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A look back: Providence High School, Chicago
...its story in 1888 as Our Lady of Sorrows School. The school graduated its first two students in 1891. As the school grew, a new building was purchased for the academy. In 1921, the name was changed to Providence High School by Cardinal Mundelein. Further increasing enrollment led to a new building on Central Park Avenue in 1929. People waiting to enter the new Providence High School, Chicago, for the dedication ceremonies on May 12, 1929. For the next 48...
Sister Camille Neubauer (formerly Sister Jude)
...of Providence here at Saint Mary-of-the-Woods College, where she received a bachelor’s degree in music education. And, it was here that she became enthralled with music she heard coming from the organ and decided right then and there that she wanted to learn to play it. And so, she took organ lessons throughout her college years. Sister Cecilia Clare Bocard became her mentor. During the summer of her junior year, Camille was to do some practice teaching and Mary Catherine...
Sister Mary Adrian Jaroch
...The wife told me ‘she is considered a member of our family.’” Brother Matthew continued, “She also worked as a hospice nurse in Cook County, and had a patient whom she would visit in his apartment. One day she received a call to go to his home; the man was dying. When she arrived, she was surprised to find Cardinal Bernardin there, visiting the man and comforting him. Shortly after Mary Adrian arrived, the gentleman died.” Mary Adrian was a...
Providence Associate first commitment and renewal 2019
...Hagelskamp receives a commitment card from Providence Associate Mary Catherine Chlipala Providence Associate companion Mary Kay Powell pins a Providence Associate pin on Wanda Barney New Providence Associate Michelle Barrentine with her Sister companion Sister Carolyn Kessler Sisters, associates and guests join hands in prayer during the Lord’s Prayer The gathered Providence community blesses the new Providence Associates The new Providence Associates stand to make their commitments The new Providence Associates stand to make their commitments Sister companion Rosemary Borntrager...
The reunion finale for Providence High School
...young people.” About Providence High School In 1888, Our Lady of Providence Academy, the direct ancestor of Providence High School, was opened in one room of Our Lady of Sorrows School in Chicago. Nine students were enrolled. In 1891, the first two graduates received their diplomas. In 1921, Cardinal Mundelein selected the school as one of the regional high schools and the name was changed to Providence High School. Enrollment increase led to a new building at Central Park Avenue...
Christmas Mourning
...time, but also to figure out meaningful ways to honor their memory and develop the enduring bond that we can have with our loved ones who have died and are now with God. As a Christmas card published by One Caring Place at Abbey Press Publications says so well: “To remember a departed loved one at Christmas … is to remember love and to know that love never ends.” Note: If you would like to read or print out a...
Call to Action: Attend Town Hall Meetings and Other Meet-the-Candidate Events!
...Hall Meeting Invite others to attend the meeting with you, Make sure you sign in, Be Seen! Carry a poster, Sit up close or near the microphone, Briefly introduce yourself to others: Give your name, where you live, and that you are a Sister of Providence, Providence Associate, or Providence Partner, Ask your question and be polite. Once the Meeting is Over Stick around! Talk to your member one-on-one. Talk with one of the staffers and leave a business card...
We are so blessed!
Harve Schlachter (second from right), director of development, and the team posing with the Saint Mother Theodore Guerin statue in Saint-Mary-of-the-Woods, Ind. “We are so blessed.” This was a common feeling over the past two months as we received your gifts in reply to our requests for support and in response to our annual Christmas cards. I shared with many sisters the amazing outpouring of support we were receiving. The Sisters of Providence truly rely on your donations to keep...
Conscience, Candidates and Discipleship in Voting – Part One
During a recent gathering with women and men Religious, Cardinal Blaise Cupich was asked, in light of the coming elections, what resources were available to address the deep divisions within our nation as well as divisions in our Church. His immediate reply was to mention an address given by Bishop Robert W. McElroy at the University of San Diego on Feb. 6, 2020. In this talk, Bishop McElroy moves from Pope Francis’ “Evangelii Gaudium” to relevant issues of Catholic Social...
Conscience, Candidates and Discipleship in Voting – Part Three
During a recent gathering with women and men Religious, Cardinal Blaise Cupich was asked, in light of the coming elections, what resources were available to address the deep division within our nation as well as divisions in our Church. His immediate reply was to mention an address given by Bishop Robert W. McElroy at the University of San Diego on Feb. 6, 2020. In this talk, Bishop McElroy moves from Pope Francis’ “Evangelii Gaudium” to relevant issues of Catholic Social...
BEing Providence in the World
...Michelle Barrentine turns in her signed commitment card as a Providence Associate last November. My volunteer service with Beginning Experience started before I made my first commitment as a Providence Associate in 2019. But I see clearly now how the two dovetail. For me, this was a providential encounter of BE and the Providence Associate program. After my husband died in 2010, I came to my “BE Weekend” (we try not call it a “retreat” because it is a peer-led...
Sister Marie David Schroeder
...sitting outside her door every morning to greet the incoming staff, prayer time, Mass, meal times, relaxation activities and naps. Her favorite relaxation activities were playing cards, games on the computer and TV. Sister Patricia McIntyre with Sister Marie David Schroeder. Marie David was genuine! She was a woman of determination. She was not afraid to speak her mind when she disagreed with something. Although she found change in the Community difficult, she would eventually come to acceptance. She also...