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Sister Ann Renee Maxwell
...and perpetual vows Jan. 23, 1951, and 1956, respectively. Sister Ann Renee earned a bachelor’s degree in education from Saint Mary-of-the-Woods College and an LPN degree from Ivy Tech College, Terre Haute, Ind. Sister Ann Renee spent more than two decades ministering in education. Her first classroom was at St. David, Chicago. In Illinois, she also ministered at St. Dennis, Lockport; Our Lady of Mercy, Chicago; and St. Alexander, Palos Heights. She spent three years at Ascension, Halethorpe, Md., and...
Our Providence Community 2025-26 Laudato Si Action Platform Plan
...formal and informal education. We have offered programs on climate awareness and impacts of eating lower on the food chain. Members of the Providence Community have given homilies in churches and done presentations at parish gatherings re: integral ecology. Our Earth Day each year is a massive educational endeavor. A substantial library on ecological subjects is available in the Providence Hall Resource Room. Ecological Spirituality Current and Past Actions: We continually offer eco-spirituality programs through Providence Spirituality & Conference Center;...
Dementia Education Series: A Positive Approach to Care
November 3, 2025 at 1:00 pm – 3:00 pm EST The Foley Room at Providence Spirituality & Conference Center 1 Sisters of Providence Saint Mary-of-the-Woods, IN 47876 Elizabeth Collins, BSN, MA Sisters of Providence Free Register online today This series is designed to help you build skills and gain confidence to care for your loved one with expertise. Intended for care partners, Sisters of Providence nurse, Beth Collins, and Thrive’s Dementia Outreach Specialist, Amy Schorr will introduce participants to Teepa...
Dementia Education Series: A Positive Approach to Care
November 3, 2025 at 1:00 pm – 3:00 pm EST The Foley Room at Providence Spirituality & Conference Center 1 Sisters of Providence Saint Mary-of-the-Woods, IN 47876 Elizabeth Collins, BSN, MA Sisters of Providence Free Register online today This series is designed to help you build skills and gain confidence to care for your loved one with expertise. Intended for care partners, Sisters of Providence nurse, Beth Collins, and Thrive’s Dementia Outreach Specialist, Amy Schorr will introduce participants to Teepa...
Jean Lynch: her own spirituality has been deepened
...and director of education. In 1978, we moved to Sarasota, Fla., after my Dad was diagnosed with cancer of the pancreas. I worked for 12½ years at Sarasota Memorial Hospital, retiring as associate director of nursing. I then went to Doctors’ Hospital of Sarasota as director of Quality Improvement and Education. Then began my “corporate phase,” as I like to call it. I worked with two National Home Health companies for the next five years as director of Regulatory Compliance...
White Violet Center: Meet the new 2020 fall intern cohort
...also because of the educational hands-on experience I’d be exposed to.” Rose Grosskopf, Hyde Park, NY Rose Grosskopf Rose is a recent graduate of the College of the Holy Cross in Worcester, MA, where she majored in English and Music. She has experience in gardening and botanical artwork and is interested in learning more about ecological farming practices as a member of a faith-based community. “I’ve worked in gardens both professionally and personally. At Holy Cross, I took a course...
Sister Marian Ruth Johnson
...Johnson and Ethel Heidrich Johnson. She had three sisters: Lucille, Marie and Marybel; and three brothers: Earl, Richard and Robert. She attended Precious Blood Elementary School and Central Catholic High School in Fort Wayne, graduating in 1944. She earned a bachelor’s degree in education at Saint Mary-of-the-Woods College in 1963, and a master’s of education from Marygrove College in Michigan in 1971. Apparently, Ruth felt a strong call to enter religious life, for years later, she wrote a poem describing...
Sister Catherine Sienna Wire
...Nellie (O’Keefe) Wire. She was one of seven children. She attended St. Catherine Grade School and St. John Academy, both in Indianapolis. She graduated from Saint Mary-of-the-Woods Academy. Entering the Congregation Aug. 23, 1928, she received the religious name Sister Catherine Sienna. She professed first and perpetual vows Feb. 24, 1931, and Aug. 15, 1936, respectively. Sister Catherine Sienna earned a bachelor’s degree in education from Saint Mary-of-the-Woods College. Sister Catherine Sienna spent more than 50 years in education. She...
Sister Rosemary Borntrager (formerly Sister Rose Cecile)
...and had been a Sister of Providence for 72 years. Sister Ann continued: Rosemary was born in Chicago, on Nov. 23, 1932, to William and Esther Michaelis Borntrager. Her only sibling is William, now known as Servite Father Conrad Borntrager, OSM. Six weeks after graduation from Providence High School in Chicago, she entered the Congregation of the Sisters of Providence on July 22, 1950, known by her religious name of Sister Rose Cecile, until she returned to her baptismal name...
Women marching as a sign of hope
...institution of the Sisters of Providence, also emphasizes education through a broad lens. “Being a student at the Woods,” Julia says, “you constantly heard that the goal was to gain education and experience so you could go out to the world community. It wasn’t just a local community. It wasn’t just the country. It was the world community.” Breaking boundaries, creating hope “Women are coming together to say that their voices deserve to be part of the conversation, that the...
Sister Rita Black
...sister, Mary Kay is here with us today as we celebrate the life of God’s gardener, our own Sister Rita. Rita attended both elementary and high school at St. Patrick in Terre Haute. She graduated from St. Patrick in June 1945, and came to the Novitiate just a few weeks later, on July 22. She was received into the Congregation on January 23, 1946, and professed first and perpetual vows on the same date in 1948 and 1953. Rita’s education...
Sister Rita (Veronica) Lechner
...the Congregation Jan. 5, 1955, and received the name Sister Veronica. She professed first and perpetual vows Aug. 15, 1957, and 1962, respectively. She earned a bachelor’s degree in education from Saint Mary-of-the-Woods College and a master’s degree in education from Indiana University. Sister Rita began teaching at St. Ann, Indianapolis, in 1959. Her other Indiana ministries as either a teacher and/or principal were St. Benedict, Terre Haute, and Holy Cross and Holy Spirit, Indianapolis. She also spent three years...