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Honor Divine Providence
...creation, the meticulous and complex progression from solar to human forms, and the origin of each created form in all that precedes that form, praise of Holy Mystery permeates my prayer. The words of the Sisters of Providence mission statement — “to honor Divine Providence” — take on new meaning as I experience the on-going, shaping presence of Providence throughout the 15-billion-year history of life’s emergence from the heart of God. Saint Mother Theodore Guerin urged us to “lean with...
Mother, grandmother and sister?
...of time focusing on spiritual growth and studying Congregation history, while living at the motherhouse). Sister Marilú and her son had a heart-to-heart conversation. “I would ask every time we talked how he felt about me being a sister and he would say, ‘It’s OK, Mom. I want you to be happy.’ He didn’t want to hurt my feelings, even though we both knew there was much more that could be said. But that night, it was a Providential moment....
Giving her whole self to music
...able to teach at several levels,” she said. “This is very enriching and has helped me see how music is entwined with everything — history, language, math and science — every aspect of culture.” However, she is surprised to be teaching music in her current ministry, Providence in the Desert in the Coachella Valley, Calif. As she talked with people in this Hispanic community while she was building the ministry the parents requested music lessons for their children. “I surely...
The Grotto of Our Lady of Lourdes
The Grotto of Our Lady of Lourdes on the motherhouse grounds of the Sisters of Providence in Saint Mary-of-the-Woods, Indiana. This pillar is inscribed with the name of Mother Mary Raphael and the date 1938. This wooden plaque explains the Grotto’s history. Moss grows on many of the stones that make up the Grotto. Mary sits above the grotto surrounded by craggy rocks. Ivy grows at the edge of the structure. Numerous ferns have taken up residence in the nooks...
‘The little Indian of the northern Lakes’
...1868, leading the Congregation through the difficult years of the Civil War. Providence Associate Paul Beel (who is also a systems analyst for the Congregation’s IT Department) is an admirer of Mother Mary Cecilia and has spent numerous hours in Archives researching this early leader of the Congregation. The Sisters of Providence web editorial board is pleased to present Paul’s research on the second general superior of the Congregation in our history section. Learn more about Mother Mary Cecilia here....
Treasures from Archives: Marleau-Hercules Fence Co.
...the Church of the Immaculate Conception. Look closely at the wrought iron invoice. In the sold to box is the name Mr. Bisch, which has been crossed out. The Bisch family has a long and wonderful history with the Congregation. Joseph N. Bisch served as the superintendent of grounds from 1893 until his death in 1939. He was encouraged to come to Saint Mary-of-the-Woods by his sisters, Sisters St. Bernardine and Mary Anthony Bisch. Joseph’s son Bernard took over upon...
Treasures from Archives: Father Goossens
...in Hartford City, Ind., and was ordained on May 28, 1928, in St. Meinrad, Ind. Prior to coming to the Woods, Father Goossens served the Church in Indiana in Indianapolis, Boonville, Linton and Evansville. Besides his duties as chaplain, Father Goossens was responsible for teaching the young novices at the Woods Church history, religion and ethics. He also was involved in Saint Mary-of-the-Woods Village. Realizing the great need for a local fire department, he found like-minded men in the Village....
Treasures from Archives: Sister St. Francis Xavier’s slippers
One day while gathering some information for a blog on the death of Sister St. Francis Xavier Le Fer, I ran across some intriguing information about an artifact belonging to her. I found the information in the capacious first volume of the Congregation’s history written by Sister Mary Borromeo Brown. The information concerned a pair of slippers that belonged to Sister St. Francis Xavier. On page 766, one reads: “Sister Saint Francis Xavier’s health, as we know, had been delicate...
Providence never fails is a good ‘saying’
...Kuper when she was our director of novices. At one of our daily times of instruction, she made the statement: The donkey on the hill knows more than the wise man in the valley. When I first heard it, it made me laugh; and remarkably, given my history, I got the point right away! Now, almost 49 years later, it still makes me laugh and it frequently catches me up short. Often, when I’m stewing about a situation, the most...
Treasures from Archives: Civil War diary
...Chattanooga, Tenn., in September 1863. He journaled how the prisoners were taken by rail car to Atlanta and then back up north to Richmond, Va., and the infamous Libby Prison. Eventually, Captain Blaire was imprisoned in Charleston, S.C. It was there that he and his fellow prisoners were freed in September of 1864. And there in our Archives in a small envelope within the file of Sister Clarice Asbury is a wonderful piece of our nation’s history. A treasure indeed!...
Treasures from Archives: Providence Press
Sister Cecile Morse ministered as a printer from 1938 to 1979. The Sisters of Providence have a long history of printing and publishing. Take, for example, “Lest We Forget: The Sisters of Providence of St. Mary-of-the-Woods in Civil War Service,” by the late Sister Mary Theodosia Mug. It was printed in 1931 by Providence Press of Saint Mary-of-the-Woods. Yes, indeed, having a print shop to help not only share information about the Congregation and its many schools, but also to...
Building the Blessed Sacrament Chapel
...Marean Chatard, bishop of Indianapolis, formally opened Perpetual Exposition in the crypt of the Church of the Immaculate Conception. On June 7, 1920, the cornerstone of the chapel was laid. Inside the cornerstone is a box that contains a list of the Sisters of Providence who were living at that time, some medals, a relic of Saint Mother Theodore Guerin, and a short history of the “Development of Devotion to the Blessed Sacrament at Saint Mary’s.” Four years later, on...