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Unadorned
...winds and let go … let my jewels of leaves fall … fall … fall. Never giving it a thought that this is final … Never worrying about what is next … Never resenting the loss of what most would think is beautiful. I know that the real beauty is only just beginning in the warm embrace of the earth enfolding my plain, brown roots in her deep, dark loam and allowing me to center my being below the surface....
Sister has life changing trip to Standing Rock Sioux Nation
...Transfer, Morton County and the United States stop the unjust treatment of all people: May the blessing of peace be upon all water protectors, warriors and relatives in Standing Rock, North Dakota. May peace run through you like a herd of buffalo. May you rise like the sun and lay to rest the dark black snake threatening your sacred grounds. May love, mercy and justice prevail in the land of your beloved ancestors, past, present and future. Amen The following...
Throwback Thursday: Remembering Sister Gaudentia Downey
...was born in Martin County, Indiana. He left Indiana and traveled west, eventually settling in Colorado. He fought in the Spanish-American War. The family suffered a tragic loss early when Mary Henrietta’s younger brother passed away at the age of 2. Later, her younger sister passed away from injuries sustained from a house fire. Immediately following the house fire incident, Mary Henrietta’s father wanted to have the remaining children baptized. On the day of the baptisms, Mary Henrietta’s mother left...
Sister Mary Concetta Banez
...sharing in the preparation of meals, prayers and celebrations. She loved Jeopardy! After the Holy Hour (Wheel of Fortune and Jeopardy), she walked the upstairs hallway saying her rosary.” When Concetta became ill with Parkinson’s Disease, she resisted mightily that she would have to leave her friends and the warm climate of California where she had ministered for 37 years. She returned to the Woods motherhouse in 2013 and was a resident in health care from then until her death....
Sister Marian Ruth Johnson
...those who knew her as a free spirit, a loyal friend, and a generous person. She described herself as gradually becoming her own person, feeling most at home with plain, ordinary folks, just an old shoe. Sister Marian Ruth with Benny the Dog at Providence Health Care. She loved community. She wrote, “I’ve always been very happy in community. There were problems, but you know, when the grapefruit squirts, sometimes, it hits you in the eye.” She had warm relationships...
Connecting hope and assistance to a community in need
Sister Dorothy collects donated yarn which she then delivers to men and women in prison. The inmates knit the baby yarn into baby hats, blankets and booties for needy families (in conjunction with Union Hospital). They create warm afghans for the Connelderly in nursing homes with the regular yarn. Connecting Link will celebrate 20 years of service to West Terre Haute on July 8 from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. Learn more… “It’s as if Providence is there, waiting to...
Justice commission focuses on eco-justice
...Congregation, the JCC suggested these areas be addressed through the lens of three filters: racism, women and children and investments. Members of the Justice Coordinating Commission include Andrea Beyke (Saint Mary-of-the-Woods College); Providence Associates Barbara Cottrell, Ben Kite, Marsha McCarty, Jeanne Rewa, and Susan Weber; and Sisters of Providence Donna Butler, Kathleen Desautels (justice promoter), Jeanne Hagelskamp (general officer liaison), Tracey Horan, Rosemary Schmalz (secretary), Barbara Sheehan, and Rosemary Ward. (Originally published in the Winter 2017 issue of HOPE magazine.)...
Newsnotes
...Hooten’ good time We celebrated White Violet Center for Eco-Justice’s 20th anniversary with a hootenanny on Oct. 1 and it was a hoot! It warmed our hearts that a little rain didn’t dampen anyone’s spirits. In fact, it brought everyone closer together for amazing food and entertainment! We’ll do it again on Oct. 7, 2017 (during SMWC homecoming), so please save the date! Welcome new Providence Associates! The Sisters of Providence welcomed 30 new Providence Associates during a first-commitment Liturgy...
Sister Margaret Kelly (formerly Sister Bernard Maureen)
...that you know of our prayerful support for you all. And so, dear Margaret, we bid you God Speed and eternal rest, perpetual light and peace with all the saints of which you are a part. And in the words of a group of folks who may be there waiting for you – May the road rise up to meet you. May the wind always be at your back. May the sun shine warm upon your face, and ranis fall...
Peaceful, uplifting Gathering in Solidarity event at the Woods
...through and warmed participants on the 60-plus degree day. Click here for a snapshot of the day with prayers provided. More than 200 women, men, children and even a few pets attended the Gathering in Solidarity event, held by the Sisters of Providence at Saint Mary-of-the-Woods, Indiana. It was a positive, encouraging event that addressed the belief that we must commit ourselves to advancing human rights for all people and practice empathy to build understanding across differences. Attendees were encouraged...
Blessed and encouraged to act justly, love tenderly
...favorite prayer of mine is the Litany of Non-Violence. I pray often: “Deliver us from the violence of superiority and disdain. Grant us the desire and the humility to listen with special care to those whose experiences and attitudes are different from our own. Deliver us from the silence that gives consent to abuse, war and evil. Grant us the desire and the courage to risk speaking and acting for the common good.” We are here today speaking and acting for the common good...
Another definition of Providence: ‘Don’t worry, Sister. We will send something.’
...him and other members of his family. And I pledged to place her name at the Shrine of Saint Mother Theodore Guerin. The “Stack of Support!” His thanks was warm, almost profuse given what he obviously must be feeling at the moment. Just as I was about to say goodbye, he said, “And don’t worry, Sister, we will send something.” I think his response might be just another way to define Providence — don’t’ worry, Sister, we will send something....