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A historical snapshot of the SP human rights efforts
...trip overseas in 1843, traveled through Louisiana and wrote about the horrific treatment of slaves, or the SPs who currently serve at 8th Day Center for Justice, helping to change injustice at the systemic level, the sisters work for a better tomorrow. In the newly published Sisters of Providence History Volume IV: 1926-1966 entitled “New Lights from Old Truths,” written by Sister Maureen Abbott, we learn how the SPs took an activist role in the south. The struggle for civil...
Joni Luna enters novitiate
...scripture, prayer, theology, community history and the vowed life among other topics. “The novice delves more deeply into the Catholic faith, religious life and the history and traditions of the Congregation of the Sisters of Providence,” Sister Janice said. According to Sister Janice, the Canon law of the Church has also established some regulations for the first year. “There are certain expectations about how the year is lived,” she said. “Canon law requires this year to be a continuous time...
‘Journals and Letters’ of Saint Mother Theodore gets digital treatment
...it was quite logical for me to try and make it an e-book,” she said. “I read a lot and appreciate how accessible and usable e-books can be, from being able to enlarge the type for older eyes or search for your favorite quotes. “It seemed like a good way to get her words into the hands of a lot more people.” Blust added the book can be “enjoyed by anyone” interested in early American pioneer life, the history of...
Authors to sign books during shrine opening
...Old Truths: Living the Signs of the Times,” the fourth history volume of the Sisters of Providence of Saint Mary-of-the-Woods, Indiana, will also be signing copies of her book. Doyle’s book recently placed fourth in a contest conducted by the Catholic Press Association. A total of 12 books were nominated in the Children’s Book category of the Catholic Book Awards. Doyle, a graduate of Saint Mary-of-the-Woods College, has written other religious books, including writing the foreword and afterword of “The...
Fuqua Park evolves
...the grounds — cutting grass, cleaning up natural debris left by winds, planting and caring for pots of flowers, and, in general, assuring that “it is a place that people will want to come to be in God’s creation,” Jean said. In the binder’s final entry, Sister Jean writes: “This is a history in the making. You are the living history and proof that this could be done!” (This article originally appeared in the Spring 2015 issue of HOPE magazine.)...
Our Lady of Providence Shrine celebrates 90 years
A particular love for the Blessed Mother can be traced back to Saint Mother Theodore Guerin and her founding companions of Saint Mary-of-the-Woods. The devotion to Mary under the title of Our Lady of Providence was officially established at Saint Mary-of-the-Woods in 1925. The history of the image that now graces the National Shrine, located in the vestibule of the Church of the Immaculate Conception, has roots in a cause for sainthood and a trip to Italy. A typescript in...
Educating toward healing with music
...a music therapist in the St. Vincent Stress Center. There he had a special interest in helping people involved in addictions and substance abuse. He recently retired after 14 years working with people as they sought to change their lives. Nate Menseh, a music therapy student at Saint Mary-of-the-Woods College, is making history and aspiring toward using music to help others. Fall 2015 Nate Mensah enrolled as one of the first two male on-campus undergraduate students at Saint Mary-of-the-Woods College....
Throwback Thursday: Remembering Commencement 1987
Saint Mary-of-the-Woods College conducted its 179th commencement on Saturday, May 7, as a total of 92 students received degrees, including the first male student to earn an on-campus degree. Keeping with the spirit of graduations, here is some additional history. This photo – taken in 1987 – shows the first graduates of the Saint Mary-of-the-Woods College Master of Arts in Pastoral Theology Program. In the photo are (from left) then college president Sister of Providence Barbara Doherty, Rev. Donald Osborn,...
A history of The Saint Anne Procession
The Saint Anne Procession from 1840. In 1843, Saint Mother Theodore experienced a life-changing moment. On the way back to Saint Mary-of-the-Woods from France, the ship carrying Saint Mother Theodore nearly overturned. However, the ship arrived safely. Still, following this, Saint Mother Theodore promised the Sisters of Providence would honor Saint Anne – the patron saint of sailors – into the future. And they have. After returning to Saint Mary-of-the-Woods, Saint Mother Theodore had a small log chapel built in...
Mother Theodore Moment: a history of collaborating in leadership
Sisters of Providence gather every five years to set direction and elect leadership. These General Chapter gatherings in the 21st century build on the foundations of collaboration and prayerful decision making laid by Saint Mother Theodore Guerin and the sisters who governed in the 1840s. When the first Sisters of Providence came to Indiana from Ruillé, France, they lived under their Congregation’s Rule of 1835. That Rule stated that the Congregation of the Sisters of Providence was an “association of...
Power, justice, charity and civil discourse
Saint Mother Theodore’s experiences have much wisdom to lend us at this moment in our nation’s history. We’ve been here before. Challenges to power, justice, charity and civil discourse are nothing new to the Sisters of Providence. We citizens and residents of the United States and the world seek to recover from a highly contentious election. We seek to restore the gaps of a highly divided society. Perhaps the experience of Saint Mother Theodore Guerin and the early Sisters of...
A brief history of the mission to the Chinese
The first SP missionaries to China prior to departure Sept. 29, 1920: (from left) Sisters Winifred Patrice O’Donovan, Eugene Marie Howard, Marie Gratia Luking, the Rev. F.X. Clougherty, the Rev. J.N. Tacconi, the Rev. H.P. Lawton, Sister Clare Mitchell, the Rev. J. Kerin, Sisters Mary Elise Renauldt and Marie Patricia Shortall. Since 1920 the Sisters of Providence have had a presence in Asia, commencing that presence in China. Six Sisters of Providence responded to a call to this foreign mission...