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Poem: Human Violence
Tragic legacy pervasive pattern repeating itself through the ages a rippling effect on relationship at every level power over/against desecrating human dignity defiantly destroying creation violence literally in the water we drink. And God said “Whom shall I send? (Originally published in the Spring 2016 issue of HOPE magazine.)...
Giving thanks to the ash trees on Arbor Day
...erosion. On hillsides or stream slopes, trees slow runoff and hold soil in place, and Trees combat climate change. Trees absorb CO2, removing and storing the carbon while releasing the oxygen back into the air. In one year, an acre of mature trees absorbs the amount of CO2 produced when you drive your car 26,000 miles. And let’s not forget their powers of healing and hospitality, including: Trees shield people from ultra-violet rays, reducing UV-B exposure by about 50 percent....
Saint Mother Theodore Guerin: On the instruction of children
...morning. Sometimes I have promised some of those who were the worst. We must try to invent means for correcting our children. But do you remember what are the most powerful rewards? A good word, a look of approbation, a little jest is sometimes sufficient for correcting one when the most severe penances would not have conquered. We must be just. That is to say: having no more preference for one child than for another. Never scold nor punish more...
Sister Joni Luna: first vows and the grace of an undivided heart
...my former life I was in pursuit of power and had an appetite for money and success. This didn’t just disappear when I chose to enter the Sisters of Providence. Then-postulant Joni Luna in her first year after coming to the Sisters of Providence volunteers distributing food at Providence Food Pantry in West Terre Haute. The past four years, I have freely chosen to let go of those values. To seek, with my whole being, to follow this new path...
Vatican visitation finds love
...letter from the Institute of Congregations of Apostolic Life and Societies of Apostolic reporting the learnings from the visitors about the Sisters of Providence. The Good Part: (In case you’re asking yourself “what’s the point?) The Sisters of Providence feel very positive and affirmed by the observations made in the letter summarizing our visit. Let me quote some of the most heartening excerpts: The Sisters of Providence have published the powerful and prolific writings of Saint Mother Theodore which reveal...
Novena to Our Lady of Providence
...same concern you manifested at Cana, for we trust that whatever you ask of your Son will be done. Pray for us on our pilgrimage that we may share the faith and hope that marked your life. Full of confidence in your power before God, we place ourselves, our loved ones and all our petitions in your providential care. Amen. Day 1 | Day 2 | Day 3 | Day 4 | Day 5 | Day 6 | Day 7...
Reminders of the beauty of God
...ground of rubbish and stumps, salutary lessons came with that work, about removing obstacles, rooting out obnoxious things and clearing away our faults, thus preparing the soil of our hearts for the seeds of virtue we should plant there.” “The beauties of nature were continual reminders to her of the beauty of God; it was a thought she loved to put frequently before our minds. The luxuriance of the foliage suggested the bounty and infinite power of the Creator; the...
We must correspond to the grace…
We must correspond to the grace of God to the best of our power, not through fear of sin, but from sentiment of love.
…I felt happy to belong to…
…I felt happy to belong to [God], and said to myself, “What will our God be for us in our heavenly home, since even in our exile [God] is so great, so powerful, so magnificent!”...
You must try to invent means…
You must try to invent means of correcting your children, but remember that the most powerful means are rewards: a kind word, an approving glance, a little gesture, is sometimes sufficient to correct what the most severe punishment would not have overcome.
At each step we can admire…
At each step we can admire the grandeur, the power, the goodness of God.
Providence Associate candidate orientation Oct 8, 2016
...Catherine Keene and Providence Associate Jude Magers visit at the Friday evening social. Providence Associate Candidate Sarian Bouma and her companion Sister Marie McCarthy walk and talk. Hands joined in blessing. All those gathered pray the Sisters of Providence Prayer of Reunion together. Power in prayer: Sisters Peggy Nau, foreground and Rosemary Nudd, back left, during the evening prayer on Friday. Candidate Peggy Stewart speaks with Providence Associate Jane Fischer at left. Sister Paula Modaff speaks with those at her...