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Sister Anna (Tsai Ping) Fan professes final vows
Congratulations to Sister Anna (Tsai Ping) Fan, SP! She said forever yes to life as a Sister of Providence of Saint Mary-of-the-Woods by professing her final vows in a ceremony on May 1, 2023 at St. Joseph the Worker Church in Hsinchu County, Taiwan. We are so blessed to have Sister Anna as part of our community!
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2021-22 Annual Report
Providence keeps sending blessing upon blessing. And those blessings have your names on them. Thank you. Whether or not we know the untold story of your generosity, we are grateful for your support and, most of all, for your love and friendship.
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HOPE summer 2023 — Unexpected gifts
In this summer issue of the Sisters of Providence HOPE magazine, we share about the gifts of God’s mission, the loving benefactors who keep our mission alive with their gifts, retired Sisters who continue to give of themselves and much more, including our annual report.
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Newsnotes from HOPE summer 2023
Volunteers stitch their way into our hearts Charla Evinger and Cheryl Murphy are co-owners of Mamas Mending in Marshall, Illinois, and also volunteers extraordinaire for the Sisters of Providence. When the Congregation’s faithful mender and alteration expert Sister Margaret Heese could no longer assist, a big need arose among the Sisters of Providence. Charla and…
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Sister Patricia Geis (formerly Sister Anna Marie)
‘I admired the warm, funy, genuine person you were, and my life will be enriched because you were a part of it.’
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Earth Day Festival returns April 22
Admission to the event is free, but donations are appreciated
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In Solidarity: Vowed Catholic Religious Honor Trans Day of Visibility
This statement and call to action was prepared by representatives of several religious communities
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Sister Rosemary Borntrager (formerly Sister Rose Cecile)
‘Now that I am reaching my final years, I hope to be freer to be in God’s presence as the hours pass.’
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A Statement by the National Black Sisters Conference on the murder of Tyre Nichols
‘With righteous indignation, we all must act!’
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Sister Maureen Abbott
” … there are only so many years to walk on the Earth. I knew I wanted to make the best of them.”
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HOPE winter 2023 — Creating a new day
The arts, assisting people in need at the border, raising consciousness and funds to combat climate change. These are some of the many ways the Sisters of Providence are creating a new day filled with love, mercy and justice.
The Sisters of Providence of Saint Mary-of-the-Woods, Indiana, are a congregation of Roman Catholic women religious (sisters) who minister throughout the United States and Taiwan. Saint Mother Theodore Guerin founded the Sisters of Providence in 1840. The congregation has a mission of being God's Providence in the world by committing to performing works of love, mercy and justice in service among God's people.