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Photos! Providence Associate retreat 2017
Last weekend brought nearly 70 Providence Associates and Sisters of Providence together for the Providence Associate spring retreat at Saint Mary-of-the-Woods. Those on retreat took time away for rest, reflection, prayer and conversation. They reconnected with God, each other, sisters at the Woods, Saint Mother Theodore Guerin, Earth and themselves. Enjoy these photos from the weekend retreat! Interested in becoming a Providence Associate? Applications are being accepted until May 31. Learn more at ProvidenceAssociates.org. A bowl of water and some...
‘Like Mary, you have given birth’
...Christine lists Sept. 28 as the Feast Day for Mary under this title. It is based on a painting dated 1700, done in Bavaria. In it Mary stands on a crescent moon surrounded by angels, suspended between heaven and earth. She holds a long white ribbon with a series of knots that she is patiently untying. Two angels assist her in her task. One presents the knots of our lives to Mary, and the other presents us with the untied...
Sisters honor elders with ‘90s Party!’
...happy,” Sister Rita said. “I enjoyed my work. I enjoy life.” Sister Rita, who ministered for several years as a teacher, added that during one year teaching third-graders, she had 64 students in her classroom. Sister Martha Steidl was another sister who was recognized. Monday’s event was her first as she recently turned 90. She ministered at Saint Mary-of-the-Woods College for several years in various capacities, adding the Sisters of Providence “fit my spirituality very well.” Sister Martha Steidl (left)...
Sister Mary Julia Cummings
...earned a bachelor’s degree in education from Saint Mary-of-the-Woods College, a master’s degree in education administration from Indiana State University and another master’s degree in religious education from Spalding University in Louisville, Ky. Sister Mary Julia ministered more than three decades in primary education as either a teacher or principal. She commenced at St. Mel-Holy Ghost, Chicago, in 1941. In Chicago, she also taught at St. David. In Indiana, she ministered at St. Ann and St. Margaret Mary, Terre Haute;...
The remarkable life of Mother Marie Gratia Luking
...and three young women were accepted to begin their probationary period. The Congregation in the United States had agreed to accept any Chinese postulants who had completed high school. These first three young women subsequently traveled to the United States and entered the novitiate there. The last one of these, Sister Agnes Joan Li, died Jan. 19, 2004, in the infirmary at Saint Mary-of-the-Woods after a long and fruitful life as a Sister of Providence. Many women who felt called...
Sister Terese Marie Havlik
...of Sister Terese Marie in the comment section below. Sister Terese Marie Havlik Teacher for 55 years in schools in Indiana, California and Illinois In Indiana: St. Philip Neri, Indianapolis (1950-54), St. Anthony, Indianapolis (1954-55), St. John the Baptist, Fort Wayne (1959-65). In California: St. Teresa, Los Angeles (1955-57), St. Joseph, Hawthorne (1957-58), St. Elisabeth, Van Nuys (1958-59). In Illinois: St. Mark, Chicago (1965-66), Our Lady of Mercy, Chicago (1966-1977), St. Joseph, Downers Grove (1977-1985), Divine Savior School, Norridge (1985-2005)....
And now, a brief word from O’Shaughnessy Dining Hall
...ever looked at my exterior of “red brick in an elongated octagonal plan with a hipped roof”? Saint Mary-of-the-Woods College students in O’Shaughnessy Dining Hall in years past, perhaps the 1940s. Did you know that, like many of the buildings on the campus, I was designed by architect Oscar Bohlen in a style called classical revival? The style is characterized by proportion, symmetry and repetition of elements. How did I come into existence, you ask? In 1920, Saint Mary-ofthe-Woods Academy...
Sister Denise Wilkinson recognized as a ‘Woman of Influence’
...played in shaping me as a woman of ministry and as a woman leader. “The Congregation members’ gifts have shaped me in large part to be the leader I am.” Sister Denise, originally from Chicago, graduated from Saint Mary-of-the-Woods College, earning a bachelor’s degree in English. She later received a master’s degree in counseling from Saint Louis University. She has ministered as a teacher in Galesburg, Ill., St. Louis, and Saint Mary-of-the-Woods College. Prior to being elected to the Sisters...
The Woods continues to call: Woods Community Cemetery
...Providence Associate, stated, “I am happy to be a grateful and faithful follower of Saint Mother Theodore Guerin.” Holy place For others who have chosen Providence Community Cemetery for cremains interment, the place itself — Saint Mary-of-the-Woods — is the attraction. SMWC graduate and former Lourdes health care staff member, Angela Yildiz, says, “Saint Mary-of-the-Woods is my favorite place on earth. … When I learned of the community cemetery, I knew I wanted to be there after my death. As...
Newsnotes HOPE summer 2017
Two sisters inducted into SMWC Athletic Hall of Fame On Feb. 4, 2017, two Sisters of Providence were inducted into the inaugural class of the Saint Mary-of-the-Woods College Athletic Hall of Fame. Sister Mary Joseph Pomeroy was a student-athlete at the college from 1918-21, playing women’s basketball. She is also the athletic department’s namesake. Sister Mary Joseph participated in the first intercollegiate women’s basketball game in the state of Indiana. Sister Barbara Doherty ministered as the school’s president from 1984-1998....
Sister Barbara Doherty
...doctrine from St. Mary’s College (South Bend, Ind.), a doctorate in theology from Fordham University and an honorary doctor of letters degree from Indiana State University, and another from Dominican University. Aside from the educational focus, she also served as co-provincial and director of Christian development for St. Joseph Province in Park Ridge, Ill., and as an instructor in the formation program and mistress of postulants at Saint Mary-of-the-Woods. She knew at an early age that she wanted to be...
Saint Mary-of-the-Woods College: Rooted to aspire higher
Saint Mary-of-the-Woods College President Dottie King, right, with first-year student Sherlyn Towles at a gathering marking the beginning of the school year. Saint Mary-of-the-Woods College (SMWC) President Dottie King wants the world to know that SMWC is moving forward. “We are a Catholic, liberal arts school with a tradition of empowering women,” King said. “There is no single program at this institution that defines us. You have to understand who you are as an institution. You have to recognize what...