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Food Pantry receives donation
Those receiving donations raised by the Miracle on 7th Street downtown festival included (from left) Max Jones for the Tribune Star Christmas Basket Fund, Nikki Fuhrmeister for CASA Kids, Judy Hogan of St. Benedict’s Soup Kitchen, Bill Felts of the 14th and Chestnut Community Center and Sister Joseph Fillenwarth of Providence Food Pantry. Not pictured: Representatives from The Salvation Army. Photo provided by Mark Solesky Thanks to a local civic group, Providence Food Pantry recently received a generous donation. The...
‘But I won’t get any supper …’
...average of 320-plus families each month, but only one out of every 20 grocery bags that feed people who are hungry come from church food pantries and other private charities. Federal nutrition programs, from school meals to SNAP (formerly known as food stamps) provide the rest. “I deeply appreciate the tremendous support for Providence Food Pantry, but for the sake of the families we and others serve, please support Bread for the World’s 2015 Offering of Letters also,” said Sister...
Earth Day Every Day: Follow the cabbage
...be discriminating in where their food comes from. The food distribution systems in our country are enormous and efficient, but they’re fundamentally flawed. The most nutrient-dense foods are the most expensive and they’re concentrated in communities with greater economic wealth. We could dedicate so much time to discussing the iniquities inherent in the system and the subsequent impacts on public health, but we only have one week during this Earth Month. This week, we will take a look at the...
Providence Food Pantry to celebrate 25 years
Providence Food Pantry will celebrate its 25th anniversary with an open house from 2 to 4 p.m., on Sunday, Sept. 22. On Sunday, Sept. 22, Providence Food Pantry, a ministry of the Sisters of Providence of Saint Mary-of-the-Woods, Indiana, will celebrate 25 years of loving service to residents in the West Terre Haute area. View the photo album from the event here. Persons of all faith traditions are invited to the pantry, located at 701 W. National Ave., West Terre...
The Helping Hands thrift store: making a difference a quarter at a time
...West Terre Haute community. Providence Food Pantry remains close to the heart of The Helping Hands board. In 10 years they have donated nearly $200,000 to the food pantry. Their donations purchase fresh vegetables, meats and more to be given to local people in need each week. “Without them we couldn’t survive,” says Sister Joseph Fillenwarth, director of Providence Food Pantry. One way Carole Stokes of West Terre Haute, a Providence Associate, lives out the mission of love, mercy and...
Oral history: Sister Ann Sullivan
...In 2023 two tons, or 4,000 pounds of fresh produce was provided to local food banks in addition to supplying fresh produce to the Sisters of Providence community. Sister Ann Sullivan was the featured speaker for the 2016 Women in Leadership Luncheon. The goal in 2024 is to produce five tons, or 10,000 pounds of fresh produce to provide to local food banks. Just recently in July, WVC remarked that they had cabbage, zucchini, collard greens, kale, leeks, beets, cucamelons,...
Our Providence Community 2025-26 Laudato Si Action Platform Plan
...Community engage in direct services with the poor in our sponsored institutions and ministries, including Miracle Place, Miracle Home, Mother Maria Gratia Hostel for Girls, Providence Food Pantry, The Connecting Link and Providence Cristo Rey High School. Many more work in impoverished neighborhoods of urban cities such as Chicago. For more than 40 years, we provided staff for 8th Day Center for Justice and numerous other persons and doing/have done extensive work in justice ministry. Our work with police in...
Agnes Eugene Cordak
...Sister Agnes Eugene’s complete ministry: Sister Agnes Eugene Cordak Complete Ministry In Indiana: Teacher, St. Mary, Richmond (1946-48); Teacher, St. Joseph, Hammond (1950-52); Teacher, St. Ann, Terre Haute (1954-55); Teacher, St. Andrew, Indianapolis (1955-56); Sacristan/Local Treasurer, Saint Mary-of-the-Woods (1968-70); Teacher, Gilbault Home for Boys, Terre Haute (1971-72); Teacher, Terre Haute Schulte High School, Terre Haute (1972-73); Driver, Saint Mary-of-the-Woods (1981-82); Manager/Buyer for Personal Supplies, Saint Mary-of-the-Woods (1982-84); Coordinator of Transportation/Buyer and Manager of Supplies, Saint Mary-of-the-Woods (1984-86); Gift Shop Staff,...
