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Making someone’s day just by showing up: Teen shares her experience as a Providence Teen Volunteer
...day matters, especially to the residents who are sick, who are dying, and who live with endless monotony in their lives every day. One day, one moment, one second of joy can make a difference to them. Because happiness can always make a difference. Amanda visits with a health care resident in the courtyard. And that’s why one other thing was always hard for me: saying goodbye. Leaving after two days or a week and having to tell the people...
Sisters celebrate 25-, 50-year Jubilarians
...16:11 as the theme for the celebration of my perpetual vows: “You will show me the path to life, abounding joy in your presence, the delights at your right hand forever.” This line was given to me during our 30-day retreat during our tertian summer (preparation for final vows) … and it has been a gift to me every day since then. Or course, not every day has contained what is usually considered joy or delight, but every day HAS...
Foundation day through a young sister’s eyes
“Mother Theodore brought all of who she was into this mission. That’s what we’re called to do.” Sister Dina Bato at left, with and Siser Regina Gallo, is all smiles as she process out of church on the day she made her first vows as a Sister of Providence. Foundation Day in an intercultural context As a woman proud of her Filipino roots, Sister Dina Bato sees the call of foundation day as a call to authenticity. Today, the women...
Day of Departure
...sanctuary of the Church of the Immaculate Conception on Sept. 29, 1920, the feast of Saint Michael the Archangel. “Wednesday, September 29, 1920, was for Saint Mary-of-the-Woods one of the greatest days in the eighty years of its history. That day marked not only an era in the annals of the Sisters of Providence in America, but of the Catholic Church in America, and in the religious history of the world, for it was the day of the departure for...
Sister Jeanne Knoerle (formerly Sister Mary Gregory)
...every day. Only do it for his love…’ That is exactly how Sister Jeanne did it! It was just her nature to do everything out of love. Sisters Jean Fuqua, left, and Jeanne Knoerle participate in knitting socks at Fiber Frolic 2006. “Here are just a few stories of how she lived each day out of love. To honor what I think Jeanne would expect of me is to keep it simple. “On Sunday, June 9, the day before she...
‘Be unafraid to follow in her footsteps’: a reflection on the Feast of Saint Mother Theodore Guerin
Note: The following is the reflection our General Superior Sister Dawn Tomaszewski, SP, offered during the 2023 Saint Mother Theodore Guerin Feast Day Mass, which took place on Tuesday, Oct. 3. When the Shrine of Saint Mother Theodore Guerin was being created, our Architect Jack Kelly and Liturgical Designer Father Mark Joseph Costello told us it needed to be filled with symbols of Mother Theodore’s spirituality. So, yes, you’ll find crucifixes and statues of Mary and Joseph in her shrine,...
Foundation Day – Oct. 22, 2010
...Sister Olympiade makes us soup of bacon and salt beef, except on fast days… Reader # 3 The day after our arrival we went to look at our new house, now building. Like the castles of the knights of old, it is so deeply hidden in the woods that you cannot see it until you come up to it. As to our garden and yard, we have all the woods. It is astonishing that this remote solitude has been chosen...
A shared Reflection for Foundation Day
(Note: The following is a four-part reflection offered on Foundation Day, which took place on Saturday, Oct. 22, 2016): Part 1 – General Superior Sister Dawn Tomaszewski Happy Foundation Day! General Superior Sister Dawn Tomaszewski How good it is for all of us to gather wherever we are to remember what happened here 176 years ago today. Robert Bellah, in his book “Habits of the Heart,” reminds us that any real community is a community that does not forget its...
Preparing the next generation of Sisters of Providence
...Sacrament Chapel at Saint Mary-of-the-Woods. In the end, however, the charism is not so much taught as caught. This happens in day-to-day living. This is where the postulant hopefully sees what it means to be sister to one another, to pray, celebrate, have fun together and to experience the sacred in the ordinary. She is invited into our common efforts to be Providence through sustainable living, accountability to one another, and respect for differences. Living close to the Motherhouse this...
Two sisters profess first, perpetual vows
For Sisters Arrianne Whittaker and Su-Hsin Huang, Sunday, June 29, was a life-changing day. On that day, Sister Arrianne professed first vows, while Sister Su-Hsin professed perpetual vows in the Congregation of the Sisters of Providence of Saint Mary-of-the-Woods, Ind. Both sisters have come from very different backgrounds. But the paths they have chosen brought them together with the more than 300 Sisters of Providence. While professing perpetual vows Sunday, June 29, Sister Su-Hsin wore a traditional tribal dress her...
Breathe in the Woods
...different from what the current days hold. Watching memories come to the surface and watching the smiles on the faces of staff and residents during this beautiful spring day appeared to me to be healing for the mind and one’s spirit. As we think about spring, let’s reflect for a minute about the effect sunshine can have on our bodies, mind, and spirit. Have you been sad on a sunny day? Arguably, it isn’t as easy to be sad or...
Saying thank you: Thanksgiving 2010
...Our Faith,” edited by Dorothy Bass. The notion of practice is developed in the context of our Christian faith. Bass defines Christian practices as “… things Christian people do over time to address fundamental human needs in response to and in light of God’s presence in the world.” I know — you’re thinking I forgot about the small child being urged, prompted and cued to say “thank you.” Not at all … I’m suggesting that in this oft-repeated, almost mundane...