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Simbang Gabi novena full of music and hospitality
...dealing with insurmountable obstacles and setbacks so they can provide a decent life for their families back home and who like Mary, with Joseph, took the available stable to give birth to the Savior of the world. May the blessings of Christmas help us recognize, appreciate and respect the many faces of God incarnated in our racial and cultural diversities. May we bring reconciliation and God’s love to wherever we are. Maligayang Pasko! Merry Christmas! Sister Editha Ben Vocation Director...
Food Pantry receives donation
Those receiving donations raised by the Miracle on 7th Street downtown festival included (from left) Max Jones for the Tribune Star Christmas Basket Fund, Nikki Fuhrmeister for CASA Kids, Judy Hogan of St. Benedict’s Soup Kitchen, Bill Felts of the 14th and Chestnut Community Center and Sister Joseph Fillenwarth of Providence Food Pantry. Not pictured: Representatives from The Salvation Army. Photo provided by Mark Solesky Thanks to a local civic group, Providence Food Pantry recently received a generous donation. The...
Celebrate 2016 with the SPs!
View a Christmas video message from General Superior Sister Dawn Tomaszewski, SP, where she expresses the Congregation’s gratitude for the many blessings it has had in 2016. She also assures people of the Congregation’s prayers for peace and non-violence this holiday season. Christmas 2016 letter (also downloadable as a PDF) What a wonderful year this has been for our Providence family! As I write, I pause to count my blessings as a Sister of Providence. I especially include the many...
O Antiphon – O Dayspring come shine on us
...Our challenge is to recognize and respond to Christmas gifts and lights as reminders of the deeper reality of salvation. As did Israel, many sit in the darkness of poverty, disease, war, injustice and the shadow of death. Even with that reality around us, Jesus says that we are to be light to the world, and to let that light shine. For this we must seek the Rising Dawn, the Sun of Justice, to do what he came to do:...
Sister Ann Marie Boyce
...1, the octave day of Christmas. What a Christmas surprise she received – the gift of life eternal in God’s embrace, said Sister Ann Casper in her commentary for Sister Ann Marie Boyce, who died January 1, 2019, at Saint Mary-of-the-Woods. She was 88 years old and had been a Sister of Providence for 71 years. Sister Ann continued: Sister Ann Marie Boyce was born in Mary’s month, May 1, 1930, in Richmond, Indiana, the youngest of three daughters born...
Imogen Anderson: The exceptional exception to the rule
...ropes. “ Christmas Fun at the Woods, 2019, Volunteer Imogen Anderson face paints. Imogen has also served in a variety of other ways for the Sisters of Providence. If you’ve ever been to Christmas Fun at the Woods or the Earth Day Festival & Craft Fair, you might have seen her at the always popular face painting booth. She knows how to sew and even helped a sister hem her pants. She has also worked in the Mission Advancement office...
Adopting Iggy
Editor’s Note: The following blog was written by Florida resident Kevin Powell regarding the experience of adopting an alpaca. Hello! My name is Kevin Powell, and my fiancé is Michelle Vice! We live in Saint Petersburg, Florida. Iggy’s adoption story started in November of last year when I started looking for a place to adopt an alpaca as a surprise for Christmas. Michelle and me with Iggy. Michelle had mentioned a few times about how cute alpacas were or sent...
Pondering Christ’s birth in our hearts
...love that was born that night and that there is no greater love. Mary surrendered and became, in the words of Fr. Richard Rohr, “a symbol of how the gift is received and treasured. Jesus is symbolic of the gift itself.” God incarnate, love incarnate. Let us remember this Christmas that we are here to love and to accept the gift of God’s love into our lives. May the joy and love of Christmas be with you and, in the...
Sunday, January 9, 2022: The Baptism of the Lord
...mightier than I coming.” After being baptized, as if he needed to be baptized, Jesus is praying. In those moments the Voice declares, “This is my beloved, hear him.” I and we are all beloved of God. Can I take this in? Action As we begin the work of Christmas wherever our star has led us, perhaps it would help to repeat frequently during the day the mantra, “I am beloved of God. I am doing the work of Christmas.”...
Sister Donna Marie Fu
...the Franciscans. They arrived at Christmas time. According to Donna, the sisters “surely treated me as their Christmas gift, everybody was so kind, so thoughtful and so sensitive to my needs.” In fact, during the first two weeks when she was adjusting to American food and not taking more than a bite or two at a meal, she would find a nice large apple and two chocolate bars in her desk whenever she finished. Various sisters who knew Donna in...
Newsnotes from winter 2023 HOPE magazine
...reunions for their classes to let her know at 812-535-2807 or cpritchett@spsmw.org Fun community events return At Christmas Fun at the Woods, a little girl sits with Santa at the Lodge in front of a cozy fire and shares her Christmas wish list. After a long hiatus due to COVID-19 precautions, the end of 2022 saw a return to in-person community events at Saint Mary-of-the-Woods! Fall Farm Day on Oct. 2 was a success. We shared alpacas, hayrides and activities...
January 7, 2024: Solemnity of the Epiphany of the Lord
...the “dream” in which they were warned and instructed to return home by another route. Action This is a very short Christmas season as was Advent! In just two weeks (length of Christmas 2023) we will leap into Ordinary Time. Since many have been in the spirit of Christmas since Thanksgiving Day or before, perhaps the season has been long enough. For those of us who have tried to honor the spirit of each season, not so much so! Be...