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Sister Agnes Clare Buckley
...a teacher for so long.” Sister Agnes Clare also supported others with cards and phone calls. Her brother and others noted that if you asked Agnes what she wanted, she would say stamps, and not books – rolls! Sister Mary Fran Keusal, a band member, noted that, “If Agnes knew that someone had an ingrown toenail, she sent that person a card. I know how many cards she sent because I made hundreds and hundreds of return address labels for...
Where Your Treasure Is
...by thick concrete walls and by a system that had labeled her as less than human. As Congress begins negotiations for the 2019 budget, we know the Trump Administration has requested more resources to remove beloved residents like Sonia from our communities. The administration’s requests include: A massive increase in immigration detention – to 51,379 people in detention across the country every day Funds to recruit and hire 1,000 additional ICE officers, and Funds to compensate more local police to...
Conscience, Candidates and Discipleship in Voting – Part two
...background of abortion, climate change and the culture of exclusion, it is clear that the faith-filled voter who seeks to be guided by Catholic social teaching is confronted by compelling moral claims that cut across the partisan and cultural divides of our nation. The pathway from these crosscutting moral claims to decisions on particular candidates is not a direct and singular one in Catholic teaching, rooted in one issue. For this reason, the drive to label a single issue preeminent...
Witness
...the weak cannot fall lower than the lowest which is in you also.” I believe Will LeCroy can teach us an essential truth: Who among us deserves to be labeled, judged, discarded even, according to the worst thing we ever did? Rather, are we not called to honor human dignity and extend God’s loving design to all creation? To all persons? Surely just as we know that God loves us always and is never far from us, so are we...
Sister Mary (Mary Agatha) Carlton
...Officially Sister Mary was the volunteer coordinator and in that position interviewed volunteers and supervised their orientation. In addition, according to Sister Pat, Sister Mary assisted with the taking in and labeling of medications, restocking examination rooms, picking up supplies, cleaning the clinic and doing fund raisers. Sister Pat attributes their many returning clients to Sister Mary’s influence. Ever the gracious and generous woman, she did indeed ‘heal the oppressed,’” shared Sister Mary Roger. “Over the last five years, Sister...
Saint Mother Theodore Guerin’s Story
...visible. Where all had seemed hopeless and impossible, now there was hope. She put into practice her philosophy of “Love the children first, and then teach them.” Misunderstood A misunderstanding and false accusations brought an end to Sister St. Theodore’s ministry at Rennes. Mother Mary, the Sisters of Providence general superior, had found it necessary to stand up to Father Dujarie, the founder of the Sisters of Providence and Ruille. He was using funds from the sisters to try to...
Honoring you
...updated annually. Saint Mother Theodore Guerin Foundation Your philanthropic gift attests to the timelessness of Providence in our lives – with its message of hope – and to our mission of carrying forward the heritage and legacy of our foundress. It is an honor roll of relatives, alumnae and friends who have made a planned gift to the Sisters of Providence. If you or your family has designated the Sisters of Providence as a beneficiary in your will or other...
Anne Thérèse Guérin: 20 Years of Sainthood
...you live — through prayer groups, parish celebrations, artwork, stories of favors received or other signs of her influence — please share that information with our Executive Assistant, Jessica Woodruff at jwoodruff@spsmw.org. Let us not only remember Saint Mother Theodore with gratitude and continue to act with love, mercy and justice, but also work to make her known and loved so that others may be inspired and filled with hope. Originally published in the summer 2026 issue of HOPE magazine....
A shared Reflection for Foundation Day
...of our first Providence Associates. So, Rita Clare and Emily if you will come forth … Thank you Rita Clare, Emily, Dan … for sharing your hopes. And as this day moves on, I invite each of us to take some time to do our own reflection on what part of the Foundation Story gives us hope for the future. Perhaps in the days ahead we can share those hopes with one another, so that together, we will strengthen the...
Reflections for Foundation Day 2020
...future.” Hers was a faith grounded and reliant upon the assurance in today’s reading from Jeremiah, “For surely I know the plans I have for you, plans for your welfare and not for harm, to give you a future with HOPE.” HOPE…a week ago I participated in a webinar at the invitation of S. Connie Kramer and presented by a well-known grief specialist, Dr. Alan Wolfelt. He used the word HOPE as an acronym for – Have Only Positive Expectations! ...
Social Justice: Answering the Call
...echoed in Sister Terri’s account. Beginnings Sister Terri recalls how on December 7, 1971, an invitation to meet and discuss public policy went out to Catholic sisters who were interested in social justice. The hope was to have at least 25 participants. But on Friday, December 17, 47 women nationwide assembled at Trinity College in Washington, D.C. There, Baroni spoke about addressing the causes rather than the effects of public policies. “The first day was stimulating,” Sister Terri said, as...
Providential Connections: Sisters Abroad
...a U.S.-based group that fosters leadership skills among women religious, and whose emphasis has been on developing those skills in women religious under the age of 65. The gathering in Rome, which Sister Jessica helped plan, included nearly 200 sisters from six continents, some of whom met in Rome in person and others who joined by Zoom. Over the course of five days, the group met to connect, lament, hope and lead religious life into the future. In December, Sister...