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...15, 1948 and 1953, respectively. She began her teaching ministry in 1948 at St. Andrew, Chicago. Sister Adele also taught in classrooms in North Carolina and Indiana. She also served as a pastoral associate at St. Francis Hospital and Medical Center, while also ministering as chaplain at St. Joseph Hospital and Lutheran Hospital, Fort Wayne, Ind., for 20 years. She returned to the Woods in 2008. Sister Adele enjoyed dancing and spending time with others in the Red Hat Society....

...Patrick, Terre Haute, Ind., in 1947. She taught at other schools in Indiana, as well as schools in New Hampshire and Illinois. In 1978, she began a new ministry as a parish program coordinator at Immaculate Conception, Rushville, Ind., and from 1979 to 1996, she served as pastoral associate and later director of religious education at St. Mary Parish, Rushville. She returned to the Woods in 2003. Known for her artistic flare, she was also known as a wonderful listener....

...teaching ministry began at St. Elisabeth Grade School, Van Nuys, Calif. She taught in other schools in California, as well as schools in Indiana and Illinois. From 1962 to 1981, she was a biology professor at Saint Mary-of-the-Woods College. She also ministered as a pastoral associate from 1982 to 1990. Although she retired in 1991, she continued to teach at Saint Mary-of-the-Woods College until 2003. She was known for her water color paintings, many of which hang at Woodland Inn....

Sister Jane Marie was born on Sept. 3, 1944. She died on Sept. 14, 2012. She was 68 years old and had been a Sister of Providence for 49 years. Sister Jane Marie entered the Congregation on Sept. 17, 1962. She professed first and final vows on Aug. 15, 1965 and 1973, respectively. She began her teaching ministry in 1967 at St. Thomas Aquinas in Indianapolis. She also ministered at St. John in Loogootee, Indiana. After receiving Clinical Pastoral Education,...

Sister Mary Patricia, formerly Sister Alice Elizabeth, was born Mary Mira Peacock on Sept. 1, 1927. She died on June 28, 2013. She was 85 years old and had been a Sister of Providence for 68 years. Sister Mary Patricia entered the Congregation on Feb. 2, 1945. She professed first and final vows on Aug. 15, 1947 and 1952, respectively. She taught for 27 years at schools in Indianapolis and Illinois. She also served as a pastoral associate at St....

...Congregation on Feb. 2, 1943. She professed first vows on Aug. 15, 1945, and final vows on Aug. 25, 1950. Her teaching ministry began at St. Ann, Terre Haute, in 1945. She also taught at other schools in Indiana, as well as schools in Illinois. In 1975, she studied Clinical Pastoral Education and began a ministry as a hospital chaplain at M.D. Anderson Cancer Center. In 2007, she received the James Ewing Layman’s Award from the Society of Surgical Oncology....

...teaching ministry, serving as an elementary and secondary teacher and principal in schools in Indiana and Illinois. She also ministered as the director of the Office of Pastoral Councils for the Archdiocese of Indianapolis. In 1996, she became the Vice Postulator/Promoter of Mother Theodore’s Cause, and in 2006, she served as director of the Shrine of Saint Mother Theodore Guerin. One Providence Associate said of Sister Marie Kevin, “She lit the fire of Providence that now burns in my heart.”...

...1942 and 1948, respectively. Her teaching ministry began in 1942 at St. Mary, Lafayette, Indiana. She taught at other schools in Indiana, as well as schools in Illinois and California. In the 1970s, Sister Elizabeth Rose began ministering as a pastoral associate at hospitals in Indiana and Kentucky, and in the 1980s, she returned to California to minister at St. Joseph Parish, Hawthorne. She returned to the Woods in 1993. She was known for her love of playing card games....

...ministry began in 1934 at Saint Mary-of-the-Woods Village School. She taught at other schools in Indiana, as well as schools in Illinois and California. In 1963, she began ministering at Colegio San Jose in Arequipa, Peru. After returning to the United States, she served as a receptionist in the Archdiocesan Office of Education in Indianapolis, and in 1980, she served as a pastoral associate in Indianapolis. She returned home to the Woods in 2003 to begin a ministry of prayer....

Sister Marie was born Eleanor Marie Wolf on March 20, 1917. She died on Dec. 2, 2004. She was 87 years old and had been a Sister of Providence for 69 years. Sister Marie began her teaching ministry at St. John the Baptist, Fort Wayne, Indiana, in 1937. She taught at other schools in Indiana, as well as schools in Illinois. In 1976, she entered a ministry as a pastoral associate at St. Joseph Parish, Indianapolis. For the next two...

...1932. She professed first vows on Aug. 15, 1934, and final vows on Jan. 23, 1940. Her teaching ministry began in 1934 at St. Ann, Washington, D.C. She ministered at other schools in Illinois, Massachusetts and Maryland. In 1987, Sister Patricia Marie served as a pastoral associate at St. Joseph Parish, Quincy, Massachusetts. She returned to the Woods in 1997. She enjoyed visiting the Blessed Sacrament Chapel as often as she could because she had great devotion to the Eucharist....

...Religious Vocation Conference, located in Chicago. She enjoys baking and the works of Thomas Merton. On June 25, 2017, Sister Dina professed perpetual vows. Since coming to the Congregation, Sister Dina said she found love and support within the community. Her additional ministries include being an office assistant at Providence Cristo Rey High School, a staff accountant, and a Mission and Ministry Coordinator at the Resurrection University in Chicago. She has a master’s degree in Pastoral Theology from Saint Meinrad....