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.
Breathing time on this organic farm
The small organic farm at Saint Mary-of-the-Woods packs a big punch in the way of educational and service opportunities. In fact, that’s how Ann Testa came to White Violet Center for Eco-Justice. She was an intern and AmeriCorps volunteer before becoming a full-time staff member.
Now she’s training and working alongside interns and volunteers in the USDA certified organic gardens, alpaca pastures, fiber rooms, and kitchen.
A more colorful existence as a fiber arts intern
Earlier last year, I decided to make a change in my life. As I told some people that I was quitting my job so I could go work on an alpaca farm for three months I got a lot of confused looks and many, many questions.
Get to know Sister Jenny Howard
Meet Sister Jenny Howard. A former biology teacher and coach and currently a member of the Sisters of Providence leadership team, Sister Jenny shares in these video and audio files about her life, family and her call to religious life as a Sister of Providence.
Come with me
With a dramatic outflung hand, Ann points at me and says, “Come with me.” Today it meant learning the arcane art of needle felting. Last week, “come with me” meant holding a chicken in my lap so Dave didn’t have to drive the big white pick-up truck and hold the chicken at the same time. I’m fairly sure he was joking. I hope.
All of life is one holy family (New Year’s, 2018)
In the Catholic Church world this New Year’s Eve we will celebrate the Feast of the Holy Family. This coincidence of the Feast of the Holy Family and New Year’s Eve got me thinking about my notions of family and…
A Christmas memory
'We were among the first to be celebrating Christmas in this very sacred space as a result of the opening of the Old City.'
Being ‘Home’ for Christmas
It seems to me that that new perspective created a home, a free space, a quiet space, a breathing space
‘I’ll be home for Christmas:’ A song of hope and of light in the darkness
This might seem like a strange reflection at a time of the year when we are celebrating a birth, and the operative emotion suggested is JOY
The lives and ministries of Sisters Maurice and Marie Veronica Norton
'She dearly loved ‘her children,’ and they loved her.'
Celebrating the Providence Associates: 10 years in relationship
Sisters of Providence share how they feel about Providence Associates: They give us hope for fresh energy and prophetic wisdom. They give hope for all of us now and into the future united for mission. Providence Associates give us all a greater appreciation of what Providence means. They give us a spiritual and inspirational uplift. They broaden our spirituality.
My Current Situation in Asia: A Quadrillion Blessings
The entire experience was one of the great quadrillion blessings of my life as a Sister of Providence
Miracle Home: A Holistic Care Service Center for Long-Term Care
Miracle Home provides home care services, respite care, meals on wheels, day care services and community services for the elderly