Providence Associates living out their commitments

Providence Associate Joann Kennelly of Gardena, California, second from left, lives out her commitment as a Providence Associate in her retired years by ministering to senior citizens. From delivering meals on wheels, to planning outings such as the one here to an art museum, to visiting the sick, Joann extends the mission and ministry of the Providence community to her area of the world.

A way that Connie Schnapf of Newburgh, Indiana, lives out her commitment as a Providence Associate is to spend a week or two a year volunteering at the Sisters of Providence motherhouse at Saint Mary-of-the-Woods. Here she makes repairs re-gluing fallen shells in the St. Ann Shell Chapel there.

One way that Providence Associate Marilyn Neuman, center, lives out her commitment as a Providence Associate is by volunteering to help senior citizens file their taxes at the local library in Arlington Heights, Illinois.

Providence Associate Maureen Baca of Albuquerque, New Mexico, (standing, shown here at a meeting of Providence Associates) strives to do her work as a consultant in a spirit of love, mercy and justice.

One way that Providence Associate William Pouncy lives out his commitment as a Providence Associate is in his ministry as a deacon in the archdiocese of Chicago.