Sister Marsha Speth

Sister Marsha Speth

Sister Marsha has been the postulant director for the Sisters of Providence for the past eight years. She also ministers as a spiritual director for people in the local area. She enjoys walking with others on their faith journey.

Songs from a Microcosmos (1960)

As we move through the seasons of spring and summer we thought our readers might enjoy this short reflection and a sampling of poems written by the late Sister Mary Catherine Keene, SP

Spiritual Direction: The ‘Hearing Aid’ for God

Though the scriptures are filled with reminders that, “God is near,” it often doesn’t feel that way to most of us humans. God can seem awfully quiet sometimes. And I might wonder about my own need for hearing aids when it comes to God.

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Ashes from the pandemic fire: a reflection for Ash Wednesday 2021

So here we are today with no ashes for our foreheads. Yet it does feel like we are holding a handful of ashes from this past year. We are holding what is left of our lives from this transformation by a pandemic fire. So, I’d like to have us take a moment of quiet to hold in our imaginations these ashes … the experiences of loss, of change, of challenge, of purification, whatever this year has been for you.

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Preparing the next generation of Sisters of Providence

The postulant sees what it means to be sister to one another, to pray, celebrate, have fun together and to experience the sacred in the ordinary. She is invited into our common efforts to be Providence through sustainable living, accountability to one another and respect for differences.