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November 28, 2021: First Sunday of Advent
Gospel – Luke 21:25-28, 34-36 Jesus said to his disciples: “There will be signs in the sun, the moon, and the stars, and on earth nations will be in dismay, perplexed by the roaring of the sea and the waves. People will die of fright in anticipation of what is coming upon the world, for the powers of the heavens will be shaken. And then they will see the Son of Man coming in a cloud with power and great...
2021: It has been a roller coaster
Two words can summarize this year: roller coaster. We shut down. We reopened campus. We planned programs. We canceled programs. We organized community events. We canceled community events. This up-and-down did not deter us though! With creativity and technology, our Community ministries redesigned delivery of programs through hybrid alternatives using Zoom and livestream and even reinvented Earth Day as an interactive Earth Month. Amidst it all, we have continued business as (un)usual, virtually meeting for the 2021 Annual Meeting and...
The Woods continues to call: Woods Community Cemetery
...Providence Associate, stated, “I am happy to be a grateful and faithful follower of Saint Mother Theodore Guerin.” Holy place For others who have chosen Providence Community Cemetery for cremains interment, the place itself — Saint Mary-of-the-Woods — is the attraction. SMWC graduate and former Lourdes health care staff member, Angela Yildiz, says, “Saint Mary-of-the-Woods is my favorite place on earth. … When I learned of the community cemetery, I knew I wanted to be there after my death. As...
‘Act of Consecration to the Immaculate Heart of Mary’
...the earth with war and by our sins we have broken the heart of our heavenly Father, who desires us to be brothers and sisters. We grew indifferent to everyone and everything except ourselves. Now with shame we cry out: Forgive us, Lord! Holy Mother, amid the misery of our sinfulness, amid our struggles and weaknesses, amid the mystery of iniquity that is evil and war, you remind us that God never abandons us, but continues to look upon us...
Our commitment to Laudato Si’ Action Platform
...of Providence and the Providence Associates. The Laudato Si’ Action Platform names seven goals to frame our work, including: Response to the cry of the Earth, Response to the cry of the Poor, Ecological Economics, Adoption of Sustainable Lifestyles, Ecological Education, Ecological Spirituality and Community Resilience and Empowerment. There are three documents necessary to formalize our enrollment on the Laudato Si’ Action Platform website. A Self-Assessment, a Reflection and a Plan. We are working on all three. Sister Barbara Battista,...
August 14, 2022: Twentieth Sunday in Ordinary Time
Gospel: Luke 12:49-53 Jesus said to his disciples: “I Have come to set the earth on fire, and how I wish it were already blazing! There is a baptism with which I must be baptized, and how great is my anguish until it is accomplished! “Do you think that I have come to establish peace on the earth? No, I tell you, but rather division. From now on a household of five will be divided, three against two and two...
Reflections for Profession of Perpetual Vows
...the interests of our Saviour Jesus, for the life of our world. Arrianne and Tracey, these perpetual vows you profess today are the bedrock of our lives and consecrate you/us in a special way, according to Pope Francis, to be witnesses of a different way of doing things, God’s way. Of acting, of living … the values of God’s kindom incarnated here, on this earth and writ large in our Constitutions. Sister Tracey Horan (left) and Sister Arrianne Whittaker at...
Season of Creation 2022: Celebrating Saint Francis of Assisi
...that I cannot see all of creation as Francis did? Our entire planet Earth is ‘down and out,’ crying out for help as were the lepers of Francis’ day. What keeps me from responding with outreached hand and open heart to help heal the terrible sores we have inflicted on our beloved Earth?” Today, let each of us commit ourselves to becoming more like Francis, that the choices we make – indeed, our very lives – might bespeak our oneness...
A reflection for the Providence Associate Commitment Ceremony
...justice – as advocates for victims of domestic abuse and for planet Earth. You are volunteers in food pantries and soup kitchens, at cancer resource centers and your local precinct. Some of you have been tutoring prisoners and persons with disabilities. ‘You Are Enough’ You have companioned children with special needs and taken teens to Appalachia. A good many of you are supportive parents and grandparents. And most of these activities have been done in addition to your day jobs....
A reflection for the Feast of St. Cecilia
...like this!” I guess it’s pretty amazing that from Mother Theodore’s remark about the necessity of having students who can make a noise on the piano if you want to have a school, the music department developed as it did. Sister Mary Lourdes Mackey, SP, who directed the Conservatory at Saint Mary-of-the-Woods College for many years, said: “Music is God’s gift to (man); the only art of heaven given to earth; the only art of earth we take to heaven.”...
January 8, 2023: The Epiphany of the Lord
...The way that matters most? These men trusted the Creator of heaven and earth to lead them to the Long Awaited One. They trusted what “the angel and a multitude of the heavenly host said: Glory to God in the highest heaven, and on earth peace among those with whom God is pleased.” Action Take the time to read T.S. Eliot’s poem The Journey of the Magi. You may want to read several times or read it aloud. Enough said....
February 12, 2023: Sixth Sunday in Ordinary Time
Gospel: Matthew 5:17-37 Jesus said to his disciples: “Do not think that I have come to abolish the law or the prophets. I have come not to abolish but to fulfill. Amen, I say to you, until heaven and earth pass away, not the smallest letter or the smallest part of a letter will pass from the law, until all things have taken place. Therefore, whoever breaks one of the least of these commandments and teaches others to do swill...