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Toward the future: young sisters look forward
...associates, benefactors, friends and families. The Sisters of Providence also continue to invite new members to come and seek innovative ways of inviting the public to the Woods, for example, to the Mother Theodore Shrine, for retreats, to White Violet Center and Earth Day celebrations and opportunities for prayer.” “The Congregation members support each other through difficult challenges and situations. No one works through the difficulties alone. Through several sisters, I see a passion for mission, ministry, prayer, and community,...
Mel Marino Wolff: “Thank you for bringing us together!”
...students. To this day, my closest friends (including BFF Anne) are those I met at the Woods about 50 years ago. Some are Associates and some are not, but we are all part of a whole weave of threads started by our favorite saint, St. Mother Theodore Guerin. On the day of the canonization celebration at the Woods, our group got together and highlighted our party with a cake topped with a picture of Mother Theodore and the words: “Thank...
Three countries of heritage: France, Taiwan and U.S.
...of Mary, the mother of God; in the ministry of education as schools were established from the earliest days; the practice of calling the sisters “home” to Saint Mary-of-the-Woods for rest and retreat and the French custom of saying the prayer of reunion. Sisters of Providence from the Ruille community in France, General Superior Sister Martine Meuwissen and former General Superior Sister Henri Dominique Besson arrived Monday, Oct. 13, and will be here celebrating these days with us. The influence...
Life is changed … not ended
...for letting go and preparing for the season ahead. Day by day, hour by hour, the leaves drop — sometimes with a quiet gentleness and sometimes harshly amidst strong winds and rain. They appear to die, yet rather, they are transformed into a rich mulch that nurtures the dormant life within the tree until once again spring arrives. So too, the barren trees, their bare branches reaching upward, hold life within in a different way, a way we do not...
Sister Nancy Reynolds and the ‘Power of Sisterhood’
...Visitation.” “Once we got the results of the survey, we made the decision to publish a book with several chapters that would tell the story of what the visitation was like from the perspective of the leadership of the Congregations,” Sister Nancy said. Sister Nancy was one of the nine authors of the book. She was joined by Margaret Cain McCarthy, and Sisters Marcia Allen, CSJ; Donna Day, SL; Cathy Mueller, SJ; Addie Lorraine Walker, SSND; Patricia Walter, OP; Jean...
French fries with a fork: yes — crossed legs: no
...long, they may be broken with the fork,” the booklet specifies. My behavior as a car passenger doesn’t fit the bill either. Reading the SP etiquette suggestion to “refrain from loud conversation or singing which might distract the driver” brought to mind numerous road trips with younger SPs that involved roaring laughter and dramatic sing-alongs. Although I admit reading through these expectations gave me a chuckle and a sense of gratitude for shifted perspectives that I experience today, I think...
Sister Marilú Covani
...to understand and learn to fully participate in worship . We can reach many people through the Sunday Eucharistic Liturgy,” said Sister Marilú. A worship director’s day Sister Marilú attends 8 a.m. mass and then goes to her office. She opens her computer and reads and responds to her emails. “As the director of worship, I respond to all types of needs – calls about liturgical transitions, deacon ordination, or the need for and preparation of worship aids.” She works...
Sustainability midst the bustle
Providence Associate couple Duane, left, and Jennifer Drake, right, (pictured here with their Providence Associate companion Sister Mary Morley) work to make a place for living gently on Earth in the midst of the daily busyness of work, volunteer and family life. Life is busy. Sometimes it feels we are stretched to the limit. How does one fit living an ecologically friendly lifestyle into the busyness of life? For Providence Associates Jennifer and Duane Drake, it’s about being gentle with...
Sister Helen Vinton: environmental virtuoso in the bayous
...of New Iberia. Sister Helen and SMHA focus on “rebuilding the spirit and pride of a community, not just buildings.” In February, 2015, the diocese of Lafayette, Louisiana, recognized her work, presenting her a 2015 Martin Luther King Jr. Award. “I have always had and think I will have a deep love for the land until the day I am part of the earth myself,” Sister Helen said. (This article originally appeared in the Spring 2015 issue of HOPE magazine.)...
A Reflection on Sister Helen Jean Vinton
As I sit in my home office miles from the campus of the former Ladywood-St. Agnes in Indianapolis, and years away from the days I spent there, it is incredible how clear the memories are of that time. Other than my own parents and grandparents, I feel that the education I had from the Sisters of Providence was foundational to my faith as well a way to lead a life of purpose. It is an honor to recall one of...
Fuqua Park evolves
...restoration project and engaged many others in the effort. Originally known as St. Joseph’s Lake, the area around the lake was christened in 2014 as Fuqua Park. Today, what was once an overgrown area serves as a backyard resort of sorts for the Sisters of Providence. Located on the far north east corner of the Saint Mary-of-the-Woods grounds, the area offers a place for a person to connect with nature, to retreat and to pray. In warmer weather, it attracts...
Sister Dolores Ann Linhart
...could God not be with us? It is rather we who tend to be elsewhere. Today, as we sit here reflecting on the ever present God of love, Sister Dolores Ann is experiencing within her deepest self this profound mystery, said Sister Mary Roger Madden in her commentary for Sister Dolores Ann Linhart, who died Wednesday, May 6. She was 88 years old and had been a Sister of Providence for 69 years. Born on May 5, 1927, in Chicago,...