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10 years a saint! Now what?
...knowing Saint Mother Theodore better at SaintMotherTheodore.org. A new quote from Saint Mother Theodore Guerin is featured each day. While you are there take a moment to read about her life and her inspiring journey. Plan a visit to Saint Mary-of-the- Woods. Light a candle in her shrine with your prayer intention. If you cannot make it here, let a sister pray with you and light a candle in her shrine for you. Saint Mother Theodore Guerin, pray for us....
HOPE fall 2021 — Living the legacy of Saint Mother Theodore Guerin
As seen in HOPE: “Trusting all your affairs to [God] … you will see that all will be well.” Saint Mother Theodore Guerin Saint Mother Theodore Guerin, the foundress of the Sisters of Providence of Saint Mary-of-the-Woods, Indiana, lived and led with holiness, honesty, strength and love. She leaves all of us a wonderful example for living God-centered lives of service. In this issue of HOPE, we feature some members of the Providence Community and how they are living out...
The Story on the Walls of Shells
...to France to seek financial assistance for their struggling young community back in Saint Mary-of-the-Woods, Ind. As their ship was nearly “engulfed” by a furious storm at sea during the return to America, she prayed fervently to Saint Anne, the patron of the sailors in Brittany, France. That was when the ship was miraculously turned upright and passengers of the ship were suddenly safe. “The incident I am about to relate will show clearly that God was watching over our...
Week 6: Walking through Lent with Saint Mother Theodore
...April 4 “But with their patience worn out by the journey, the people complained against God and Moses, ‘Why have you brought us up from Egypt to die in this desert, where there is no food or water? We are disgusted with this wretched food!’” – Numbers 21:4-5 “I cannot think that St. Joseph will let your work fail. We are making a novena for you. Please tell your dear Sisters that they know how interested everybody here at St....
Holy Week reflections with Saint Mother Theodore
...nations, to open the eyes of the blind, to bring prisoners from confinement, and from the dungeon, those who live in darkness.” – Isaiah 42:6-7 “We cannot do our work if we all stay in the nest.” – Saint Mother Theodore Guerin • How does God call me to shine, to be a light to the world? • What does this call ask of me? Tuesday, April 11 “Though I thought I had toiled in vain, and for nothing, uselessly,...
Mother Theodore and the National Liturgical Calendar: We Need Your Input
...named for our foundress, St. Joseph Church in Jasper dedicated a chapel in their parish center and named it for Saint Mother Theodore; likewise, there is a chapel in the Fort Wayne Cathedral that bears her name, St. Roch Church in Indianapolis and St. Mary’s Church in Ireland, Indiana, have stained glass windows with her image, Statues of Saint Mother Theodore have been installed in Washington, D.C. at the Basilica of the National Shrine of the Immaculate Conception; in Des...
Saint Mother Theodore statue dedicated in Ruillé, France
Sunday was a joyous occasion for French and U.S. Sisters of Providence, Saint Mary-of-the-Woods College staff and alums, and many others, when a bronze statue of Saint Mother Theodore Guerin was dedicated at the motherhouse of the Sisters of Providence of Ruillé sur Loir, France. At the statue dedication, from left: SMWC President Dottie King, former General Superior Sister Denise Wilkinson, General Superior Sister Dawn Tomaszewski, Mary Ann Hellmann and Jerry Hellmann. Photo by Dee Reed, SMWC. The statue, made...
Woods Day Care/Pre-School to close
...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 and Asia, through works of...
Volunteers find friendship, inspiration, joy
Three friends and Providence Associates spend down time during a volunteer week at Saint Mary-of-the-Woods at St. Joseph’s Lake. From left, Deanna Ruston, Ann Kevin Thesing and Connie Schnapf. When you give, it can be amazing what you receive in return. This is what three Providence Associates of the Sisters of Providence have found. The three spend a week at a time at least twice a year volunteering at Saint Mary-of-the-Woods. Deanna Ruston of Evansville, Indiana, explains that as she...
Sister David Ellen Van Dyke
...1950 and 1955, respectively. She earned a bachelor’s degree in education from Saint Mary-of-the-Woods College and a master’s degree in education from Indiana State University. Sister David Ellen began teaching at St. Paul, Sellersburg, Ind., in 1950. Her teaching missions were all in Indiana except for a brief stint at Blessed Sacrament in Burlington, N.C. Her other pedagogical missions in Indiana included St. Andrew and St. Matthew, Indianapolis; Holy Trinity, New Albany; St. Rose, Vincennes; St. John, Evansville; Annunciation, Brazil;...
Throwback Thursday: Remembering Sister Gaudentia Downey
...volunteer in the sisters’ infirmary and also ministered as a tutor for Cuban refugees before offering herself to the ministry of prayer in 1983. In the commentary for her obituary, Sister Ann Casper noted that the sisters knew Sister Gaudentia as a “prayerful woman, patient, generous and caring; steadfast and joyful.” In fact, students at Saint Mary-of-the-Woods College who had the opportunity to meet Sister Gaudentia often referred to her as “Sister Joy.” Sister Gaudentia’s birth sister, Florence, also entered...
Sister Marceline Mattingly turns 100!
...stuff. My faith is strong. I made the best decision of my life when I entered the Sisters of Providence 82 years ago.” Cake, 100 birthday decorated cookies, cupcakes, punch and snacks were served to everyone. The 100 cookies came from form students of Sister Marceline. They also sent her a card which included notes from each student. Sister Marceline said she intends to respond to all with the help of another former student. Also, a former student of Sister...