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Sister Claudia Lewis
...volunteered in a variety of capacities. “Sister Claudia kept herself occupied with reading and crafts. She loved making things for others. Many of us will remember Sister Claudia by her beautiful, glowing smile that radiated the God within her,” continued Sister Betty. “Sister Claudia felt that she was extremely blessed all of her life, and yet how many others would look upon a history of losing both parents at the age of 4, a second mother at the age of...
Sister Ellen Marie Stafford
...Alexa. Sister Ellen Marie professed first and perpetual vows Jan. 23, 1937, and 1943, respectively. She earned two bachelor’s degrees — one in education and the other in history — from Saint Mary-of-the-Woods College and a master’s degree in education from the University of Dayton. Sister Ellen Marie began her long ministry of teaching elementary and intermediate grades in 1937 at St. John the Baptist, Whiting, Ind. Her other classrooms in Indiana included Assumption, Evansville; St. John the Baptist, Newburgh;...
Mother Theodore dioramas
A story takes on a whole new meaning when you can see it! In Providence Center at Saint Mary-of-the-Woods, you can take a look at history in the form of twelve dioramas telling the story of Saint Mother Theodore Guerin. A diorama is a 3-D representation of a scene, usually with objects and figures in front of a painted background. The word itself means “see through.” Dioramas can be large scale, like the life-size dioramas you see in museums, or...
A Civil War widow joins the Sisters of Providence
...the streets and got under her horses feet. They ran away. Auntie was thrown out of the carriage and was instantly killed on Washington Street. At the age of ten years I attended her funeral. Mary Grace also wrote that several of her deceased husband’s military companions accompanied Sister Frances de Chantal’s body to Saint Mary-of-the-Woods for burial in the Congregation’s cemetery. History of the Sisters of Providence of Saint Mary-of-the-Woods: Volume 2, 1856-1894 (1978) by Sister Eugenia Logan According...
Sister-nurses during the Civil War (video)
https://youtu.be/P4doG5q3yXE The Sisters of Providence served as sister-nurses during the Civil War. This video sheds some light on this unique service to the nation. (with audio) Article praises Civil War video for sharing Congregation’s history....
Love, mercy, justice – In the footsteps of our foundress
...New members so that in better understanding what has brought us to this time in history, they may be inspired to join us in fidelity to the continuing search for appropriate ways to respond to the face of God being revealed to us. 3.) Those women and men who have chosen to participate in any way in the life and mission of the Congregation so that they may come to a deeper understanding of the Providence journey that has brought...
Living a fruitful vowed life
...Throughout its 166-year history each Sister of Providence has stood before an assembled faith community and used these words to publicly proclaim her intention to live her life in keeping with these specific gospel values and to work toward furthering the mission of Jesus in the world. What, we might ask, is the gospel value at the heart of each vow and how can it be expressed today in a world characterized by so many relationships distorted by greed for...
Care of Earth: an ascetical practice for our times?
...with the spiritual training designed to help one become a more virtuous person. The difficulties involved in the practice were considered a fair price in exchange for the value acquired! In the western world, words commonly associated with asceticism are sacrifice, penance, renunciation, self-discipline, self-control, etc. While all major religions teach a theology of asceticism, the way it is practiced has varied in different cultures and in different periods of history. In the Christian tradition, for example, older readers will...
Honor Divine Providence
...creation, the meticulous and complex progression from solar to human forms, and the origin of each created form in all that precedes that form, praise of Holy Mystery permeates my prayer. The words of the Sisters of Providence mission statement — “to honor Divine Providence” — take on new meaning as I experience the on-going, shaping presence of Providence throughout the 15-billion-year history of life’s emergence from the heart of God. Saint Mother Theodore Guerin urged us to “lean with...
Mother, grandmother and sister?
...of time focusing on spiritual growth and studying Congregation history, while living at the motherhouse). Sister Marilú and her son had a heart-to-heart conversation. “I would ask every time we talked how he felt about me being a sister and he would say, ‘It’s OK, Mom. I want you to be happy.’ He didn’t want to hurt my feelings, even though we both knew there was much more that could be said. But that night, it was a Providential moment....
Giving her whole self to music
...able to teach at several levels,” she said. “This is very enriching and has helped me see how music is entwined with everything — history, language, math and science — every aspect of culture.” However, she is surprised to be teaching music in her current ministry, Providence in the Desert in the Coachella Valley, Calif. As she talked with people in this Hispanic community while she was building the ministry the parents requested music lessons for their children. “I surely...
The Grotto of Our Lady of Lourdes
The Grotto of Our Lady of Lourdes on the motherhouse grounds of the Sisters of Providence in Saint Mary-of-the-Woods, Indiana. This pillar is inscribed with the name of Mother Mary Raphael and the date 1938. This wooden plaque explains the Grotto’s history. Moss grows on many of the stones that make up the Grotto. Mary sits above the grotto surrounded by craggy rocks. Ivy grows at the edge of the structure. Numerous ferns have taken up residence in the nooks...