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A reflection for Holy Week
...with the Triduum days of Holy Thursday, Good Friday, and Holy Saturday. As I walked, I found myself thinking about the events of the month. Here in Terre Haute, we marked the beginning of March with Human Rights Day, at which speakers addressed topics such as “Changing our Political Culture: Human Rights and a Transformative Approach to Governing” and “House of Secrets: Immigrant Children on their Own.” On that same day, in Indianapolis, some of our sisters participated in an...
Providence House restores families to wholeness
...to evolve along a “rolling horizon, (as Sister Barbara Ann Zeller, SP, – formerly Sister Dorothy Jean, chief executive officer and founder of PSSM likes to describe it) to respond to new needs as they emerge.” Responding to addiction crisis “In the early years of PSSM, ministries to families focused primarily on children in foster care situations. Today, for families in Central and Southern Indiana, the biggest need is treating problems of addiction and their impact on individuals and the...
Mother Theodore moment
Jack Antonsen, shown here at left with his sisters, Maeve and Maris. Jack has been visiting Saint Mary-of-the-Woods and becoming friends with Saint Mother Theodore Guerin his whole life. Eleven-year-old Jack Antonsen has been coming to visit Saint Mary-of-the-Woods “since he was born,” his dad says. Most often his visits have coincided with the annual celebration of Earth Day here at the Woods. Over the years, Jack has come to know the sisters and many places at the Woods: the...
Sisters of Providence core values
...Working to alleviate the suffering of others in some direct way. • Forgiving ourselves and others. Justice • Endeavoring to ensure fair and equitable treatment of all. • Listening to and responding to the needs of the most vulnerable. • Working to change oppressive systems. Care for Creation • Being aware of the interconnectedness of all life. • Respecting all creation as part of the web of life. • Living simply. • Using Earth’s resources in a sustainable manner. Community...
A front porch reflection
Recently, I sat on the front porch at Woodland Inn just listening to the rain drops, taking in the distinctive fragrance of Earth blessed by rain and watching the rhythmic ripples of water on the sidewalk. It was a pure joy! Later, I began to think how in earlier days, so many people had front porches and that neighbors walking by would wave to each other or stop to talk with each other. Today, it seems more common to have...
Sister Jean Anne Maher (formerly Sister Roberta Marie)
...some of whom are here with us today, said Sister Mary Ann Phelan in her commentary for Sister Jean Anne Maher, formerly Sister Roberta Marie, who died on Thursday, August 23, 2018, at Saint Mary-of-the-Woods, Indiana. She was 85 years old and had been a Sister of Providence for 67 years. Sister Mary Ann continued: Jean Anne attended St. Agnes Elementary School and Providence High School in Chicago, graduating in 1950. On February 2, 1951, Jean Anne entered the novitiate,...
A reflection on the Feast of Our Lady of Providence, Queen of the Home
(Note: Sister Rosemary Nudd offered this reflection on Saturday, Nov. 17, the Feast of Our Lady of Providence, Queen of the Home) I suspect that I am not the only one this morning – the Feast of Our Lady of Providence, Queen of the Home – who is thrilled and grateful that the grants we have prepared for, applied for (four times) and prayed for have at last been awarded in our favor, and that “St. Mary’s Senior Housing” will...
Remembering sisters’ loving response to the HIV/AIDS epidemic
In her book “Gold in Your Memories,” Macrina Wiederkehr writes, “Today many people are finding ways to remember. They are integrating into their lives lost and forgotten memories.” It’s my hope that as World AIDS Day approaches tomorrow, we as a Providence Community will remember the “lost and forgotten memories” of the Sisters of Providence response to the HIV/AIDS epidemic. Sister Marilyn Therese Lipps in 2011 Sister Marilyn Therese In 1988, Sister Marilyn Therese Lipps was on sabbatical at the...
Stepping into justice: Sister Barbara Battista
...calling for us to get smarter, more efficient and really focus our justice work,” Sister Barbara said. She stepped into the ministry this fall. “I’m not the expert on all the issues,” Sister Barbara said. “I’m just here helping to coordinate our efforts. I think this is vital. It’s essential. “Everyone is of value. Earth is of value. That’s really what the work of justice is. “Our hope is that I can be an active resource for the Leadership Team,...
Sister Helen Vinton brings hope in an unsteady environment
...me, and different for them, too. In the first few days, though, I was plunged into ‘deep water.’ I was so busy and soon became absorbed by my work.” Still teaching science Co-founder, president and CEO of SMHA, Lorna Bourg, says Sister Helen, being a scientist, brought significant skills to SMHA. “When she was appointed by the Louisiana Secretary of Agriculture to the State Pesticide Commission (the first non-industry representative), she was able to use her science background to educate...
Update: St. Mary’s Senior Housing
...residents. Application for rental can be made no sooner than 90 days before taking residence. The Sisters of Providence are honored to be able to work on this project with Flaherty & Collins and to be able to offer affordable housing for seniors in the greater Wabash Valley community at Saint Mary-of-the- Woods. It was so great to talk with you! Your gifts to the Sisters of Providence annual phonathon are an important part in helping bring about our mission...
Wisdom and the future of religious life
...be lived in the future doesn’t keep us from believing that it will. Wisdom and change Our Congregation has wisdom figures adept in the art of change. Many Sisters of Providence experienced the whirlwind of change that Vatican Council II created. How did they weather the changes, even embrace them? What can we learn from them? Two sisters share their experiences of living into drastic change. “They were hard days. I prayed and prayed; then it dawned on me I...