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Kathy Johnson: ‘I now look at life differently’
...Care and visiting with two of the sisters. I am in hopes that I will be able to devote some time tutoring at Educational/Family Services [or “the house on 150”]. 6.) What role has Providence played in your life? Thanks to Sisters Paula, Mary Alice Zander [director of Providence Associates] and Diane Mason [assistant director], I am truly beginning to see what Providence is. It was clear to me that it existed all around me. In everything I see, touch,...
Providence Food Pantry goes mobile!
For one housing unit in West Terre Haute, Providence Food Pantry has stepped up its game. After discussions with Providence Housing Corporation, Inc. Director Lynn Holloman, Providence Food Pantry Director Sister Maureen Fallon, SP, agreed to install a mobile food pantry for residents of the senior affordable housing unit. Residents of Providence Housing Corporation, Inc. at one of the Providence Food Pantry mobile drops. “A lot of the people who live there do not have vehicles,” Sister Maureen said. “While...
Sister Rose Louise Schafer
...the region and then the province were set up and operational,” explained Sister Nancy. From 1971 to 1975, Sister Rose Louise ministered as a teacher at St. Philip Neri, Indianapolis, as well as director of retirement for the province. She then entered a new ministry as director of religious education (DRE) at St. John Parish, Loogootee, Ind., and later as DRE of St. Anne Parish, New Castle, Ind. She served as the receptionist at Providence Retirement Home, New Albany, Ind.,...
Sister Sue Pietrus
...clan, there was always a bag filled with craft projects for the kids to work on accompanied by an array of everyone’s favorite candy to help you through the project. After her godson Ben learned that Sue had died, he told his Mom that he had a hankering to go to the dollar store in her honor. Her spiritual director suggested her giving gifts was her way to stay connected to the people who meant the most to her because...
Sister Mary Adrian Jaroch
...for a number of years, at our Motherhouse infirmary, as well as in hospice care in Connecticut and Cook County, Illinois. She had various roles as a nurse: School nurse, nursing supervisor, geriatric nurse, hospice nurse, director of nursing, nurse educator and nurse consultant. After her retirement from active nursing, she continued serving sisters in the Chicago area who needed care when they were ill and served in St. Zachary Parish in Des Plaines for many years as visitor and...
Sisters of Providence welcome new postulant
...also from Stephanie’s hometown of Corpus Christi, Texas. For Stephanie, her discernment process actually began in 2019 as she investigated many other congregations. But after meeting with Sisters of Providence Vocations Director, Sister Joni Luna, SP, she felt God nudging her closer and closer to the Sisters of Providence. “I always came back here,” Stephanie Said. “Sister Joni always reached out to me. It started in 2020 through social media.” Stephanie has a bachelor’s degree in management from Our Lady...
Sister Adele Beacham (formerly Sister Joseph Therese)
...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 of Providence, Saint Mary-of-the-Woods (1987-90); Director of Religious Education, Sacred Heart Parish, .Terre Haute (1993-98); Volunteer, Liturgy and Sisters of Providence Ministries, Saint Mary-of-the-Woods (1998-2001); Wellness Ministry Staff and Sisters of Providence Ministries, Saint Mary-of-the-Woods (2001-02); Ministry of Care Volunteer, Saint Mary-of-the-Woods (2002-06); Providence Food Pantry/Ministry of Care/Women’s Prison, Saint Mary-of-the-Woods (2006-14); Providence Food Pantry,...
Ask Sister Dina: how long does it take to become a sister?
...tour during a Come and See Weekend retreat. Those who discern a call to become a Catholic religious sister must first be a practicing Roman Catholic. (We’ve had at least one sister hear the call before she became Catholic, so her first step was the Rite of Christian Initiation of Adults (RCIA), a program which introduces a person to the Catholic faith). Seeking spiritual direction, visiting and getting to know more about Congregations of religious sisters, even doing some web...
Moving Ahead: Providence Food Pantry
Before becoming the Director of Providence Food Pantry, Sister Maureen Fallon, SP, ministered as an Assistant Principal for Curriculum and Instruction at Bishop McNamara Catholic School in Kankakee, Illinois. While in that ministry, every time she came back to Saint Mary-of-the-Woods, the Sister of Providence who entered the Congregation in 1977 always supported the pantry. Sister Norene Wu volunteering at Providence Food Pantry. But when she took over running the food pantry for Sister Joseph Fillenwarth, SP, two years ago,...
Sister Francetta Brown
...Ladywood, Indianapolis; and Our Lady of Providence, Clarksville. She taught a portion of one year at Marywood School, Orange, Calif. Sister Francetta’s ministry at the secondary level also included serving as principal at Ladywood and Rivet High School, Vincennes, Ind. In 1983, Sister Francetta’s ministry focus changed, and she served for two years as the assistant director of development at Saint Mary-of-the-Woods. From 1985 to 1991, she served St. John the Baptist Parish and School in Montgomery, Ala., in a...
2010 Rite of Commitment
...Sister Denise’s reflection.) Twenty Providence Candidate-Associates made their first commitments during a Eucharistic Liturgy. Later in the ceremony, 60 Providence Associates from all over the country renewed their commitments. Joining in this afternoon of celebration were Sisters of Providence, family and friends. General Officer Sister Jane Marie Osterholt, liaison to Providence Associates, welcomed everyone to the ceremony. She also expressed how everyone greatly missed the physical presence Sister Mary Alice Zander, director of Providence Associates. Sister Mary Alice was unable...
2009 Rite of Commitment
Nov. 7, 2009, was a glorious day for 23 Providence Candidate-Associates who made their commitments as associates in the Church of the Immaculate Conception. The beautiful day filled each candidate as well as the church with energy and excitement. The only missing pieces were Providence Associate Director Sister Mary Alice Zander and Providence Candidate-Associate Sharon Medicis Michaud. Both women were unable to attend because of health challenges. Sister Diane Mason, Providence Associate assistant director, admirably filled the leadership role and...