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May 18, 2021 | 2:21 PM
SAINT MARY-OF-THE-WOODS, Ind. (WTWO/WAWV) Sisters of Providence of Saint Mary-of-the-Woods announced Monday they will reopen all public grounds and buildings on Monday, May 24. Additionally, public mass at the Church of the Immaculate Conception is returning and will begin 11 a.m. on Sunday, May 23.
In a press release sent Monday, the Catholic women’s congregation announced all sisters have been fully vaccinated for COVID-19 and are eager to welcome visitors again. Many of the campus buildings and public facilities have been shut down since March 2020 and many of the sisters have been very cautious and isolated since then, General Superior Sister Dawn Tomaszewski said.
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COVID-19 outbreak at Indiana religious order kills 2 sisters
January 27, 2021 GMT
TERRE HAUTE, Ind. (AP) A western Indiana order of nuns is facing a COVID-19 outbreak that has killed two sisters and two residents at a long-term care unit on the order’s campus, a spokesman says.
The precise number of COVID-19 cases at the Sisters of Providence of St. Mary-of-the-Woods was not available Wednesday, said spokesman Jason Moon. But all sisters and residents in long-term care at Providence Health Care who have tested positive are in isolation, he told the Tribune-Star.
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Moon said two sisters have died from complications of COVID-19, as have two residents in the long-term care unit at the healthcare center, which is open to local residents in need of long-term care or rehabilitation.