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Providence in the Desert opens new doors for student
...the fields, to Martha and others like her who are eager to learn the language of their new country. “We learn dialogs, history, geography, writing English, grammar, lots of vocabulary. We have learned present and present progressive tenses, and also future and past tense,” said Martha. “Now I use more English when I go to the stores. I can read better. I understand more words. When my aunt got her passport picture, I talked to the clerk in English. I...
Sister Doreen Lai
...meal. I felt very much at home and accepted. The sisters shared with me stories about their life and ministry in Taishan. I, in turn, shared with them my experiences in Singapore when I worked with the social welfare department and worked with abused women, drug addicts, and prisoners. I learned about the Congregation’s history and heritage, of its founding in Indiana and its early years in Taiwan. They also told me of the many different ministries in which members...
Sister Nancy Nolan
...great moment for our history. We worked on getting the cause for Mother Theodore to go forward. And, most important, we deepened our understanding of Providence spirituality and its relationship to our charism. Q. Do you remember what it was like when you were elected general superior? A. Yes, I was happy, humbled and overwhelmed. We are women who aren’t afraid to be challenged, to grow, and to change. – Sister Nancy Q. Why would a woman today enjoy being...
Vincennes emergency hospital
...Gov. Morton a building on the seminary grounds to be used as a hospital. The emergency hospital was needed because of an epidemic outbreak that occurred while men were being recruited in Vincennes. So many people under such unhealthy, cramped quarters caused disease to spread quickly. In the second volume of the Congregation’s history, the author Sister Eugenia Logan writes: “The hospital had many cases of particularly virulent contagious diseases. An epidemic broke out among the new recruits and the...
Sister Claudia Lewis
...volunteered in a variety of capacities. “Sister Claudia kept herself occupied with reading and crafts. She loved making things for others. Many of us will remember Sister Claudia by her beautiful, glowing smile that radiated the God within her,” continued Sister Betty. “Sister Claudia felt that she was extremely blessed all of her life, and yet how many others would look upon a history of losing both parents at the age of 4, a second mother at the age of...
Sister Ellen Marie Stafford
...Alexa. Sister Ellen Marie professed first and perpetual vows Jan. 23, 1937, and 1943, respectively. She earned two bachelor’s degrees — one in education and the other in history — from Saint Mary-of-the-Woods College and a master’s degree in education from the University of Dayton. Sister Ellen Marie began her long ministry of teaching elementary and intermediate grades in 1937 at St. John the Baptist, Whiting, Ind. Her other classrooms in Indiana included Assumption, Evansville; St. John the Baptist, Newburgh;...
Mother Theodore dioramas
A story takes on a whole new meaning when you can see it! In Providence Center at Saint Mary-of-the-Woods, you can take a look at history in the form of twelve dioramas telling the story of Saint Mother Theodore Guerin. A diorama is a 3-D representation of a scene, usually with objects and figures in front of a painted background. The word itself means “see through.” Dioramas can be large scale, like the life-size dioramas you see in museums, or...
A Civil War widow joins the Sisters of Providence
...the streets and got under her horses feet. They ran away. Auntie was thrown out of the carriage and was instantly killed on Washington Street. At the age of ten years I attended her funeral. Mary Grace also wrote that several of her deceased husband’s military companions accompanied Sister Frances de Chantal’s body to Saint Mary-of-the-Woods for burial in the Congregation’s cemetery. History of the Sisters of Providence of Saint Mary-of-the-Woods: Volume 2, 1856-1894 (1978) by Sister Eugenia Logan According...
Sister-nurses during the Civil War (video)
https://youtu.be/P4doG5q3yXE The Sisters of Providence served as sister-nurses during the Civil War. This video sheds some light on this unique service to the nation. (with audio) Article praises Civil War video for sharing Congregation’s history....
Love, mercy, justice – In the footsteps of our foundress
...New members so that in better understanding what has brought us to this time in history, they may be inspired to join us in fidelity to the continuing search for appropriate ways to respond to the face of God being revealed to us. 3.) Those women and men who have chosen to participate in any way in the life and mission of the Congregation so that they may come to a deeper understanding of the Providence journey that has brought...
Living a fruitful vowed life
...Throughout its 166-year history each Sister of Providence has stood before an assembled faith community and used these words to publicly proclaim her intention to live her life in keeping with these specific gospel values and to work toward furthering the mission of Jesus in the world. What, we might ask, is the gospel value at the heart of each vow and how can it be expressed today in a world characterized by so many relationships distorted by greed for...
Care of Earth: an ascetical practice for our times?
...with the spiritual training designed to help one become a more virtuous person. The difficulties involved in the practice were considered a fair price in exchange for the value acquired! In the western world, words commonly associated with asceticism are sacrifice, penance, renunciation, self-discipline, self-control, etc. While all major religions teach a theology of asceticism, the way it is practiced has varied in different cultures and in different periods of history. In the Christian tradition, for example, older readers will...