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O Antiphon – O wisdom from on high
Artwork by Sister Rosemary Borntrager, SP, 2002. One of the most profound pursuits of human life is the call to Wisdom. Our spirits search to find it in ourselves as God’s gift, and to welcome it from others. The Israelites thought of Wisdom as practical experience for every day living. This notion requires persons who act with prudence, not prudence that prevents action, but as a guide to right action. How do you value these virtues at the boardroom table,...
Practical ways to reduce CO2 emissions
The most recent report from the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) noted that to avoid wide-scale global warming would require “a rapid and far-reaching transformation” of human civilization that is unparalleled in history. The Panel offered some hope, noting that if emissions were to stop today, the planet could hold back some temperature increase. However, as of 2018, emissions continue to rise, not fall. Currently, the United States ranks second (behind China), producing over 5.3 billion tons of carbon...
Spirit in community: Providence Associate spring retreat 2019
It was a beautiful weekend despite the rain for the 80-plus Providence Associates, Sisters of Providence and guests who attended the Providence Associate spring retreat March 8-10, 2019, at Saint Mary-of-the-Woods. Sister Dianne Bergant, C.S.A, led us in a deep and living conversation around the topic of the Community of Earth and how we understand our common home. Retreatants looked deeply into how a fuller understanding of the Bible can help humans shift our mindsets from dominating and polluting the...
Sister Cecilia Carter (formerly Sister Mary Cecilia)
...add the name Mary. Her family moved every year from the time Celia was in the first grade until she finished the eighth grade. Celia attended several grammar schools. When she was in the eighth grade, her father finally built a new home that satisfied him. Celia’s close affiliation with her family is reflected in the fact that she died on her sister Caroline’s birthday and is being buried on her mother’s birthday, today, said Sister Paula Modaff in her...
HOPE summer 2019 — A community of hope
Download HOPE Download HOPE summer 2019 As seen in HOPE The ever-expanding community of Providence This has had profound impact on our concept of community. We now embrace an understanding of Providence — of God’s design and desire for all of us — which helps us know that we are united with all that exists. That everything is connected. A community of hope for homeless young adults Safe Place Services of Louisville, a day shelter for homeless young adults, lives...
Saint Mother Theodore: The real woman behind the image
...her role as general superior. This is Mother Theodore grieving after the death of her dearest friend, Sister St. Francis Xavier. This is Mother Theodore in an unguarded moment. A moment of doubt, extreme fatigue and loneliness. This is Mother Theodore who understands the burdens we carry because she carried them herself. This is Mother Theodore whose humanity and steadfast belief in Providence made her a saint. This is Mother Theodore who companions us in all circumstances as we haltingly...
Community prayer
...of Providence I will unfold. You are a remarkable piece of the puzzle of humanity. Let me fit you into the big picture according to my design. You will radiate energy and love, creativity and light beyond imagination. You will not be alone but an integral part of a community of men and women who will walk with you, challenge you, form you as I wish. Do I hear your “Yes?” With a deep breath rising from trust, I respond:...
Grumbling with Saint Mother Theodore
“Truly I have great need of prayers. I am quite a grumbler.” — Saint Mother Theodore Guerin Me too, Saint Mother Theodore. Me too! When I read this quote by Saint Mother Theodore Guerin, I am reminded once again why I love her so much. She is just so human. I can relate. I too am quite a grumbler. When things don’t go as I planned. If something is inefficient or being done poorly. When I’m not feeling well. There...
Leadership Team shares statement on death penalty
July 30, 2019 “All Christians and people of good will are thus called today to struggle not only for abolition of the death penalty, whether it be legal or illegal and in all its forms, but also to improve prison conditions, out of respect for the human dignity of persons deprived of their liberty. And this, I connect with life imprisonment. Life imprisonment is a hidden death penalty.” – Pope Francis, 2014 We, the Sisters of Providence believe we are...
Sister Jessica Vitente enters novitiate with Sisters of Providence
Sister Dawn hugs and congratulates Sister Jessica. During her reflection on Saturday, Aug. 3, Sisters of Providence of Saint Mary-of-the-Woods, Indiana, General Superior Sister Dawn Tomaszewski stated these words foundress Saint Mother Theodore Guerin said to another sister more than 170 years ago: “If … you are quite determined to belong entirely to God, to work with all your strength … I say to you with assurance, come.” Sister Dawn then added, “Come, Jessica. With assurance I say to you,...
Wisdom and the future of religious life
...be lived in the future doesn’t keep us from believing that it will. Wisdom and change Our Congregation has wisdom figures adept in the art of change. Many Sisters of Providence experienced the whirlwind of change that Vatican Council II created. How did they weather the changes, even embrace them? What can we learn from them? Two sisters share their experiences of living into drastic change. “They were hard days. I prayed and prayed; then it dawned on me I...
Faces of our future: a new generation of Sisters of Providence
...up to currently! Sister Corbin Hannah Sister Corbin Hannah, you may recall, was the lead story in the summer 2019 HOPE magazine. Sister Corbin is director of Outreach Ministry at the YMCA Safe Place Services day shelter in Louisville, Kentucky. Here she is able to make some amazing connections with homeless young adults. This past February Sister Corbin requested and was approved to begin her Tertian Year in preparation for professing her perpetual vows in the summer of 2020. Tertainship...