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Sisters of Providence of Saint Mary-of-the-Woods
...Legacy of Care for Creation Jason Moon Living Laudato Si’ at the Woods Sarah Knoblock Laudato Si’ Blooms in Oak Park Parishes Sister Sue Paweski See all blog posts Love, mercy, justice The Sisters of Providence have a long history of commitment to social and environmental justice. Justice efforts White Violet Center for Eco-Justice Official statements Who we are Be a part of the Sisters of Providence mission, joy and spirit. About us Get to know the Sisters of Providence,...
Frequently Asked Questions
...find Sisters of Providence serving in education, social and ecological justice, health care and in Catholic parishes. The Sisters of Providence Congregation was founded in October 1840. Our mission is to “collaborate with others to create a more just and hope-filled world through prayer, education, service and advocacy.” Where are the Sisters of Providence located? We serve in 17 states and the District of Columbia in the United States as well as in Asia. Did you know that the Sisters...
Saint Mother Theodore Guerin’s Story
...not deter her. As a new sister, Sister Saint Theodore Guerin was sent to various parishes in France where she taught, helped the poor and cared for the sick. 1840 Missionary to Indiana When the bishop of Vincennes, Indiana requested sisters to come to the New World to help with the influx of Catholic immigrants, Saint Mother Theodore was thought to be the only woman who could undertake such a demanding mission. The journey was long and difficult. After traveling...
Central Catholic High School, Fort Wayne, Indiana
...co-educational high school. The school opened in 1938, and Bishop Noll dedicated it on Jan. 8, 1939. In the first year, the staff consisted of three priests who were Brothers of the Holy Cross, and the Sisters of Providence. But by 1970, there was a definite decline in enrollment. Also, the parishes that were supporting the school financially were having difficulty doing so. The school closed in 1972. Students who wished transferred to Bishop Dwenger or Bishop Luers High Schools....
Reitz Memorial Catholic High School, Evansville, Indiana
...for by donations from several parishes. Five of the sisters moved in to the convent in February 1939. After additions were made to the house, all the sisters were established there by Nov. 8, 1939. In February 1968, ground was broken for a new convent. The sisters moved in during Holy Week in 1969. By 1979, only a few of the sisters at the convent were teaching at Reitz Memorial, and in February 1988, Rev. Ray Kuper, the superintendent of...
Other schools
Since the founding of the Congregation in 1840, the sisters have been educators in Catholic schools and parishes in the US and around the world. If you have been taught by one of the Sisters of Providence in a school which is not included on the class notes list, we would still very much like to hear from you! Please share your educational encounter with the sisters along with the name of the school. We are grateful for the opportunity...
Let’s get Mother Theodore on the National Liturgical Calendar!
...help to identify all the places where some visible and tangible devotion to Mother Theodore is taking place. For example: Liturgies, Prayer Services, Pilgrimages, Favors Received, Parishes and Chapels. Saint Mother Theodore Guerin Parish in the Archdiocese of Chicago and the chapels dedicated in her name at St. Joseph Church in Jasper, Indiana, and the Fort Wayne Cathedral, Churches with her image, such as the stained glass windows featuring Saint Mother Theodore at St. Roch Church in Indianapolis and at...
Oral History: Sister Teresa Costello
...Family Services in Norwich, Connecticut, for three years, traveling throughout the state to meet with groups of divorced or separated or remarried Catholics. “I learned so much there. I wasn’t prepared for ‘divorce’ ministry, but I was prepared for group work and counseling. I traveled all over Connecticut to meet with divorce groups in individual parishes. Anyone could come; they didn’t have to be Catholic. At that time priests would have area meetings. I was not welcome in those meetings...
Simbang Gabi the Terre Haute way!
...with a great variety of schedules. Many parishes will have a one-day Simbang Gabi celebration and other parishes will have the entire nine-day novena available. My mom and I were blessed to attend the 14th Annual Simbang Gabi at Our Lady of Angels in downtown Los Angeles on December 15th, 2016 to kick off the novena. There were representatives from 250 parishes who processed down the church aisle. Women dressed in traditional Filipiniana gowns and men dressed in traditional Barong...
Oral history: Sister Kathleen Desautels, change maker
...teach throughout her career by learning the needs of countless others around the world and spreading that information to groups and parishes and those who might be able to do something about it. She has embodied the intention Saint Mother Theodore Guerin conveyed: “Souls everywhere are equally dear to our Lord, and we are determined to consecrate our life to them.” — Saint Mother Theodore Guerin Eyes wide open Sister Kathleen Desautels in her ministry in social justice at 8th...
‘The borders came to us,’ and we must answer the call
...Ascension Parish that began what eventually became the formation of the Migrant Ministry by the Catholic parishes of Oak Park, a suburb of Chicago. (The Catholic parishes of Oak Park are Ascension and St. Edmund, St. Catherine of Siena-St. Lucy, and St. Giles parishes). The Migrant Ministry is providing food, clothing, medical services and weekly showers for our sisters and brothers in dire need. Migrant Ministry is also providing the Oak Park community with the opportunity to live the Gospel...
Oral history: Sister Barbara Ann Bluntzer
...parishes in Texas along the Rio Grande Valley for six years. They served predominantly Mexican American parishes. Doris ministered with more of the youth physical activities. Barb did catechism classes, serving as Director of Religious Education. They then traveled to Somerset, Kentucky, to work for two years. Sadly, Sister Doris developed cancer. Doris’s family was in Evansville and so the sisters returned to Indiana so she could be near her family. St. Joseph Parish in Benton, Illinois, was next for...