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Celebrating, praying, singing and dining in Taiwan

By Sister Denise Wilkinson | December 11, 2012 |

Sisters Lisa Stallings, Jenny Howard and I have recently returned from a visit with our sisters in Taiwan. What a time! Our main reason for going was to participate in…

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Sister Frances Joan Baker celebrates 80 years as Sister of Providence

By Dave Cox | December 8, 2012 |

In the true spirit of the Christmas season, it’s been a “wonderful life” for Sister Frances Joan Baker. Sister Frances Joan will celebrate her 80th anniversary during the Senior Jubilee…

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Help the saints!

By Rosie Blankenship | December 5, 2012 |

Our director of Archives, Sister Mary Ryan, teaches a class on community history that’s held for the benefit of our postulant. However, sisters and staff members are invited, so I’ve…

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Joni has an “overwhelming feeling to serve”

By Diane Weidenbenner | December 4, 2012 |

Joni Luna, our new postulant from Texas, wanted more. She was a successful teacher/women’s athletic coordinator with a Master’s degree in Educational Administration from Texas A&M University-Corpus Christi. She  had…

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Quiet expectation

By Sister Mary Beth Klingel | December 3, 2012 |

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…

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Always count your blessings …

By Sister Denise Wilkinson | November 25, 2012 |

Sometime 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…

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Black Friday CAN BE a Good Friday!

By Sister Dawn Tomaszewski | November 23, 2012 |

One 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.…

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Rock star for justice

By Cheryl Casselman | November 21, 2012 |

It’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…

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The Fragility of Life

By Sister Regina Gallo | November 15, 2012 |

I 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…

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We Remember, We Celebrate, We Believe

By Sister Lisa Stallings | November 14, 2012 |

For 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,…

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All Saints Day

By Sister Donna Butler | November 1, 2012 |

All 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…

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Halloween

By Sister Mary Beth Klingel | October 30, 2012 |

This week is Halloween. Every store has been jamb-packed with get-ups of various kinds, to accommodate every desire. TV ads have appeared from time-to-time inviting us to haunting events in…

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