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Season of Creation 2022: Celebrating the Feast of St. Francis of Assisi
...with the power of God as we consciously become immersed in the healing of Earth and intentionally enter into our vocation to be co-creators. During our 2022 Annual Meeting, the Sisters of Providence and our wider Providence Community publicly committed to join the worldwide Catholic community in responding to Pope Francis’ appeal to participate in a seven-year journey toward sustainability and integral ecology by developing a Laudato Si’ Action Platform Plan. Through participation in the Laudato Si’ Action Platform, we...
February 5, 2023: Fifth Sunday in Ordinary Time
Gospel: Matthew 5:13-16 Jesus said to his disciples: “You are the salt of the earth. But if salt loses its taste, with what can it be seasoned? It is no longer good for anything but to be thrown out and trampled underfoot. You are the light of the world. A city set on a mountain cannot be hidden. Nor do they light a lamp and then put it under a bushel basket; it is set on a lampstand, where it...
Sister Maureen Abbott
...we walked along behind the casket to the Cemetery, which brought home to me the fact that there are only so many years to walk on this Earth. I knew I wanted to make the best of them.” “… there are only so many years to walk on the Earth. I knew I wanted to make the best of them.” Funeral services for Sister Maureen took place on Thursday, Feb. 2, and Friday, Feb. 3, in the Church of the...
Moving toward the Reign of God with mutual sharing
...sake of making real the Reign of God on Earth, where all are respected based on their inherent dignity and goodness. Where all have what they need to thrive, regardless of their ability to produce or pay. Countercultural Jesus’ instructions and lifestyle show us an alternative way of living that is as countercultural today as it was then. Freely we have received. Everything is a gift from God — our bodies, food, water, life itself — nothing truly belongs to...
Message of Pope Francis for Creation Day 2023
...has been a place of pilgrimage for many generations of indigenous people. Surrounded by the beating drums, I thought, “How many hearts have come here with anxious longing, weighed down by life’s burdens, and found by these waters consolation and strength to carry on! Here, immersed in creation, we can also sense another beating: the material heartbeat of the earth. Just as the hearts of babies in the womb beat in harmony with those of their mothers, so in order...
September 10, 2023: Twenty-Third Sunday in Ordinary Time
...to the church, then treat him as you would a Gentile or a tax collector. “Amen I say to you, whatever you bind on earth shall be bound in heaven, and whatever you loose on earth shall be loosed in heaven. “Again, amen, I say to you, if two of you agree on earth about anything for which they are to pray, it shall be granted to them by my heavenly Father. For where two or three are gathered together...
Seeking for God: A poem for Advent
...past and present the saints, the prophets no strangers to violence are they speaking their message in tones of increasing urgency to awaken to make God’s way known upon Earth. yesterday and today persistently people of God carve out the path of peace born of justice the blood of martyrs ever ancient and freshly spilled pours out the word of God upon Earth Advent, journey down through the centuries of people seeking for God to become flesh in their lives...
How to celebrate Holy Saturday
“Something strange is happening — there is a great silence on earth today, a great silence and stillness. The whole earth keeps silence because the (Anointed One) is asleep. The earth trembled and is still because God has fallen asleep in the flesh … God has died in the flesh and hell trembles with fear.” — From an ancient homily on Holy Saturday When I was in grammar school, a thousand years ago, before Vatican II, Easter began with Holy...
Earth Day 2024 in Photos!
The Sisters of Providence of Saint Mary-of-the-Woods, Indiana, invited guests to the Woods on Saturday, April 20, 2024, for their annual Earth Day festivities. Hundreds of people came to the event, hosted by White Violet Center for Eco-Justice, a ministry of the Sisters of Providence. A wonderful time was had by all! Below are some photographs from the celebration!...
Land Justice
Note: The following was co-authored by Providence Associates Jane Fischer and Suzie Ray. Introduction In the Scripture verse Genesis 1:26-28: “Let Us make man in Our image, according to Our likeness; let them have dominion over the fish of the sea, over the birds of the air, and over the cattle, over all the earth and over every creeping thing that creeps on the earth.” The keyword to examine in this scripture verse is dominion. What does “dominion” mean today?...
A Reflection for the 2024 Senior Jubilarians
...you jubilarians. Your faithfulness blesses us. Blessed are you among women for showing up, participating, praying, and trying to be what God wants you to be, what God intends you to be day after day, year after year. In the second reading proclaimed this morning, our Mother Theodore reminds us that we are called to do on Earth what Jesus did: To be devoted to the service of our neighbor, to cooperate intimately with God’s beloved, and to lay down...
2025 Earth Day Festival in photos!
On Saturday, April 26, White Violet Center for Eco-Justice, a ministry of the Sisters of Providence of Saint Mary-of-the-Woods, Indiana, hosted its annual Earth Day Festival celebration! Many people visited the Woods and took part in several activities indoors and outdoors. Thank you to everyone who came to the Woods for the celebration! We hope you enjoyed it as much as we did!...