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Sister Emily TeKolste: Continuing to grow spiritually
...Advocacy for All Following her profession of first vows, Sister Emily started ministering as a Grassroots Mobilization Coordinator for NETWORK Lobby for Catholic Social Justice, where she remains to this day. “My ministry is to work with citizen advocates, everyday people across six states who want to fulfill the call of Catholic Social Teaching to participate in creating the world we want to live in,” Sister Emily said, “a world that values human dignity and puts policies in place to...
December 1, 2024: First Sunday of Advent
...near. … Always be alert, praying that you may have the strength to escape all these things that will take place, and to stand before the Son of {Humanity}. …” Reflection The themes of the Advent 2024 season are watchful waiting, preparation, and justice. The last chapter of today’s gospel of Jesus’ teaching ends before the passion narratives. We are being called to watch and hope. The gospel passage begins with cosmic/apocalyptic events or signs of things to happen in...
September 14, 2025: The Exaltation of the Holy Cross
...a vision I can get behind (and to which I have committed my life). Believing in Jesus, for me, means seeing the truth in his message. I am a child of a loving God and so is every other being, human and more-than-human. I have a divine spark within me. I have the capacity to hurt others, yes, and I can be generous and loving. This is a belief centered in my heart, a connection I fell and experience. Believing...
November 16, 2025: Thirty-Third Sunday in Ordinary Time
...he offer us, his present-day followers, when we face fearful situations? What is the hope that we hold? The hope to which Jesus testifies in this passage is no trivial denial of the struggles, the pain and agony of human life, or the catastrophic forces of nature. Jesus extends that hope as he invites us to pivot from a sole reliance on human strength in facing adversities to trusting in God’s love. And we find that love is made manifest...
November 23, 2025: The Solemnity of Our Lord Jesus Christ, King of the Universe
...by physical force and might. Jesus’ mission is not about self-preservation; it is one of self-sacrifice for the salvation of all humanity. His approach to ruling is beautifully summarized in the Preface to the Eucharistic Prayer in today’s Mass: As King he claims dominion over all creation, that he may present to you, his almighty Father, an eternal and universal kingdom; a kingdom of truth and life, a kingdom of holiness and grace, a kingdom of justice, love and peace....
Pope John Paul II statement – beatification
...her crosses with full confidence that God would provide. She refused God no sacrifice that he asked of her. “Her life was a perfect blend of humanness and holiness. She was fully human, fully alive, yet her deep spirituality was woven visibly through the very fabric of her life. “The woman, Mother Theodore Guerin, is indeed a woman for our time. She is a model of the best of womanhood. We present her to the world this day as blessed.”...
Honor Divine Providence
...creation, the meticulous and complex progression from solar to human forms, and the origin of each created form in all that precedes that form, praise of Holy Mystery permeates my prayer. The words of the Sisters of Providence mission statement — “to honor Divine Providence” — take on new meaning as I experience the on-going, shaping presence of Providence throughout the 15-billion-year history of life’s emergence from the heart of God. Saint Mother Theodore Guerin urged us to “lean with...
Theological shifts with Second Vatican Council
...The Dogmatic Constitution on the Church, Lumen Gentium, presents the nature and structure of the church: what the church IS. The acknowledgement of the laity as the People of God is placed before the chapter on the hierarchy. The second document, Gaudium et Spes, deals with the mission of the church: what the church DOES. It is an invitation to adult faith, recognition that we travel the same journey as all humanity and share the lot of human society. Respectful...
22 New Providence Associates
...justice means for us in our day-to-day lives. Director of Providence Associates Sister Diane Mason raises her hand in blessing over the new Providence Associates during the Nov. 8, 2014 commitment ceremony. The newest Providence Associates of the Sisters of Providence of Saint Mary-of-the-Woods. From front left: Jennifer Calvert, Donna Snelling, Traci Tucker, Marcy Meldahl, Jean Smith, Helen Flavin and Director of Providence Associates Sister Diane Mason. Second row from left: Amy Miranda, Tracy Biggs-Green, Marilyn Rausch. Third row from...
Promoting justice through ‘Corporate Responsibility’
In these days, when corporate decision-making is often harmful to the common good, how do the Sisters of Providence manage financial investments? We strive to invest our corporate money in a socially responsible manner in order to have a positive impact on the planet and on humanity. The Corporate Responsibility Committee consists of Sisters of Providence and lay members who recommend actions and strategies to the General Council and to the Trustees regarding investments that promote Gospel social principles. The...
On the shores of history – The gift of a Dover sunrise!
...were the White Cliffs and Dover Castle, from which Admiral Bertram Ramsey, in 1940, orchestrated what the British people and historians call the Miracle of Dunkirk. Beyond my ability to see its outlines on the France coastline, but very much in my mind, I imagined where the City of Calais sat. It is a place frequently in the news these days because it is where thousands of refugees and asylum seekers from Syria and other Middle Eastern countries have migrated,...
The cat’s meow
...the White Violet Center,” Lorrie said. “She’s got to be in the middle of everything … she’s got to go to everybody and get pets.” Hazel lounging in an office chair at White Violet Center. Hazel, however, is not nearly as fond of people. “She could definitely live her entire life without humans … she’s very quiet and unassuming,” Lorrie says. “She will seek out human interaction if you are the only person in the building; the minute there are...