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Frustration and love: unpublished Mother Theodore
...pretend what you do not think. Continue to tell your confessor all that troubles you. It is not necessary to do more. You know that he has the power to absolve you of all your faults; this is all that is needed. The eagerness that you feel in eating may be an effect of your health without being greediness. Take with simplicity what you need, without being uneasy. Profit by the experience you have just had at your own expense...
A Reflection on World Day of Peace
...make it a link in the chain of a new process’ (Evangelii Gaudium). … Active nonviolence is a way of showing that unity is truly more powerful and more fruitful than conflict. Everything in the world is inter-connected. Certainly differences can cause frictions. But let us face them constructively and non-violently, so that ‘tensions and oppositions can achieve a diversified and life-giving unity, preserving what is valid and useful on both sides’ (Evangelii Gaudium).” Yes, there is so much work...
Blessed and encouraged to act justly, love tenderly
...early 1940s. ls. 1:17 tells us: “Make justice your aim; redress the wronged.” Dad and his buddies were following this command. This was a powerful lesson for me concerning justice. As a member of the Sisters of Providence for 72 years, l have been blessed and encouraged to act justly, love tenderly. When the first Congregat¡on Peace and Justice Committee was formed, I became a member. We tackled a number of social justice issues. ln 1999, when I was asked to consider visiting...
Sister Rita Lerner (formerly Sister Edward Clare)
...Saint Mary’s to serve the retirement community, first providing outpatient services in health care, then serving as Activity Director. Once again, she prepared herself for this work by taking courses to become qualified to lead physical exercises for sisters confined to the dementia wing of the Infirmary. Along the way, she never gave up her belief in the power of books to expand horizons, a belief that prompted her to take up the ministry that so many of us will...
HOPE summer 2017 — I’ll meet you in the field
As seen in HOPE I’ll meet you in the field Out beyond ideas of wrongdoing and right doing, there is a field. I’ll meet you there. When the soul lies down in that grass, the world is too full to talk about. Ideas, language, even the phrase each other doesn’t make any sense. — Rumi Sister Ann Sullivan reflects on the spirituality of coming together across divides. What can you do? Do something concrete. Trust in your power to make...
What can you do? Staying engaged in divisive times
D o something concrete. Trust in your power to make change, even if results aren’t immediately obvious. Be intentional. Know your values and how you live them. Connect with (or start) a community with shared values. Educate yourself. Seek sources with clear, unbiased, factual reporting. Seek sources from multiple viewpoints. If you live in a city, go visit a rural area. If you live in a rural area, go visit a city. Ask questions of the people you encounter. Ask...
“You don’t give up on a person” Sister Rita Clare’s journey with a prisoner
For Sister Rita Clare Gerardot, SP, an important relationship over the past 16 years has been with David Hammer, a convicted killer. She began visiting David 17 years ago. He had been on death row at the Federal Penitentiary in Terre Haute, Indiana. During her 72 years as a Sister of Providence, Sister Rita Clare has seen the power of engagement first-hand. For 32 years, she was an elementary school teacher and principal. Since then she’s focused on serving the...
No time for despair: climate change reality
...will go down as the year without winter. We’re seeing tropical pests in the garden. I swatted my first mosquito in early February. No kidding. Can we change? Yes! Ceasing to use our precious atmosphere as an open sewer is step one. Renewable energy is rapidly overtaking the combustion of fossil fuels as the cheapest, safest, and cleanest way to power our lives. The scale of innovation in the advancement of solar and wind technologies is as large as the...
Grassroots, indivisible
...weekly meeting is designed to build community and provide mutual support and encouragement to members as they advocate for a more just society. Those attending bring a rich diversity of experience and passion for supporting the common good. So far, members have met with Congressman Larry Bucshon in-person to discuss health care legislation, participated in phone banking with the Sierra Club to protect solar power in Indiana, organized a rally for International Women’s Day, and sent Hear Our Voice postcards...
What did you do today?
...Ann Casper Executive Director, Mission Advancement Congregation Profile: Financial benefactors – 5,324 Professed Sisters – 297 Providence Associates – 223 Candidate Associates – 30 SP Volunteer Services – individuals/groups who volunteer regularly at Saint Mary-of-the-Woods and in the Terre Haute area – 94/4 Board and committee lay members of the Congregation and of sponsored institutions/ministries – 160 Sisters of Providence staff members – 125 Prayer benefactors – your number is legion and we feel the power of your prayers daily!...
2017 Saint Mother Theodore Guerin Feast Day reflection
...the cardinal characteristic of the sisters at Saint Mary-of-the-Woods—an all-embracing charity which would bind them together as one. In her own words: If all but understood the power of that one word charity; how it unites and binds and welds together. I would like to suggest that charity might be the way we become strengthened as a communion of ordinary people deeply committed to God, to one another, and to the world. Charity as a theological virtue is loving the...
Historical Recognition
...Mary Cleophas’ intent was to expand the prestige and the program of Saint Mary-of-the-Woods College,” Sister Dawn said. “This place is made sacred not only by the beauty of the buildings and the environment, but also by the people who have walked here, the spirituality that has been shared here, by the work of education and now, health care that takes place here. “We’re grateful for the designation as a Historic District to honor this powerful legacy, and we hope...