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Election and inauguration reflections
...words of history. I am elated! To say I feel hopeful and excited again for the country, and the world, sounds trite as this point since we have heard it said thousands of times already, yet, I am hopeful and excited. Obama’s election has energized the nation after so many dreams were dashed during the past eight years. His agenda to put the plight of the poor in the forefront bodes well for the tenor of his term. The environment,...
PFS volunteer brings love for justice, education to her work
Sister Dorothy Gartland brings a love for education and justice to her work running the afterschool homework program at Providence Family Services. Students and volunteer tutors who come to Providence Family Services in Chicago may recognize Sister Dorothy Gartland as the no-nonsense supervisor of the afterschool homework program. They are directly impacted by her dedication to increasing education levels of local youth. What they may not recognize is the wealth of history and advocacy she represents. The 81-year-old Sister Dorothy...
Sister Patty Wallace
Current Ministry: children’s librarian Years in the Congregation: 6 years If I weren’t an SP I’d be … living in a log cabin in the Indiana woods surrounded by cats. Sister Patty Wallace has a long history with the Sisters of Providence. She remembers that in fourth grade Sister Frances Joan Baker was her teacher. Sister Maureen Loonam was her principal. She studied under Sister Marie Alexis Geiger who later became principal. In eighth grade, Sister Marilyn Baker was like...
Sister Margaret Ellen O’Connor
...need any green because ‘one look at me tells you I’m Irish!’ “Sister Margaret Ellen was content to be by herself and often passed the time by listening to opera either on radio or from her own collection of tapes. She loved to study and to learn new things, especially through reading. Favorite subjects were Irish history and genealogy, as well as news magazines for current events,” said Sister Ann. “Imagine Sister Margaret Ellen’s delight, then, as she escaped the...
Sister Alice Hemans
...her commentary for Sister Alice Hemans, who died June 26. Alice Hemans was born July 17, 1946, in Orlando, Fla., to the late John and Margaret (Cutter) Hemans. One of four children, Alice attended Mount Calvary Grade School, Forrestville, Md., and high school at Le Reine, Suitland, Md., and Satellite, Satellite Beach, Md. Prior to entering the Congregation, Alice earned a bachelor’s degree in history from St. Mary’s Dominican College, New Orleans, and a master’s degree in private school administration...
Sister Mary (Mary Ephrem) Hickey
...her family and delighted in visits with them. On at least one occasion it is said that they stayed up all night playing cards! Sister Mary also had six relatives who were Sisters of Providence, including her great-grand-aunt, Mother Anastasie Brown [general superior of the Congregation from 1868 to 1874] and her grand-aunt, Sister Mary Borromeo Brown, the author of the first volume of the history of our Congregation,” continued Sister Margaret. A primary school teacher and principal, Sister Mary...
The new cosmology: an evolving universe
...openness on our part — and the willingness to say yes to new ideas. In the light of the long and rich history of Christianity through the centuries that should not be something we are unable or unwilling to do. Endnotes Teilhard de Chardin, SJ, Pierre. “Christianity and Evolution,” New York, Harcourt Brace Jovanovich, p. 91 “The Singularity: A Talk with Ray Kurzweil,” www.edge.org Teilhard, Ibid, p. 94 Delio, OSF, Ilia. “Christ In Evolution,” New York: Orbis Books, p. 147...
Q and A: The new cosmology: a Providence perspective
...tentative theories of physical evolution held my attention and approval. In college I took a course called cosmology; I shudder now to think of the simplistic presentation of its chapters. Still later, in biblical studies the auxiliary disciplines like history, biblical archaeology and anthropology confirmed my view of slow and lengthy stages of human and non-human development. But my introduction to the work of the late Thomas Berry, CP, and Brian Swimme (and others like them) with its amazing account...
Sister Laura Parker
...can get lost in a book hobby: my newest, knitting heroine: Dorothy Day music: Kenny G holiday: 4th of July dessert: Jello with Cool Whip time of day: sunset, preferably watching it at the lake front season: The coming of spring. I start the countdown at the beginning of March. childhood activity: riding my bike, swinging on a swing, touching the sky course in school: history, I love learning about peoples’ struggles, their strengths and their achievements author: Jodi Picoult...
Sister Barbara Doherty
...woods have made us who we are. These woods have meaning. That Mother Theodore came to a deep, dense forest is a magnificent legacy for us. In that whole situation, she had to create a religious Congregation and a mission. And she did it,” she said. Sister Barbara grew up in Chicago. Leaving her “play school” behind, she headed for Saint Mary-of-the-Woods College where she received bachelor’s degrees in Latin, English and history. She received a master’s degree in sacred...
Sister Rose Ann Eaton
...you will grow. Be open to new experiences and challenges. Saint Mother Theodore has said it well: “Love God, love one another and never forget why you have come” Favorites recreation: playing bridge with friends time of day: morning TV show: Sunday Morning on CBS comic strip: Family Circus course in school: history least favorite in school: science holiday: Thanksgiving season: spring hobby: gardening flower: poppy and aster vacation spot: Siesta Key, Florida pizza topping: veggies dessert: cookies with chocolate...
Sister Bernice Kuper
...the novitiate. I spent the first year as an assistant to the director of novices. At the end of that year, I was assigned to be the director of postulants. It gave me an entirely different responsibility because I was working with the women who were coming into the Congregation for the first time,” Sister Bernice said. That was in the early 1960s. Those familiar with Catholic Church history know that the Second Vatican Council initiated what many would say...