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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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A reflection for Memorial Day 2020

The first words of these young Marines were invariably a plea to know if their buddy had been picked up.

Sister Patricia Linehan
May 25, 2020
Advocacy & Action, Community Living, Peace & Justice, Providence Spirituality, Stories from the Archives
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Enlarging Your “I”

Everything you do now in the interest of others, in the interest of stemming the tide of this disease, is growing yourself beyond your former boundaries. And that is a good thing.

Lori Strawn
May 24, 2020
Providence Associates, Providence Spirituality
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Virtual prayer, support reassures teen

It’s a great experience to listen to and empathize with each other.

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Musings on wearing and making masks

Let's take our place then in a long history of mask wearers and mask makers. Let our masks keep ourselves and our neighbors safe and well.

Sister Denise Wilkinson
May 21, 2020
Advocacy & Action, Community Living, Contribute, Education, Peace & Justice, Providence Spirituality
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‘Everything in us seemed to change except charity, which united us to God’

This need to bring Taize to the people where they are- at home- trumped any past reservations and opened the door for what feels like a bright future.

Sisters of Providence
May 15, 2020
Advocacy & Action, Education, Peace & Justice, Providence Spirituality
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‘What about the switchboard?’

In the end, it was decided I would work from home and all calls would be routed to my cell phone

Amanda Maher
May 14, 2020
Peace & Justice, Providence Spirituality, Visiting Saint Mary-of-the-Woods
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Reflecting on Crises with Saint Mother Theodore Guerin

"My very dear and beloved Daughters … I have confidence that God will not permit any of you to be attacked by the epidemic. Be cheerful, kind to one another; having nothing on your conscience that could trouble you. Do not fast. Let your food be wholesome and well prepared."

Sister Jan Craven
May 13, 2020
Community Living, Providence Associates, Providence Spirituality, Saint Mother Theodore Guerin
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A reflection for Mother’s Day

Traditions are ways for us to pass along the memories from one generation to another.

Debbie Dillow
May 10, 2020
Contribute, Eco-Spirituality, Education, Peace & Justice, Providence Associates, Providence Spirituality
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Prayer in this Time of Need

'There were, and continue to be, many good things that have come from this time ...'

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Nurses Day prayers from the Sisters of Providence

Three of our Sisters of Providence with nursing backgrounds offer prayers for nurses during this time of coronavirus epidemic.

Sisters of Providence
May 6, 2020
Health & Wellness, Providence Spirituality
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Teachers have a lasting impact

We thought this story shared by Sister Florence Norton illustrates how special the relationship with a teacher can be, even after many years!

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The Art of Isolation

Let the holy within you rise
to greet silence as a friend
and enter into prayer
that moves and lives
and has being in you
for as long as it lasts.

Lori Strawn
May 1, 2020
Providence Associates, Providence Spirituality
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Love, mercy, justice

Break boundaries, create hope

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