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Reflecting on National Day of Prayer
...In April of that year, President Harry Truman issued a bill, approved by Congress. It declared that the President of the United States annually designate the first Thursday in May as a national day of prayer. Prayer’s power recognized in times of distress? In 1988, the rationale for the National Day of Prayer was stated in this way: “A day when adherents of all great religions could unite in prayer and that it may one day bring renewed respect for...
Sending out a ‘Thank You’ in anticipation of School Principals’ Day!
...day after day when faculty were ill. For the past year, they have also been called on to “minister to” in a unique way, whether students and faculty were in the building or working remotely. They have comforted students whose family member died of COVID-19; encouraged students who struggled to stay focused at a computer all day; assisted parents in figuring out how to manage both working from home and assisting their children as they tried to learn at home;...
Oral history: The little things with Sister Lois Ann Stoiber
...are my days off.” And her mother, although she didn’t drive, would have that day to visit friends or shop or do whatever she chose. That ‘day off’ was a model adopted by relatives and friends. A wonderful childhood “I had a wonderful childhood! Our neighborhood, especially a two-block area, was known as ‘incubator row’ because so many of us were the same age.” A carefree childhood included a swimming pool nearby that was part of a strip mine, complete...
Statement: Sisters of Providence leadership makes statement on gun control issues, sends letters to editors
Today, the Sisters of Providence leadership team issued a statement on gun control. it is as follows: Letter to the Editor: Guns are lively ammunition for passionate debate these days. It seems that weekly we learn of a tragedy where someone showed reckless disregard for his or her own life, or for the lives of others. Typically, one camp deplores the use and availability of lethal weapons. The other side, just as passionately, defends our right to own whatever type...
The Christmas story: new and old
...be afraid…” as you begin to pray not looking upwards but instead looking around you and see who needs you. What child is this? This is you. This is the person Jesus Christ has given to humankind. YOU: the baby, the teenager, the young adult, the middle aged and the wisdom figure. We are the gift; the many gifts to one another. We are co-creators of humankind. God has given us the story of the Nativity, and we often keep...
Cherishing creation
...a small but determined voice. “They eat mosquitoes!” I thought of this incident immediately as I began to reflect on the spirituality that underpins the Sisters of Providence commitment to care for all creation. Bats and cats and alpacas and all manner of soils, waters, plants and animals are our friends. They are not simply created matter over which we humans have dominion or even stewardship. But truly (and grandly), they and we are members of one interrelated and interdependent...
What is Eco-Justice?
...Planet. The article was in the first issue of Feminist Platform, provided by 8th Day Center for Justice, located in Chicago. The center was founded in 1974 by six Catholic religious congregations of women and men, including the Sisters of Providence. Sister Kathleen Desautels ministers at 8th Day Center for Justice. Environmental justice surfaced as environmental advocacy in the mid-1970s. By the 1980s, faith denominations began writing about and calling for ethical and moral actions to address injustices faced by...
Holy and profane
Holy and human: blog post author and postulant Emily TeKolste in her volunteer ministry in the Mission Advancement office It’s not often that I spend time with my extended family in public. Sometimes, these interactions remind me how differently much of the world views Catholic sisters compared to my experience. This weekend, I went to my cousin’s high school graduation party. Partway through the party, one of my uncles started asking me to bless him. Another made a comment about...
Get to know Sister Joni Luna, SP
...a cup of coffee and be awed by nature. I am passionate about … trusting in God’s Providence. I seek God’s wisdom in my life and try to respond in love and forgiveness as much as humanly possible. If I can internalize God’s nudges within me, then I can better acknowledge, serve and respond to the Spirit as it unfolds within and around me. One thing most people don’t know about me is … I have experienced much pain and...
Prayer in troubled times
...held in my anguish and distress. So much of what the human family and Earth are suffering result from human decision-making. So I find that it is only through prayer and solidarity with others that I find the courage to live the mission of the Congregation, to engage in “works of love, mercy and justice in service among God’s people.” I pray then to find the will and strength to respond in compassion and in service. Certainly, at times of...
Forgiveness and reconciliation
A reflection by Sister Ruth Eileen Dwyer As we go through the day with its news of events in which one person or group has deliberately threatened, endangered, offended or injured another, we respond in different ways. Often the response may be anger at an insulting remark, horror at the destruction terrorist attacks bring upon innocent people or fear of a threat or injury. Whether we are personally involved or not, many human actions include hurting others in ways which...
So very human: Making an e-book of Mother Theodore’s words
...various benefactors feel so special that they’ll give her even more. In all places her honesty is refreshing: there are no rose-colored glasses here. Mother Theodore is so very human in these pages. Sometimes she’s a bit prissy (lots of churches in the American frontier are “nothing remarkable” or “small and badly built,” for instance) and sometimes she gets annoyed with her co-workers (“I have never met any woman so completely useless”) and sometimes she is just tired, and says...