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Making someone’s day just by showing up: Teen shares her experience as a Providence Teen Volunteer
...day matters, especially to the residents who are sick, who are dying, and who live with endless monotony in their lives every day. One day, one moment, one second of joy can make a difference to them. Because happiness can always make a difference. Amanda visits with a health care resident in the courtyard. And that’s why one other thing was always hard for me: saying goodbye. Leaving after two days or a week and having to tell the people...
Sisters celebrate 25-, 50-year Jubilarians
...16:11 as the theme for the celebration of my perpetual vows: “You will show me the path to life, abounding joy in your presence, the delights at your right hand forever.” This line was given to me during our 30-day retreat during our tertian summer (preparation for final vows) … and it has been a gift to me every day since then. Or course, not every day has contained what is usually considered joy or delight, but every day HAS...
Four women profess perpetual vows as Sisters of Providence
...to meet these people, listen to their stories and to see where and how they live. However, at the end of the day I still always have the ‘privilege’ of returning to my own life.” “These encounters are continually calling me to a deeper transformation within myself. Most days I’m not even sure what that is. But it does challenge me to look at the many things I take for granted and to evaluate how I use the many resources...
Chicago Fire star sends birthday wishes to daughter of legendary Chicago firefighter
...Vincent also shared a photo of Estelle from her 95th birthday when she received a very rare original 1940 Providence High School hard copy yearbook. In addition, a digital copy was provided, as well as a birthday card and decal from Providence-St. Mel School. Estelle attended Providence High School because her mother, Mary Alice (Glavin) Busch’s sister, Sister Mary Camilla, was a Sister of Providence. The Congregation managed and taught at the school. Estelle Leinen during her 95th birthday party....
Musings on World Smile Day
...each year be devoted to smiles and random acts of kindness. His rationale for creating such a day was: “The smiley face knows no politics, no geography, no religion. Why not have one day each year to celebrate the way we are alike, not how we are different?” As a result, the first Friday of October was designated World Smile Day. It’s possible that the Smiley Face is still over commercialized; but the intent of the day can still move...
Sister Jeanne Knoerle (formerly Sister Mary Gregory)
...every day. Only do it for his love…’ That is exactly how Sister Jeanne did it! It was just her nature to do everything out of love. Sisters Jean Fuqua, left, and Jeanne Knoerle participate in knitting socks at Fiber Frolic 2006. “Here are just a few stories of how she lived each day out of love. To honor what I think Jeanne would expect of me is to keep it simple. “On Sunday, June 9, the day before she...
Day of Departure
...sanctuary of the Church of the Immaculate Conception on Sept. 29, 1920, the feast of Saint Michael the Archangel. “Wednesday, September 29, 1920, was for Saint Mary-of-the-Woods one of the greatest days in the eighty years of its history. That day marked not only an era in the annals of the Sisters of Providence in America, but of the Catholic Church in America, and in the religious history of the world, for it was the day of the departure for...
Asking questions: Feast Day 2012
...office at my usual time. I had no sooner taken off my coat and started to get organized for the day, when a sister knocked on the door and asked if I had a minute. We sat down, and she expressed her opinion on the decision to be made. She ended her conversation with this assurance to me: “I know Mother Theodore absolutely would not want us to….” We bade each other good day. Not ten minutes later, another knock...
Sharing on National Feelings Day
National Feelings Day began as an online movement to promote well-being, creating a safe space to express the wide range of feelings human beings experience. In the 1970s, I was teaching at Good Shepherd School in Evansville, Indiana. I hadn’t heard of National Feelings Day. Nevertheless, I began having my second grade students share their feelings at the beginning of the day. I would ask one child by name, “______, how do you feel today?” They were free to share...
Preparing the next generation of Sisters of Providence
...Sacrament Chapel at Saint Mary-of-the-Woods. In the end, however, the charism is not so much taught as caught. This happens in day-to-day living. This is where the postulant hopefully sees what it means to be sister to one another, to pray, celebrate, have fun together and to experience the sacred in the ordinary. She is invited into our common efforts to be Providence through sustainable living, accountability to one another, and respect for differences. Living close to the Motherhouse this...
Two sisters profess first, perpetual vows
For Sisters Arrianne Whittaker and Su-Hsin Huang, Sunday, June 29, was a life-changing day. On that day, Sister Arrianne professed first vows, while Sister Su-Hsin professed perpetual vows in the Congregation of the Sisters of Providence of Saint Mary-of-the-Woods, Ind. Both sisters have come from very different backgrounds. But the paths they have chosen brought them together with the more than 300 Sisters of Providence. While professing perpetual vows Sunday, June 29, Sister Su-Hsin wore a traditional tribal dress her...
Breathe in the Woods
...different from what the current days hold. Watching memories come to the surface and watching the smiles on the faces of staff and residents during this beautiful spring day appeared to me to be healing for the mind and one’s spirit. As we think about spring, let’s reflect for a minute about the effect sunshine can have on our bodies, mind, and spirit. Have you been sad on a sunny day? Arguably, it isn’t as easy to be sad or...