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Sister Andre Panepinto
...welcome you to share your memories of Sister Andre in the comment section below. Sister Andre Panepinto Complete Ministry In Illinois: Teacher, Maternity BVM, Chicago (1965-68); Teacher, Immaculate Heart, Galesburg (1968-72, Teacher, Costa Catholic, Galesburg (1972-74); Teacher/Principal, Costa Catholic, Galesburg (19787-80); Principal, St. Dennis, Lockport (1980-87); Convent Service, River Grove (2015-18). In Indiana: Director of the Learning Resource Center, Saint Mary-of-the-Woods College (1988-92); Residential Services, Saint Mary-of-the-Woods (2018-22); Prayer for Vocations, Saint Mary-of-the-Woods (2022-25). In Massachusetts: Teacher, St. Rose School,...
Honoring the Past, Supporting the Future: Our Educational Mission Today
...have any Sisters of Providence on staff? It goes far beyond the financial support that is given through grants and gifts. The sisters continue to be very involved in the schools, serving as Board members and providing a presence in the classroom and beyond. Building Relationships For example, Sister Joni Luna, Vocations Director for the Sisters of Providence, visits Providence Cristo Rey about twice each month. Sometimes she visits classrooms and gives talks. Often she works with the campus minister,...
A Reflection for the 2024 Senior Jubilarians
...their grief, spent some time under house arrest, guided those seeking their own vocations to religious life, and used your hands to soothe souls whether by playing music or providing healing massage. Dare I say it again, “You have been astonishing!” The 2024 Sisters of Providence Senior Jubilarians included (front, from left) Sister Mildred Giesler, Sister Dorothy Larson, Sister Connie Kramer, Sister Ann Sullivan, Sister Kathleen Dede, (second row) Sister Marilyn Trobaugh, Sister Maria Smith, Sister Carole Ann Fedders, (third...
A response from the Leadership Conference of Women Religious to These Times
...well as choices being made by citizens, point to a rapid dismantling of values that we consider bedrock for the future of the global community. Sister Marilu Covani at an immigration rally in Terre Haute. During these years, we have continuously discerned how we, as women religious, can most effectively respond to these shifts. Recent changes in this nation point to a need for us to consider this question with great seriousness and to live our vocational call as women...
Sister Paula Damiano: Full Circle
Sister Paula Damiano recently retired after serving as co-director of the Providence Spirituality & Conference Center (PSCC) at Saint Mary-of-the-Woods since 2012. Retirement offered her the opportunity for a sabbatical before Providence took her in new and energizing directions. The first thing Sister Paula did was rest. Before her role at PSCC, she had served on Sisters of Providence leadership team for 10 years and before that as the Congregation’s vocation director. It took her slowing down to realize how...
My Third Great-Aunt
...in the history of the Sisters of Providence. She was in Saint Mary-of-the-Woods community from 1845 until her death in 1916. She was loyal, a hard worker and devoted to her vocation. Our Grandfather, Bill Hamant, was very proud of Sister Rose. He had her picture for many years. Before he died, he gave my mother the picture to pass down to family members. Grandfather Bill was born in 1887, so he must have known her, possibly visiting Saint Mary-of-the-Woods...
A Reflection for the 2025 Silver and Golden Jubilee
...expressed itself in a very special way through our vocation as Sisters of Providence during the past 50 and for Janice, 25 years. In the winters of our sorrow and struggle, in the summers of joy and peace, in every season, we have been held, nurtured, challenged, prayed for and loved by a community where we call each other sister and an extended community of associates, family, friends and ministry partners. I would like to believe that we are a...
July 20, 2025: Sixteenth Sunday in Ordinary Time
...about many things. There is need of only one thing. Mary has chosen the better part and it will not be taken from her.” Reflection “It is not necessary that you should have a feeling sense of the Divine Presence during your daily occupations; that is not practicable in our vocation of an active life. Make a good offering … to God in the morning, and then from time to time during the day … Know that in sewing for...
Sisters Ann Duong, Maité Rodriguez-Mora enter novitiate
...will enter the next phase of becoming a Sister of Providence,” Sister Ann said. “In addition, I pray to Mary to protect my vocation and help me remain faithful to my call.” “The Canonical Novitiate is a once-in-a-lifetime gift when in our formation, we will have time to learn the community and Church history, participate through the formation process in an Intercommunity Novitiate Program at CTU Catholic Theological Union (located in Chicago) and more dedicate time to study scriptures, instruction,...
Sister Joyce Brophy (formerly Sister Robert Ellen)
...retirement years beginning in 1999, she enjoyed volunteer ministries with The Connecting Link, Providence Spirituality & Conference Center, Residential Services and Prayer ministry. She prayed especially for vocations. We all know none of us is perfect — even Joyce. Though always fair and firm, she had a stubborn streak as well. And very outspoken. An example of stubborn: I was one of Joyce’s Health Care Representatives. At every quarterly care plan meeting, the dietary representative would ask Joyce about the...
2025 Reflection for Providence Associate Commitment Liturgy
...up the entire community. For us, that community IS the Body of Christ. Theologian Bernard Lee calls charism a historical burst of energy. As associates, you have your own vocation to this charism; you are not a subset of the Sisters of Providence. You stand alongside us in service to God and to the charism and mission God has gifted us with. General Councilor Sister Anne Therese Falkenstein offered the welcome to the 2025 Providence Associates Rite of Commitment and...
Oral History: Sister Carol Nolan
...religious vocation, she was very interested in attending Saint Mary-of-the-Woods College, and she did want to further her music. The gift of musical talent has been hers from birth. Her father was musical and took voice lessons to improve his own voice. He recited poetry and was a terrific pianist who played by ear and taught his children the popular songs from the 1920s and 30s. Her siblings played music. This was a bright, talented and musical family. Sister Carol...