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Life-changing technology
The Sisters of Providence as a group have witnessed a lot of technological growth over the years. Sister Rosalie Marie Weller, the oldest SP, was born in 1911— the year before traffic lights were invented. Sister Arrianne Whitaker, the youngest SP, appeared in this world the same year disposable contact lenses became available — 1987. With this wealth and range of experience, we decided to ask a few sisters what was the most important piece of technology they have experienced...
A historical snapshot of the SP human rights efforts
...trip overseas in 1843, traveled through Louisiana and wrote about the horrific treatment of slaves, or the SPs who currently serve at 8th Day Center for Justice, helping to change injustice at the systemic level, the sisters work for a better tomorrow. In the newly published Sisters of Providence History Volume IV: 1926-1966 entitled “New Lights from Old Truths,” written by Sister Maureen Abbott, we learn how the SPs took an activist role in the south. The struggle for civil...
God provides experiences for a reason
...Joy, and he was aptly named having been born on Christmas! During the course of our conversations, he told me about his family, his village, and growing up with barely anything. He recounts how he walked about 10 km to school every day and did not have his first pair of shoes until he was 14, and they were plastic! His village still has no electricity or running water. They have no light once the sun goes down because they...
Sister Patty Wallace walks in the footsteps of her elder sisters
...loved as life and light for all,” “It’s as if this was always where she was meant to be; this place and these people were the love of her life. Her personality melded with their culture—their music and their spirituality became her own.” “Her trust in following the Word of God revealed to her in people, sacrament, scripture, reading, and her times of deep and contemplative prayer” “She is so wonderful, holy, gentle and non-stop working sister… Every day, in...
Woods Day Care/Pre-School to close
...be what it has become without the trust, support and dedication of the parents, staff, benefactors and others who believed in it,” Wilkinson said. “This decision to close the Woods Day Care was not made lightly. However, all efforts toward remaining open have been exhausted.” “Words cannot express our appreciation for parents entrusting us in the care of their children to us,” Cervizzi added. About the Sisters of Providence The Sisters of Providence, a congregation of 214 women religious, with...
Anniversary of our first mission
...and the three sisters who had been designated as parochial school teachers. The original St. Joseph School in Jasper. On Jan. 4, 1949, lightning struck the school which resulted in a fire that caused much damage. Students were temporarily accommodated in the rectory, convent basement and high school. These events caused school to start a week late the following year. A new school building, which is the current school building, was dedicated Oct. 16, 1959. By the 1973-74 year 14...
Easter reminds us that death is not the end
...and witness the crucifixion of Jesus. In doing so, we touch into the raw grief of acknowledging the presence of death in our lives and the life of the world’s people. As we welcome the Light of Christ during the Easter vigil and sing our alleluias once again, we feel renewed in the certainty of a life that never ends, a life already entered into by our beloved ones who have crossed over from death to life. Let us then...
He is risen! He is you! Alleluia!
...out in the course of the two-hour long service. As people left the church they walked past a heap of ashes. This year, as the assembly left the Church, the fire burned bright, reminding all as we exited that we are to carry the light of Christ into the lives of others. Christ that night was disguised as Alex, our grounds supervisor, who stayed to guard and feed the flames during all two hours of the vigil service. The second...
The Story on the Walls of Shells
...from France. “The wind, which blew furiously from the southwest, veered around with the quickness of lightening (that was the captain’s word) and blowing with the same violence from the northwest, reversed the wave which was engulfing us and saved the ship. A few minutes more and it would have been too late.” This was Saint Mother Theodore Guerin’s account of her second journey back across the Atlantic Ocean. She and Sister Mary Cecilia and two postulates had gone back...
First vows: Sister Arrianne’s journey
...to ask difficult questions. Humility was needed to admit that we may not have all the right answers nor may we ever have the right answers but only more questions. We are truly a community rooted in our humanity, and that is the least predictable and controllable variable of all — so I sat, listened, shared, and prayed with my community … all the while still waiting. And then it came, not as a lightning bolt but rather as the...
Gathering celebrates hidden women from scripture
Gloria and Monica, age 9, of Providence in the Desert, attended the July 31 “Hidden women of the lectionary” gathering. A prayer and praise service celebrating “Hidden Women of the Lectionary” in honor of the feast of Mary of Magdala was held at Providence in the Desert on July 31, 2014. Attending the candlelight service were Sisters of Providence, Providence Associates and women religious of Rochester Franciscans, Marist Missionaries and Sisters for Christian Community, all congregations that minister in the...
Finding courage and joy as a caregiver
...myself.” The stress was beginning to take a toll. Sister Bernadette Mary visited a doctor with concerns of her own weight loss and lack of sleep. She was 20 pounds lighter. Even though she was eating, the doctor told her the weight loss was attributed to tension and stress. “I didn’t resent it [caring for her sister] at all, but I began to think that this can’t go on forever.” Some of the only time Sister Bernadette Mary had for...