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Sister Joan Mary Schaefer
...my teacher growing up, my caretaker, often babysitting while my parents worked; she taught me the Catholic faith and the power of prayer. She was so full of love and hilarious at the same time. I learned form her not to take things too seriously or personally, and to realize that you can always start over in life. I will miss my favorite aunt, but not really, because I know she is with me every day, watching over me and...
June 1, 2025: Ascension and 7th Sunday after Easter
...clothed with power from on high. … While he was blessing them, he withdrew from them and was carried up into heaven.” Seventh Sunday after Easter “I ask not only on behalf of these, but also on behalf of those who will believe in me through their word, that they may all be one. As you, Father, are in me and I am in you, may they also be in us, so that the world may believe that you have...
What Does Pentecost Have to Do With Dandelions?
...location. Is that like Pentecost when the Apostles received the Holy Spirit and were commissioned to spread the Good News to the ends of the Earth? In the Hebrew Testament we read how God’s saving power was extended to Israel to free them from oppression. They saw themselves as God’s chosen people. The Pentecost event confirmed that all are God’s chosen people; all hear the Good news of God’s saving power in their own language. Breathe On Us What does...
November 16, 2025: Thirty-Third Sunday in Ordinary Time
...through Jesus’ abiding presence among us. That is the comfort and the reassurance we all seek and need. If we find ourselves doubting our ability to respond to events and powers that seem overwhelming or that are contradictory to what we believe, Jesus promised that we will faithfully bear witness to him. His words “I myself shall give you a wisdom in speaking that all your adversaries will be powerless to resist or refute” are his commitment to us. He...
Sister Barbara Sheehan
...heritages and languages, and sexual orientations. Knowing oneself and exploring systemic issues and learning not only one-on-one care with the poor, the undocumented, the homeless, the addict, the oppressed but also the art of advocacy and systemic change in engaging the powers and principalities ground this ministry. Along the way I have been privileged to travel and experience England, Chile, Ghana, West Africa, Singapore, Taiwan, Ireland, Rome, France and Italy through scholarships and mission funds. I have lived in large...
Celebrate Our Lady of Guadalupe
Last fall, I participated in a demonstration to support 11 pilgrims on a 50-mile journey through central Indiana. We welcomed the group who had walked from Anderson to Indianapolis to call for a dignified pathway to citizenship for immigrants, millions of whom have lived in the shadows of our country for years. We prayed and sang together, mindful of the passing cars, of the pilgrims making their way to us, and of those who feel powerless to speak out for...
Reflecting on the amazing life of Sister Dorothy Stang, SNDdeN: Martyr of the Amazon
...Sisters Susan, Patty and Arrianne about how the play inspired or challenged them. The following are their responses. We were deeply and powerfully inspired by Sister Dorothy’s life. She was totally one with the poor, not only in her ministry, but in her lifestyle, living as they lived. Furthermore, she didn’t just do things for those she served, but helped them to find their own voice against injustice. Her compassion was a compassion that would be satisfied only when justice...
Becoming a Providence Associate
...grow up.” Providence Associate Sabrina Falls Sabrina Falls, Indianapolis “Before going on a quiet personal retreat in the summer of 2013, I had not known about the Sisters of Providence. During this retreat at “the Woods” I was powerfully blessed to receive God’s healing and love through the ministry of the Sisters of Providence. What I now know to be called the “charism” of the Sisters of Providence touched me deeply and I felt drawn to consider becoming an associate....
A Sister of Providence mom reflects on Mother’s Day
...over again with each child. When a young woman becomes pregnant, there is much work to do — a nursery to be prepared, a new stroller, and a new car seat to be purchased. And a supply of diapers, baby bottles and so much more. Most women are blessed with a baby shower where many of the things she will need are given to her. But none of it will compare with the power of her yes, once her child...
Do you ever really know?
We really have no idea what effect our actions have on people when we enact them … until years later when they write you and tell you what a profound experience they had because of the power of a saint. Allow me to share this story with you of an actual letter I received this past month. Dear Sister Jan, Saint Mother Theodore Guerin You and I corresponded some years ago when I contacted you in response to a tragic...
Sister has life changing trip to Standing Rock Sioux Nation
...the moon, sun, water and fire. It was absolutely beautiful. It connected me in a most profound way to the Ultimate source within me.” She said everyone was given raw tobacco to hold during the ceremony. Later, she learned that Native Americans believe tobacco is a unifying thread of communication between humans and the spiritual powers. “We were praying under this vast sky in view of these hills and this open land. It just does something to your soul. It...
Week 6: Walking through Lent with Saint Mother Theodore
We invite you to continue to walk through Lent with Saint Mother Theodore Guerin and with us with these short daily reflections for the coming week. Sunday, April 2 “O my people! I will put my spirit in you that you may live, and I will settle you upon your land.” – Ezekiel 37:14 “What will our good God be in our True Country, since even in our exile He is so great, so powerful, so magnificent!” – Saint Mother...