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Educating toward healing with music
...a music therapist in the St. Vincent Stress Center. There he had a special interest in helping people involved in addictions and substance abuse. He recently retired after 14 years working with people as they sought to change their lives. Nate Menseh, a music therapy student at Saint Mary-of-the-Woods College, is making history and aspiring toward using music to help others. Fall 2015 Nate Mensah enrolled as one of the first two male on-campus undergraduate students at Saint Mary-of-the-Woods College....
A history of The Saint Anne Procession
The Saint Anne Procession from 1840. In 1843, Saint Mother Theodore experienced a life-changing moment. On the way back to Saint Mary-of-the-Woods from France, the ship carrying Saint Mother Theodore nearly overturned. However, the ship arrived safely. Still, following this, Saint Mother Theodore promised the Sisters of Providence would honor Saint Anne – the patron saint of sailors – into the future. And they have. After returning to Saint Mary-of-the-Woods, Saint Mother Theodore had a small log chapel built in...
Mother Theodore Moment: a history of collaborating in leadership
Sisters of Providence gather every five years to set direction and elect leadership. These General Chapter gatherings in the 21st century build on the foundations of collaboration and prayerful decision making laid by Saint Mother Theodore Guerin and the sisters who governed in the 1840s. When the first Sisters of Providence came to Indiana from Ruillé, France, they lived under their Congregation’s Rule of 1835. That Rule stated that the Congregation of the Sisters of Providence was an “association of...
Power, justice, charity and civil discourse
Saint Mother Theodore’s experiences have much wisdom to lend us at this moment in our nation’s history. We’ve been here before. Challenges to power, justice, charity and civil discourse are nothing new to the Sisters of Providence. We citizens and residents of the United States and the world seek to recover from a highly contentious election. We seek to restore the gaps of a highly divided society. Perhaps the experience of Saint Mother Theodore Guerin and the early Sisters of...
A brief history of the mission to the Chinese
The first SP missionaries to China prior to departure Sept. 29, 1920: (from left) Sisters Winifred Patrice O’Donovan, Eugene Marie Howard, Marie Gratia Luking, the Rev. F.X. Clougherty, the Rev. J.N. Tacconi, the Rev. H.P. Lawton, Sister Clare Mitchell, the Rev. J. Kerin, Sisters Mary Elise Renauldt and Marie Patricia Shortall. Since 1920 the Sisters of Providence have had a presence in Asia, commencing that presence in China. Six Sisters of Providence responded to a call to this foreign mission...
Day of Departure
...sanctuary of the Church of the Immaculate Conception on Sept. 29, 1920, the feast of Saint Michael the Archangel. “Wednesday, September 29, 1920, was for Saint Mary-of-the-Woods one of the greatest days in the eighty years of its history. That day marked not only an era in the annals of the Sisters of Providence in America, but of the Catholic Church in America, and in the religious history of the world, for it was the day of the departure for...
The ‘month of our Mother’
(Note: This reflection by Sister Rosemary Nudd was given on May 6, at the annual May crowning of the Blessed Virgin Mary’s statue in the Church of the Immaculate Conception at Saint Mary-of-the-Woods) “Tis the month of our Mother, the blessed and glorious days.” (Traditional Mary hymn) The Sisters of Providence have a long history of honoring Mary in May. In Sister Mary Borromeo Brown’s first volume of our history, we find a description of this time of year: “When...
Sisters of Providence redesign website
...website,” Sister Dawn said. “They have appreciated the breadth of the information provided about us, our ministries and activities, our history and our foundress. “I think they will find in our new website that same breadth of information but presented in a way that is more visual, more accessible, and, perhaps as a result, more interesting and engaging.” She particularly found the visual displays and new color scheme delightful. “When I first looked at our new website, what came to...
HOPE fall 2018 — Growing into our future where I am
...amazing because she lived through so much history in her life. She said the most amazing part of the history she lived was seeing the technology industry grow. After my visit, I felt like a whole new person.” Blessed Sacrament Chapel: transforming hearts through prayer “In this day and age and the world we live in — so fast moving — I believe prayer is very important, most important. I get back so much more than I ever give. I...
Writing a Manifesto
...Declaration of Independence,” 1776) Die Geschichte aller bisherigen Gesellschaft ist die Geschichte von Klassenkampfen. The history of all hitherto existing society is the history of class struggles. (“The Communist Manifesto,” 1848) Whereas this precious and beautiful planet is our mother and our only home … (“The Providence Climate Agreement,” 2018) Here is a copy of the Providence Climate Agreement Manifesto Like the founders of our Republic, and the advocates of Communism, we of the Climate Change Task Force felt an...
A historical look at The Church of the Immaculate Conception
With the upcoming Fall Architectural Tour at Saint Mary-of-the-Woods coming soon, we thought it might be of interest to take a look at some of the buildings that contributed to the National Register of Historic Places. Among those buildings is the Church of the Immaculate Conception. A photo from 1907 featuring the inside of the Church of the Immaculate Conception. In her book, “The History of the Sisters of Providence of Saint Mary-of-the-Woods, Volume II,” Sister Eugenia Logan (RIP) wrote...
Sisters and Saint Mary-of-the-Woods College: planting seeds of hope in a new generation
Sisters Barbara Bluntzer and Mary Montgomery speak to a classroom of students at Saint Mary-of-the-Woods College as part of a new class that helps connect students to the Sisters of Providence, their history and their values. In 1961, when I arrived at Saint Mary-of-the-Woods College as an 18-year-old frosh, I immediately felt the energy of Providence all around me. Providence sisters in traditional habits administered the college. They taught many of the classes. Some of them even lived in the...