The season of Advent began yesterday. A period of time leading up to Christmas and parallel to the Lenten season preceding Easter, Advent is a time of hopeful waiting as…
Read moreSometime after my mom retired, she “got into” ceramics. She and her friends went to classes taught by a woman in my mom’s neighborhood. For the most part, they applied…
Read moreOne would probably expect that a blog post coming from the Sisters of Providence with “Black Friday” in the title would condemn the blatant consumerism running rampant in our society.…
Read moreIt’s not every day you pick up a Rolling Stone magazine and know someone being featured in one of the articles, but that’s what happened to me last week. I’ve…
Read moreI attended the All Soul’s mass on November 2nd to remember a very close friend and one of our own SPs that recently died, Sister Jane Marie Osterholt. It was…
Read moreFor many Christians, November is a time to focus on those who have gone before us. A number of denominations begin the month with the celebration of All Saints’ Day,…
Read moreAll Saints Day By Sister Donna Butler In the shadow of death a cemetery was the place I called home. In that dwelling place of saints gone before us solitude…
Read moreProvidence Family Services (PFS) in Chicago held its annual rummage sale Oct. 6 and 7. Sister Patty Fillenwarth, director of Providence Family Services and rummage sale coordinator, penned the…
Read moreEach year, former Sisters of Providence schools gather in reunion all around the country. Most of these reunions are held in late September and October, although some do occur at…
Read moreA musing on what happens when you enter the gates at Saint Mary-of-the-Woods. It happened again. This time it was during the orientation of our newest candidates to become associates…
Read moreOne visit to the Sisters of Providence Archives and you are likely to be engulfed with enthusiasm like the California gold-rushers might have sensed in the middle 1800s. Truly, you…
Read moreWelcome to our blog. Here, we will share with you stories of our lives as Sisters of Providence. We invite Providence Associates to write in this space also. We hope you find these posts enjoyable and inspirational.