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Letter to Cardinal Timothy Dolan, Archbishop of New York
The following is a letter the Congregation’s General Council and Justice Coordinating Commission created for Archbishop of New York, Cardinal Timothy Dolan: Dear Cardinal Dolan, We write to you as the Congregational Leadership Team and the Justice Coordinating Commission of the Sisters of Providence of Saint Mary-of-the-Woods, Indiana. We want you to know that we remember you in our Eucharistic liturgies when we seek God’s guidance for all Church leaders. Yours is a special responsibility considering your role in leading...
22nd Sunday in Ordinary Time
...week returns us to Mark’s Gospel where we find some Pharisees and scribes questioning Jesus about his disciples’ adherence to external practices. They held that observing the Law of Moses, which called for ritual washings, to be of utmost importance in publicly demonstrating their commitment to the Covenant. Adherence to these activities, originally only required of Temple priests when celebrating liturgies, became the daily practice of community members wanting to be in a holy relationship with God. Their daily habits...
Reflecting on our Annual Meeting
...the sisters up-to-date on finances, government structures, volunteers and plans for the cemetery. We solicited their feedback. And in between there were prayers uttered, contemplative silences shared, sisters and associates who had died remembered, liturgies celebrated and lots of stories exchanged. There was no procession of suitcase-carrying sisters down the avenue but lots of walks with old (and new) friends down familiar paths. And there was a good old-fashioned ice cream social, complete with sprinkles. I doubt that Mother Theodore...
Nurturing in the Woods: extending the hand of compassion
...and laugh with them,” she said. Among their activities, the minister of care is there to assist a resident in preparing a “celebration of life” booklet if the resident wishes to do so. In this booklet, the resident and minister of care identify “end of life” materials, like favorite hymns, psalms and prayers of blessing to be included in wake and funeral service liturgies. Comfort and presence “I also provide them the comfort and presence they may need even during...
Sister Clelia Cecchetti (formerly Sister Rosina)
...Clelia’s death, Father Robert Fennimore, then a young priest assigned as Assistant Pastor at St. Ann Parish, spoke of her helpful manner and wisdom when working with him in planning school liturgies. He commented on her clear singing voice when she was directing the children. After a sabbatical in Massachusetts, Clelia switched gears totally to six years in finance ministry, being Provincial Treasurer in St. Raphael Province, and ministering in the CBO at the Woods as Local Residence Accounts Manager...
A Month of Remembrance
As the trees lose their leaves in a burst of color in the Northern Hemisphere and nature seems ready for the slumber of Winter after the hard work of producing oxygen and cleaning out air of carbon dioxide, and adding beauty to our landscape, we humans are reminded in the liturgies of November of our own slumber in death as the passage way that leads to life with God forever. The celebrations of All Saints and All Souls at the...
Sacred Places Honored: Church of the Immaculate Conception Receives Grant for Fire Suppression System
...of the church announcing “All Are Welcome” and through our programs and outreach, we reinforce our commitment to this sentiment. In the Church, daily Mass is open to everyone, including the college students, individuals living in affordable housing apartments on campus and healthcare residents living on our campus. Community members from the Terre Haute area attend, as well. Additionally, the Church hosts monthly Taizé ecumenical prayer services, weddings, funerals and community events like class ring ceremonies, Baccalaureate liturgies and commitment...
First Hundred Days Strategy
...Saturday night liturgies and other events. In this newsletter, we examined the top five targeted areas of the Trump Administration, also known as Project 2025. As you read through this newsletter, we hope you will see how Saint Mother Theodore Guerin impacts the Providence Community and where you can impact the world through the lens of Love, Mercy, and Justice. The manners, the customs, and usages here are so different from ours that they will appear extraordinary. — Saint Mother...
Sister Barbara Reder
...in preparing for funeral liturgies. I occasionally am asked to teach a lesson to the children at the school. And I am available to people if they need to talk.” “I do think sometimes people talk with me about issues or problems, even though I am not their best friend, that they would not do if I was not a sister,” she said. They come to her about problems with their kids, struggles in their marriage, or about their aging...
General Chapter 2011
...whatever way God opens for us! A special cause of joy was the presence of many of our Providence Associates during our first days of Chapter. These dedicated women and men who share our charism and mission broadened and deepened the dialogue, the celebrations, the quality of our life together. They contributed to the processes, added their presence and fidelity to our prayer and liturgies, and delighted us with a wonderful social one evening! They are gift – pure and...
Bringing beauty into the world – the late Sister Cecilia Clare Bocard
...compositions are a living tribute to her talent and creativity. During many special liturgies voices unite in the singing of Sister Cecilia Clare’s “Our Lady of Providence.” Brides who are college graduates walk down the aisle of the church to her “The Woods Wedding March.” Indeed, this musical woman was a prolific and award-winning composer of sacred choral works and piano compositions. One of Sister Cecilia Clare’s most sacred choral works was “A Cycle of Psalms.” It was originally performed...
Pianos and Dina
...remembering this night. She scrapped her studying and turned to music for the evening, playing nonstop for about two hours. Also skilled at guitar, Dina has been able to share her talents with many people by providing music for a wide range of events such as retreats, various liturgies and faith-sharing gatherings. In fact, her love of music used in these ways is one of the main points that drew Dina to the Sisters of Providence. “Music’s pretty big here,”...