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.
Preparing to bring God’s love, mercy and justice to the world
“My mind and my heart have been stretched and made more pliable through the formation process. And I know that I am loved. And the fact that I am loved calls me to love as well,” Sister Dina Bato said.
8th Day Center for Justice: Statement on White Supremacy
This could be an opportunity to open a creative and transformative space that works to address holistically the current and historical manifestation of white supremacy
A sister remembers working to racially integrate schools
“We were treated just like the black people were treated because we were recognized as ‘Oh, those are the sisters who teach the black kids.’ And so they treated us like black people, and it was a wonderful experience for me,” Sister Laurine Haley says of her time helping to integrate the Catholic schools in Fayetteville, North Carolina.
Get to know Sister Mary Mundy
Get to know Sister Mary Mundy in these video clips as she tells about her ministry, the importance of prayer in her life, and what is means to her to be a part of the community of the Sisters of Providence of Saint Mary-of-the-Woods.
“You are worth everything” Sister Barbara Sheehan and Urban CPE Consortium
"Sister Barbara looks at each of us and doesn’t see an addict. She looks at us as human. Every person feels welcome.”
The Six C’s of convening constructive conversation
Clarity: Be clear about your reasons for reaching out, what kind of conversation you have in mind, and what you hope those involved will have experienced by the time it ends.
Collaboration: Invite your potential conversation partner(s) to join you in making key decisions about the conversation …
How to engage one another in difficult or potentially divisive conversations
As we engage in difficult conversations, … ask ourselves why we have made the assumptions we have and whether they are valid. What beliefs do we hold that have influenced our thinking? Have we really considered all the facts?
Survey, legacy fund, phonathon and more! News from the Mission Advancement office
Thank you so much for your sharing. It is such a blessing to learn about your connections to our mission and to read your stories.
Online exclusive: Saint Mary-of-the-Woods College and Sisters of Providence seek more collaboration
Trustee Alice Shelton said the retreat was very important. “The public tends to view Saint Mary-of-the-Woods College and the Sisters of Providence as being very close together.”
What can you do? Staying engaged in divisive times
Do something concrete. Trust in your power to make change, even if the results aren't immediately obvious.
Create beauty. Sing, dance, paint, draw, garden, play an instrument or write.
Ask questions of others who have different views.
Grassroots, indivisible
We find in joining with others to effect real social change that we ourselves are more hopeful, more able to embrace diversity, and more willing to engage others who look, think, or act differently than ourselves. As a nation, we have experienced quite a shift these days. Contributing to our democracy by joining a local Indivisible group, I experience the deep joy of contributing to the common good.
I’ll meet you in the field: the spirituality of coming together
Out beyond ideas of wrongdoing and right doing,
there is a field. I’ll meet you there.
When the soul lies down in that grass, the world is
too full to talk about. Ideas, language, even the
phrase each other doesn’t make any sense. — Rumi
Sister Ann Sullivan reflects on the spirituality of coming together across divides.