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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.

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Happy Chinese New Year – the Year of the Dog

Chinese New Year 2018 falls on Feb. 16, the first day of the Chinese New Year, the Year of the Dog! The celebration can last for 16 days, starting from the eve of Feb. 16 to the 15th day of the…

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Sisters of Providence remember Archbishop Emeritus Daniel M. Buechlein

Archbishop Emeritus Daniel M. Buechlein’s passing has rekindled many warm memories for the Sisters of Providence of Saint Mary-of-the-Woods. Beginning in 1992, he served as the fifth archbishop of Indianapolis. He grew up in Jasper, Indiana (where the SPs taught),…

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Intersectionality – what is it?

Today, even as random violence seems to become the norm in our country, there are some for whom violence and discrimination are nothing new. Whole classes of people face discrimination on a daily basis because of how their realities overlap: discrimination in housing, the workplace, our churches, our criminal justice system, health care, our immigration system.

Sister Donna Butler
January 19, 2018
As seen in HOPE, Peace & Justice, Racial Equality & Equity, Saint Mother Theodore Guerin
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Visit the Woods

Whatever it is that draws you here, plan to spend time at Saint Mary-of-the-Woods. We welcome you with open arms and hearts full of love.

Mary Riley
January 19, 2018
As seen in HOPE, Visiting Saint Mary-of-the-Woods

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A new perspective on assisted living

"That the question of being in assisted living took me to a more profound level. Suddenly I realized that every one of us is in assisted living," writes Sister Donna Butler

Sister Donna Butler
January 19, 2018
As seen in HOPE, Community Living, Providence Family Services

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Elegance on display: Saint Mary-of-the-Woods added to National Register of Historic Places

“I thought, ‘it looks like a little piece of Europe was plunked down in the backwoods of Indiana.'"

Jason Moon
January 19, 2018
Art & Music, As seen in HOPE, Saint Mary-of-the-Woods College, Visiting Saint Mary-of-the-Woods

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For Sister Suzanne, prayer is life

"Prayer is all-permeating, inclusive. Prayer is ingrained in me."
"Each day is a gift," she says.

Amy Miranda
January 19, 2018
As seen in HOPE, Providence Spirituality

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Firing up hope: SP prayer ministries

"Firing up hope" is how one correspondent describes what the prayer ministries of the Sisters of Providence mean to him as he daily faces the uncertainties of life without a steady job to earn money to feed his family. "We have truly tasted the painful side of life. Yet, I have not lost hope for a better tomorrow."

Sister Cathy Campbell
January 19, 2018
As seen in HOPE, Providence Spirituality
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Providence Associates, Sisters of Providence: 10 years in relationship

“The common vision that we share is love for Providence, for each other, and for life — all life.”

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The bond of friendship leads to lives as sisters

"Before Anna and I were friends. Now we are family members of the Sisters of Providence, with a multi-year friendship base to help me live more freely in this family,” Teresa said.

Diane Weidenbenner
January 19, 2018
As seen in HOPE, Become a Sister, Community Living
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Shared roots: bonds that unite beyond culture, time and place

" I loved being the very place where Mother Theodore worshiped in her years of living in La Providence. To sit in this very simple chapel for hours refreshed and renewed me. There I experienced in a unique way the presence of Mother Theodore," writes Sister Denise Wilkinson.

Sister Denise Wilkinson
January 19, 2018
As seen in HOPE, Reflections from Sister Denise, Saint Mother Theodore Guerin
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News Notes

Sister Josephine Bryan received the Florence Nightingale Award from the Diocese of San Bernardino, California, on Oct. 22, 2017. The award is presented to “a licensed nurse distinguished in the field or in a way that reflects Catholic values and moral ethics.”

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