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Sister Charles Ellen Turk
...words. “I was in community about 30 years and Mother Rose Angela asked me when I committed myself to religious life. When I said after eighth grade, she questioned me and I told her this story. When preparing to enter the Juniorate (a high school for girls wanting to be sisters), my mother told me to speak with our parish priest. Summer activities on the farm and distance from the church limited opportunities to ‘drop in.’ I accompanied my sister...
Authors to sign books during shrine opening
...shop will be open from 11:30 a.m. to 6 p.m. About the Sisters of Providence The Sisters of Providence, a 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...
Janice Vanderhaar: In the name of Peace and Justice
...As Providence would have it, the professor whose passion for justice and nonviolence most influenced her was Father Gerard Vanderhaar, then a Dominican priest. They soon began corresponding with each other. After a number of years, they believed they were meant to spend their lives together; they left their religious communities and married in 1969. Years later, a friend would observe about Gerard and Janice’s marriage that it was a vocation of peacemaking. They would spend 35 years together working...
Sunday, February 13, 2022: Sixth Sunday in Ordinary Time
...are hated, excluded, insulted, denounced. Jesus assures us that we are blessed because our “reward will be great in heaven.” Almost always I read this as ‘Don’t worry. Even if you’re miserable here and now, you’ll be very happy when you die and go to heaven.’ But understanding heaven as a future event flies in the face of Jesus’ idea of heaven as the kin-dom of God. In his parables, his teachings, his confrontations with the religious and secular rich...
“Sister” gathers the bills at the theatre
...the actress could invite the audience to give a donation toward the retirement expenses of women religious. The actress or theatre manager would determine which religious congregation would benefit from the collection. Lucky for us, Mary had a great aunt, Sister Agnes Philomene (Florence “Chrissie”McGovern), in the Congregation of the Sisters of Providence at Saint Mary-of-the-Woods. She chose to ask for donations to the Sisters of Providence Retirement Fund. Actress Mary Zentmyer with audience members during a performance of Late...
A Litany of Women for the Church
...Edith Stein, who brought fearlessness to faith, Saint Elizabeth Seton, who broke down boundaries between lay women and religious by wedding motherhood and religious life, Saint Dorothy Day, who led the church in a new sense of justice, Mary, mother of Jesus, who heard the call of God and answered, Mary, mother of Jesus, who drew strength from the woman Elizabeth, Mary, mother of Jesus, who underwent hardship bearing Christ, Mary, mother of Jesus, who ministered at Cana, Mary,...
Sister Alexa Suelzer
...Alexa for class. She loved teaching, especially teaching scripture. Once she had her theology degree, she began teaching at the higher education level. She taught at Catholic University, Saint Mary-of-the-Woods College, Duquesne and St. Michael’s in Vermont. Alexa was elected to General leadership as General Councilor/Vicar in 1972. When her term in office was completed, she served as Vicar for Religious/Director of Ecumenism in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, with Archbishop John R. Quinn. When Archbishop Quinn was selected by Pope John...
Sister Kathleen Dede (formerly Sister Marie Arthur)
...we may be tempted to let our last impressions of her be the most enduring. I hope this commentary will prove that wrong, because our last impressions of Kathleen were clouded by the dementia that cloaked her mind and ignored her contributions of a lifetime. Kathleen Teresa Dede was born September 25, 1935, to Arthur and Helena O’Leary Dede in Terre Haute, Indiana. She was the youngest of eight Dede children, all of whom entered religious life or the priesthood....
Continually called: Providence Associate Connie Schnapf
...it. After I married and our children were in school, I was hired as director of religious education at St. John the Baptist Parish in Newburgh, Indiana. The pastoral associate on staff was a Sister of Providence, Sister Bernice Kuper (RIP). We worked together for 10 years and became very good friends. Throughout our years together Sister Bernice lived Providence. In her gentle manner, she embraced it with every fiber of her being. She in turn taught me to be...
Sisters of Providence profess perpetual vows
...Arrianne was born in Indianapolis, but entered the Congregation on Jan. 4, 2012, from St. Boniface Parish in Germantown, Wis. Sister Tracey, who currently ministers as the Associate Director of Education and Advocacy at the Kino Border Initiative, Nogales, Ariz., learned of the Sisters of Providence after deciding to become an intern at White Violet Center for Eco-Justice, a ministry of the Congregation. She said the moment she met the Sisters of Providence, she knew she was where she needed...
Much to learn from two women religious founders
Editor’s note: Providence Associate Maria Price was recently awarded a Tower Award from Presentation Academy in Louisville, Kentucky. Presentation is Louisville’s original Catholic high school, founded in 1831 by Mother Catherine Spalding and the Sisters of Charity of Nazareth. Maria, a 1987 graduate of Saint Mary-of-the-Woods College, serves as executive director at St. John Center, a homeless shelter in Louisville. She was recognized for being a woman leader in the area of service and advocacy. The reflection below is from...
2015 Senior Jubilee Reflection
...new culture reality, differing views in civic and Church arenas. Our Jubilarians have navigated, negotiated 80, 75, 70 or 60 years of religious life as the times changed – and “the times they are a-changin’.” I’d be willing to bet, Jubilarians, that mentors have had a strong impact on your lives – namely Saint Mother Theodore and Mary, Mother of God – among many others. 2015 60-year Jubilarians include (from left) Sisters Margaret Quinlan, Suzanne Dailey, Ann Margaret O’Hara, Ann...