Blog
Welcome 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.
Education, advocacy and service with immigrants part of sister’s border experience
My first week of a month-long immersion experience for Catholic Sisters in Nogales Sonora, Mexico — my eyes and heart have been drawn to the people and the artistry around the center. I see depictions of joy, community, compassion, hospitality, generosity, service, justice, education and team work.
Oral history: the adventures and challenges of Sister Dorothy Ellen Wolsiffer, SP
“When I look back over the years of the variety of ministries, I see them as challenging but adventuresome. My last ministry of being a pastoral associate was involved with serving older adults: food pantry, ministry of care and visiting the sick, communion services, etc. These were all things I enjoyed tremendously. God’s love throughout the years has sparked my life and made it more interesting. Life flows like a river: smooth, bumps, twirls, spinning on rocks and falling.”
Sisters of Providence, other Catholic Sisters in Indiana issue statement
The Sisters of Providence and other Catholic Sisters in Indiana issue statement
November: A month for remembering
'I invite you to join me in calling to memory each day, someone who lives strongly in your heart.'
We’re Surrounded!
Why not consider making yourself a circle of witnesses this week?
Celebrating Pastoral Care Week: Meet Sister My Huong Pham
'In providing spiritual counseling to a patient at the bedside, I feel as if I am performing an act of breaking and sharing the bread of life with that patient.'
Providence Associate Stephen Modde on finding a safe and welcoming community
Recently, I read that Catholic gays seek out communities where they can be safe and secure. That is one main reason why I like being a Providence Associate of the Sisters of Providence. Being a Providence Associate has enabled me to grow spiritually and feel more at home as a Catholic gay person.
Foundation Day and our French connection
'Thank you Mother Mary for choosing and calling Mother Theodore to lead the mission to Indiana.'
The Gift of Mother Theodore’s written legacy
We know Mother Theodore because she wrote. The storyteller in Mother Theodore shines clearly today as so many of us make use of what she left for us. We speak of Providence in our lives with the quiet confidence of children who learned at the feet of a loving parent.
Celebrating Pastoral Care Week: Meet Sister Mary Mundy
'I believe a deep and abiding relationship with our Provident God is important and enhances all others.'
Celebrating our many foundations this Foundation Day
The founding sisters arrived at Saint Mary-of-the-Woods late in the evening on Oct. 22, 1840. They were expecting a convent and a school. Instead they found a dense woods with no buildings in sight. There had been a storm that lasted 36 hours the previous days. The sisters arrived in damp clothes, hungry and tired.
