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New energy, focus for justice
...the next five years. This is the first time in the community’s history that the sisters committed to one corporate justice focus. If the energy of the room on June 28 was any indication, the sisters, associates and mission partners are ready to embrace this new model wholeheartedly. As stated in the Chapter document, it is a choice “for the good of the whole – the Congregation and all creation.” (Originally published in the Fall 2016 issue of HOPE magazine.)...
Strength from being ordinary this Foundation Day
...warm clothing to keep the chill away. Thinking back to 1840 when our Saint of God arrived with her companions from France, they certainly didn’t have the comforts of home that we do today. They were tired, probably filled with fear and anxiety not knowing the language and being in a different country. Nothing was ordinary for them. They were facing challenges of many obstacles and new beginnings. Looking back at this time in history reminds me what prayerful and...
Throwback Thursday: Remembering Sister Therese Berry
This photo, taken in 1998, depicts Sister Jenny Howard (left) and then-General Superior Sister Diane Ris (right) with Sister Therese Berry during her Golden Jubilee celebration. There are many people who follow the Sisters of Providence Facebook page who have requested more information on a growing list of sisters. One of the joys of putting together these Throwback Thursday blogs is to make the trip to Archives and study the history of these sisters. This week’s subject was not different....
Cubs win! Sisters react to Chicago Cubs’ World Series victory
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N3AlcTNzB8A General Superior Sister Dawn Tomaszewski and Sister Nancy Nolan https://youtu.be/3ELUMMv-Qt0 Sister Alice Ann Rhinesmith https://youtu.be/zvd2MeG5HA4 Sister Maureen Ann McCarthy https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QYRX44RbvBo Sister Noralee Keefe https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6rHV5vQsePs Sister Rita Clare Gerardot https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l1Kz-bQRyFI Sister Mary Cecile Grojean https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6aBkShY2CHk Sister Rosemary Nudd Sister Nancy Nolan and General Superior Sister Dawn Tomaszewski The Sisters of Providence of Saint Mary-of-the-Woods, Indiana, were founded by Saint Mother Theodore Guerin in 1840. More than 30 years later, the Chicago Cubs history began, as the team joined the National...
Throwback Thursday: Remembering Sister Gaudentia Downey
A photo of Mary Henrietta Downey, age 15 It’s been written before, but arguably the most enjoyable time heading to Archives to research the Throwback Thursday blogs is to read the unbelievable history associated with the sisters. This week, we examine the life of Sister Gaudentia Downey, another sister who had a life journey filled with twists and turns. Born Jan. 21, 1900, in Denver, Mary Henrietta Downey would later be a Sister of Providence for 74 years. Her father...
Thirty Sisters of Providence celebrate Senior Jubilees
...has also ministered in Illinois and California. Sister Agnes Eugene Cordak is a native of Chicago. Currently, she ministers in prayer at Saint Mary-of-the-Woods. Sister Agnes Eugene entered the Congregation on Sept. 14, 1941, from Maternity BVM, Chicago. She professed perpetual vows on Jan. 23, 1950. She graduated from Saint Mary-of-the-Woods College with a bachelor’s degree in education. She also earned master’s degrees from Indiana State University in education and history. Her Indiana ministries included: Richmond: Teacher, St. Mary (1946-48),...
Justice advocates and Providence Associates
...consultant specializing in systems architecture and organizational development. The couple, who lives in Terre Haute, Indiana, has a long history of justice advocacy that led them to the Sisters of Providence. Jeanne spent her early years in rural Michigan surrounded by a large extended family of Polish/German descent. Her family later moved to a suburb of Nashville, Tennessee. Jeanne grew up in a Catholic family of strong faith and a sense of community. Today Jeanne rejects aspects of injustice she...
A safe home community for those who lost everything
Sister Cathy Buster’s project, The Casa San Juan Bosco Community, provides safe, comfortable homes for migrant workers in Arcadia, Florida. In 2004, Sister Cathy Buster, SP, (formerly Sister Joseph Norene) was ministering in the Catholic Diocese of Venice, Florida, as director of the real estate department, when one of the worst disasters in Florida history hit. Hurricane Charley – a Category 4 Hurricane, terrorized the state for six days. It was the strongest hurricane to strike Florida since Hurricane...
Building and healing: Saint Mother Theodore Guerin moment
Construction work on reassembling the log cabin chapel at Saint Mary-of-the-Woods in 2012. Sister Mary Montgomery, SP, loves fresh air and walking. So it was not surprising to find her outside on a Sunday afternoon enjoying the beauty of Saint Mary-of-the-Woods. It proved to be no ordinary walk. She encountered four men who were very eager to learn more about the history of Saint Mary-of-the-Woods and foundress, Saint Mother Theodore Guerin. That eagerness was all Sister Mary needed, as she...
Gathering in solidarity, respect and unity
...Gathering will be held Saturday, Jan. 21, at 10 a.m. outside the Church of the Immaculate Conception at Saint Mary-of-the-Woods, Indiana. The history of the community, including foundress Saint Mother Theodore Guerin, inspires Sister Tracey in her work coordinating the Gathering in Solidarity event at Saint Mary-of-the-Woods. “As a Sister of Providence,” she says, “I am keenly aware of our legacy of educating women and the fact that our foundress, Mother Theodore, was shocked by how women in the U.S....
Teaching, healing and loving as a Sister of Providence
...it a “mission.” I didn’t have to go looking for that job. It came to me. My job — my “mission” was to teach sixth grade, 58 sixth-graders to be exact. I threw all of my young enthusiasm into the task. We reviewed what we had learned and went on to the “more advanced” work of fractions, decimals, parts of speech, diagramming sentences. We also explored the world via history and geography. Religious training was the thread that ran through...
Let us put on love
...always loomed in the background. Even though none of my own relatives perished in the Holocaust, I knew people with serial numbers tattooed on their arms from their days at Auschwitz. I was keenly aware of my history — both recent and back through the centuries. My grandparents were all immigrants, fleeing persecution in Eastern Europe in the early 20th century. My grandmother Pauline was only 12 when she and her sister stole across the border from Russia to Poland,...