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Providential Connections: Sisters Abroad
...Woods in mid-October, Providence Associate Director Debbie Dillow traveled to Taiwan to receive four women from Taiwan as Providence Associates. Sister Delan Ma had walked with these four women through their year of discernment and learning about the mission of the Sisters of Providence. A fifth associate was welcomed in November. This marks the first time that the director has personally traveled to Taiwan to receive Associate candidates into the Associate relationship. It was one way to personify/manifest the Associate...
The Gift of Being Teachable: Lessons in Being Wonderfully Made in Taiwan
My third volunteer mission experience led me to St. Theresa Opportunity Center in Tainan City, Taiwan, founded by Maryknoll Rev. Brendan O’Connell in 1988. Sister Joan McCarthy, SP, served as the first director of the center. It was first established as a daycare center for people with disabilities in the rural parts of Southern Taiwan. Today, Charity has been the director for more than 20 years to continue the legacy. Preparing for a play performance. In the early stages of...
Adele Beacham
...has ministered as a teacher and in religious education in Indiana and Illinois. Sister Adele Beacham (formerly Sister Joseph Therese) Complete Ministry In Indiana: Teacher, St. Anthony School, Indianapolis (1949-50); Teacher, St. John the Baptist, Fort Wayne (1961-64); Principal, St. John the Baptist, Fort Wayne (1064=60); School Supervisor, Archdiocese of Indianapolis (1969-72); Principal, Holy Cross Central, Indianapolis (1972-79); Religion Educator/Parish Minister, St. Anne/St. Elizabeth, New Castle (1979-80); Pastoral Associate, St. Martin de Porres Parish, Syracuse (1982-87); Director of Development, Sisters...
Carolyn Kessler
...including serving as a teacher at Evansville Reitz Memorial High School from 1964 to 1967. Sister Carolyn Kessler (formerly Sister Ann Carolyn) Complete Ministry In Illinois: Teacher, Marywood, Evanston (1957-64). In Indiana: Teacher, Reitz Memorial High School, Evansville (1964-67); Assistant Professor of Linguistics, Saint Mary-of-the-Woods College (1971-72); Consultant, Floyd Knobs area (2004-06). In Italy: Fulbright Lecturer, University of Rome (1967-68). In Washington, D.C.: University Fellow, Georgetown University (1968-71); Linguistics, Director of ESL Program, Immaculata College (1973-75); Adjunct Lecturer, Trinity College...
Sister Donna Marie Fu
...Haute (1956-57); Teacher, St. Ann School, Terre Haute (1972). In Washington, D.C.: Academic Dean/Director of Continuing Education, Immaculata College (1976-78); College Closure, Immaculata Collage (1978-79). In Taiwan: Director of Novices/Teacher/Dean of Students Personnel/Dean of Studies, Providence College (1968-72); Director of Public Relations/Guidance and Counseling/Psychology, Fu Jen Catholic University, Hsin-Chuang (1979-89); Professor/Director of Public Relations, Fu Jen Catholic University, Taishan (1989-92); Vocation Promoter for Asia/Residential Services, Taishan (2019-22). In China: Professor, SW Normal University, Chongqing (1993-96); Professor, Fujian Normal University, Fuzhou...
Spiritual ministries
...of Saint Mother Theodore Guerin, Our Lady of Providence National Shrine, the Church of the Immaculate Conception and the Blessed Sacrament Chapel. You may visit and pray at several outdoor shrines, an outdoor Stations of the Cross and a labyrinth. You are welcome to join us for Sunday Mass at 11 a.m. and for Taizé prayer at 7 p.m. on the second Tuesday of each month. Other spiritual options Spiritual programming (retreats, workshops, presentations, book studies) and spiritual direction are...
A look back at Educational/Family Services
...in 2002. Sister Elizabeth Meyer helps a boy with his reading at EFS in 2008. Sister Charles Van Hoy and another volunteer tutor meet their tutoring students at the bus stop in front of the Educational/Family Services building in 2012. Math help 2012. Sister Mary Tomlinson, development director for Guerin Outreach Ministries, offers support to Penny Sullivan, right, the program’s director, in 2013. Then-Director of Educational/Family Services Sister Margaret Quinlan works with an adult student in 2000. Sister Marilyn Therese...
Sister Joyce Brophy (formerly Sister Robert Ellen)
...One of the guys in our class suggested we honor Joyce with a monetary gift for her celebration. We did. Amazing after 59 years since we had Joyce at IHM, everyone still remembered her; she definitely was a favorite.” Joyce was appointed Mistress of Postulants in 1965 and then Director of Scholastic Novices in 1968. The change in titles from “mistress” to “director” gives a clue as to the sea change that was happening in the Catholic Church and the...
The Philosophy of Fair Trade
...challenge facing the world” with poverty and economic justice following at 44 percent. However, with fair trade, everyone benefits. If you regularly shop at grocery stores, check out the produce aisles by looking for the fair trade label on items such as avocados, bananas, chocolate/cocoa, coffee, and tea. Fair trade is not limited to agricultural products. You should think about fair trade every time you shop. “Visibility of Fairtrade products has increased since 2021 for nearly all major product categories...
Witness
...execution was upon him. Will mailed his last words to me which, as Providence would have it, came the day after he was executed. At a press conference the morning of Sept. 24, when Christopher Vialva would be executed later that day, I spoke Williams’ last words. He quoted from his spiritual guides – Thomas Merton, Pema Chodron and others. From Kahil Gibran, in The Prophet, Will identified an essential truth: “But I say that even as the Holy and...
WVC adds ‘Real Organic Project’ certification
...protect the integrity of the organic label. Organic farming has always been based on “feed the soil, not the plant.” Young plants inside the greenhouse. Real organic farming relies on the microbial activity of the soil to slowly release nutrients to the plant. In recent years, many organic farmers have grown distraught over USDA decisions that have negated this fundamental truth, even though growing in soil is original to the USDA Organic standards. Further, rules have been overlooked regarding the...
Everything is Connected – Our Consumption
...plastic particles themselves and the chemicals used in their manufacture. What Needs to Change? We need to move beyond consume-and-throwaway systems toward circular approaches that work within ecological limits. This means reusing, recycling and sharing materials and products. Governments must do more to make companies accountable for the impacts of their activities and supply chains. They also need to help consumers make sustainable choices, for example, through targeted taxation and requirements for clearer labeling on goods. Households and firms should...