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Be kind. It’s bumpy out there.
...day. Surprise someone! Delight someone by doing the unexpected kindness! Widen my circle and acknowledge my oneness with a stranger, with someone completely unknown to me! And, use the day to follow another teaching of Jesus: Let the one who has eyes to see, see and the one who has ears to hear listen. In other words, be attentive, notice all the kindnesses extended to me or to those around me — on any old, ordinary day. Kindnesses occur so...
Sister Kathryn Koressel (formerly Sister Alfreda Marie)
...Did any of you notice that? At any rate, last Thursday, Kathryn slipped off to her heavenly reward, to our God who is gentle and humble of heart, in whom she no doubt found rest. Funeral services for Sister Kathryn took place Wednesday, December 13, and Thursday, December 14, in the Church of the Immaculate Conception. A Wake took place from 2:30 to 4:30 p.m., on Wednesday, December 13, with Vespers at 4:30 p.m. Mass of Christian Burial was at...
Week 2: daily Lenten reflections with Saint Mother Theodore
Join us this second week of Lent in daily spiritual reflections with Saint Mother Theodore Guerin. Check the blog each Sunday during Lent for short reflections created by Postulant Emily TeKolste for each day of the coming week. Sunday, March 5 “Then the devil took Jesus up to a very high mountain, and showed him all the kingdoms of the world in their magnificence, and he said to him, ‘All these I shall give to you, if you will prostrate...
WVHC celebrates new transition
The Wabash Valley Health Center, also known as St. Ann Medical Clinic, conducted a ribbon cutting celebration Friday, Feb. 28, 2014, as it officially transitioned into a Federally Qualified Health Center. On Friday, the Wabash Valley Health Center (WVHC), a ministry of the Sisters of Providence, saw the efforts of months of preparation come to fruition as the center – also known as St. Ann Medical and Dental Services – officially transitioned to a Federally Qualified Health Center. “Thank you...
The Helping Hands thrift store: making a difference a quarter at a time
...justice is in her volunteer work at The Helping Hands thrift store. She’s been volunteering and helping on the board since 2007. “I feel like I’m doing God’s work. I see miracles happen every day here,” she said. It takes a lot of dedicated work and the collaboration of many, many caring volunteers to make all that possible. Visit the shop any day of the week, aside from Sunday, and you will find volunteers busy at work. They sort. They...
Defining Independence on Independence Day
...July 4th holiday we celebrate here in the United States – Independence Day. On July 4, 1776, the American colonies informed the British King that all ties between the two countries were severed. Done? Over? Accomplished? The evidence indicates otherwise. Just one piece of evidence – the War of Independence extended from April 1775 until September 1783 – eight long years of turmoil before the 13 colonies became truly independent of England. From? For? How? How then does independence come...
Sunday, April 3, 2022: Fifth Sunday of Lent
...ground. And in response, they went away one by one, beginning with the elders. So he was left alone with the woman before him. Then Jesus straightened up and said to her, “Woman, where are they? Has no one condemned you?” She replied, “No one, sir.” Then Jesus said, “Neither do I condemn you. Go, and from now on do not sin anymore.” Reflection In this Gospel selection from John on the Fifth Sunday of Lent, Jesus has returned to...
Going the extra mile this Lent
Journey is defined as “an act of traveling from one place to another.” It comes from the Old French journee “a day’s length, a day’s work or travel” and from the Latin diurnum meaning “day.” Lent, for me, has always been just that, a journey. I am traveling through each of these 40 days of Lent and it is the journey experience that becomes the underpinning of what Lent means to me, what it becomes for me. As with any...
Life in the Weihsien internment camp, 1943
...for the goods during the day. The next day, orders were delivered all sorts of ways — in buckets (as if carrying water from the well), or wrapped up in a bundle of clothing, or in other clandestine ways. … Regularly every night [Father Patrick] Scanlan bargained in rapid Chinese for hundreds of Chinese dollars’ worth of merchandise. Scanlan’s trusty accomplices were four Divine Word priests whose room was separated from the Trappists’ by only a narrow passageway. Stones thrown...
Prayer in this Time of Need
...when I was asked to write a prayer, I simply put into words the prayer that was in my heart. Please pray with us on this National Day of Prayer, and every day after that. Prayer in this Time of Need Healing God, You are the Giver of Life; be with us during these days as we face this global epidemic. Heal those who are sick. Restore them to full health. Heal our fears. Place peace in our hearts. Heal...
Sister Rosemary (Mary Gilbert) Powers
...Rosemary spent most of her day praying the office, not simply Lauds and Vespers, but praying all day. The nurses who cared for her loved her being right there with them most of the day, loved her laughter and her pleasant ways. One told me that Thanksgiving Day Sister Rosemary called her over and said, ‘Thank you for all the good care you have given me,’” shared Sister Margaret. “And now it is our turn to say, Sister Rosemary, thank...
Newsnotes
...retires. The 8th Day Center for Justice was founded in 1974 by six Catholic congregations of women and men religious, including the Sisters of Providence. First Sister Dorothy Gartland and then Sister Kathleen Desautels have ministered at 8th Day from its beginning till the present. The ministry acts as a critical alternative voice to oppressive systems and works to change those systems. We are so grateful for all the good work, service and advocating for others, that these sisters and...