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.
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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.
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“It is very profound to me to watch God do for people what they cannot do for themselves,” Sister Connie Kramer says of her work offering retreats for people who are homeless in the Indianapolis area.
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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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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.
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Do you knit or crochet? Would you like to work with alpaca yarn as a volunteer? We would love to talk with you.
Read moreDid 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?
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“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 Dear God, creator of women in your own image, born of a woman in the midst of a world half women, carried by…
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It’s as if you’re actually on the tour of the shrine with Sister Jan Craven as she explains the significance of what is called the “second circle”.
Read moreHave a yard sale. Items you no longer need can be passed on to others who have a use for them. Good for the environment, good for reducing your clutter…
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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.
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