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Sister Paula Damiano shares her experience with relics and how they became more meaningful to her.

The Sisters of Providence suggest 10 ways for you to participate in the Year of Consecrated Life, named by Pope Francis, beginning Nov. 30, 2014 to Feb. 2, 2016.

Be aware of wasteful over packaging in items you buy and avoid buying those items. Better yet, buy used and avoid packaging all together.

There are many things from which we can fast — irreverence, exploitation, and control, for example. I heard some options several years ago that bear repeating: We can choose to fast from having the last word, or fast from holding on to a past hurt or memory. We can fast from always being right so that we can hear and hold sacred the truth of another.

Our motley crew is excited about the upcoming CSA season starting in May! In celebration of National CSA Sign-Up Day on Feb. 28, check out some of my favorite ways to use fruits and veggies from our very own White Violet garden. Tacos with pickled peppers, roasted root veggies, kale smoothies, roasted eggplant and tomato soup …

The days have gently slipped by, and I have only a few more weeks with my loving sisters in this small village on this beautiful island of Sri Lanka.
We walked, climbed, and gazed, almost always in the hot sun. To enter into the area around any of the shrines, one had to remove shoes and hat, which meant that one was even more vulnerable to the blazing sun and the hot paving stones and sand that surrounded the shrines. At the end of each day, we were exhausted but grateful for its gifts.

I have no doubt that she skated into heaven for a joyous reunion with her friends and family and a thank you to God for her life as a Sister of Providence.

A new and enthusiastic coordinator has taken the reins for the National Shrine of Our Lady of Providence. There couldn’t be a better fit for Sister Mary Rita Griffin.

Sometime around 1986, I was diagnosed with Crohns disease. I had been ill for over a year and in and out of hospitals with uncontrollable vomiting and no answer to why it was happening. This sweet little lady introduced herself as Sister Georgianna Testregge.