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Why I love Mother Theodore
...apple some years ago, though I rarely think of her by such a title. Among family like me, she’s “Mother Theodore” at most (and occasionally “Mama T”). She’s GREAT. Just swell. I love her to pieces. Here’s why: Her words Any diary from the past is a treasure, but Mother Theodore’s journals and numerous letters are not only awesome for their huge historical value. As a body of work, it’s simply great literature: an adventure story peppered with battle-tested wisdom,...
Journals and Letters week 16: Welcome support
...me was the diversity and goodness of Mother Theodore’s benefactors and their importance to the mission. Down to business First, we have Mrs. Parmentier in Brooklyn, New York. Mother Theodore speaks so affectionately of her. She tells her “that the good God blesses the House that your charity has caused you to adopt and which looks upon you as a mother.” The Parmentier name surfaces several times in “Journals and Letters.” The first was when she welcomed Mother Theodore...
A Mother’s Day Prayer
On Sunday, May 8, mothers will be honored by their families and children as Americans celebrate Mother’s Day. The modern American holiday was first celebrated in 1908. The holiday was created by Anna Jarvis, who had conducted a memorial for her mother at St. Andrew’s Methodist Church in Grafton, West Virginia. The celebration of mothers became a national holiday in 1914. The Sisters of Providence want to honor all mothers and Mary Mother of God this week with this prayer,...
New Log Cabin Chapel at Saint Mary-of-the-Woods to be dedicated and blessed on Saint Mother Theodore Guerin’s feast day, Oct. 3
When Saint Mother Theodore Guerin and her five companions arrived late in the day on Oct. 22, 1840, at Saint Mary-of-the-Woods, history was in the making. On Wednesday, Oct. 3, which is Saint Mother Theodore’s feast day, history will be brought to life once again on the already-historic motherhouse grounds. A new Log Cabin Chapel, a replica of the one visited by the sisters who arrived from France, will be dedicated and blessed by the Sisters of Providence at 1:30...
Shrine for Saint Mother Theodore Guerin opens
Sister Nancy Nolan begins a tour for a group of people Saturday during the grand opening of the new permanent shrine for Saint Mother Theodore Guerin. The Sisters of Providence of Saint Mary-of-the-Woods, Indiana, welcomed hundreds of visitors from all walks of life on Saturday as the Shrine for Saint Mother Theodore Guerin was officially opened, giving people the opportunity to “Journey with a Saint.” An open house took place from 1 to 4 p.m., during which visitors could tour...
Visiting the birth place of Mother Marie Gratia Luking
Several Missionary Sisters of Providence in Taiwan, in addition to Sister Jenny Howard (middle) at the burial site of the parents of Mother Marie Gratia Luking, the foundress of the Missionary Sisters of Providence in Taiwan. October has been quite a busy month for the Sisters of Providence of Saint Mary-of-the-Woods. The month featured Saint Mother Theodore’s birthday (Oct. 2), Feast Day (Oct. 3), eighth anniversary of her canonization (Oct. 15), Foundation Day (Oct. 22) and the official opening of...
A rest for weary bones
...the church back to the tomb area in the crypt. Her remains stayed in the crypt until Tony Dubois and Tim Wilson, former Facilities Management staff members and woodworkers, hand crafted a coffin made from walnut trees that once graced the motherhouse grounds. Finally, on her feast day, Oct. 3, Mother Theodore’s remains in their new coffin were placed at the interim shrine in the church during a solemn ceremony. Now Mother Theodore’s weary bones await their final resting place...
Photos! Providence Associate retreat 2017
...the procession to the evening vigil at the shrine. Retreat leader and Providence Associate Diann Neu and Providence Associate Sandra Hartlieb lead the retreatants on a pilgrimage walk through the halls of Providence Hall to the shrine of Saint Mother Theodore Guerin for the Saturday evening vigil. Sister Mary Montgomery and Providence Associate Elizabeth Barkley lead the procession to the shrine. Providence Associates and sisters keep vigil with Saint Mother Theodore Guerin at her shrine on Saturday night. Providence Associates...
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...
Reflections for Profession of Perpetual Vows
...you need to continue to live these vows and this life will come from many sources. However, your choice of readings for today led me to name one simple source — a source that is so much a part of who we are as Sisters of Providence — TRUST in the Providence that so far has never failed us. As you have lifted up today, Mother Theodore tells us to: “lean with all our weight on Providence, and we will...
Reflecting on National Day of Prayer
...In April of that year, President Harry Truman issued a bill, approved by Congress. It declared that the President of the United States annually designate the first Thursday in May as a national day of prayer. Prayer’s power recognized in times of distress? In 1988, the rationale for the National Day of Prayer was stated in this way: “A day when adherents of all great religions could unite in prayer and that it may one day bring renewed respect for...
Providence spirituality in action: Sister Kathleen Desautels and 8th Day Center for Justice
...but had never heard of 8th Day. 8th Day Center for Justice 8th Day Center for Justice was founded in 1974 by six religious congregations, including the Sisters of Providence of Saint Mary-of-the-Woods and the Claretian Missionaries. 8th Day is missioned “to act as a critical alternative voice to oppressive systems and to work actively to change those systems.” Today, 36 member congregations of Catholic religious and countless partners support the mission and work at 8th Day. (Learn more at...