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Sister Terese Marie Havlik
...on May 8, 1929, in Chicago, to Martin and Mary Jurasek Havlik. Her brother Martin, her sister Pauline, and her twin-sister Lillian, all preceded her in death. We are delighted that her niece, Sharon Legwinski and her husband Paul are with us today. Marie Florence attended St. Ludmilla Grade School and Providence High School, where she was one of the brightest in her class each year and where, of course, she came to know the Sisters of Providence. She entered...
Sister Mary Isabelle Welsh
...Sister Mary Isabelle began teaching at Immaculate Conception, Norwood Park, Ill., in 1938. In Indiana, she ministered at St. John the Baptist, Whiting; St. Joseph, Jasper; Old Cathedral School, Vincennes; St. Charles, Bloomington; St. Ann, Terre Haute; St. James and St. Andrew, Indianapolis; Holy Trinity and Catholic Central, New Albany; and Our Lady of Providence High School, Clarksville. Sister Mary Isabelle spent three years at Dunblane, Washington, D.C., and four years teaching in Los Angeles at Our Lady of the...
Sister Agnes (Mary Thomas) Farrell
...was the constant of Sister Agnes’ four score and six years,” said Sister Alexa Suelzer in her commentary for Sister Agnes Farrell, who died Nov. 14. One of six children of Edward and Lillian (Plourde) Farrell, Agnes Marie came into this world Nov. 12, 1922, in Tewksbury, Mass. She began elementary school at Spaulding & Foster in Tewksbury. The family moved to California to join their father who was in the Navy. Agnes Marie finished her elementary school at St....
The charism of Saint Mother Theodore Guerin
...of the Sisters of Providence collaborates with local agencies and organizations to provide need-based services. The establishment of Providence Cristo Rey High School in Indianapolis writes yet another chapter in overcoming adversity to provide educational institutions in the traditions of Saint. Mary-of-the-Woods College, Guerin College Preparatory High School in River Grove, Ill and Woods Day Care/Pre-School at Saint Mary-of-the-Woods. The many Sisters who serve in parishes and diocesan offices enrich the wider church with their Providence perspective. While it would...
Ask Sister Dina: Two requests for online database of sisters
Dear Sister Dina, A partial list of results on a search for “Mary” on our Find a Sister search at SistersofProvidence.org I’m proud that the Sisters of Providence ran and taught in my grade school, St. Joseph Academy, and my high school, Costa Catholic High School, of Galesburg, Illinois. I know where my excellent French teacher is now, I see her mentioned in your Facebook posts, Sister Denise Wilkinson, and I was so glad she was able to spend extended...
Sister Susanne Gallagher
...the Sisters of Providence. I couldn’t explain why, but I experienced such deep peace and joy when I said “yes” during that quiet visit. Q. What was it like to make that decision? A. I loved the Ursuline sisters who taught me in grade school and I had good relations with several Dominican sisters and Sisters of the Holy Cross who taught me in high school. My Aunt Margaret was a Sister of Providence. We visited her when she taught...
Sister Cathy Buster
...high school and the first year in college by the sisters that I grew to love. I was attracted to their lifestyle. They could help so many people in so many different ways. I went to first grade in the Chicago area, Rogers Park, and it was the Benedictine sisters. In January my family moved to Wilmette, Illinois, and I was introduced to the Sisters of Providence. Sister Alice Marie was my first-grade teacher. I was in her class and...
Sister Eugene Francis Keaveney
...Mary Ann Phelan in her commentary for Sister Eugene Francis, who passed away on Monday, Sept. 23, 2019, at Saint Mary-of-the-Woods. She was 93 years old and had been a Sister of Providence for 74 years. Sister Eugene Francis Keaveney Sister Mary Ann continued: Mary Elizabeth was baptized and attended elementary and high school at Saint Rose Parish in Chelsea, Mass. She graduated from Saint Rose High School in 1944 and entered the novitiate on Feb. 2, 1945. She spent...
Sister Paula Modaff
Current ministry: Hospital chaplain, canon lawyer Years in the Congregation: 47 years My best friend says I’m: indispensable. “Little Paula Modaff in Rome.” Sister Paula Modaff the high school teacher. Sister Paula Modaff the student, studying Spanish and Latin American Literature in Mexico. Sister Paula Modaff the paralegal. Sister Paula Modaff the canon lawyer. Sister Paula Modaff the hospital chaplain. When she entered the Sisters of Providence 47 years ago, her mother found great difficulty in “letting go” of Paula...
White Violet Center: Meet the new 2020 fall intern cohort
...all farm duties. In the long term, my career goals include attending veterinary school, working in environmental/public health and having a small farm of my own one day. In the immediate future, I am hoping to gain experience caring for a variety of animals and learning about what running a small farm entails.” Mary Gardner, Haddon Heights, NJ Mary Gardner Mary is a recent graduate of Camden Catholic High School. She has deferred her first year at Catholic University, Washington,...
Firmly rooted like the Woods
...a second-grader in January 1946, she moved with her family to Robstown, Texas, and she was enrolled at the newly opened St. John School, with four recently arrived Sisters of Providence as faculty. Since both parents had grown up as “city kids,” the rural Texas town was a big change, so it was natural that her family’s life centered on their parish. The family grew right along with the parish school and she graduated from St. John High School in...
Sister Maureen Ann McCarthy
...attended St. Genevieve Elementary School and Immaculata High School in Chicago. Sister Maureen Ann received her bachelor’s degree from Saint Mary-of-the-Woods College and her master’s degree from Indiana State University, said Sister Mary Ann Phelan in her commentary for Sister Maureen Ann McCarthy, who died on Friday, July 6, 2018, at Saint Mary-of-the-Woods. She was 89 years old and had been a Sister of Providence for 71 years. Just eight months after graduation, Sister Maureen Ann entered the Sisters of...