Nine days of prayer with Mary, Queen of the Home
Pray with the Sisters of Providence for the nine days leading up to the Feast of Our Lady of Providence on Saturday, Nov. 14.
Mary Riley
Mary Riley is director of operations for White Violet Center for Eco-Justice, a ministry of the Sisters of Providence at Saint Mary-of-the-Woods. Prior to her current role, she served as the marketing manager for some ministries of the Sisters of Providence including White Violet Center for Eco-Justice and the Volunteer Services.
“Journals and Letters” week 2: The voyage begins
The sea journey seems doomed from the moment they boarded. Thieves, seasickness and bad weather with the added addition of not speaking English and being on an “American” ship, all contribute to a wretched start.
Join us in reading the “Journals and Letters” of Saint Mother Theodore Guerin
To celebrate Mother Theodore's life and many accomplishments that continue even today, we will be revisiting her own words by reading Journals and Letters over the course of a year. Each week we’ll read several pages and reacquaint ourselves with the woman who started it all. Won't you join us?
Tony and the NIH: Our newest alpaca becomes a part of history
This past April, the Sisters of Providence were blessed with a bouncing bundle of alpaca joy, Raphael Anthony (aka Tony). It couldn’t have come at a better time. At this point we were several weeks into our “shelter in place”…
Alpaca Shearing 2020
After a postponement of nearly two months due to the COVID-19 pandemic, White Violet Center alpacas finally got sheared on Saturday, June 20. The herd were all quite ready to shed their winter coats. Professional shearers from Alley-Pac Alpaca Shearing…
Sister Ann Casper: holding nothing back in her service
But when people point out she is still doing too much, she often responds with the wise words of her friend, Sister Jeanne Knoerle, “What are we saving ourselves for?”
Providence Raphael Anthony “Tony”
Enjoy these photos of Providence Raphael Anthony (Tony) the son of Theodora (Dora) and Jubilee. Tony was born Sunday afternoon, April 26 2020 during the COVID-19 pandemic. The Sisters of Providence named him Raphael Anthony in honor of two people…
Farmer Tara from White Violet Center reads to the alpacas
Farmer Tara reads Llama Llama Red Pajama by Anna Dewdney to our baby alpacas, or crias as they are known in their first year. People often confuse llamas and alpacas. They are “cousins” and do share some similarities.
Imogen Anderson: The exceptional exception to the rule
Imogen Anderson is an exceptional volunteer who is actually a real life exception to the rule. Although the 16-year-old junior at Terre Haute North High School doesn’t yet meet the minimum age requirement to volunteer for the Sisters of Providence,…
Today is Monday in case you were wondering.
In normal times there is hardly a day that goes by where most people don’t at least once refer to their calendar. At the very minimum you usually know what day of the week it is. Of course these are…