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.
Throwback Thursday: Remembering Sister Beth Kelso
Sister Beth taught in high schools and academies in Indiana, Illinois, Massachusetts, California and Washington, D.C.
70 years with Our Lady of Providence
This painting of Our Lady of Providence, Queen of the Home, was hung at the entrance of my home in 1946, when I was 10 years old. The painting greeted each person coming into our home, not only visitors but my parents, younger brother and me. It spoke to all of the loving care of Mary for each one that entered.
God’s call is finding a place where we can thrive and be our fullest selves
"When we talk about vocation, when we talk about a call, it's not that God is asking us to fit into some box that doesn't fit us. It's about finding a place where we can really thrive and be our fullest selves."
A Haunting Desert Experience
'To those of you who don’t vote, who don’t change these laws, you are allowing children to die here inside places like Eloy'
Throwback Thursday: Remembering Sister Therese Berry
According to her records in Archives, she was “remembered as an outstanding teacher, one who kept her classroom with beautiful décor"
Called to perform: Sandra Hartlieb’s Mother Theodore
“I was mad at Mother Theodore!” Sandra confesses. For years, Sandra had struggled with corneal degeneration. Prayers for Mother Theodore’s intervention seemed to fall on deaf ears.
"I wandered around the grounds complaining,” Sandra explains. “I ‘heard’ a voice saying, ‘Tell my story.’ Well, I said, ‘I am telling MY story!’ But the voice came again, and I realized it was HER! Telling me to tell HER story! I decided to do it.”
Letter to Cardinal Elect Joseph Tobin
We have found in you an advocate for Catholic higher education, as well as religious life
Strength from being ordinary this Foundation Day
What matters is what is in our hearts and souls. It’s the warmth, respect and love that we have for others — that same love and respect Saint Mother Theodore modeled to all with whom she came in contact. It was her ordinary, her natural response that came from deep within her heart. It was a response borne of deep prayer and of complete trust in her Provident God.
From uncomfortable to comfortable
Five students from Creighton University in Omaha, Nebraska, spent their fall break at White Violet Center for Eco-Justice giving service and learning more about sustainable living this week.
"You have to get out of your comfort zone. It really allows you to experience things that help you grow as an individual," Ameer Chughtai said.
Fuchsia folder holds thank-you letters and blessings
Have you ever had an article of clothing that long ago had served its purpose, but you just couldn’t bear to part with it? How about a fuchsia-colored, plastic folder? Well, probably not … but that’s what I can hardly…
