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Strength from being ordinary this Foundation Day
Saint Mother Theodore Guerin and her companions first arrived at Saint Mary-of-the-Woods on this day in 1840. Saint Mother Theodore Guerin and her five sister companions arrived at Saint Mary-of-the-Woods, Indiana, on this day in 1840. We Sisters of Providence, Providence Associates and the community at Saint Mary-of-the-Woods College all celebrate this day as our Foundation Day. As I write this it is dark and dreary outside. The dampness enters into one’s bones. But I have a warm house and...
Sister Rosalie Marie Weller
...miss you. But we thank God for your good, generous, creative, prayerful life. Funeral services for Sister Rosalie Marie took place in the Church of the Immaculate Conception on Friday and Saturday, Feb. 13-14. A wake took place from 2:30 to 4:30 p.m., on Friday, Feb. 13, with Vespers at 4:30 p.m. Mass of Christian Burial was at 11 a.m., on Saturday, Feb. 14. We welcome you to share your memories of Sister Rosalie Marie in the comments section below...
Oral history: Sister Cathy Campbell the storyteller
...also served as a volunteer pastoral minister at Immaculate Heart of Mary Parish in Indianapolis. Spirituality and community Sister Cathy at prayer during a Sisters of Providence gathering in 2017 Sister Cathy’s most important spiritual practice happens as she starts the day. She spends time with the Scriptures of the day. “Each day as I go through the day, I am asking myself how am I being the person I am supposed to be as God wants me to be...
Reflecting on the profession of vows of Sister Anna Fan
May 1, 2023 – St. Joseph the Worker Church Hsinchu County, Taiwan Bishop John Baptist Keh-Mean Lee, our brother priests, our Missionary Sisters of Providence, the Fan family and friends, especially Mamma Fan, our own Sisters of Providence, and, of course, our dear Anna … Sister Anna Fan … thank you all for your presence here today at St. Joseph the Worker Church. We offer our wholehearted thanks to the community here at St. Joseph’s for their gracious hospitality. We...
Reflections for Profession of Perpetual Vows
Note: On Saturday, August 20, 2022, Sister Tracey Horan and Sister Arrianne Whittaker professed perpetual vows as Sisters of Providence. Here is the reflection General Superior Sister Dawn Tomaszewski, SP, offered during the celebration. See photos from the ceremony here. Sisters Tracey and Arrianne have offered us many powerful words and images to reflect upon today as we gather to celebrate their perpetual profession of vows as Sisters of Providence. Among them are these from Isaiah: “Look, I am doing...
Sister Mary Maxine Teipen
...Maxine always spoke of the day my mom was born. My grandma had all of her children at home. Aunt Maxine would explain she went to school one day and when she got home, my mom was ‘just there.’ Mom told me about one day my grandpa came home for a lunch break from his grocery store only to find a tall ladder propped against the house under a second story bedroom window. Apparently, my Uncle Danny and Uncle Larry...
Holy Saturday – Waiting in Darkness
Note: This reflection, written by Sister Barbara Battista, SP, originally appeared in the Catholic Mobilizing Network’s Holy Week Reflection Series. We call this day “Holy Saturday.” We spend this day, between death and resurrection, in quiet remembrance, as a somber vigil at Jesus’ tomb. This is not simply a re-enactment. Holy Saturday invites us to ponder the “tomb time” between Jesus’ death and resurrection. For Jesus’ early followers, this was not necessarily a waiting time. They had no idea what...
A legacy of love, prayer and service
...Eileen Dede echoes this sentiment. “Mother Theodore was so accepting of the trials and tribulations that came to her each day. I wish I were like her!” Affectionate honesty Sister Eileen Dede Another trait often noted by today’s sisters is Mother Theodore’s affectionate honesty with those under her care. Sister Eileen Dede says that although she clearly loved every sister, she “did not hesitate in correcting a mistake, but did so in a loving way.” Or as Sister Alice Ann...
Nine days of prayer with Saint Mother Theodore Guerin
...friends in the United States and in France. Relying on that attentiveness and affection, we now ask her to intercede and pray for us. You can pray this novena anytime, but by beginning on Sept. 24 it will naturally conclude on the day before the celebration of her feast day on Oct. 3. The novena is composed by Mary Ellen Gremelspacher, Saint Mary-of-the-Woods College class of 1962. Let’s begin today with Day 1 of the novena, below. Then, we invite...
Former Sisters of Providence a gift to the Church and society
...says the structured lifestyle and prayer schedule of the community taught her to value daily prayer and times of silence. “The values they instilled in me will always remain part of me.” Judy recalls that “discipline from the Sisters of Providence especially helped me to grow and mature.” She remembers her 30-day retreat as a life-changing event and is now “busy talking to God all day.” Judy Houghton, formerly sister Judith Ann, as a Sisters of Providence novice, with her...
Every day is a gift
...sound of children playing soccer on the parking lot, and, of course, the dowel rod. God is good all the time and all the time God is good. Indeed, every day is a gift and that gift is filled with many gifts that we receive as we awaken each day. May all our senses and our hearts be always attuned to God’s generosity and the wealth of treasures that are given to us each day and may this awareness continue...
An Inspirational ‘Be Humble’ Day
Six Saint Mother Theodore Guerin quotes on humility Were you aware that “Be Humble” Day even existed? I was not until a recent web search. The day is February 22. According to daysoftheyear.com, on Be Humble Day, no one is allowed to boast and no one is allowed to brag about their success. The point is for all of us to encourage others on this day. With that in mind, for this year’s Be Humble Day, we offer you all...