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Take a deep breath: spiritual direction during pandemic
Published on May 3, 2021
…fears and frustrations? So, Sister Marsha continued the spiritual direction relationships via phone calls, Zoom, FaceTime. (Take a deep breath. Let the light shine through.) Addressing a need Sister Paula Damiano, SP, co-director of Providence Spirituality and Conference Center and a spiritual director, related the same experience. “During the first month of the pandemic, we had very few requests from persons seeking spiritual direction. However, things changed fairly quickly. Once people became aware that this would go on for some…
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Get to know Providence Associate Cathy Allen
Published on May 21, 2021
…Associates as well as new women becoming Sisters of Providence. Coming to work at PHC all those years ago was one of the best things I’ve done, and I am so thankful I was blessed to spend most of my career working in Providence Health Care. The Sisters of Providence community does so much to help those in need and to make our world fairer and more just. Learn more about becoming a Providence Associate of the Sisters of Providence…
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‘Dear Friend’
Published on June 1, 2021
…James, and Karl Marx and Abraham Lincoln. (Wouldn’t you love to read their correspondence?) Penning Traditions The traditional definition of “pen pal” includes the understanding that the two letter-writers don’t know each other ahead of time. “Pals” are matched various ways: Through teacher-driven programs (like the Student Letter Exchange, founded in 1936), computer algorithms (like the Parker Pen company’s pen pal computer, featured at the 1964-65 New York World’s Fair), or even online. And it’s not just children doing the…
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Get to know Providence Associate Brad Crites
Published on June 2, 2021
…type,” most of that time was spent reading and learning. But there was also a fair amount of talking with my companion, my family and friends. And I reflected quite a lot about what I was hoping for from this relationship. Since COVID changed our ‘normal’ halfway through that candidate year, I’ve felt a little more removed from the community. But I’m also very grateful to have the opportunities to connect over the internet for events and activities that I…
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Journals and Letters week 41: Oh, Maria and other friends
Published on July 17, 2021
…a temporary affair that will suffer from the caprices of men.” Helen Reddy – I Am Woman I’ll be there for you. Mother Theodore’s letter to Madame Le Fer de la Motte – a letter from one dear friend to another. Knowing her friend grieves the death of a loved one, Mother Theodore offers these words of comfort. “Does it not seem to you, Madame, that you are only separated from these dear friends by a curtain, the corner of…
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Sisters to take part in historical marker dedication
Published on September 17, 2021
The Sisters of Providence of Saint Mary-of-the-Woods, along with many other organizations, will take part in the dedication of a historical marker for George Ward during a ceremony at 3 p.m., on Sunday, Sept. 26. The event will take place at 100 Dresser Dr., Terre Haute, at the north end of Fairbanks Park where Ward, an African-American, was lynched and his body burned by an angry mob in February 1901. The only lynching to take place in Vigo County occurred…
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Guerin Prep Announces Closing
Published on January 16, 2020
…Providence responded to a request by the Archdiocese of Chicago, to change the mission of Mother Guerin and become a co-ed institution, honoring Mother Theodore Guerin’s charge to “Love the children first, then teach them.” The school was renamed Guerin College Prep in 2005. Transition teams will assist students to identify the best options for completing their high school education. A student fair will be hosted at the school with representatives from other Catholic high schools. Assistance will also be…
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Newsnotes from the Sisters of Providence winter 2022
Published on January 12, 2022
…of Mr. George Ward, a resident of Terre Haute, we have an opportunity to open ourselves, all of us, to the stark reality of historical and current expressions of systemic racism,” Sisters of Providence Justice Promoter Sister Barbara Battista said. “We, along with our entire nation, have work to do. Our nation is in the midst of a racial awakening.” The ceremony took place on Sept. 26 at the north end of Fairbanks Park in Terre Haute where the incident…
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Ash Wednesday: The ‘Black Friday’ of the Church year
Published on March 2, 2022
…a little uncertain and incomplete. Sacrifice, we think, (aside from possibly being icky, old-fashioned, unnecessary, unfair and lacking in self-care, among other things) needs to be grand and complex — usually with a clear start and finish. We long for a way to express what we believe and hold in our hearts. It’s the yearning that Psalm 63 describes: “O God … for you I long; for you my soul is thirsting. My body pines for you like a dry,…
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Making sense of warring leaders both made in God’s image
Published on March 26, 2022
…new role were fairly low. Ironically, he once acted in an eerily prescient sitcom called “Servant of the People.” In this he played a high school teacher who rails against corruption. And, after a student’s film of him goes viral, ends up elected president! Then he actually did become president! I don’t know if he’s still playing a role, acting “as if” he has the power of the Holy Spirit with him. I do know that he is bravely and…
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Oral history: Sister Patricia Geis, a life of adventures and little ones
Published on August 4, 2022
…exhibits many traits attributed to middle children: peacemaker, independent and self-motivated, easygoing, innovative, successful, a seeker of fairness, balance and justice. Both sets of her grandparents were first-generation Americans. Her paternal grandparents had come to America from Germany and her mother’s parents from Poland. Sister Patty Geis’s last name is German, although as a child she wanted to have her mother’s Polish maiden name: Cieszykowski. Sister Patty early in her religious life Young Patty grew up in a household of…
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Border Stories: Opening the Door to the Kingdom God Wants
Published on September 16, 2022
…two women, had been paroled into the U.S. during an exceptions process in the spring. All while these two families were hiding out in another town for their safety. I waited for one of the women to say that it wasn’t fair. That we should have let them know about the possibility of crossing into the U.S. when it came along. But to my surprise, they were both smiling. ‘It was worth it’ “¿Así que valió la pena?” one of…