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Strength from being ordinary this Foundation Day
Saint Mother Theodore Guerin and her companions first arrived at Saint Mary-of-the-Woods on this day in 1840. Saint Mother Theodore Guerin and her five sister companions arrived at Saint Mary-of-the-Woods, Indiana, on this day in 1840. We Sisters of Providence, Providence Associates and the community at Saint Mary-of-the-Woods College all celebrate this day as our Foundation Day. As I write this it is dark and dreary outside. The dampness enters into one’s bones. But I have a warm house and...
Journals and Letters week 50: Mother Theodore and Summit City
...that one worry taken away. After enduring so many struggles with people meant to support her, it must have been refreshing for Mother Theodore to finally work with a person of his character. About Sister St. Francis This section ends with yet another beautiful letter Mother Theodore wrote shorty after the death of her beloved Sister St. Francis, this one to Reverend Benoit. The raw emotion again shows the depth of her love for this great woman whom she so...
In the Footsteps of Saint Mother Theodore Guerin
...were the backdrop to the visit to the Carmel where St. Therese lived from 15 years of age to 24-years-old when she succumbed to tuberculosis. Our guide gave us a powerful reflection about St. Therese and her Little Way while we sat in awe of the mosaic walls and crypt in the Basilica of St. Therese. The brightly colored mosaic walls are in stark contrast to the stone abbeys and cathedrals we visited. And, finally, our days in Paris! Our...
A tangible reminder of Saint Mother Theodore Guerin
...carry away to others. That was its purpose. The past year has shown me the truth of this statement. It really sank in when I read the Vision Statement and the Mission Statement for Linden Leaf Gifts. I have experienced these statements lived out in actuality. It is part of the total Shrine experience, a truly living ministry. The Vision Statement says that, “pilgrims, visitors, and seekers will find meaningful items that are remembrances of their experiences at The Woods...
Leaning and leading like Saint Mother Theodore
...even the most collaborative of leaders and leadership teams.” Responding to needs In 1840, our founders were breaking new ground. These present-day leaders have continued a 180+year tradition of entrepreneurial spirit. They have partnered with developers and other organizations to build affordable housing in our community, supported a new health clinic in West Terre Haute, sold land for Saint Mary-of-the-Woods College’s expansion and reimagined the use of Owens Hall for senior living at the Woods. The benefits of technology have...
CNN visits Saint Mary-of-the-Woods to research Saint Mother Theodore Guerin
Cable News Network (CNN) producer Jen Christensen visited Saint Mary-of-the-Woods Saturday, Oct. 22, to witness the Sisters of Providence Saint Mother Theodore Guerin Fest and to do research on the Congregation’s foundress. Jen hooked up with a video specialist, Jeff from Indianapolis, and spent most of the day Saturday witnessing the Foundation Day Eucharistic Liturgy, learning about the Sisters of Providence, meeting people and touring the grounds. Jen, based in Atlanta, is leading a team that is researching various aspects...
Sister Connie Kramer receives Frances Murphy Rumely Award
...class of 1935, are selected by the SMWC Alumni Association Board of Directors. The criteria for this award states those receiving it must be a graduate of the College; must have demonstrated outstanding dedication to civic, religious or educational organizations; and must have volunteered in a significant manner to one or more organizations while demonstrating leadership through their work. SMWC began handing out the award in 1985. Sister Brendan Harvey, SP (RIP), a 1953 graduate of the College, also received...
Our Lady of Providence; Queen of the “Lake” Home
The house on Sweet Water Lake in Brown County Wanting to assure memorable occasions for family togetherness through the years, when their first grandchild was just 2-years-old, Mary Lou Teipen Dunlop and her husband Bill purchased a home on Sweetwater Lake in nature-resplendent Brown County, Indiana. During her high school years, under the tutelage of the Sisters of Providence, Mary Lou became aware of the portrait of Mary entitled “Our Lady of Providence, Queen of the Home.” Determined that the...
Mel Marino Wolff: “Thank you for bringing us together!”
...of Mercy Parish (Chicago), where the Sisters of Providence ministered as teachers, just in time for me to begin kindergarten. I attended there through 8th grade and gradually fell in love with the Sisters and stories of St. Mary-of-the-Woods. I then attended the Aspirancy and entered the Novitiate as a Postulant – sadly having to leave the Woods due to the illness and passing of my mom. There were many changes over the following years, but I always felt a...
A dementia friendly HOME at the Woods
...and compelling vision statement to guide the building process. “HOME will be an environment that supports our well-being regardless of our age or infirmity so that we are at our best, our happiest and our healthiest.” With the donors’ blessing, HOME will serve both sisters and others living with dementia. Dementia friendly Our dream HOME rests on three essential building blocks. The first block is relationships. Dementia is a condition. It robs the essence of the person living with dementia....
Sister Thomasine Griffin
...1945 at Immaculate Conception, Norwood Park, Ill. In Chicago, she ministered at Our Lady of Sorrows. Her Indiana classrooms included Holy Cross and St. Joan of Arc, Indianapolis; St. Ann, Terre Haute; and Our Lady of Providence High School, Clarksville. Sister Thomasine spent several years in Massachusetts teaching or serving as principal at St. Rose Grade and High schools, Chelsea, and Cheverus High School, Malden. While on the East Coast, Sister Thomasine served as first councilor and provincial at St....
Newsnotes
...far left, with their “spiritual care” justice award. One of the people who nominated Sister Mary Jo was a heartbroken gentleman who had just lost his wife. He spoke of Sister Mary Jo as “an earthly angel” who had been “sent to hold him together on the most difficult day of his life” and noted that she spoke words of comfort, took his hand in hers and ministered to his spirit. As chaplain at St. Mary’s Medical Center in Apple...