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Remembering who we are and why we are here!
Note: The following is the reflection our General Superior, Sister Dawn Tomaszewski, provided during the 2023 Foundation Day Mass. The author Sue Monk Kidd has written, “Stories have to be told or they die, and when they die, we can’t remember who we are or why we’re here.” We are here today because the story of our foundation is alive and well. We have been telling and retelling that story for 183 years now. How on Oct. 22, 1840, six...
Sister Marceline Mattingly turns 100!
Sister Marceline (right) with Sister Lisa Stallings As she entered Providence Dining Room, Sister Marceline Mattingly had a gleam in her eyes. She glanced around the dining hall as several Sisters of Providence and staff members were arriving in preparation for a celebration. Monday, Nov. 23, was Sister Marceline’s special day as she celebrated her 100th birthday! “It has finally arrived,” Sister Marceline said. Sister Marceline was born in Henderson, Kentucky. She has been a Sister of Providence for 82...
A Reflection on World Day of Peace
The transition from Advent to Christmas to the days immediately following Christmas is always tough for me. I love the messages of so many of the Advent readings and the promises of Hope and Peace that they bear. The service of Lessons and Carols, followed by Christmas Mass the next day, continue the message that Emmanuel is, indeed, God with us – the Christ, the Hope and Peace of the world. What more could we ask for? And then, in...
The Sisters of Providence mission: living the Gospel today
...our service?” Sister Leslie Dao, SP, offers Communion to Sister Martha Rojo, SP, during a Mass at Saint Mary-of-the-Woods. Same mission, new times Today, our mission is very much the same. Our website proclaims: “A community of vowed Catholic women religious, we joyfully live out the radical Gospel message of love, mercy and justice in today’s world. Inspired by our foundress Saint Mother Theodore Guerin, we are passionate about our lives of prayer, education, service and advocacy. We dedicate ourselves...
Public invited to Feast Day of Saint Mother Theodore Guerin
...statue on a misty morning. A feast day in the Catholic tradition is a day set aside to commemorate the life of saintly individuals or a specific event. Saint Mother Theodore Guerin founded the Sisters of Providence in 1840. She was born Anne-Therese Guerin on Oct. 2, 1798, in the village of Etables in Brittany, France. She was canonized by Pope Benedict XVI on Oct. 15, 2006, and her feast day was designated for Oct. 3. She is the first...
Saint Mother Theodore’s feast day
Happy Feast Day! How wonderful to celebrate once again and with one another our very own saint! We here at Saint Mary-of-the-Woods are so fortunate to walk where she walked, to have so many reminders of her all around us – the log cabin chapel, remembrance rock near the grotto, her shrine. We have our woods, chapels in which we can celebrate Eucharistic liturgy and pray before the Eucharist. Too we have one another – her daughters and sons who...
Sister Kathleen Desautels: Collaborating for justice
Sister Kathleen Desautels, second from left, with other peacemakers at a recent protest against the School of Americas. For nearly three decades, Sister Kathleen Desautels (formerly Sister Mary Colleen) has been at the forefront of justice. As a staff member at the 8th Day Center for Justice in Chicago, Sister Kathleen knows a lot about collaborating for justice. The Sisters of Providence are one of six Catholic religious congregations who founded the center in 1974. Today a total of 34...
Spirituality, justice, love of fresh food fuel Providence Associate’s sustainable lifestyle.
...someone quote Thich Nhat Hanh as saying that our only true possessions are our acts. For me there is no way to live out caring for Earth other than the way I live day-to-day. If I am moved by the beauty of nature and am concerned about what is happening, it has little meaning if I do not turn that into changing the way I live my life every day.” (This article originally appeared in the Spring 2015 issue of HOPE magazine.)...
Sister Alexa Suelzer
...she took it easy for the next couple of days until she got some strength back. I came home last Tuesday and saw her briefly Tuesday evening and then spent all day Wednesday with her. We had a great visit. She commented that it was a relaxed visit because I was not there for a meeting with a visit to her on the side. I was there just to visit her until we started our meetings on Sunday. When I...
Earth Day 2023
...at the Wabash Valley Beekeepers display. The ReThink display. Children coloring. The Mat Makers. A look at many of the vendors at the festival. Taking a break. A look at many of the vendors. Take Flight! Wildlife Education displays a hawk. Sister Paula Damiano addressing the crowd. Providence Teen Ministry provided assistance for the sisters during Earth Day. Providence Teen Ministry provided assistance for the sisters during Earth Day. Providence Teen Ministry provided assistance for the sisters during Earth Day....
The 2020 Annual Meeting ZOOM Adventure!
...be a ZOOM version of the gathering. We planned for two half-days, instead of our typical four days of meetings. As we approached the meeting time, I wondered: — would sisters and associates be scared off by the technology and not even sign up to participate? … would the meeting end up feeling like talking heads on a screen rather than real engagement? … do we really need to meet or is this more trouble than it’s worth? In the...
Can I Stay Here Forever? The Answer is YES.
Sister Tracey Horan hiking through a stand of 400-year-old Hemlock trees during her 30-day retreat in northern Wisconsin. Ever wonder what you would learn about yourself if you spent 30 days alone in a cabin on a lake? It sounds like a popular ice breaker: If you were stranded on an island, what one item would you bring with you? For me, though, this hypothetical became real life during the month of May when I embarked upon my 30-day retreat...