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Saint Mother Theodore Guerin: bearing the light still today
...SP, director of shrines for Providence Spirituality and Conference Center, is moved by the people who visit Saint Mother Theodore Guerin’s shrine at Saint Mary-of-the-Woods. Sister Jan Craven with the book of intentions in the Shrine of Saint Mother Theodore Guerin at Saint Mary-of-the-Woods. Of the intentions written in the intention book there, she says, “It’s an outpouring of people’s faith and love of her power in their life. People go on and on and on about their families and...
Shrine for Saint Mother Theodore Guerin opens
...of 214 women religious, with 300 Providence Associates, collaborate with others to create a more just and hope-filled world through prayer, education, service and advocacy. The Sisters of Providence have their motherhouse at Saint Mary-of-the-Woods, located just northwest of downtown Terre Haute, Ind., which is now listed in the National Register of Historic Places. Saint Mother Theodore Guerin founded the Sisters of Providence at Saint Mary-of-the-Woods in 1840. Today, Sisters of Providence minister in 13 states, the District of Columbia...
Steeped in tradition: The Saint Anne Procession
...Saint Anne – the patron saint of sailors – into the future. Sister Rosemary Borntrager “Mother Theodore had a great devotion to Saint Anne,” Sister Marianne Mader said. When she returned to Saint Mary-of-the-Woods, Saint Mother Theodore had a small log chapel built in honor of Saint Anne because her prayer was answered for safe passage. However, nearly 30 years later, the chapel began to collapse. Consequently, in 1876, a stone structure, which stands to this day, replaced the log...
Sisters of Providence honor Dr. Dottie King
On hand as the Sisters of Providence proclaimed Dr. Dottie King a “Wise Woman of the Woods,” were (from left) General Council members Sisters Jenny Howard, Lisa Stallings (Vicar), Mary Beth Klingel, General Superior Sister Denise Wilkinson, Dr. King, General Council member Sister Dawn Tomaszewski and Saint Mary-of-the-Woods College Board of Trustees Chair Randy Adams. In recognition of her recently receiving Indiana’s Sagamore of the Wabash award, the Sisters of Providence of Saint Mary-of-the-Woods General Council honored Saint Mary-of-the-Woods College...
Transformative view of the afterlife
...or length of time, will leave with a different perspective on things. Having even a single interaction with a Sister of Providence will remain with you forever. I encourage all readers to take a walk around Saint Mary-of-the-Woods, visit the buildings, sit on a bench and breath in the history. Going to ‘The Woods’ As a student at Saint Mary-of-the-Woods College (SMWC) and a West Terre Haute native, I can tell you firsthand how the college is highly regarded. When...
Sister Kathleen Kelly (formerly Sister Edward Marie)
...contributions may be made in honor of Sister Kathleen to the Sisters of Providence of Saint Mary-of-the-Woods. We welcome you to share your memories of Sister Kathleen in the comment section below. Complete Ministry In Indiana: Teacher, St. Patrick, Terre Haute (1953-55); Teacher, St. John the Baptist, Fort Wayne (1955-57); Teacher, St. John, Evansville (1958-61); Pastoral Associate, Nativity of Our Savior Parish, Portage (1993-2001); Spiritual Director/Volunteer/Receptionist, Saint Mary-of-the-Woods (2012-2021); Prayer, Saint Mary-of-the-Woods (2021). In Illinois: Teacher, St. David, Chicago (1957-58); Teacher,...
Sisters of Providence bestow annual awards
...of 214 women religious, with 300 Providence Associates, collaborate with others to create a more just and hope-filled world through prayer, education, service and advocacy. The Sisters of Providence have their motherhouse at Saint Mary-of-the-Woods, located just northwest of downtown Terre Haute, Ind., which is now listed in the National Register of Historic Places. Saint Mother Theodore Guerin founded the Sisters of Providence at Saint Mary-of-the-Woods in 1840. Today, Sisters of Providence minister in 13 states, the District of Columbia...
Remembering Sisters Mary Loyola Bender and Ann Kevin O’Connor
...and employees at Immaculata in Washington, D.C., for eight years. Another undated photo of Sister Mary Loyola Bender. In the mid-80s, Sister Mary Loyola began a ministry at St. Joseph Convent in Quincy, Massachusetts, as church sacristan and in convent service. She ministered there for 17 years. Sister Mary Loyola returned to Saint Mary-of-the-Woods in 2003, and ministered mainly as a seamstress, before committing herself to the ministry of prayer in 2010. Sister Mary Loyola’s aunt, Sister Louise Marie Bender,...
The ‘month of our Mother’
(Note: This reflection by Sister Rosemary Nudd was given on May 6, at the annual May crowning of the Blessed Virgin Mary’s statue in the Church of the Immaculate Conception at Saint Mary-of-the-Woods) “Tis the month of our Mother, the blessed and glorious days.” (Traditional Mary hymn) The Sisters of Providence have a long history of honoring Mary in May. In Sister Mary Borromeo Brown’s first volume of our history, we find a description of this time of year: “When...
A Reflection for the 2022 Senior Jubilee
...St. Jude School in Fort Wayne, Indiana. Her day began with Mass and Communion, but she had forgotten to bring her breakfast. Of course, she didn’t want to tell her teacher, Sister St. Dorothy, that she had forgotten it, but she was hungry. Marilyn recalled, “I began to cry, and so St. Dorothy came over to me and put my face in her hands and said, ‘Marilyn, would you like to go home?’ And I said, ‘Oh, yes!’ And off...
Remembering Sister Mary Henry Brames
In a photo from 1985, Sister Mary Henry Brames stands next to the mittens she crocheted for the poor. “She was an essential part of the endeavor to make Saint Mary-of-the-Woods an autonomous facility, maintaining its own farm, dairy, orchard, coal mine and bakery, in addition to the cannery,” Sister Mary Roger Madden wrote in the commentary for Sister Mary Henry Brames (RIP), the subject of this week’s Throwback Thursday. Receiving requests in any way from people regarding the Sisters...
Sister Mary Richard Griffith
...Mary-of-the-Woods College. For four decades, Sister Mary Richard ministered in education as either a teacher, principal or clerical assistant. She commenced teaching in 1937 at Our Lady of Mercy, Chicago. In Illinois, her classrooms also included St. Mel, St. Genevieve and St. Angela, Chicago; and St. Mary Carmelite, Joliet. In Indiana, she ministered at All Saints, Hammond; Cathedral Grade School, St. Andrew, St. Philip Neri, St. Joan of Arc and Ladywood-St. Agnes, Indianapolis; and St. Patrick, St. Jude and Central...