Betty Donoghue
...Norwood Park (1960-63); Nurses Aide, Norwood Park Home, Chicago (1980-81). In Indiana: Teacher, St. Mary, Lafayette (1958-60); Teacher, St. Philip Neri, Indianapolis (1963-69); Nurses Aide Infirmary, Saint Mary-of-the-Woods (1976-80); Nursing Assistant, Health Care Services, Saint Mary-of-the-Woods (1981-2001); Local Coordinator for Health Care, Saint Mary-of-the-Woods (2001-2002); Minister of Care, Ministry of Care, PHC, Saint Mary-of-the-Woods (2002-2016); Volunteer/Ministry of Care/Residential Service, PHC East West, Saint Mary-of-the-Woods (2016-2020). In New Hampshire: Teacher, St. Mary, Rochester (1969-74). In Massachusetts (Teacher, St. Patrick, Stoneham (1974-76)....
Patricia McIntyre
...Malachy, Brownsburg (1962-65); Teacher, Cathedral Grade School, Indianapolis (1965-66); Teacher, Holy Family, New Albany (1966-70); Teacher, St. Malachy, Brownsburg (1969-70); Teacher, Nativity, Indianapolis (1973-77); Teacher, Holy Cross, Indianapolis (1980-84); Assistant Director, Shalom Community, Indianapolis (1985-89); Library-Media Assistant, Indianapolis Public School No. 93 (1990-91); Teacher, Sacred Heart School, Terre Haute (1991-96); Local Coordinator, Health Care Services, Saint Mary-of-the-Woods (1996-2001); Secretary/Receptionist, Woods Day Care/Pre-School, Saint Mary-of-the-Woods (2001-2009); Volunteer, Saint Mary-of-the-Woods (2009-2018); Prayer, Saint Mary-of-the-Woods (2018-2020). In North Carolina: Teacher, Blessed Sacrament, Burlington...
Marie David Schroeder
...(1965-66); Teacher, St. John, Vincennes (1966-69); Teacher, St. John the Baptist, Fort Wayne (1969-71); Teacher, Catholic Central, New Albany (1971-72); Teacher, Sacred Heart, Whiting (1973-81); Assistant, Providence Medicare Service SHP, Saint Mary-of-the-Woods (1988-89); Medicare, Central Business Office, Saint Mary-of-the-Woods (1989-92); Retired/Providence Center Gift Shop Service, Saint Mary-of-the-Woods (1993); Retired/Gift Shop Service/Owens Hall Local Treasurer, Saint Mary-of-the-Woods (1994-2004); Residential Services, Saint Mary-of-the-Woods (2005-2017); Prayer, Saint Mary-of-the-Woods (2017-2020). In California: Teacher, St. Elisabeth, Van Nuys (1962-65); Teacher, St. Elisabeth, Van Nuys (1981-88)....
Sisters of Providence celebrate Jubilees
...1956, and final vows on August 15, 1961. She earned a bachelor’s degree in education from Saint Mary-of-the-Woods College and a master’s in education from Ball State University. Her ministries include: In Indiana: Teacher, Sacred Heart, Evansville (1956-57); Teacher, St. Jude, Fort Wayne (1957-63); Teacher, Holy Spirit, Indianapolis (1963-67); Principal, St. Joan of Arc, Indianapolis (1967-78); Director, Providence Food Pantry, West Terre Haute (2006-22); Volunteer for Providence Food Pantry/The Helping Hands, West Terre Haute (2022); Volunteer for The Helping Hands,...