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Sister Elizabeth Meyer (formerly Sister Joseph Aloyse)
Knowing the Gospel reading for today and Sister Elizabeth Meyer’s life, I thought to myself, “Yes, Elizabeth was ‘a lilies and flowers of the field, and birds of the air,’ kind of person.” Her life was simple, her faith was simple, she seemingly lived a day at a time, without a lot of worry about her life or the future, said Sister Ann Casper in her commentary for Sister Elizabeth Meyer, formerly Sister Joseph Aloyse, who passed away on Wednesday,...
Coming home and going forth: Providence Associates annual meeting 2014
...left, Sisters Betty Koressel, Regis McNulty and Margaret Kelly. Providing sing-along entertainment at the social for sisters and associates on Sunday are from left, Mary Carroll Blocher, Sheila Donis, Lorrie Scheidler and Jane Fischer. Providence Associates raise their hands during a prayer session on Sunday. Candidate-associate Duane Drake discusses a point with his table grouping during a session on Saturday. General Superior Sister Denise Wilkinson gives updates to the gathered associates during Sunday’s meeting with the general council of the...
Celebrating the legacy of Martin Luther King Jr.
January 20, 2025, Martin Luther King Jr., a National Holiday, was enacted after 6 million signatures were collected to petition Congress to pass the law, the largest petition in favor of a law in our nation’s history. Inauguration Day of the next President of the United States, is also a National Holiday. This is not an unusual reality as these two holidays happened previously on the same day. This year, however, could be time for us to ponder more closely...
A Reflection for the 2025 Feast of Saint Mother Theodore Guerin
...does seem easy to lose hope. At the time I began to think about writing this reflection, the shooting at Annunciation Church in Minneapolis had just taken place. That was followed by a high school shooting in Evergreen, Colorado. And on the same day, Charlie Kirk was killed. In the meantime, war continues to rage in Gaza, Ukraine and Sudan. On Oct. 10, another human being on death row will be executed in northern Indiana. And just the other day,...
Everything is connected – Our Living Planet
Note: We want to share these blogs which we have adapted from “Our Common Home,” a joint initiative of the Dicastery for Promoting Integral Human Development along with the Stockholm Environment Institute (SEI). This is the second in a series of eight blogs. Laudato Si’ On Care for our Common Home Our Common Home/SEI: A joint initiative of the Dicastery for Promoting Integral Human Development and the Stockholm Environment Institute (SEI) has produced an excellent guide for caring for our...
Providence spirituality in action: Sister Kathleen Desautels and 8th Day Center for Justice
...but had never heard of 8th Day. 8th Day Center for Justice 8th Day Center for Justice was founded in 1974 by six religious congregations, including the Sisters of Providence of Saint Mary-of-the-Woods and the Claretian Missionaries. 8th Day is missioned “to act as a critical alternative voice to oppressive systems and to work actively to change those systems.” Today, 36 member congregations of Catholic religious and countless partners support the mission and work at 8th Day. (Learn more at...
Election and inauguration reflections
...health care, education are all the issues that so many in the nation view as essential for our survival. I pray daily for the success and safety of this new administration. I just celebrated by 60th birthday and this is the ultimate birthday present: President Barack Obama, 44th president of the United States of America. I am waving my flag again! Sister Margaret Quinlan On Tuesday, January 20, I turned on the television at 9:00 a.m. and watched almost all...
Everything is Connected – Our Consumption
Note: We want to share these blogs which have been adapted from “Our Common Home,” a joint initiative of the Dicastery for Promoting Integral Human Development along with the Stockholm Environment Institute (SEI). This is the sixth blog in a series of eight. Our Consumption “A world of exacerbated consumption is at the same time a world which mistreats life in all its forms.” (Laudato Si’ 230) Ever-increasing consumerism and industrial patterns of production are having severe consequences for the...
Hope and healing for Earth: Earth Day 2012
...the Earth Day Network website, we learn Earth Day went international in the 1990s and grew and grew as the millennium unfolded. This time, Earth Day went global, mobilizing 200 million people in 141 countries and lifting environmental issues onto the world stage. Earth Day 1990 gave a huge boost to recycling efforts worldwide and helped pave the way for the 1992 United Nations Earth Summit in Rio de Janeiro. It also prompted President Bill Clinton to award Senator Nelson...
Annual gathering of Providence Associates 2014
Sister Editha Ben, Providence Associate Joan Frisz and Sisters Kathleen Desautels and Adele Beacham enjoy each others company at the Sunday evening social. Sisters of Providence and Providence Associates enjoy the entertainment at Sunday’s social. Sisters of Providence, Providence Associates and those gathered join hands in prayer during the Sunday Mass in the Church of the Immaculate Conception at Saint Mary-of-the-Woods. Providence Associates joined the Sisters of Providence vows ceremony on Sunday in which Sisters Su-Hsin Huang and Arrianne Whittaker...
Sharing joy and togetherness: Providence Associate annual meeting 2019
...with a sister during Monday’s meeting. Providence Associate and liturgy staff member Karen Sagraves plays the piano during a prayer time at Monday’s meeting with sisters and associates. Providence Associate Marilyn Webb laughs with some sisters during Monday’s meeting. Providence Associate candidate Kay Hassan joins table conversation during Saturday’s meeting. Providence Associate Kim Knoblock during a prayer moment at Monday’s annual meeting with the sisters. Providence Associate Ann Henderson during a reflective moment at Saturday’s meeting. From left, Providence Associates...
Reflections on Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.
Just scouring the many pages of writings on the Sisters of Providence website, one can find many reflections and more regarding Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Day. Today is a federal holiday marking his birthday, which was Jan. 15, 1929. The holiday is observed on the third Monday of January each year. In 1983, then President Ronald Reagan signed the holiday into law, but it was not observed until 1986. In fact, it was not officially observed by all 50...