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Sister Mary Evangelista, Jessye the Cat, and Advent Waiting
Published on December 6, 2011
A number of years ago, when she was well into her nineties, Sister Mary Evangelista Herber (RIP) told me that she had decided to learn to wait. Her life involved…
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Advent 2011
Published on November 23, 2011
Recently, I was visiting my sister who lives on the ground floor of an apartment building. The weather being mild, I had the bedroom window open quite a few inches.…
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Program to feature life of Saint Mother Theodore Guerin
Published on November 21, 2011
Sister Jan Craven will make Saint Mother Theodore Guerin come alive during a program scheduled for Tuesday, Nov. 29, in the Providence Center conference room at Saint Mary-of-the-Woods. There is…
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Thanksgiving: Generosity with justice
Published on November 16, 2011
This thankful and thoughtful blog is being highlighted for Thanksgiving 2019 because it is as appropriate today as it was when it was first written. I just sat down to…
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Angels of mercy: Civil War service of the sisters
Published on November 15, 2011
Reprinted from the fall 2011 issue of HOPE. “Cloistered by the majestic forest, the Convent and the Academy at St. Mary-of-the-Woods in 1860 would seem to have been too remote,…
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2011 Rite of Commitment
Published on November 14, 2011
Providence Associates Director Sister Diane Mason welcomed 15 Providence Candididate-Associates to the Providence family on Saturday, Nov. 12, 2011. Associates, candidates, sisters, family and friends came from near and very…
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Sister Denise reflection: 2011 Rite of Commitment
Published on November 12, 2011
On Saturday, Nov. 12, 2011, 15 Providence Candidate-Associates made their first commitments in a ceremony and Eucharistic Liturgy in the Church of the Immaculate Conception. General Superior Sister Denise Wilkinson…
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Sister Diane Ris publishes new book about Saint Mother Theodore Guerin
Published on November 10, 2011
Picture this: A Sister of Providence hovered over a desk in her writing room. A candle swaying delicately through currents of air as the sister works intently on her project. Sound familiar? Saint…
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Sister Denise reflects on Election Day
Published on November 4, 2011
The last several months have heightened my awareness of and gratitude for the privilege of voting as a way to exercise responsible citizenship and to shape public policy in the…
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All Souls Day 2011
Published on November 2, 2011
In thinking about All Souls Day, I came upon this. In 988 CE, the abbot Odilo of the Cluny monastery in France wrote of November 2’s feast: “[keep] with joyous…
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Sister Charlotte Bruck
Published on October 28, 2011
“Now this is how the birth of Jesus Christ came about.” (Matthew 1:18) “You may wonder at the choice of this reading, usually associated with Christmas. Sister Charlotte once noted…
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Sister Dorothy Gartland receives Guerin Outreach Ministries Leadership and Advocacy Award
Published on October 27, 2011
Congratulations to Sister Dorothy Gartland for receiving the third annual Guerin Outreach Ministries Leadership and Advocacy Award. “If you live long enough and continue to work, somebody will eventually give…
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