Saint Mother Theodore Guerin
Do extraordinary things: Foundation Day 2012
Happy Foundation Day! We celebrate with deep gratitude the six Sisters of Providence who arrived here 172 years ago today! I know you can name them – Mother Theodore Guerin, Sister St. Vincent Gagé, Sister Basilide Sénéchal, Sister Olympiade Boyer, Continue Reading »
St. Benedict Parish blesses Saint Mother Theodore statue
The warmth of the sun, the beauty of the fall season and the friendliness of St. Benedict parishioners set the tone for a special blessing during the church’s Oct. 7 Eucharistic Liturgy. Sisters of Providence, guests of St. Benedict, attended Continue Reading »
Asking questions: Feast Day 2012
A couple of years ago, two sisters provided me with something to smile over, puzzle about, and learn from. At the time, we Sisters of Providence were in the midst of making an important decision. As always, there were different Continue Reading »
Why I love Mother Theodore
I’m not the kind of person who idolizes others, since nobody’s perfect; so I’ve acquired a habit of giving people I admire honorary status as one of my relatives. (You can love Great-Grandma without agreeing with everything she says at Continue Reading »
Why relocate the shrine of Saint Mother Theodore?
I have often been in the Church of the Immaculate Conception at Saint Mary-of-the-Woods and been inspired by the presence of individuals or groups of visitors to the interim shrine of Saint Mother Theodore Guerin and by the fact that Continue Reading »
The power of this place
Why do people go to shrines and make pilgrimages? What happens to them while in the presence of a saint or sacred person? When I have asked several people why they came — why come to this shrine of Saint Continue Reading »
CNN shares Mother Theodore’s journey to sainthood
This article is reprinted from the summer 2012 issue of HOPE. Cable News Network (CNN) searches worldwide for intriguing stories to share with its millions of viewers. So, when CNN contacted the Congregation in October 2011 to inquire about sharing Continue Reading »
Saint Mother Theodore Guerin 2011 Fest attendees find experience ‘moving’
See photos below Spiritual … Peaceful … Interesting … Very moving. These words were used to describe the Oct 21-23 Saint Mother Theodore Guerin Fest conducted during a glorious fall weekend at Saint Mary-of-the-Woods, Ind. And Fest participants, who came Continue Reading »
Foundation Day 2011
Happy Foundation Day! We thank our Provident God for the lives of our six foundresses: Sister St. Vincent Ferrer Gagé, Sister Basilide Sénéchal, Sister Olympiade Boyer, Sister Mary Xavier Lerée and Sister Mary Liguouri Tiercin and Mother Theodore Guérin. Let Continue Reading »
What have we to do in order to become saints?
Happy Feast! It’s good to be here with the usual suspects — SPs, Providence Associates, SP and PHC staff, colleagues and alumnae from SMWC, our close neighbors from the Village and West Terre Haute and Terre Haute. As always, we Continue Reading »