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Sister Catherine Aloyse Butler
...to work and live among us,” said Sister Ruth Johnson in her commentary for Sister Catherine Aloyse Butler, who died March 22. Born March 17, 1914, in Chicago, to Frank and Catherine Busch Butler, Blanche Patricia Butler was one of seven children. She attended St. Frances of Rome Grade School, Cicero, Ill., and graduated from Providence High School, Chicago. She entered the Congregation July 16, 1935, and professed first and perpetual vows Jan. 23, 1938, and Aug. 15, 1943, respectively....
‘But I won’t get any supper …’
Providence Food Pantry serves approximately 320-plus West Terre Haute Families each month. However, Sister Joseph Fillenwarth urges all who support the pantry to also support Bread for the World 2015. A few years ago, a Saint Mary-of-the-Woods College (SMWC) volunteer at Ryves Youth Center shared a story with me. Ryves Youth Center in Terre Haute serves an after-school meal Monday through Friday and provides a food backpack for the weekend. On this particular day, a second-grader arrived late and told...
Cards and Christmas carols
...to my room, but I continued to hear shrieks of joy coming from the card room. Another added diversion As I have mentioned, Sister Chamila teaches at the public school next door. Though most of the students are Buddhist, the school honors all traditions and so there was a Christmas play on Dec 3. She asked if I would teach a group an English carol and I heartily agreed. She chose something I didn’t know well — “Long time ago...
Sister Joni’s students send letters of support to Archbishop
...pray for each other.” Sister Joni fist-bumping St. Patrick School students. Sister Joni said she felt Archbishop would respond after receiving the letter from the students. “I had a strong feeling we would hear from him,” she said. “He is just that kind of leader. He is attentive to the needs of the times and children are very high on his priority list. “I have attended several of his functions. He was here at St. Patrick School’s 60th anniversary and...
Sister Eileen Ann Kelley
...died Oct. 13, 2012. Mary Clare Kelley, one of five children, was born to Joseph Edward Kelley and Evelyn Susannah Kennedy in Everett, Mass., on Aug. 14, 1926. Both parents were born in Prince Edward Island, Canada. She had three sisters: Jane, Eileen, our own Sister Evelyn, and one brother, the Rev. John Kelley. Evelyn and John are deceased. She attended Cheverus elementary and high school in Malden, Mass., graduating in 1944. Mary Clare entered the Sisters of Providence at...
Thank you for a joy-filled week
...are very inspiring and help us to want to serve others and lean into Providence…” “God has blessed me in my life as a staff member at Saint Mary-of-the-Woods College (SMWC). I know Saint Mother Theodore Guerin would be very proud of all of you and your ministry. You have done great works in this world.” “I was a student of the Sisters in the 1960s and had an exemplary education in elementary school at St. Angela School in Chicago....
Sister Edna Scheller
...William and Margaret Elpers Scheller. She was one of eight children, four girls, and four boys. Edna is survived by one brother, Thomas, and his wife Jeanette. Preceding her in death were William, Ralph, and her Reverend brother Albert; and sisters Marcella, Dolores, and Betty. Her niece Kathy recalls Edna’s mother being so proud that there were two religious in the family and when others remarked that “she had hit the golden jackpot,” she would just beam. After graduating high...
Sister Catherine Mayer (formerly Sister Catherine Alma)
...a sister. I went to Providence Juniorate at Saint Mary-of-the-Woods, which was a preparatory high school for girls who thought they might have a vocation to the religious life. I entered the convent in January 1949. After two and half years, I was professed with temporary vows and sent to Newburg, Indiana where I taught first and second grade. After five years of teaching, I went back to Saint Mary-of-the-Woods for six months preparation to take final vows. I took...
Providence Family Services: support and welcome for the neighbor
...Providence, regularly over the past 18 or 19 years. “Sister Patty has given me personally so much love and acceptance.” She chokes up. “I’m going to cry. When you are sad you feel like you aren’t worthy of anything good. She made me realize I had worth.” Sister Patty has been a part of the Humboldt Park neighborhood in Chicago for 38 years. She came to Maternity BVM School in 1976 as a teacher and then a principal. The Indianapolis...
A Christmas Reflection
...Cheverus Catholic School Gala in Malden, Massachusetts. Surrounded by her family and a small but mighty group of Sisters of Providence, Sister Brigid Mary Hurley received the Father Patrick Hally Medal for outstanding service to the school, its students and families. An alumna of the school herself, Sister Brigid Mary taught there for 16 years. Far greater than the award was the steady stream of former students coming to her to say thank you, to introduce her to their own...
Congregation shares LCWR statement on action to prevent gun violence
...country. The Washington Post reports that since the attack at Columbine High School in 1999, nearly 300,000 have been on campus during a school shooting. In 2020 firearm related injuries surpassed automobile accidents as the leading cause of death among children and adolescents, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). Where is the outrage? How many more children are we willing to sacrifice? We mourn with the people of Uvalde even as we continue to grieve for...
Sister Anne (Sister Anne Loyola) Scott
...5. Anne Spottswood Scott entered this world on March 2, 1929, in Newport News, Va., to Randolph and Bessie (Upshur) Scott. She was one of four children. She attended St. Vincent de Paul grade and high schools in Newport News. Sister Paula explained that Sister Anne came to know the Congregation in 1946 when she studied at the Immaculata Junior College in Washington, D.C. Sister Anne entered the Congregation at Maryhurst in Rockville, Md., on July 20, 1947, and she...