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Why is it so difficult to talk about racism?
...immigrants. This country has had a love-hate relationship with Mexicans since we borrowed/stole/bought their land from people that did not own it. Every few years, this country finds a reason to send them back over the border. Today, it is no longer just Mexicans who are targeted. Less pay for the same job. Higher interest rates charged. Higher food costs. Higher housing costs for inadequate living conditions. What does all that equal? The real question that should be asked? How...
Construction is underway toward a shrine for Saint Mother Theodore Guerin
...underway for a new shrine for Saint Mother Theodore Guerin at Saint Mary-of-the-Woods stop to look at the shrine plans which will include museum-like exhibits and memorializes the spiritual and historic journey of Saint Mother Theodore’s life. Download high-resolution photo here: https://spsmw.org/?attachment_id=33569 Shrine blessing crowd: Friends and supporters of Saint Mother Theodore Guerin gather to pray a construction blessing as work begins on the creation of a new shrine to Saint Mother Theodore Guerin at Saint Mary-of-the-Woods. Download high-resolution photo...
Our trip to Ruillé sur Loir
...that someone who led a cloistered existence from age 15 to 24 has had such an impact on people’s lives and spirituality. I found myself purchasing a little book in the gift shop with excerpts from her poems and writings so that I, too, might understand the attraction. The Basilica of St. Therese of Lisieux. Mass in the Basilica was quite an experience of “high Mass” or “high church.” Finally, my Latin study in high school came in handy. We sang...
January 1, 2023: Solemnity of Mary, the Holy Mother of God
...do so with quiet trust, to watch and listen with care and to learn how the ordinary and extraordinary are one and the same – that’s a mystery of faith indeed! Action I attended Marywood High School in Evanston, Ill., staffed by the Sisters of Providence. Our school’s motto was “Always do as Mary would.” Sixty years after my high school graduation, I’m still not sure I’m up to the task. Would you like to join me in the effort?...
A fresh connection
...contacted WVC garden manager Candace Minster to discuss the proposal. At the time, WVC was in the process of becoming a certified organic establishment, but both WVC and the school had to get state approval for such a deal. As it turns out, they did. Now, students at the school are not only offered the vegetables from the regular menu, but also fresh organic vegetables from WVC through the Farm to School program. According to its website, Farm to School...
Sister Margaret Ann Wilson (formerly Sister Ann Gerard)
...School (1953-54); Cara School, Terre Haute (1971-73). In Oklahoma: Immaculate Conception, Tulsa (1962-65). Of her 71 years as a Sister of Providence, she ministered as a teacher for 43 years in schools in Indiana, Illinois and Oklahoma. She started teaching primary grades in Chicago and must have been pretty good at it, because within five years she was teaching grades 1, 2, 3 and 4, at Saint Mary-of-the-Woods Village School. She also taught at the Cara School in Terre Haute...
We continue to pray for all as a new school year begins
...on the cover.” (I think it was Ariana’s outfit more than the singer herself!). Returning to school can be both stressful and something of a relief (at least for parents). Teachers, students, parents, principals, bus drivers, car pool drivers, cafeteria workers, aids, janitors, administrators, secretaries – all could use some divine intervention as they launch into a new school year. The following prayer comes by way of the Catholic Diocese of St. Petersburg, Fla., and is adapted for our use:...
A look back at Educational/Family Services
...Mary-of-the-Woods College student Tiffany Winhold helps a student with his math after school at EFS in 2010. A Saint Mary-of-the-Woods College student helps a student with his homework through EFS in 2012 in Hulman Hall. A Saint Mary-of-the-Woods College student volunteers in 2011 to help a boy with his homework after school. Sister Joseph Fillenwarth tutors a student in 2011. EFS Director Penny Sullivan works with an adult student in 2013. Randi Everett, then-administrative assistant at EFS, helps a student...
Sister Marie McCarthy
...What made the big impression for you? A. I don’t know. I was one of those kids who loved school and there they were and that’s who was teaching me. Learning was so exciting and they were good teachers. I’d say they were kind, but actually my second-grade teacher wasn’t. She was nasty. But my third-grade teacher was. Sometimes we would knit after school. I liked being around them. We always helped out after school. Q. You said your vocation...
Sister Lawrence Ann Liston
...… Walk at the woods and visit folks in health care on campus. I am passionate about … My ministry. What the world needs now… Is peace and tranquility, caring. Q: Why did you choose to become a Sister of Providence? A: I started school at a public school. I came to St. Ann School in fifth grade. I had not really had any contact with the sisters prior to that. At first, I didn’t really like the sisters. I...
Newsnotes HOPE summer 2017
...limit and I felt that I had reached the limit.” (photo by Dana Rene Bowler. Reprinted with permission, The Catholic University of America Magazine). Sister Nancy elected treasurer In October Sister Nancy Reynolds was elected treasurer of the Canon Law Society of America for a three year term which will end in October 2019. Congratulations Sister Nancy! SPs recognized At St. Jude School in Indianapolis Feb. 4 alumnae reunion, the school presented a plaque to the Sisters of Providence...
Three Sisters of Providence celebrate their 25th anniversary
...perpetual vows Aug. 12, 1995. She graduated from Highland Community College with an associates’ degree, then from Illinois State University with a bachelor’s degree in elementary education. She received a master’s degree in education administration from Rosary College and a master’s degree in Earth literacy from Saint Mary-of-the-Woods College. Indiana ministries: Terre Haute: principal, St. Patrick School (1996-2001); Sacred Heart School (2005-2007); substitute teacher, Vigo County School Corporation (2007). Indianapolis: principal, Holy Angels School (2001-2003). Saint Mary-of-the-Woods: assistant professor, Saint...