
Sent to serve through the years
For the Congregation’s first 120 years in Indiana, Sisters of Providence learned of their assignments for the year by hearing the Obedience List read aloud on August 15, the day before sisters began to leave for the assigned missions.

Going out on Mission
The Sisters of Providence first sent sisters out on Mission in 1842. From then on, sisters learned of their yearly assignments via the Obedience List every August.

Life in the Weihsien internment camp, 1943
I was recently looking for something in Against All Odds: Sisters of Providence Mission to the Chinese (a great book by Sister Ann Colette Wolf) and in the process got quite distracted by “Chapter Seven: Internment.” It tells, in nicely…


Christmas greeting cards of yesteryear
A photo album of Christmas cards sent by the Sisters of Providence general administration through the years.

Why I love Mother Theodore
I’m not the kind of person who idolizes others, since nobody’s perfect; so I’ve acquired a habit of giving people I admire honorary status as one of my relatives. (You can love Great-Grandma without agreeing with everything she says at…

SPs through the years
Since the Congregation’s founding in 1840, the Sisters of Providence have lived vibrant lives of community, ministry and faith.



