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Volunteering can be addictive – cleaning statues in Providence Park
The Week of Service started as collaboration between the Sisters of Providence and Saint Mary-of-the-Woods College (SMWC) as we jointly celebrated our 175th anniversary in 2015. The SMWC Alumni Board of Directors worked with the sisters on it that very first year. They loved it so much that it has now become a yearly tradition. In addition to local projects, alumni, family and friends are encouraged to participate in service in their communities across the globe, all to honor the...
Updates from the Sisters of Providence summer 2018
...told the local newspaper about the Teacher Sharing Session held on Feb. 27 at Saint Mary-of-the-Woods in response to the Feb. 14 school shooting in Parkland, Florida. Several area teachers and administrators attended the forum where they gathered in support and shared their concerns. Providence Associate candidate and Rockville Jr. Sr. High School teacher, Beth Duley, told a local television station, “We’re tired of worrying, we’re tired of being afraid, we’re tired of nothing changing.” The Sisters of Providence agreed...
Political Engagement for Climate Justice
...and the Common Good. 2001. The survey taken at our 2017 Annual Meeting gave evidence that a top priority for moving forward with our 2016 General Chapter environment commitment is political engagement on local, state, and national levels. Signing the Providence Climate Agreement, from left, are Sisters Mary Catherine Guiler, Florence Norton, Maria Saracco and Cynthia Lynge. As we move into the 2020 election cycle, the Climate Change Task Force plans to provide resources to advocate for strong environmental policies....
How to Meet with Congress
...to lobby with a small group, and Schedule your meeting: Call the district office and ask how to schedule a meeting, then follow their instructions to request a meeting. Most offices ask you to fill out a web form or send an email. Congressional offices receive thousands of contacts a day, so make sure to follow up so your request doesn’t get lost in the shuffle. Setting up a meeting at your member of Congress’ local office can be a...
Tips for writing effective Letters to the Editor
...your maximum, and Make it personal – LTEs that tell a personal story are published much more often and get much letter reception than on-personal LTEs. The best LTEs also include a call to action at the end. They don’t just discuss the problem; they give readers an opportunity for a solution. To get your LTE published, look up the local newspaper(s) in your area and find the opinion section. There, they’ll often provide an email address expressly for LTEs....
Sister Marie David Schroeder
...to stop due to eye problems. For the following 12 years, she helped in the Providence Center Gift Shop and also served as the local treasurer in Owens Hall. These jobs ended when she had knee surgery. After Marie David moved from Owens Hall to Providence Hall, she helped with residential services, picking up all kinds of little jobs that she took as seriously as her teaching ministries. In one of her logs, she listed five small part-time jobs and...
‘What about the switchboard?’
...of Providence for 16 years and the calls can vary – questions about theology, questions about Mass times for area churches, questions about the best local florist, or even “Who used to live in the house that sits across the road from the church in the Village?” Still, I’ve found most calls fit neatly into one of two categories: Calls for employees or calls for sisters. However, during these “unprecedented times,” there have been more calls from people who just...
Newsnotes
...Vigo County Public Library honored Sister Barbara Battista at their annual Local Women’s History Breakfast. Sister Barbara was honored for her ministry as the Congregation’s Justice Promoter. The annual event offers a celebration for the impact that local women in the Wabash Valley have on the community. During the breakfast, Sister Barbara fielded many questions from the audience about bringing people together through common causes. “It’s all about relationship … when you know that something is not right about what’s...
Let us be the people Jesus describes, as he sends his disciples out on Mission
...“Rem’Mie” Fells. Though we who are alive today haven’t literally been buried with them, we must listen to and feel the depth of the pain that communities of color – especially Black communities – are expressing. We must listen to and feel the depth of the pain that the LGBTQ+ community is experiencing in being exiled, especially from our local Catholic schools in this Archdiocese of Indianapolis. We must find ways to understand more deeply what the COVID pandemic means...
Quietly breaking boundaries, creating hope
...catalyst for the next phase of her ministry. She believed that self-esteem, stability and the ability to choose could lead the marginalized to a deeper faith. So, Sister Suzanne took summer courses in adult education. In 1990 she left Saint Mary-of-the-Woods College to take care of her aging parents in Belleville, Illinois. One day she saw an ad at the local bank for an administrative position in the adult basic education department at Belleville Area College, the local community college....
Living the Gospel of Hope through better health care access
...of Providence Connecting Link ministry in West Terre Haute, noticed the need among her neighbors. In 2017, then-school-superintendent Dr. Danny Tanoos called together Sister Dorothy, Dr. Randy Stevens, Tammy Pearson and other interested community members to discuss the issue. Dr. Stevens knew that T.J. Warren with Valley Professionals Community Health Center (VPCHC) was looking to open a new clinic. VPCHC agreed to work with Connecting Link and the local community to champion the building of a $1.2 million health clinic...
Sister Martha Ann Rifner
...John Mary (RIP). Until age 28, Mary was a seamstress doing alterations in a dress shop and, after preparing herself with business courses at night, was later employed as a bookkeeper in a local car dealership. She delighted in the fact that she could add to her family’s finances. Sister John Mary Rifner and Sister Martha Ann Rifner Mary attended local public schools from grades 1-12, graduating in 1943. She was introduced to the Sisters of Providence when her father,...