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Sister Marianne Mader
...was five years old. I taught myself to read when I was five years old so I could get a library card. The sisters told me I could be a librarian and still be a Sister of Providence. I never looked back after that. Q. You talked about your familiarity with the Sisters of Providence at a young age. How did you know you had the call? A. I was drawn to their life. I was drawn to a life...
Memorare to Our Lady of Providence
...Show for us the same concern you manifested at Cana, for we trust that whatever you ask of your Son will be done. Pray for us on our pilgrimage that we may share the faith and hope that marked your life. Full of confidence in your power before God, we place ourselves, our loved ones and all our petitions in your providential care. Amen. This prayer is available as a prayer card which can be purchased from Linden Leaf Gifts....
Sister Frances Alma McManus
...her own patient, humble way remained clear-minded about her goals—that the students in her care would ‘make their mark in the world as fine Catholic women.’ “And if the contents of this scrapbook are any indication, she reached her goals. This scrapbook was given as a gift to her on her 100th birthday and includes cards and letters from 120 women who had been her students during her time as founding principal of Mother Theodore Guerin High School in River...
Spreading the mission of Providence
...that she founded in 1840, just what would she think about her coming canonization, the highest honor the Roman Catholic Church can bestow on an individual? Excitement rose to a feverish pitch on the morning of Feb. 21 when the Congregation received word that the Ordinary Congregation of the Cardinals in Rome had made a positive declaration concerning a second miracle attributed to Mother Theodore’s intercession. The way is now open for her canonization. General Superior Sister Ann Margaret O’Hara...
New statue of Saint Mother Theodore Guerin with children dedicated
...favorite quotes from her. She wrote this bit of advice to her sisters on mission, “Love the children first, then teach them.” Providence Associate and artist Teresa Clark and Cardinal Francis George, OMI, Archbishop of Chicago, stand in front of the Saint Mother Theodore Guerin statue that Teresa created. The statue was dedicated on Sept. 29, 2009, at the All Saints Cemetery in Des Plaines, Ill. Helping Teresa Clark celebrate the dedication of her Mother Theodore Guerin statue at All...
Women’s History Month: Mother Theodore and the church
After receiving the Blessed Sacrament upon her arrival at Saint Mary-of-the-Woods, Mother Theodore Guerin examined the church a little more closely. This is what she writes about it: “No tabernacle, no altar, for can the name of altar be given to three planks forming a table forty inches long, supported by two stakes driven into the ground? — that is all, for there are no altar cards, no stand for the missal, in fine, nothing but what I have mentioned....
Sister Dorothy Gartland receives Guerin Outreach Ministries Leadership and Advocacy Award
...tutors alike are happy to be there. They enjoy the organization, the serious way that their tasks are treated, the way they are respected and loved, and the good results that show up on their report cards,” said Sister Patty Fillenwarth, director of Providence Family Services and president of the Board of Directors for Guerin Outreach Ministries of the work Sister Dorothy does. “Dedicated” and “inspirational” are words Sister Patty uses to describe Sister Dorothy. “Very ordinary” are words Sister...
From The Shrine of Saint Mother Theodore Guerin
Pen & ink drawing of Mother Theodore done by Terre Haute artist John Laska. The Sisters of Providence regularly receive prayer requests, as well as requests for relics and other Saint Mother Theodore Guerin information. Below is a list of some recent correspondence Sister Jan Craven has had with those in contact with The Shrine of Saint Mother Theodore Guerin at Saint Mary-of-the-Woods. From Germany: I ask you kindly to send me a relic and a prayer card of Saint...
Treasures from Archives: Providence Press
...razed in June.) Four years later, an improved Linotype was purchased. What, exactly, did Providence Press print? Well, there were always exams for the schools, including the old Academy, the predecessor to today’s Saint Mary-of-the-Woods College. There were prayers, death notices, place cards, menus and much larger jobs including Les Bois, the college’s annual; Fagots, the college newspaper; the Aurora, the college magazine; Alumnae News; and The Bugle Call, the missionary magazine of the Congregation. Mr. W. H. Niccum was...
Sister Eileen Ann Kelley
...the past for the future. “But enough about work! What about fun?” asked Sister Mary Ann. She then reiterated Sister Eileen Ann’s love of sports and avid cheering for her beloved New England Patriots or Boston Red Sox during every broadcast and how she enjoyed playing cards almost every day. She had a great sense of humor and for years kept a book of cartoons and jokes that had been cut from newspapers and books, put together for her by...
Always count your blessings …
Sometime after my mom retired, she “got into” ceramics. She and her friends went to classes taught by a woman in my mom’s neighborhood. For the most part, they applied glazes to clay pieces of various shapes and sizes. Many of her nieces received a wide variety of holiday ceramic pieces for their wedding showers. Occasionally, Mom would use cookie cutters — appropriate to a particular holiday — to create a small ceramic token she used as a place card...
Blessing of the Christmas tree
This Christmas card was sent by the Sisters of Providence General Administration in 1976. Dear God, Two thousand years ago, you brought your son, Jesus, into this world to teach us the power of love and sacrifice. As we raise this tree, we remember his birth and the meaning of his life for us. Bless this tree as a symbol of our celebration of Jesus’ birth and our gratitude for his sacrifice. May the joy this tree brings and the...