Search Results for label/Interfaith Power and Light
Getting too many results? To search for an exact phrase, try putting multiple word phrases in quotation marks (such as "Saint Mother Theodore") to narrow your results.
Holy Week reflections with Saint Mother Theodore
...take a donkey from a specified place, and, if someone confronted them, say simply that there was a need for it. Yet they did as instructed. • How have I responded when God called me to do something that seemed to be absurd? Monday, April 10 “I, your God, have called you for the victory of justice, I have grasped you by the hand; I formed you, and set you as a covenant of the people, a light for the...
Volunteer spotlight – Peggy Balensuela
Volunteer Peggy Balensuela enjoys the relationships she has formed with the Sisters of Providence. Here she is with Sister Mary Ann Lechner at Providence Spirituality & Conference Center. What made you decide to volunteer? I began to volunteer out at the Woods to get to know the Congregation and the legacy of Saint Mother Theodore Guerin and to get to know the individual sisters. I have a passion for history and a career as a teacher, so it seemed natural...
My favorite part: visits to the Woods have an impact
...Guerin answered my prayer when I prayed to her.” “My favorite part was seeing lots of people at Mass it gave me a warm feeling in my body. I had a wonderful time because that place was very holy.” “My favorite part was getting to go in the chapel with the beautiful stain glass windows because the beautiful stain glass windows made the room light up with peace.” “The alpacas were peaceful and quiet so it helped me to think...
The joy of living out my vocation to religious life
...York. Once we were back in the air, the flight attendant came to me and asked if I was going to Saint Mary’s. When I responded yes, she said to follow her. She led me to the front of the plane where there were four young women (one from New York, two from D.C., and one from Florida). We were all heading to Saint Mary’s. The flight attendant said that over the years she noticed young women heading to Indiana...
Simbang Gabi the Terre Haute way!
...Tagalog, formal dress shirts and held their parish’s respective Parol — star-shaped lantern. Worshippers used the lantern to light their way to church early in the morning and it is a symbol of the Star of Bethlehem. The feast After Mass, Filipinos love to celebrate with a big feast that could feed a whole town and have leftover food to take home for future meals in the week. Various foods include pancit (noodles), lumpia (egg rolls), lechon (roasted pig), various...
The hope of Easter is planted deep in our hearts
...again. The hope of Easter is planted deep in the hearts of those who believe. The promise of new life, symbolized by those budding tulips and blooming red bud trees, is real. The Christ is out of the tomb and walks among us. He walks among us as us. He is best seen when we walk together. Jesus is the light of the world. The people of Paris are streaming to the site. The people of the world are supporting...
Stepping forward to become a Sister of Providence
...at the gate waiting to board my flight back, I reflected on these questions more seriously. I was dreading the fact that I would not see my family for another eight months, when the song “What a Journey” by Filipina artist Lea Salonga popped up in my playlist. I asked myself, why am I still aspiring to become a Sisters of Providence? Perhaps I should start with considering what the past 10 months have been and what I have gained. Postulant...
A Reflection for Reception into the Novitiate
...in the day, the retreat director emphasized that God is always waiting for us. As I journaled that morning trying to sort out my own sense of Holy Waiting, I looked up and there was that line from Jessica’s invitation staring me in the face: “Even if it’s blurry keep following the light because I’ve been saving this seat for you.” God has been waiting for you, Jessica. In fact, the God we know as Providence has been saving the...
Against All Odds: Focus on Sister Winifred Patrice O’Donovan, SP
...at Saint Mary-of-the-Woods. She was described as “… a slight, delicate-looking Sister, (and) she surprised everyone by living to the age of 82.” It also noted that “she possessed a gentle and deep piety which was evident in speech and action.” Additionally, I learned from various incidents related by Sister Mary Liguori Hartigan, SP, in her undated “Untitled account of 1920-1924,” that Sister Winifred Patrice seemed to be plagued with poor health and was unsuccessful in her endeavors both in...
Sister Patricia Fillenwarth (formerly Sister Joseph Monica)
...delight at being Home. She eagerly sought ministry duties and became a driver — taking sisters to appointments in Terre Haute or in Indianapolis. To no one’s surprise, she worked at Providence Food Pantry with her sister, Sister Joseph, as her boss. To her delight, the priest at St. Margaret Mary’s Parish here in Terre Haute sought her out to minister with the Hispanic community of that parish. Because she preached the homily every Sunday, she had yet another opportunity...
Newsnotes: the latest from the Sisters of Providence
...alumnae. The tree will stand in Providence Park at Saint Mary-of-the-Woods near the Log Cabin Chapel. Historic district highlight To highlight the Saint Mary-of-the-Woods Historic District, the Sisters of Providence and Saint Mary-of-the-Woods College coordinated an architectural presentation at two venues by noted historian Dr. James Glass. Entitled Bohlen Design: Four Generations of Indiana Architectural Prominence, the presentations brought more than 175 people to Indiana Landmarks on Oct. 3 and 85 visitors to Saint Mary-of-the-Woods Oct. 20. The Saint Mary-of-the-Woods event...
A reflection for Memorial Day 2020
...duty stations were alongside the Corps.) Some, barely high school graduates, were recruited. Others, some underage, managed to fudge a birthdate, stand extra tall, and tried to shave faces that hadn’t sprouted, lacking testosterone. Bright-eyed, quick-witted, or shy, they were our best and brightest. While on station, the Naval Hospital Ship Repose (AH-16) received approaching helicopters, signaled onboard by repeated announcements of “Flight quarters, flight quarters, man your stations. This is not a drill.” Battlefield casualties, treated by corpsmen in...