Features
Welcome to our features page. Here, we will share with you updates on what is currently happening within our Congregation. Feel free to take time to explore the area.
Sisters continue care for neighbors in need
And after all these years ministering to the community, both Sisters Dorothy and Joseph feel like it is time to move on. But these sisters’ retirement does not mean the Sisters of Providence will no longer be serving their neighbors in need.
Sister Paula Modaff: moving closer and closer to God
Where is Sister Paula in her own relationship with God these days? “For the longest time now, I experience God as reality. Whatever is happening, that is the holy,” she says.
Newsnotes from fall 2022 HOPE magazine
Catch up on some recent news and updates from the Sisters of Providence. Featured in the fall 2022 issue of HOPE magazine.
The Sisters of Providence mission: living the Gospel today
Over the past 180+ years, the Sisters of Providence have continually asked themselves: “To whom and to what are we being called at this time in history? Who are ‘the miserable’ in the world today? Who are the vulnerable most in need of our service?”
Sisters of Providence, Our Lady of Victory Missionary Sisters enter covenant relationship
Sister Jenny will provide her 'gifts of leadership, of listening and of loving.'
Program booklet
The Sisters of Providence Retreats, Programs, Events and Opportunities booklet has been released. View the full event calendar online or download the booklet PDF.
Sisters of Providence profess perpetual vows
'Providence chose me, and I simply followed that call.'
Reflections for the Silver Jubilee of Sister Evelyn Ovalles
Come alive to what our Provident God has done for you and in your past 25 years
Reflections for Profession of Perpetual Vows
There is cause for rejoicing here!!
Sister Leslie Dao enters the novitiate
Sister Leslie Dao is officially a novice with the Sisters of Providence of Saint Mary-of-the-Woods! Sister Leslie entered the novitiate on Aug. 14, 2022 in the Church of the Immaculate Conception at Saint Mary-of-the-Woods. During the next year, Sister Leslie will study Scripture, Congregation and Church history, and develop a deeper connection to God, her community and the world.
A reflection for Reception into the Novitiate
Come, Leslie. Come follow this path marked out by Providence
Oral history: Sister Patricia Geis, a life of adventures and little ones
Sister Patty’s dedication, vows and sense of adventure in service has taken her in many directions since that day 70 years ago when she entered Sisters of Providence of Saint Mary-of-the-Woods.
