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Finding the God moments amidst Covid-19
...would usually end up chatting until around nine and then she would leave. One day, I asked her where she was going. She told me that she was going to a prayer group where they would pray a decade of the Rosary every weekday. This inspired me to start praying the Rosary everyday myself. But I felt almost as if God was calling me to ask her if I could pray with them too! A couple of days later, she...
A Reflection for the Feast of Saint Mother Theodore Guerin
...And I can hear our saint say, “If ever this poor little Community becomes settled, it will be established on the cross; and that is what gives me confidence and makes me hope, sometimes even against hope.” The gift of a feast day like today is to remind this poor little community of Providence that we follow in the footsteps of one who hoped even against hope. We are daughters and sons of one who embraced the cross. Our community...
Reflecting on Crises with Saint Mother Theodore Guerin
...As the leader of this cherished community, Mother Theodore worried about her Daughters of the Forest. We are all worried now for each other. Each day I receive prayer intentions, requests for relics, and people asking that we light candles in Mother Theodore’s Shrine for loved ones suffering from the coronavirus. Each day our Sister Kay Manley lights the candles and Sister Denise Wilkinson responds to the people with prayer intentions to reassure them of our prayer and love. That...
Sunday, April 3, 2022: Fifth Sunday of Lent
...ground. And in response, they went away one by one, beginning with the elders. So he was left alone with the woman before him. Then Jesus straightened up and said to her, “Woman, where are they? Has no one condemned you?” She replied, “No one, sir.” Then Jesus said, “Neither do I condemn you. Go, and from now on do not sin anymore.” Reflection In this Gospel selection from John on the Fifth Sunday of Lent, Jesus has returned to...
Celebrating our many foundations this Foundation Day
...mission was necessary. And now, three sisters are in the process of establishing a mission in Arizona near the border. Yes, we continue the ministry of the first Foundation Day in 1840. We stand in humble gratitude for all that our sisters, associates and benefactors who continue to honor Divine Providence through works of love, mercy and justice as we bring our gifts to the needs of the world. Let us celebrate all our foundations on this Happy Foundation Day! ...
December 15, 2024: Third Sunday of Advent
...the Christian community always has need of the Spirit to bring forth the reality of one’s life. Action This third Sunday is called Gaudete Sundy, “rejoice” Sunday. Is there joy and rejoicing within me for the presence of God in Jesus and in my way of writing the history of faith? In what way do I bring meaning out the chaos of our time? Considering today’s message, am I called to reflect on my actions among my brothers and sisters?...
The Helping Hands thrift store: making a difference a quarter at a time
...justice is in her volunteer work at The Helping Hands thrift store. She’s been volunteering and helping on the board since 2007. “I feel like I’m doing God’s work. I see miracles happen every day here,” she said. It takes a lot of dedicated work and the collaboration of many, many caring volunteers to make all that possible. Visit the shop any day of the week, aside from Sunday, and you will find volunteers busy at work. They sort. They...
Sister Carole Kimes
...Providence at the age of 20 in 1970. She left in 1974. In 1980 at age 30, Sister Carole entered the Congregation again. This time she didn’t look back. To speak with Sister Carole today at age 65 is to recognize a person grounded in spiritual wisdom. A person intent on using what she has been given for others. She will tell you that she has been given much. Sister Carole grew up in Fort Wayne, Indiana, the third of...
Providence Cristo Rey High School: 10 years of changing lives in Indianapolis
...165 years before: to risk for the sake of Providence. The Cristo Rey model had been born in Chicago by the Jesuits. It offers students who could not otherwise afford a Catholic school education the opportunity for a quality education in a faith-based environment. Students study four days per week. On the fifth day they go to work in a variety of professional jobs. The model was unlike that of other Catholic schools. The model was so much in keeping...
My mother’s hands: a Mother’s Day reflection
Sister Terri holds her mother’s hand. As I am writing this piece for Mother’s Day, my own mother is residing in a nursing home. Mom is 91-years-old and suffered a third stroke in December of 2021. This left her with little use of her right side including her right hand. I was caring for her at home for the last several years. And after this last stroke realized I could no longer physically or mentally give her the care that...
Sister Adelaide donates handmade puppet collection to day care
...Adelaide has donated a collection of her “international friends” to Woods Day Care/Pre-School at Saint Mary-of-the-Woods. Teachers will learn how to handle the marionettes and share stories with the children who are part of the Day Care’s family. Sister Adelaide has used the marionettes for years in the Chicago area in her “Puppets for Peace” show. Each of the puppets donated to the Day Care represents a different nation or culture. “They love to dance,” she said. And so they...
The Practice of Homemaking and Community Shaping
...because that is what every Sister of Providence calls it. But their lived experience of Saint Mary’s is different. Today we continue the practice of spending a foundational year of canonical novitiate at the Woods surrounded by the wisdom and care of many of the elders in community. And we have initiated the practice of gathering at the Woods in the summer for several days of meeting, reflection, prayer, and sharing with one another the deep meaning of our lives....