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Frances Ginther awarded Guerin Outreach Ministries Leadership and Advocacy Award
...earn and support their families. It’s very family-centered work all the way around,” Frances said. Photo cutlines: Frances Ginther: Frances Ginther was named the recipient of the Guerin Outreach Ministries Leadership and Advocacy Award for 2013 for her role in helping to found and advise the ministry. Guerin Outreach Ministries supports three localized ministries of the Sisters of Providence that serve people in need. Download a high-resolution photo for use in the article here: https://spsmw.org/?attachment_id=33423 Frances award: Sister Patty Fillenwarth,...
Providence Associate photo highlights 2009
The 2009 Providence Associates retreat was held March 20-22, 2009, at Saint Mary-of-the-Woods. The retreat, Pondering the Movement of Providence in Our Lives, was attended by 34 associates and candidates. Providence Associate Pat Stucke of Schererville, Ind., renewed her commitment at the home of her companion, Sister Lucy Nolan, on Thursday, Sept. 3, 2009....
Sister Mary Eymard Campeggio
...Garzonia, Theresa Jalley and Martha Humble and two brothers: Peter and Joseph. All are deceased. In an oral interview I did with her, Sister Mary Eymard spoke of her family life as very, very good. Madeline attended public elementary and high school in Ladd, Ill. She told me that at age 16 or 17 she went to Chicago and began working in a factory, coming home at three in the morning. She, her sisters and brothers lived together in a...
Sister Rita Black
...continued with a Bachelor of Science degree from Saint Mary-of-the-Woods College, a master’s degree in education from Indiana State University, Nurse’s Aide training in Lourdes Infirmary, Practical Nursing from Indiana Vocational Tech, as well as Practical Nursing Certification in Indiana and Alabama. Rita’s gardening for God began with teaching in several schools in Indiana and Illinois, and California; among these schools we find both St. Benedict and St. Margaret Mary schools in Terre Haute. We all know that teaching in school...
Honored for service!
Sister Carol Nolan receives her Volunteer of the Year award from the Democratic Women of the Desert. Throughout her life, Sister Carol Nolan has ministered in the field of education. Whether at the elementary, high school or college level, Sister Carol and teaching have gone hand-in-hand. In 1994, some Sisters of Providence took part in a tour of Guatemala, something she called a “life-changing experience.” And in 1996, she and others looked into setting up a ministry in Mexico, something...
Forest Bathing
Melannie Svoboda, SND, in her blog “Sunflower Seeds,” recently introduced her readers to the term “forest bathing.” For me this term, which is of Japanese origin and practice, was new. And I love the concept. Of course, I immediately changed it in my mind to “Woods bathing,” something I have been doing at Saint Mary-of-the-Woods since attending high school here in the 1950s. Now I have a name for it! Sister Melannie cites Dr. Qing Li, in his popular book,...
Saint Mother Theodore’s welcome: a foundation day reflection
Since no house was ready to welcome Mother Theodore and her companions, the neighboring Thralls family welcomed them into their already crowded farmhouse. The story has been told and re-told for almost 175 years: how Mother Theodore and her companions climbed into a horse-drawn carriage at Wabash and First Streets in Terre Haute, clip-clopped across the Wabash Avenue bridge, made a right turn at U.S. Highway 150 (now Saint Mother Theodore Memorial Highway), and arrived at the Woods in the...
Isabelle McCurdy: Involved in all aspects at WVC
White Violet Center intern Isabelle McCurdy takes a family on a tour of the facility, showing them the chickens. After Isabelle McCurdy graduated from high school, she wanted to take a year off before attending college in order to pursue one of her passions. Social justice. While exploring the topic, she found the White Violet Center for Eco-Justice (WVC) website. Being a ministry of the Sisters of Providence of Saint Mary-of-the-Woods, Indiana, Isabelle, 19, was immediately intrigued after seeing the...
Elections and papal visit in Sri Lanka
If you have been following the international news, you might have heard that Sri Lanka had a national election on Jan. 8 which had the surprising result of the the people voting out the current government. Best of all, a group of official Asian observers highly commended Sri Lankans for a fair and peaceful election. I found myself taking a sense of pride in the whole thing. My housemates, who felt that the current president had little concern for the...
Sister Dorothy Hucksoll (formerly Sister Francis Ellen)
...Ernest and Ella Huff Hucksoll, on Sept. 16, 1925. Her sister, Joan, is unable to be with us today; her brother, Ernest Jr., preceded her in death. She attended St. Angela School and Austin High School, entering the Sisters of Providence on July 22, 1944, a year after graduation from high school. She received the religious name of Sister Francis Ellen as a postulant and was received into the novitiate on Jan. 23, 1945. She also professed her first and...
The many gifts of volunteering
...done out of kindness for each other and the community of Saint Mary of-the-Woods. I know my time spent at the Woods serving with the Sisters of Providence has helped prepare me for college. It has given me a better understanding of myself and the love, kindness and service I have to offer others. More benefits Noah Luna at an elementery graduation and at his high school graduation I was recently blessed with a scholarship. The scholarship is $12,000 per year and...