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Looking back on Good Friday
“Did my grade school self really know how to adore this covered cross?” As elementary school students at St. Monica School/Parish in Chicago, my classmates and I were expected to show up in our parish church on Good Friday morning to participate in silent adoration. This is the sixth Station of the Cross, where Veronica wipes the face of Jesus and Simon of Cyrene helping Jesus carry the cross. And it was silent. I don’t remember any prayers being said;...
Reflections from the 2018 Golden/Silver Jubilee Celebration
Note: The following is the reflection offered at the June 30, 2018, Mass by General Superior Sister Dawn Tomaszewski, in celebration of the 2018 Silver and Golden Jubilarians. “Come down, Sisters, we have arrived.” Five Sisters of Providence, including (front, from left) Sisters Pat Linehan, Jan Craven, Kathleen Bernadette Smith, and (middle row, second from left) Jody O’Neil and Marianne Ridgell celebrated their 25th and 50th Jubilees on Saturday, June 30. They are here photographed with the General Council, including...
New Log Cabin Chapel at Saint Mary-of-the-Woods to be dedicated and blessed on Saint Mother Theodore Guerin’s feast day, Oct. 3
When Saint Mother Theodore Guerin and her five companions arrived late in the day on Oct. 22, 1840, at Saint Mary-of-the-Woods, history was in the making. On Wednesday, Oct. 3, which is Saint Mother Theodore’s feast day, history will be brought to life once again on the already-historic motherhouse grounds. A new Log Cabin Chapel, a replica of the one visited by the sisters who arrived from France, will be dedicated and blessed by the Sisters of Providence at 1:30...
November 2, 2025: The Commemoration of All the Faithful Departed (All Souls Day)
...day. For this is the will of my Father, that everyone who sees the Son and believes in him may have eternal life, and I shall raise him on the last day.” Reflection This week, the Roman Catholic Church “interrupts “Ordinary Time to embrace the significance of The Commemoration of All the Faithful Departed (All Souls). This remembrance is celebrated annually on November 2 and is based on the doctrine that the souls of the faithful, which at death are...
Sunday, February 20, 2022: Seventh Sunday in Ordinary Time
...Give, and gifts will be given to you; a good measure, packed together, shaken down, and overflowing, will be poured into your lap. For the measure with which you measure will in return be measured out to you.” Reflection Jesus doesn’t use the Mary Poppins approach. “A spoonful of sugar makes the medicine go down.” Nope – no sugar coating for Jesus. This Sunday’s gospel is proof positive of that. Even so and maybe because I’ve heard and read it...
White Violet Center: To market, to market jiggity jig
...plants, fibers, eggs, and other goodies that we’ve grown or produced ourselves. Luckily, we’ve made it easy! Everything listed under the “From Our Farm” tab is approved for Saturday market. Make sure to type “Farmers Market” in the “comments” section when you check out. Preorders can be made up to noon on the Friday before the Saturday market. For those who will be shopping, we are bringing lettuce, arugula, green onions, kale, mixed greens, flowers, eggs, White Violet Kitchen Creations,...
Grateful for the gifts of each day
Once again, I will try to share with you some of my Sri Lankan experience. I arrived on Oct. 3 for what seemed like a long stint, until March 19. But the days have gently slipped by, and I have only a few more weeks with my loving sisters in this small village on this beautiful island. Buddha at Polonnaruwa A shrine at Polon. Two former colleagues of mine from Eastern Illinois University, both on sabbatical, decided to come to...
Sister Dawn Tomaszewski: What it means to be a Catholic sister today
Note: Today marks the beginning of Catholic Sisters Week, which concludes on March 14, 2020. During the week, many sisters will share here on our blog what being a sister means to them. Our General Superior, Sister Dawn Tomaszewski, has written the first of such blog posts below. We Sisters of Providence have an expression – that life and mission are one. My life as a Catholic sister today is intrinsically tied to the mission of Jesus. It is lived...
Getting hyped up for Scrabble!
Did you know that today, April 13, 2021, is National Scrabble Day? Did you know there was such a national day? If this is news to you, don’t worry, neither did I. But, after looking through lists of websites scouring through “National Day of this,” and “National Day of that,” I happened upon National Scrabble Day. Who plays? I have played Scrabble with family and friends throughout the years. And I started to wonder how many sisters take part in...
Rejoice with us: A Silver Jubilee Reflection
...certain they have encountered more than one challenge along the way. That is good reason to rejoice. But I think we all know that this celebration is NOT just about marking time or having a party. This jubilee day gives witness to the love and lure of a Provident God. As Jesus reminds us in our Gospel reading from John today: “It was not you who chose me; it was I who chose you to go forth and bear fruit.”...
February 2, 2025: Feast of the Presentation of the Lord
...the day and night. Life hands out puzzles of a different kind. On any given day or hour a situation arises, a question is asked, a friend drops in with good or bad news to share. There we are — left with a puzzle piece to fit into our lives. This Sunday’s Gospel relays the story of Jesus’ presentation in the temple. The event seems straightforward. Adhering to “the law of the Lord” Mary and Joseph present Jesus “to be...
Sister Dorothy Drobis (formerly Sister Irene Therese)
...for “rituals.” In the classroom, it was the response to her signal that children put their books away, folded their hands on the desk and became very quiet. In the convent, it was her ritual of sitting in the same chair every day at breakfast. Sometimes, her housemates would tease her by deliberately sitting in “her” chair. She also seemed to have a “ritual” of asking questions. She would often ask questions of her principal, Sister Patty, about the day’s...