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Foundation Day gems from the past
...build in honor of our Good Mother. Today, fifteen years ago, she conducted us to our Woods and has had care of us – protected us. And then there are these entries from Mother Mary Cecilia Bailly’s diary: 1862 – Wednesday. I go to town for several reasons, one of them to pay Mr. Chess for the piano. 1864 – Eliza B. Cotter (postulant) arrives. 1867 – Tuesday. I go to town to consult with Judge Key about some law...
Foundation Day 2014 reflection
Sister Denise in the Church of the Immaculate Conception giving her reflection. Welcome to each and every one here! Happy, happy Foundation Day! One hundred and seventy-four years ago today, Father Buteux began our history at Saint Mary-of-the-Woods by saying: “Come down, Sisters, we have arrived.” Who was it who had arrived? Five women from France: Mother Theodore Guerin, who at the age of 42 was the superior and senior citizen of the group; Sister St. Vincent Ferrer Gagé, 40...
Reflecting on the profession of vows of Sister Anna Fan
...ourselves, our time and energy and not count the cost. This is the way we honor Divine Providence – by being a living sign of God’s loving care in our world today. I cannot think of better models for living out our mission to be God’s Providence in this world than our foundresses – Saint Mother Theodore Guerin and Mother Marie Gratia Luking. When it comes to brave hearts, I don’t think anyone can compare to Mother Theodore or Mother...
Earth Day Every Day: Earth Defenders unite
...you can volunteer your time, money or other resources. Even helping share awareness of their goals and missions helps. These organizations rely on aid and support to continue creating healthier communities for all us to live in. It starts local but when all of us unite in our own communities we will start to see the difference spread across the planet. Earth Day Every Day For a listing of organizations and additional resources visit our website. Earth Day Every Day...
Journals and Letters week 9: The Journey’s end
[Today we are discussing “Journals and Letters“: page 60 The Journey’s End to page 70. Join us in reading a portion of Saint Mother Theodore Guerin‘s writings every week in the coming year.] “Journey’s End”. Mother Theodore and her companions arrive at the humble log cabin chapel at Saint Mary-of-the-Woods. Who can attempt to write any commentary on Mother Theodore’s description of the sisters’ arrival – finally – at St. Mary’s? “I cannot tell you what passed within me during the next half...
Week 5: Daily reflections with Saint Mother Theodore Guerin
...no longer for me the land of exile; it was the portion of my inheritance, and in it I hope to dwell all the days of my life.” – Saint Mother Theodore Guerin • How do we work with God to create God’s reign “on earth as it is in heaven”? • How do I honor the land given to me as a portion of my inheritance, as a gift from God? Tuesday, March 28 “Along both banks of the...
The legacy of Saint Mother Theodore Guerin
The Sisters of Providence placed a Celtic cross at Mother Theodore’s gravesite in the cemetery. She was a Celt, a woman of Brittany. Bretons are Celts. By Sister Marie Kevin Tighe, formerly of the Office of the Shrine of Saint Mother Theodore Guerin The legacy of Saint Mother Theodore Guerin is not a material or monetary one. It is a spiritual gift bestowed upon her by the Holy Spirit. This kind of legacy is sometimes referred to as a charism,...
Saint Mother Theodore’s welcome: a foundation day reflection
...Aunt Sallie.” Maybe they, with whom the sisters lived for five weeks, said it first: “Welcome, Mother Theodore. Thank you for coming. How can we help?” And, in this 175th anniversary year of the arrival of Mother Theodore and her sisters, we ourselves can break the bonds of time and space. Our faith, “evidence of things not seen,” (Hebrews 11:1) assures us that Mother Theodore is just as present to us now as she was on that first Foundation Day....
Leaning and leading like Saint Mother Theodore
...at a senior Jubilee celebration in 2017 There are some definite differences in leadership today than in Mother Theodore’s time. “Mother Theodore and her councilors often received advice from the bishop. That does not generally happen with congregations these days,” explains Sister Jeanne. “Within our Congregation, decision-making was also much more hierarchical in the past, even until the last quarter of the 20th Century.” Sister Mary Beth adds, “The Second Vatican Council called women religious to renewal and we took...
Journals and Letters week 39: The loving guidance of a mother
(Today we are discussing “Journals and Letters” pages 346, bottom, to 356, mid-page. This is located in “Part VI: Later Letters (1846–1856)” starting with “Spiritual Counsels.” Join us in reading a portion of Saint Mother Theodore’s writings every week.) Our reading this week offers us the opportunity to situate some of Mother Theodore’s notable quotes in the context of the events in which she was living. Both editions (1999 and 2015) of the “Calendar of Daily Quotations” from Mother Theodore’s writings are...
Journals and Letters week 34: Loving the ‘Right Way’
(Today we are discussing “Journals and Letters” page 307 to the top of page 317. Join us in reading a portion of Saint Mother Theodore’s writings every week in the coming year.) More about Sister Basilide this week! The Community history book says that Mother Theodore wrote more letters to her than to anyone else. I read that Sister Basilide was endowed with great generosity and intelligence and with an excellent “French physical constitution,” but “prudence and wisdom were not her gifts.”...
From The Shrine of Saint Mother Theodore Guerin
Pen & ink drawing of Mother Theodore done by Terre Haute artist John Laska. The Sisters of Providence regularly receive prayer requests, as well as requests for relics and other Saint Mother Theodore Guerin information. Below is a list of some recent correspondence Sister Jan Craven has had with those in contact with The Shrine of Saint Mother Theodore Guerin at Saint Mary-of-the-Woods. From Germany: I ask you kindly to send me a relic and a prayer card of Saint...