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Sister Marilyn Therese Lipps
...beauty, love and people around her. She took great delight in praying with God by looking at nature and enjoying the changes in the tree outside her window on the third floor of Lourdes. She was very grateful to the nurses and staff who took care of her and gave thanks to God for their presence in her life. She was very appreciative and trusting of Sister Carole Fedders, who served as her first Health Care Representative. And Marilyn would...
Loving, listening and governance
...service to our ministry, we determined that we want to be intentional about the fact that community can be ministerial in itself. Like our families of origin who shaped who we have become, Sister of Providence community life provides the sustenance and encouragement needed to become Providence in and for our world. Sister Janice Smith, left, and Sister Patty Fillenwarth during table discussion at Chapter. In light of Mother Theodore’s declaration that it is the wisdom of the Rule that...
Mother Theodore Moment: a history of collaborating in leadership
...to your lights and intentions. Write to me as soon as you have taken your determination. You understand that this letter is for you alone. Always yours in our Lord. Sr. St. T.” (“Journals and Letters,” 191-192.) Sister Mary Cecilia Bailly reflected on Saint Mother Theodore’s style of leadership in a letter sent May 16, 1856: “She possessed to an eminent degree all the virtues of Christian perfection, though charity did seem to transcend them all; it was her favorite...
You will see many things in…
You will see many things in new lights if you give the Holy Spirit free access to your minds and your hearts.
…The pure sky, the majestic sun…
…The pure sky, the majestic sun which seemed to descend proudly into the waters as if to refresh itself, the luminous ray reaching out from it even to us, gilding the waves lightly stirred by the evening breeze…...
… may [God] shed on you…
… may [God] shed on you the sweetest lights and the most abundant blessings of [God’s] grace....
Fall in love with these Mother Theodore quotes
...in 1840. 1. To me the whole world presents no more admirable scene than the setting sun at the tropics. It pours forth streams of pure and soft light, coloring the sky and the waves with a thousand tints, ravishing in beauty. 2. The weather was magnificent. It seemed that heaven united with earth to add beauty to the feast. Never had I seen our solitude so charming. 3. The beauty of the forests of Indiana in the rich and...
I feel the touch of Jesus…
I feel the touch of Jesus very often in the presence of our elder sisters. They are experts in encouragement conveyed by a touch on the shoulder, a hand on my arm, a smile that comes from the light in their hearts and shines through their eyes. I am strengthened, encouraged and humbled when one after the other says to me, “I pray for you every day.” Yes — all of these moments are moments of being touched by Jesus...
A Haunting Desert Experience
...to the detention center with lit candles singing, chanting and drumming in a show of solidarity. To the surprise of all gathered, the inmates had organized on the inside. They greeted those of us gathered on the outside by waving pieces of cloth in the windows and turning the lights in their cells on and off to let us know they heard us. The next day, a family member of one of the Eloy detainees learned that those detainees who...
The Death of a Dear Friend
...and then had some quiet time with her in her room. She said, “The light (or Jan remembers, the life) of the Trinity is the perfect surrender of each Person to the others.” Then, taking my hand and again glowing with the energy of her love proclaimed with the whole energy of her mystic experience: “That’s what we have to do.” When I got back to the Woods on Sept. 29, I had two calls that evening telling me Bennie...
Being Providence in a world in need: Sister Dawn’s reflection to new Providence Associates
...We do call you friends. You belong to this community in a special way. And we belong to each other. Together we belong to Providence. Together we are called to be Providence. The world needs us for this. And certainly, in light of all that has happened this week and in the weeks leading up to our national election as well as what may be required of us as a result of this election—our country needs us for this. For...
Celebrate 2016 with the SPs!
...Huong Pham marked her silver jubilee. Cause for celebration indeed! Their gifts continue to touch people’s lives on a daily basis as a child advocate, nurse, hospital chaplain and a minister of care with those in a nursing home setting. The White Violet Center for Eco-Justice celebrated 20 years of teaching, caring and inspiring for all creation. This ministry was selected as a west-central Hoosier Green Light Award recipient by Sustainable Indiana 2016, an Earth Charter Indiana initiative. Also during...