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Musings on National Simplicity Day
Simply stated, National Simplicity Day is the annual celebration of Henry David Thoreau’s birthday – July 12, 1817. Before being asked to write this blog, I knew nothing about National Simplicity Day. I knew some things about Henry David Thoreau – a man who intentionally sought to simplify his life. He wrote the book Walden to explain why he built a cabin in the woods around Walden Pond and lived alone there for two years. I remembered his often-quoted words:...
Earth Day Every Day: How land, animals, plants and poop are all connected
...healthy food web. Ask them what they do to put back what they take from the land. For more ideas and tips go to whiteviolet.org or schedule a tour of the farm. You might even get a chance to see how it all starts. Just look for the telltale sign of an alpaca lifting its tail. Earth Day Every Day Visit our Earth Day Every Day page to find out more about caring for our planet. Earth Day Every Day...
Happy Chinese New Year – the Year of the Dog
...early to visit relatives and friends, and trying to beat the traffic (and getting stuck on highways for hours), that no one is able to get up early on the third day of the new year. The third day is the day for taking it easy and getting up as late as you like! Most stores resume their business on the fifth or sixth day. Yet, the New Year’s atmosphere continues to be present until the 15th day, the Lantern...
Honoring Foundation Day
Saint Mary-of-the-Woods College students with Sister Marceline Mattingly. Students will take part in the college’s Foundation Day of Service on Tuesday, October 24. While the Sisters of Providence will be celebrating their Foundation Day with a special Mass on Saturday, Oct. 21, in the Church of the Immaculate Conception, students at Saint Mary-of-the-Woods College (SMWC) will be getting into the spirit of Foundation Day with an event of their own. Because of their fall break, they will do so on...
A Reflection for the 2024 Senior Jubilarians
...in you. Sixty, 70, 75, and 80 years later, why would we not recognize this as astonishing? As you endeavored to do on Earth what Jesus did, your faithfulness has blessed countless places and people. Today, we want to return that blessing to you. So, I offer a new challenge today. Let each of us, in some way, let these women KNOW how they have blessed us by their day-to-day generosity and kindness, right here, right now. Tell them when...
A Reflection for the 2025 Silver and Golden Jubilee
...the seashore with Jesus instead of Peter that Gospel morning. The church might never have been founded. Obviously, I did join the convent – no doubt because of the love of a Provident God that manifested itself around the dinner table and others like it day after day, year after year. I believe that’s what we really celebrate today as jubilarians – God’s faithfulness to us these past 70-plus years of each of our lives. God’s faithfulness to us has...
Make a difference today
...In 1992, President George H.W. Bush proclaimed that the holiday be observed on the third Monday of January, bringing it closer to King’s official birthday. The holiday finally was recognized by all 50 states and Washington, D.C., in 2000 for the first time. It is fitting that in 2024, we honor his legacy on what would have been his 95th birthday. The holiday is meant to offer citizens a time of reflection, in addition to the possibility of community service...
A reflection for the 2018 Senior Jubilee Celebration
...not the years in their lives as Sisters of Providence that really count but the life in those years. Which brings me to Mary and the Gospel for today. Theologian Elizabeth Johnson talks about Mary’s life as offering “lessons of encouragement.” For me, that is no truer than in the encounter we find reported in today’s Gospel — the Annunciation, the memory of Mary’s great yes to God. And so I asked our jubilarians to offer some lessons of encouragement...
Slow down before you speed up.
...the Immaculate Conception at Saint Mary-of-the-Woods, Ind. years ago during an All Saints Feast Day Liturgy. The Catholic Church recognizes Nov. 1 as All Saints Day, and Nov. 2 as All Souls Day. The first, All Saints Day, is just as it sounds. It is a day dedicated to remembering saints such as our own beloved Saint Mother Theodore. All Souls Day, celebrated the very next day, is set aside to honor the dead. Many other religions and cultures also...
Why do I love Saint Mother Theodore?
...Theodore Guerin’s Feast Day (October 3) and our Foundation Day (October 22). I would like to share a practical reflection on how I love our dear Mother Theodore. How do I relate to her as a daughter of Providence? Daily Wisdom I have a habit of reading her quote of the day every morning before beginning my “worldly tasks.” It becomes a routine for me to seek some kind of consolation, affirmation or just her daily wisdom before engaging in...
Palm Sunday
...above information rattle around in me for a few hours — still wondering what to say about Palm Sunday. I found myself returning over and over to the phrase “since victory signals an end to a conflict …” Did/does Jesus’ entry into Jerusalem signal an end to conflict? It doesn’t seem so — not in the face of what we know we will commemorate in the coming week — Holy Thursday, Good Friday, Holy Saturday. And we know that Easter...
Woods Day Care/Pre-School to close
Citing a growing number of concerns, the Sisters of Providence have sadly announced the closing of Woods Day Care/Pre-School (WDC/PS), a sponsored institution for close to three decades. The closing will coincide with the final day of the 2013-14 calendar school year for the Vigo County School Corporation, scheduled for Friday, June 6. “After careful consideration of financial and enrollment realities, the General Council of the Sisters of Providence has decided to close what has become an outstanding child development...