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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.
Thanksgiving prayer
I am thankful for the freedom of our nation and worried about the deep divisions between and among us.
Feasting on thankfulness …
May your Spirit fill me with creative ideas this Thanksgiving on new ways to connect with my family and friends, while respecting all of our needs to stay safe and stay well.
Thanksgiving love across the miles
Thank you for the abundant blessings bestowed on me through my family and friends!
Journals and Letters week 7: Hardship on the Ohio
As they get closer to Indiana, Mother Theodore and her companions experience some lows and highs traveling down the Ohio River.
Journals and Letters week 6: Traveling the United States
Saint Mother Theodore's detailed descriptions of her experiences become a way to meditate on and pray thanksgiving for creation.
‘Against All Odds’ – Sister Clare Mitchell, SP
The necrology describes Sister Clare as a “gentle devoted religious, one very faithful to all her obligations. Many of the Sisters were very devoted to her, and this affection was noticeable even in their remembrance of her.”
Being ‘Stickered’
I asked the sisters and staff at the Woods for their experience of “being stickered” and want to share their responses with you. Enjoy!
Journals and Letters week 5: The measure of the woman
Did the woman carry a yard stick? A surveyor’s measure? A folded up paper chart that converts leagues to miles, meters to inches or feet?
Nine days of prayer with Mary, Queen of the Home
Pray with the Sisters of Providence for the nine days leading up to the Feast of Our Lady of Providence on Saturday, Nov. 14.
Journals and Letters week 4: Arrival on U.S. soil
And then, as often happens in our darkest hours, the smallest of kindnesses can lift the spirits.