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Sandy Scroggins: Providence is ‘like a beautiful dance’

By Connie McCammon | February 9, 2010 |

Providence Associate Sandy Scroggins of Brazil, Ind., has worked side-by-side with the Sisters of Providence since 1994 when she was employed in the Congregation’s Mission Advancement office. Today Sandy serves…

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Jenny Nowalk: getting closer to Mother Theodore

By Connie McCammon | January 26, 2010 |

1.) Share with us a little about yourself. I live in Culver, Ind. I have been married for 32 years this June. My husband, Bob, and I have five children…

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Lorraine Kirker: ‘the early stage of a journey’

By Connie McCammon | January 5, 2010 |

1.) Share with us a little about yourself. I live on Whidbey Island in Washington state. Whidbey is a long (about 52 miles in length) and narrow (about four miles…

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Questions for a spiritual director

By Connie McCammon | January 5, 2010 |

Connie Schnapf, a Providence Associate from Newburgh, Ind., sought spiritual direction many years ago because she desired a deeper relationship with God. After much discernment, Connie, who serves as the…

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Susan “Sue” Weber: achieving an inner wholeness

By Connie McCammon | October 8, 2009 |

1.) Share a little about yourself. I live in Bluffton, S.C. (about 25 miles from Savannah, Georgia and 10 miles from Hilton Head Island). Prior to moving here we lived…

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Ching Yi Tsai: trusting in Providence

By Connie McCammon | September 9, 2009 |

Providence Candidate-Associate Ching Yi Tsai is Taiwanese living in Taiwan with her husband, Jose Ernesto Parra Cortes, a Columbian, and their two children, Gabriel, 7, and Amparo, 5. Her husband…

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Rosaline Secrest: finding the authentic Church

By Connie McCammon | September 1, 2009 |

Although Providence Associate Rosaline Secrest has a Brazil, Ind., (Clay County) address and telephone number, she and her husband, Harry, reside in the northeast corner of Vigo County. Married 34…

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Mel Wolff: one of Mother Theodore’s daughters

By Connie McCammon | August 31, 2009 |

Mel Marino Wolff is a life-long Chicagoan. She comes from a big family with eight younger brothers. Mel has two grown daughters — twins. Mara is the associate marketing director…

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Peggy Balensuela: finding a home for her spirit

By Connie McCammon | June 24, 2009 |

1.) Share a little about yourself. I grew up in northern Wisconsin in a small dairy-farming community right in the heart of “Packer country.” I attended Indiana University in Bloomington…

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Lenore Renier: no ‘gesture of heroism’ needed

By Connie McCammon | June 23, 2009 |

1.) Share a little about yourself. Life began in Chicago and our family has stayed with our roots, not moving much farther than a few miles from our birthplace. My…

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Sandra Hartlieb: a passion for Mother Theodore

By Connie McCammon | June 2, 2009 |

Sandra Hartlieb and her husband, Ron, have been married 39 years and reside in Indianapolis. They have a married son and daughter and three “exceptional grandboys.” Sandra and Ron are…

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Donna Stites: wanting to be seen as somebody

By Connie McCammon | April 16, 2009 |

A drug dealer, a prostitute, a murderer — that’s how many people view 46-year-old Donna Stites. Donna has been in prison for murder since 1984. Today, her world is inside…

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Providence Associates are diverse individuals. Women and men of faith walking with the Sisters of Providence on their journey with God. Get to know a little about these individual Providence Associates and how they live out their Providence journeys.

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