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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.
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?
Language barriers, smiles and unexpected gifts: Sister Denise Wilkinson reflects from France
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.
‘Were you there when they crucified, my Lord?’
'Oh, it does cause me to tremble'
Holy Week reflections with Saint Mother Theodore
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!
Sisters to participate in panel discussion of documentary
Director of 'Life After Life' to present free screening of film on Sunday, April 9
Week 6: Walking through Lent with Saint Mother Theodore
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
Week 5: Daily reflections with Saint Mother Theodore Guerin
“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?