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Sister Marie Brendan Harvey
...degree. In later years, her first Alma Mater granted her an honorary Doctor of Letters degree for her contributions to Saint Mary-of-the-Woods College. We have looked at the formation of the professional religious woman and the influences that were brought to bear her development, but the woman who was baptized Mary Therese and chose to be Marie Brendan is only partially explained by these factors. Her European ancestry, her early education by a Congregation formed in the French School of...
Throwback Thursday: Remembering Sister Mary Clare Fritsch
...Clare. She earned a bachelor’s degree in biology from Saint Mary-of-the-Woods College, and a master’s degree in zoology from Marquette University. Sister Mary Clare taught in Evansville, Fort Wayne and Chicago. In addition, she taught at Saint Mary-of-the-Woods College from 1946-49. But it was her time at Immaculata High School – located in Washington D.C. – that sparked interest from our many social media friends. Sister Mary Clare was at the school from 1956 to 1984. And, in 1960, she...
Stories from the Saint Mary-of-the-Woods Historic District
Here are some of the sites from the art exhibit “Stories from the Saint Mary-of-the-Woods Historic District,” now on display at the Swope Art Museum in Terre Haute. Sister Barbara Bluntzer speaking with someone at the exhibit. The door from the tomb of Saint Mother Theodore Guerin. The “builder,” Mother Mary Cleophas Foley. Street signs from Saint Mary-of-the-Woods. Stained glass. Sister Barbara Bluntzer looking at exhibit pieces. A quote from Saint Mother Theodore Guerin regarding Sister St. Francis Xavier...
Tiny Tim: security at the Woods
...O’Dwyer, as a member of the Terre Haute city police force, has patrolled Saint Mary-of-the-Woods College grounds. He wears the city police badge on the chest of his blue uniform and on his sleeve are the gold stripes signifying forty years of service. “The most Irish member of the Terre Haute police force is a friend of every Woods girl. ‘I know all the girls, I can pick a St. Mary’s girl out anywhere. I see them come and go...
Woods Core Class brings students, sisters together
Sister Donna Butler, SP Saint Mary-of-the-Woods College’s Woods Core 100 class uses the concept of communities, and how they have influenced societies, education and the world, to introduce the Saint Mary-of-the-Woods College (SMWC) community and its particular values and ideas. The Sisters of Providence are honored to be a part of these classes. In my endeavors with SMWC students in these classes, I have accompanied the students to the guided tours of Saint Mother Theodore’s Shrine and other sites on...
Mother Theodore moment
Jack Antonsen, shown here at left with his sisters, Maeve and Maris. Jack has been visiting Saint Mary-of-the-Woods and becoming friends with Saint Mother Theodore Guerin his whole life. Eleven-year-old Jack Antonsen has been coming to visit Saint Mary-of-the-Woods “since he was born,” his dad says. Most often his visits have coincided with the annual celebration of Earth Day here at the Woods. Over the years, Jack has come to know the sisters and many places at the Woods: the...
Volunteer Spotlight: The Sister Volunteers
...by. “Almost all of the sisters who are involved have other ministries,” Sister Mary Ann said, providing the example of Sister Joseph Fillenwarth, who is also the director of the Providence Food Pantry. Sister Mary Ann said many of the people who stop by Providence Hall are involved in the service industry. Others are visitors of Saint Mary-of-the-Woods looking for other locations and some stop at the Motherhouse just to greet or deliver something to a sister. Since the doors...
Public invited to Feast Day of Saint Mother Theodore Guerin
...Indiana saint and the eighth Catholic saint from the United States. Mother Theodore came to the United States from France in 1840 to establish a Congregation of women religious and to teach pioneer girls. After a journey of more than three months, she and her five sister companions arrived at Saint Mary-of-the-Woods to a dense forest and primitive conditions. From those origins, a vibrant Congregation and Saint Mary-of-the-Woods College were given life and are sustained to this day through Mother...
Saint Mother Theodore Guerin, pray for us!
As we approach the feast of Saint Mother Theodore Guerin on Oct. 3, we invite each of you to join us in praying a novena to Saint Mother Theodore Guerin. A novena is nine days of prayer, usually for a special intention. Sister Jessica Vitente with a statue of Saint Mother Theodore Guerin at Saint Mary-of-the-Woods. Why “pray to a saint,” you ask? In the Catholic church we believe in the communion of saints. We believe that just as we...
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...
Graduation Day!
...summa cum laude with Bachelor of Science degrees from Saint Mary-of-the-Woods College. What an accomplishment for any student, but especially for these sisters who began their study of English just one year before coming to this country. Dominican Sisters Huong Mai (second from left) and Phung Nguyen Hien Tran (third from left) with Sister Maria (Yen) Pham (right) and Sister Maria (Ha) Dinh (far left) following 2019 graduation day at Saint Mary-of-the-Woods College. For the past four years, Phung and...
Sister Frances Joan Baker
...Washington, Ind. She was preceded in death by all of her siblings. Sister Frances Joan taught in elementary education for 52 years. She loved teaching, especially religion and reading. She taught in Massachusetts at St. Rose in Chelsea; in Indiana at St. Mary in Richmond, St. John in Vincennes, St. Thomas Aquinas, St. James, Immaculate Heart, St. Simon and Holy Spirit all in Indianapolis, St. Simon in Washington, and St. John the Baptist in Fort Wayne; in Illinois at St....