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Quietly breaking boundaries, creating hope
...1967, teaching English in Our Lady of Providence High School in Clarksville, Indiana, she was again impressed by the deep spirituality of her students. While there, thanks to a grant from the Lilly Foundation, Sister Suzanne earned a master’s degree in history. In the spring of 1968, because Saint Mary-of the –Woods College needed a history teacher, Suzanne was told to get a doctoral degree in history. So, she found herself at Saint Louis University writing a dissertation about United...
Providence Associates photo highlights 2011
Spring retreat: Providence Associate Teresa Clark of Terre Haute, Ind., shows some of her artwork during the Deepening the Providence Story retreat on Saturday, April 2, 2011. Standing in front of the artwork are Margo Edwards-O’Toole (left) of Louisville, Ky., and Marilyn Webb of Brownsburg, Ind. The Deepening the Providence Story retreat ended on Sunday morning, April 3, 2011, with a blessing on all those present. Above (left to right), Sue Thomas of Chicago, Joan Frisz of Louisville, Ky., and...
A reflection for the Epiphany of the Lord
...translations call them “wise men.” Others call them astrologers, kings, or magi. Which is it? The Greek word here is “magoi,” which means neither “wise men” nor “kings.” Magi were likely highly educated and knowledgeable in astrology, astronomy, history, philosophy, medicine and mathematics. They would interpret dreams, foretell the future, and read the stars and how they affect human events. Some were magicians — mediators between humans and the higher powers — and would attempt to use their own rituals...
Sister Connie Kramer receives Frances Murphy Rumely Award
...and Sister Mary Ann Lechner Sister Connie earned a bachelor’s degree in mathematics from SMWC and a master’s degree in mathematics from Indiana State University. In addition, she has another master’s degree in pastoral ministry from Trinity University. A rich history of ministry She began ministering as a teacher at Costa High School in Galesburg, Ill., in 1968, and also taught at Our Lady of Providence High School in Clarksville, Ind., as well as at Ladywood-St. Agnes in Indianapolis. She...
Sister Ann Jeanette Gootee
...Chicago (1958-62); Mother Theodore Guerin High School, River Grove (1988-2000). In California: St. Ambrose, Hollywood (1958-62). In Texas: St. John, Robstown (1949-50, 1951-52). In Oklahoma: Immaculate Conception, Tulsa (1962-65). In Washington, D.C.: Immaculata (1947-49). Margaret attended grade school at St. Philip Neri in Indianapolis, and graduated from Providence Juniorate here at Saint Mary-of-the-Woods in 1944. She entered the Congregation on January 10, 1944, and received the name Sister Ann Jeanette. She professed first vows and final vows on August 15,...
Poem: Nature abounds
(This poem was inspired by a summer trip to the arboretum.) The Flowers. Brilliant purples, soft lavenders, burnt oranges, dazzling reds. Fragrant all. Silver leaves, bright peach trumpets, snowballs ever so white. Flowers. So many, some pointed to the sky so straight, some leaning into the sun. Clustered so close, yet each flourishes. Bees pollinating, hummingbirds finding sweet nectar, dragonflies perched atop leaves. God’s splendor everywhere. The Shrubs and Plants. Square and round, high and low—prickly all. The greens to...
A Haunting Desert Experience
...militarization in Latin America and forced migration to the United States. Family members of those “detained” in the for-profit Corporate Correction of America/CCA detention center across the highway described the horrors of living there. Berta Avila, a woman who was detained while pregnant, denied medical care, and who lost her child in detention, spoke saying through tears, “To those of you who don’t vote, who don’t change these laws, you are allowing children to die here inside places like Eloy.”...