HOPE Winter 2026

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As seen in HOPE:

Providential Connections: Sisters Abroad

The world has changed this century thanks to global improvements in communication. Consecrated religious women are thinking forward about the future of religious life. For the Sisters of Providence, the call is to “be and experience Providence in the broader world.”

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Seeds Sown: Former Students Remember Sisters of Providence Teachers

Sister Janet Gilligan, SP, who ministers in the Congregation’s Archives Department, shares valuable lessons and treasured memories that many former students of Sisters of Providence teachers offered them in the classroom and beyond.

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Providence Associate Beverly Adams: How it Started 

“I learned to lean all my weight, no matter the load, on Providence.” Providence Associate Beverly Adams shares how her friendship with Sister Joseph Ellen Keitzer, SP, brought her closer to the Congregation, and continued to grow after losing a loved one.

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Jubilee 2025: Thanks for Visiting

During Jubilee 2025: Pilgrims of Hope, thousands of pilgrims visited Saint Mary-of-the-Woods to see the Church of the Immaculate Conception and The Shrine of Saint Mother Theodore Guerin, among many more sacred spaces.

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20 Years Ago: A Canonization

“So, how did we do? Did the effects play out in these past 20 years?” Twenty years ago, Saint Mother Theodore Guerin was canonized a saint by the Roman Catholic Church. At the time, the SIsters of Providence reflected on the hopes for the effect of the graces of the canonization. In this piece, Sister Ann Casper, SP, examines if those hopes have come to fruition.

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Learning from History: Taking Providence into the World

For more than 40 years, Sister Mary Ann Stewart, SP, has helped shape the education of thousands of students at Cathedral High School in Indianapolis. The U.S. history teacher has witnessed many changes throughout the years but some things have stayed the same.”To be Providence in today’s world, it takes wisdom, and people have to speak up.”

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Sister Helen Vinton: Impacting Agriculture

For more than 40 years, the late Sister Helen Vinton, SP, ministered with the Southern Mutual Help Association. In September 2025, General Superior Sister Dawn Tomaszewski, SP, received a letter from the organization’s president detailing how Sister Helen’s impact and legacy lives on.

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