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Sister Dawn Tomaszewski

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Reflections for Foundation Day 2019

Well, the fact that we are still here 179 years later is certainly testimony to the Providence of God. It is also testimony to all those sisters in the U.S. as well as in China and Taiwan AND to the many other Dotties, Mandys and Margies in our larger community of Providence who have not let appearances keep them from doing good, doing lots of good.

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A Reflection for the Feast of Saint Mother Theodore Guerin

‘Give me, give us, this heart of Mother Theodore with which to treasure the power and promise of the cross.’

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A Reflection for Reception into the Novitiate

Is not your heart burning inside to know this Christ, Jessica, to welcome this Christ as the core of your truest self?

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A Reflection for a Golden Jubilee

This Jubilee is as much about looking forward as it is about looking back.

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A reflection for first vows

What we make of Saint Mother Theodore’s legacy will be our legacy – will we follow and not look back?

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This Memorial Day: Take time to Remember

This Memorial Day, I hope you will remember some hero or heroine of your own, an obscure apostle, perhaps.

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The ever-expanding community of Providence

This has had profound impact on our concept of community. We now embrace an understanding of Providence — of God’s design and desire for all of us — which helps us know that we are united with all that exists. That everything is connected.

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Graduation Day!

Education has always been at the heart of the mission of the Sisters of Providence – whether it be education of ourselves or others

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The hope of Easter is planted deep in our hearts

May the convergence of spring and Easter restore your soul

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Looking back on Good Friday

Some life lessons were learned in the quiet of St. Monica Church

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What is your word for 2019?

I want to pass on the gift of Saint Mary-of-the-Woods

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Who do you want to be now?

I would like to offer hospitality to those seeking asylum in our country. I would like to provide shelter for the innocent in war-torn places and in the violent places in our own U.S. cities. I would like to be a better keeper of the planet.

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Sister Dawn Tomaszewski was elected General Superior of the Sisters of Providence in 2016. She has been a Sister of Providence since 1975. Previously she ministered as a teacher, as communication and development director for the sisters and their ministries and as a member of elected leadership on the general council of the Sisters of Providence.

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