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Sister Jean (Marian Jean) Arkenberg
...also ministered at St. Patrick, Fort Wayne; Holy Cross and St. Ann, Indianapolis; and St. Paul, Sellersburg. She spent two years at St. Patrick, Fayetteville, N.C.; three years at Ascension, Halethorpe, Md.; and one year at St. Ann, Washington, D.C. In Illinois she taught at St. Mark and Immaculate Conception, Chicago, and St. Joseph, Downers Grove. She spent more than a decade at Our Lady of Providence, St. Louis. Sister Jean returned to the Woods in 1998 and provided volunteer...
Sister Mary Rosita Thewes
...Rosita served convents at Our Lady of Sorrows, Chicago; Marywood, Anaheim, Calif.; and Marywood, Evanston, Ill., from 1945 to 1949. “She fed, besides the sisters, numerous hungry young girls [at the boarding schools],” shared Sister Mary Roger. “In 1949, obedience returned her to the Woods where for the next 19 years she worked beside Sister Zita Kidwell (RIP) in Providence kitchen as well as in Lourdes Infirmary kitchen. In Lourdes, Sister Mary Rosita not only prepared and cooked the food,...
Sister Jean Karier
...people I have lived with — family and Sisters of Providence,” read Sister Jeanne Knoerle. Sister Jeanne read the words of Sister Jean Karier, who had prepared her own commentary. Sister Jean died March 7. Cecilia Susan Karier was born Sept. 16, 1914, in Evanston, Ill., the oldest of 10 children of John and Margaret (Linster) Karier. She attended St. Mel Grade School, Chicago. “I had hoped to attend Providence High School [Chicago] which has just opened,” wrote Sister Jean....
Practical ways to make a difference
...his contagious interest, Sister Florence developed a love for things in the heavens, in the trees and on the ground. Early this summer, Sister Florence took vacation from her ministry as a pastoral associate at Our Lady of Grace Parish, Chicago, to participate in the Women of Providence in Collaboration’s Earth Plunge event. This workshop features several days of immersion into Earth to contemplate its impact on participants’ spirituality. Although she has always been aware of the sacredness of water,...
Women’s History Month: Thank goodness she said no!
Prior to her entrance into the Sisters of Providence of Ruillé, France, Anne-Thérèse Guerin (aka Saint Mother Theodore) did have a few suitors. “The Eighth American Saint” describes an encounter between Anne-Thérèse and one young man: “‘I feel I must do something for God,’ she said falteringly, ‘and for souls. It is the only way I can help.’ “‘What can woman do to help?’ he asked with an amused smile. ‘Anyway, leave it to others — and marry me.’ “To...
Sister Mary Evangelista, Jessye the Cat, and Advent Waiting
...a shadow on the wall, a feather on a string, a hapless cricket or ladybug who dared venture into her domain. And when the time was right, she acted swiftly, decisively, purposefully. Jessye the Cat could pounce. And she could wait. For Christians, Advent is a season of waiting — not passive, standing-in-the-checkout-line waiting, but active, purposeful waiting for the commemoration of the birth of Jesus, for the inbreaking of the Holy One into our world and our lives. Like...
Sister Nancy Reynolds watches London Olympics with keen interest, especially swimming competition
...he had enjoyed previously. He spoke of the spirit of just being there with other athletes. She enjoys watching Michael Phelps, she said. Dana Torres is another U.S. swimmer she admires. She also got to see all of the outstanding swimmers at the National Short Course Championships in Indianapolis a few years ago. Her athletic experience extends further. After a conversation with the football coach at Our Lady of Providence High School in Clarksville, Ind., where she was on staff,...
Sister Beth Kelso (formerly Sister Thomas Aquinas)
...from among others they had visited. The reason? “All the other girls’ boarding schools in the area had the girls wear black stockings with their uniforms, but at Marywood the students all wore white. By such seemingly inconsequential threads does destiny often hang.” Or, perhaps in this case, Providence. Thus began her long relationship with the Sisters of Providence, the Congregation which she entered Feb. 12, 1936. The decision had been a struggle for her, yet “this was the same...
Honoring Sister James Michael Kesterson
...U.S. Department of Education. “My blessing was to be with the children all those years — to help them, to teach them, to see them grow,” says Sister James Michael, who also served as principal of Our Lady of the Greenwood School in Greenwood and as a teacher at the former St. Andrew the Apostle School in Indianapolis. Read more about the award recipients in The Criterion’s September article ‘Doing the right thing’ guides award recipients. Congratulations, Sister James Michael!...
Sister Mary Eleanor Galvin
...Elementary and High School. After graduation in 1944, Marilyn entered the Sisters of Providence and was given the name Sister Mary Eleanor. She earned a bachelor’s degree from Saint Mary-of-the-Woods College and in 1970 a master’s degree in English from St. Michael University. In 1985 she earned a second master’s degree in pastoral counseling from Emmanuel College. In her 67 years as a Sister of Providence, Sister Mary Eleanor ministered as an educator for 41 years, ten of those as...
Sister Cathy Buster called “heart and soul” of new migrant farm family community in Arcadia, Fla.
As a realist, I don’t often get blown away, but in November 2012, when Sister of Providence Cathy Buster gave me a tour of Casa Juan Bosco in Arcadia, Fla., I experienced that feeling of being with someone who could dream dreams and marshal the resources to make them come true in mega form. With eight years of hard work, strong trust in Providence, and the wit, wisdom and skills of a true collaborator, this friend of mine had helped...
Sister Agnes Eileen O’Brien
...had one sister, Marie O’Brien Hill, who preceded her in death. The O’Briens were members of Saint Sylvester Parish and later of Maternity of the Blessed Virgin Mary Parish, and the girls were educated by the Sisters of Providence in both schools. Later Eileen attended Providence High School where she graduated in 1933. In August of 1933, two months after her graduation, Eileen was accepted into the postulancy of the Sisters of Providence. A few months later she received the...