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Let’s get Mother Theodore on the National Liturgical Calendar!
In the fall of 2024, the Sisters of Providence of Saint Mary-of-the-Woods, Indiana, were contacted by a reporter from Our Sunday Visitor, located in Huntington, Indiana. The reporter, a devotee of Saint Mother Theodore Guerin, had been in contact with Archbishop Charles Thompson of Indianapolis in order to try to get Mother Theodore’s Feast Day placed on the United States National Liturgical Calendar, and was given permission to do so. Saint Mother Theodore Guerin: For Saint Mother Theodore’s name and...
Sister Mary Esther Lane (formerly Sister Francis Gertrude)
...eager to learn. We had a well-equipped, home library, and all in our family were scholars. I had good example to follow … we all loved good music, made our own, read good books, studied hard and stayed close to home.” Mary Esther attended elementary school and high school at St. John’s in Loogootee. She earned her degrees at Saint Mary-of-the-Woods College and at Butler University. She entered the Sisters of Providence on Aug. 15, 1933, and made her final...
Sister Winifred Mary Sullivan
...Holy Family, New Albany (1958-60); Teacher, St. Joan of Arc, Indianapolis (1966-67); Teacher/Principal, Terre Haute (1967-69); Teacher, Tenth Street School, Jasper (1969-76); Teacher, Jasper Middle School, Jasper (1976-91); Teacher, Greater Jasper Consolidated School, Jasper (1991-93); Tutor/Community Service, Diocese of Evansville (1994-2003); Volunteer, Diocese of Evansville (2003-08); Residential Services, Saint Mary-of-the-Woods (2008-12); Residential Services/General Administration Volunteer, Saint Mary-of-the-Woods (2012-14); Residential Services, Saint Mary-of-the-Woods (2014-16); Sewing for Linden Leaf Gifts and Prayer, Saint Mary-of-the-Woods (2016-2021). In Missouri: Teacher/Principal, Annunziata, St. Louis (1960-66)....
Mary Lou Ruck
Sister Mary Lou, formerly Sister Mary Lucian, is a native of Wilmette, Illinois. Currently, she ministers in health care at Saint Mary-of-the-Woods. “I entered the Congregation from Wilmette, with a six-month living experience on a ranch in Oklahoma,” Sister Mary Lou said. She entered the Congregation on February 2, 1951, taking her first vows on August 15, 1951 and her final vows on August 15, 1958. Of her ministries, Sister Mary Lou has served as a teacher in a range...
Mary Beth Klingel
Sister Mary Beth Klingel, formerly Sister Mary Hope, was born on May 29, 1946. The Jasper, Indiana, native entered the Congregation on September 12, 1964. Sister Mary Beth graduated from Saint Mary-of-the-Woods College with a bachelor’s degree in education, and earned a master’s degree in liturgical studies from the University of Notre Dame. She ministered as a teacher at Saint Margaret Mary School in Terre Haute, as well as the 10th Street School in Jasper. From 1972 to 1976, she...
Elegance on display: Saint Mary-of-the-Woods added to National Register of Historic Places
Western Regional Office for Indiana Landmarks representative Tommy Kleckner (left) with SP General Superior Sister Dawn Tomaszewski and Saint Mary-of-the-Woods College President Dr. Dottie King. When Tommy Kleckner stepped foot on the hallowed grounds of Saint Mary-of-the-Woods, he couldn’t believe his eyes. Tommy had just started working in the Western Regional Office for Indiana Landmarks. His then-superior took him to Saint Mary-of-the-Woods to take a look at the architecture. The classical and renaissance styles, the Beaux-Arts designs of the buildings,...
Sister Barbara Doherty, former SMWC president, passes away
Sister Barbara Doherty, a Sister of Providence for 69 years and past president of Saint Mary-of-the-Woods College (SMWC), passed away on Sunday, Aug. 16, 2020, at Saint Mary-of-the-Woods, Indiana. She was 88 years old. Sister Barbara, formerly Sister Vincent Ferrer, was born on Dec. 2, 1931, in Chicago. She entered the Congregation on Feb. 2, 1951, professing first vows on Aug. 15, 1953, and perpetual vows on Aug. 15, 1958. She earned a bachelor’s degree in Latin from Saint Mary-of-the-Woods...
Sister Mary Adrian Jaroch
...Providence of Saint Mary-of-the-Woods. Sister Mary Adrian Jaroch Complete Ministry In Indiana: Teacher, Good Shepherd, Evansville (1960-61); Teacher, St. Catherine, Indianapolis (1961-67); Infirmary Staff, Saint Mary-of-the-Woods (1967-70); Infirmary RN, Saint Mary-of-the-Woods (1976-78); Foster Parent/Nurse Educator, Providence Self-Sufficiency Ministries, New Albany (1995-96). In Illinois: Nursing, Mercy Center, Aurora (1974-75); Nursing, Maryhaven, Glenview (1978-79); RN, Whitehall North, Deerfield (1979-81); RN, Edward Hospital, Naperville (1981-83); Geriatric Nurse, Whitehall North, Deerfield (1986-88); Director of Health Care, Divine Word Residence, Techny (1989-91); Home Hospice Nurse,...
Brigid Mary Hurley
Sister Brigid Mary was born in Malden, Massachusetts. She passed away on Thursday, April 4, 2019, at Saint Mary-of-the-Woods. She was 77 years old and had been a Sister of Providence for 59 years. Sister Brigid Mary entered the Congregation and July 22, 1959, and professed final vows on Aug. 15, 1967. She earned a bachelor’s degree in elementary education from Saint Mary-of-the-Woods College. For 49 of her 59 years as a Sister of Providence, she taught primary and middle...
Mary Patricia Cummings
...In Indiana: Teacher, St Jude, Fort Wayne (1948-49); Teacher, St. John the Baptist, Whiting (1949-53); Teacher, St Thomas Aquinas, Indianapolis (1953-56); Teacher/Principal, St. John, Vincennes (1961-67); Teacher, Holy Family, New Albany (1967-69); Teacher/Principal, Precious Blood, Jasper (1969-70); Teacher, St. Charles, Bloomington (1970-71); Teacher, Our Lady of Providence High School, Clarksville (1971-76); Pastoral Associate, St. Augustine Parish, New Albany (1976-85); Residential Services, Saint Mary-of-the-Woods (2001-08); Prayer, Saint Mary-of-the-Woods (2008-2021). In Washington, D.C.: Teacher, Immaculata (1956-57). In Maryland: Teacher, Ascension, Halethorpe (1957-59)....
Agnes Mary Raetz
...entered the Congregation on September 12, 1963. She professed final vows on August 15, 1970. For more than 30 years, Sister Agnes Mary ministered as secretary and clerical assistant for the General Administration, the Business Office, the Records Office and Mission Advancement Office at Saint Mary-of-the-Woods. She also ministered for two years as a clerical assistant to the President at Saint Mary-of-the-Woods College. Sister Agnes Mary was known to the other sisters to have the “messiest” bedrooms in the Congregation....
Sister Jeanne Knoerle (formerly Sister Mary Gregory)
...Jeanne entered the Congregation of the Sisters of Providence on July 22, 1949 and was given the name Sister Mary Gregory. She taught high school for just a few years in Chicago, Fort Wayne Indiana and Washington D.C. before joining the faculty of Saint Mary-of-the-Woods College where she taught for eight years. After earning a PhD in comparative literature with an emphasis in Chinese literature, she was invited to be a visiting professor for one year at Providence College in...