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.
Scenes from the 2026 Providence Associates’ Spring Retreat
Living Our Call Through Changing Times as Modeled by Saint Mother Theodore Guerin
Moving from Bystanding to Upstanding
Becoming an upstander means actively engaging in harmful situations rather than remaining passive
White Violet Center for Eco-Justice: The beliefs have never changed
We want to meet you! We want to teach you!
Choosing Nonviolence as Gospel Witness
We celebrate and stand with this message
Restorative Justice
For me, social justice is what will be found beyond the thunderdome
Sister Helen Vinton: Impacting Agriculture
In September 2025, Sisters of Providence General Superior Sister Dawn Tomaszewski, SP, received a letter from Lorna Bourg, the President and Executive Director of the Southern Mutual Help Association (SMHA). In the letter, Bourg explained to Sister Dawn how she…
Learning from History: Taking Providence into the World
Some people say Catholic sisters don’t have an impact on children and families the way they used to. The students at Cathedral High School in Indianapolis would disagree. Sister Mary Ann Stewart, SP, is teaching these students U.S. and world…
20 Years Ago: A Canonization
The year 2026 will mark the 20th anniversary of Mother Theodore Guerin being declared a saint of the Roman Catholic Church. Also 20 years ago, in February 2006, Sisters of Providence were asked by then-General Superior Sister Ann Margaret O’Hara,…
Jubilee 2025: Thanks for Visiting
Jubilee 2025: Pilgrims of Hope was a fantastic year at Saint Mary-of-the-Woods! Thousands of pilgrims visited the Church of the Immaculate Conception and the Shrine of Saint Mother Theodore Guerin, both of which were designated as official Jubilee Pilgrimage Sites…
Providence Associate Beverly Adams: How it Started
My relationship with the Sisters of Providence began in 1982. My children attended St. Angela Elementary School in Chicago. Over the years, I became familiar with their mission of love, mercy, justice and hope. Eventually, Sister Joseph Ellen Keitzer, SP…
