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Professing first vows: Sister Su-Hsin Huang: an advertisement changed her life
This article is reprinted from fall 2007 issue of HOPE. In 2002, the United States was just as foreign to Sister Su-Hsin Huang as the Sisters of Providence of Saint Mary-of-the-Woods. Then, an ad caught her eye and changed her life forever. “One day, I read this message about a summer weekend at the Sisters of Providence,” Sister Su-Hsin recalled, while retrieving and unfolding that very same small ad she carries with her to this day. Then, she read the...
November 30, 2025: First Sunday of Advent
Gospel: Matthew 24:37-44 Jesus said to his disciples: “As it was in the days of Noah, so it will be at the coming of the Son of Man. In those days before the flood, they were eating and drinking, marrying and giving in marriage, up to the day that Noah entered the ark. They did not know until the flood came and carried them all away. So will it be also at the coming of the Son of Man. Two...
Twenty-one Sisters of Providence celebrate Senior Jubilees
...volunteer at Providence Spirituality and Conference Center, Saint Mary-of-the-Woods. Sister Mary Ann, formerly Sister Marie Marcella, entered the Congregation on July 22, 1955, from St. Clement, Lansdowne, Maryland. She professed perpetual vows on Aug. 15, 1963. She graduated from Saint Mary-of-the-Woods College with a bachelor’s degree in social studies. Her Indiana ministries include: • Saint Mary-of-the-Woods: Associate Promoter of Mother Theodore Cause (2003-07), • Saint Mary-of-the-Woods: Volunteer at Woods Day Care/Pre-School (2006-07), and • Saint Mary-of-the-Woods: Receptionist, fundraiser at Woods...
Let us be the people Jesus describes, as he sends his disciples out on Mission
...death we were baptized? The simplest answer is that Jesus was a Palestinian Jew from a backwater area of the Roman Empire who was killed by the State through crucifixion. I propose that in today’s world, Paul is writing to white U.S. Christians – who in many ways sit at the center of power today – and telling us that we were buried with George Floyd. With Bryonna Taylor. With Sandra Bland. With Elijah McClain. With Riah Milton. With Dominique...
Hunger Bust Fun Run/Walk nets more than $9,000
Approximately 200 people came to Saint Mary-of-the-Woods, Indiana, on Saturday, Sept. 10, to take part in the 10th Hunger Bust Fun Run/Walk, with all proceeds from the event benefiting Providence Food Pantry, a sponsored ministry of the Sisters of Providence of Saint Mary-of-the-Woods. The event is sponsored by Saint Mary’s Village Parish. On Thursday, Sept. 15, organizers from the Hunger Bust Fun Run/Walk hand-delivered the proceeds from the weekend event to Sister Joseph Fillenwarth, SP, and Sister Maureen Fallon, SP,...
The art of hands-on learning
...sisters and staff here are so devoted to sustainability and seem genuinely excited to be doing what they are doing every day.” Mallory is quite talented herself. She began creating oil paintings in high school for family and friends, working from photographs. Now she is teaching herself how to make illustrations with pen and ink and would like to someday participate in a botanical illustration program. Mallory enjoys working in the garden She has worked as a farm assistant at...
June 4, 2023: Most Holy Trinity Sunday
...of God. Reflection Last Sunday we celebrated Pentecost as the season of Easter came to a close. This month we will celebrate two other important feasts of the Church year — today’s feast of The Most Holy Trinity and next Sunday’s feast of the Body and Blood of Christ. As I read today’s Gospel in a lectio divina manner, the words that spoke to me were that “God gave his only Son.” Gave is a beautiful word. This word speaks...
Sisters Speak Out: On the Road with the Sisters of Providence
...Connecting Link, Providence Healthcare and Providence Cristo Rey High School. Our sisters and the Providence Community serve as the hands and feet of Jesus to people in need. Looking back on that hot summer day in Washington, D.C., and the “Sisters Speak Out” experience, Sister Joni Luna, SP, said she felt uplifted. “You know, I think it really gave me hope that one day, one day soon, it’s not going to be black or white or Mexicans — it’ll be...
Sister Patty Fillenwarth
...every ministry Sister Patty has ever had as a Sister of Providence, she loves what she is doing. “I’m passionate about mission and ministry and service. It’s why I get up in the morning, and why I work hard all day,” she said. Sister Patty considers herself a normal person. She loves every-day things like the sports (especially the Cubs and the Colts), movies, jigsaw and crossword puzzles, gardening and nature. She is also a very happy person. “I have...
April 7, 2024: Second Sunday of Easter, Sunday of Divine Mercy
Gospel: John 20: 19-31 On the evening of that first day of the week, when the doors were locked, where the disciples were, for fear of the Jews, Jesus came and stood in their midst and said to them, “Peace be with you.” When he had said this, he showed them his hands and his side. The disciples rejoiced when they saw the Lord. Jesus said to them again, “Peace be with you. As the Father has sent me, so...
What did you do today?
Dear friends: “What did you do today?” The next time you are asked this question, share that you helped provide a place of spiritual direction, healing and hope for more than 15,000 visitors, program participants, and pilgrims. Candace Minster, White Violet Center garden manager, talks with a customer at the Terre Haute Downtown Farmers’ Market. Tell them you helped develop sustainable means of farming by helping to expand and enhance the White Violet Center for Eco-Justice. You helped care for...
2010 Rite of Commitment
...… mine understood its language.’ “This is the gift we celebrate today — the union of our hearts in God’s Providence — a union given so that the works of Providence will continue.” So expressed General Superior Sister Denise Wilkinson in her reflection during the Rite of Commitment and Renewal of Providence Associates in the Church of the Immaculate Conception on Saturday, Nov. 13, 2010. Indeed, the entire afternoon was an awesome and sacred day for everyone. (Click here for...