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Missionary spirit of Saint Mother Theodore Guerin
...German community in the southern part of the state. The school opened in the spring of 1842 with 50 students. Later that spring she opened a free school for the children in the area around Saint Mary-of-the Woods. In October of that year they opened a school in St. Francisville, Ill., with an enrollment of 60 pupils. Just as the little community was settling in, a devastating fire destroyed all of their provisions for the winter ahead. They lost 150...
Sister Jacquelyn Hoffman
...uncomfortable feeling within me. It was always during my last class of the day – French with Sister Gertrude Margaret. I just knew what it meant. Was God really calling me? There seemed to be no escape! What a gentle, persistent and loving God! During retreat that spring I talked to the priest, and then in my heart I made the decision to say “yes.” I’m sure that the seed planted by God many years ago was nurtured by the...
Sister Jeanette Marie Lucinio
...that’s what attracted people to Jesus. They always felt his attractiveness was his hospitality. He welcomed them into his circle and never pushed anyone away.” Favorites vacation spot: the mountains least favorite subject: math time of the day: early dawn If I could invite one person for dinner: Brian Swimm season: spring saint: Therese of Lisieux style of music: classical scripture: “God so loved the world…” holiday: Easter movie: “My Big Fat Greek Wedding” flower: flowering trees in the spring...
Sister Terri Boland
...younger brothers who were 11 and 13 years younger than me. I loved to explore the farms of my grandparents and aunts and uncles. Favorites Flower/plant: Four o’clocks. Book: Last Child in the Woods by Richard Louv. Recreation: Bowling. Hobby: Gardening (Master Gardener; photography, worm farmer). Musician: John Denver. Animal: Cats. Scripture passage: Seed grows of itself. Mark 4; 26-29. Dessert: Fresh blackberries and raspberries. Time of day: Morning. Season: All four, but spring with the arrival of spring flowers....
All things possible with Sister Terri Boland
...of Providence and Saint Mary-of-the-Woods College entrance with an SMWC student in 2010. Sister Terri loves to garden. Here are some of Sister Terri’s favorites: Flower/plant: Four o’clocks Book: Last Child in the Woods by Richard Louv Recreation: Bowling Hobby: Gardening (Master Gardener; photography, worm farmer) Musician: John Denver Animal: Cats Scripture passage: Seed grows of itself. Mark 4; 26-29 Dessert: Fresh blackberries and raspberries Time of day: Morning Season: All four, but spring with the arrival of spring flowers....
Life in the Weihsien internment camp, 1943
...Russell, Mary Margaretta Grussinger and Bernadette Ma. I was recently looking for something in Against All Odds: Sisters of Providence Mission to the Chinese (a great book by Sister Ann Colette Wolf) and in the process got quite distracted by “Chapter Seven: Internment.” It tells, in nicely sourced detail, its underlying story of 10 Sisters of Providence and their time as “civilian enemy nationals” in a Japanese internment camp 70 years ago this spring. It’s a story of challenge and...
The Helping Hands thrift store: making a difference a quarter at a time
Faithful volunteers at The Helping Hands, from left, Milly Barbour, Bonnie Monaghan and Carol Robinson, have fun together while sorting and hanging clothes. Editor’s note: This article was originally published in the spring 2014 issue of HOPE magazine. Who would have guessed so much good could be done with a quarter? But plenty has in West Terre Haute, Ind. One quarter at a time. A group of dedicated volunteers working together seem to make those quarters rain down from heaven...
From foodie to environmentalist
Lorrie Heber became the White Violet Center for Eco-Justice director during the spring of 2014. If you know how to cut up a whole chicken, grow your own vegetables or ever watched Julia Child’s cooking show you might have something in common with the new director of White Violet Center (WVC). Lorrie Heber is a foodie, but don’t expect her to have a snobbish attitude about it. She wants to share her love of food with everyone! She is passionate...
Life is changed … not ended
...for letting go and preparing for the season ahead. Day by day, hour by hour, the leaves drop — sometimes with a quiet gentleness and sometimes harshly amidst strong winds and rain. They appear to die, yet rather, they are transformed into a rich mulch that nurtures the dormant life within the tree until once again spring arrives. So too, the barren trees, their bare branches reaching upward, hold life within in a different way, a way we do not...
Care of Earth attracts new members
...she made a point of learning more about WVC. “I wanted to learn more about how the roots of this center were growing out of the spirituality of the SPs.” Sister Arrianne Whitaker, foreground, then a novice sister, joins other volunteers in planting spring crops at White Violet Center for Eco-Justice in 2012. Called to eco-justice For Sister Corbin Hannah, also a sister still in her early years with the Congregation, a White Violet Center for Eco-Justice banner at the...
Spring
When all that deep down pregnant life hidden in winter darkness breaks through barren ground bursts through buds of bushes and branches extravagant with color vibrant with energy accompanied by exquisite psalm songs bird choirs perform. Beauty calling the world once again to lavish gentleness and new life. Donna Butler, SP 3/21/2016...
Our Lady of Providence; Queen of the “Lake” Home
...lake house venture would flourish under the patronage of Our Lady with this entitlement, Mary Lou obtained the picture from the gift shop at Saint Mary-of-the-Woods. Thus it was that this portrait held a prominent place in the lake house for 22 years. There it was that family members gathered frequently on weekends during the spring time, summer, and autumn seasons, national holidays or special occasions assuring the presence of swarms of aunt, uncles, cousins and friends. Through the years...