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Religious Life Through the Generations
Published on January 5, 2009
…in Religious Life Through the Generations? Below are some of the general characteristics. Credit for this content is attributed to James V. Gambone, Ph.D., “Generations on the J-O-B,” in the Oct. 8, 2007, issue of The Indianapolis Star, the 2005 winter/spring issue of FDUMagazineOnline (Fairleigh Dickinson University, New Jersey) and material provided by the Sisters of Providence Vocation Office. Civic or G.I. Generation (1901-1931): respect for authority; conformers; sacrifice; adherence to rules; work before fun; savers of money Adaptive or…
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Martha Brennan: Trusting in Providence
Published on May 26, 2011
…sense of how to treat others fairly and justly in this world and share the gifts and talents that were given to me from a divine source,” said Martha. “The sisters provided me, and still provide today, a model of how to ‘be’ in this world through their acts of love, mercy and justice,” said Martha, who generously supports the Congregation and has remembered the sisters in her will. “It’s one of the ways that I can possibly give back…
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Rosemary “Dee” Coyne: The Pivotal Role of Providence
Published on September 26, 2010
…Mike married and in January the couple moved to Alexandria, Va., where Mike worked for the federal government and attended evening classes at Georgetown Law School. Upon graduating in 1964, Mike served as a Marine Corps officer. Four years later, he practiced law in Washington, D.C., and Virginia while remaining in the Marine Corps Reserve. Dee kept busy in her own right, working 27 years as a primary teacher in Fairfax County, Va. She still keeps in contact with many…
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Living a fruitful vowed life
Published on September 26, 2007
…gospel values to be made an integral part of our lives. Someone has said the vow of poverty might better be named the vow for justice-making because at its heart is the value of helping others who are deprived of receiving their fair share of God’s bounty. The Constitutions of the Sisters of Providence continue to call us to witness to the gospel value of sharing with others, contributing what we earn to a common fund and receiving from that…
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Care of Earth: an ascetical practice for our times?
Published on September 26, 2008
…with the spiritual training designed to help one become a more virtuous person. The difficulties involved in the practice were considered a fair price in exchange for the value acquired! In the western world, words commonly associated with asceticism are sacrifice, penance, renunciation, self-discipline, self-control, etc. While all major religions teach a theology of asceticism, the way it is practiced has varied in different cultures and in different periods of history. In the Christian tradition, for example, older readers will…
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Sister Frances Alma McManus
Published on May 30, 2012
…a place that young ladies went to be educated and to become the best person that they were capable of being. I remember your calm voice even when you were unhappy about a situation and the way you handled things calmly and efficiently.’ “Similarly, ‘We respected you even if we were afraid of you at times. In retrospect, I can say that you were always fair and most of all, patient with us. You always encouraged excellence.’ “Another revealing insight,…
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A vocation Q & A with Sister Jenny
Published on September 26, 2010
…they were exploring religious life, but it seems now they are more willing to say that’s what they are thinking about. We’ve been very fortunate to have women enter our Congregation fairly consistently throughout this period of time. Q. From the research and reading you have done, and the workshops in which you have participated, what do you believe young people are looking for today? A. Young people today are searching for deeper meaning in their lives, and a way…
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Making sense of the present moment
Published on May 13, 2008
…She is fairly eclectic in her reading and keeps an open mind. “I’m always looking to see how the Word is being broken open to help us meet the challenges of the secular world,” added Sister Cathy. She has recently become interested in the writings of Pope Benedict XVI and is reading his “Jesus of Nazareth” which she has found “moving and beautiful.” Sister Cathy feels the Beatitudes provide a good understanding of the gospel message today. “God calls us…
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The Le Fer sisters: Gifts to the Congregation
Published on January 13, 2008
…news that Elvire, one of her sisters, was coming to join the Congregation. Sister Mary Joseph’s arrival Twenty-six years of age, charming, gracious, and amiable, Elvire Le Fer de la Motte was also very talented. Her sister Clementine wrote to Sister St. Francis, “You will have a fine musician, accountant, an artistic skill served by fairy fingers, and finally you will have a ready heart which knows no limits in its devotedness. … You desired one of your sisters, one…
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Sister Terri Boland
Published on June 17, 2012
…in my thirties.” I was thinking this is so not fair that they would be taking women at 30 years of age. Even though it was a possibility, I was thinking I was way beyond the right age to enter a religious community. I was 35 at the time. That day I also met with Sister Rose Ann Eaton who was the provincial in Chicago at that time and decided to stay in conversation with her for a couple of…
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Movies that stay with you
Published on February 7, 2012
…to the detriment of her nation and herself. The storyline of “The Descendants” is one of relationships; we Sisters of Providence would say of “right relationships.” Set against incredibly beautiful Hawaiian landscapes, a father and his young daughters cope with the dying of his wife, their mother. All sorts of other characters come into play – the teenage daughter’s boyfriend, the parents of the dying woman, the man with whom the dying woman had had an affair, that man’s wife…
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Arrianne enters the novitiate
Published on August 21, 2012
Arrianne Whittaker entered the novitiate of the Sisters of Providence of Saint Mary-of-the-Woods on Saturday. Read Sister Denise Wilkinson’s reflection from Saturday. My time in the postulancy certainly stretched and challenged me to grow in many different ways. I find that transitions through change tend to do that; and I certainly had my fair share of transitions this past year! I thoroughly enjoyed my ministry visits. They gave me many opportunities to see, first hand, the varied types of ministries…