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HOPE winter 2022 — Creating space for new light
Download HOPE HOPE winter 2022 As seen in HOPE: “You will see many things in new lights if you give the Holy Spirit free access to your minds and your hearts.” — Saint Mother Theodore Guerin Sister Kathleen Bernadette Smith: love of God strengthens love of others One of Sister Kate’s big worries today is concern that the Church has stopped some of its outreach to young people. Sister Kate’s deepest prayer is that we, as a Providence Community, will...
Providence Community commits to develop Laudato Si’ Action Platform
...on behalf of the Providence Community states, among other points, that the Sisters of Providence are willing “To take up the urgent appeal of Laudato Si’ to listen and respond to the lurings of Providence to attend to the cry of the Earth and the cry of the poor by making it a community priority.” The document concludes that by this commitment, “The Sisters of Providence are participating in God’s Providential work of transformation and trusting in that Providence that...
Celebrating a Black Woman Supreme Court Justice – A Justice for Our Times
Note: We are sharing the following statement, which was issued on Wednesday, February 23, 2022, by The National Black Sisters Conference (NBSC), NETWORK Lobby for Catholic Social Justice and the Leadership Conference of Women Religious (LCWR). We are members of LCWR and our own Sister Emily TeKolste ministers with NETWORK. February 23, 2022 As Catholic women, rooted in our faith’s call to love one another and see God in every person, we strongly support the Biden administration’s promise to nominate...
Sister Mary Ann Fox (formerly Sister Marie Clement)
...communicator via U.S. mail who never forgot a birthday and always showed gratitude through her thank-you notes. When she returned to the Woods, I wondered if she owned the Hallmark store with all of the cards she brought with her. Her niece Ann said that she was the one relative who always sent a birthday card consistently every year – typically Peanuts. She never forgot. After sending a birthday card to Bishop McManus, he sent her a reply and I...
Moving forward, exuding happiness: Sister Grace Marie Meehan
...share her Irish heritage, teaching the Irish jig to her classmates, telling Pat and Mike jokes and declaring that St. Patrick’s Day should be a national holiday. In 1950, Sister Grace Marie began her teaching ministry as a Sister of Providence. She eventually taught grades one through eight. She claims she never did anything “that wasn’t my favorite.” She loved her students and they loved her in return — and still do, as she has kept in contact with many...
Sister Catherine Buster (formerly Sister Joseph Norine)
...stories, but it would take us late into the evening of this holy day, said Sisters Josephine Bryan and Carolyn Glynn in their commentary for Sister Catherine Buster, formerly Sister Joseph Norine, who passed away on Sunday, June 26, 2022, at Saint Mary-of-the-Woods, Indiana. She was 85-years-old and had been a Sister of Providence for 66 years. The sisters continued: This dear soft-spoken woman was a dynamo in her ministry, a gentle compassionate and tenacious advocate for those in need,...
HOPE fall 2022 — Living the Gospel today
Download HOPE: HOPE fall 2022 As seen in HOPE: The Sisters of Providence mission: living the Gospel today Over the past 180+ years, the Sisters of Providence have continually asked themselves: “To whom and to what are we being called at this time in history? Who are ‘the miserable’ in the world today? Who are the vulnerable most in need of our service?” Sister Paula Modaff: moving closer and closer to God Where is Sister Paula in her own relationship...
The heart of the matter: getting in touch with the Gospel of love
Many of the Saints and mystics have written of the experience of their hearts being captured by Love. Can you remember a time when your heart was captured by the Love of the Divine? In her dialogues, Catherine of Siena, a 15th-century mystic, shares her experience of being transformed by love. In one of these dialogues, the Divine says to Catherine “Dearest daughter, a few days ago I took your heart from you, now in the same way I give...
Season of Creation 2022: Most Important Actions We Can All Do
Each one of us has a voice, and using it is how we change the world! Note: We are celebrating the Season of Creation (Sept. 1, World Day of Prayer for the Care of Creation through Oct. 4, the Feast of Saint Francis of Assisi). The Sisters of Providence Climate Change Task Force will share 10 blogs, with this being the eighth in the series. We hope you enjoy them. Katherine Hayhoe, named a Champion of the Earth by the...
Mystics and Fellowship
...sessions scheduled, with the first taking place on Saturday, Oct. 26. The remaining three will take place on Saturday, Nov. 23, Saturday, Feb. 22, 2025, and Saturday, March 29, 2025. Each session will take place from 9-10:30 a.m. Our series will focus on a thoughtful question each month: October: How do I move through the stages of my faith into a more authentic and life-giving sense of belonging and communion with God and others? November: How do I reconcile with...
Racism’s infection within American healthcare
...the racism in medical fields that is still present today. The persistence of racial health disparities comes as a result of preventable mistakes continuously being made by American healthcare due to racist misconceptions of the past being upheld. Events like the Tuskegee Syphilis Study and the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic put these faults on display and reveal how detrimental they can be to communities of color. The medical education of today lacks the teaching necessary to fully understand the racial contexts...
Photos and fun: Sisters of Providence annual meeting 2019
...reflects. Sister Marilyn Ann Kofler, right, speaks with those at her table, including Lorrie Heber, left, director of White Violet Center for Eco-Justice and member of the Justice Coordinating Commission of the Sisters of Providence. Catching up, from left, Sisters Mary Jeanine Schubert, Susan Dinnin and Peggy Lynch. Sister Dawn welcomes sisters and associates to Monday’s first day of meetings. Sister Rosemary Schmalz speaks with sisters during a social time. Sister Lisa Stallings takes some notes during one of the...