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O Death, where is your victory? O Death, where is your sting? – Easter 2009
...takes the form of war, human trafficking, ecological devastation of planet Earth, extinction of species, genocide, starvation, ethnic cleansing — to say nothing of corporate greed. I feel the sharp sting of these and more. At the same time, I believe in the deepest part of me that “life is changed, not ended” in all of the above. I’ve experienced the continuing and intimate presence of loved ones who have died. I’ve been part of the waves of persons’ compassionate...
Finding a source of fuel
...United Mine Workers of America in 1943, Secretary of the Interior Harold L. Ickes, the solid fuels administrator during World War II, was directed by President Franklin Roosevelt to seize all bituminous coal mines in the United States. Saint Mary’s mine fell into this category. The government had possession of the mine from May 1 to Oct. 8. Via a telegram, General Superior Mother Mary Bernard Laughlin (RIP) responded to the takeover to the regional manager of the Bituminous Coal...
Congregation centenary treasures
...summer of 1940 and by the College in October of the same year. The advent of World War II had not yet cast its shadow over the United States. But after December 7, 1941, the Congregation, like the rest of the country, experienced the limitations of war-time. Rationing of food and travel kept the sisters on mission during the summer of 1943. Subsequent summers, however, found them once more attending classes and making retreats at the Woods.” (page 571) Photos...
Sister Mary Eymard Campeggio
...generous and gracious enough to do many types of service, the Mary in her loved being sacristan most of all. The Martha in her heart always greeted others with such warm hospitality and the Mary in her loved her quiet times of prayer, especially in the Blessed Sacrament Chapel. When I looked up Eymard to try to understand why she may have asked for this name, I read that St. Peter Julian Eymard was called the “Apostle of the Eucharist.”...
Winter solstice ritual
...the sacred solstice fire. We pray on the night of ancient fear, when those who have gone before us were fearful of what lurked outside the ring of fire of light and warmth. They feared all that prowled in the darkness: evil, disease, death, beasts that might destroy them and the hidden dangers of winter. Light candle or fire As we light this fire, we ask that God who is the fullness of light would protect each of us on...
Mother Theodore feast day: prayers to our faithful
...our faithful to remind you of Saint Mother Theodore’s struggles and hardships and that through her faith in Providence, she was able to lead a spiritual and successful life. PRESIDER: We bring our prayers to our faithful and Provident God who holds us ever more closely when we are tested like gold in fire. RESPONSE: “Provident God, hear our prayer.” • Saint Mother Theodore was a woman born in a country at war, to a family in danger because of...
Habit forming dialogue
“Ok, let’s get in groups,” our facilitator announced. The thirty of us adjusted into clusters, one for each generation present: millenials, gen-x’ers, Baby Boomers, the Korean War generation, and a smattering of wisdom figures from the World War II generation. Then the conversation began. As canonical novices, Sister Anna and I have been meeting with this intercultural and inter-generational group of 20 men and women in formation and their directors in St. Louis almost weekly. We know this program as...
Renewing spiritually at the Woods
Ruth Wardein, above, is a wife, mother and owner of Epiphany Gluten Free Bakery in Naples, Florida. Her extended retreat at Saint Mary-of-the-Woods gave her the peace and strength she needed to return renewed to her busy life. Ruth Wardein wanted to hike up a mountain on her first extended spiritual retreat. But the Holy Spirit had other plans, she said. Ruth isn’t exactly sure what made her choose Saint Mary-of-the-Woods for her week-long retreat. She only knows “God wanted...
Participate with us in Campaign Nonviolence Week
Join the Sisters of Providence this week by participating in Pace e Bene’s Campaign Nonviolence Week. The Sisters of Providence invite all our partners in mission to join us in participating in Pace e Bene’s Campaign Nonviolence Week, Sept. 18-25, 2016. Campaign Nonviolence is a long-term movement for a culture of peace and nonviolence free from war, poverty, racism, environmental destruction and the epidemic of violence. As Sisters of Providence, we have experienced that praying and reflecting on our Litany...
New Providence Associate candidates share what brought them here
...touch with several of the sisters over the years. When they passed away I felt an emptiness. I needed a new way to connect with the Sisters of Providence and Saint Mary-of-the-Woods.” “I am a child of war. I was brought to the U.S. in early childhood after I lost both parents and all my family to war. Through the tumbling of life I have become a preacher, a teacher. But having been separated from my natural family, I feel...
Immaculate Conception, patroness of our country, pray for us
...of healing for body and spirit, she told Bernadette, “Tell them, I am the Immaculate Conception.” Devotion to Mary under the title of Immaculate Conception runs deep at Saint Mary-of-the-Woods. In 1854, Mother Theodore Guerin and the sisters joined in a world-wide effort of prayer to stem the tide of war in Europe and to ask wisdom concerning the promulgation of the dogma of the Immaculate Conception. Pope Pius IX made the Immaculate Conception an article of faith that year...
A Reflection on World Day of Peace
...up its nuclear arms – each nation ready to prove to the other that it will not sit back and be taken over by another. Refugees by the thousands continue to pour out of war-torn countries, so many in fact, that countries are closing their borders due to the great influx. And here in our own United States, the violence toward others who disagree with us, who look different from us, or who espouse different beliefs or values, is rampant....