May 25, 2011 // Local
Providence foundress honored
By Mark Weber
Bishop John M. D’Arcy, bishop-emeritus, Diocese of Fort Wayne-South Bend, conducted a brief dedicatory ceremony at the Catholic Cemetery of Fort Wayne on Saturday, May 21. Recognizing St. Mother Theodore Guérin as the foundress of The Sisters of Providence in America and as the foundress of Catholic education in Fort Wayne, the bishop blessed a statue and, in the Guérin Mausoleum, a plaque honoring Our Lady of Providence. The statue was donated in memory of Richard and Marcella Ankenbruck and the chapel plaque in memory of Larry A. Amstutz, Jr.
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