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...lifted up from the earth, I will draw everyone to myself.” He said this indicating the kind of death he would die. Reflection “The hour has come …” In John’s Gospel, the appearance of the Greeks in Chapter 12 is the first interaction Jesus has with Gentiles. Jesus sees this as the conclusion of his ministry and begins to teach of the need for death for new life to grow. By his death, Jesus’ ministry will bear new fruit. His...

...been through, combined with the massive amount of work they were doing, surely played a factor in this. I also found that although Mother Theodore was compassionate and tender-hearted, she also approached illness and death with practicality and acceptance. When she wrote that Sister Angelina “will probably not last much longer” it made me wonder if her directness was more about her faith in God or the time in which she lived. I suppose it was both. Plus, having lost...

...Center gardens at Saint Mary-of-the-Woods. The year 2016 was a bittersweet one for me. It brought with it turmoil and a general awakening of cultural differences exasperated by social media. It brought with it a new leader of the free world resulting in my own fear for this country and human civilization as I’ve known it. It brought with it a collection of deaths of icons that almost seems to be an outlier. And as usual, it brought with it...
Death saddens us because of the separation it causes. Our faith comforts us with the knowledge that we will be together in happiness again. Dear Lord, Sometimes it is hard to understand the pain that comes into our lives. This is most true when we lose one we love. At this time, we remember that life is a circle. You have given us eternal life. In dying, our loved one has come back to you as will we all, in...
Obtain for me that my death may not be an unprovided one and that I may always be ready to say to the Lord when he calls, “My God, here I am.”...
As I said before, love caused her death. Love broke the bonds that held her soul captive. What a death! Oh, no, not death, but rather the beginning of life – and what a life!...

...probably is a good thing that I was never a parent. I give enough worry to my niece and nephew as they grow up, I can’t even imagine what it would have been like if I were a parent. My family is small. I have one brother and one niece and one nephew. I just worry about them all the time as they grow up. So I think there is a reason I am not a parent. I would be...

...Marilyn Rausch. Third row from left: Charles Fisher, Jane Fischer, Suzie Ray, Terry Urban, Duane Drake and Marsha Bialaszewski. Back row from left: Assistant Director of Providence Associates Debbie Dillow, Tara Lane, Lorraine Scheidler, Rev. Rebecca Zelensky, Sarah Wilson, Susan McDowell and General Officer for the Sisters of Providence Sister Dawn Tomaszewski. Helen Flavin, center, during the commitment ceremony. From left, Providence Associates Tracy Biggs-Green and Duane Drake during the commitment ceremony. Jane Fisher and Donna Snelling carry remembrance candles...

...in blessing over the new Providence Associates during the Nov. 8, 2014 commitment ceremony. The newest Providence Associates of the Sisters of Providence of Saint Mary-of-the-Woods. From front left: Jennifer Calvert, Donna Snelling, Traci Tucker, Marcy Meldahl, Jean Smith, Helen Flavin and Director of Providence Associates Sister Diane Mason. Second row from left: Amy Miranda, Tracy Biggs-Green, Marilyn Rausch. Third row from left: Charles Fisher, Jane Fischer, Suzie Ray, Terry Urban, Duane Drake and Marsha Bialaszewski. Back row from left:...

...Traci Tucker, Marcy Meldahl, Jean Smith, Helen Flavin with Director of Providence Associates Sister Diane Mason. Second row from left: Amy Miranda, Tracy Biggs-Green, Marilyn Rausch. Third row from left: Charles Fisher, Jane Fischer, Suzie Ray, Terry Urban, Duane Drake and Marsha Bialaszewski. Back row from left: Assistant Director of Associates Debbie Dillow, Tara Lane, Lorraine Scheidler, Rev. Rebecca Zelensky, Sarah Wilson, Susan McDowell and General Officer for the Sisters of Providence Sister Dawn Tomaszewski. Not pictured: DeAnna Havel and...

...Associates of the Sisters of Providence of Saint Mary-of-the-Woods. (Front from left) Director of Providence Associates Sister Diane Mason, Zenaida Contreras, Sabrina Falls, Barbara Linton, Holly Herber, Adrienne Curtis-Davis, Kristina Allen, Providence Associate Assistant Director Debbie Dillow, (second row) Jacqueline Fischer, Rita Edwards, Patricia Waltman, Mary Wagner, Regina Hartman, Tina Bowen, (third row) Arthur Snyder, Beth Speer, Betty Sloan, Mary Jo Ricketson, Karen Blesch, Donna Stevenson, (back row) Cathy Allen, Kim Knoblock, Beth Weis, Pam Blake-Virostko, Jeanie Fentz, Cathleen Flynn,...

...Providence Associates of the Sisters of Providence of Saint Mary-of-the-Woods. (Front from left) Director of Providence Associates Sister Diane Mason, Zenaida Contreras, Sabrina Falls, Barbara Linton, Holly Herber, Adrienne Curtis-Davis, Kristina Allen, Providence Associate Assistant Director Debbie Dillow, (second row) Jacqueline Fischer, Rita Edwards, Patricia Waltman, Mary Wagner, Regina Hartman, Tina Bowen, (third row) Arthur Snyder, Beth Speer, Betty Sloan, Mary Jo Ricketson, Karen Blesch, Donna Stevenson, (back row) Cathy Allen, Kim Knoblock, Beth Weis, Pam Blake-Virostko, Jeanie Fentz, Cathleen...