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Mary Carroll Blocher: Dancing for Joy

By Connie McCammon | January 5, 2012 |

This article originally appeared in the winter 2012 issue of HOPE. “Praise him with tambourine and dancing.” (Psalm 150:4) From the age of 5, Providence Associate Mary Carroll Blocher has…

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Rita Muller: providing a helping hand

By Sisters of Providence | December 28, 2011 |

Every month you can count on seeing Rita Muller around the motherhouse grounds. Rita, a Providence Associate since 2007, comes to the Woods once a month to volunteer in a…

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Human Trafficking: Words from Sister Denise

By Sister Denise Wilkinson | December 10, 2011 |

Sister Denise Wilkinson, general superior, addressed the Sisters of Providence, Providence Associates and others who attended a Communications Night in Providence Hall on Dec. 7, regarding the human trafficking issue.…

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You can be someone’s present!

By Sister Editha Ben | December 7, 2011 |

Share the true expression of the Christmas spirit! Invite an elderly neighbor to dinner, visit a person who is homebound, clean the house of a single parent, comfort someone who…

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Angels of mercy: Civil War service of the sisters

By Connie McCammon | November 15, 2011 |

Reprinted from the fall 2011 issue of HOPE. “Cloistered by the majestic forest, the Convent and the Academy at St. Mary-of-the-Woods in 1860 would seem to have been too remote,…

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Sister Denise reflection: 2011 Rite of Commitment

By Sisters of Providence | November 12, 2011 |

On Saturday, Nov. 12, 2011, 15 Providence Candidate-Associates made their first commitments in a ceremony and Eucharistic Liturgy in the Church of the Immaculate Conception. General Superior Sister Denise Wilkinson…

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Foundation Day 2011

By Sister Denise Wilkinson | October 22, 2011 |

Happy Foundation Day! We thank our Provident God for the lives of our six foundresses: Sister St. Vincent Ferrer Gagé, Sister Basilide Sénéchal, Sister Olympiade Boyer, Sister Mary Xavier Lerée…

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The flag of Brittany

By Connie McCammon | October 11, 2011 |

During the month of October, a very special month in the history of the Congregation, the flag of Brittany waves proudly from a flagpole near Providence Hall. Brittany is the…

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What have we to do in order to become saints?

By Sister Denise Wilkinson | October 3, 2011 |

Happy Feast! It’s good to be here with the usual suspects — SPs, Providence Associates, SP and PHC staff, colleagues and alumnae from SMWC, our close neighbors from the Village…

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Bernard Casey: An Ordinary Person

By Connie McCammon | September 26, 2011 |

Age quod agis. Several years ago a Jesuit priest at Fairfield University in Connecticut introduced this Latin phrase to Dr. Bernard Casey, and it’s been his philosophy of life ever…

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It’s all about the journey

By Sisters of Providence | September 26, 2011 |

This article is reprinted from the fall 2011 issue of HOPE. Some of the most meaningful and hope-filled advice Sister Mary Jo Piccione has received during her health care ministry…

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A beacon of hope

By Becky Igo | September 26, 2011 |

This article is reprinted from the fall 2011 issue of HOPE. Shannon Turner walked into the Hux Cancer Center in Terre Haute, Ind., as a breast cancer patient to undergo…

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