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.

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On policing and Providence

Sister Pat, a volunteer with the Chicago Police Department on the south side of the city, says this is not the first time she has taken a non-traditional path. “It’s another way to be God’s presence in the community,” says Sister Pat Mahoney of her many years working as a community volunteer with her local police station in Chicago.

Sister Tracey Horan
July 16, 2015
Peace & Justice, Racial Equality & Equity, Sisters in Ministry

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From troubled teen to sister in medicine: Sister Barbara Battista

Who would think that a wild teenager, kicked out of her Catholic school her sophomore year, would end up a Sister of Providence? But that is part of Sister Barbara Battista’s story. From wild child to pharmacist to Physician Assistant, Sister Barbara’s story has some unexpected turns.

Sisters of Providence
July 16, 2015
As seen in HOPE, Become a Sister, Sisters in Ministry
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Did you know these 7 ways to give to the Sisters of Providence?

Automatic monthly giving, store rewards programs, amazon rewards, sharing about the Sisters of Providence with others. There are lots of ways you can give to the Sisters of Providence that you may have not ever considered.

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Justice on the margins: Providence Associate Maria Price

Did you know that Providence Associate Maria Price, a Saint Mary-of-the-Woods College alum from Louisville, Kentucky, runs a homeless shelter for men? She also helps to promote economic justice to the people in her parish’s sister parish in Esquipulas, Nicaragua.

Jason Moon
July 16, 2015
As seen in HOPE, Meet a Providence Associate, Peace & Justice

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Did you know we need volunteer knitters?

Do you knit or crochet? Would you like to work with alpaca yarn as a volunteer? We would love to talk with you.

Sisters of Providence
July 16, 2015
Alumni, As seen in HOPE, Saint Mother Theodore Guerin, Volunteering, White Violet Center for Eco-Justice

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Did you know … cloth diapering makes a difference?

Did you know the Sisters of Providence sell cloth diapers in our gift shop at Saint Mary-of-the-Woods? Are you wondering why a religious order is selling cloth diapers?

Sisters of Providence
July 16, 2015
Advocacy & Action, As seen in HOPE, Peace & Justice, White Violet Center for Eco-Justice

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Sister Carole Kimes

“Part of the reason I left was because I thought I could conquer the world without religious community. I thought I could do what I did in religious life as a person outside of religious community. Part of that was arrogance. Part of it was youth. Part of it was idealism.

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A Litany of Women for the Church

A Litany of Women for the Church Dear God, creator of women in your own image, born of a woman in the midst of a world half women, carried by women to mission fields around the globe, made known by…

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Love in action at Providence in the Desert

Providence in the Desert is about a lot more than teaching.
It’s about presence. It’s about caring. It’s about love and compassion.
It’s about calling a student during your down time in the middle of the day to quiz her on what she will need to know for her upcoming U.S. citizenship exam.

Amy Miranda
May 15, 2015
Guerin Outreach Ministries, Peace & Justice, Providence in the Desert, Sisters in Ministry
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At home in nature

Mother Theodore as a healer Saint Mother Theodore Guerin’s passion as a healer went hand in hand with her love for nature during her ministry in the forests of Indiana. Mother Theodore had previously trained while in France in how to use…

Sister Jan Craven
April 27, 2015
As seen in HOPE, Saint Mother Theodore Guerin

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Former teacher influences a career in environmental law

When I took biology from sister she was still in the full habit, and I've recounted many times the vivid image I have of her rolling up her sleeves, hiking up her skirt and tucking it in to her waist (she looked like she had big pantaloons) so she could lead us up and down the creek bed to explore and take samples.

Rosemary Glass Spalding
April 26, 2015
Alumni, As seen in HOPE, Education, Environmental Justice, Peace & Justice, Sisters in Ministry

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