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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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Winter blues? Farmer Tara recommends a little friluftsliv!

Norway has a word and cultural keystone called friluftsliv, which means “open air life.” It’s a celebrated tradition to dress for the weather.

Tara Elmore
February 9, 2021
Visiting Saint Mary-of-the-Woods, White Violet Center for Eco-Justice
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Our Letter to President Biden

'We stand with you especially in your commitment to prioritize climate change solutions.'

Sisters of Providence
February 7, 2021
Advocacy & Action, Eco-Spirituality, Education, Environmental Justice, Peace & Justice, Providence Spirituality, White Violet Center for Eco-Justice
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Journals and Letters week 18: New Orleans to Indiana

Her statement at that time is one we must take to heart still today: “These Americans, so proud of their liberty, thus make game of the liberty of others.” No slave markets today, no. Yet that legacy is still so evident in the systemic racism that tells a lie about “liberty and justice for all.”

Jeannie Smith
February 6, 2021
Saint Mother Theodore Guerin, SMTG Book Study
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From us to you: Blessings to you for giving

Words cannot express how grateful we are for those who faithfully supported us in whatever ways they could.

Diane Weidenbenner
February 5, 2021
Advocacy & Action, Alumni, Contribute, Peace & Justice, Providence Spirituality, Volunteering

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Patience: a poem

To practice Patience is to quiet the mind and the soul.
If Yoga and Tai Chi are meditations in motion,
then Fiber Art is minuscule movements and
tiny meditations in patience.

Marci Alvis-Slinski
January 31, 2021
Providence Associates, Providence Spirituality
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Journals and Letters week 17: Mother Theodore’s own words

Yet, no matter how frightening the weather or terrifying an incident, Mother Theodore could and did pray.

Sister Denise Wilkinson
January 30, 2021
Saint Mother Theodore Guerin, SMTG Book Study
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Journals and Letters week 16: Welcome support

Our present benefactors mirror these early supporters of our mission — a caring woman, a priest, two prominent businessmen — all in their own way enabling the mission and moving it forward by their talents and contributions.

Sister Ann Casper
January 23, 2021
Contribute, Saint Mother Theodore Guerin, SMTG Book Study
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White Violet Center interns: Meet the fabulous four!

White Violet Center for Eco-Justice recently welcomed two new interns to our program. Meet them and our two seasoned interns.

Sister Mary Montgomery
January 20, 2021
Internships, White Violet Center for Eco-Justice

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Journals and Letters week 15: Stuck in New Orleans

From her sickbed Mother Theodore still had to keep watch over what was going on back at the Woods. While she was away Bishop de la Hailandière had created havoc for the community, demanding that he be obeyed despite legitimate objections to his requests.

Mary Riley
January 16, 2021
Saint Mother Theodore Guerin, SMTG Book Study
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You can help bring a happy ending to restore St. Joseph’s Lake

The lake water disappeared. In February 2018, days and days of heavy rain caused several large trees to be torn loose from the earthen berm. When the trees fell, a section of the berm collapsed, allowing the lake water to “escape.”

Sister Denise Wilkinson
January 11, 2021
As seen in HOPE, Contribute, Visiting Saint Mary-of-the-Woods
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Journals and Letters week 14: Mother Theodore the fundraiser

Mother Theodore felt burnt out and ready to give up. Can't we can all relate to having someone we care about urge us when we have lost hope?

Amy Miranda
January 9, 2021
Contribute, Saint Mother Theodore Guerin, SMTG Book Study
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Journals and Letters week 13: Relationships

The eight pages we read from the Mother Theodore’s ‘Journals and Letters” create quite the patchwork quilt of relationships — some intriguing, some annoying, some tender, some puzzling, some of the true blue kind.

Love, mercy, justice

Break boundaries, create hope

What inspires you?

Experience the Woods

Where do you fit in?

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