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Book review: The Other Couch
...that envelopes hope and gives information about the realities women faced and brought to therapy. It puts flesh on the “two-way path” of client and therapist being affected. The book is set up as 24 brief chapters. Each is a synopsis of a woman’s story and her healing/liberation through her work and relationship with one of the two authors. These are familiar story themes to me in my role as a spiritual director, clinical pastoral education (CPE) supervisor and a...
Sister Mary Louise O’Connor (formerly Sister James Margaret)
...of love. “Love bears all things, believes all things, hopes all things, endures all things. Love never ends.” Jesus tells his followers, “You did not choose me but I chose you.” We know Mary Louise, so we know these words describe and guided her. She, like Mary and Elizabeth, said yes to a life of love, a life of surprises, a life of quiet fidelity to the God who called her. Born in Fall River, Massachusetts, to James E. O’Connor...
Ask Sister Dina: How many Sisters of Providence are there and what are their roles?
...life to which we are called, we each endeavor to live out with integrity and enthusiasm our mission. The mission of the Sisters of Providence to collaborate with others to create a more just and hope-filled world through prayer, education, service and advocacy. Some ministry areas in which Sisters of Providence serve include serving within the Congregation or within the Catholic Church in parishes or arch/diocesan ministries. Other sisters serve in spiritual direction, education, social and outreach services and healthcare,...
Prayer for suicide loss survivors
...hope. When I feel an emptiness in my soul, fill me with your abiding Presence. When sadness consumes me, help me to be grateful for my good memories. When I have lost my future, help me to trust that you will give me a future full of hope, if I come to you with all my heart. When my grief makes me feel very tired, help me to be gentle with myself. When “grief triggers” cause unexpected “grief bursts,” let...
Celebration of the 100th anniversary of the mission to Asia
...As I recounted in the most recent issue of Hope, which is devoted to our Asia Mission: They began in 1920 with zeal in their hearts to teach the young women of China. Over the years, that passion for mission enabled them not only to teach but also to bind up wounds, hide refugees, endure separation and isolation. In the process, they shared life with members of other religious communities, with co-workers as dedicated to the mission as they were,...
Spreading the mission of Providence
This article is reprinted from summer 2006 issue of HOPE. WWMTGT? Ah, yes, another acronym to clutter the collection of letter-laced configurations. But just What Would Mother Theodore Guerin Think about all this attention shining upon her life and accomplishments? What would she think about undergoing so much scrutiny? What would she think about being called a saint? Today, as her heart rests at Saint Mary-of-the-Woods and her soul continues to watch over the Congregation of the Sisters of Providence...
Guerin Outreach Ministries: Catholic religious sisters offer English classes, friendship to residents of St. Anthy Trailer Park in rural Mecca, Calif.
...from other places asking us to come there,” Sister Loretta said. “One reason I think this is so valuable is that no one else is doing it, and it’s something that is very, very needed.” As the Sisters continue to age, not just expanding but continuing the ministry becomes of pressing importance. One hope for the future is the second teacher at St. Anthony’s. Martha Langarica teaches the beginning level class. Langarica started out as a student for Providence in...
General Superior summons foundress to support new SMWC president
...of the Providence God and of the life and legacy of Saint Mother Theodore Guerin. Mother Theodore founded the College and has left her indelible mark upon it and all of us associated with the College. Let me use a collection of her words, Dr. King, to express the confidence the Sisters of Providence have in you, and the hope for success and happiness we wish for you as your life as president of her College unfolds. We have witnessed...
Prayer and Reflections for Awareness Against Human Trafficking
...capable of giving them new hope and helping them to advance with courage amid the problems of our time and the new horizons which they disclose and which God places in our hands.” – Pope Francis, 2015 World Day of Peace message In what ways might we inadvertently become accomplices to the evil of human slavery through our daily choices? As you reflect over the past few weeks of your life, in what ways have you countered the globalization of...
Archives: keeper of the stories
Have you ever thought of Archives as being a ministry? Perhaps not, but according to Sister Marianne Mader, Archives researcher, it is. “[Archives] is a way of connecting with other people,” she notes in the summer 2012 issue of HOPE, now available online. The Sisters of Providence are blessed with an awesome Archives. Truly, this department was created when Saint Mother Theodore Guerin put pen to paper and wrote her journals as well as thousands of letters to her sisters...
Sister Beth Kelso (formerly Sister Thomas Aquinas)
“You are my hope, Lord; my trust, God, from my youth. My hope in you never wavers.” (Psalm 71) “Life is often compared to a pilgrimage, a sacred journey to a holy place. … A major condition of pilgrimage is that one is leaving home and returning home. A Christian sees her entire life as a pilgrimage as she comes from God and returns to God. … In order to attain its goal a pilgrimage needs an efficient and faithful...
A more colorful existence as a fiber arts intern
...natural dyeing to begin at White Violet Center. From gathering all the necessary tools and materials, to preparing a space for a dye studio and creating a dye log so that we can start experimenting with the process, recording our results, and hopefully be able to use it for WVC’s fiber program in the future. I couldn’t be more excited to help get this going, so that future fiber interns can hopefully get as excited about dyeing as I am....