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The Easter season of our everyday lives
...start on Ash Wednesday, followed by Palm Sunday as Jesus is welcomed, hailed as King, only to be followed up with the pain and suffering Holy Week and then finally the Alleluias and “Christ is Risen!” of Easter. This season is our everyday lives. It is our every breath. It is not just the letting go of someone we love, but the letting go of what we know. It is embracing change, and oh, that is not easy. It is...
Sister Dorothy Hucksoll (formerly Sister Francis Ellen)
...the least of these brothers and sisters of mine, you did for me.” Funeral services for Sister Dorothy took place Sunday, May 31, and Monday, June 1, at the Church of the Immaculate Conception. A wake took place from 2:30 to 4:30 p.m., on Sunday, May 31, with Vespers at 4:30 p.m. Mass of Christian Burial took place at 11 a.m., on Monday, June 1. We welcome you to share your memories of Sister Dorothy in the comment section below....
Sister Marie Brendan Harvey
...us all that one day we May dwell, O Lord, with thee. Funeral services for Sister Marie Brendan were on Monday, Jan. 2, and Tuesday, Jan. 3, in the Church of the Immaculate Conception at Saint Mary-of-the-Woods. A Wake took place from 2:30 to 4:30 p.m., on Monday, Jan. 2, with Vespers at 4:30 p.m. Mass of Christian Burial took place at 11 a.m., on Tuesday, Jan. 3. We welcome you to share your memories of Sister Marie Brendan in the comment section below....
Sister Marie Alexis Geiger
...in 1962 with a bachelor’s degree in education and earned a master’s degree in education from Marquette University in 1967. Sister Marie Alexis taught grades two through eight in schools in Indiana, Illinois and Washington, D.C. IN addition to being an excellent teacher, she was a talented baton twirler. So at St. Francis Borgia in Chicago, she taught baton and paraded with Sister Carol Nolan and her students on State Street on Christmas Day, St. Patrick’s Day and Columbus Day....
Sister Laurine Haley
...of birth. Many of us remember the days of little boxes where we could place coins to help the foreign missions. On that day, Nana gave Ruthie a quarter for this box. In the primary grades, the children were told that by donating their pennies, they could adopt a baby who would then be helped by the missionaries. It just so happened that my sister Ruthie’s coin brought the total in the box to the amount needed for an adoption....
One Good Day: Thoughts on Thanksgiving
...the first Thanksgiving is the stuff of nightmares — illness decimated them, war (with colonists and other tribes) nearly finished them off. It’s enough to dash anyone’s joy. Together Thanksgiving became a national holiday in 1863 for one very important reason: President Lincoln was desperately trying to find something that might bring the divided nation together, if only for one day — one good day. And while the first Thanksgiving probably ran for several days, those were good days, too....
White Violet Center teaming with ISU for month-long Earth Day Celebration
For 23 years, White Violet Center for Eco-Justice (WVC), a ministry of the Sisters of Providence of Saint Mary-of-the-Woods, Indiana, have conducted the annual Earth Day Celebration on the campus at Saint Mary-of-the-Woods as a call to action to all members of the community. And for the past 19 years, the Office of Sustainability at Indiana State University (ISU) has offered Earth Day Celebrations as well. This year, WVC has teamed with ISU’s Office of Sustainability with the hope of...
Transformed and transferred: reflection for the transfer of vows of Sister My Huong Pham
Sister My Huong Pham receives her Sisters of Providence cross from Sister Dawn Tomaszewski. Sunday, Feb, 25, 2018 I am feeling a little like Peter right now, and I am wanting to echo the words we heard him profess in today’s Gospel, “It is well that we are here.” It is always good for us to gather as a community, and, as noted at the beginning of liturgy, today we have the special joy of witnessing the transfer of vows...
A day in the life … Sister Rose Marita Riordan
...of options.” She may have left the world of education, but Sister Rose Marita said she spent the next 15 years as a volunteer at Woods Day Care/Pre-School. Health problems caused Sister Rose Marita to end her time at the day care. But she wasn’t done “working.” So, Sister Rose Marita started volunteering at Providence Spirituality and Conference Center and has been at it since 2006. On Mondays and Fridays, she is at the front desk from 8 a.m. to...
Reflection for the Feast of Saint Mother Theodore
...become saints, she said, “Nothing extraordinary; nothing more than what we do every day. Only do it for (God’s) love …” So, let’s take our love and permeate the property wherever we may be – in the convent, in the dorm, in the coziness of our own homes. We are walking in the footsteps of a saint … and she’s counting on us to follow her lead. If you missed the 2022 Saint Mother Theodore Guerin Feast Day Liturgy, click...
A reflection on the 2021 Providence Associate Commitment and Renewal
...to bring love, mercy and justice to the people and places of your own lives. Truly Blessed Truly, blessed are we who welcome you and receive your commitment this day as Providence Associates. And that goes for the many of you watching via livestream who will renew your commitment as Providence Associates today. As I read your letters again in preparation for today, I was struck by the following story written by one of you that perhaps summarizes what we...
Sister Rose Marita Riordan
...“True, but on all the other days, we will not.” Funeral services for Sister Rose Marita took place on Thursday, March 23, and Friday, March 24, in the Church of the Immaculate Conception at Saint Mary-of-the-Woods. A Wake took place from 2:30 to 4:30 p.m., on Thursday, March 23, with Vespers at 4:30 p.m. Mass of Christian Burial took place at 11 a.m., on Friday, March 24. We welcome you to share your memories of Sister Rose Marita in the comment section below....