Poor Handmaids of Jesus Christ

Beginning in 1967, Ancilla College broadened its liberal arts degree offerings and began admitting students from around the area when it became a commuter college. In 2015, Ancilla opened the first of two newly-built residence halls. They...

Cookies come in all shapes and sizes. From easy to difficult, plain to elaborate, quick or time consuming – cookies can and do fill a void easily when it comes to comfort food. Sugar cookies are easy fill-ins after the holidays and can relate to...

The Amish are our neighbors. They value family, community, frugality, resourcefulness, and reliance on all things natural. They are some of the first recyclers whose mantra is to use it up rather than throw it out. Their intent is to nourish the body...

Dec. 8 — In late afternoon I counted 19 geese cruising on the lake. Maria Center resident, Antoinette, having arrived from an adventure driving the Lewis and Clark trail out west, was good company on several observations during this unseasonable...

It seems Mary Jane Ranek was born with an active adaptability gene, as she seems to thrive in a variety of situations. In 1959 at age 14 she left home and family in Illinois to join a community of other girls entering Ancilla Domini High School in...

When Mother Tabitha turned the first shovel of dirt to break ground for the new Poor Handmaids of Jesus Christ (PHJC) Motherhouse on September 8, 1919, she could never have foreseen the magnitude, the impact, the ripple of service the Poor Handmaid...

Although she was surprised when her name was announced as the 2022 recipient of the Saint Katharina Kasper Award, Delores Evans of Lindenwood Retreat and Conference   Center had a dream about the announcement...

I was born in Northwest Indiana. My father’s parents emigrated from Lithuania and found jobs at Inland Steel. My mother’s parents camefrom Slovakia and found employment at Standard Oil. My Slovak grandmother taught my sister, Sharon, and me our...

Since the last update, Marian University Ancilla College has celebrated the first annual commencement, begun construction of the Bachelor of Nursing Simulation lab, elapsed our first-year operating, received approval for a new academic program, and...

THIS MONTH, JUDY WILLIAMSON OF HERITAGE AND ARCHIVES BEGINS A SERIES TO HELP RIPPLES READERS GET TO KNOW THE PHJC SISTERS. In my own understanding of myself, I was always a “simple peasant girl”, and from my parents I somehow understood that...