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Sister Mary Joanne, better known as Sister Jody, is a Sister of Providence and is an artist-in-residence. She can be found working in the Roethele Studio/Gallery at Saint Mary-of-the-Woods. Visit her online gallery and artist site. Sister Jody is a native of Indianapolis. She entered the Congregation on January 3, 1969 and professed final vows on August 15, 1980. She graduated from Saint Mary-of-the-Woods College with a bachelor’s degree in art education. She also has a master’s degree in religious...

...& music ministry. Weaving alpaca yarn: a productive and beautiful hobby May 2, 2023 Art is prayer January 12, 2023 Sister Kathleen Bernadette Smith: love of God strengthens love of others January 12, 2022 My life with the Violin December 13, 2021 Ministries Sister Jody O’Neil poses next to her finished designed bottles, which are part of the Coca-Cola Bottle Sculptures public art project. Creation Sights Creation Sights is the ministry of Sister Jody O’Neil, the Sisters of Providence artist...

...Slattery Mother Mary Bernard Laughlin Mother Marie Helene Franey Mother Gertrude Clare Owens Mother Rose Angela Horan Mother Mary Pius Regnier Sister Loretta Schafer Sister Anne Doherty Sister Nancy Nolan Sister Diane Ris Sister Ann Margaret O’Hara Sister Denise Wilkinson Sister Dawn Tomaszewski Mission in China 1840–1856 Saint Mother Theodore Guerin Saint Mother Theodore Guerin, foundress of the Sisters of Providence of Saint Mary-of-the-Woods, Ind., has been called a visionary, a model of virtue, and a source of inspiration and...

...young community of women religious who served as teachers and cared for the sick and poor. She would no longer be Anne-Therese but was known by her religious name, Sister St. Theodore. Chronic ill health begins Not long after Sister St. Theodore first entered the Sisters of Providence in France, she began suffering from a chronic health issue that would plague her rest of her life. Sister Mary Cecilia Bailly tells of it in the first biography written on Mother...

...Judith Schubert and Marianne Breen, and Beth Collins and Sister Barbara Battista, SP. The Congregation also recognized the Geoff and Josie Fox Family Foundation; Mary Jo Gallagher; Guerin, Inc.; Mark E. and Marilyn S. Haag; Patricia S. Robak; The William O’Neil Foundation and William J. Witchger for cumulative financial gifts of more than $100,000, by having their names placed on the Rooted in Providence award plaque in Providence Hall. Sister Jody O’Neil accompanies brother on ‘Honor Flight’ Sister Jody and...

Sister Donna, formerly Sister Laurence Therese, was born Donna Joan O’Neill on May 11, 1930. She died on April 22, 2009. She was 78 years old and had been a Sister of Providence for 60 years. Sister Donna entered the Congregation on July 22, 1948. She professed first and final vows on Jan. 23, 1951 and 1956, respectively. For more than four decades, she ministered in education, beginning in 1951 at St. John, Robstown, Texas. She taught in schools in...
This article is reprinted from summer 2007 issue of HOPE. Paint more! Sister Jody O’Neil would love to follow the advice of her long-time spiritual adviser. “That’s his consistent message for me. He said, ‘I wish you didn’t have to worry so much about marketing. Your painting is a gift to the world.” Like many self-employed artists, Sister Jody creates artwork for show and sale. She searches for places to display her creations; she does the pricing, hauling and promoting....

...And we worked very hard. I never worked in the infirmary, I was probably better at scrubbing floors, although it was very tiring. But the novitiate sisters were extremely kind. Sister Marie Ambrose (RIP) was a gentle lady, and Sister Mary Dominica (RIP) was like a grandmother to us. Because we came from the East Coast the four of us rarely had company. Sister Mary Dominica was wonderful to us; it saved the day for me. I was so happy...

For Mike O’Neil, the wait was worth it. Five years ago, the brother of Sister of Providence Sister Jody O’Neil signed up to take part in the annual Indy Veteran Honor Flight, a flight from Indianapolis to Washington, D.C., in which veterans are flown to the nation’s capital and have the opportunity to visit war memorials and more. Sister Jody said Mike was on a wait list until Vietnam veterans were eligible to take part in the honor flights. And...

...Sisters Jody O’Neil and Kate Smith during the entrance procession. 50 year celebrant Sister Jan Craven Sister Patricia Linehan chats with a guest before Mass. Sisters Jody O’Neil and Kate Smith during the entrance procession. 50 year jubilarian Sister Jody O’Neil visits before the Mass. 25 year Jubilarian Sister Pat Linehan greets a sister at the reception. Sister Jody O’Neil greets a guest at the reception Sisters Pat Linehan and Kathleen Smith, two silver jubilarians. Sisters Marianne Ridgell, Jan Craven...

...sisters say they felt a calling or a “nudge” toward becoming a Catholic sister. They were curious and wanted to learn more. The process for determining a call from God to become a Sister of Providence is called discernment. Single, Catholic women between the ages of 18 and 42 are invited to consider religious life as a Sister of Providence. If you feel a nudge toward life as a Catholic sister or would like more information about becoming a Sister...

...Eileen Bonner; (middle row) Sister Joanne Cullins, Sister Rose Virginia Eichman, Sister Brigid Bonner; (back row) Sister Nancy Reynolds, Tom O’Toole, Margo O’Toole, Sister Maria Smith and Sister Barbara Ann Zeller. Present but not pictured – Maria Price. Eileen Rose also left a lasting impression on the teachers with whom she ministered. Martha Brennan sent a long tribute. This is a quote of the first paragraph of the letter she sent to Sister Nancy Reynolds: There are those that simply...