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Sister Gerry (Marie Richard) Cavanaugh
...Genevieve Elementary School, Chicago. “Because her mother died when she was in grade school, her father decided that boarding his active and mischievous young daughter at Marywood High School in Evanston, Ill., would be best,” said Sister Rita Clare. Entering the Congregation July 22, 1944, she received the religious name Sister Marie Richard. She professed first and perpetual vows Jan. 23, 1947, and 1952, respectively. She earned a bachelor’s degree in education from Saint Mary-of-the-Woods College and a master’s degree...
Sister Rose Therese Welp
...High School, Clarksville, Ind. “While librarian at Providence High School, she had the students charmed by her personality and her gentleness — and also by her plants. Senior boys would come in to check on her beautiful spider plant,” shared Sister Ruth Ellen. Sister Rose Therese’s health forced her to return to the Woods in 1983, where she ministered in the greenhouse. She later offered service to the children at Woods Day Care/Pre-School. “Sister Rose Therese was a very peaceful,...
Sister Joan Mary Schaefer
...Residential Services, Saint Mary-of-the-Woods (2017-2025). In Illinois: Teacher, St. Genevieve, Chicago (1959-60); Teacher, Our Lady of Sorrows, Chicago (1968-69); Principal, Immaculate Conception, Chicago (1975-89); Teacher, St. Francis Borgia School, Chicago (1990-92); Teacher, Providence-St. Mel School, Chicago (1992-98); Substitute Teacher, Chicago area (1998-2008); Substitute Teacher/Home School Teacher, Chicago area (2008-2015); Substitute Teacher, Providence-St. Mel, Chicago (2015-16); Substitute Teacher, Guerin College Preparatory High School, River Grove (2015-17); Convent Service, River Grove (2015-17). In Missouri: Principal, Our Lady of Providence, St. Louis (1969-75)....
Sister Regis McNulty
...(1965-72); Teacher, Charlotte Catholic High School, Charlotte (1972-73); Principal, St. Joan of Arc, Asheville (1973-74). In New Hampshire: Teacher, Lady Isle, Portsmouth (1974-78); Counselor, Mana. Area Pastoral Coun., Keene (1981-82); Assistant Director of Therapy, Beech Hill Hospital, Dublin (1982-90); Clinical Supervisor/Manager, Beech Hill Hospital, Dublin (1990-93); Senior Therapist, Beech Hill Hospital, Dublin (1993-99); Consultant in Behavioral Health, Beech Hill Hospital, Dublin (1999-2007); Adjunct Faculty Member, Antioch New England Graduate School, Keene (1996-2007); Therapist/Consultant in Behavioral Health and Addictions, Marlborough (2007-12)....
Sister Marilyn Baker
...Least favorite food: fried fish Favorite pizza topping: mushroom/onion/black olive Favorite course in school: reading in grade school, literature in high school and educational methodology in college. Favorite form of prayer: shared prayer services Favorite recreation: talking with friends Favorite sport: watching synchronized ice-skating Favorite quote: Saint Mother Theodore: “To write requires time, but to love, to cherish, to pray for the happiness of our friends, time is not needed.” Favorite TV program: “NCIS” Favorite music/song: (I love too many...
Educating toward healing with music
...This was a break from the school’s 175-year-history of serving only women in that capacity. Nate loved being a trumpeter and drum major at his Fort Wayne, Indiana, high school. After receiving a degree in psychology from Indiana University, his desire to enter med school faded and the lure of music resurfaced. “I wanted to find a career where I can get up in the morning and be excited about going to work,” Nate said. He learned about the Saint...
‘In the Footsteps of a Saint’
...(160 years!), the sisters ministered at the parish. And on Saturday, March 18, the church will recognize the Sisters of Providence and Saint Mother Theodore Guerin during its 175th anniversary, aptly named “In the Footsteps of a Saint.” According to information provided by the church, a total of 218 Sisters of Providence have ministered at Saint Joseph Parish, as well as Precious Blood, Holy Family, 5th Street School, 10th Street School and Jasper Middle School. More than 70 Sisters of...
Missionary spirit of Saint Mother Theodore Guerin
...the task ahead. “It is astonishing that this remote solitude has been chosen for a novitiate and especially for an academy. All appearances are against it!” Some of the American postulants were uneducated and poorly formed in their religious beliefs. Mother Theodore realized that before they could teach others they themselves had to be educated. There was no public school system in Indiana at that time. Of the more than 250,000 school age children, fewer than 50,000 attended school. Saint...
School Daze
...School, I had a scarf on my head and played school from that point on. While I enjoyed my time working in Mission Advancement for 10 years, being in the classroom is like coming home. The special treat is teaching at St. Genevieve Catholic School. The Sisters of Providence opened the school in 1924. Several sisters have asked where my room is located (third floor at the end of the north hallway) because they taught at St. Gen’s. Our school...
‘Against All Odds’ – Sister Clare Mitchell, SP
...exhibited a compassionate outreach to the immediate needs of suffering neighbors, the small Hua Mei school had been open for only two months when Sister Mary Elise contracted smallpox and died, throwing the band into grief. Soon after, just as the semester ended, refugees from a nearby civil war outbreak crowded into their courtyard. Nonetheless, they intensified their studies during the intense summer heat to prepare for the 1921-1922 school year. Realizing the appeal of Catholic beliefs and practices, in...
Peaceful people demand facility closing
Sister Rita Clare Gerardot hands out materials about Saint Mother Theodore Guerin at the Nov 22, 2008 rally at the gates of Fort Benning, Georgia. Note: The following article was written by Sister of Providence Rita Clare Gerardot, who is an activist for peace and who participates in work to close the School of the Americas. Have you ever heard of the School of the Americas? If not, you’re not alone! This school, funded by U.S. tax dollars, has been...
School children’s cards, donation brighten sisters’ day
...January was Catholic Schools Week. Each day the school celebrated a different theme. On “celebrate vocations day” the school decided to support religious sisters. No sisters of any order have taught in the school for 25 years, Principal Scupham said. Most of the students really only know sisters through stories told by their teachers. So the day offered a chance to highlight religious sisters and have the students learn more about them. Each student was encouraged to create a card...