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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.

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Sending out a ‘Thank You’ in anticipation of School Principals’ Day!

Thank you! Thank you! Thank you for the many, many hours you have given and decisions you have made

Sister Jeanne Hagelskamp
April 30, 2021
Education, Providence Spirituality, Sisters in Ministry
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Cancer group honors Sister Mary Ryan

There were others in the group ‘who had walked in my shoes.’

Jason Moon
April 28, 2021
Community Living, Peace & Justice, Providence Spirituality
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Special Retreat ‘treats’

Please enjoy two additional special gifts from the 2021 HOME retreat planning committee.

Sisters of Providence
April 27, 2021
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Earth Day Every Day: Earth Defenders unite

Although we have not been able to have our normal Earth Day celebration this year, we want to take this week to highlight and celebrate some of our Earth Day partners in our community and give them the opportunity to share their stories about the exciting things they are doing and other helpful tips they have.

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Journals and Letters week 29: Letters to a beloved companion

Judging from her letters to Sister Basilide, Mother Theodore had a special love for “this good and dear” sister. That love demonstrated itself in Mother Theodore’s words of caution, gentle criticism and frank admonishments — always accompanied by words of affection and encouragement.

Sister Denise Wilkinson
April 24, 2021
Saint Mother Theodore Guerin, SMTG Book Study, Stories from the Archives
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Celebrating our Volunteers!

'It’s as simple as that. I love doing what I do.'

Jason Moon
April 23, 2021
Advocacy & Action, Providence Associates, Providence Spirituality, Visiting Saint Mary-of-the-Woods, Volunteering
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Earth Day Every Day: What smoking and climate change have in common

We’re on the front lines of perhaps the biggest battle of our lives: climate change and the need to dramatically reduce carbon emissions by shifting energy generation from fossil fuels to renewables like solar and wind. Again, vested interests in the coal, oil and gas industries have undertaken major campaigns for decades now to preserve their industries.

Lorrie Heber
April 19, 2021
Environmental Justice, Peace & Justice, White Violet Center for Eco-Justice
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Journals and Letters week 28: Death of the bishop

So impressed with the holiness of the bishop’s death, she reminds the sisters, “Especially let us never forget that if we wish to die like the Saints, we must live like them.”

Amy Miranda
April 17, 2021
Saint Mother Theodore Guerin, SMTG Book Study
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Getting hyped up for Scrabble!

“I believe it’s like riding a bike. We’ll get right back into it with no trouble at all. And I can’t wait!”

Jason Moon
April 13, 2021
Community Living, Peace & Justice, Providence Spirituality
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Earth Day Every Day: Follow the cabbage

It’s easy to get overwhelmed by the food system so I’ve chosen just one crop to follow, from seed to plate.

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Journals and Letters week 27: Dawn of a new era

In these letters we read Mother Theodore’s first-hand account of all the changes that happened toward the end of Bishop de la Hailandière’s tenure as Bishop of Vincennes.

Love, mercy, justice

Break boundaries, create hope

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