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.
Isabelle McCurdy: Involved in all aspects at WVC
'I've learned so much. It is definitely interesting living community-style, how you experience things together. I've grown a lot.'
Spring cleaning, spiritual cleaning
The dawning of spring invites us to a spiritual cleaning, as well. Time to clear out and make space for a new way of being in the world. The choices are many:
• To be attentive or to be distracted
• To be blessing or to be blaming
Throwback Thursday: The life of Sister Marie Stanislaus Curran
She entered the Congregation on Oct. 22, 1907
There are so many things to love!
"It's a deep, deep going inside yourself to find out who God is calling you to be." Providence Associate Debbie Dillow tells what she loves about being a Providence Associate of the Sisters of Providence of Saint Mary-of-the-Woods in this video.
Providence Associate Arthur Snyder: a rewarding faith journey with the Sisters of Providence
I have been mentored and learned a great deal about spirituality and life in general. I now know the real importance of living a life based on love, mercy and justice — not just the meaning of the words.
Volunteer spotlight – Peggy Balensuela
If you've been considering volunteering with the Sisters of Providence, hesitate no longer! When the Sisters say "All Are Welcome," they mean it. I am one of the many non-Catholics who passionately support their mission and the charism of St. Mother Theodore.
Where God walks: a poetic response to deeply spiritual places
There are places God has glanced
with lightest touch of hand, some swept,
palm to earth, and some in which God’s hand
sinks into soil like a sculptor’s hand in clay, that shout …
Remembering Sister Mary Patricia Carroll
'It's quite possible that those hundreds of children she taught probably remember her as the kindest teacher they ever had.'
You asked and we’re answering!
'Are you still a teaching order and where in the world do you go and what do you do there?'
What is to become of us?
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.
Reflecting on Easter: ‘The stone has been rolled away’
Is there any greater joy than life overcoming death? Is there any greater longing than to find the stones of our lives rolled away?