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History Timeline 1840-1926
...memorial in Washington, DC called “The Nuns of the Battlefield” honors the Sisters of Providence and other sisters who helped during the war. Read more about Sisters of Providence during the Civil War. 1863 Sisters of Providence now number 100 members. 1865 President Abraham Lincoln assassinated on Good Friday. General Robert E. Lee officially surrendered on April 9, 1865 and the civil war was officially declared over in August 1866. 1868–1874 Administration of Mother Anastasie Brown 1873 Panic of 1873...
September 28, 2025: Twenty-Sixth Sunday in Ordinary Time
...of Abraham. The rich man also died and was buried, and from the netherworld, where he was in torment, he raised his eyes and saw Abraham far off and Lazarus at his side. And he cried out, ‘Father Abraham, have pity on me. Send Lazarus to dip the tip of his finger in water and cool my tongue, for I am suffering torment in these flames.’ Abraham replied, ‘My child, remember that you received what was good during your lifetime...
September 25, 2022: Twenty-sixth Sunday in Ordinary Time
...of Abraham. The rich man also died and was buried, and from the netherworld, where he was in torment, he raised his eyes and saw Abraham far off and Lazarus at his side. And he cried out, ‘Father Abraham, have pity on me. Send Lazarus to dip the tip of his finger in water and cool my tongue, for I am suffering torment in these flames.’ Abraham replied, ‘My child, remember that you received what was good during your lifetime...
Suzanne Dailey
Sister Suzanne is a native of Lincoln, Nebraska. Currently, she ministers as the Motherhouse resource center coordinator at Saint Mary-of-the-Woods. Sister Suzanne, formerly Sister Suzanne Marie, entered the Congregation on July 22, 1955. She professed final vows on August 15, 1963. She graduated from Saint Mary-of-the-Woods College with a bachelor’s degree in social studies. She also has a master’s degree in United States history from Indiana University, and a doctorate in United States history from the University of St. Louis....
February 25, 2024: Second Sunday of Lent
...might get the impression that he was on board with God’s request. Closer reading suggests Abraham was nervous and hesitant, but he trusted God was up to something he didn’t quite understand. (Child sacrifice was common in Abraham’s day, and the God of Love is making a dramatic point about giving life rather than taking it. These horrid sacrifices were to stop.) Like Abraham, the disciples who witnessed the transfiguration were puzzled by what was taking place, but they knew...
Transformed and transferred: reflection for the transfer of vows of Sister My Huong Pham
...changing thoroughly. It is perhaps also providential that this transfer of perpetual vows is happening during the Sunday of Lent that recounts not only Jesus’ transfiguration, but also remembers Abraham and Sarah’s willingness to give their hearts totally to God. They showed their love for God by placing their only son, the one whom they loved, on the altar of sacrifice. That Lenten message of “rend your hearts, not your garments,” surfaces here in a dramatic way. Transformation Sister My...
Women’s History Month: Mother Theodore and mosquitoes
...the shedding of blood, but this was a night of slaughter. I may say without boasting too much that several of my enemies perished by my hands, but I was sorely wounded. All my Sisters, except Sister Basilide, bore the glorious scars which proved that they, too, had undergone a bloody battle with the mosquitoes.” Abraham Lincoln, when he fought in the Black Hawk War, had a very similar account of these vicious bloodsuckers! Click here to read Lincoln’s story....
A reflection for the 2018 Senior Jubilee Celebration
Happy Feast and, more importantly, Happy Jubilee! As usual, we are honored and humbled by the presence of these 24 Sisters of Providence, whose years of service to God and to the people of God, add up to a collective total of 1,630 years. And though Abraham Lincoln told us — it’s not the years in your life that count; it’s the life in your years — I do think I would be remiss if I didn’t mention the years...
Angels of mercy: Civil War service of the sisters
...before the possibility of war would make it too dangerous to return. Four days later, on April 12, war erupted when Fort Sumter was attacked. Shortly after this first taste of battle, President Lincoln called men to arms and governors scrambled to get their states ready for war. Part of those plans included federalizing hospitals into military hospitals. One such hospital was the disorganized and filthy City Hospital (later known as Military Hospital) in Indianapolis. Indiana Gov. Oliver Perry Morton...
Conscience, Candidates and Discipleship in Voting – Part Three
...it defends liberty as Abraham Lincoln did, when it seeks equality as Martin Luther King did, and when it strives for justice for the oppressed as Dorothy Day did. Let us pray that our nation moves toward such greatness in this election year, and that faith-filled prudent disciples are leading the way. The entire talk may be accessed here. Please share Bishop McElroy’s address with three to five others. Please invite them to share it with their friends and colleagues...
What comes to mind when you think about Thanksgiving?
...holidays “reflected men’s patriotic and political events.” “Should not the women of America have one festival in whose rejoicing they can fully participate?” Her efforts culminated in President Abraham Lincoln’s 1862 proclamation establishing Thanksgiving as a national day of gratitude. However, more than 70 years would pass before the U.S. Congress approved legislation in 1941, ensuring that all Americans would celebrate a unified Thanksgiving on the fourth Thursday of November every year. Sarah Josepha Hale died on April 30, 1879,...
Oral History: Sister Dorothy Gartland
...my chance will come. — Abraham Lincoln The ‘Radical’ in the Family Mom said Dorothy was ‘the radical in the family, always out for the causes.’ By age 16 she was studying the plight of the poor, and unions and organizing, and became more and more involved in working against the injustices she was seeing. “Our neighborhood was segregated. Everywhere was at that time. There were no Black families, just poor families.” Dorothy volunteered at Friendship House in a Black...