August 21, 2020

Two members of the Sisters of Providence profess vows on July 26

On July 26, two members of the Sisters of Providence of Saint Mary-of-the Woods professed vows in a ceremony in the religious community’s Church of the Immaculate Conception on the grounds of its motherhouse in St. Mary-of-the-Woods.

Providence Sister Corbin HannahProvidence Sister Corbin Hannah professed final vows during the ceremony.

Born in Elizabethtown, Ky., Sister Corbin later lived in Indianapolis where she was a member of St. Thomas Aquinas Parish. She is a graduate of the University of Indianapolis where she earned a bachelor’s degree in German and youth ministry.

Sister Corbin entered the Sisters of Providence on Sept. 14, 2009. Since then, she has ministered in the archdiocese as a certified nurses assistant at A Caring Place Adult Day Services in Indianapolis and as a certified nurse’s aide at Providence Self-Sufficiency Ministries in Georgetown in the New Albany Deanery.

Currently, Sister Corbin serves as a case manager for a street outreach program of the YMCA of Greater Louisville.

Providence Sister Teresa KangProvidence Sister Teresa Kang professed first vows during the July 26 ceremony.

A native of Taiwan, Sister Teresa lived in the Asian island nation’s capital of Taipei before entering the Sisters of Providence in September 2017.

She previously earned a bachelor’s degree in religious sciences at Fu Jen Catholic University in New Taipei City.

Since entering the Sisters of Providence, Sister Teresa has received formation as a religious and has studied English at DePaul University in Chicago. She hopes eventually to earn a degree in pastoral counseling.

 

(For more information about the Sisters of Providence of Saint Mary-of-the-Woods, visit www.SistersofProvidence.org.) †

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