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Sister Dorothy Karier
...of Our Lady that is surely a remembrance of this ministry,” said Sister Margaret. “In 1991, Sister Dorothy and her sister, Sister Margaret, began their service as pastoral associates at Assumption and St. Joseph parishes in Cresco, Iowa, where they visited sick and elderly shut-ins in homes, hospitals and nursing homes and worked with the RCIA program,” continued Sister Margaret. Sister Dorothy returned to the Woods in 1996 and volunteered in Residential Services. “Sister Dorothy never stopped wanting to learn,...
Caring for God’s gifts: the natural environment and faith
...the moral demand to treat Earth with the respect and gratitude we owe to God, the Giver? The Internet is a good source of ongoing identification of problems and possible solutions to environmental issues. Numerous groups and individuals propose ways to protect and enhance the environment and make the world a safer and more productive place for all people, not only the privileged minority. The situation calls for commitment from everyone. If one is searching for ways to improve his...
Sister Suzanne Brezette
...Friendship Centers in Florida where she ministered six years in public relations and as an administrative assistant. After a brief time as a pastoral associate at the Church of the Epiphany, Venice, Fla., she became the administrator of Casa Marta Apartments in Sarasota, a retirement facility for senior citizens. In all of these ministries she made lasting impressions and friendships. When she returned to Indianapolis, she worked on the St. Gabriel provincial staff as director of ministry research where she...
Sister Francetta Brown
...variety of ways including teacher, pastoral associate, CCD director and librarian. From 1991 to 1994, she served as librarian at St. John-Resurrection School in Montgomery. In 1994, Sister Francetta retired and served as the coordinator of St. Rose Academy, Vincennes, alumnae/i. In 1999, she returned to the Woods, continuing her activities as alumnae coordinator and volunteering in several capacities at the motherhouse, including the Mission Advancement office. “Sister Francetta was easy to be around, easy to live with,” continued Sister...
Sister Mary Catherine Guiler
...been significant factors in any discernment I have made regarding ministry. Q. What do you value most about your ministry opportunities? A. Twenty-eight of my 45 years in ministry have been in education, all but two in secondary education. I value the contact with these young people, as they are our link to the future. I like to think that we are imparting to them a solid moral foundation. Whenever we gather as a total group, I know I come...
Changing a life can be life changing
...Joann, who entered the Congregation in 1949, has worked in the field of education, both as a teacher and an administrator; as a pastoral associate in parish ministry, and in social ministry in southeastern Kentucky. At one time, she was also the director of the Friendship Center, Williamsburg, Ky., which assisted below-poverty-level women to help themselves and others. For 10 years, she did social ministry in Selma, Ala., and the association and friendship in her ministry work even took her...
Sister Kay Manley
...me so many lessons in life and to lean with all my weight on the Providence of God. It was at this time that I became reacquainted with my family. It was joyous to spend holidays with them, attend weddings and summer picnics. While being administrator, I studied in the Master’s Degree Program in Pastoral Theology at Saint Mary-of-the-Woods College. When the four-year term ended so did my studies. There was an opening at Mother Theodore Guerin High School in...
Sister of Providence released from prison
...16 years as a staff member for 8th Day Center for Justice in Chicago. She served as a teacher at Saint Mary-of-the-Woods Village School (1964); as a teacher at St. Joseph School in Jasper (1965-1968) and director of religious education for that parish (1973-1975); as a teacher at St. Peter School in Linton (1968-1969) and coordinator of religious education for that parish (1969-1970); and as director of religious education and pastoral associate at St. John the Apostle Parish in Bloomington...
Sister Patricia (Leone Marie) Melton
...to 1996, she served as pastoral associate and later director of religious education at St. Mary Parish, Rushville, Ind. Sister Pat served as the coordinator of Ladywood-St. Agnes Alumnae Association from 1997 to 2003. She returned to the Woods in 2003. “After her retirement, Sister Pat offered to be coordinator of the Ladywood-St. Agnes Alumnae Association and during those years she was able to re-connect with many of her former students, now parents, and, as the years when on, grandparents....
Sister Rose Marie Garvey
...1971 to 1987, she served as a psychologist at Good Samaritan Hospital and pastoral associate at Sacred Heart Parish, Vincennes, Ind. For the next three years, she ministered as a psychologist at Wishard Hospital, Indianapolis. From 1991 to 1992, Sister Rose Marie served as a consulting psychologist for the Franklin County Health Center, Franklin, Ind. She returned to the Woods in 1992 and ministered as the Congregation’s art curator until 2001. “Students were drawn to Sister Rose Marie because she...
Sister Gertrude Therese Garvey
...Waukegan and Mundelein, Ill. Beginning in 1980, she ministered as pastoral associate for several parishes including Holy Angels Parish, Sturgis, Mich.; St. Malachy Parish, Brownsburg, Ind; and St. Joseph Parish, Lebanon, Ind. She returned to the Woods in 1997 and volunteered in a variety of capacities. “In the years when the book, “To God Through Music,” was being written, Sister Gertrude Therese was engaged in writing the lyrics for the songs under the watchful eye of Sister Mary Lourdes Mackey...
Sister Charles Van Hoy helps children find success at EFS
...program through St. Patrick’s Parish in inner city Indianapolis. “It was probably one of the most rewarding moves I’d ever made, because these people were just hungry for knowledge: just hungry to know.” From there she went on to pastoral work before “retiring” home to Saint Mary-of-the-Woods. Going on three years ago, as Sister Charles was looking for a new volunteer ministry, Educational/Family Services seemed like a nice choice. Sister Elizabeth Meyers, SP, tutors an elementary student after school at...