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Holy Saturday – Waiting in Darkness
Note: This reflection, written by Sister Barbara Battista, SP, originally appeared in the Catholic Mobilizing Network’s Holy Week Reflection Series. We call this day “Holy Saturday.” We spend this day, between death and resurrection, in quiet remembrance, as a somber vigil at Jesus’ tomb. This is not simply a re-enactment. Holy Saturday invites us to ponder the “tomb time” between Jesus’ death and resurrection. For Jesus’ early followers, this was not necessarily a waiting time. They had no idea what...
Steps to sainthood
A years’ long process brought Saint Mother Theodore Guerin to official recognition as a Saint within the Catholic Church. Follow along with the process below. Timeline to canonization 1856 Devotion begins Local devotion to Mother Theodore begins after her death in 1856. Her successor, Mother Mary Cecilia Bailly, soon begins writing historical sketches of Mother Theodore. The sisters take special care to preserve her writings and collect first-hand accounts of her interactions with others. 1904 Community historian Sister Mary Theodosia...
Quick facts about Saint Mother Theodore Guerin (Saint Theodora)
...Providence and several additions to the Academy, both at Saint Mary-of-the-Woods. A Celtic cross stands as a memorial to Saint Mother Theodore Guerin. Etched in the base are the words: “I sleep, but my heart watches over this house which I have built.” Date of death: May 14, 1856 Place of burial: The Shrine of Saint Mother Theodore Guerin at Saint Mary-of-the-Woods. (A Celtic cross of stone memorializes Saint Mother Theodore’s former burial site in the Sisters of Providence Cemetery...
Books & Resources
...at Linden Leaf Gifts Social Justice From the Killing Fields of the Federal Government InterFaith Essays on the Resumption of Executions Sister Barbara Battista and five others provided faith-based essays for this book regarding ending the death penalty following the federal government’s decision in continue executions at the federal level in 2020. Buy hard copy at Linden Leaf Gifts Download the book (PDF, 4.19 Mb) Online Resources The Sisters of Providence also have some additional sources for great content by...
Must sees
...this stunning, sacred space Saint Anne Shell Chapel Completed in 1875, this chapel is the oldest structure on campus. In 1843, Mother Theodore had returned to France to secure funds when arson destroyed the sisters’ barns, farm implements, and harvest. On her return voyage, her ship was caught in a storm. Fearing that death was imminent, Mother Theodore prayed to Saint Anne, the patron saint of Breton sailors. Immediately the ship righted, and the sea calmed. Upon her safe return...
2010 Rite of Commitment
...row): Mary Kay Wagner, Barbara King, Barbara Russell, Mary Carroll Blocher, Liza Hyatt, and Ronda Hoggatt; (third row): Jennifer Drake, Father Bernard Lutz, Megan O’Donnell Patton, Mary Longtine, and Catherine Mader Odle; (fourth row): Amy Inserra, Camille Snyder, George Thompson, Margo Edwards O’Toole, and Diann Neu. It appear that Grandma — new Providence Associate Bev McGuire — has just the right touch with granddaughter, Lucy Anne Blessinger. Lucy Anne is the daughter of Providence Associate Jessi Blessinger. Bev resides in...
Sister Terri Boland
...so much about our world through the children and adults I work with whether it is in the classroom or the garden. You realize the seeds or ideas that you plant will produce new life. I think, because of my relationship with Earth, the Scriptures become alive. There are parables around gardens, planting seeds, not knowing how they grow, but having faith that they will grow. – Sister Terry Q. Why would women today find being a Sister of Providence...
Sister Anna Fan hopes that as a novice, her “spiritual life can grow deeper and wider”.
Sister Anna Fan (right) receives her white SP cross from Sister Denise Wilkinson, general superior. Sister Marsha Speth, postulant director, is to the left. Editor’s note: Sister Anna (Tsai Ping) Fan entered her Canonical Novice year with the Sisters of Providence on Aug. 2. She requested of the Congregation, “I ask to be accepted into the Novitiate to deepen my formation into the charism of the Sisters of Providence, and grow deeper in my spiritual life so that I may...
What brings you joy?
Editor’s note: Sister Corbin Hannah shares the following reflection and prayer with young people. Feel free to share it with young people you know and love. May we all find and become that which makes us most fully alive! “What do you want to be when you grow up?” I am sure you have been asked this question hundreds of times. How do you answer? Do you talk about wanting to be a teacher, doctor, or farmer? Or do you...
Sisters of Providence celebrate Jubilees
Nine Sisters of Providence celebrated their 50-yer Jubilees on Saturday, June 24. The sisters included (front row, from left) Sisters Marianne Mader, Celeste Tsai, Editha Ben, Danielle Sullivan (second row) Paula Damiano, Mary Montgomery and Jean Kenny (third row) Barbara McClelland and Delan Ma. They are pictured with General Councilors Sisters (back row) Mary Beth Klingel, Jeanne Hagelskamp, Lisa Stallings, Jenny Howard and Dawn Tomaszewski. Nine Sisters of Providence of Saint Mary-of-the-Woods, Indiana, are celebrating 50-year Jubilees this year. 50-year...
Journals and Letters week 25: Making fair progress
...(Merriam-Webster Dictionary) The end of sorrow-burdened years Establishing the Academy at Saint Mary-of-the-Woods was just one of the many accomplishments of the the founding sisters. From the children’s book “Saint Theodora and her Promise to God” Why spend time with the word vicissitude? The portion of the “Journals and Letters” we’ve read together for this week begins: “Given the vicissitudes of the sorrow-burdened years, the institution at Saint Mary-of-the-Woods had been making fair progress.” The difficulties of “the sorrow-burdened” years...
June 13, 2021: Eleventh Sunday in Ordinary Time
...God and our role as seed sowers. Jesus says: “This is how it is.” Seed sowing is essential to the growth of the kingdom. But once sown, we are not in control of the life and potential within the seed – God is. Seeds will do what seeds do; they grow. And they will grow in the most unlikely places. Even the tiniest of seeds has the potential to have a huge impact. An impact that might just surprise us....