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Teacher’s School Prayer
The following is a prayer from a teacher’s perspective written by Sister Ann Casper. O God, is that piercing sound really the alarm clock? And is this really the first day of school? My students are probably struggling to wake up, just as I am. I’ll grab my coffee and they’ll down their energy drink. Help all of us get movin’ as we begin this school year. Kids worry a lot about “fitting in,” and I worry that I will...
Sister David Ellen Van Dyke
...as a sign of over self-absorption but as the early signs of a deep search for God,” continued Sister Mary Roger. Luella Mae Van Dyke entered this world March 12, 1929, in Chicago to Peter and Minnie (Golnau) Van Dyke. She had one sibling. She attended St. Genevieve Grade School, Chicago, and graduated secondary school from Notre Dame High School, also in Chicago. Sister David Ellen entered the Congregation July 22, 1947, and professed first and perpetual vows Jan. 23,...
Sister Clelia Cecchetti (formerly Sister Rosina)
...Park, Maryland. After completing eighth grade at Holy Redeemer in College Park, she attended St. Patrick Academy in Washington, D.C., graduating from that high school in 1955. Four years later, on February 2, 1959, she entered the Congregation of the Sisters of Providence and was given the religious name Sister Rosina, no doubt in honor of her mother, Rose. Years later, she returned to her baptismal name. August 15 was the date of her reception into the novitiate, first vows...
Sister Ellen Catherine Conroy
...She attended Sumner Public School and later St. Mel Grade School, Chicago, graduating from Providence High School. Sister Ellen Catherine entered the Congregation Feb. 11, 1930, and professed first and perpetual vows Aug. 15, 1932, and Jan. 23, 1937, respectively. She earned a bachelor’s degree in education from Saint Mary-of-the-Woods College. Sister Ellen Catherine spent more than five decades ministering in education. She commenced in 1932 at St. Joseph, Galesburg, Ill. Her other Illinois classrooms included Immaculate Conception, St. Angela...
Sister Gertrude Eileen Getrey
...her cousin. Sister Gertrude Eileen is survived by her brother, John of Jasonville, and her sister, Joan of Tampa, Fla., and by several nieces and nephews. She was preceded in death by her sister, Anna,” continued Sister Margaret. As a young girl, Sister Gertrude Eileen attended grade school and high school in Jasonville. She graduated secondary school at the Academy (predecessor of the Juniorate and Aspirancy) at the Woods. She entered the Congregation June 5, 1925. At her death she...
Gifts to Foley Legacy Fund support the underserved, SP mission
...the higher education of sisters. The Academy became Saint Mary-of-the-Woods College and the first group of American sisters was sent to establish a mission in China. Caring for each other Staff members of Providence Cristo Rey School in Indianapolis, Amanda Murphy, theology teacher, left, and Erica Terry, school social worker, right, help run the school’s food pantry. Providence Cristo Rey is a sponsored ministry of the Sisters of Providence and the Foley Legacy Fund helps provide for Erica’s salary as...
Sister Rosemary (David Patrice) Eggermann
Sister Rosemary Eggermann “The minister is called to recognize the sufferings of her time in her own heart and make that recognition the starting point of her service.” (Henri Nouwen) Rosemary Louise Eggermann entered this world July 29, 1928, in Chicago to Louis and Elizabeth (Hoedebecke) Eggermann. One of three daughters, she was educated at St. Sylvester Grade School and Providence High School, both in Chicago. She did not immediately enter the Congregation after her graduation. “Her father asked her...
Sister Marijo Lynch
...Mel, Chicago; and Mother Theodore Guerin High School, River Grove. Sister Marijo spent four years at Saint Mary-of-the-Woods College in Academic Services and in the WED program. She also spent many years as a teacher or administrator in schools in California. Those schools included Marywood, Orange; St. Teresa of Avila and Our Lady of Loretto, Los Angeles; and St. Joseph, Hawthorne. Sister Marijo spent one year as a teacher of English as a Second Language (ESL) at the South Central...
Sister Loretta Picucci
...class of more advanced English speakers have lots of fun in this class that meets in Salton City. Sister Loretta Picucci is passionate about serving people on the margins. People who are economically poor. People whose struggles are overlooked by society. Her 51 years as a Sister of Providence have allowed her to live out that passion. Sister Loretta explains that growing up in Catholic schools, she, like many others of her era, decided as a little girl that she...
Sister Elizabeth Clare Vrabely
...Baptist, Fort Wayne, Ind., in 1946. Her other Indiana classrooms were St. Catherine, St. Philip Neri and Ladywood-St. Agnes, Indianapolis; St. Jude, Fort Wayne; St. Paul, Sellersburg; and St. Joseph, Hammond. She commenced teaching secondary school in 1959 at Providence High School, Chicago. Sister Elizabeth Clare taught for three years at Marywood, Evanston, Ill., and served for a year at St. Teresa, Los Angeles, as the school secretary. In 1970, Sister Elizabeth Clare ministered for one year in the school...
Sister Rosalie Marie Weller celebrates her 100th birthday
...cook at Saint Mary-of-the-Woods. She also was a cook at Immaculata School in Washington, D.C.; Our Lady of Sorrows in Chicago; Priests’ House at Saint Mary-of-the-Woods; Marywood School in Evanston, Ill.; Marywood School in Anaheim, Calif.; Providence Convent in Chicago; Central Catholic High School in Fort Wayne; and Guerin College Preparatory School in River Grove, Ill. She worked in food service positions for more than 38 years. She says her favorite food is corn. Her “specialty” as a cook was...
The Other Five: A brief look at the lives of the sisters who came from France in 1840 with Saint Mother Theodore Guerin
...incredible hardship in the new land, yet she served with joy and gratitude. The school at St. Francisville was open only about a year. After a “rest,” the bishop sent Sister St. Liguori and her companion to St. Peter’s at Montgomery, Ind. In a letter, she wrote “It is true we are very poor, but we have bread.” Soon, she had her turn at Madison. The living conditions improved greatly. The two sisters were challenged with opening a school to...