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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.
Parish and senior ministry during a pandemic
The meals have proven to be a Eucharistic action. One recipient hadn’t had home cooked meals in years. Wheelchair bound and unable to use a stove or oven safely limited his cooking, so his meals had largely consisted of microwavable frozen meals. Now he gets a home-cooked meal twice a month and gets to visit with the parishioner who delivers it.
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.
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.”
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!”
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.
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.
My journey with Providence
After my second visit to the Woods, she asked me, “Do you know anything about Providence Associates?” I was not familiar with an associate relationship with the Sisters of Providence. She invited me to consider becoming one. She provided me with information and brochures. Mostly, she provided me with encouragement and this excitement and enthusiasm about her community and its mission.
Earth Day Every Day: How land, animals, plants and poop are all connected
It all starts when our alpacas lift their tails. A journey begins that has a shared ending: the restoration of our land.
Journals and Letters week 26: Overcoming great loss
Today we are discussing “Journals and Letters” page 236 to page 244. In this chapter we’ve regressed to some months before the striking crisis at the residence of Bishop de la Hailandière when Mother Theodore was released from her vows, sent away from the diocese and forbidden contact with her Sisters – that all happened in May of 1847.
Earth Day should be every day
It can seem a bit daunting but there is still a path for us all to work together to heal our planet