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Sister Norene Wu: oral history
Sister Norene is pictured as a kindergarten graduate in 1963. This is part of Religious Life through the Generations, a series of features illustrating what has motivated women from different generations to enter religious life and how their concepts of the vows were similar or different. This project examined the spiritual lives of three women and how this aspect of their lives has evolved through the years. Sister Norene Wu, Boomer Generation (1945-1963) Click on the following audio clips to...
Shouldn’t all sisters wear habits?
...the long history of religious life. Religious life as a vocation choice has been part of the spiritual tradition of every culture and predates Christianity (e.g. Buddhism, Hinduism, Judaism, etc.). The oldest and best known form of religious life is monasticism, a way of life commonly recognized by characteristics such as: the wearing of a culturally conspicuous form of dress (habit); a permanent dwelling place with restricted access (monastery/enclosure/cloister); a fixed schedule (horarium) dictating times when members rise, retire, come...
Opening new doors
...learn about the foundress, the SP history and traditions and learn about White Violet Center for Eco-Justice. Portraits of Saint Mother Theodore hang in every classroom at Providence Cristo Rey and the students seem to grasp her importance and influence on their history. Sister Maureen went with the volleyball team to a game at St. Theodore Guerin High School in Noblesville, Ind., and the students were surprised to see a large portrait of their saint at the school. “They said,...
Making sense of the present moment
...began to feel a call to explore religious life. After a series of conversations with an SP friend who had also been a college advisor, she decided to apply. “I had always felt a resonance with the Sisters of Providence life and mission and was impressed by their visible commitment to love, mercy and justice.” She decided to “give it six months and see what happened.” The rest is history. In developing her own understanding of Providence spirituality, Sister Cathy...
In their own words: Sister Diane Ris
...way for her. It was such a beautiful gesture that Sister Ann Margaret had chosen Sister Nancy and me to be with her because that’s a piece of history of the Congregation there with the three of us to be able to take Mother Theodore again to the universal Church. What effect do you think the canonization of Mother Theodore will have inside and outside the Congregation? I think this will help people delve deeper into her life and the...
Oral history videos
Sister Marceline Mattingly: Civic or G.I. Generation (1901-1931) (No audio) http://www.youtube.com/embed/gvQjSyXEe80 Sister Marilyn Herber: (formerly Sister Vincent Marie) Adaptive or Mediating Generation (1932-1944) (No audio) http://www.youtube.com/embed/Mk93AEsYCEo Sister Norene Wu: Boomer Generation (1945-1963) (No audio) http://www.youtube.com/embed/lCv1xCzFIm4...
Women’s History Month: Mother Theodore and the church
After receiving the Blessed Sacrament upon her arrival at Saint Mary-of-the-Woods, Mother Theodore Guerin examined the church a little more closely. This is what she writes about it: “No tabernacle, no altar, for can the name of altar be given to three planks forming a table forty inches long, supported by two stakes driven into the ground? — that is all, for there are no altar cards, no stand for the missal, in fine, nothing but what I have mentioned....
Women’s History Month: Mother Theodore and the Blessed Sacrament
Once Mother Theodore Guerin and her sister-companions were safely on land at Saint Mary-of-the-Woods, Ind., the sisters wanted to visit the Blessed Sacrament. The following is what Mother Theodore writes about this experience: “We had agreed among ourselves that our first visit would be made to the Blessed Sacrament, and that we would not speak to anyone before having satisfied this longing of our hearts. The priest preceded us and we followed in silence to the church. The Church! I...
Women’s History Month: Mother Theodore and fear
The short journey from Terre Haute to Saint Mary-of-the-Woods, Ind., took forever as Mother Theodore and her sister-companions were forced to wait several hours for a ferry to cross the Wabash River. Once across the Wabash, Mother Theodore and her traveling companions faced a dangerous stagecoach ride. Mother Theodore writes: “I may say, however, that I was not at all alarmed. When one has nothing more to lose, the heart is inaccessible to fear. The water poured in on us....
Women’s History Month: Mother Theodore and Terre Haute
Arriving in Terre Haute, Ind., the afternoon of Oct. 21, 1840, Mother Theodore Guerin and her sister-companions spent the night in the city. She writes about Terre Haute: “Like all American cities it [Terre Haute] is laid out on a large scale; in some places the houses are a gunshot from each other. We passed the night there in a hotel, and the next day heard Mass in a small Catholic church [St. Joseph’s] which has just been built. It...
Women’s History Month: Mother Theodore and smoking
Traveling by stagecoach from Vincennes to Terre Haute, Ind., was another arduous and dangerous leg of Mother Theodore Guerin’s journey to Saint Mary-of-the-Woods, Ind. Rain made matters even worse. When the stagecoach overturned and the driver was unable to upright the vehicle, assistance was sought from a man who lived in nearby cabin. Mother Theodore and her sister-companions stayed with the woman of the house as the men turned their attention to the stagecoach. Mother Theodore writes: “The man of...
Women’s History Month: Mother Theodore and Vincennes
Mother Theodore Guerin and her sister-companions stayed with the Sisters of Charity while in Vincennes, Ind. She writes about Vincennes: “At Vincennes, especially, one might think she was in Noah’s ark. The confused noise is deafening. The two pianos that the Sisters [of Charity] have for twelve pupils, and which are going from the beginning of the day to tend, add to the confusion. … Well, such is the village of Vincennes.” To learn more about Saint Mother Theodore Guerin,...