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Sister Terese Marie Havlik

Her students greatly admired her and she must have been an excellent teacher. “I teach and model different forms of prayer in my religion class. I have been told by my students that their prayer life has been deepened and enriched. I try to develop in them an awareness of God’s presence and closeness in their lives.”

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Sister Maureen Ann McCarthy

Sister Maureen Ann lived her life fully as a faithful Sister of Providence. She did not wear her spirituality on her sleeve, but we saw it in not only her living out the commandment of love for others in action, but also in her fidelity to prayer.

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Leadership Team shares LCWR Statement

‘… we believe that all people are created in God’s image, all are worthy of respect, and all are entitled to the protection of their human rights and religious liberty.’

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Leadership Statement on Keeping Families Together

We beg our legislative and judicial leaders to bring an end to these actions

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This is your life Sister Ann Casper

Enjoy this video biography on the life of Sister Ann Casper, S.P., on the occasion of her retirement as executive director of the Mission Advancement office for the Sisters of Providence.

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Updates from the Sisters of Providence summer 2018

New Providence Associate co-directors. Sister My Huong Pham transfers to the Sisters of Providence. Mats for the homeless and more! Read the latest news updates from the Sisters of Providence.

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Sisters of Providence core values

Trust in God, love, mercy, justice, care for creation, community. Do you share in some of our core values?

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Remembering Providence High

The sisters were my lifeline … I loved them. They cared.

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LCWR denounces decision to terminate TPS for Hondurans

The TPS program is designed to protect people from being returned to harm

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Mission to China – Archival Treasures

In 1920 Mother Mary Cleophas Foley made the decision to send six Sisters of Providence of Saint Mary-of-the-Woods, Ind., on mission to China at the request of Bishop Joseph Tacconi. The Sisters of Providence were the first congregation of American women religious to send missionaries to China. Sister Marie Gratia Luking led this group of…

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The Bugle Call

The Bugle Call magazine was published bi-monthly from 1921 to 1958 by the Saint Mary-of-the-Woods College Unit of the Catholic Students Mission Crusade (CSMC). It acquainted the students of the Sisters of Providence with the needs and activities of their missionaries in China (and later in Taiwan). Through this magazine, students were encouraged to support…

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A brief history of the mission to the Chinese

Since 1920 the Sisters of Providence have had a presence in Asia, commencing that presence in China. Six Sisters of Providence responded to a call to this foreign mission field, echoing Saint Mother Theodore Guerin’s response to go to a foreign land in 1840. In the summer of 1919, Bishop Joseph Tacconi of Kaifeng, China,…

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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.