Blog
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.
O Antiphon – O wisdom from on high
One of the most profound pursuits of human life is the call to Wisdom. Our spirits search to find it in ourselves as God’s gift, and to welcome it from others. The Israelites thought of Wisdom as practical experience for…
A reflection for the 2018 Senior Jubilee Celebration
It is toward Love incarnate that we move during this Advent Season
Advent 2018: So many possibilities in the waiting
The days of Advent, the Church’s season of waiting, holds so many possibilities for us
World AIDS Day: Sisters respond to AIDS epidemic, part 2
In 1993, Sister Carole Kimes was ministering as a hospice nurse in Indianapolis. “One of my patients who touched me most was Bill,” said Sister Carole. “He taught me how those living with AIDS were alienated from others due to fear. He taught me about loving the person and not fearing the person because of diagnosis."
Remembering sisters’ loving response to the HIV/AIDS epidemic
“It struck me as something I would be very interested in. I was attracted to the fact that it was a place for people who are alienated,” Sister Marilyn Therese Lipps remembered thinking after reading about a new center opening up in the 1980s in response to the local AIDS crisis.
‘Walking Toward Hope’
This year, you are invited to join the spiritual journey of “Walking Toward Hope,” by participating in the eight-part series
A reflection on the Feast of Our Lady of Providence, Queen of the Home
'Mary’s bedrock of faith, her font of hope, her heart of love – in other words, her trust in God’s providential care – assure her, as she has assured us through the centuries, that Providence never fails.'
‘Green’ Investments
Will you join in with your investment choices? Will you sign on to the Providence Climate Agreement if you haven’t done so?
Postulant Jessica Vitente shares of her journey to the Sisters of Providence
Finally now, since my September entrance to the postulancy of the Sisters of Providence, I have both feet in Indiana, but part of my heart is in California. As Saint Mother Theodore Guerin said, “Put yourself gently into the hands of Providence and you will find yourself well supported.”
Finding my vocation in a long line of religious
In my sophomore year I had what for me was a strange experience. I went in to St. Ann’s Church for a visit after school. As I knelt there, I prayed God would somehow tell me if I had a religious vocation. I cannot explain the sensation I had, but my whole body was engulfed with God’s love.
Held in the palm of God’s hand
I realize that I have been held in the palm of God’s hand throughout my community life of 55 years. I am very grateful for the many blessings of living in community!
