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“Have you sometimes thought, my dear sisters, that you are called to do on Earth what our Lord [Jesus] did? He instructed and you instruct.”

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“O my dear daughters, how consoling is this mystery of the Eucharist! If we knew how to appreciate it, it would suffice to fortify and sustain us; is there anything sweeter than to have a friend to whom we may at any hour confide our difficulties and our pains?”

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“Be gay and cheerful with your Sisters, even when you do not feel like it. The Divine Infant will be pleased at your efforts and will give you a great many graces. With fidelity to this grace you will pass a happy Christmas and commence a happy new year.”

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“There is a Providence and the Sisters of Saint Mary's are truly its daughters.”

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To Mother Theodore and Companions

Fragile forerunners of ourselves, we thank you for your coming,Bearing sainted heroes’ names across the seas.You are a litany chanted down the years:Theodore, St. Vincent Ferrer, St. Ligouri,Olympiade, with St.…

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Holy Ground

O God,I kiss this holy groundThis place of promises in processThis place of people seeking GodAnd of God seeking and saving a peopleA place of knowing one is hungryAnd of…

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A Prayer for the 175th Anniversary of the Sisters of Providence

Rooted for Tomorrow: A special prayer to celebrate 175 years of the Sisters of Providence and Saint Mary-of-the-Woods College.

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Prayer of Reunion

The Prayer of Reunion has been in use by the Sisters of Providence since before the sisters left France in 1840 to found the Saint Mary-of-the-Woods, Indiana, congregation. Small changes…

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Prayer for Vocations

Provident God, Your loving designs have shaped our universe.Your loving care continues to sustain all life. Your plans call each of us to participationin the ongoing work of creation. Help…

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Quote of the day

April 25
“All love one another tenderly, and this consolation is well calculated to support us in the pains we now suffer and in those which await us.”
– Saint Mother Theodore Guerin