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Throwback Thursday: Remembering Commencement 1987
Saint Mary-of-the-Woods College conducted its 179th commencement on Saturday, May 7, as a total of 92 students received degrees, including the first male student to earn an on-campus degree. Keeping with the spirit of graduations, here is some additional history. This photo – taken in 1987 – shows the first graduates of the Saint Mary-of-the-Woods College Master of Arts in Pastoral Theology Program. In the photo are (from left) then college president Sister of Providence Barbara Doherty, Rev. Donald Osborn,...
Join us for ‘An Evening with Carrie Newcomer!’
...7:30 p.m., and will take place in the Conservatory of Music on the campus of Saint Mary-of-the-Woods College. Sister Dawn says having Carrie come to Saint Mary-of-the-Woods for the show will enhance the year-long jubilee celebration. A Catholic Jubilee year takes place every 25 years and is considered a time of forgiveness, reconciliation and spiritual renewal. “Carrie’s folk music reflects her own belief in hope as a renewable resource,” Sister Dawn said. “She sees the practice of active hope as...
Sister Patricia Marie Woods
...as soon as possible she would slip away to the Blessed Sacrament Chapel. She had great devotion to the Eucharist,” continued Sister Catherine. Sister Patricia Marie began teaching in Washington, D.C., in 1934 at St. Ann and then at Dunblane. In Illinois, she ministered at St. Athanasius, Evanston; Our Lady of Sorrows, Chicago; and Immaculate Conception, Norwood Park. She served several schools in Massachusetts including St. Rose, Chelsea; St. Patrick, Stoneham; and St. Polycarp, Somerville. From 1977 to 1981, Sister...
Sister Sharon Sullivan (formerly Sister Barbara Mary)
...years,” Sister Ann said. After 34 years in education, Sister Sharon was asked to assist at Saint Mary-of-the-Woods in the Central Business Office, where she remained for five years. She then took gerontology and theology classes at Saint Mary-of-the-Woods College and began a series of ministries in service to the motherhouse and health-care communities. These included pastoral care where she ministered closely with and became good friends of Sister Mary Eleanor Galvin, who, interestingly enough, died a few hours after...
A visit to the Woods
(From left) Anette (Laker) Conlon, Theresa (Reidy) Stinson, Sister Ann Casper, Kristine (Mattingly) Schroeder, Nancy (Pogue) Kitchin and Barb (Daeger) Tillman in the Church of the Immaculate Conception. I am not sure when the need to visit Saint Mary-of-the-Woods first surfaced. I do know it was triggered by many factors, the first being my high school education at St. Agnes Academy in Indianapolis. Other reasons were the fact that three of my great aunts were Sisters of Providence and my...
Sister Josephine Paolinelli (formerly Sister Louise Joseph)
...August 15, 1963. Jo had various ministries, including teaching first grade at St. Joseph in Jasper, Indiana; seventh grade at St. Patrick in Indianapolis; and eighth grade at both Our Lady of Sorrows and St. Genevieve in Chicago. She was the business manager at Providence-St. Mel in Chicago; bookkeeper at Our Lady of Sorrows in Chicago; business administrator at Sacred Heart of Mary in Rolling Meadows, Illinois; Provincial Treasurer of St. Joseph Province in Park Ridge, Illinois; and business manager...
Sister Kay Manley
...who continued at the Woods to complete college courses. In August of 1961 teachers were needed in Terre Haute and I was assigned to teach Grade 2 at St. Margaret Mary School. How could I do this when I did not know that much about teaching? The answer came in the person of Sister Virginia Mary Arthur, who taught me skills I still use today in my teaching. For five years I taught students in primary grades in Indiana and...
Sister Regis McNulty
...In Illinois: Teacher, St. David, Chicago (1950-52); Teacher, St. Athanasius, Evanston (1952-53); Teacher, St. Andrew, Chicago (1953-54); Teacher, Our Lady of Mercy, Chicago (1958-59); Teacher, St. Dennis, Lockport (1962-63). In Indiana: Teacher, St. Ann, Terre Haute (1954-55); Addictions Consultant/Volunteer, Saint Mary-of-the-Woods (2013-14); Prayer, Saint Mary-of-the-Woods (2015-2020). In Massachusetts: Teacher, Sacred Heart, Malden (1955-58); Teacher, Sacred Heart, Malden (1959-62); Teacher, St. Patrick, Stoneham (1963-65). In North Carolina: Principal/Teacher, St. Patrick, Fayetteville (1965-72); Teacher, Charlotte Catholic High School, Charlotte (1972-73); Principal, St....
1956: a year of commemoration
...presented by the Sisters’ Chorus under the direction of Sister Francis Angela Kolb. On the final day, a pontifical high Mass was celebrated by The Most Rev. Paul C. Schulte, archbishop of Indianapolis. The speaker was The Right Rev. Abbot Columban Thuis, OSB, St. Joseph Abbey, St. Benedict, La. The following are programs, news articles and other artifacts from the 1956 celebrations: “Saint Mary-of-the-Woods Holds a Three Day Celebration” news release: This news release was furnished by the Congregation for...
Forest Bathing
...by its charm and beauty even in death. This “spell” that The Woods can have on one has become more and more obvious to me as minister of Providence Community Cemetery, the special place at Saint Mary-of-the-Woods where those with a relationship to the Sisters of Providence and this sacred place can request cremains internment. When making an inquiry, the person states all their connections and sometimes describes just why The Woods is special. Rita Tatum, a Providence Associate and...
St. Anne Shell Chapel: holy ground
...St. Anne, patroness of her native Brittany in France. So at Saint Mary-of-the-Woods in 1844, St. Anne Chapel was built of logs on a little hill next to a peaceful grove, a memorial to sacred stories. On its walls in several shells was inscribed the story of the miraculous rescue from death at sea, honoring Mother Theodore’s pledge. St. Anne teaching Mary statue from the Shell Chapel Another sacred artifact within the chapel is the small statue depicting St. Anne...
A feast-day letter to Saint Mother Theodore
...a strong desire to deepen their own spirituality. You model this for us. I was in Owens Hall at Saint Mary-of-the-Woods the other day. I stood in front of the pictures of all our former General Superiors. I stood there and thanked each of them for sharing their wisdom and courage with all of us. Each one of them and their council had hardship of some kind. Each one of them had to make decisions that were not easy. Each...