister-teachers — so that is the “no” answer. The Sisters of Providence sponsor Providence Cristo Rey High School in Indianapolis. The “yes” answer is that we currently sponsor Saint Mary-of-the-Woods College at Saint Mary-of-the-Woods, Guerin Prep High...
A visit to the Woods
...Day gift, she arranged an overnight at the Hermitage. We had a wonderful next day exploring the grounds, attending mass and meeting my former high school principal, Sister Ann Casper. What a joy it was to spend lunch visiting her, so much so that I quickly emailed some of my high school friends and suggested an August trip. They all agreed. Again, Sister Ann proved to be a wonderful host, sharing lunch with us and taking us on an informative...
Sister Francetta Brown
...Ladywood, Indianapolis; and Our Lady of Providence, Clarksville. She taught a portion of one year at Marywood School, Orange, Calif. Sister Francetta’s ministry at the secondary level also included serving as principal at Ladywood and Rivet High School, Vincennes, Ind. In 1983, Sister Francetta’s ministry focus changed, and she served for two years as the assistant director of development at Saint Mary-of-the-Woods. From 1985 to 1991, she served St. John the Baptist Parish and School in Montgomery, Ala., in a...
Sister Ann Casper
...school (St. Patrick, Fort Wayne, Ind.), the custom then was for students, the whole school, to begin the school day by attending Mass. You were seated by grades in the church. That would be pretty unusual today. Q. You mentioned that your calling to religious life came naturally, but was there a particular attraction? What made you feel that way? A. As a young person, I believe I was attracted more to the outward appearances, the habit, probably. I liked...