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Four women profess perpetual vows as Sisters of Providence
...honor Divine Providence and to work to further God’s loving plans by devoting themselves to works of love, mercy and justice in service among God’s people. A Congregation of nearly 350 women, the Sisters of Providence motherhouse at Saint Mary-of-the-Woods is located just northwest of Terre Haute, Ind. Saint Mother Theodore Guerin founded the Sisters of Providence at Saint Mary-of-the-Woods in 1840. Today, Sisters of Providence minister in 19 states and the District of Columbia and Taiwan, Singapore and China....
Valentine’s Day 2012
...to open our deliveries until the entire mailbox had been emptied by sister and her helpers. What a good feeling for each of us to have a nice stack of greetings in front of us! THE RULE — it dawns on me now that it was each one including every other one that made our annual celebration of Saint Valentine’s Day a “holy” day. Everyone included — the message of Jesus taught to us in the simplest of ways —...
Sharing on National Feelings Day
National Feelings Day began as an online movement to promote well-being, creating a safe space to express the wide range of feelings human beings experience. In the 1970s, I was teaching at Good Shepherd School in Evansville, Indiana. I hadn’t heard of National Feelings Day. Nevertheless, I began having my second grade students share their feelings at the beginning of the day. I would ask one child by name, “______, how do you feel today?” They were free to share...
Chicago Fire star sends birthday wishes to daughter of legendary Chicago firefighter
...Vincent also shared a photo of Estelle from her 95th birthday when she received a very rare original 1940 Providence High School hard copy yearbook. In addition, a digital copy was provided, as well as a birthday card and decal from Providence-St. Mel School. Estelle attended Providence High School because her mother, Mary Alice (Glavin) Busch’s sister, Sister Mary Camilla, was a Sister of Providence. The Congregation managed and taught at the school. Estelle Leinen during her 95th birthday party....
This Memorial Day: Take time to Remember
...Vietnam War as Sisters of Providence – Sister Josephine Bryan through Catholic Relief Services, and Sister Merry Marcotte, RIP, through the Red Cross. I am grateful for the visible sign of their service to help me remember their “unknown sacrifices” and the “magnitude of their influence.” In fact, the precursor to the current Memorial Day holiday was actually called Decoration Day. To honor the deceased , soldiers would decorate graves of their fallen comrades with flowers, flags and wreaths. The...
Musings on World Smile Day
...each year be devoted to smiles and random acts of kindness. His rationale for creating such a day was: “The smiley face knows no politics, no geography, no religion. Why not have one day each year to celebrate the way we are alike, not how we are different?” As a result, the first Friday of October was designated World Smile Day. It’s possible that the Smiley Face is still over commercialized; but the intent of the day can still move...
Making someone’s day just by showing up: Teen shares her experience as a Providence Teen Volunteer
...day matters, especially to the residents who are sick, who are dying, and who live with endless monotony in their lives every day. One day, one moment, one second of joy can make a difference to them. Because happiness can always make a difference. Amanda visits with a health care resident in the courtyard. And that’s why one other thing was always hard for me: saying goodbye. Leaving after two days or a week and having to tell the people...
Miracle Home: A Holistic Care Service Center for Long-Term Care
...their family caregivers a break and ease their burdens. Sister Rose inside the Coffee Shop at Miracle Home. Due to the great need for day care services in Taipei County, the Sisters of Providence have given up their 10 bedrooms to make space for the day care services to expand. In September, we completed the renovation. Right now, we service 50 people in the day care center. There are many people with the early onset of dementia in the day...
Day of Departure
...sanctuary of the Church of the Immaculate Conception on Sept. 29, 1920, the feast of Saint Michael the Archangel. “Wednesday, September 29, 1920, was for Saint Mary-of-the-Woods one of the greatest days in the eighty years of its history. That day marked not only an era in the annals of the Sisters of Providence in America, but of the Catholic Church in America, and in the religious history of the world, for it was the day of the departure for...
Sister Jeanne Knoerle (formerly Sister Mary Gregory)
...every day. Only do it for his love…’ That is exactly how Sister Jeanne did it! It was just her nature to do everything out of love. Sisters Jean Fuqua, left, and Jeanne Knoerle participate in knitting socks at Fiber Frolic 2006. “Here are just a few stories of how she lived each day out of love. To honor what I think Jeanne would expect of me is to keep it simple. “On Sunday, June 9, the day before she...
Preparing the next generation of Sisters of Providence
...Sacrament Chapel at Saint Mary-of-the-Woods. In the end, however, the charism is not so much taught as caught. This happens in day-to-day living. This is where the postulant hopefully sees what it means to be sister to one another, to pray, celebrate, have fun together and to experience the sacred in the ordinary. She is invited into our common efforts to be Providence through sustainable living, accountability to one another, and respect for differences. Living close to the Motherhouse this...
Two sisters profess first, perpetual vows
For Sisters Arrianne Whittaker and Su-Hsin Huang, Sunday, June 29, was a life-changing day. On that day, Sister Arrianne professed first vows, while Sister Su-Hsin professed perpetual vows in the Congregation of the Sisters of Providence of Saint Mary-of-the-Woods, Ind. Both sisters have come from very different backgrounds. But the paths they have chosen brought them together with the more than 300 Sisters of Providence. While professing perpetual vows Sunday, June 29, Sister Su-Hsin wore a traditional tribal dress her...