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Day by day with Saint Mother Theodore Guerin
When I was (allegedly) praying this morning, I found myself wondering if Mother Theodore ever woke up thinking, “I’ll try to be a saint today.” I hope not. I’d prefer to believe that she woke up thinking one or some or all of these: I’ll try to be kinder today. I’m not going to worry so much about where the money will come from. I won’t be so impatient with Sister Maria when I see her. I don’t want to...
Language barriers, smiles and unexpected gifts: Sister Denise Wilkinson reflects from France
...a strong desire to be in Ruillé; but I had to fill in something on my sabbatical request form. I wrote something like wanting to absorb some of Mother Theodore’s spirit by spending time in the place that had so shaped who she was, who she became and who she is to so many today. As often happens with me, it is through writing that I come to hidden insights. I did want to come to Ruillé to absorb Mother...
In the Footsteps of Saint Mother Theodore Guerin
Step down, pilgrims, we have arrived! Twenty-nine of us and our wonderful guide, Sue Jackson, arrived at our hotel in Chartres, France, on July 13. Thus began our French pilgrimage of Sisters of Providence, Providence Associates and friends called “In the Footsteps of Saint Mother Theodore Guerin.” I’d like to share with you a snapshot of our destinations. Every day we began with a prayer led by Sister Janice Smith. Here are a few of the highlights. Chartres Cathedral –...
Vision of Mother Theodore
Mother Superior Gertrude Clare Owens While searching for some information in the files of Mother Superior Gertrude Clare Owens, Archives volunteer Sister Marie Grace Molloy found this very interesting statement concerning a vision of Mother Theodore that Mrs. Michael Owens had in 1910. It was signed by a notary public on Dec. 10, 1957. Mother Superior Sister Gertrude Clare was born March 26, 1887. She entered the Congregation Sept. 7, 1904, and served as general superior from 1954 to 1960....
Journals and Letters week 26: Overcoming great loss
[Today we are discussing “Journals and Letters” page 236 to page 244. Join us in reading a portion of Saint Mother Theodore’s writings every week in the coming year.] The writing desk where Saint Mother Theodore wrote many of her letters We are used to reading history in chronological order, but with Journals and Letters, sometimes the next chapter contains letters that were written before the last chapter’s events. In this chapter we’ve regressed to some months before the striking crisis at the...
Archives: Keeper of the Stories
...for countless books, dissertations and articles; records that keep the Congregation true to its mission and inform its future; and letters and artifacts that helped put the “Saint” before Mother Theodore’s name. “We are the keeper of the stories,” Sister Donna Butler, an Archives volunteer, said. The SP Archives is chock full of stories — from collections that pre-date the Congregation’s founding in 1840 to the first words Mother Theodore wrote after arriving at Saint Mary-of-the-Woods and from works of...
The Le Fer sisters: Gifts to the Congregation
...aptitude for the schoolroom, no fitness, apparently, for any kind of work.” When Mother Mary Lecor, superior general of the Sisters of Providence of France, wrote to Mother Theodore to let her know that Sister St. Francis was coming she said, “‘You will see, my Theodore, that she is good for nothing but to love God.’ Fourteen years later, after sister’s death, she wrote: ‘I was mistaken, I was in truth mistaken.’ Although Sister St. Francis never developed domestic ability,...
Recognizing the Feast Day of St. Frances Xavier Cabrini
...main altar a giant portrait of Mother Cabrini as she was popularly called. The church was filled with all sorts of people, many if not most, appeared to be immigrants of Italian heritage. That day has been burned into my memory. It sparked in me an interest in Mother Cabrini. Since I became a woman religious myself in 1955, I have learned a great deal about the establishment of ministries of service and their impact on people of faith and...
Sister Regina Norris (formerly Sister Regina Clare)
...mother records that she was a very stubborn child. One method of discipline they tried was to give her five pennies at the beginning of each day. When she was misbehaving, she had to give up a penny. Her mother writes, “I don’t believe you ever got a whole nickel. One day, you were extra mean, and I had taken two of your pennies and you came to me with your bank and said, ‘Here, take my other pennies because...
A Sister of Providence mom reflects on Mother’s Day
...I still hold his hand when he’s down. I put my arms around him when he is sad. No matter what he experiences, I love and cherish him, just like that October day 47 years ago. It’s an honor to be Mark’s mother. Happy Mother’s Day! (Read more about Sister Mary Tomlinson and her life as a Sister of Providence and a mother, including a video of how she told her college-age son she wanted to be a sister, here.)...
Sister Patricia Geis (formerly Sister Anna Marie)
...again this past year in Providence Health Care. Patricia’s parents separated when she was very young, so her mother had to work outside the home and the sisters spent much time with their devout Polish-speaking grandmother. Patty even learned to understand Polish although she never became fluent in it. Her mother had six siblings, and Uncle Stanley, Patty’s favorite, was like a father to the Geis family. Patty remembers her grandmother as a very prayerful woman who “Herded us off...
Sister Mary Catherine Keene
...through our days. Thank you for choosing life. Thank you for choosing love. Thank you for bringing so much beauty, joy, light, love, laughter and music into our lives. Sing on, my friend. Sing on! Funeral Information Funeral services for Sister Mary Catherine took place on Thursday, August 8, and Friday, August 9, in the Church of the Immaculate Conception at Saint Mary-of-the-Woods. A Wake took place from 2:30-4:30 p.m., on Thursday, August 8. Mass of Christian Burial was at...