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What’s nearby
If you’re looking for other places to visit after your trip to Saint Mary-of-the-Woods, just 10 minutes away across the Wabash River is Terre Haute, Indiana. A city with a rich history, variety of dining options and numerous places to stay, Terre Haute is a great place to go after the Woods. Here are just a few of the many places close to Saint Mary-of-the-Woods. If you would like a complete list of what’s nearby, go to the Terre Haute...
Historical interest
If you’re a history buff, Saint Mary-of-the-Woods is a treasure trove of architecture and artifacts. Founded in 1840, Saint Mother Theodore and the Sisters of Providence contributed significantly to settling Indiana. Did you know that 26 buildings at Saint Mary-of-the-Woods are listed on the National Register of Historic Places? Seventeen of those were built during the leadership of Mother Mary Cleophas Foley, general superior from 1890-1926. The Church of the Immaculate Conception was completed in 1907. Other buildings of this...
Arts & Music ministries
Did you know that the Sisters of Providence have a long history of art and music ministry? Arts and music ministry has been prominent in the life of the Congregation since the beginning. Postulant Ann Duong playing the piano. Art Prominent sister artists have created sketches, paintings, sculptures and other artwork for nearly 200 years. Today, Sister Su Hsin and Sister Rosemary Schmalz offer art programs through Providence Spirituality & Conference Center at the Woods. Sister Sophia Chen is an artist...
Social justice
...everyone deserves the right to life? We have a history of ministry to persons in prison, including persons on death row. We have witnessed injustice of racial bias and many other facets that make our current system a broken one. We advocate for a judicial system that builds safe communities and focuses on restoration and rehabilitation for the sake of both victims and perpetrators. Learn about our criminal justice work Read our statement on the death penalty Human Trafficking You...
West Terre Haute, Indiana
...the board president. In addition, many area residents volunteer for the organization. Though The Helping Hands is not a ministry of the Sisters of Providence, a number of individual sisters are involved with the non-profit in various ways. Learn more about the history of The Helping Hands: “The Helping Hands thrift store: making a difference a quarter at a time” (from HOPE Magazine Spring 2014) Donate to The Helping Hands Donations are accepted at the following hours: 9 a.m.-2 p.m.,...
Taizé Ecumenical Prayer service
...from the comfort of your own home. Watch Live: Taizé Prayer on June 9 Want to watch previous Taizé Prayer services? April 2026 May 2026 History of Taizé Roger Louis Schutz-Marsauche (Brother Roger) was born in Provence, Switzerland on May 12 1915 to a Swiss father and a French mother. Being the child of a Protestant pastor, Brother Roger experienced the divisions and tension between the Protestant and Catholic churches but felt it was important to look beyond religious identification...
Criminal justice reform
Don’t you agree that everyone deserves the right to life? We have a history of ministry to persons in prison, including persons on death row. We have witnessed injustice of racial bias and many other facets that make our current system a broken one. We advocate for a judicial system that builds safe communities and focuses on restoration and rehabilitation for the sake of both victims and perpetrators. Sister Anji Fan holds her sign up during Monday’s protest For many...
Sister Jean Ernstes
...bachelor’s degree in nursing from St. Louis University and a master’s degree in pastoral studies from Loyola University. As a Sister of Mary Reparatrix, Sister Jean ministered in the archdioceses of Detroit, Cincinnati and New York as well as the Diocese of Amarillo, Texas. In 1983, she ministered as a social worker at the Center of Concern, Park Ridge, Ill., followed by a year as a pastoral associate at St. Catherine Hospital, East Chicago, Ind. She spent one year as...
Sister Marie Wolf
...Borromeo, Bloomington. Sister Marie’s pedagogical ministries in Illinois included St. Mel, Chicago; St. Francis Xavier, Wilmette; and Immaculate Conception, Norwood Park. In 1976, Sister Marie entered a ministry sphere as a pastoral associate at St. Joseph Parish, Indianapolis. For the next two decades, she continued her ministry as a pastoral associate in Indianapolis at St. John, St. Joan of Arc and St. Christopher. In 1999, Sister Marie returned to Saint Mary-of-the-Woods. “Perhaps it was her take-charge attitude that made her...
Sister Mary Eleanor Galvin
...a new ministry in pastoral care at the Sisters of Providence motherhouse at Saint Mary-of-the-Woods. “For nine years Mary Eleanor served her sick and elderly sisters as Director of Pastoral Care. Her joyful disposition exemplified by her ever-present smile will be remembered as long as memory endures,” Sister Mary Roger said. Upon retiring in1997, Sister Mary Eleanor volunteered in the office for the canonization of the Congregation’s foundress, Saint Mother Theodore Guerin. Since 2004, she dedicated herself totally to the...
Sister Barbara Reder
...in Catholic Churches. For the past six years she has served as pastoral associate at St. Malachy Catholic Church in Brownsburg, Ind. Sister Barbara Reder outside St. Malachy Parish in Brownsburg, Ind., where she ministers as pastoral associate. “I enjoy so many things about my ministry. I work with the sick and homebound. I am on the RCIA team helping those entering the church. I assist the liturgical coordinator. I help people navigate the annulment process. I work with families...
Sister Patricia McIntyre (formerly Sister Elaine)
...childlike self-disclosure; hours of contact with patients – each interaction evaluated by instructors and peers. In 1979, Patty earned her Clinical Pastoral Education certificate from Bethesda Hospital in Cincinnati, Ohio, and from there began ministry as a pastoral assistant in Falmouth, Kentucky. A sidebar: The Cincinnati Red Cross sent Patty a formal acknowledgement of thanks for her volunteer services during the winter emergency of 1978. Many of us remember the severity of storms that raged across the Midwest that year....