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Earth as home
Sister Joan Matthews connects with creation by picking flowers in the gardens at Saint Mary-of-the-Woods. (This article was originally published in the Summer 2013 edition of HOPE.) If you spend any amount of time with a Sister of Providence or a group of sisters, you will quickly learn that taking care of Earth as home is important to them as a Congregation. You’ll hear them use terms like “enoughness” and talk about the interconnectedness of all creation, Earth Charter and...
Being a Providence Associate has made a difference
...in Health Care.… Meeting all these sisters enhanced my spiritual life. Most deeply, the connection to Saint Mother Theodore has brought a new dimension to my meditation and prayer life.” — Providence Associate Judy Collins, retired teacher/ researcher/therapist. Terre Haute, Indiana “I am enriched by the Providence Associates I meet. I am definitely more hopeful for our world through getting to know them. I am often taken out of my comfort zone in my Providence Circle meetings and the meetings...
Intersectionality – what is it?
...— Letter to Rev. A. Martin in Vincennes on 10/3/1843 And on July 10, 1850 she writes: “…they wish to make us pay taxes, which is contrary to the laws of the State. We refuse positively. It embarrasses them a little to have women resist them and speak to them about the law. Woman in this country is only yet one fourth of the family. I hope that, through the influence of religion and education, she will eventually become at least...
Providence Cristo Rey High School: 10 years of changing lives in Indianapolis
...with the Sisters of Providence tagline “Breaking boundaries, creating hope” that the SPs could not say no. And so it began. Endless hours and days were spent pounding the pavement looking for donors, for work study opportunities for the students, and for a building. In July 2007, the first students arrived at Providence Cristo Rey High School (PCRHS). Ten years have passed since that glorious opening day! As the school marks the end of its 10th year of operation, it...
Prayer: a Sisters of Providence ministry dear to the heart
...respond to the questions asked? What does it mean for you when you tell another person I’ll pray for you? What does it mean when I ask another to pray for me? Find a friend (or more than one) and have this conversation. Hopefully the conversation will lead to new insights about prayer and confirm beliefs long held. In the meantime and always, let us hold one another in prayer. Originally published in the winter 2022 issue of HOPE magazine....
Sisters of Providence provide leadership
...Sisters of Providence. At the transfer ceremony, Sister Dawn told the OLVM’s: “We … know Jenny as a faithful daughter of Providence, someone whose own life experiences, like your own, have called her to let go in order to let something new come. Thank you, Victory Noll Sisters, for inviting us into your lives. We accept this invitation with great hope for the future of religious life.” May it be so! Originally published in the winter 2023 issue of HOPE...
Donors, you bless us beyond words!
...future for our sisters and those we serve! You gave to the Sisters of Providence even though economic times are tough. You gave to the Providence Community even though many of you were experiencing personal losses and hardships. Please know we use each gift to further the Gospel message of hope and healing. We are so grateful to each and every donor who gave during October, and throughout all of 2022. Originally published in the winter 2023 issue of HOPE...
Mercy in Islam
...Law of Retribution: “The retribution for an injury is an equal injury, but those who forgive the injury and make reconciliation will be rewarded by God.” (Quran 42:40, quoted in 3). Another dramatic act of mercy was Muhammad’s granting of amnesty to his defeated persecutors in Mecca in 630 C.E. 8 There seems to be no better way to conclude this small glimpse of mercy in Islam than with the hope of Pope Francis that the Jubilee year will “foster...
Poem: Blessed are you who bear the light
...everything seems in shadow and grief. Blessed are you in whom the light lives, in whom the brightness blazes— your heart a chapel, an altar where in the deepest night can be seen the fire that shines forth in you in unaccountable faith, in stubborn hope, in love that illumines every broken thing it finds. © Jan Richardson from Circle of Grace: A Book of Blessings for the Seasons. janrichardson.com (Originally published in the Winter 2017 issue of HOPE magazine.)...
A new way to raise consciousness and funds to combat climate change
...We hope this stewardship will bring many benefits to the community and the planet. At the very least, it will make us each more aware of how individual choices affect the vitality of the planet and help us to acquire some funds to mitigate the effects of climate change. Are you interested in helping us address climate issues by “taxing” your own travel? Visit cathcap.org/contribute/ and search for Sisters of Providence. Originally published in the winter 2023 issue of HOPE...
From farming to teaching to counseling to care of Earth: Sister Ann Sullivan’s story
...a spirituality of hope and healing provided the framework for the Center’s planning and development in educating for a just, sustainable future. Thinking differently Sister Ann moved on from her ministry at White Violet Center in 2008. Today she continues to speak and to offer retreats focusing on the need to educate for a just and sustainable future — the same need that led her to form the foundation of White Violet Center for Eco-Justice in 1996. On the journey,...
The Helping Hands thrift store: making a difference a quarter at a time
Faithful volunteers at The Helping Hands, from left, Milly Barbour, Bonnie Monaghan and Carol Robinson, have fun together while sorting and hanging clothes. Editor’s note: This article was originally published in the spring 2014 issue of HOPE magazine. Who would have guessed so much good could be done with a quarter? But plenty has in West Terre Haute, Ind. One quarter at a time. A group of dedicated volunteers working together seem to make those quarters rain down from heaven...