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Sister Catherine White
...mark on Catholic education across this country, as you will see. While Cathy was in Oklahoma, she received her master’s degree in education from Oklahoma City University in 1975 and studied special education at Central State University. She could have been considered a student all her life, as she went on to take courses in administration from Northeaster State University in Oklahoma, El Camino College in Gardena, California, and studied for three months in Cuernavaca, Mexico. Cathy entered the Carmelites...
Sister Jean Karier
...1940, respectively. She earned a bachelor’s degree in education from Saint Mary-of-the-Woods College and a master’s degree in special education from St. Louis University. Sister Jean commenced teaching in 1934 at St. Philip Neri, Indianapolis. Her other Indiana classrooms included Sacred Heart and Assumption, Evansville; St. Anthony and Immaculate Heart, Indianapolis; and St. John, Loogootee. She also spent two years at Our Lady of Mercy, Chicago. In 1957, the Congregation was asked to provide sisters to work with mentally challenged...
Sister Andre Panepinto
...to continue her education. While at the Woods, she received her bachelor’s degree in 1967 and received her master’s degree in education at Illinois State University in 1975. On August 15, 1965, she was assigned to teach in Chicago at Maternity BVM as a first-grade teacher. Andre went on to teach at the primary grades until 1980. While in Galesburg, Illinois, at Costa Catholic, she was in the buildings where the primary grades were housed. In 1980, Andre was called...
Sister Sharon Sullivan (formerly Sister Barbara Mary)
...School in Evansville, Sharon entered the Sisters of Providence on July 22, 1949. Her reception, first and final profession all occurred on Jan. 23, in 1950, 1952 and 1957, respectively. She was given the religious name Sister Barbara Mary, but later returned to her baptismal name. Sharon received her bachelor’s degree in education from Saint Mary-of-the-Woods College and her master’s in education from Indiana State University. Sister Sharon ministered in education beginning in Chicago for four years in the 1950s...
Sister Jeanne Knoerle, former college president and Terre Haute community partner, dies Monday
...congregation of 214 women religious, with 300 Providence Associates, collaborate with others to create a more just and hope-filled world through prayer, education, service and advocacy. The Sisters of Providence have their motherhouse at Saint Mary-of-the-Woods, located just northwest of downtown Terre Haute, Ind., which is now listed in the National Register of Historic Places. Saint Mother Theodore Guerin founded the Sisters of Providence at Saint Mary-of-the-Woods in 1840. Today, Sisters of Providence minister in 13 states, the District of...
Sister Dorothy McLaughlin
...to Chicago, Ill. Here Dorothy attended both St. Gabriel Grade School and St. Andrew Grade School. For high school, Dorothy came to Saint Mary-of-the-Woods Academy. She entered the Congregation Jan. 11, 1936, professed first vows Aug. 15, 1938 and final vows Jan. 23, 1944. Dorothy earned a bachelor of science degree in education from Saint Mary-of-the-Woods College and a master’s degree in education from Indiana State University. Sisters Dorothy began her teaching ministry in 1938 at St. Anthony’s School in...
Sister Catherine Livers (formerly Sister Agatha)
...Joseph, Carl and Glenn. She entered the Sisters of Providence at age 16 in June, 1937 and took the name Sister Agatha; she professed vows Jan. 23, 1940. Catherine received a bachelor’s degree in education from Saint Mary-of-the-Woods College and two master’s degrees — one in education from Indiana State University and one in ministry from Seattle University. She participated in an internship in clinical pastoral education and in various other developmental programs throughout her life. In her 76 remarkable...
Sister Bernadetta Ryan
...2002, at Saint Mary-of-the-Woods, Indiana. She was 93 years old and had been Sister of Providence for 76 years. Sister Ruth continued: Woburn and Malden, both in Massachusetts, became the home bases where she completed grade school and high school education. She entered the novitiate of the Sisters of providence before finishing high school at Cheverus and continued her progress at St. Mary’s Academy at Saint Mary-of-the-Woods. Entering the Congregation in June of 1925, she professed vows on Dec. 8,...
Honored for service!
...“When our foundress, Saint Mother Theodore Guerin, came here in 1840, she observed that ‘woman is only a fourth of the family in this country,’” Sister Carol continued. “She said she hoped through education to make woman at least half: ‘The better half!’ She also said, ‘Love the children first, then teach them.’ Truly love and education can change the world. Education empowers people. But love has to come first.” Learn more about Providence in the Desert by visiting www.spsmw.org/guerin-outreach-ministries/providence-in-the-desert/....
Providence Self-Sufficiency Ministries: Celebrating 20 years of success
...foundational ministries at the same time: A foster care family ministry and a program of education and child care within the context of the New Albany Housing Authority. Sister Barbara Ann said when the sisters began the housing authority neighborhood ministries, one out of nine people in the area were living in public housing. “Our intent was to bring education to the mothers and fathers to raise them up so they could transition out of the housing authority development,” she...
Sister Rita Lerner (formerly Sister Edward Clare)
...of the term is borne out by her record. Like most Sisters of Providence of the time, she accumulated credits at an agonizingly slow pace, summer after summer. Once she had her diploma firmly in hand, she branched out and took advantage of continuing education courses in scripture and ministry here at Saint Mary-of-the-Woods. One teacher’s comments read: “You have an inquisitive mind searching for continued religious education.” In 1983, she made a major change of ministry by moving to...
Sister Ann Stephen Stouffer
...After graduating with a bachelor’s degree in education in 1962, she remained at the Motherhouse to complete the Sister Formation Program. She also launched her teaching career with a bang, teaching third, fourth and fifth graders in a single classroom at St. Mary’s School in the Village. She later went on to Indiana University, where she received her master’s degree in education in 1972. Ann definitely found her vocation as an SP educator. Over her first years of mission experience,...