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Sister Rosalie Cullen, formerly Sister James Clare
...Clare, Rosalie taught second grade at St. Anthony in Gardena, California, and then first and second grades at St. Sylvester in Chicago and Annunciation in Brazil, Indiana, before returning to Saint Mary-of-the-Woods to minister as a member of the Infirmary Staff. She later taught in Indiana at St. Susanna in Plainfield and St. Patrick and St. Margaret Mary in Terre Haute. In 1977, Sister Rosalie again returned as an aide in the Infirmary. Pastoral Care then became her last ministry,...
Held in the palm of God’s hand
...a master’s degree in pastoral studies and Clinical Pastoral Experience. This benefited me greatly as I ministered among God’s family in my second career of 26 years in parish ministry. Parish ministry took me to Fort Wayne, Indiana; St. Louis, Missouri and Jasper, Indiana. Sister Betty Koressel, center and Sister Charles Van Hoy, right, enjoy a visit from the alpacas led by a White Violet Center for Eco-Justice intern. Every place I went, I enjoyed community life, praying, playing, cooking,...
Sister of Providence celebrates Golden Jubilee
...Care Center (1996-98), Worcester, Mass.: Licensed Practical Nurse, St. Francis Home (1998-2003), Whitinsville, Mass.: Licensed Practical Nurse, St. Camillus Health Center (2003-05), Saint Mary-of-the-Woods, Ind.: Licensed Practical Nurse, Providence Health Care (2006), Lexington, N.C.: Geriatric LPN, Alston Brook Health Care; Director of Faith Formation, Our Lady of the Rosary Parish (2006-09), Lexington, N.C.: Pastoral Associate and Director of Faith Formation, Our Lady of the Rosary Parish; LPN, Alston Brook Health Care (2009-10), Lexington, N.C.: Pastoral Associate and Director of Faith...
The joys of music
...face to face with a person’s disconnection and loneliness. I have been at the bedside of individuals who have taken their final breath. In all of these moments, I have been so grateful for music. I have been the Saint Mary-of-the-Woods College Program Coordinator of the Undergraduate Music Therapy Program since 2002 and a doctoral student in the Doctorate in Applied Health Sciences (DHSc) program at Indiana State University since 2016. A doctoral internship can be individualized, so in the...
Sister Adrian Marie Conrad
...family setting rather than face incarceration. Their parish at this time was Guardian Angel Church in Las Vegas, known as “the cathedral on the strip.” The pastor noticed how easily they were able to relate to members of the extremely diverse congregation and invited them to join the pastoral team, with Adrian Marie taking charge of the gift shop. Sister Thomas Jeanne recalls that parishioners ranged from the cocktail waitress who came to daily Mass to a shabby old man...
From fear to tranquility: Sister Dorothy Rasche and prison ministry
Sister Dorothy in her prison ministry stands outside the gates to the chapel at the United States prison with the Catholic Chaplain Fr. N. Ponferrado in 1980. In the fall of 1976, Sister Dorothy Rasche had just started a new ministry. She joined with Sister Mary Moloney and Sister Gilchrist Conway (RIP) as part of the Southeast Pastoral Team in McAlester, Oklahoma. After serving in six places in Indiana as a teacher and as director of religious education at two...
Sister Catherine White
...Dame Academy in Los Angeles; Gardena, California; Cherry Valley, California; San Bernardino Diocese in San Bernardino, California; and finally making the rounds back to our beloved Woods. And what did she spend her life being and doing? Of course, teacher, pastoral associate, principal, Executive Director of LAMP, whose mission is to end homelessness and build self-sufficiency among individuals living with severe mental illness, drug and alcohol addiction. LAMP truly was a pioneer of permanent supportive housing in the United States,...
Sister Charles Van Hoy
...she served as principal while teaching two grades. Sister Charles Van Hoy with General Officers Sisters Jeanne Hagelskamp and Dawn Tomaszewski Another time, she taught and was also the school librarian. When she began adult education, she taught classes and was the bookkeeper. For another 10 years, she ministered as pastoral associate for two parishes at the same time. As she expressed it when describing her ministry: “Whatever comes up is what I do. If I can do it, I...
Sister Marceline Mattingly
...National Science Foundation for several summers to teach instructors of biology at Howard University. Ever the learner, Marceline asked to prepare for a new ministry as pastoral associate by attending a spirituality program at Seattle University in Washington. It was there that she met and later became a lifelong friend to Sister Liz Gress. When they could no longer travel together, Liz would call Marcie every day. Marceline had something of an internship in a parish in Seattle and loved...
September 18, 2022: Twenty-fifth Sunday in Ordinary Time
...give an accounting, served him well in temporal matters and in the eyes of his master whose own integrity might be questioned. We, too, will be required to give an accounting of how we have managed our own talents and gifts and how we have influenced or challenged our government, our church and organizations in their use of resources either in support of the marginalized or in neglect of them and their needs. If we understand the principle that everything...
Sister Thomas Jeanne Doriot
...High School’s approaching demise, the ship’s co-captains face the new school year with more seaworthy hopes.” Her active ministry years from 1979 to 2015 were extremely varied, having as common threads serving with Sister Adrian Marie Conrad, building relationships with being present to whatever needs presented themselves. Some more long-term ministries included: Associate Director of Regina Hall in Henderson, Nev., a group home helping young girls cope with personal, family and social problems; ministering as pastoral associate at Guardian Angel...
Sister Adele Beacham (formerly Sister Joseph Therese)
...from SMWC, and later a Master’s degree in reading from Cardinal Stritch College in Milwaukee. In the 80s, she earned a second Master’s degree in theology from St. Meinrad’s. Her education ministries of nearly 30 years, included elementary teacher, principal and school supervisor for the Archdiocese of Indianapolis. She then served in parish ministry as pastoral associate and religious educator for some 19 years. All her ministries were in Indiana and Illinois. Sister Betty Hopf recalled in her second year...