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Saying thank you: Thanksgiving 2010
...Our Faith,” edited by Dorothy Bass. The notion of practice is developed in the context of our Christian faith. Bass defines Christian practices as “… things Christian people do over time to address fundamental human needs in response to and in light of God’s presence in the world.” I know — you’re thinking I forgot about the small child being urged, prompted and cued to say “thank you.” Not at all … I’m suggesting that in this oft-repeated, almost mundane...
Our special practices
...edited by Dorothy Bass, who describes Christian practices as “…things Christian people do together over time to address fundamental human needs in response to and in the light of God’s presence in the world.” Love, Mercy and Justice opens with an introductory chapter about its purpose: to illustrate how the fundamental SP charism of belief in and dependence upon Providence has been expressed differently at different times in its history and continues unabated even today. Though the essays primarily describe...
Sister Mary Catherine Guiler
...whom I will minister that day and those with whom I have had a previous relationship in ministry. I always begin class with a prayer, usually with the Psalms as they are also poetry and they touch every human emotion. I also incorporate current tragic events as an object for our prayer. Q. How important to you is the community lifestyle that congregations have to offer? A. It is of paramount importance for me. I have always lived with other...
Sister Marsha Speth
...human limitations, amazing works of love, mercy, and justice being done. – Sister Marsha Eventually the Congregation asked me to bring my gifts and skills, along with my limitations, to the ministry of Congregation leadership. Here, too, I have been challenged, stretched, and gifted in new ways. It has tested and taught me more than any other ministry. It is humbling to be among so many generous and talented women. It is awe inspiring to see, with all our individual...
Sister Paula Modaff
...But it’s just natural. We sit down and we talk and sometimes pray together. It’s a marvelous experience,” she said. Her journey with very different ministries has put her in touch with the human spirit on many levels. She has worked with students who have a strong desire to learn. She has had a deeply prayerful period. She has ministered to people facing turmoil whose marriages have failed. She is working with people who are tragically ill. What has she...
A remarkable woman
...may not be printed in their entirety until after their publication in Rome, which will be after the proclamation of sainthood by Pope Benedict XVI. However, we are permitted to share excerpts of the articles at this time. Charism By Sister Maureen Abbott God’s Spirit infuses human energy with exceptional possibilities, and it is these spiritual gifts that we name “charisms.” Charism is a completely gratuitous outpouring of grace for the sake of bringing about God’s reign in a world...
“It’s those gates”
...learned from Rupert Sheldrake: Systems are surrounded by non-visible fields that carry information or memory from one generation to the next, thus making a new behavior pattern easier to learn. … the human person is a field of energy and information rooted in the body but extending out from the body, interacting with the energy and information of others. … human beings have the capacity to notice and attend to the kind of energy and information we receive and transmit....
A call to change
...regained with education and opportunity, job stability, family and community support. I know this is not true for all white, American women. Women the world over, including in our own backyard, suffer from religious and cultural norms that exclude them, or reduce them to less than fully human. As racial tensions ebb and flow in our own country, we realize that these are not isolated incidents with certain individuals, but they point to larger systemic ills in our communities and...
Gaining insight on Our Lady of Providence
...Lady of Providence. Although most of the Mysteries have served that purpose, a few have been special sources of inspiration for me. Monday, the First Joyful Mystery. The Father’s providential plan for our salvation required His Son to become a human being, and was thus dependent on His having a human mother whom, like every one of us, the Father created with freewill. For Mary, a young, unwed teenager in a small Galilee town, merely to be found pregnant would...
Providence Associate connects to the Woods
...does extend mercy and love to others. Sister Jeanne taught me, “We are only human.” While Virginia taught me “We all have a story.” Both very important things to remember when one is trying to extend love and mercy. I intend to stay a Providence Associate for as long as I can, in the hopes that someone somewhere will think of the Sisters of Providence when they think of me. And also, in the hopes that maybe I can influence...
Benny brings smiles to residents of Providence Health Care
They wait impatiently for their turn. As he makes his way to each of his many fans one thing is clear. He makes them feel special. Benny the dog is one of the most popular volunteers at Providence Health Care. Who is this lothario that has captured the heart of so many? It’s not the latest Hollywood heartthrob but one of the most popular volunteers at the Sisters of Providence. And he’s not even human. Benny (aka Benny the dog)...
Struggling to speak out against injustice with Saint Mother Theodore Guerin
...I might say to them, ‘Go! Bless Providence. You are free!’ But such feelings must be concealed from the Louisianians, as this is a point on which they are sensitive.” In the midst of her own pain and struggles, Mother Theodore still considered the most painful sight to be that of the injustice of owning other human beings. She looked upon her fellow human beings with compassion, saw clearly the results of an unjust structure, and yearned to end the...