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General Superior summons foundress to support new SMWC president
...in your interactions with others the living out of advice Mother Theodore gave to a sister just named superior of a local convent: ‘The talent of a good Superior is … to require of each one only what she can give.’ May you continue to experience the gifts of wisdom this requires! The office of president brings blessings and trials. Through it all may you continue to rely on the presence of God in your life, may you continue to...
Novena to Saint Mother Theodore Guerin
...God’s will, I ask for this favor. (Mention your need or concern.) Please send your blessings to me. Stay by my side, my dear Anne Therese Guerin. Amen. Day 6 In your lifetime, you relied on Saint Joseph, the Patron of the Church, to join with you in asking for God’s Providence to intervene … and it did! I can only imagine the great love that flows between your two sacred souls … as you and Saint Joseph share the...
Reflections from our Golden Jubilees
...life and ministry as a Sister of Providence. I am grateful to our Provident God, who called me to this marvelous vocation and who has been faithful to me every step of this amazing journey. I have been immensely blessed with opportunities to share this Providence as teacher, youth minister, pastoral associate, provincial councilor, and director of novices; the blessings have been no less in relationships with family, friends, community members, Providence Associates, and the many women and men with...
Giving thanks from the heart
...was deep within her. Yes, Thanksgiving is about family. A delicious dinner. Sharing laughter and good conversation. But it is also about thanking God for the blessings we have been given. For the good memories we hold onto within our hearts. For the lives we have been involved with. And for the blessings of family and friends. If you are real and true to yourself, your thank you will be felt all over the world. Whether it is from a...
Stitching a thanksgiving “quilt of words” together
...joy overflow as I recall the abundant blessings of your grace!” From the prayer sent in our SP monthly mailing: It begins with this quote from President Abraham Lincoln as he inaugurated a national day of thanksgiving in 1863: “The year that is drawing toward its close has been filled with blessings of fruitful fields and healthful skies. To these bounties, which are so constantly enjoyed that we are prone to forget the source from which they come others have...
Sister Joanna Valentino (formerly Sister Marie Dominic)
...As the ground sometimes shifted beneath her feet causing her hopes to sway and her dreams to totter, because she lived in the Spirit, she faithfully held firm to the embrace of her provident God. She knew that even though she was being challenged, nudged, encouraged to do something new for the Church and the world God understood; and, she was filled again with a sense of wonder and amazement at Providence’s endless blessings. She didn’t grumble about the demands...
A Providence Associate’s look at Chapter
...Associate while at Saint Mary-of-the-Woods for Chapter. Here Sister Dawn Tomaszewski at left and Providence Associate Debbie Dillow at right, join with other sisters and associates to pray a blessing over Kaitlyn during her recommitment. I imagine seldom in my life will I be grateful to not have money for a trip to France. This summer, however, was a prime example of how Providence can work in our lives not only through the blessings we are given, but the blessings...
Fuchsia folder holds thank-you letters and blessings
Executive Director Sister Ann Casper signs what she hopes are the last thank-you letters to be transported in the historic fuchsia folder. Her new folder is navy twill. Have you ever had an article of clothing that long ago had served its purpose, but you just couldn’t bear to part with it? How about a fuchsia-colored, plastic folder? Well, probably not … but that’s what I can hardly bear to part with! After all, before I became director of our...
Newsnotes
Blessings of Our Lady of Providence Guests from the Terre Haute and Indianapolis areas joined the Sisters of Providence in celebrating the Feast of Our Lady of Providence on Nov. 19 at Saint Mary-of-the-Woods. The Mass included a special blessing for families in honor of Our Lady of Providence, Queen of the Home. Sustainable Indiana award White Violet Center for Eco-Justice (WVC) accepted a west-central Hoosier Green Light Award from Sustainable Indiana 2016, an Earth Charter Indiana initiative, in September....
Sister Editha Ben
...as the new membership director for the Sisters of Providence in the United States. In this ministry she walks with and offers guidance to women who are prayerfully considering life as a Sister of Providence. She attends events and promotes the Congregation, sharing the mission of love, mercy and justice with others. “One of the blessings I get in this ministry is meeting women who genuinely love God and want to discern how they can respond to God’s call to...
Unity and difference: blessings of engagement for local church members and the Sisters of Providence
Providence Associate Karen Sagraves plays the piano in the Church of the Immaculate Conception Providence Associate Karen Sagraves has been integral in creating a close relationship between her church home, Central Christian Church (Disciples of Christ) in Terre Haute and the Sisters of Providence. To date, 11 members of Central Christian Church have become Providence Associates or are candidates, including the pastor! Another three church members have applied to become candidates in the fall. Karen is coordinator of liturgy and...
Every day is a gift
...are just mysteries, “the myriad shades of yellow” or “the depth of my mom’s wisdom.” Still others bring back wonderful memories, “camping at Quetico,” or “turning 60.” Who could ever exhaust all the beauties and blessings that our great God has bestowed on us? And then I think of our brothers and sisters who do not have the luxury of comfortable shoes or of turning 60. Watching the news one evening, I saw an elderly refugee woman thank God for...