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Celebration of the 100th anniversary of the mission to Asia
...cotton, tripled, covers the middle of the altar where Holy Mass is said daily in our chapel. No linen can be procured here. I could go in detail and tell about the poverty but it will not be necessary. Reflection time and questions: An anniversary moment, like the one we celebrate today, is a wonderful opportunity to celebrate what Providence has accomplished in and through those who have gone before us. It is also important, on a day like today,...
Sister Mary Montgomery
...birds singing and the day awakening. Yesterday I saw a mother deer and a baby deer in our cemetery. That was so cool. The little fawn was jumping over tombstones. And then on north campus there was a skunk. I have only seen a live skunk once before in my lifetime. I’m glad it was a few feet away. I love the scriptures and meditating on a verse or two. Other times, I am just wordless, realizing I’m in the...
Sister Maureen Fallon
...when you don’t really know what it means. What does it mean to live in a congregation rooted in prayer and ministry? But probably the good news is that you don’t have to live 50 years at one time. You live today, and if at the end of the day you decide that you are going to change your mind, it’s OK for a number of years to do that. And if you have a bad day today, well tomorrow...
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...
National Hugging Day: Go and Hug Someone!
...Day. Sister Kathleen Desautels hugs a Providence Associate “Is it true humans need 7 hugs a day?” Family therapist Virginia Satir has this to say about how many hugs a day: “We need 4 hugs a day for survival. We need 8 hug a day for maintenance. We need 12 hugs a day for growth.” “How long should a hug last?” Experts agree a hug should last 5-10 seconds. First of all, who counted her/his hugs to figure this out?...
Familiar faces from near and far: SPs gathered for annual meeting 2014
...Ellen Doane and Teresea Costello enjoy the Sunday evening social with the Providence Associates Sister Therese Guerin Sullivan reflects during a prayer time at Monday’s meeting. Sister Suzanne Dailey takes care of checking participants in at Monday’s meeting. Here she greets Sister Judy Birgen. Sister Lois Ann Stoiber listens to those at her table. Sisters and Providence Associates enjoy the entertainment provided at Sunday evenings social. Sister Carolyn Bouchard during a moment of reflection at Monday’s meeting. Sisters of Providence...
Love’s faithfulness: Ash Wednesday & Valentine’s Day 2013
The proximity in dates of Chinese New Year, Ash Wednesday and Valentine’s Day has caused challenges in both my “employments” within our local community of Corbe House and in my writing assignments from our Director of Marketing and Communications. At home, I have responsibility for our chapel and dining room; and I love to decorate both to reflect the spirit of the feast or season or special occasion. With Chinese New Year being celebrated on February 10, Ash Wednesday on...
The Gift of Mother Theodore’s written legacy
...her life. It is writing that is alive and active in our present lives as we move forward and approach an expansive and unknowable future. The storyteller Blog post author Alice Shelton renews her commitment as a Providence Associate as she lives the legacy of Saint Mother Theodore. We know Mother Theodore because she wrote. The storyteller in Mother Theodore shines clearly today as so many of us make use of what she left for us. We speak of Providence...
Saint Mother Theodore’s guidance among the troubles an blessings of change
...shrine of Saint Mother Theodore at Saint Mary-of-the-Woods, Indiana. Through compelling words, photos and displays, we are invited to journey through Mother Theodore’s life — its messes and its blessings. The shrine uses words and visuals to provoke self-reflection. Mother Theodore mentors, befriends us, shares her wisdom as her story unfolds. The periods of her life are named. And they highlight how Providence worked within her at that time. Then, each of us is asked to consider how that same...
Journals and Letters week 51: Running toward Jesus
(Today we are discussing “Journals and Letters” page 433 to page 439 starting with Monsignor Benoit. Join us in reading a portion of Saint Mother Theodore’s writings every week.) In the final pages of the “Journals and Letters,” Mother Theodore continues to hold up Sister St. Francis Xavier as someone to emulate in the way she lived and the way she died. It is quite obvious in these last letters that Mother Theodore’s grief and mourning for the death of...
A Reflection for the Feast of Saint Mother Theodore Guerin
...Paul speaks keep her from being present to others in ways that were healing, that made a difference. She was motivated by her love of Christ Jesus her Lord. Sister Mary James, one of those early sisters who knew Mother Theodore, writes of her, “Our dear Mother was always walking in the Presence of God.” I could regale you with lots more examples of the healing presence of Mother Theodore’s life. But I bet you know where I am going...
Feast of Saint Mother Theodore Guerin, 2018 reflection
...look like? The book written at the time of Mother Theodore’s canonization was titled “Woman for all Time.” In it, Sister Marie Kevin Tighe, the promoter of the cause for canonization, urges us, as the book title suggests, to let Mother Theodore be a model for us in this place and time. Lest you think you are not worthy to hold even an illusion of sainthood for yourself after thinking about Mother Theodore’s virtues, listen to this story about her....