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Sister Mary Catherine Keene
...you life and death, the blessing and the curse. Choose life, then, that you and your descendants may live, by loving the Lord and holding fast to him for that will mean life to you …” (Deuteronomy 31:19), “I am sure of this much, that the one who began the good work in you will carry it through to competition” (Philippians 1-6), and “The Spirit helps us in our weakness, for we do not know how to pray as we...
A Month of Remembrance
...his own death approached, a person like St. Francis, who called all things in creation and life his brother or sister, called death his “Sister” and since she was his sister, “what was there to be afraid of?” And we profess in our creeds that we, “look forward to the resurrection of the dead and the life of the world to come.” During this month then, let us pray for our own relatives and friends and even anonymous brothers and...
Sister Constance Kramer (formerly Sister Marita)
...Anne, Susan, Karen and Julie, all of whom have preceded her in death. Connie continued, “Because I was the youngest child, I usually went to daily Mass with my mother. I felt privileged to both experience her faith life there and learn from her spontaneous Stations of the Cross reflections and prayers. It was she who taught me to believe in God’s plan to always give me a future full of hope. If I was humble enough to come to...
Sisters of Providence share LCWR statement on the death of Pope Francis
Note: The following piece was written by Sister Annmarie Sanders, IHM, director of communications for the Leadership Conference of Women Religious (LCWR) of which the Sisters of Providence are members. LCWR mourns the death of Pope Francis With great sadness, the members of the Leadership Conference of Women Religious, mourn the passing of Pope Francis. His character, warmth, and deep humility, as well as the numerous contributions he has made throughout his papacy have made an enormous impact on the...
Addiction as a Social Justice Issue
...treatment for opioid use disorder. Provisional data from the CDC’s National Center for Health Statistics reports a substantial reduction in drug overdoses in 2024 by 26.9 percent. After years of increased overdoses, the federal government’s narcan program has resulted in a notable decrease in 2023. In addition, deaths attributed to opioid use in 2023 were 83,140, and in 2024 they were down to 54,743. This short-term reduction in the number of opioid deaths can be interpreted as success, but the...
Our Providence Community 2025-26 Laudato Si Action Platform Plan
...neighborhoods, our long-time commitment to abolishing the death penalty, our establishment of St. Mary’s Senior Living and Miller Parrott Lofts, our Justice Promoter work, and our temporary housing of an asylum-seeking family and assistance with Afghan refugees are all responses to the cry of the poor. We have posted billboards in Terre Haute calling people to share the Gospel message of love, mercy and justice for immigrants, feeding the hungry and climate justice. Building Ecological Economies Current and Past Actions:...
November 16, 2025: Thirty-Third Sunday in Ordinary Time
...over by parents, brothers, relatives, and friends, and they will put some of you to death. You will be hated by all because of my name, but not a hair on your head will be destroyed. By your perseverance you will secure your lives.” Reflection The Church’s Liturgical Year is coming to a close and our Gospel presents us with a most unsettling scenario. Jesus moves his listeners from a stance of awe at the Temple’s exquisite beauty to a...
Sister Margaret Norris (formerly Sister Marie Angeline)
...of whom have preceded her in death. Her sister-in-law Jan who visited Margaret every year in October. Margaret is also survived by several nieces and nephews, in addition to countless friends and ministry associates. Margaret entered the Congregation July 22, 1949, and was given the name Sister Marie Angeline. She professed perpetual vows on Jan. 23, 1957. Later she earned a bachelor’s degree in from St. Mary-of-the-Woods College and a master’s degree from Indiana University, both in education. She taught...
Prayer in troubled times
...with the questions as with being asked to comment on others’ reasons, motives, hopes when they turn their attention to God in time of personal and communal shock, trauma, suffering, death. So much of how each of us prays and why we pray are shaped by how each of us understands who God is and how God works in our lives, how God makes Holy Presence known in our lives. Prayer is the fruit of each one’s relationship with God...
Prayer for those grieving the death of a parent with whom they had a difficult relationship
My parent: I must try to remember that you did the best you could. Your toolbox was only as good as those who packed it, as good as your circumstances and your past would allow. And it was not enough to make things right between us. Only now, feeling the lack of you, the lack of a happy ending, may we try to resolve our difficulties. I’m sorry for not always responding to you in love. I’m sorry for our...
Prayer on the death of a pet
Oh, Maker of All that Is, see my sorrow. My beloved pet has died. This creature that you formed of fur, fins, feathers — of loyal heart and playful limb — is no more, and my heart aches with the loss. There will never be another like them, not in all of creation. I turn to you for comfort, for the sure knowing that my pet is with you forever and that some far-off day, we will be reunited. Until...
Sister Helen Vinton
...The “cando” spirit prevailed in her family, as it does in most rural areas where people often create ways to make do or provide for themselves. Sister Helen speaks of the many connections that she describes as “truly a seamless garment of Providence that just keeps astounding me.” She goes on to say, “One has to be true to oneself and claim your roots and grow from that. That’s not to say your roots are ideal by everyone’s standards. I...