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Frances Ginther awarded Guerin Outreach Ministries Leadership and Advocacy Award

By Amy Miranda | November 1, 2013 | Comments Off on Frances Ginther awarded Guerin Outreach Ministries Leadership and Advocacy Award

“Frances Ginther for many years has been our business advisor and consultant, our listening post and advice giver and, more than anything else, our animator and our friend,” Sister Patty Fillenwarth, president of Guerin Outreach Ministries, said in presenting the 2013 Guerin Outreach Ministries Leadership and Advocacy Award.

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First-generation American gives back at Providence Family Services in Chicago

By Amy Miranda | June 16, 2012 |

Carla Hernandez is a first-generation American and a first generation college student. Growing up in a family that emigrated from Mexico and as a child of a single parent, Carla…

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Guerin Outreach Ministries: Catholic religious sisters offer English classes, friendship to residents of St. Anthy Trailer Park in rural Mecca, Calif.

By Amy Miranda | June 6, 2012 | Comments Off on Guerin Outreach Ministries: Catholic religious sisters offer English classes, friendship to residents of St. Anthy Trailer Park in rural Mecca, Calif.

Martha Arrendondo is 46 years old and has been in the United States for 26 years. She works in the grape fields in and around the Coachella Valley in California.…

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Sisters with California’s Providence in the Desert offer English classes, friendship

By Amy Miranda | June 6, 2012 |

Martha Arrendondo is 46 years old and has been in the United States for 26 years. She works in the grape fields in and around the Coachella Valley in California.…

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Sister Betty Smigla joins Guerin Outreach Ministries board

By Amy Miranda | May 3, 2012 | Comments Off on Sister Betty Smigla joins Guerin Outreach Ministries board

Sister Betty Smigla, SP, was recently appointed to the Guerin Outreach Ministries board of directors. Early in S. Betty’s life as a Sister of Providence, she spent seven years ministering…

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Providence Family Services Volunteer Sister Dorothy Gartland receives Guerin Outreach Ministries Leadership and Advocacy Award

By Amy Miranda | October 24, 2011 | Comments Off on Providence Family Services Volunteer Sister Dorothy Gartland receives Guerin Outreach Ministries Leadership and Advocacy Award

What does a woman who spent her life bringing about education and justice do in her retirement? Well if it’s Sister Dorothy Gartland of Providence Family Services in Chicago, she…

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Energetic Providence in the Desert founder focuses on education, justice while celebrating 60 years as a Sister of Providence

By Amy Miranda | June 28, 2011 | Comments Off on Energetic Providence in the Desert founder focuses on education, justice while celebrating 60 years as a Sister of Providence

The trailer park residents at the east end of the Coachella Valley in Southern California are some of the poorest people in the United States. Mostly immigrant farm workers from…

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Banco Popular supports local mental health with Providence Family Services grant

By Sisters of Providence | January 6, 2010 | Comments Off on Banco Popular supports local mental health with Providence Family Services grant

Banco Popular recently brought to life their motto ‘Together we can make it happen’ by donating $3000 to Providence Family Services’ counseling program. Providence Family Services (PFS) of Chicago is…

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Sister Marie McCarthy awarded first-ever Guerin Outreach Ministries Leadership and Advocacy Award

By Sisters of Providence | November 29, 2009 | Comments Off on Sister Marie McCarthy awarded first-ever Guerin Outreach Ministries Leadership and Advocacy Award

Guerin Outreach Ministries, Inc., at their first annual meeting on Oct. 21, awarded the newly created Guerin Outreach Ministries Leadership and Advocacy Award to Sister Marie McCarthy, SP. Sister Marie…

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Sister Charles Van Hoy awarded the Edward N. Howard Literacy Award

By Sisters of Providence | May 2, 2009 | Comments Off on Sister Charles Van Hoy awarded the Edward N. Howard Literacy Award

Sister Charles Van Hoy was awarded the Edward N. Howard Literacy Award by the Wabash Valley Literacy Coalition on April 23. Sister Charles currently ministers at Educational/Family Services in West…

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Sister Charles Van Hoy helps children find success at EFS

By Sisters of Providence | December 1, 2008 | Comments Off on Sister Charles Van Hoy helps children find success at EFS

To walk into Educational/Family Services in West Terre Haute on a Wednesday after school is to walk into a bustle of activity. It is a place to find masters at…

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