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God so loved the world as to give … and give and give and give
What do a military challenge coin and a football game ball share in common? And what do either of them have to do with Christmas? Both the coin and the game ball have been meaningful symbols that have carried me through much of the fall and into Advent, giving me a deeper understanding of what a gift Christmas truly is to us who believe. Sister Pat Linehan and the Challenge Coin The first, the military challenge coin, was given to...
Christmas Mourning
My personal experience of Christmas Mourning began very early in my life when my older brother, Billy, died on Oct. 4, 1943, three months before his 8th birthday. His birthday was Christmas Eve, which made his loss even more poignant at Christmas time. After Billy’s death, my mother decided to remember him in two special ways. Before Christmas Eve, with the help of my mother and siblings, we would make a spray of greenery with pinecones, a red bow, and...
This 2012 Christmas ‘wish list’ hasn’t changed
“This Christmas let us, like Jesus, be the incarnation of a loving God who ‘became flesh’ and counts on us to incarnate God’s love. Merry Christmas!” – Sister Denise Wilkinson “Be gay and cheerful with your Sisters, even when you do not feel like it. The Divine Infant will be pleased at your efforts and will give you a great many graces. With fidelity to this grace you will pass a happy Christmas and commence a happy new year.” –...
Together, let’s send out ‘Joy to the World’
...of Christmas – there were no nativity scenes, no shepherds or angels. Even the word Christmas was spelled out on the lawn as XMAS. And yet, this moment had everything to do with the Christ of Christmas. ‘Children, Children Everywhere’ Fast forward to Saturday, December 9 for Christmas Fun at the Woods. No lights, but a wonderland of children, children everywhere. By the time I had welcomed visitor number 682 at the front entrance table, I was feeling that same...
Sister Dorothy Gartland (formerly Sister Margaret Eugene)
...Christmas day of 2025. A cosmic event – the birth of Emmanuel, God with us. Is it possible to imagine that these two bookend events shaped Dorothy’s 96 years of life? I think so. Is it possible to imagine that when Dorothy entered eternal life on Christmas day she found herself embraced by the God who sent the Prince of Peace; embraced by the God of justice and compassion? I think so. As Providence would have it, the second Scripture...
Let’s get Mother Theodore on the National Liturgical Calendar!
...help to identify all the places where some visible and tangible devotion to Mother Theodore is taking place. For example: Liturgies, Prayer Services, Pilgrimages, Favors Received, Parishes and Chapels. Saint Mother Theodore Guerin Parish in the Archdiocese of Chicago and the chapels dedicated in her name at St. Joseph Church in Jasper, Indiana, and the Fort Wayne Cathedral, Churches with her image, such as the stained glass windows featuring Saint Mother Theodore at St. Roch Church in Indianapolis and at...
Arts & Music ministries
...the Violin.” Sisters in music ministry today include Sister Regina Marie McIntyre, and Sister Lisa Stallings, organists. Sisters also serve as cantors and play musical instruments for church liturgies.The large choirs have been supplanted today with a small schola of singers for special occasions and a larger singer/instrumentalists group for summer events. Sister Jeanne Hagelskamp and other Sister members of the Leadership Conference for Women Religious (LCWR) singing during a meeting in 2024. Recent stories See all posts about art...
A Christmas memory
...we experienced there, kneeling at this place where the Son of God entered this world as the Son of Mary and Joseph, was almost overwhelming. I took back with me a small wooden hand-carved nativity set I had acquired on the Via Dolorosa in the Old City of Jerusalem. Christmas 2017 will be the 50th Christmas that I will display it where I live. Our Christmas ended with joining the people of Athens, Greece, in their great celebration of the...
Merry Christmas! There is cause for rejoicing here!
For as long as I can remember, a soft, stuffed elf toy made its appearance in our home at Christmas time. Oh, there were the usual decorations — a Christmas tree, wreaths, and, of course, the Nativity Scene. But this elf had primacy of place, hanging from a thumbtack pressed into the archway between the living room and dining room of my childhood home. And when we moved into a new home during my college years that elf went with...
Being ‘Home’ for Christmas
Jesus was born at home – for home is as much a feeling as it is a place Thinking about writing this blog, I felt very uninspired, not a thought in my head. Providentially, I heard two of my colleagues talking about not being “ready for Christmas.” Wonder what being “ready for Christmas” means. Why not ask them? So I did. We had a conversation that spoke to my heart and I hope to theirs. Each of them recognized so...
Light the candles! Christmas 2012
...the good people all around us. Once again, Providence doesn’t fail because we don’t fail in loving and supporting one another, in being light for one another. True – It is Christmas! Light the candles! They have more right to exist than all the darkness. (Rahner) True – you are held in the prayer and thoughts of all the Sisters of Providence and of our Providence Associates! Cherish your loved ones this Christmas. Merry Christmas! Denise Wilkinson, SP General Superior...
‘I’ll be home for Christmas:’ A song of hope and of light in the darkness
The song, “I’ll be home for Christmas,” has new meaning for me this year. Sister Kathryn Koressel (in gray coat with blue collar) is tucked in among the many Sisters of Providence who participated in the recent Light Your Way Christmas Parade in downtown Terre Haute. Sister Kathryn was one of four Sisters of Providence who died recently. The others were Sisters Agnes Mary Raetz, Margaret Ann Wilson and Adelaide Ortegel. Four of our dear Sisters of Providence have recently...