Diane Ris

Sister Diane Ris, S.P.
Sister Diane Ris (right) with a friend in July 2008.
Nationality	United States
Title	General Superior of the Sisters of Providence of Saint Mary-of-the-Woods
Predecessor	Sister Nancy Nolan, S.P.
Successor	Sister Ann Margaret O'Hara, S.P.
Religion	Roman Catholic

Sister Diane Ris, S.P., was the Superior General of the Sisters of Providence of Saint Mary-of-the-Woods, Indiana from 1996-2001. During her term, revised versions of the congregation's Constitutions and Complementary Document (1997) were published. Ris also continued the process of the canonization of the order's foundress, Theodore Guerin, including the beatification ceremony in Rome in October 1998. She was also present for the final canonization ceremonies in October 2006.

Ris was behind a major effort during the Catholic Jubilee year of 2000 to forgive the debt of three sponsored institutions of the Congregation. Through this campaign, $1,567,466 was forgiven.

References

• Logan, Eugenia (1978). History of the Sisters of Providence of Saint Mary-of-the-Woods: Volume II. Saint Mary-of-the-Woods, Indiana: Sisters of Providence. 

• Sisters of Providence. "Sister Diane Ris". http://www.spsmw.org/SistersofProvidence/History/Generalsuperiors/SisterDianeRis19962001/tabid/1252/Default.aspx. Retrieved December 22, 2009. 

• Wyand, Mary Ann (March 5, 1999). "Church in Indiana honors Blessed Mother Theodore Guerin". The Criterion. Archdiocese of Indianapolis. http://www.archindy.org/criterion/local/causes/guerin-celebration.htm. Retrieved December 23, 2009. 

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Preceded by Sister Nancy Nolan, S.P.	General Superior of the Sisters of Providence of Saint Mary-of-the-Woods 1996 - 2001	Succeeded by Sisters Ann Margaret O'Hara, S.P.

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