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Meet a sister. Be inspired. National Catholic Sisters Week invite
...during this week. Meet very real and down-to-Earth women who have lived their lives dedicated to others, to service and prayer and to God. Learn about their work that helps make life a little easier and more hopeful for people all around the globe. Thanks to a grant from the Conrad N. Hilton Foundation, the Sisters of Providence are offering opportunities to share themselves with others during the week and beyond. Events planned include: Supper with the Sisters at Mother...
Week 2: daily Lenten reflections with Saint Mother Theodore
...they have watered the earth, making it fertile and fruitful, giving seed to the one who sows and bread to the one who eats, so shall my word be that goes forth from my mouth; it shall not return to me void, but shall do my will, achieving the end for which I sent it.” – Isaiah 55:10-11 “Fortified by the saving Mysteries and by the blessing of this good priest, we got into the coach, accompanied by our faithful...
Going the extra mile this Lent
...What does it mean to go over and beyond what is asked for or required? • Do I go the extra mile even if it is not asked or required of me? • Who has gone the extra mile for me in my life? • Has there ever been a time when I chose not to go the extra mile? • How did Jesus go the extra mile during his life on Earth? • How does Jesus go the extra...
Week 3: Walking through Lent with Saint Mother Theodore
Join us for week 3 of walking through Lent with Saint Mother Theodore Guerin with these short daily reflections. Sunday, March 12: “All the communities of the earth shall find blessing in you.” – Genesis 12:3 “Beloved: Bear your share of hardship for the gospel with the strength that comes from God.” – II Timothy 1:8 “The moment of separation and of death had come at last. We had to leave all. After having made the most painful sacrifices, which...
Providence Associate spring retreat 2017
Last weekend brought nearly 70 Providence Associates and Sisters of Providence together for the Providence Associate spring retreat at Saint Mary-of-the-Woods. Those on retreat took time away for rest, reflection, prayer and conversation. They reconnected with God, each other, sisters at the Woods, Saint Mother Theodore Guerin, Earth and themselves. Enjoy these photos from the weekend retreat! Interested in becoming a Providence Associate? Applications are being accepted until May 31. Learn more at ProvidenceAssociates.org....
Photos! Providence Associate retreat 2017
Last weekend brought nearly 70 Providence Associates and Sisters of Providence together for the Providence Associate spring retreat at Saint Mary-of-the-Woods. Those on retreat took time away for rest, reflection, prayer and conversation. They reconnected with God, each other, sisters at the Woods, Saint Mother Theodore Guerin, Earth and themselves. Enjoy these photos from the weekend retreat! Interested in becoming a Providence Associate? Applications are being accepted until May 31. Learn more at ProvidenceAssociates.org. A bowl of water and some...
Language barriers, smiles and unexpected gifts: Sister Denise Wilkinson reflects from France
...floor’s marble tiles to free the energy of all the faithful who prayed and pray here? I so want that mighty, holy energy to renew me. Did I expect my almost daily walks on the motherhouse grounds to delight me? I think so. Did I expect to feel so at home because of the honoring of Earth, the spacious grounds, the surprises of home tucked in every crook and cranny? (Ste. Anne’s chapel looks just like ours! Well, probably ours...
Sister Rita Lerner (formerly Sister Edward Clare)
“My lover speaks and says to me, ‘Arise, my beloved, my beautiful one, and come! For see, the winter is past, the rains are over and gone. The flowers appear on the earth, the time of pruning the vines has come, and the song of the dove is heard in our land. The fig tree puts forth its figs, and the vines in bloom, give forth fragrance. Arise, my beloved, my beautiful one, and come! O my dove in the...
Holy Week reflections with Saint Mother Theodore
...to trust right now? Good Friday, April 14 “He grew up like a sapling before him, like a shoot from the parched earth; there was in him no stately bearing to make us look at him, nor appearance that would attract us to him. He was spurned and avoided by people, a man of suffering, accustomed to infirmity, one of those from whom people hid their faces, spurned, and we held him in no esteem.” – Isaiah 53:2-3 “It is...
Easter Prayer
Note: This prayer uses the text of the Exsultet, the solemn Easter Proclamation sung at the Easter Vigil service. The current text dates back to the fifth century. O Provident God, we exult in your mighty triumph this day. Let Earth be glad, let our church buildings shake with joy, filled with the mighty voices of the people. On this day, your Son broke the prison bars of death and rose victorious! O wonder of your humble care for us!...
Sister Anne Krause (formerly Sister Marie Robert)
...her many friends – all of whom she deeply loved on Earth – now have a strong advocate in heaven. To be sure, we will commend to her intercession our personal requests, as well as requests for the financial needs of the Congregation. And, hopefully, she will have the energy for that! Funeral services for Sister Anne took place on Tuesday, April 25, in the Church of the Immaculate Conception at Saint Mary-of-the-Woods. A Wake took place from 9 to...
Where God walks: a poetic response to deeply spiritual places
Some places can overwhelm us with their deep spiritual “footprints.” Some places seem more touched by God than others. I was in one of these places recently. A visit to Saint Mary-of-the-Woods provoked a poetic response: There are places God has glanced with lightest touch of hand, some swept, palm to earth, and some in which God’s hand sinks into soil like a sculptor’s hand in clay, that shout, “Here I’ve sent saints; look the proof is all around you.”...