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Remembering Sister Mary Patricia Carroll

By Jason Moon | April 21, 2017 |

‘It’s quite possible that those hundreds of children she taught probably remember her as the kindest teacher they ever had.’

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Earth Day: A Holy Day of Obligation

By Sister Dawn Tomaszewski | April 20, 2017 |

Our fragile Earth IS HOLY

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You asked and we’re answering!

By Sister Ann Casper | April 19, 2017 |

‘Are you still a teaching order and where in the world do you go and what do you do there?’

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What is to become of us?

By Providence Associate Jen Drake | April 18, 2017 |

I was walking near the cemetery and lamenting the loss of the older mature trees that used to line the road. As I reflected on the loss of the trees, it struck me that the loss of the trees resembles in many ways the loss of our aging sisters.

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Reflecting on Easter: ‘The stone has been rolled away’

By Sister Dawn Tomaszewski | April 15, 2017 |

Is there any greater joy than life overcoming death? Is there any greater longing than to find the stones of our lives rolled away?

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Language barriers, smiles and unexpected gifts: Sister Denise Wilkinson reflects from France

By Sister Denise Wilkinson | April 13, 2017 |

I am getting to know each sister by paying attention to her expressions, her voice, her walk, her greeting of others. I notice her desire to communicate with me and her frustration at not knowing English.
Most of all I notice smiles. I didn’t expect smiles as comfort, joy, wordless compassion. Right now that’s what they are for me and I hope for the sisters I encounter.

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‘Were you there when they crucified, my Lord?’

By Sister Dawn Tomaszewski | April 10, 2017 |

‘Oh, it does cause me to tremble’

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Holy Week reflections with Saint Mother Theodore

By Sister Emily TeKolste | April 9, 2017 |

We hope your time walking through Lent with Saint Mother Theodore Guerin has been beneficial. The week’s reflections below conclude this Lenten journey. May your Holy Week be blessed!

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Sisters to participate in panel discussion of documentary

By Jason Moon | April 7, 2017 |

Director of ‘Life After Life’ to present free screening of film on Sunday, April 9

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Week 6: Walking through Lent with Saint Mother Theodore

By Sister Emily TeKolste | April 2, 2017 |

We invite you to continue to walk through Lent with Saint Mother Theodore Guerin and with us with these short daily reflections for the coming week.
Sunday, April 2
“O my people! I will put my spirit in you that you may live, and I will settle you upon your land.” – Ezekiel 37:14

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Week 5: Daily reflections with Saint Mother Theodore Guerin

By Sister Emily TeKolste | March 26, 2017 |

“I turned to my God and felt my confidence reanimated. If He takes away our last support, is it not because He wishes to be the sole support of His Daughters of the Woods?” – Saint Mother Theodore Guerin
• When has God remained faithful to me, even when all seemed hopeless?

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Another definition of Providence: ‘Don’t worry, Sister. We will send something.’

By Sister Dawn Tomaszewski | March 24, 2017 |

We have already received donations from 1,104 donors

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