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Sister Elizabeth Rose Weisenbach
...Elizabeth Rose was avidly interested in peace and justice issues. In fact, the last time I saw her was one morning last week as she was hurrying to her room to watch a political debate which was going to be on television. She was a little upset with me because of my apparent lack of interest in watching the debate!” said Sister Margaret. “She was famous for her enjoyment of games, especially of cards. And how she loved to win!...
Sister Brendan Harvey
...Aug. 15, 1939, and 1945, respectively. Sister Brendan earned a bachelor’s degree in education from Saint Mary-of-the-Woods College and a master’s degree in special education from Cardinal Stritch College, Milwaukee. Sister Brendan began teaching in 1939 at St. Athanasius, Evanston, Ill. She also spent two years in Chicago at Our Lady of Mercy. Sister Brendan’s classrooms were also at Holy Redeemer, Berwyn, Md., and Annunziata, St. Louis. The majority of her primary-school teaching ministry was spent in Indiana at Sacred...
Sister Adele Mann
...Sister Adele as ‘growing old.’ However, I do and will think of her as a wise elder, a woman of Providence, who blessed our lives,” said Sister Mary. “Sister Adele asked me to tell you to love life and to enjoy every single day. Seven words she wrote in recent years, knowing deep in her bones that life was precious and precarious, still resound within me: ‘I hope to make each day special,’” said Sister Mary. “So, she played cards;...
History of devotion to Our Lady of Providence
...the devotion of Our Lady of Providence in students’ homes. “The Bugle Call,” the newsletter for Sisters of Providence students, urged young people in its April-May 1926 issue to give their mothers a copy of the Madonna that appeared on the newsletter’s frontispiece instead of a Mother’s Day card. Thus, the veneration of Our Lady of Providence came to the United States. Although the Shrine has been moved several times until its present location, it has always stirred deep emotions...
Sister Agnes Joan Li
...that year. Sister Ruth Eileen shared, “Sister Agnes Joan came to Lourdes Hall in 1991 to offer the gift of her ministry of prayer. She closed a generous and grace-filled life in Mother Theodore Hall, where her radiant smile in the midst of pain and discomfort almost always called forth a returning smile from those who greeted her. A favorite personal enjoyment was to paint roses and other flowers on note cards, thus imitating her father, who was both attorney...
Time capsule spawns memories of former Catholic High School in Terre Haute
...side, remains intact. During demolition, contractors found a time capsule in the cornerstone. The capsule had numerous well-preserved items pertaining to the school and to the Sisters of Providence. Among those were photographs of Rev. Mother Gertrude Clare Owens, who was the general superior at the time; the Rev. Joseph Beechem, the school’s principal; a Saint Mother Theodore Guerin relic prayer card; a biographical pamphlet about Saint Mother Theodore, a list of the school faculty and council members, and newspaper...
News conference and celebration
...press conference. The Thralls family supported Mother Theodore and their companions upon the arrival of the missionaries in the United States. Descendents of the Thralls family, including this man, still live in Saint Mary-of-the-Woods Village. Sister Marie Kevin Tighe, Vice Postulator and promoter of Mother Theodore’s Cause for Sainthood, speaks to the press with Phil McCord. The restoration of Phil’s sight was deemed an official miracle attributed to Mother Theodore’s intercession by the Ordinary Congregation of the Cardinals in Rome....
Announcement to sisters – Feb. 21, 2006
Sister Ann Margaret O’Hara announced on Feb. 21, 2006 that Rome had made a positive declaration concerning a second miracle attributed to Mother Theodore’s intercession. Sister Ann Margaret O’Hara, general superior of the Sisters of Providence, announced to the Congregation on Feb. 21 that the Ordinary Congregation of the Cardinals in Rome had made a positive declaration concerning a second miracle attributed to Mother Theodore’s intercession. Sister Diane Ris, who was the general superior of the Sisters of Providence at...
Statue dedication at All Saints Cemetery
Sisters of Providence, Providence Associates and Candidate-Associates and friends gathered at All Saints Cemetery in Des Plaines, Ill., on Sept. 29, 2009, for the dedication of a new Saint Mother Theodore Guerin statue created by Providence Associate and artist Teresa Clark. Presiding at the dedication was Cardinal Francis George, OMI, archbishop of Chicago. “I was asked by the director of the Chicago Catholic Cemeteries to create a statue for All Saints Catholic Cemetery as a memorial to Mother Theodore. Since...
Sister Beth Wright
...true to herself, true to the Spirit within her. She was very much in support of a woman being at least equal in the world. Favorites Website: Libraries, Amazon. Food: Unfortunately, too many to count. Flower/plant: Tulip. Book: I love to read. Too many “favorites” to count. Recreation: Playing cards, board games, tossing a Frisbee. Hobby: Reading, hanging out with family and friends. Sport: To watch, football. To try to play, tennis or kickball. Music/song: Right now, anything by Daughtry....
Sister Ann Casper
...in one’s life. As long as I strive to do that, things seem to turn out all right. Favorites Flower/plant: Pansy. Recreation: Walking. Hobby: Walking, watching sports on TV. Sport: Football, basketball and baseball. Quote: God is in reality. Holiday: Thanksgiving. Scripture passage: Is. 42: 1-4 Dessert: Warm bread pudding. Time of day: Early morning. Season: Spring. Comic strip: Zits. Childhood activity: Playing board games/cards. Hero/heroine: Saint Mother Theodore Guerin. Saint: Mother Theodore Guerin. Least favorite course in school: Math....
A zest for swimming
“The pool was magnificent,” said Sister John Mary Rifner. It was just one line in the “Important Events 1840 to 1972” in the card file in the Sisters of Providence Archives, but it caused a lot of stories to be told and memories to be relived. The line was “June 29, 1953: Permission to swim given to Sisters of Providence for the first time.” One of those sisters who shared her memories of that glorious decision was 80-year-old Sister John...